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Home Environmental Modifications: Consumer Experience And Satisfaction, Linda L. Mohney Jan 2000

Home Environmental Modifications: Consumer Experience And Satisfaction, Linda L. Mohney

Masters Theses

This study investigated consumer experience and satisfaction in choosing home modifications to accommodate a disability. This study used semi-structured individual interviews and qualitative analysis to gather information from six people with disabilities concerning their experience with and opinion of home modifications. Seven significant themes emerged: a.) the importance of an adviser and self-agency in the modification process; b.) the inability of participants to distinguish OT’s contributions c.) participant’s perception of OTs as part of a uni-disciplinary team; d.) ineffective execution of environmental interventions; e.) inadequate knowledge of applicable laws, standards, and codes; f.) a disability vs. client-centered perspective, and g.) …

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Stress Urinary Incontinence Parous Versus Nulliparous Women Ages 18-35, Lisa Stoner, Michelle Way Jan 2000

Stress Urinary Incontinence Parous Versus Nulliparous Women Ages 18-35, Lisa Stoner, Michelle Way

Masters Theses

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is the unintentional loss of urine with activities such as sneezing, laughing, and coughing. Reports vary regarding age groups affected by SUI. Surveys were randomly distributed to women ages 18-35 in the family practice setting, in order to determine the incidence and reporting of SUI. It was found that there is a relationship between vaginal delivery and incidence of SUI. The percentage of women who reported symptoms of SUI to their health care professionals was 26.1.

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Unlv College Of Education Multicultural & Diversity Newsletter, Steve Mccafferty, John Filler, Nancy P. Gallavan, Le Ann Putney, Nancy Sileo, Kyle Higgins, Porter Troutman, Paul Meacham, Cyndi Giorgis, Aimee Govett, Jean Henry, Lisa Bendixen, Jennifer L. Fabbi, Rebecca Nathanson Jan 2000

Unlv College Of Education Multicultural & Diversity Newsletter, Steve Mccafferty, John Filler, Nancy P. Gallavan, Le Ann Putney, Nancy Sileo, Kyle Higgins, Porter Troutman, Paul Meacham, Cyndi Giorgis, Aimee Govett, Jean Henry, Lisa Bendixen, Jennifer L. Fabbi, Rebecca Nathanson

College of Education Multicultural & Diversity Newsletter

A newsletter discussing a variety of topics dealing with multicultural topics and diversity in education.

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Reasonably Accomodating Race: Lessons From The Ada For Race-Targeted Affirmative Action, Sandra R. Levitsky Jan 2000

Reasonably Accomodating Race: Lessons From The Ada For Race-Targeted Affirmative Action, Sandra R. Levitsky

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

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Effects Of Preservice Peer Coaching On Student Teachers In Special Education, Kit-Hung Lee Jan 2000

Effects Of Preservice Peer Coaching On Student Teachers In Special Education, Kit-Hung Lee

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation of a peer coaching program among Traditional and Non-Traditional student teachers and to compare their subsequent teaching behaviors and attitude toward peer coaching. The variables investigated through direct class observation were effective and ineffective teaching behaviors using the criteria of the Florida Performance Measurement System (FPMS). Attitude toward peer coaching was investigated using survey methodology; Data analysis indicated the following findings. There was a statistically significant ordinal interaction effect between the group and timing of the assessment in effective teaching behaviors after participation in peer coaching. There was neither a …

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Public Perceptions Of Quick-Care Clinic And Hospital Emergency Department Capabilities: A Pre-Illness And Injury Analysis, Paul D Shapiro Jan 2000

Public Perceptions Of Quick-Care Clinic And Hospital Emergency Department Capabilities: A Pre-Illness And Injury Analysis, Paul D Shapiro

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation examines the public and medical professionals' perceptions of the capabilities of quick-care clinic and hospital emergency departments. A probability-based survey was administered to three hundred and sixty-six adults in the Las Vegas metropolitan area detailing twenty-one medical conditions ranging in severity from an ingrown toenail to a child not breathing. For each scenario the respondent was asked to select either a hospital emergency department or a quick-care clinic as the appropriate facility for the proper treatment of each medical condition. Their responses were then compared to a medical benchmark which was established by a sample of one hundred …

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Using Comics To Teach Multiple Meaning Of Words, Robin Carin Stall Jan 2000

Using Comics To Teach Multiple Meaning Of Words, Robin Carin Stall

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to investigate the efficacy of using comics to teach the multiple meanings of words to students with language and learning disabilities. Three research hypotheses were tested: (1) there will be a statistically significant difference in learning multiple meanings of words between subjects who received instruction with comics and subjects who received instruction without comics; (2) there will be a statistically significant increase in the subjects' perceived abilities to learn and remember words with multiple meanings after instruction using comics; and (3) there will be a statistically significant change in the subjects' interest in reading …

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Test Result Use In The Elementary Classroom, Kevan Eileen Ommen Jan 2000

Test Result Use In The Elementary Classroom, Kevan Eileen Ommen

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study examines elementary teacher use of district curriculum-based test results in making instructional decisions. A questionnaire was developed and distributed to elementary teachers asking about their routine practices when using test results, their comfort level in doing so, and training they have received. Returns from 944 teachers were analyzed, and it was determined some concerns exist related to the interpretation and use of test information by elementary teachers. It was concluded that teachers may need training to improve their skills in test result interpretation, and the formats used by school districts to distribute test results may need modification. In …

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Television Crime Drama Program Viewing And O J Simpson Bias: Applying The Cultivation Theory, Allan Pearlstein Jan 2000

Television Crime Drama Program Viewing And O J Simpson Bias: Applying The Cultivation Theory, Allan Pearlstein

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

According to media critics, no criminal event has ever received as much publicity as the O. J. Simpson double murder case. The purpose of conducting this research was to apply the cultivation analysis theory to the O. J. Simpson case to see if heavy daily television viewers, heavy viewers of crime drama programs both realistic and fictional, and heavy newspaper and magazine readers expressed guilt against O. J. Simpson With the assistance from personnel at the Clark County Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada, the researcher administered 205 survey questionnaires to summoned jurors who were released from jury service. A negative …

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The Effects Of Animated Practice On Mental Rotation Tests, Russell Winsor Smith Jan 2000

The Effects Of Animated Practice On Mental Rotation Tests, Russell Winsor Smith

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Mental rotation tests have been used to study the underlying process of mental imagery. In an attempt to better understand the nature of mental rotation, this study looked at the effects of practice with using animated feedback. A group with animated feedback, a group with non-animated feedback, and a control group were compared using a pretest-posttest design. The combined practice groups performed significantly better than the control group on both reaction time and accuracy. However, there were no significant differences between the animated and the non-animated groups. The animated group did perform significantly better on the posttest than the control …

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Political Control Over Special Districts In Local Government: A Case Study Of The Las Vegas - Clark County Library District, John Thompson Stephens Jan 2000

Political Control Over Special Districts In Local Government: A Case Study Of The Las Vegas - Clark County Library District, John Thompson Stephens

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis examines the Las Vegas - Clark County Library District over the five year period from 1991 to 1995. Based on interviews, local media coverage and budgetary data, the work traces the development of the library district during its most turbulent times. As a case study of special districts or "functional feudalities", the Las Vegas - Clark County Library District provides an excellent microcosm for understanding competing elites, interest group politics, budgetary problems, and public perception as determinants of policy made by a non-elected governing board.

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The Effects Of Spiritual Care Nursing Education On Nurses' Comfort In The Delivery Of Spiritual Care, Carmen E Sterling-Fisher Jan 2000

The Effects Of Spiritual Care Nursing Education On Nurses' Comfort In The Delivery Of Spiritual Care, Carmen E Sterling-Fisher

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Spiritual care of patients has been an important part of nursing since Florence Nightingale's days, although the spiritual nature of nursing care is often overlooked in today's nursing community. According to Highfield (1992) and Lilley (1987), issues regarding the physical and psychosocial aspects of nursing care continue to predominate nursing literature despite the long standing documented value of spiritual aspects of nursing care (Burkhardt and Nagai-Jacobson, 1994; Robinson, 1994 and Ross, 1994), resulting in limited available learning opportunities related to spiritual care. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an educational intervention concerning spiritual nursing care …

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An Augustinian Analysis Of The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Jon Mcclendon White Jan 2000

An Augustinian Analysis Of The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Jon Mcclendon White

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Applying the Christian principles of depraved human nature, expectation of detrimental behavior from irrational actors, and rational attempts to limit the destructiveness of war, Augustine would conclude that the declared nuclear weapons states have a moral obligation to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons. Laws suitable to the needs of the times are the appropriate method for accomplishing this. The pending Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is one such law. Because the CTBT bans all nuclear explosions and establishes an intrusive inspection scheme, it will have an impact on the U. S. Department of Energy (DoE). DoE should respond by participating …

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A Qualitative Investigation Of The Long -Term Effects Of A Staff Development Project On Two Middle School Science Teachers' Literacy Practices, Lisa Patel Stevens Jan 2000

A Qualitative Investigation Of The Long -Term Effects Of A Staff Development Project On Two Middle School Science Teachers' Literacy Practices, Lisa Patel Stevens

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The focus of this study was to explore the changes in literacy practice that occurred after two middle school science teachers completed their participation in a long-term staff development project on content area literacy. There were two participants in this study, were a sixth-grade life science teacher in her 22nd year of teaching, and an eighth grade physical science teacher in her 4th year of teaching. Multiple data sources were collected, including field notes from the staff development meetings, interviews of participants and other school personnel, classroom observations, descriptive surveys, lesson plans, exit slips and evaluation forms; Qualitative methodologies were …

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Scaffolding Literacy Knowledge Within A One -On -One Tutoring Situation: An Ethnographic Study, Diane Katherine Brantley Jan 2000

Scaffolding Literacy Knowledge Within A One -On -One Tutoring Situation: An Ethnographic Study, Diane Katherine Brantley

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to explore and describe the culture of tutoring to determine if America Reads Challenge (ARC) tutors were able to provide elementary school tutees with scaffolded literacy learning experiences. Three main educational theories formed the framework for this study: sociocultural theory of cognitive development, scaffolding, and activity theory. Relevant research related to the efficacy of tutoring programs also was included. The overarching research design was an ethnographic methodology that included the collection of video tape, followed up with informal interviews to substantiate the findings with the two tutoring dyads; Subsequently, the data was analyzed, …

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School And Student Alienation: Perceptions Of Secondary Students With And Without Disabilities, Monica Ree Brown Jan 2000

School And Student Alienation: Perceptions Of Secondary Students With And Without Disabilities, Monica Ree Brown

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study had two purposes. The first was to investigate and gather student perceptions (e.g., authoritarian, relevancy of the curriculum, teacher expectations, amount of student autonomy, student placement, school ethnic composition, parental interest, race/ethnicity) within the secondary school environment associated with their feelings of alienation from their school. The second purpose was multifaceted and involved: (1) the identification of the levels of powerlessness, normlessness, meaninglessness, and social isolation/estrangement experienced by different students, and (2) the analysis of individual student characteristics (e.g., gender, student placement, perceived ability, race/ethnicity, perceived social status) that may contribute to school alienation; The participants in this …

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Film And Architecture: Discovering The Self-Reflection Of Frank Capra And Frank Lloyd Wright Through Contextual Analysis, Marie Lynore Kohler Jan 2000

Film And Architecture: Discovering The Self-Reflection Of Frank Capra And Frank Lloyd Wright Through Contextual Analysis, Marie Lynore Kohler

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Film and architecture were analyzed to evaluate the rhetorical potential these media hold in communicating the self-reflection of their creators. In an attempt to uncover common communication elements which further link the relationship between film and architecture, specific works of director Frank Capra and architect Frank Lloyd Wright were examined. The study utilizes both an historical, case study approach, combined with a contextual analysis of two selected works. Because Zettl's (1990) theory of applied media aesthetics emphasizes the importance of the medium in the communication process, this methodology was applied to Capra's film It's A Wonderful Life and Wright's building …

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Targeting Families And Teens: Television Violence On The Wb, Rick Brian Marks Jan 2000

Targeting Families And Teens: Television Violence On The Wb, Rick Brian Marks

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The author investigates the amount of violence contained within WB primetime programs in order to determine The WB's number of violent acts per program and per program hour as well as determine some of the possible effects of The WB's violence. The author sampled one week of WB primetime programming. A definition of violence similar to other violence studies was employed for comparability. The unit of analysis used for coding was the violent act. The author found all WB primetime programs to contain some violence. The most violent WB primetime program was "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the highest number …

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Dance In The Contemporary American Musical Theater: What Has Become Of The Dream Ballet?, Phoebe Ellen Newsted Jan 2000

Dance In The Contemporary American Musical Theater: What Has Become Of The Dream Ballet?, Phoebe Ellen Newsted

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The dream ballet is defined. The discussion explains the inception, subsequent rise and eventual disappearance of the dream ballet. The research follows the development of the dream ballet and identifies its contributions to the American musical theater. The thesis specifically examines the amplification of the emotional realm of character and plot development, as elicited by the dream ballet; The study evaluates the void left today by the absence of the dream ballet in relation to an examination of the climate of contemporary American musical theater. The analysis explores the correlation between the decline of the dream ballet and the decline …

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The Las Vegas Phenomenon, Juliet Reubens Jan 2000

The Las Vegas Phenomenon, Juliet Reubens

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis supposes that people gambling in Las Vegas are engaged in religious-like and transformative experiences, ideas, and behaviors. Those which are religious-like are categorized into separate groups. These separate groups are Magic, Charms and Jinxes, Ritual, Altered-States of Consciousness, and Divining each having a subsequent section in my thesis. The transformative experiences, ideas, and behaviors are like-wise categorized into separate groups. These separate groups and subsequent sections are Adults at Play, Fantasy, Theming, and Rebellion. People who play slot machines are studied and to them is applied the theory developed by Luhrmann in the book Persuasions of the Witches …

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Racing For Fans: Communication Technology, The Total Experience, And The Rise Of Nascar, Elizabeth M Smith Jan 2000

Racing For Fans: Communication Technology, The Total Experience, And The Rise Of Nascar, Elizabeth M Smith

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, or NASCAR, has seen a tremendous popularity surge in the past decade. The sport is attracting record crowds at its events nationwide and its televised broadcasts are gaining audiences rapidly. While there are many reasons why NASCAR has gained an audience recently, this exploratory study examines the role of communication technology in the proliferation of the sport; Each technology is discussed as it relates to a NASCAR fan's enjoyment of the "total experience," a term that defines the ultimate mediated experience available to a fan using communication technology without his or her …

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Attitude Of Gaming Employees Towards Problem Gambling: How It Affects Their Learning At An Awareness Training, Lisa Michelle Bybee Jan 2000

Attitude Of Gaming Employees Towards Problem Gambling: How It Affects Their Learning At An Awareness Training, Lisa Michelle Bybee

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to analyze the efficacy of a problem gambling training class to train adult learners and to determine whether the attitude of this sample towards problem gambling affects their ability to learn about this issue. A survey instrument was designed by the author. The researcher used frequency distribution, crosstabulations, and linear regression to analyze the collected data. The survey sample consisted of adult gaming employees in Las Vegas who attended compulsory problem gambling awareness training; What makes this topic, problem gambling, provocative is that people have difficulty accepting that the pursuit of the intangible product …

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Identifying Critical Service Incidents That Have An Effect On Guest Satisfaction In A Central American Luxury Hotel, Kimberly Jean Jacobs Jan 2000

Identifying Critical Service Incidents That Have An Effect On Guest Satisfaction In A Central American Luxury Hotel, Kimberly Jean Jacobs

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify critical service incidents that have an effect on guest satisfaction in a Central American luxury hotel. Customer-contact employee and guest perceptions of what is classified as a critical incident, as well as differences between Latin American and North American guest perceptions, were compared. Data was collected through one-on-one interview with guests and employees using the Critical Incident Technique. The results of the study were compared to two other studies that had created incident classification systems. The results of this study supported the research of Bitner, Booms, and Tetreault, in 1990 and Bitner, …

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Communicating The Risks And Hazards Of Methylmercury To The Ojibwe Population, Glenna Lee Jan 2000

Communicating The Risks And Hazards Of Methylmercury To The Ojibwe Population, Glenna Lee

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Fatal poisonings due to the consumption of fish containing high concentrations of methylmercury have been well documented, and demonstrate that the consumption of mercury-contaminated fish and other organisms can contribute to adverse human health effects. Native Americans of the Great Lakes region are one of the populations potentially subjected to greater concentrations of methylmercury than the general population because fishery is an integral part of their culture. The purpose of this study is to investigate the Ojibwe of the Great Lakes region's understanding of the risks and hazards associated with the consumption of fish contaminated with methylmercury and increase their …

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Self-Management Of Chronic Pain By Patients With Arthritis, Joan K Rogers Jan 2000

Self-Management Of Chronic Pain By Patients With Arthritis, Joan K Rogers

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The insistent presence of pain for the millions of persons with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis can drastically reduce an individual's quality of life. Self-management approaches for arthritis pain relief are being emphasized and individuals needs a medley of pain management methods to select from to help manage arthritis pain; The Pain Management Inventory (PMI) was used in a descriptive design with a convenience sample (n = 91) to identify pain management methods individuals with arthritis use and find helpful. Exercising was the method used by the largest number of respondents and was also perceived as most helpful. The methods used …

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Pathways To Family Preservation Services, Rebecca Ann Carman Jan 2000

Pathways To Family Preservation Services, Rebecca Ann Carman

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The study examines the socio-demographics of families participating in Las Vegas, Nevada's Intensive Family Preservation Program, the crisis precipitators that these families experience, and the services that were directed at the identified crisis precipitators. A qualitative research design was utilized in the analysis of 15 case files. Majority of the families experienced the following crisis precipitators: problems in parenting, children's behavioral and emotional problems, financial problems, substance abuse, and parent's emotional problems. The data suggested that family preservation workers are providing services to address the identified precipitators. The conclusions of this study indicate that intensive family preservation programs could be …

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Casino Database Marketing And Market Segmentation In Las Vegas Hotel/Casinos, Anson Liu Jan 2000

Casino Database Marketing And Market Segmentation In Las Vegas Hotel/Casinos, Anson Liu

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This research is an exploratory study based upon a casino player database, which seeks to examine casino market segment behaviors and to investigate whether any relationships exist between demographics and profitability. It also seeks to establish whether the casino has effectively implemented its complimentary policies and player ratings. The study could not find any statistically significant relationships between demographics and profitability. However, notable patterns were found between these two variables. It also found that the rating system for this casino was inefficient and the players' theoretical win was overrated. A relationship was found between total complimentary expenses and theoretical win, …

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Sex, Gender And Genesis: A Cixousian Exploration Of Language In The Gay Marriage Debates, Nancy Jean Martin Jan 2000

Sex, Gender And Genesis: A Cixousian Exploration Of Language In The Gay Marriage Debates, Nancy Jean Martin

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

How does language structure patriarchy? How are gendered language and creation story imagery evidenced in contemporary debates on gay marriage? Helene Cixous suggests that Western thought is organized around binary, hierarchical oppositions---the most fundamental of which are male over female and masculine over feminine. Language and its connections to psychological and her/historical origins are central to her work. Cixous suggests that the separation of male and female, masculine and feminine, result in a war of sexual difference. I explore these themes with a feminist deconstruction of Internet sites in support of and against gay marriage. I then utilize Cixous's feminine …

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A Comparative Analysis Of Indonesian And Philippino Contraceptive Determinants And Use, Emily Dora Norman Jan 2000

A Comparative Analysis Of Indonesian And Philippino Contraceptive Determinants And Use, Emily Dora Norman

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This exploratory study investigates the contraceptive determinants affecting the variation behind different contraceptive use patterns in Indonesia and the Philippines. I analyze how much effect various determinants have on use patterns and whether these same determinants are relevant to a similar degree in both countries. Several demographic studies have indicated that while education and other socio-economic; variables play a large role in contraceptive use, other factors are pertinent as well. Physical access in terms of distance to a facility or ease in reaching it is one concept. In addition, informational access via availability of mass media and the related function …

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A Study Of Relationships Between Job Satisfaction And Organizational Commitment Among Restaurant Employees, David Anthony Vondrasek Jan 2000

A Study Of Relationships Between Job Satisfaction And Organizational Commitment Among Restaurant Employees, David Anthony Vondrasek

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the relationship of job satisfaction and organizational commitment within two locations of a national restaurant chain in Clark County, Nevada. This research attempts to uncover the basic characteristics and attitudes of food and beverage employees. Through a survey instrument, this study will reveal some of the homogeneous traits these employees exhibit; Methodology. Through the research, two questions were addressed. The first research questions was: Are there any demographic traits of these restaurant employees that significantly affect their job satisfaction? The second research question addressed was: Do restaurant …

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