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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Labor shortage"”.
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The Challenges of the Labor Shortage in Macau’s Hotel Industry
<p>The issue of labor shortage in Macao has been drawing increasing attention due to the expeditious development in these few years. Labor shortage, as one of the biggest challenges to the hotel industry, is posing notable obstacles to the industry development, and has given rise to a number of …
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Parametric Analysis and Life Cycle Cost Assessment for Optimizing PCM Application in Exterior Walls in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
… In addition, Vision 2030's housing projects and labor shortage necessitate alternatives to current housing standards. Modular housing offers a solution to the labor shortage, but its success depends on lighter materials. This study proposes replacing thermal mass with PCM in modular housing and, …
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Labor market segmentation and migrant workers in Japan
… “push and pull” model of transnational labor migration to analyze the sudden inflow of migrant workers to Japan since the mid-1980’s. Michael Piore’s theory of labor market segmentation is used as a framework for the analysis. Piore’s model claims that migrant workers are wanted in the …
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Factors related to job satisfaction and intent to turnover of part-time student employees in three university dining services in Iowa
… intent to turnover as a source to overcome the labor shortage problem in university and college dining services. Antecedents and consequence of job satisfaction were identified based on previous studies. Supervisor quality, orientation and training, feed back (job characteristics), and …
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A Retrospective Analysis of Pay Strategies on Staffing Metrics in a Human-Service Organization
… from leaving thereby contributing to the labor shortage. Human-service settings that employ Direct Support Professionals face these challenges, which are exacerbated by the stressful conditions characteristic of working in human-service settings. One approach to address this issue is to …
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Equal Employment Opportunity in the Construction Industry
… is currently being faced with a heavy demand for labor. There exists the increasingly antagonistic attitude of labor toward management and the greater demand by labor for increased salary and benefits. From the business point of view, the construction industry cannot ignore the masses of the …
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Evaluating Strategies for Wide Scale Replacement of Human Inspection with Machine Vision
… medical devices. However, an ongoing global labor shortage is causing national economic challenges and causing companies to have significant workforce shortages, delaying operations and production activities. Additionally, human visual inspections of medical devices are less reliable and …
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An exploratory study of human resource management and business strategy in multiunit restaurant firms
… a possible solution to the acute management shortage problem in the industry. Data are collected from 14 publicly-traded multiunit restaurant firms. A case study approach is taken to provide an in-depth examination of each firm. Primary data are derived via interviews and structured mailed …
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College-for-all meets skills gap: Millennials’ decisions to pursue certificates in skilled trades
… Midwestern community college. Considering severe shortage of skilled labor in the geographic area of the college, there is great need for better understanding of ways to alleviate the labor shortage by attracting more young adults to the in-demand fields. Therefore, this case study sought to …
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Harvesting Innovation: Exploring the Potential of an AI-Enabled Platform to Revolutionize Agricultural Labor Markets
Labor shortages in agriculture are a global problem that cause revenue losses and resource waste. In the US, immigration is the main source of such laborers, but labor immigration has decreased by 75% in recent years and costs due to unharvested crops due to labor shortage in agriculture were …
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A multiple case study of female students' academic self-efficacy while participating in a middle school robotics program
… in these growing fields. Compounding this labor shortage is the fact that female students and workers are underrepresented in STEM subjects. The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of female middle school students participating in school-based robotics programs to gain a …
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Immigration and Construction: An Analysis of the Impact of Immigration on Construction Project Costs
… industry is heavily dependent on immigrant labor, legal and illegal, for production. The construction industry, nationally, employs approximately 1,000,000 illegal immigrants; almost one in five illegal immigrants works in construction (Passel, 2006). Immigration reform legislation will …
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The Making of the Ahupuaa of Laie into a Gathering Place and Plantation: The Creation of an Alternative Space to Capitalism
This dissertation is a labor history of the Laie sugar plantation between 1865 and 1931. It explores intercultural and race relations that were inherent to colonial and plantation processes in Hawaii. Particular attention is given to the role of religion in advancing the colonial project. In 1865 …
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The relationship of work satisfaction, organizational commitment and retirement intention of older workers in institutional foodservices
… demographic patterns in the 0.3. A food service labor shortage has potential for retarding the long-term growth of the food service industry. However, recruitment and retention of older workers could be a factor in controlling this problem. Therefore the major purpose of this research was to …
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Marguerite Inman Davis: first progressive first lady of Virginia
… save a peach crop from ruin during the war labor shortage. In the course of the Spanish influenza epidemic which swept Richmond between October, 1918, and November, 1919, she served as a volunteer nurse in the pneumonia ward of the John Marshall Emergency Hospital. Yet, while Marguerite …
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The administration and operation of German prisoner of war camps in the United States during World War II
… this respect the War Department faced a serious shortage of qualified personnel who were experienced in prisoner of war administration. As a partial consequence, numerous camp administrative and guard personnel proved to be incompetent or completely unsuited for such work. The situation was …
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El arte y desafío en la atracción, retención y liderazgo de talentos
La escasez de talento laboral significa la falta de personas con las habilidades y capacidades necesarias para llenar ciertos puestos de trabajo. Esta problemática se encuentra en crecimiento desde la década de 2000 y es considerada como uno de los principales motivos de la falta de crecimiento …
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Soziale Reproduktion in der und durch wirtschaftspolitische Forschung
Soziale Reproduktion bezeichnet sowohl den Erhalt und die Wiederherstellung von Arbeitskraft als auch die Reproduktion der Reproduktionsverhältnisse selbst. In der marxistisch-feministischen Theorie hat der Begriff zentrale Bedeutung, da er die meist von Frauen geleistete, im Kapitalismus jedoch …