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Assessing The Need For A Formal Training Program Concerning Shoplifter Apprehension, April Lynn Hicks
Assessing The Need For A Formal Training Program Concerning Shoplifter Apprehension, April Lynn Hicks
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
The present study was conducted to determine if supervisors and subordinates perceived a need for a formal training program on apprehending shoplifters. The study also determined whether supervisors perceived a greater or lesser need for a formal training program than did subordinates. Twenty supervisors and 70 subordinates from four retail locations were administered a Shoplifting Awareness Survey. It was found that both supervisors and subordinates perceived a need for a formal training program. The data revealed that supervisors perceived the need for a training program to be as strong as the need perceived by subordinates. Subordinates overwhelmingly indicated that they …
Expectations Of Family Physicians Perceptions Of The Doctor And Patient, Mary Eva Farrar
Expectations Of Family Physicians Perceptions Of The Doctor And Patient, Mary Eva Farrar
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
This study investigated patient expectations by distributing surveys to family physicians and patients of family physicians. Both subject groups were given the same survey with the exception of demographic questions. Physicians were instructed. to answer the items as they felt their patients would, while the patients were instructed to answer the items with regard to family physicians in general. Comparisons were made between the patients' and physicians' responses and between the responses of demographic groups within the patient sample. Significant differences were found to occur between the patients' and physicians' responses and between the different age groups and different genders …