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Jumps In Natural Gas Prices: Implications For Infrastructure, Charles F. Mason, Neil A. Wilmot

Charles F Mason

No abstract provided.

"First Of It's Kind", Adenike Oyebanjo

Adia Coleman

Getting (And Keeping!) A Graduate Assistantship At U Of I, School Of Information Sciences, Aisha Conner-Gaten

Aisha Conner-Gaten

Cross-Generational Perspectives On Work-Life Balance And Its Impact, D. Roebuck, D. N. Smith, T. El Haddaoui

Deborah N. Smith

This qualitative study focuses on how women of three different generations, Generation Y, Generation X and Baby Boomers, view the concept of work-life balance and what relationship these views have to their attainment of workplace leadership positions. Work-life balance was defined differently across the three generations, but the generational lines faded as most women reported struggling with finding a balance. Some women conveyed choosing not to pursue high-level leadership positions as the personal cost was too high. Those who had obtained high-level leadership positions shared what types of support were most effective in helping them juggle personal and professional obligations. …

Learning From Las Vegas: Addiction, Limbic Capitalism, And Pleasure Meccas, David T. Courtwright

David T. Courtwright

In this Gaming Research Colloquium talk, Courtwright (Presidential Professor, Department of History, University of North Florida) discusses three overlapping features of modern history: the global spread of potentially addictive pleasures, limbic capitalism (the production of goods and services that stimulate pleasure and emotional responses in the brain), and the rise of pleasure meccas. He traces the economic, social, technological, and ideological changes that led to the rise of the meccas, and several potential challenges to them.

My Data Manager App, Customer Care

Mobidia, Inc.

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The Ethics Of Student Loans, Theresa Popp Braun

Theresa Popp Braun

No abstract provided.

Generational Cohort Differences In Types Of Organizational Commitment Among Nurses In Alabama, April Lavette Jones

Presidential Alumni Research Dissemination Award

In hospitals in the United States, the ratio of nurses to patients is declining, resulting in an increase in work demands for nurses. Consequently, organizations face challenges with nurses' organizational commitment. Studies have revealed generational differences, as determined by birth year, in employee levels of organizational commitment in a number of organizational settings. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding the impact of generational cohorts on the organizational commitment of nurses. The purpose of this quantitative, nonexperimental, cross-sectional design was to address whether generational cohorts of nurses differed in their levels of organizational commitment, and to investigate whether …

Behavioural Determinants That Drive Luxury Goods Consumption: A Study Within The Tourist Context, Winnie Wing Yin Chan, Chester K.M. To, Alice Wai Ching Chu, Zhiming Zhang

Faculty of Design & Environment (THEi)

Chinese tourists have become the greatest driving force behind global tourism. An increasing number of luxury fashion brands regard these tourists as a potentially significant segment of status-conscious consumers. Yet a limited number of marketing studies have addressed the significance of the intrinsic motivation that drives these tourist consumers to consume luxury goods. This study investigates the significant intrinsic factors that affect the luxury goods buying behavior of tourist consumers. Data are collected from 284 tourist consumers and analyzed by using the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and cluster analysis. The EFA purified the measurement instruments to four factor attributes, namely, …

Perfiles Ocupacionales De La Comunidad Lgbt En Chapinero, Jorge Luis Jiménez Castaño

Economía

Los mercados de trabajo han estado acompañados de mecanismos que discriminan y segregan a ciertos grupos de la sociedad por su orientación sexual, sin importar las capacidades y potencialidades de los individuos. Este trabajo presenta la caracterización de los perfiles empresariales y ocupacionales de la comunidad LGBT en Chapinero. La metodología empleada se basó en la implementación de encuestas semiestructuradas, partiendo de un análisis descriptivo, se encontró: en primer lugar, que la discriminación y segregación ocupacional varía para hombres homosexuales, mujeres lesbianas, personas bisexuales y transgeneristas, es decir, está en función de la identidad, construcción y manifestación corporal de la …

Cloud Trader Simulator Overview

Stephen M. Watt

This video presentation complements the article "An Agent-Based Financial Market Simulator for Evaluation of Algorithmic Trading Strategies" by Rui Hu and Stephen Watt.