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Season For Nonviolence Essay Contest Details - 2010, Rosemary Doyle Jan 2010

Season For Nonviolence Essay Contest Details - 2010, Rosemary Doyle

Citizens for Peace

The Season for Nonviolence Essay Contest purpose is to focus attention on the philosophy of attaining peace through nonviolent action as demonstrated by Gandhi and King. The season is January 30th to April 4th each year inaugurated by the UN and co-founded by the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and The Association for Global New Thought.


Bullying: Out Of The School Halls And Into The Workplace, Lucretia Cooney Jan 2010

Bullying: Out Of The School Halls And Into The Workplace, Lucretia Cooney

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study is to identify those people at most risk of being bullied at work. While much research is being conducted on school bullying, little has been conducted on workplace bullying. Using data gathered from a 2004 study conducted by the National Opinion Research Center for the General Social Survey, which included a Quality of Work Life (QWL) module for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), linear regressions indicated significant findings. As predicted, workers in lower level occupations, as ranked by prestige scoring developed at National Opinion Research, are more likely to be …