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Factors That Relate To Job Retention For Former Welfare Recipients, Lisa Spadafore
Factors That Relate To Job Retention For Former Welfare Recipients, Lisa Spadafore
Masters Theses
This descriptive study attempted to determine the factors that relate to job retention for former welfare recipients. Welfare recipients (15 women and 17 men), who were participating in a job club program, completed the Wonderlic Personnel Test (Wonderlic, 1985), the 16 Personality Factors Test (Eber, Cattell, & IPAT Staff, 1985), and a Background/Monetary Questionnaire. Thirty-two clients who obtained jobs were divided into two groups, those who retained their job for 90 days (n = 21) and those who did not (n = 11). Of the 31 factors analyzed, four showed a statistically significant relationship with job retention; amount of jail …
The Effects Of Participative Management On Teacher Satisfaction During Periods Of Organizational Decline, Robert Michael O'Brien
The Effects Of Participative Management On Teacher Satisfaction During Periods Of Organizational Decline, Robert Michael O'Brien
Dissertations
Public school teachers and administrators are increasingly challenged to demonstrate effectiveness in the face of organizational decline. A management system proposed by researchers in organizational development to promote worker effectiveness is participatory management. This study investigated the effects of participatory management as they related to teacher satisfaction and productivity during organizational decline. Two local school districts that used a participatory management system, identified as Quality of Work Life (QWL) districts, were studied. Two similar local school districts that did not use a participatory management system were also studied. The results of the analysis indicate that there were no significant differences …
Determination Of A "Benchmark" Rate Of Return For Regulated Small Telephone Utilities In The State Of Michigan, Gondy Bhaskara Rao
Determination Of A "Benchmark" Rate Of Return For Regulated Small Telephone Utilities In The State Of Michigan, Gondy Bhaskara Rao
Dissertations
This study presents an approach that is consistent with regulatory standards of fairness, and enables the Public Service Commission staff to determining "benchmark" rates of return for Michigan's small telephone utilities. It applies only where they are either subsidiaries of holding companies or independently operating but whose securities are not publicly traded.
The methodology developed in this research is couched in the capital asset pricing framework and is powerful enough to capture the parent-subsidiary relationship to the ultimate determination of benchmark rates of return for utilities that have similar risks.
To evaluate the methodology for consistency with the regulatory standards, …
Comparative Analysis Of Illinois Juvenile Judges: 1965 Vs. 1987, Gerald T. Cyrkiel
Comparative Analysis Of Illinois Juvenile Judges: 1965 Vs. 1987, Gerald T. Cyrkiel
All Capstone Projects
This study will examine the relationship between the current system of educating juvenile court judges and the changes which are necessary to improve the realm of juvenile justice.
This study will describe the current education programs which are presently available for juvenile court judges in the United States. In order to provide a view of the education and experience of a group of juvenile court judges, a sample of Illinois juvenile court judges will be surveyed as to educational background, occupational experience related to youth, and attendance at national and local education programs for juvenile court judges. The findings of …
The Rantoul-Chanute Regionalization Of Wastewater Treatment: Small Town Interest Group Success, Francis G. Mcloughlin
The Rantoul-Chanute Regionalization Of Wastewater Treatment: Small Town Interest Group Success, Francis G. Mcloughlin
All Student Theses
In the pages to follow I intend to show how the Village of Rantoul made a killing in the federal funds market. What did the village do? It entered into a joint venture with Chanute Air Force Base to build and operate a regional wastewater treatment plant.This regioinalization saved village residents millions of dollars while the Air Force, assured of money for their own on-base plant from the Department of Defense, had nothing to lose and public support to gain.In the end, both the village and Chanute Air Force Base have their regional wastewater treatment facility. The self-interest of both …
Adolescent Shoplifting And Situational Stimuli, James A. Chambers
Adolescent Shoplifting And Situational Stimuli, James A. Chambers
Dissertations and Theses
Adolescent shoplifting has provoked limited and somewhat controversial perspectives within the sociological and psychological literature. These controversies center around the empirical variables used for analysis. A companion argument focuses on the subjective and objective measurement of these variables. This research explicated variables from the sociological literature to test their relationship, using multiple linear regression, to adolescent shoplifting behavior. These variables and situational stimuli were operationalized in a simultaneous model to demonstrate a proximate occurrence of the attitude-situation-behavior reciprocal. This reciprocal is a learning theory which suggests that direct and vicarious experiences accompanied by rewards and punishment, in one's environment, lead …
Maritime Safety Administration In Somalia, Mohamoud
Maritime Safety Administration In Somalia, Mohamoud
World Maritime University Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Canadian Railway Museums And Visitor Attraction, Walter Gordon Miller Mcwilliams
Canadian Railway Museums And Visitor Attraction, Walter Gordon Miller Mcwilliams
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Canadian museums with operating railways constitute special places, and over the past five years they have seen a marked increase in historic preservation work. If this work is to continue these museums, run by volunteer organizations, must be able to increase the numbers of visitors to their sites. Two research questions were investigated, one more objective and scientific, the other more subjective and humanistic: How do such special places function, especially with respect to their market area? And, what sort of sense of place do they create? The first question considers what draws visitors initially; the second question, what brings …
Proposed State Legislation For High School Graduation Requirements, Ronald Dahlbeck
Proposed State Legislation For High School Graduation Requirements, Ronald Dahlbeck
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Lincoln And Oregon, Todd Hageman
Lincoln And Oregon, Todd Hageman
Masters Theses
The Civil War is one of the most significant events in American history. President Abraham Lincoln’s term in office was dominated by the War, therefore the study of Lincoln has likewise been dominated by War developments. The War’s battles were overwhelmingly concentrated in the eastern United States, and hence the American west has largely been ignored by Lincoln scholars. This study attempts to uncover Lincoln’s policy toward Oregon, including War developments and his domestic policy, to partially fill the “western gap” in Lincoln scholarship.
Oregon was admitted to the federal Union in 1859, and by Lincoln’s election in 1860 that …
Social Dependency And Chinese Political Economic Reform, Jiang Li
Social Dependency And Chinese Political Economic Reform, Jiang Li
Masters Theses
This study of Chinese politics, economics, society and culture is intended to contribute to better understanding of the contemporary reforms in China. This task was not easy due to the facts that China has not been open to direct observation, and its policies were influenced by unpredicted changes.
This thesis is concerned with the reforms and changes that occurred during the years starting 1978 up to the present time. In 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Communist Party of the Chinese Central Committee in Beijing, marked the beginning of the reforms in China. The Chinese leaders made efforts …
The Development Of A School Emergency Plan For The Blue Ridge School District #18, Farmer City, Illinois, Robert D. Hooker
The Development Of A School Emergency Plan For The Blue Ridge School District #18, Farmer City, Illinois, Robert D. Hooker
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was to devise an emergency preparedness plan handbook for the Blue Ridge School District #18, Farmer City, Illinois. The handbook was designed to aid the school administration and staff by defining definite administrative action in carrying out the steps necessary to protect students and staff in the event of an emergency situation. A data base was formed from several sources. Information was received through a review of the literature; a review of organizational materials; a review of information from school districts through a questionnaire; interviews with individuals from professional agencies; and a review of school …
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Policies In Central Illinois: A Survey, Analysis, And Model, Daniel Lathrop
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Policies In Central Illinois: A Survey, Analysis, And Model, Daniel Lathrop
Masters Theses
One purpose of this study was to develop model policies for school districts to use in dealing with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). A second purpose was to identify which school districts in the Educational Service Region (ESR) comprised of Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Moultrie, and Shelby counties had addressed the issue of AIDS policies. The population surveyed in the initial phase consisted of 22 superintendents within the ESR. A survey was developed utilizing many items from a national study (Keough and Seaton, 1987). The survey was administered during a monthly meeting of superintendents hosted by Regional Superintendent Rosemary Shepherd. …