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Ok, Google: How Are You Supporting Working Women? An Evaluation Of How Working Women At Google Are Impacted By Covid19, Carlyn Corcoran
Ok, Google: How Are You Supporting Working Women? An Evaluation Of How Working Women At Google Are Impacted By Covid19, Carlyn Corcoran
UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
This case study evaluates how tech giant, Google, responded to the novel coronavirus pandemic from a policy and resource standpoint and the implications for the women employed by the company. Through the evaluation of company materials along with news reporting on the company response, this case study will attempt to draw conclusions on how working women at Google may have been able to navigate work life balance (WLB) in a work from home (WFH) environment. Using a feminist standpoint theory, which underlines that the experience of gender has a direct relationship to power dynamics and lived experience, this case study …
Volunteer Perceptions Of Upward And Downward Communication Facilitate Organizational Commitment, Kelly Prange
Volunteer Perceptions Of Upward And Downward Communication Facilitate Organizational Commitment, Kelly Prange
UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair
Retaining productive volunteers is an essential issue nonprofit organizations face, as volunteers help extend the services of their target populations. The current study examined upward and downward communication and training as important volunteer management practices with respect to facilitating volunteer engagement and commitment. Using social exchange theory as a framework, the present study investigated the reasons why organizations should stress giving volunteers training and open communication and soliciting feedback from volunteers. Doing so may initiate a social exchange relationship in which volunteers receive training and communication from organizations and in turn become more engaged and committed to the organization. As …