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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Employment conditions"”.
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An economic analysis of employment conditions of non-English speaking migrant women in Australia
… provides an empirical investigation of the employment status of Non-English-Speaking Background (NESB) and Australia-born women. The analysis adds to the work of Australian authors who have found that NESB women are underrepresented in occupations that have relatively high pay and congenial …
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The impact of human capital and social capital on employment conditions of immigrants in the United States: an examination of gender and racial/ethnic differences
… of human capital and social capital on the employment conditions of immigrants (i.e., employment status, occupational status, part- time/full-time status) in the United States. The current research addressed the following hypotheses: human capital and social capital are associated with 1) …
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Precarious Employment and Fathering Among Men in Higher Education Institutions
… involving female academic staff on precarious employment contracts and how they balance their work and family lives. However, research involving male academic staff on insecure contracts with children is limited, particularly within the South African context. My thesis addressed this gap by …
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An analysis of the Department of Social Welfare & Pensions' capacity to respond to needs & social problems of the people in Venda
… to address the needs and social problems, other employment conditions and the welfare approach at state level. The external factors covered the unfavourable political and socio-economic conditions experienced by the Welfare Department and it's clientele. The study also describes and examines the …
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The Job Training Partnership Act and "New Federalism" : a strategy for state-substate decision making in the Texas environment.
… Act (JTPA) is the first major piece of employment and training legislation to reflect the Reagan Administration's thrust toward the New Federalism -- a shift in responsibility for public programs from the federal government to the states. Congressional supporters and public and private …
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A study of child labour with regard to Black newspaper vendors in the Cape Peninsula
… active in the field of child labour and the employment conditions of newsvendors, as well as a field study carried out in the Cape Peninsula. A review of local and international literature was also undertaken. A brief account of child labour in the Western Cape is given which provided the …
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Occupational health and safety of young, part-time workers in the United Kingdom and Canada
As the employment landscape continues to shift to a post industrial society, new risks have emerged for less skilled young workers in flexible labour markets (Mills 2004; Taylor-Gooby 2004). This is highlighted in the fast food industry, renowned for its employment conditions such as low pay, …
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AUTOMATION AND NATIONALISM: THE MICROFOUNDATIONS OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS POLITICAL REALIGNMENT?
… 1 empirically links automation risk to worsening employment conditions across Western European labor markets, particularly after the Great Recession (2007-2009). In response to the second puzzle, the following two papers provide a sound empirical test of the “misattribution” hypotheses, although …
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Teachers' Attitudinal Indicators As Predictors Of Job Satisfaction And Retention By Educational Sector: An Analysis Of The Schools And Staffing Survey, 2007-08
… concerning the relationship between sector of employment, job satisfaction, and turnover behavior. Findings indicate that although private school teachers report greater overall job satisfaction, they are nearly twice as likely to leave the profession as public school teachers. Findings …
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Quantifying Emissions and Costs of Geologic Hydrogen: An Integrated Lifecycle Emissions and Techno-economic Approach
… increase in the magnitude of credits for meeting employment conditions is generally more impactful than lowering emissions intensity. The thesis underscores the importance of continued refinement of LCA and TEA models to understand geologic hydrogen resources better and ensure they are developed …
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Workforce control and manipulation : a case study of the social relations of power in the canning industry in Ashton
… aspects of the labour process and working and employment conditions; 2) to examine the processes and mechanisms of control and then 3) to use the first two aims as a basis to take stock of what this control means in terms of workers lives: i.e. examining the lived experience of 'control'. I …
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Labour market trends since the advent of democracy, with a specific focus on gender issues
… market. In addition, improvements in living conditions, education attainment, and labour market outcomes of societal groups who were previously disadvantaged by the apartheid administration were expected. Looking at the labour market in greater detail, government devised policies aimed at …
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Factors influencing secondary school students' decisions to enter higher education : implications for higher education capacity in the Sultanate of Oman
… literature and from analysis of labour market conditions in Oman, were incorporated in the conceptual framework guiding the research.A questionnaire, developed to suit the Omani context, was distributed to cluster samples of final-year public secondary school students, stratified by gender and …
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Dimensions of commitment: an examination of worker-organization linkages in a large bureaucracy
… Sociodemographic characteristics, structural conditions of their employment, and their underlying attitudes toward work in general and toward their employer are measured through the use of an anonymous questionnaire. Data were collected from 416 employees. The study finds no significant …
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The Power To Protect Themselves: Gender, Protective Labor Legislation, And Public Policy In Michigan, 1883-1913
… to make choices about hours of work, wages, employment conditions, and, in some cases, how free time was spent. Working men were free to contract their labor, but could not negotiate the terms of the contract. They did not sit equally at the bargaining table with employers. To assert control …
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The Evolution of Cypriot women in society and their increased participation in Civil Engineering
… and account for the apparent differences in the employment conditions of female Engineers in comparison to male Engineers.<br/><br/>This detailed study would have enabled the researcher to establish the factors which account for the relatively low participation of women in traditionally …
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Medicating the Crisis: Investigating the Links Between Precarious Employment, Mental Health Issues, and the Reliance on Antidepressants as Treatment
… discusses the relationship between precarious employment conditions, declines in mental health, and the way mental health issues are treated with pharmaceutical technologies – namely antidepressant medication. In this dissertation, I aim to contribute to this discussion by a) situating the …
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Invisible labour: the role of institutionalised xenophobia in shaping the experiences of migrant domestic workers in South Africa
… countries, face systemic exclusion, precarious employment conditions, and, in some cases, outright violence. This dissertation investigates how institutionalised xenophobia has contributed to the exploitation and marginalisation of migrant domestic workers in both apartheid and post-apartheid …
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The Antinomies of Autonomy: The Social Structures of Stressors in Ireland and Denmark
… is a core aspect of the labour process, working conditions, and the relationship between working conditions and well-being. Developments in techno-economic capacities, networked production, occupational structures, and organisational flexibility, have altered the dynamics of autonomy. High levels …
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An analysis of gender differences in property crime arrest rates
… dissertation examined the relationship between employment conditions and property-crime arrest rates of working-aged individuals, using gender-specific state-level data from 1979-2001, complied from raw arrest data of the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports and the Census Bureau's annual March Current …
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