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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"terms of employment"”.
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A study to explore the factors that influence the aspirations of youth with Down syndrome in terms of employment
… Down syndrome are to be considered not capable of being employed in the open labour market. Upon leaving school they are usually placed in segregated setting such as sheltered or protected workshops or are simply left at home. This study aims to establish which factors influence the aspirations …
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Is the composition of staff within Tygerberg administration in terms of employment equity, representative of the demographics of the Western Cape from 05/01/2000 - 31/12/2001?
… affirmative manner. This can be achieved in one of the two ways, either through equal employment opportunity or Affirmative Action. Affirmative Action is a specific intervention directed toward ensuring that employment opportunities are created by actively correcting imbalances caused by past …
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The Status of Janitorial Service in the Smaller Oregon School Systems
The problem of janitorial service in the smaller school systems of the country is one to which little direct investigation has been given. It is true that there are many excellent studies explaining the peculiarly important function of the janitor. Also, schools, institutes, and conferences for …
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Gender and military professionalism
… Government's commitment to the provision of equal opportunities and gender implementation in all Government institutions and agencies has brought a new significant dimension to the Namibia Defence Force (NDF) in terms of employment practice, thereby requiring change of attitudes in order …
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Social capital and the labour market: essays on trust, inequality and employment
… are rising inequality and the polarization of societies, which in turn threat the social cohesion. This doctoral dissertation contributes to the understanding of these major current challenges, by investigating the ex- tend of unequal access to opportunity in education and in the labour …
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The right to work in Argentina : job policy and economic rights in a worker cooperative
This thesis provides an exploration of an empresa recuperada por sus trabajadores (worker recovered enterprise, ERT) case study in Argentina in an effort to understand their impact to employment retention during economic crisis. Part of the larger social upheaval resulting from failed economic …
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Collective bargaining in a globalised era : a change in approach
… 1956 LRA and enacted the Labour Relations Act of 1995 which established a collective bargaining system combining new elements with elements from the previous legislative dispensation. The new system retained the voluntary duty to bargain. It balanced this by entrenching a protected right to …
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Trade union recognition law as an aid to freedom of association?
… the United Kingdom and Australia to the question of how their citizens might exercise freedom of association rights in employment, forming representative bodies – principally in the form of trade unions – that can muster collective strength and bargain with employers to secure the economic and …
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THE ROLE OF SMALL FIRMS IN EMPLOYMENT AND INNOVATION GENERATION, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY OF SOUTH WEST ENGLAND
This thesis examines the role of small firms in two key areas of economic activity, employment creation and innovation generation, through an exploration of existing literature and an empirical study of small firms in the electronics manufacturing industry of South West England. The work focuses …
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From Outreach to Engagement: An Actor-Network-Theory Analysis of Attracting Spanish-speaking Participants to Public Programming
This study is an investigation and analysis of the process of developing new partnerships among public service agencies and making more durable connections with local Spanish-speaking families that seeks to answer the question: “What forces motivate and demotivate members of this minority community …
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Assessing the effects of two agricultural minimum wage shocks in South Africa
In March of 2003, South Africa's first agricultural minimum wage was implemented. Ten years later, following major strikes and protests among farm workers in theWestern Cape, the prescribed agricultural minimum wage was increased by a considerable 52 percent from R69 per day to R105 per day, …
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Gender dynamics in the South African apparel value chain: a case study on the Western Cape province
… sector started to whither due to a combination of domestic and international factors. The result was a sharp decline in manufacturing output, low productivity levels, factory closures and massive job losses across the sector. The blow to the industry was exasperated by the surge of cheap …
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An assesment of the Citizen Economic Empowerment Fund on employment creation in the Zambian Economy
The empowerment of citizens is one programme that the government of Zambia has embarked on in order to empower the marginalised citizens economically. The citizen economic empowerment programme has since its inception in 2008 funded a number of projects. The study sought to measure the impact of …
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Borrowing Against the Future: Practices, attitudes and knowledge of financial management among college students
… for college students today is the rising levels of debt associated with attending college. College students are graduating with more educational debt than ever before. In addition, the use of high-interest credit cards compounds the educational debt they already face by significant amounts. This …
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Chinese investments in Africa: addressing and analysing labour, skills and technology transfer challenges
… research paper provides an address and analysis of the challenges commonly faced under Chinese investments in Africa and seeks to address the question on what regulatory mechanism can be used to maximise the benefits of Chinese Investments in Africa. In doing so, this study seeks to clarify the …
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Gender Differences in Earnings and Occupational Attainment in Europe
… EU in recent decades, women still trail men in terms of employment rates, earnings and occupational attainment. This thesis is about the interplay between the characteristics of individuals associated with productivity, labour market returns to these characteristics, and country-level …
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The political economy of English textile manufacturers in an era of national and global change, 1688-1722;
This is a history of the people involved in the production and distribution of British wool and silk cloth, what they thought a good economy was, how that intersected with their understanding of what their country was, and how they interacted with and reshaped the global economy through those …
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The impact of family ownership on firms' performance: A study of firms in the South African Clothing and Textiles manufacturing industry 2009-2011
… are able to combine family interests with those of the business. However, it is only recently-that the world has begun to recognize its significance and uniqueness. Stimulated by this recognition, there is a steadily growing body of academic knowledge that has started to consolidate more insight …
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Applying project risk management principles to manage business start-up risk : a proposed training tool
… are becoming increasingly important in terms of employment, wealth creation, and the development of innovation in the global economy. Unfortunately, many small businesses fail before reaching maturity, mainly due to inadequate entrepreneurial skills to establish and grow their …
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Spending my time- Time use and meaningfulness in daily occupations as perceived by people with persistent mental illness
… to lack meaningful everyday occupations. The aim of this thesis was to investigate possible relationships between occupation, operationalised as time use and daily rhythm in daily activities, among individuals with persistent mental illness and relationships to different aspects of well-being, and …
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