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Synonyms for role

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Synonyms for role

the proper activity of a person or thing

one's proper or expected function in a common effort

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Synonyms for role

the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

what something is used for

normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting

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First, we use the Role Checklist to describe role performance in occupational therapy students across three time periods--past, present, and future (Oakley, Kielhofner, Barris, & Reichler, 1986)-- and to describe how their currently performed roles correspond with the participation areas defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF; WHO, 2001).
Xactium, a cloud-based computing company, and Aquarius Management Consultants have developed the role management solution, Role Manager.
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Role-based research carried out by researchers has paid more attention only to a few dimensions of role stress like role conflict, role ambiguity and role overload (Richard, 2001; Bhatia and Kumar, 2003; Fried et al., 2003).
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Julie Christie, for her role as Fiona in Away From Her.
Although role model has been variously defined and is often used interchangeably with terms such as hero and mentor (e.g., Pleiss & Feldhusen, 1995), for our purposes a role model is someone with whom an admirer identifies (i.e., wants to be like).
Our survey of 173 senior IT managers (not including CIOs) from large Indian enterprises reveal that 80% plus shouldered responsibilities in addition to their roles in IT.