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The Impossible Is Possible, Dianne Davis Jan 1984

The Impossible Is Possible, Dianne Davis

Hospitality Review

Networking is providing new support for women interested in or entering the food service industry. The author discusses how educators and the industry can assist and how one organization is putting together specific programs to provide support and encouragement to women.


Progress, Process And The Critique Of Development: The Interplay Of Gender And Genre In The Morgesons, Janet E. Graber Jan 1984

Progress, Process And The Critique Of Development: The Interplay Of Gender And Genre In The Morgesons, Janet E. Graber

Honors Papers

Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard's work received little public attention or critical acclaim during her lifetime. Only now, more than a hundred years after her best work was completed, has Stoddard begun to find an enthusiastic audience. Stoddard wanted badly the success which eluded her, yet she was not willing to sacrifice her intellectual and artistic integrity in order to sell books. She had only contempt for the countless women writers of her day, "the tribe of intellectual gardeners and vegetable growers," who gained widespread popularity with their frothy, ornate, and romantic fiction. She wanted to be seen as a consequential and …


Reaching The Changing Woman Consumer: An Experiment In Advertising, Thomas E. Barry, Mary C. Gilly, Lindley E. Doran Jan 1984

Reaching The Changing Woman Consumer: An Experiment In Advertising, Thomas E. Barry, Mary C. Gilly, Lindley E. Doran

Historical Working Papers

Questioning whether women can be distinguished into different market segments based on their desire to work, the authors sample women who have different demographic characteristics. Results show that the desire to work sclae can effectively segment the market. Blurring between categories may be studied to further delineate factors that can contribute to segmentation.


The Job Satisfaction/Absenteeism Relationship: Gender As A Moderating Variable, Dow Scott, Dennis A. Mabes Jan 1984

The Job Satisfaction/Absenteeism Relationship: Gender As A Moderating Variable, Dow Scott, Dennis A. Mabes

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Rethinking The Substantive Rules For Custody Disputes In Divorce, David L. Chambers Jan 1984

Rethinking The Substantive Rules For Custody Disputes In Divorce, David L. Chambers

Articles

A few states, mostly in the West and South, still retain a preference in custody disputes for placing young children with their mothers. In most other states, legislatures or courts have replaced the maternal presumption with a rule directing courts to be guided solely by the child's "welfare" or "best interests." A few legislatures have created a new preference for joint custody, directing courts to consider favorably requests by a parent for such arrangements, even over the objection of the other parent. This Article argues that the trend away from the maternal presumption is sensible, but that the current best-interests …