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Avoiding Discrimination And Filtering Of Qualified Candidates By Ats Software, Katarina Drucker Dec 2016

Avoiding Discrimination And Filtering Of Qualified Candidates By Ats Software, Katarina Drucker

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this research paper will be to demonstrate the flaws in present-day hiring systems that may digitally eliminate or discriminate against qualified candidates.


Emotional Labor: Surface Acting A Better Emotional Regulation Strategy For Dealers?, James Luverne Cox Dec 2016

Emotional Labor: Surface Acting A Better Emotional Regulation Strategy For Dealers?, James Luverne Cox

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The performing of emotional regulation in the workplace, or emotional labor, has long been researched by scholars. The conclusion that most reached was that individuals performing this regulation were typically better off by changing their emotions felt to their emotions displayed, or what is termed as “deep acting”, rather than “surface acting”, or faking the emotion. This paper will further explore the thoughts behind this argument and propose that dealers that use deep acting are, in fact, more likely to experience emotional burnout due to the inability to constantly change inner emotional states. Additionally, the paper will also seek to …


Evaluating The Impact Of A Smoking Ban In Las Vegas Casino Resorts, Emi K. Sakevich Dec 2016

Evaluating The Impact Of A Smoking Ban In Las Vegas Casino Resorts, Emi K. Sakevich

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Worldwide, the smoking population decreases, leaving hospitality venues to decide how a change in policy affects their revenues. In spite of the ban, bars, pubs, and restaurants in countries with a smoking ban report a consistent level of revenue. Within the United States, there are varying degrees of a smoking ban, with minimal effect on revenue. In Nevada, the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act’s commencement coincided with the Great Recession, skewing hospitality revenue numbers as tourism dwindled. Behaviorally, nonsmokers are more likely to avoid areas with smoke, whereas smokers are not as affected by nonsmoking areas. Casinos in Las Vegas …


Considerations For A Hotel Investment, Stephen Blake Marriott Dec 2016

Considerations For A Hotel Investment, Stephen Blake Marriott

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This writing will provide novice hotel investors, new owners, and hotel associates new insight on hotel investments. This writing discusses industry topics such as: the definition of a hotel asset, an overview of occupancy and transaction levels, different kinds of risk related to hotel investments, location, franchising, the hotel investment cycle, incremental and base impact, and hotel construction related issues. At the conclusion, the reader will be familiar with a few uncommon concepts that affect a hotel investment.