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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Conditions of work"”.
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The Impact of Privatization on Employees’ Quality of Work Life (QWL): The Case of Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) and Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (TANESCO)
… how Privatization affected employees’ Quality of Work Life (QWL), taking queue of the Conditions of Work and Reward System dimensions. Case studies drawn from Tanzania Breweries Company Limited (TBL) and Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (TANESCO) were chosen; representing respectively, …
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The Impact of Privatization on Employees’ Quality of Work Life: the Case of Tanzania Breweries Limited and Tanzania Electricity Supply Company Limited
… how Privatization affected employees’ Quality of Work Life (QWL), taking queue of the Conditions of Work and Reward System dimensions. Case studies drawn from Tanzania Breweries Company Limited (TBL) and Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (TANESCO) were chosen; representing respectively, …
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Modernization and Health in Developing Countries: The Case of Brazil
… in mortality and morbidity and extension of life expectancy have all been positively associated with development in industrial countries within the last century, through improved nutrition, sanitation, better housing, improved conditions of work, income, education, public health and …
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The WeIland Canal and Canadian Development
<p>A study of the Welland Canal Company in the years 1823 to 1833, and its implications for Canadian development. The role of the entrepreneur is emphasized, and this, it is argued, is the major force in economic development. The ethnic and geographic origin of the workers is examined, along with …
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Job Attitude, Motivation, Personality Traits and Perceived Deficiencies in Need Fulfillment as a Function of Job Level
A study of 958 managers is reported which investigates, by questionnaire, differences in perceived deficiencies in need fulfillment at all levels of management in both large and small organizations. It further gives attention to the relative importance of 13 personality traits for success in their …
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Learning from retrenchment: local textile workers redefine themselves after global restructuring
… ways in which recent changes in the global field of work have resonated in the lives of one group of retrenched workers. In order to conceptualise the relationships between changing conditions and changes in individual lives, the author has drawn from the work of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Of …
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An Assessment of the Significance of the International Labour Organisation's Convention 182 in South Africa with specific reference to the Instrumental use of Children in the Commission of Offenses as a Worst Form of Child Labour
An analysis of the various forms of child labour since the industrial revolution illustrqtes that the primary focus was on working children and regulating their admission to employment and conditions of work, as demonstrated by the eventual adoption of the International Labour Organisation's …
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Concepções e prática docente: Investigando a utilização das novas Tecnologias no ensino da Matemática nas escolas de Sapé - PB .
This work aims to analyze and investigate the practices and conceptions of mathematics teachers in the city of Sapé, in the state of Paraíba about the use of new technologies in the classroom and the real conditions of work to develop this methodological proposal. This article presentes theoretical …
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ΜΙΧΑΗΛ ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΟΣ (1530/35-1592/93). ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΖΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΗΣ ΤΟΥ
THE SUBJECT OF THIS DISSERTATION (PP. I-VIII+1-626 AND 278 PLS.) IS THE POST-BYZANTINE PAINTER MICHAEL DAMASKINOS (1530/35- 1592/93), WHO LIVED IN CRETE AND ITALY AND PRODUCED AN IMPORTANT AND MANY-SIDED ARTISTIC OEUVRE. THE MAIN BODY OFTHE THESIS CONSISTS OF THE PREFACE, THE INTRODUCTION, FOUR …
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Job Satisfaction and Empowerment of Self-Employed Nurse Practitioners: A Mixed Methods Study
… nurse practitioners (NPs) have been part of the American health care landscape since the 1980s, owning practices throughout the United States. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of self-employed NPs, focusing on their level of job satisfaction and perceived level …
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The office secretary a study of an occupational group of women office workers
An analysis was made of one clerical occupation-in which women predominated, that of the office secretary. The research aimed to examine the occupation in the general context of women's employment and in particular to examine the relationship between the secretary's job and occupational and social …
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Edu - Plant : new interdisciplinary education space for teenagers in South Korea
… private institution. In 201, Korean Foundation of the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC) announced STEAM Education, the new vision for the next young generation of Korean students. It is focusing on the inspiring scenario for both teachers and students, allowing them to participate …
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The Creation and Illustration of Quality of Life: A Conceptual Model for Examining Welfare Reform Impacts
… media, and others are celebrating the "success" of the latest version of welfare reform, codified into law in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Most often, success is defined in terms of declining caseloads or in some other economic form - a practice …
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Microentrepreneur Identity in Appalachian Ohio: Enterprising Individuals with a Regional Flavor
… the connections between material and symbolic conditions of work and identity construction through recognizing the effects of language, discursive practices of work, and societal discourses on microentrepreneurialism in SoutheasternAppalachian Ohio. Microentrepreneur identity is understood as a …
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The limitations of the legal framework in addressing the problem of child labour in artisanal and small-scale mining in Zimbabwe
Whilst the rights of children are protected in various legal instruments both at domestic and international level, reality stands in stark contrast to the aspirations for children expressed in these legal instruments. The socio-economic conditions people in developing countries, particularly those …
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Haiti's Troubles: Perspectives From the Theology of Work and From Liberation Theology
<p>This dissertation examines "signs of the times" in contemporary Haiti, concentrating on the harsh realities of work and workers in the context of entrenched poverty and ecological devastation. It seeks to formulate a Christian theological-ethical framework that will empower movements of both the …
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Cultivating A Nurturing School Culture: School Leadership That Promotes Teacher Retention
… the national average leaving the teaching profession is 16.5%. The Texas Education Agency (2012) noted that the state of Texas alone lost nearly 36,500 teachers in 2010-2011. Historically, the Texas teacher-turnover rate hovers between 14% and 16%, which amounts to an enormous loss of between …
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The maladjusted worker : a survey by means of the Rorschach and other indices
In every work situation, assuming that the conditions of work are reasonably satisfactory, the workers may be divided into two classes. The first type of worker is the individual who is capable of making adjustive reactions to the work situation. The second type is the individual who is unable to …
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Taylored Flexibility: Agile, Control, and the Software Labor Process
This dissertation research examines the work arrangements of software workers in high-technology industries in order to raise questions, dispel myths, and develop a labor process theory of knowledge-based work in the 21st century. Software work is largely regarded as a “sunrise” occupation: full of …
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Organizational, Nurse, and Patient Empowerment at a Magnet and Non-Magnet Hospital
… Aim 1 examines the relationship between level of organizational empowerment and individual nurse self-empowerment (Self-efficacy). Aim 2 examines the relationship between individual nurse self-empowerment and patient empowerment. Aim 3 investigates if there are any differences in empowerment …
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