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Assessment Of Accident Investigation Methods For Wildland Firefighting Incidents By Case Study Method, Steve Munson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Sexual Harassment And Racial Disparity: The Mutual Construction Of Gender And Race, Tanya K. Hernandez

Faculty Scholarship

For a number of years, commentators have proffered anecdotal evidence to suggest that women of color figure prominently as sexual harassment plaintiffs. Until recently, a systematic statistical analysis of women's experiences of sexual harassment by race was largely unavailable. For the first time, this Article comprehensively analyzes Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sexual harassment charge statistics, by looking at data from the last seven years along with Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw electronic reports of sexual harassment complaints for the last twenty years. What immediately becomes apparent in this statistical analysis of sexual harassment charges in the United States is the overrepresentation …

Review Of Minding The Law, By Anthony G. Amsterdam And Jerome Bruner, James L. Kainen

Faculty Scholarship

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Relative Deprivation And Cognitive Appraisals Of Emotion And Their Relationship To Collective Action And Helplessness Behaviors, Ryan Hartmann

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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Dating Behavior Of Latter-Day Saint Male Returned Missionaries: A Process Of Managing Desires, Nancy C. Mclaughlin

Theses and Dissertations

Each year thousands of Latter-day Saint males return to their homes after serving a two year religious mission. According to Latter-day Saint doctrine and cultural beliefs, these young men are expected to resume a normal life including dating and involvement in romantic relationships. Research and Latter-day Saint doctrine related to the dating behavior of returned missionaries (RMs) is reviewed. Most previous research has emphasized the quantitative analysis of single aspects of RMs dating behavior such as dating frequency and social status. In an attempt to add to this field of research, this qualitative analysis explored the attitudes and experiences of …

Geographic Literacy Among Lds Returned Missionaries, Paul Cook Stahmann

Theses and Dissertations

The majority of male Ricks College students, while serving as missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spend two years living in geographically unfamiliar environments. This thesis compares the geographic literacy of those Ricks College males who have served LDS Church missions with those who have not. A test of geographic literacy was administered to 306 male Ricks College students. Returned missionaries demonstrated significantly higher knowledge of general cultural and physical geography than pre-missionanes. In contrast, returned missionaries demonstrated no greater ability to identify global places such as countries and cities. As expected, the returned missionaries possessed …

Tribal Law As Indigenous Social Reality And Separate Consciousness [Re]Incorporating Customs And Traditions Into Tribal Law, Christine Zuni Cruz

Tribal Law Journal

Tribal Law as Indigenous Social Reality and Separate Consciousness-[Re]Incorporating Customs and Traditions into Tribal Law by Christine Zuni Cruz explores the reflection of traditional legal concepts and values in enacted laws of indigenous nations. The premise of this article is that "an indigenous nation's sovereignty is strengthened if its law is based upon its own internalized values and norms." Zuni-Cruz's article questions the impact of enacted western laws on indigenous communities' people and culture.

Awareness And Attitude Towards Environmental Issues : A Case Study In Section 17, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Peck Leong Tan

Student Works (2000-2009)

The purpose of this study is to understand the level of knowledge and awareness on environmental issues. It also seeks to understand and examine the attitude and participation of the public in dealing with wastes and other environmental issues. It is generally believed that knowledge on environmental issues would increase participation in environmental programmes. However, the traditional measures of high awareness and knowledge are found not to be closely linked with public participation on environmental issues. As in other studies, this study found that some 93 per cent of the respondents know the adverse effects of environmental pollution. However. only …

Determinants Of The Choice Of Pre-University Programmes In A Private College, Kok Cheng Thou

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research report aims to identify the factors affecting the choice of courses and the decision making on the choice of college and course, based on a survey conducted in a private college in Malaysia. The survey shows that the course taken by students vanes by gender, medium of instruction from previous schools and whether Science or Arts stream. Mother's education level and father's occupation are two important detem1inants on decision making in choosing a college. The ways students learnt about a college was found to be another factor affecting the decision making. The decision making in choosing the course …

Income And Expenditure Differentials In The Agricultural Communities In Selangor, Hui Ling Tan

Student Works (2000-2009)

Agriculture sector plays an important role in the economic and social development of Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to examine the income and expenditure differentials in the agricultural communities in Selangor. It is based on the data from the Socio-Economic Survey of Farm Households under Area Farmers' Organization (AFO) in Peninsular Malaysia, conducted by the Fanners' Organization Authority (FOA) in 1993. This study shows that the mean income among heads of households in the agricultural communities is only about RM605 per month. Pronounced income differentials occur in terms of ethnicity, education level and occupation of heads of households. …

Determinants Of Career Aspiration Among Students In The Process Of Transition, Yalini Easvaralingam

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study is on the determinants of career aspirations of students in the process of transition. The study examines two components of career aspirations i.e., career preference, which is the idealistic component and career expectation, which is the realistic component. The main purpose of this study is to find the determinants of career aspirations. The main factors that are expected to influence career aspirations are self concept factors, that is, factors that influence the way one perceives oneself. The self concept factors in this study are grouped into categories relating to the demographic characteristics of respondents, family characteristics, socio-economic status …

Tekanan Pekerjaan Dan Mekanisma Penanganan Di Kalangan Guru-Guru Di Kedah, Mohammad Sabri Mustafa

Student Works (2000-2009)

Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti punca utama dari faktor-faktor yang disenaraikan yang menyebabkan tekanan pekerjaan di kalangan guru sekolah kerajaan dan mengenalpasti mekanisma utama digunakan dalam menangani. lanya mengkaji samada ciri demografi responden mempunyai perbezaan yang signifikan dengan punca tekanan dan mekanisma yang digunakan. Sejumleh 200 soal selidik telah diedarkan kepada 20 buah sekolah di Daerah Kata Satar dan Padang Terap/Pendang. Daripada jumlah itu, 185 dikembalikan. Sebanyak 20 item dlgunakan untuk mengukur punca tekanan dan 22 Item untuk mengukur mekanisma menangani tekanan. Dapatan menunjukkan faktor lebihan kerja menjadi punca utama tekanan pekerjaan. Manakala faktor kurang bebanan kerja adalah faktor …

Law And Child Labour In Malaysia : A Case Study In Balakong New Village, Hoon Peow See

Student Works (2000-2009)

Child Labour is a widespread global phenomenon. Many international organisations, particularly the United Nations and International Labour Organisation have included the abolition of child labour in their agenda. In Malaysia child work is regulated by the Children and Young Persons (Employment) Act 1966. This Act is designed to protect children at work against exploitation and work hazards. However, this Act does not seem to be effective. This study is an attempt to show that the ineffectiveness of the law could be due to its inability to respond to local social and cultural factors, which influence the practice of child labour. …

Social And Economic Determinants Of Age At First Marriage Among Women In Peninsular Malaysia, Nor Haliza Abdul Rahman

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research paper examines the changing trend and differentials in age at first marriage among Malaysian women, based on data from the 1994 Malaysian Population and Family Survey. Trends and patterns of age at first marriage across cohorts are analysed in relation to a number of socio-demographic variables. The salient findings of the study reveal that women's pre-marital work and education are the two most important factors influencing the timing of marriage of women in Peninsular Malaysia. Age at first marriage is still lowest among the Malays, the Muslims, those with no schooling and living in rural areas as well …

Forecasting Tea Production In Malaysia, Tamil Selvan. Krishnan

Student Works (2000-2009)

Forecasting is an inevitable part of production planning. Forecasting of future production is an essential Input to decision making as knowledge of this has always promised advantages and opportunities of many kinds. The forecaster's goal is to find a useful way to express a time-structured relationship so that predictions of future production can be incorporated into the decision making process. Fluctuations and variations in the production of tea in Malaysia is affected by uncontrollable and controllable factors. These factors cause fluctuations, trend, seasonality, cycles and irregular patterns in the yield series. These fluctuations create uncertainty and this makes decision making …

Children Influence In Family Decision-Making, Siew Ling Lim

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study has attempted to examine the distinct factors that may he said to characterize the children purchase decision-making style. Concentration is centered on an analysis of the influence of the children for various selected products in an attempt to determine whether there exists a particular pattern according to the different family background Children's income and saving patterns were also observed to investigate the relationship between financial resources and their influence pattern. The analysis had been carried out on the basis of a survey of 446 families in Peninsular Malaysia Respondents included "marketing housewives" and children who were asked to …

Participation Of Female Hawkers In Economic And Family Activities, Yoke Yien Leong

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study focuses on time use study to analyse participation of women in the hawking communities in various types of activities. Time use study is able to account for the time female hawkers spent on their daily activities. lt has the added advantage of not requiring the women to interpret what constitutes economic and family activities. Generally, female hawkers are not highly educated. They are mostly involved with selling non-food items. It is found that female hawkers spend long hours on economic activities and family activities. Many of the female hawkers work seven days a week. Participation in interactive activities …

Resettlement, Development And Gender : The Case Of The Kadazandusun Of Kampung Tampasak, Penampang, Sabah, Ooi Lin Yong

Student Works (2000-2009)

The resettlement of the Kadazandusun indigenous community of Kampung Tampasak in Penampang, Sabah due to the compulsory acquisition of their land for the construction of the Babagon Dam has brought about various changes in their lives. Consequently, members of the resettled community begin to experience increased social, economical, cultural and psychological stresses, which together with the loss of their anccstraJ lands and resources have accentuated their stresses. Resettlement demands the restructuring of homes, livelihoods, value systems and culture; the community views this restructuring as a threat to their identity as indigenous peoples. This study shows that the burden of change …

Black Penis And The Demoralization Of The Western World| Sexual Relationships Between Black Men And White Women In The Works Of Chester Himes And Dany Laferriere, Kristen Fink

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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The Kjems Family From Odder To Ashland, Magne Kjems

The Bridge

My father, Simon Nielsen Kjems, was born on the farm of Kjemsgaard on 23 July 1849.2 At the age of twenty, he entered Askov Folk School and was educated to be a teacher in private and folk schools (friskolen og hajskolen). In 1874, father became a teacher in the private school on Odder Mark, a short distance from the village of Odder. The pupils were both farm children and the children of master artisans in Odder. I do not know . whether father built the school himself, but I know that he came to own it, and when he married …

The Long Joumey To Oregon: An Emigrant Family From Odder, Kristian Tybjerg

The Bridge

Late Thursday afternoon on 7 February 1889, the steamship SS Bravo of the C. K. Hansen Line sailed from the port of Copenhagen for Hull in England. It carried freight, cattle, and a few passengers -all emigrants to America. Among them was a family from Odder in Jutland, a shopkeeper named Corfix S0rensen, his wife, Kathrine, and their five youngest children, Godert, Vagn, Svend, Kamma, and Alrune. Had Corfix and Kathrine known what lay ahead for the rest of their lives in terms of hard work, deprivation, disappointments, and a nagging longing for home in the old country, they may …

Review

The Bridge

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Full Issue

The Bridge

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A Comparison Of The Administrative Law Of The Catholic Church And The United States, John J. Coughlin

Journal Articles

Some years ago, an international symposium of jurists described administrative law as encompassing "the entire range of action by government with respect to the citizen or by the citizen with respect to the government, except for those matters dealt with by the criminal law, and those left to private civil litigation where the government's only participation is in furnishing an impartial tribunal with the power of enforcement."

The broad parameters of the concept of administrative law attest to its importance in any legal system. Indeed, for at least the past fifty years, comparative legal scholars have focused on diverse national …

Kenyon College Course Of Study 2000-2001

Kenyon College Course Catalogs

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Church Planting Programs Of Five Similar-Sized Denominations In The United States, Dennis Duane Powell

ATS Dissertations

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Law In A Shrinking World: The Interaction Of Science And Technology With International Law, Joseph W. Dellapenna

Kentucky Law Journal

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Multiracial Collaborations And Coalitions, Edward J.W. Park

Asian and Asian American Studies Faculty Works

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Changes In Income Inequality Within U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Janice Fanning Madden

Upjohn Press

In studying MSA data that link the characteristics of metropolitan economies to significant changes in income inequality, Madden is able to study changes in poverty rates, household income inequality, and wage inequality within 182 of the largest MSAs and to identify what she says are the three factors most likely to influence changes in income inequality in metropolitan areas.

Increasing Rural Women's Involvement In Government Decision Making, Teresa Maiolo

All other publications

The purpose of this report was to identify why rural women’s involvement in government decision-making is of a low level despite the concerted government action, and to furthermore provide solutions to inform action. The strength of the research presented is that all information is firmly established in the rural women’s experiences.