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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Perks"”.
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Optimal labor income taxation with perks
… non-monetary compensation – fringe benefits, or perks, as they are called. As a result, the fiscal authority is more often called to decide on the eligibility of those perquisite goods and, therefore, on their taxability. In spite of their diffusion, however, there is still little consensus among …
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The perks of being bold: Overconfidence predicts persistence
Overconfidence is a widely researched bias that most people exhibit across a broad range of domains. Most of the past research has focused on the negative, dangerous consequences of overconfidence. In the present studies, following recent work that has identified some advantages of overconfidence, …
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Assessing the Efficacy of Guest Loyalty Programs in the Hotel Industry: A Case Study of Kimpton Hotels
… in order to give their guests "big chain perks" while keeping a boutique identity. Recent studies have raised concerns that loyalty programs do not create brand loyalty. By looking at Kimpton Hotel's recently introduced program, Kimpton InTouch, this study examines the potential for …
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Qualidade de vida no trabalho: um estudo de caso na Policlínica São Luiz.
… question that best salaries, security, more perks and career plan are not offered to employees, however many critical contradict with the answers of quiz, where this questions seems to be satisfactory to majority of employees. Suggestion of improvement, like a search and more participation in …
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Moving beyond time and choice: Challenge, motivation and achievement during independent reading in high school
<p>In response to concerns about poor engagement and achievement in reading, some high schools have implemented independent reading programs to give students time to read self-selected texts during school. Some schools are also adopting the Lexile framework as a tool for matching readers with …
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Seducing and Suborning the U.S. Navy Profession of Arms
… collusion, and discovered a culture of unethical perks and the myth of Leonard Francis. Ethics rules were known, yet the organization tolerated unethical misconduct by many for years and lacked proper ethics oversight. Group collusion included senior, accomplished officers who conspired against …
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POST-EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS: EXTENDING THE EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP FRAMEWORK BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF EMPLOYMENT
… were associated with use of benefits or perks provided by the alumni program, and social motivations were associated with increased use of in-person events and messaging features. In addition to traditional variable-centered analyses, I also employed the person-centered analytical method, …
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Problemas de agencia en la implementación de políticas públicas : La subcontratación de procesos como una variable que afectaría negativamente en la construcción de sala cuna y jardines infantiles : El caso teórico de la Junta Nacional de Jardines Infantiles
… constituyendo ventanas de oportunidades (Perks y Gilchrist, 2022), que tendrían impacto positivo sobre el desarrollo y aprendizaje en primera infancia (Barnet, 2008 y Hill et al, 2003). En línea con lo anterior, las sala cunas y jardines infantiles son uno de los principales lugares de …
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The effect of supplementary maize silage on rumen function in dairy cows grazing high quality pasture : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours at Lincoln University
Maize (corn) silage is increasingly being used as a supplementary feed within the New Zealand dairy industry. Supplementing a high quality pasture diet with 4 kg DM/day of maize silage altered the diurnal pattern of rumen pH, with the pH of maize supplemented cows being significantly higher than …
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Reducing radiation dose for a linear slot scanning digital X-ray machine using a filtration technique
This study describes the development of a filtration technique applied to the Lodox Statscan linear slotscanning digital X-ray system to reduce radiation dose to paediatric patients whilst preserving diagnostic image quality. The Statscan is an FDA approved, commercially available digital X-ray …
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Antecedents and outcomes of work-related psychological well-being of staff members of the University of Namibia
… their tenure, light workloads, flexibility and perks, such as overseas trips for study and conference purposes, and the freedom to pursue their own research interests. However, during the past two decades many of these advantages have been eroded and higher education institutions no longer …
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Buried Treasure? Excavating Active, Meaningful, and Worthwhile Learning from an Elementary Time Capsule
… Borland, 1998, Davis, 1991, Janesick, 2010, Perks & Thomson, 2006, Ritchie, 2003) and personal~passionate~participatory inquiry (He & Philion, 2008), I particularly ask the following questions: What kind of learning experiences can inspire learners to engage in active, meaningful, and …
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Behind the search box: the political economy of a global Internet industry
… industry is famous for the almost incredible perks it affords to a select group of highly paid, highly skilled engineers and managers. However, the same industry also relies not only a large number of low-wage workers but also an unprecedented mass of unwaged labor. Google and other search …
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Security of Lightweight Cryptographic Primitives
… billions of low-power appliances. However, the perks of these small devices also come with additional constraints to security. Security always has been an issue with the rise of cryptographic backdoors and hackers reverse engineering the security protocols within devices to reveal the original …
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Broadband, millimeter-wave antireflection coatings for cryogenic sintered aluminum oxide optics
… attenuate the interesting radiation. Other perks of observing from the Pole are that the SPT can easily avoid the galactic plane and its dust-contaminated signal, enabling it to integrate on a patch of extragalactic sky for long periods. In addition, the low temperature variability of the …