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This study explores the career/achievement and personal life orientations of entrepreneurs, specifically the impact of sex and dependent-child status. Although a growing body of research has explored the similarities and uniqueness of women, none have explicitly analyzed entrepreneurs employing a career/achievement and personal life framework. In addition, no studies have sought to explore the career/achievement and personal life orientations of female entrepreneurs with female nonentrepreneurs of similar backgrounds. Consequently, this research explores and compares the career/achievement and personal life orientations of female entrepreneurs with a group of female nonentrepreneurs with similar educational levels, ages, and work experience. It also compares the orientations of male entrepreneurs with a group of male nonentrepreneurs in order to both confirm existing literature and create a means to compare intra-female with intra-male career and personal life orientations. The analysis shows no statistically significant differences in the career/achievement and personal life orientations of women entrepreneurs and similar female nonentrepreneurs. It also finds, confirming existing literature, that male entrepreneurs possess a greater career/achievement orientation as compared with male nonentrepreneurs.The past two decades have witnessed a significant rise in the number and proportion of women-owned businesses. In 1997, there were 7.5 million womenowned businesses, and 38 percent of all self-employed individuals were women. The growth of women-owned businesses is more than double the growth

In this article, the process of developing the project plan and the project planning and control (PP&C) is analyzed and compared to the process of developing the project team to identify opportunities for integrating these actions to produce more successful projects. Results of structured research across some 137 different organizations and representing a wide range of approaches to establishing projects are reported. The results of this cross-organizational research strongly support the proposed integration of project planning, PP&C development, and project team building. A recommended process for accomplishing this integration is proposed.

When stroke, hypertension, and coronary heart disease are included in the definition of cardiovascular disease (CVD), CVD accounts for more than one-third of the deaths among American adults (Hoyert, Heron, Murphy, & Kung, 2006). To improve the health of the nation and reduce mortality from these diseases, the U.S. government and several government agencies have published recommendations or guidelines regarding dietary choices, weight, and physical activity (Fletcher et al.

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