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An Analysis Of Selected Personnel Managers For Company Attitudes Toward Industrial Recreation In North Carolina, Cynthia Dean Nov 1980

An Analysis Of Selected Personnel Managers For Company Attitudes Toward Industrial Recreation In North Carolina, Cynthia Dean

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was made in attempt to assess company attitudes toward industrial recreation in order to draw conclusions concerning present and future trends in employee recreation. A survey instrument was devised with the aid of a jury of experts to validate and improve upon the questionnaire. The questionnaires were distributed through the mail to the one hundred largest manufacturing firms in North Carolina. Personnel managers were asked to answer the survey as to reflect company attitudes and not necessarily thelr own. The questions pertained to areas such as recreational opportunities, amount of participation, utilization of recreational personnel, the availability of …


A Case Study Of The Recreational Needs & Interests Of Rural Adults In Russell County, Kentucky, Bennett Bratcher Jul 1980

A Case Study Of The Recreational Needs & Interests Of Rural Adults In Russell County, Kentucky, Bennett Bratcher

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Russell County, Kentucky, is a small rural county, with a population of 11,900, located 85 miles east of Bowling Green, Kentucky, There were approximately 2800 adults between the ages of 25 and 45 living in the county during the summer of 1980. The problem of this study was twofold: (1) to assess the recreational needs and interests of 25 to 45 year old adults in Russell County, Kentucky, during the summer of 1980, and (2) to make recommendations based upon the findings of the study. A survey instrument was developed, with the aid of a jury of experts, t.) serve …


Lucille Vinyard Journal 1980, Lucille Vinyard Jan 1980

Lucille Vinyard Journal 1980, Lucille Vinyard

Lucille Vinyard Journal Collection

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Population Regulation In Wolves, Jane M. Packard, L. David Mech Jan 1980

Population Regulation In Wolves, Jane M. Packard, L. David Mech

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

The possibility of social regulation of wolf populations has been discussed in the literature for several years. Some of the first ecological studies of wolves indicated that their populations did not increase as rapidly as was theoretically possible, and that they reached a saturation point apparently not set by food. Subsequent captive studies demonstrated the existence of social mechanisms possibly capable of regulating population growth. However, the importance of these factors in wild populations has not been established. This paper has four objectives: (1) to evaluate the existing concept of "intrinsic limitation," (2) to propose that wolf population dynamics may …