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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Field staff"”.
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Turnover of outdoor adventure education field staff
… (OAE) organizations continually struggle with field staff turnover. Little research exists of this unique worker population and their unconventional living and working conditions warrant further exploration of the variables that best drive this phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to …
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Information-seeking and sharing behaviors among fire service field staff instructors: a qualitative study
Fire service field staff instructors seek and share information and use information sources during their instructional work of teaching, training and curriculum development. This study is the first attempt to study their information-seeking and sharing behaviors, which have not previously been …
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Identification, Analysis, and Implications of Factors Related to the Job Satisfaction and Motivation of Agricultural Extension Field Staff in Trinidad
… the job satisfaction and motivation of extension field staff in Trinidad. Job, job environment, and background factors were investigated.
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Context-specific challenges, opportunities, and ethics of drones for healthcare delivery in the eyes of program managers and field staff: a multi-site qualitative study
… have significant potential in the healthcare field. Ethical and practical concerns, challenges, and complexities of using drones for specific and diverse healthcare purposes have been minimally explored to date. This thesis aims to document, and advance awareness of diverse context-specific …
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'It Should've Never Been Broke Out': Understanding Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program in Southwest Kansas and Southeast Colorado
… enrollment, I conducted immersive ethnographic fieldwork in farming and ranching communities of southwest Kansas and southeast Colorado. Through interviews and participant observation, I examined producers' reasons for participating, program perceptions, and the degree to which CRP fits with …
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Perception of agricultural extension problems in Kenya by policy- makers, supervisors, and field personnel: implications for planned change
… perception by policymakers, supervisors and field personnel in Kenya's agricultural extension service in order to: (1) identify important problems perceived by field staff and other personnel as causing frustration, dissatisfaction, and lowered morale; (2) determine any influence of …
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Post Harvest Evaluation of Best Management Practices for the Prevention of Soil Erosion in Virginia
… a greater level of decision support for VDOF field staff, through the identified key factors which would indicate potential problem areas of erosion and water quality degradation particularly from logging activities and temporary roads. To better understand the primary causes of erosion over …
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Housing for Welfare in India: Insights on the world’s largest ‘assisted self-help’ low-cost rural and peri-urban scheme from ground implementers in riparian Odisha
… (past, current and prospective), masons and field-staff–in the world’s largest self-help rural welfare housing scheme–India’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Grameen, which targets building 30 million houses between 2016-2022 for people living under extreme poverty. Despite its commendable …
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An analysis of the effects of race and gender in scoring extension agent performance standards
… of the study consisted of the Virginia Extension field staff population. An eighty-three percent (83%) instrument return rate was experienced. The qualitative portion involved twelve field interviews with agents in two of the six Extension administrative districts. The PRAP standards were found to …
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Information and communication techologies and the urban transformation of South African informal settlement communities
… explored: the appropriation of ICTs by the SJC’s field staff, the use of their Web 2.0 based social networking sites (SNS) in their advocacy work and digital mapping of portable communal toilets in the RR Section of Khayelitsha. The research interrogates the use of ICT as a strategic tool for …
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The Education of a Staff Officer: The Life and Career of Samuel Cooper, 1798-1852
… from 1861-1865. Cooper's long career as a staff officer in the U.S. Army culminated in his appointment to the post of adjutant general in 1852. With the onset of the sectional crisis in 1861, Cooper elected to resign from the U.S. Army. He accepted an assignment as the adjutant and …
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Staff perception within an international organization: a comparison of headquarters and field employee views of an educational program during implementation in Southern Sudan
… international organization (IO) headquarters and field employee perceptions of the program they are involved in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas (SS3A). Though headquarters and field employees both aim for a successful program, they perceived the program politics, problem and solutions …
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A framework for an early warning system for the management of the spread of locust invasion based on artificial intelligence technologies.
… locust species identification, a lack of field staff, and the inaccessibility of infested areas. Despite advancements in AI and sensor applications for pest management, existing approaches often fail to robustly adapt to varied agronomic conditions or to integrate real-time environmental …
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Clinical Experiences for Agricultural Teacher Education Programs in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia
… for the clinical experience program, both early field and student teaching, for the agricultural teacher education programs in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The objectives were: (1) compile a list of clinical experiences, both early field and student teaching, that currently are …
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A comparison of staff development needs of beginning and experienced special education teachers of the mildly disabled
Staff development, which is designed to help individuals grow personally and professionally in a supportive environment, is an important responsibility of supervisors in state and local education agencies. For teachers entering the field, staff development is particularly important since beginners …
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Networks in the Disaster Response and Global Health Domain: A case study of The Partnership for Quality Medical Donation's response to the 2010 Haitian Earthquake
… personal observation, and survey data from INGO field staff, headquarters personnel, and corporate donor representatives, all of whom were members of the cross-sectoral Partnership for Quality Medical Donation (PQMD) that responded to the 2010 Haitian earthquake. The inquiry explores what the …
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Interpretation in the national parks of New Zealand: the evolution and development of a management practice : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science in the Lincoln University
… park managers, and Department of Conservation staff. Archive searches and a literature review served to enrich these data. Cross referencing through interviews and archive documentation acted as verification of events. Blumer's symbolic interactionism, founded on the premise that individuals …
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Promoting psychosocial health and empowerment among female sex workers in Nepal: a pilot peer education intervention
… were conducted with nine of the PEs and two field staff from the partner NGO to solicit more in-depth feedback about the program. PE survey results indicate the program had a significant impact on some aspects of psychosocial health and empowerment, with positive trends on many other …