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Contractor Feasibility In Providing Cost Segregation Studies From Detailed Estimates: A Case Study, Ben F. Bigelow, Jeremy Robinson, John Killingsworth Mar 2016

Contractor Feasibility In Providing Cost Segregation Studies From Detailed Estimates: A Case Study, Ben F. Bigelow, Jeremy Robinson, John Killingsworth

The Professional Constructor

Profit margins are tight for general contractors, averaging under 3% (Construction Financial Management Association). Further, competition for projects can be very fierce, so any opportunity for increased profit or a competitive advantage in bidding bears consideration by general contractors. Cost segregation studies represent such an opportunity but the feasibility of a general contractor providing them has not been studied. A cost segregation study allows a property owner to accelerate the depreciation of certain portions of a building thus reducing tax liability and increasing cash flow. Because the information needed for a cost segregation study can be found in a detailed …


A Framework For Analyzing Intraorganizational Congruence Of Safety Practices On Safety Performance – A Pilot Study Of Construction, Benjamin Hill, Mohammed S. Hashem M. Mehany, Richard J. Gebken Mar 2016

A Framework For Analyzing Intraorganizational Congruence Of Safety Practices On Safety Performance – A Pilot Study Of Construction, Benjamin Hill, Mohammed S. Hashem M. Mehany, Richard J. Gebken

The Professional Constructor

Previous research has determined that improving employee congruence on organizational methods and goals leads to improved organizational performance. This research establishes a comprehensive framework of common and recommended safety practices that can be used for intraorganizational congruence data collection regarding safety practices. The research is also developing a method for congruence calculation and examine the congruence effect on the subcontractor’s safety performance metrics through a pilot study. The established framework identified and organized 170 practices under seven conceptual, safety-practice categories. The congruence analysis and the pilot study revealed several areas of high and low congruency along with significant correlations between …


Factors Of Employee Loyalty Among Construction Management Field Personnel, Estimators & Bim/Design Specialists: Insights For General Contractors, Colby Humphrey, Ben F. Bigelow Mar 2016

Factors Of Employee Loyalty Among Construction Management Field Personnel, Estimators & Bim/Design Specialists: Insights For General Contractors, Colby Humphrey, Ben F. Bigelow

The Professional Constructor

Since 2008 construction employment has dropped considerably and has remained below 2007 levels, with construction management positions still about 14% down (U.S. Department of Labor 2015). Despite the boom currently occurring in the construction industry, general contractors (GCs) are finding it difficult to fill project management positions (AGC 2014), and construction firms expect these challenges to continue (Mutikani 2014). With greater demand for managers, retaining quality people is a paramount concern. Everyone knows the adage that “money talks”, but what can a GC do to engender loyalty besides just paying more? To explore that question and attempt to better understand …


2016 March, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University. Mar 2016

2016 March, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for March of 2016.


Encouraging The Rise Of Fan Publics: Bridging Strategy To Understand Fan Publics’ Positive Communicative Actions, Arunima Krishna, Soojin Kim Mar 2016

Encouraging The Rise Of Fan Publics: Bridging Strategy To Understand Fan Publics’ Positive Communicative Actions, Arunima Krishna, Soojin Kim

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The identification and engagement of supportive publics or fan publics to being a part of an organization’s communication efforts and activities has very recently emerged as a key agenda among public relations scholars and practitioners. While discussions on fandom and fan activism can be found extensively in the social sciences (e.g., Lee, 2011; Parry, Jones & Wann, 2014; Millward & Poulton, 2014), public relations as a field is yet to address fans as a public of interest. A few efforts have been made to build the connections between relationship management research (e.g., Bruning, Dials, & Shirka, 2008), public relations, and …


2016-February-29-Research Recognized, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-29-Research Recognized, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-February-29-Brandon Johnson Lions Club, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-29-Brandon Johnson Lions Club, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-February-29-Homecoming Date, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-29-Homecoming Date, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


Presentation Of The Book: "Accounting Education In Greece During The Gfc (2009-2016)", Dimitrios V. Siskos Feb 2016

Presentation Of The Book: "Accounting Education In Greece During The Gfc (2009-2016)", Dimitrios V. Siskos

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A presentation of the book: Accounting Education in Greece During the GFC (2009-2016)


Collective Bargaining Leadership - An Adjunct Perspective, Robin Meade Feb 2016

Collective Bargaining Leadership - An Adjunct Perspective, Robin Meade

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


An Analytical Review Of Higher Education Unionism Over The Last 40 Plus Years As A Union Staff Person, Mark Chaykin Feb 2016

An Analytical Review Of Higher Education Unionism Over The Last 40 Plus Years As A Union Staff Person, Mark Chaykin

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

An analytical review of an observer and participant in the changes that have occurred on the campuses of both public and private (independent) universities and colleges with regard to the unionization of faculty, non-teaching professionals, support staff, and adjuncts.


Part-Time Faculty: Semantics And The Meaning Of Contingent Teaching, Margaret E. Winters Feb 2016

Part-Time Faculty: Semantics And The Meaning Of Contingent Teaching, Margaret E. Winters

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

The variety of titles for non-tenure-track, part-time, contingent faculty and their semantic meanings are explored. The terms are not random when looked at collectively, but rather form a pattern which is indicative of contemporary post-secondary academic employment and culture. More specifically, these titles reflect several characteristics of the faculty who bear them: among others, the fact that they are not in full-time employment, the fact that their contracts are for shorter periods of time than those of tenure-track faculty, and the fact that their contracts reflect an expectation of impermanence in employment. Also expressed in the titles are more nuanced …


Wage Distribution Impacts Of Higher Education Faculty Unionization, Charles S. Wassell Jr, David W. Hedrick, Steven E. Henson, John M. Krieg Feb 2016

Wage Distribution Impacts Of Higher Education Faculty Unionization, Charles S. Wassell Jr, David W. Hedrick, Steven E. Henson, John M. Krieg

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

The literature on the effects of unions on the distribution of wages at the macroeconomic and inter-industry levels has given little attention to the effects at the firm level. At the same time, research on collective bargaining impacts in higher education has focused on the overall wage level rather than on the distribution of salaries. Using panel data on individual faculty members, we find faculty unionization to be associated with a significant flattening of the wage distribution across academic disciplines. This has implications for why faculty might choose to unionize, even in the absence of an overall wage premium.


The Impact Of Pacific Lutheran On Collective Bargaining At Catholic Colleges And Universities, Maryann Parker, Saerom Park Feb 2016

The Impact Of Pacific Lutheran On Collective Bargaining At Catholic Colleges And Universities, Maryann Parker, Saerom Park

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

In 1979, the Supreme Court found that teachers at a Catholic parochial school were exempt from the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) because of First Amendment religious infringement risks. Subsequently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has faced controversy over its efforts to delineate an appropriate test for the religious exemption in the higher education context. This uncertainty over the NLRB’s test has resulted in time-consuming litigation and hampered faculty’s ability to organize at schools where Board jurisdiction would not present a significant risk of First Amendment infringement. This paper argues that the Board’s recent decision in Pacific Lutheran University …


The New Focus Of Academic Organizing: Private Institutions Now Face Academic Collective Bargaining, Nicholas Digiovanni Jr. Feb 2016

The New Focus Of Academic Organizing: Private Institutions Now Face Academic Collective Bargaining, Nicholas Digiovanni Jr.

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Academic labor unions will likely become a growing presence on the campuses of private colleges and universities in the years ahead due to three main factors. First, the NLRB has agreed to hear a case involving a petition by the United Auto Workers to represent graduate teaching assistants at The New School, and it is quite likely that the NLRB will reverse past precedent and find that graduate teaching and research assistants will have the right to unionize at private institutions. Second, the Board also issued a highly consequential decision in December of 2014 which will make it exceedingly difficult …


What Are We Negotiating For? Public Interest Bargaining, Gary Rhoades Feb 2016

What Are We Negotiating For? Public Interest Bargaining, Gary Rhoades

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Most bargaining, interest-based or traditional, focuses on the interests of the negotiating parties. The premise of traditional bargaining is that the two parties at the table have fundamentally competing interests, and that it is a game in which one party’s win is the other’s loss. In some regards, Interest-Based Bargaining (IBB) offers a different starting point and process. An IBB approach involves going through a formal training before the negotiations. It reframes the negotiation process as a search for common ground and mutual interest/gain. No matter what process is followed, each party brings to the table what it sees as …


2016-February-28-Guest Artist: Hynds, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-28-Guest Artist: Hynds, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-February-28-Wild And Scenic Film Festival, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-28-Wild And Scenic Film Festival, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-February-26-Guest Artist: Lu, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-26-Guest Artist: Lu, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-February-26-Java Coding Course, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-26-Java Coding Course, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-February-26-Real World 101, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-26-Real World 101, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-February-25-Quillen Students Recognized, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-25-Quillen Students Recognized, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-February-25-Aacsb Accreditation, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-25-Aacsb Accreditation, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-02-25 Faculty Senate Budget Resolution, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate. Feb 2016

2016-02-25 Faculty Senate Budget Resolution, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Budget Resolution for February 25, 2016.


2016-02-25 General Education Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Education Council. Feb 2016

2016-02-25 General Education Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Education Council.

Faculty Senate Records

General Education Council meeting minutes from February 25, 2016.


2016-February-24-Keller-Ferguson, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-24-Keller-Ferguson, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-02-25 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate. Feb 2016

2016-02-25 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for February 25, 2016.


2016-February-24-Women On Wednesdays: Oh, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-24-Women On Wednesdays: Oh, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-February-23-Guest Artist: Breslin, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-23-Guest Artist: Breslin, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2016-February-23-Fossil Id Night, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University Feb 2016

2016-February-23-Fossil Id Night, University Marketing And Communications, Est Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.