Dissertations / Theses: 'Employee ownership – United States'

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Kern, Alexander. "Perspectives on employee stock ownership in France, Germany, and The United States of America." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014AIXM1105.

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Tout d'abord, cette recherche examine le capitalisme partagé, le développement théorique et historique de la participation des salariés, et les droits de propriété. Deuxièmement, la thèse analyse empirique sur les perspectives de l'actionnariat salarié. Premièrement, la période du 19ème siècle jusqu'au début du 21ème siècle en Allemagne est recherchée. Nous essayons de répondre à la question : "Est-ce que les décideurs politiques en Allemagne veulent créer une société de propriétaires ?" Au cours de la recherche, nous montrons l'hypothèse "L'actionnariat salarié est un critère des pères fondateurs de l'Allemagne afin de stabiliser Allemagne socio-économique après la Seconde guerre mondiale. Supporté bien évidemment par une étude qualitative de recherches d'archives historiques. En Allemagne, il est évident que les pères fondateurs ont poursuivis "Wohlstand für Alle" à travers les actions des citoyens. Deuxièmement, cette recherche examine la relation entre l'actionnariat salarié et le WACC. La thèse analyse le conflit entre les parties prenantes internes et externes, qui est représenté par le cours des actions d'une entreprise en supposant un marché efficace. Nous émettons l'hypothèse : «Un pourcentage plus élevé d'actions détenues par les salariés provoque un WACC inférieur" Ceci est confirmé par un modèle de régression quantitative fixe de panneau d'effet dans le cas de l'indice Société des Bourses Françaises 120 et l'indice 500 de Standard & Poor
Firstly, this research examines shared capitalism, the theoretical and historical development of employee participation, and ownership rights. Secondly, the thesis analyzes empirically perspectives on employee stock ownership. First, the period from the 19th century until the beginning of the 21st century in Germany is researched. We attempt to answer the question: "Did policy makers in Germany want to create a society of owners?" During the research we prove the hypothesis "Employee ownership was a criterion of Germany's founding fathers in order to stabilize Germany socio-economically after the Second World War." We confirm it through a qualitative study of historical archive researches. In Germany, there is clear evidence that founding fathers pursued "Wohlstand für Alle" through citizen's shares. Second, this research examines the relationship between employee stock ownership and the weighted average cost of capital. The thesis analyzes the conflict between internal and external stakeholders, which is represented through a company's stock price assuming an efficient market. We hypothesize: "A higher percentage of shares held by employees causes a lower WACC." This is confirmed through a quantitative fixed effect panel regression model in the case of the Société des Bourses Françaises 120 index and Standard & Poor's 500 index

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Feeley, T. Jens. "Policy ownership in the modern Congress, 1979-1998 /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10695.

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Ruckert, Jason Michael. "GUN OWNERSHIP TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1973-2000." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2004. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4431.

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In the last half century, gun ownership has been one of the most hotly debated topics in the United States. The right to bear arms was written into the U. S. Constitution and into the hearts and minds of its citizens. During the last half century, however, numerous gun control laws have been enacted at Federal, state and local levels, and it can be argued (plausibly or not) that part of the legislative intent has been to decrease the number of gun owning households in the United States. For many decades, this number hovered at one half of all households (Wright, 1995). The possible success of these gun control efforts is suggested by an apparent and rather sharp decline in the ownership percentage beginning in the 1990s. In 2000, the household gun ownership rate had decreased to 32.5% (according to the General Social Survey). The question raised in this thesis is how to account for declining gun ownership. More specifically, I ask if there has in fact been a decline in ownership, or whether the apparent decline is an illusion resulting from changing demographics. A third possibility, that social norms have changed such that admitting gun ownership in surveys is now more problematic for many people, is also considered and seems, indeed, to be the most telling line of explanation.
M.A.
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Arts and Sciences
Sociology and Anthropology

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Demir, Huseyin. "The perfect performance of reduction of total ownership cost (R-TOC) pilot programs /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA411582.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2002.
"December 2002". Thesis advisor(s): Boudreau, Michael W. ; Gates, Bill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-57). Also available online.

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Sweeney, Anthony P. "Job Satisfaction of Employee Assistance Professionals in the United States." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26671.

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This study was designed to examine and describe the levels of job satisfaction, the sources of job satisfaction and the relationship between the variables in a national sample of employee assistance program (EAP) professionals. The sample for this study consisted of EAP professionals who worked full-time, and who were members of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association.Data were collected through mailed surveys consisting of and an Individual Information Form and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). A total of 354 EAP professionals were mailed survey materials. This mailing resulted in 211 completed returns.Overall, EAP professionals indicated that they were moderately satisfied with their jobs. MSQ questionnaire results show that 9% of respondents scored in the very satisfied category, and 71% scored in the satisfied category. The average MSQ total score was within the satisfied range.Demographic variables had mixed results on job satisfaction. EAP external organization respondents were, as a group, more satisfied with their jobs than those respondents who worked in an internal EAP. Age, gender, race of respondent, rural versus non-rural work setting and national certification/recognition had no statistically significant impact on job satisfaction. Several recommendations and implications were drawn from the study. These included the need for open lines of communication with regard to career advancement and company policies; gender inequity issues are seen as barriers to job satisfaction and the masters degree is seen as the logical choice for the entry level EAP professional.
Ph. D.

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Gonzales, Jose. "The relevance of retention behavior in the development of accession strategy." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Jun%5FGonzales.pdf.

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Campbell, Michael C. "Exploiting Navy officer end-of-active-obligated-service (EAOS) date in forecasting losses /." access online version, 1987. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA188969.

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Sotirova, Nadezhda Mihaylova. "News Corp Translated: Framing the United States in Bulgaria." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32710.

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This study examined framing in two Bulgarian television stations and their web sites. Framing within the web sitesâ news coverage of the United States was examined during the one-month period immediately following the 2008 United States presidential election. The news articles gathered from the two web sites were examined for amount of coverage, frame presence and valence, as well as hyperlinks, in order to offer insight into the fields of gatekeeping, framing, and corporate ownership bias. Suggestions of bias were found in terms of the overall tone of the articles but not in the amount of coverage. There was a significant difference between the two web sites in the tone of coverage concerning individuals and events.
Master of Arts

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Doyle, David E. "Evaluation of fleet ownership versus global allocation of ships in the Combat Logistics Force." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Sep%5FDoyle.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2006.
Thesis Advisor(s): W. Matthew Carlyle. "September 2006." Reproduced by NTIS : ADA456929 Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77).

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Bula, Oleh. "A STUDY OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE LABOR LAW IN THE UNITED STATES." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2427.

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This study examined the legal issues of public employee labor relations in the United States. Included in this study is a review of relevant case law as it pertains to collective bargaining in the public sector. In addition to reviewing the case law, this study researched the statutory language of each state for public sector collective bargaining. The study includes a review, analysis, and summary of the state and federal laws for public sector collective bargaining. The collective bargaining process in the United States is designed to resolve disputes between two parties, the employer and the employee. The resolution of these disputes often depends on the relative bargaining power of each party. The private sector has a collective bargaining process that has been well established since the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935 and the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947. The federal laws that have been implemented in the last fifty years, to include the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, the American with Disabilities Act of 1990, among others, cover the scope of almost all of the private sector collective bargaining (Oberer, 1994). The public sector contains 50 different state laws and several federal laws defining the scope of collective bargaining for public employees. The bargaining process in the public sector takes place in the context of the political arena. This political influence, which is unique in each state and at each level of government, provides additional steps to the bargaining process that further differentiate public sector bargaining from private (Valletta, 1985). This study provides conclusions on certain aspects of public sector collective bargaining that lead to dispute resolution and contract negotiation to include fact-finding procedures, mediation, arbitration, and strike policies, in the current state of the law. Recommendations are made to public officials, policy makers, and other stakeholders for the future of public employee labor relations in the United States.
Ed.D.
Department of Educational Research, Technology and Leadership
Education
Educational Leadership

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Pierre, Karine O. "Effect of increased operational tempo (post 9/11) on the retention rate of hospital corpsmen." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Mar%5FPierre.pdf.

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Miller, Troy Michael. "Reassessing the "American dream house"." Virtual Press, 1998. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1129634.

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This study presents a detailed and comprehensive overview of the context and domination of the "American Dream House" in the United States of the past one hundred years. Additionally, It investigates the present day status and effects of this dependence. This inquiry uses an alternative method of investigation that involves the use of the popular media and extensive research of the past presentation of the "American Dream House" in it. It also involves research into the effects of promotional campaigns on the public perception of the "American Dream House." The research suggests that there exists a crisis in this country in the form of a severe attachment to the mythological and historical nature of this limited housing form. The investigation further suggests that the characteristics and elements of the "American Dream House" have not substantially changed in the past fifty years. This severe attachment to the characteristics of the past both threatens and confines a search and pursuit for a cure to this country's housing problems of the late 20th and early 2131 century.
Department of Architecture

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Flatter, John R. "First-term attrition due to pregnancy in the Marine Corps : issues, trends, and options /." Thesis, access online version, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA307845.

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Olen, Kathleen. "Employee Satisfaction Factors in Administrative and Executive Assistants in the United States." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10615992.

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This mixed methods research was designed to explore the factors that most impact the job satisfaction of contemporary Administrative and Executive Assistants in the United States. As part of a convergent parallel analysis, quantitative survey data and qualitative interviews were collected to correlate cognitive and affective results for an in-depth analysis. The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) was used to examine 20 different factors of job satisfaction. Three sets of data were collected: current levels of job satisfaction for each factor, self-ranked lists of the factors indicating which factors are most-to-least important to respondents, and frequency with which factors were discussed by participants in the interviews. Anecdotal information from the interviews provided context to the data sets. The most impactful factors for this employee group were intrinsic factors, identified to be: Co-Workers, Ability Utilization, Achievement, and Responsibility. It was also reported that Responsibility acts as an antecedent factor to both Ability Utilization and Achievement. The least impactful factor was an extrinsic one: Working Conditions, while other factors that were identified to be low-impact require more research to validate. Three actionable recommendations were proposed for organizations as they seek to hire and retain administrative talent, and several related research topics were proposed.

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Verry, Thomas J. "Resource impact on DOD Single Scope Background Investigation-Periodic Reinvestigation initiative (SSBI-PR)." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Jun%5FVerry.pdf.

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Owens, Cynthia Lorraine. "The influence of cultural perspectives and conflict resolution on employee perceptions of leadership effectiveness." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3385.

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The purpose of this study was to examine how cultural values and conflict resolution influence the perceptions employees form about their managers. The sample for this study included 118 participants representing various organizations from the United States.

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Coughlin, Matthew F. "Development of a forecasting model of Naval aviator retention rates." Thesis, access online version, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA308068.

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Bookheimer, William R. "Predicting naval aviator attrition using economic data." Thesis, access online version, 1995. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA307513.

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Burke, Richard. "Rights of ownership in the United States as identified through defined benefit plan conversion." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/670.

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Employer provided Qualified Plans ("Qualified Plans") are the most efficient supplement to Social Security savings and benefits. Given the significance of the benefits provided as well as the short-term Revenue constraints upon the Federal government in the form of substantially protracted tax deferrals, Qualified Plan legislation should maintain a conservative disposition. Incremental legislative action in the right direction will steadily graduate ERISA to its intended purpose. Unfortunately ERISA is a convoluted maze of formalities, definitions, and regulation that are only substantially understood by an expert and have yet to be adequately explained to the public at large. Recent publications such as Retirement Heist rouse the public's consciousness of retirement Plans by enumerating perceived abuses by large corporations. These alleged abuses certainly reflect innovative manipulations within the constraints of Qualified Plans. However, my thesis will prove that these "abuses" reflect the United States' disposition toward the rights of proprietorship regarding the Qualified Plan. The intent of the thesis is to illustrate this disposition through a study of the Amara v. Cigna Corp. case as well as a review of an actual LLC's defined benefit plan conversion to a cash balance plan. I will compare and contrast the different approaches taken by these two employers and justify the varied success they each experienced in converting their plans. Through this process, the thesis shall draw conclusions on the United States' dispositions toward ownership of the qualified plan.
B.S.B.A.
Bachelors
Business Administration
Accounting

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Carspecken, Lucinda Mary. "Finding new ground collective ownership, environmentalism, neopaganism and Utopian imagination at an Indiana festival site /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3331244.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Anthropology, 2008.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 23, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-11, Section: A, page: 4383. Adviser: Beverly J. Stoeltje.

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Sampson, Mary Elizabeth. "A study of the affirmative action employee selection process in California community colleges." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/926.

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Barber, Harry C. "The Navy Human Resource Officer community : assessment and action plan /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03sep%5FBarber.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003.
Thesis advisor(s): William Hatch, Bernard Ulozas, Benjamin Roberts. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-168). Also available online.

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Lyman, Scott R. "Union leaders' views of employee assistance programs." Diss., This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08032007-102237/.

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St, John Jeffrey E. "Matters of public concern : reconceptualizing the supreme court's threshold test for federal employee free speech /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8236.

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Cascardo, Neil D. Kumar Sandeep. "Integrating monetary and non-monetary retention incentives for the U.S. Navy Dental Corps officers utilizing the Combinatorial Retention Auction Mechanism (CRAM)." Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2010/Mar/10Mar%5FCascardo.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010.
Thesis Advisor(s): Gates, William R. ; Coughlan, Peter J. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: CRAM, Dental Corps, extrinsic, incentive, intrinsic, monetary, motivation, Navy, nonmonetary, retention. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-143). Also available in print.

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Krost, Neill G. "Social factors impacting recruitment and retention of the civilian acquisition workforce." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Jun%5FKrost.pdf.

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Ramesh, Anuradha. "Replicating and extending job embeddedness across cultures employee turnover in India and the United States /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/6841.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.
Thesis research directed by: Psychology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Williamson, Jeffrey Carroll. "Employee retention in the Federal Government : a case study of the United States Postal Service." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72852.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2012.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-117).
Following the worst financial crisis since the great depression, the United States has experienced three consecutive years of unemployment above 8%. The current economic situation has pushed the economy to the forefront of the 2012 Presidential election. At the heart this partisan economic debate is the issue regarding the size of the Federal Government. The objective of this thesis is not to debate the politics of how big the Federal Government should or should not be. I merely point to the current economic situation and the partisan debate because I believe they are masking a potential issue which will impact the efficiency and quality of the services provided by the Federal Government - the issue of employee retention. Specifically, this thesis focuses on the voluntary turnover of top performing talent. Regardless of one's beliefs regarding the size the Federal Government or what role it should play, it is hard to debate the need to employ talented, productive, and innovative leaders within the government. In this regard, the Federal Government is no different than any private business. As the world shrinks and technology rapidly changes how we live and work, the demands of managing a business or running a government have become increasingly complex. This thesis uses the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a case study to illustrate some of the employee retention challenges facing the Federal Government and how the agency has implemented policies and strategies to improve its ability to retain employees. During this difficult time in its history, it is increasingly important to attract and retain talented employees. The USPS is now facing financial uncertainty, a rapidly changing marketplace, and intense competition from the private sector for its top talent. This thesis will attempt to reconcile these and many other factors impacting turnover in the USPS and highlight what USPS is doing and recommend potential actions to improve employee retention.
by Jeffrey Carroll Williamson.
S.M.

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Garza, Julian. "China's bilateral relations with the United States as a source of political risk associated with foreign portfolio equity investment inChina." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31236893.

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Holt, Kathleen. "At home in the world : the American middle-class house as a twenty-first century public square." PDXScholar, 2008. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3982.

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DeSousa, Philip Joseph. "A need for an employee assistance program in the hospitality industry to help alcoholic employees." FIU Digital Commons, 1986. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2781.

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1)Area of investigation This hospitality project will cover Alcoholism in brief, available detoxification programs and the relative need for an Employee Assistance Program in the hospitality industry to help the alcoholic employee. 2)Materials and methods that were used Existing texts, professional and trade journals, government documents, phone conversations with industry leaders and the author's own experience in dealing with alcoholic employees. 3) Major findings a. There are an estimated 10 to 12 million problem drinkers (including alcoholics) in the adult (18 and over) population or approximately 8 percent of the 150 million adult. b. Liver cirrhosis (caused by alcohol) ranked as the sixth most common cause of death in the U.5. c. Alcohol abuse cost the U.S. $116.7 billion in 1903, consisting of $18 billion in lost production, $50.6 billion in reduced productivity, $17 billion in health and medical ii costs, $10 billion in motor vehicle accidents, $4 billion in violent crimes, $3 billion in racial responses and $2 billion in fire losses. (All $ amounts are approximate figures.) d. The rate of alcoholism is on an increase, e. As of 1985, there was only one major hospitality company with a program to help alcoholic employees. f. In the production and service industry, troubled employees used 3 to 4 more times as many medical benefits that their co-workers. g. Alcohol abuse has been overlooked and/or ignored and/or accepted in the hospitality industry. 4) Results and Conclusions a. Alcoholism in the hospitality industry cannot be ignored or accepted or overlooked any longer. b. The benefits to be derived from a good Employee Assistance Program for hospitality industry would be endless. c. There is an urgent need in the hospitality industry for a program to help alcoholic employees respond to available treatment and return to productive lives.

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Donnelly, Shanon P. "Linking land use, land cover, and land ownership at the parcel scale in the midwest United States." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3380075.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Geography, 2009.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 12, 2010). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-12, Section: A, page: 4807. Adviser: Tom P. Evans.

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Wheatley, Alex F. "An Economic Analysis of Foreign Ownership in Professional Sports: Motivation, Success, and Implications for United States Market." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/462.

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Bogar, Alison Kimberley. "Exploring the Social Trend of Household Computer Ownership in Affecting the United States 1990's Crime Drop." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3205.

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During the 1990’s the world witnessed a crime drop throughout all categories of crime. Many researchers have sought to seek an explanation for this drop; however, there has been a lack of concrete findings to fully explain this phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to explore a further reasoning as to why this drop occurred, specifically throughout the United States. An unexplored factor to explain this phenomenon is the increase of household computer ownership during the 1990’s. During this decade, household computers and the internet became prevalent throughout the nation. This study utilized secondary data from the Uniform Crime Report and the United States Current Population survey, with support from routines activities theory, to answer the research question to find if there was a correlation between household computer use and the crime drop. The results for this study found that there was a positive correlation between household computer ownership, household internet ownership, and all realms of crime. With this, it is important to note that the social trend of household computer ownership is not the only reasoning for this phenomenon.

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Kwan, Ling Dorcas, and 關羚. "How good are the carrots? : the impact of incentives for alternative fuel vehicles on households' vehicle ownership choice and usage in the United States." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195104.

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With growing concern for air pollution, global warming, energy sustainability, and oil security, both federal and local governments in the United States have shown greater interest in promoting alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). Besides attention from the government, consumers in the United States have also shown increasing interest in AFVs, partly due to their concern on the environment and partly due to the increasing gasoline prices. However, despite the raising interest from both the government and the consumers, the number of AFVs in use is still relatively low in the United States. In an effort to promote the adoption of AFVs, the federal and local governments have initiated different incentive programmes for AFVs. Although these “carrots” have been started for more than two decades, studies on the effectiveness of them are still very sparse and are mostly for hybrid vehicles only. Therefore, this study filled in this gap in evaluating the effectiveness of AFV incentives in promoting the ownership and usage of AFVs on a national scale in the United States. As an improvement over prior studies on this topic, this study employed a system of equations approach to capture the interrelationship between households’ vehicle ownership choice and usage, which is often neglected in similar studies. In addition, a Bayesian estimation approach was adopted to overcome the difficulties in the estimation of the system. Using the 2009 National Household Travel Survey data, I found weak relationship between the state level AFV incentives and vehicle ownership and usage. In addition, although I found positive impact of AFV incentives on AFV usage, I also found mixed results on the impacts of the different types of AFV incentives on AFV ownership. These results suggested that further research should be done to investigate why these “carrots” are not as good as expected.
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Urban Planning and Design
Master
Master of Science in Urban Planning

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Greenberg, Stuart Elliott. "Measuring absence cultures: an examination of absence perceptions of males and females." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44639.

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Absenteeism was explored from a social psychological perspective. The purpose was to measure the absence cultures (Nicholson and Johns, l9S5) of male and female employees through the use of policy capturing (Hobson and Gibson, l9S3). Absence was split into three dimensions: Personal Health, Stress Relief, and Family Responsibility (Nicholson and Payne, l9S7). One hundred and two employees of a large southeastern university were used as subjects. They were asked to give their own opinion and their opinion of their organization's view about the inappropriateness/appropriateness of the absence behaviors in the 27 policy capturing vignettes. They were also asked to give their subjective weighting of how they used each dimension to make their overall rating.

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Navarro, Maria V. "A retention analysis of United States Naval Academy immediate graduate education participants." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Mar%5FNavarro.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2006.
Thesis Advisor(s): Stephen L. Mehay, William Bowman. "March 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102). Also available online.

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Dulin, Linda. "Leadership preferences of a Generation Y cohort: A mixed methods study." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4735/.

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Presently there are four generational cohorts in the workplace. Born from 1977 to 1997, the youngest cohort group, referred to as Generation Y (or Gen Y) in this study, has 81 million members, of whom over 29 million are already in the workplace. The importance of leader-subordinate relationships in the workplace has been confirmed; in recognizing this, leaders must identify and adapt to the changing era-shaped needs of employees, who cannot fully participate in organizational life if their most urgent needs are not being met. Because Gen Y employees are only now entering the workforce, little is actually known about the workplace needs of this cohort group. This study attempted to determine leadership needs of a Gen Y cohort as a means to enhance workplace relationships in the 21st century organization. A sequential, mixed methods study was employed to explore leadership preferences of a Gen Y cohort. Initially, focus group interviews were used to generate leadership themes. Based on these themes, an instrument was designed, and Gen Y business students from three higher education institutions were surveyed. Confirmatory factor analysis using LISREL software was used to test the themes. The driving force behind this research design was to build a foundation of understanding through inductive research (qualitative) and to test and enrich the foundation through deductive means (quantitative).

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Rascon, Carlos G. "An operational statistical analysis of United States Marine Corps civilian employee injury tracking process and injury data." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA483495.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2008.
Thesis Advisor(s): Fricker, Ronald D., Jr. "June 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on August 26, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78). Also available in print.

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D'Costa, Aspen. "RESEARCH STUDY MEASURING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, JOB SATISFACTION, AND INTENTION TO TURNOVER IN UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES." OpenSIUC, 2017. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1352.

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The purpose of this study was to discover the relationship between employee engagement with chosen engagement drivers (quality of life, company practices, total rewards, work, people, and opportunities) along with the consequence of intention to turnover and job satisfaction. An experimental survey was carefully designed to examine employee engagement, job satisfaction, and intention to turnover for full-time university employees across the United States. This study sought to identify the definitive relationship between the selected engagement drivers (quality of life, company practices, total rewards, work, people, and opportunities) from Aon Hewitt’s global research study for employees, job satisfaction within the university for a specific role, along with an employee’s intention to turnover. The study found that employees with higher levels of employee engagement had low turnover intentions and were satisfied with their jobs.

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Stanford, Jane Herring. "Measuring the Implementation of Employee Involvement in the Maquiladora Industry : A Matched-pairs Analysis of United States Parent Companies and Their Mexican Subsidiaries." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278521/.

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Participative management practices between United States parent companies in the maquiladora industry and their Mexico assembly plants were investigated for this study. It was hypothesized that managers of parent maquiladora companies in the United States encouraged greater levels of worker participation than did expatriate managers in Mexican subsidiaries. However, the findings of this study indicate that expatriate managers in a number of the Mexico subsidiaries are currently implementing employee involvement approaches. In some instances, highly participative team-based approaches are being used.

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Sinclair, Cody S. "Effects of military/family conflict on female naval officer retention." Thesis, access online version, 2004. http://theses.nps.navy.mil/04Jun%5FSinclair.pdf.

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Burg-Brown, Stephanie A. "The relationship between leadership styles and organizational performance moderated by employee job satisfaction in United States government agencies." Thesis, Capella University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10240572.

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The purpose of this quantitative survey research study was to test the ability of the Full Range Leadership Theory to explain a relationship between Transformational and Transactional Leadership Styles (independent variables) and Organizational Performance (dependent variable), when Transformational and Transactional Leadership Styles were moderated by Employee Job Satisfaction (moderating variable) for 119 full-time employees in government agencies within the United States (U.S.). Leadership styles have been positively linked to employee job satisfaction and various organizational outcomes; however, most studies on leadership styles, employee job satisfaction, and organizational performance had been focused on the private sector, with little focus on the public sector. The present study focused on public sector (government) agencies. The sample was made up of full-time, non-supervisory U.S. government employees who worked in agencies within the U.S. Qualtrics, Inc. was hired to draw the sample and three survey questionnaire instruments were used to collect the data. A linear multiple regression model was applied to the study and the data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple linear regression. Results of the study were statistically significant (p < .05). Overall, the results lent support to theories that posit leadership styles and employee job satisfaction play a role in determining organizational performance. The results support arguments for adopting the transformational leadership style, and each of its dimensions, to reverse the decline of job satisfaction and enhance levels of organizational performance for U.S. government employees. Limitations of the study were discussed, as well as implications of the findings. Finally, recommendations for future research were offered.

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Watt, James Robert. "Electronic workplace surveillance and employee privacy : a comparative analysis of privacy protection in Australia and the United States." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2009. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/26536/1/James_Watt_Thesis.pdf.

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More than a century ago in their definitive work “The Right to Privacy” Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis highlighted the challenges posed to individual privacy by advancing technology. Today’s workplace is characterised by its reliance on computer technology, particularly the use of email and the Internet to perform critical business functions. Increasingly these and other workplace activities are the focus of monitoring by employers. There is little formal regulation of electronic monitoring in Australian or United States workplaces. Without reasonable limits or controls, this has the potential to adversely affect employees’ privacy rights. Australia has a history of legislating to protect privacy rights, whereas the United States has relied on a combination of constitutional guarantees, federal and state statutes, and the common law. This thesis examines a number of existing and proposed statutory and other workplace privacy laws in Australia and the United States. The analysis demonstrates that existing measures fail to adequately regulate monitoring or provide employees with suitable remedies where unjustifiable intrusions occur. The thesis ultimately supports the view that enacting uniform legislation at the national level provides a more effective and comprehensive solution for both employers and employees. Chapter One provides a general introduction and briefly discusses issues relevant to electronic monitoring in the workplace. Chapter Two contains an overview of privacy law as it relates to electronic monitoring in Australian and United States workplaces. In Chapter Three there is an examination of the complaint process and remedies available to a hypothetical employee (Mary) who is concerned about protecting her privacy rights at work. Chapter Four provides an analysis of the major themes emerging from the research, and also discusses the draft national uniform legislation. Chapter Five details the proposed legislation in the form of the Workplace Surveillance and Monitoring Act, and Chapter Six contains the conclusion.

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Watt, James Robert. "Electronic workplace surveillance and employee privacy : a comparative analysis of privacy protection in Australia and the United States." Queensland University of Technology, 2009. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/26536/.

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More than a century ago in their definitive work “The Right to Privacy” Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis highlighted the challenges posed to individual privacy by advancing technology. Today’s workplace is characterised by its reliance on computer technology, particularly the use of email and the Internet to perform critical business functions. Increasingly these and other workplace activities are the focus of monitoring by employers. There is little formal regulation of electronic monitoring in Australian or United States workplaces. Without reasonable limits or controls, this has the potential to adversely affect employees’ privacy rights. Australia has a history of legislating to protect privacy rights, whereas the United States has relied on a combination of constitutional guarantees, federal and state statutes, and the common law. This thesis examines a number of existing and proposed statutory and other workplace privacy laws in Australia and the United States. The analysis demonstrates that existing measures fail to adequately regulate monitoring or provide employees with suitable remedies where unjustifiable intrusions occur. The thesis ultimately supports the view that enacting uniform legislation at the national level provides a more effective and comprehensive solution for both employers and employees. Chapter One provides a general introduction and briefly discusses issues relevant to electronic monitoring in the workplace. Chapter Two contains an overview of privacy law as it relates to electronic monitoring in Australian and United States workplaces. In Chapter Three there is an examination of the complaint process and remedies available to a hypothetical employee (Mary) who is concerned about protecting her privacy rights at work. Chapter Four provides an analysis of the major themes emerging from the research, and also discusses the draft national uniform legislation. Chapter Five details the proposed legislation in the form of the Workplace Surveillance and Monitoring Act, and Chapter Six contains the conclusion.

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Gorti, Ravi Kiran. "An analysis of travel trends of the elderly and zero-vehicle households in the United States." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000442.

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Burge, Kevin Turrini Joseph. "The Presidential Records Act of 1978 its development from the right to know and the public's demand for federal records ownership /." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SPRING/History/Thesis/Burge_Kevin_50.pdf.

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Phillips, Sara. "Property and prosperity: examing contemporary private property ownership in light of increased oil and gas development in the United States." Thesis, McGill University, 2014. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=121441.

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The concept of private property has played an important role within American history and culture. For many of the country's founding statesmen, private property was heralded as the ultimate path to freedom, financial independence, and prosperity. The role of the private landowner has evolved dramatically over the last two centuries or so, and private property has now become an important component of US states' increased oil and gas development efforts. As demand for the resources continues to rise, the US has experienced an unprecedented boom in oil and gas development, on both public and private lands. In the wake of increased development activity, the demand for greater land conservation measures has also escalated. Private property plays an integral role in US environmental conservation efforts and a growing number of landowners now seek enduring land conservation and protection.This thesis considers the role of private property in light of the arguably equally important state interests of oil and gas resource development and environmental conservation. Utilizing professors Gregory Alexander and Eduardo Peñalver's human flourishing model of the social obligation norm, I argue that private property ownership consists of two primary overarching social obligations: resource development and land conservation. Looking to the state of Colorado as a case study, I examine the various traits inherent in private land ownership within the context of resource development, demonstrating that Colorado has, to its detriment, over-emphasized the obligation of resource development while neglecting other equally important environmental considerations. Throughout the thesis, I reveal how Colorado's substandard regulatory practices have disempowered the state's private landowners, disincentivized land conservation efforts, and effectively undermined the human flourishing model of private property ownership. I therefore argue for a repositioning of the state's interests, to provide greater protection to Colorado's private landowners while also restoring balance and harmony to the social objectives of environmental preservation, and conservation and development of oil and gas resources.
Le concept de propriété privée a joué un rôle important dans l'histoire et la culture Américaine. Pour beaucoup des pères fondateurs du pays, la propriété privée était considérée comme la voie ultime menant à la liberté, l'indépendance financière et la prospérité. Le rôle du propriétaire privé a considérablement évolué au cours des deux derniers siècles environ, et la propriété privée est devenue, pour les états américains, une composante importante de leur développement minier et gazier. Du fait de l'augmentation des besoins en ressources, les États-Unis ont connu un essor sans précédent de l'exploitation minière, aussi bien sur les terrains publics que privés. Au fur et à mesure du développement grandissant de l'activité minière, les exigences d'accroissement des mesures protectrices en matière de conservation des sols ont également augmenté. La propriété privée joue un rôle essentiel dans les efforts des États-Unis en matière de protection environnementale et un nombre croissant de propriétaires cherchent dorénavant une conservation et une préservation durables des terres.Cette thèse étudie le rôle de la propriété privée au regard des intérêts étatiques, sans doute aussi importants, en matière de développement des ressources gazières et pétrolières et de préservation de l'environnement. Utilisant le modèle de l'épanouissement de l'être humain fondé sur la théorie de la contrainte sociale, élaboré par les professeurs Gregory Alexander et Eduardo Peñalver, je soutiens que la propriété privée se compose de deux contraintes sociales principales : le développement des ressources et la préservation des terres. Utilisant l'état du Colorado comme cas d'étude, j'examine les différents attributs inhérents à la propriété privée des terres dans le cadre du développement des ressources, démontrant ainsi que le Colorado a, à son détriment, excessivement privilégié le développement des ressources par rapport aux autres considérations environnementales tout aussi importantes. Tout au long de la thèse, je m'attache à exposer comment les lacunes des normes règlementaires édictées par l'état du Colorado ont conduit à désavantager les propriétaires privés de l'état, décourager les initiatives en matière de préservation des sols et ont finalement desservi le modèle d'épanouissement de l'être humain par la propriété privée. J'ai donc argumenté en faveur d'un repositionnement des intérêts de l'état, afin d'offrir une meilleure protection aux propriétaires privés du Colorado, tout en rétablissant l'équilibre et l'harmonie entre les objectifs sociétaux de préservation et conservation de l'environnement et de développement des ressources pétrolières et gazières.

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Pinjari, Abdul Rawoof. "An analysis of household vehicle ownership and utilization patterns in the United States using the 2001 National Household Travel Survey." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000280.

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Haddock-Millar, Julie, Chandana Sanyal, and Michael Müller-Camen. "Green human resource management: a comparative qualitative case study of a United States multinational corporation." Taylor & Francis, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2015.1052087.

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This article explores the ways in which a multinational company approaches green human resource management (HRM) in its British, German and Swedish subsidiaries. The authors analyse the similarities and differences in Green HRM approaches in these three European subsidiaries of a US restaurant chain. This enables the comparison of Green HRM practices and behaviours, and considers the factors that influence the subsidiaries in this particular domain. Therefore, this research addresses the current lack of international comparative research in the field of Green HRM. The methodological approach is a multi-case study with 50 participants, using semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The results present evidence of proactive environmental management, reflected through a range of operational and people-centred initiatives across the three European countries. Although there is an overarching commitment to environmental sustainability, the positioning and alignment of the environment and HR function differ amongst the subsidiaries, as does the way in which the subsidiaries choose to engage the workforce in environmental sustainability. The study identified a number of factors that explain the differences in approaches including, amongst others, strategic and performance drivers and cultural dimensions, such as relationships with key stakeholders.

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