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American companies' criteria and values for hiring or placing expatriate employees in China

Creator:: Habiger, Sheldon
Abstract:: This thesis examines the values and criteria American companies use in hiring or placing expatriate employees in China. These values and criteria affect the success or failure of expatriate employees and a company's bottom line - profitability. Investigating this topic required an examination of the history of the political, economic,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: an expensive expatriate was around 850,000 USD per annum (Cornelius Grove and Associates 1998

Imagining them, reimagining ourselves : a case study of cultural appropriation and the politics of identity

Creator:: Smith-Nolan, Mary K.
Abstract:: Several popular cultural movements emphasizing indigenous spirituality have arisen in the United States and Europe within the past thirty years. Spiritual discourses attributed to Native Americans, among other groups, are borrowed by Euro-Americans in search of alternatives to dominant ideologies. In such a circumstance, Native Americans become part of a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Socio-ecological vulnerability in a Tibetan village on the Lancang River, China

Creator:: Galipeau, Brendan A.
Abstract:: This ethnographic research examines socioeconomic vulnerabilities to resettlement from a large hydropower dam and agricultural commodification in a Tibetan village in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. After providing an initial background on the dynamics of the research region and hydrodevelopment on its rivers, the research framework of examining vulnerability through a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Exploring Income, Housing Space, and Cultural Perceptions in Relationship to Food Security in Full-time RV Households

Creator:: McGonagall, Odhran Mason
Abstract:: This thesis explores the relationships that income and housing space limitations have with regard to food security in full-time recreational vehicle (RV) households. This research used a scaled survey tool and a subset questionnaire to gather information on RV dwellers' housing and kitchen spaces along with participants' food shopping, storage,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The role of radical action in the animal rights movement

Creator:: Pettinen, Katja
Abstract:: Past research has categorized animal rights groups into three main categories; conservative, moderate, and radical. While a few studies exist on the animal rights movement as a whole, none have focused specifically on the radical groups. This research project uses an ethnography of communication approach to examine how language constructs...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Farmers' markets and food access : Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) use at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon farmers' markets

Creator:: Finneran, Kathleen B.
Abstract:: This thesis explores the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon Farmers' Markets and its role in food access for SNAP participants. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach combining a farmers' market survey and household interviews, the study investigated who uses SNAP at the farmers'...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The women's movement in Japan and its effect on the workplace

Creator:: Madden-Bethune, Gwyn D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of women in the Japanese workplace. Data obtained from in-depth interviews and questionnaires, shows that the Japanese workplace is in a state of change moving toward a higher level of opportunity for female workers. While similar to the circumstances experienced...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Office Drawing........................................ 133 Appendix G: Miss F's Office Drawing

To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

Creator:: Giulietti, Michael P.
Abstract:: The shoe repair transaction, as it occurs in the 5000 or so remaining shoe repair shops in the United States, is currently unexamined in academic literature for the significance it holds for either shoe repairers or their customers. Making use of both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: forgive all of you for calling me “Mikie G.” Lastly, if not for the trust and kindness of scores of

Of stereotypes and strategies : emic perspectives of shopping in a television servicescape

Creator:: Harris, Mackenzie Moore
Abstract:: Culturally based stereotypes are a pervasive force behind quick judgments about behavior, intent, and beliefs which allow individuals to interact efficiently to meet their own goals. Gender stereotypes are present in marketing media and servicescapes, where they define the behavior, needs, and wants of shoppers. The literature on consumer behavior...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Systems evaluation of the Guatemalan eye care project – Enfoque Ixcan : barriers and avenues for providing eye care services to rural Guatemala

Creator:: Terhes, Amanda Foshay
Abstract:: This thesis evaluates the programs, activities, and relationships of Enfoque Ixcan, a non-profit eye care project providing services to a rural area of Guatemala. I conducted ethnographic interviews with key stakeholders of the organization and carried out participant observation in the Ixcan region of Guatemala in February 2006. The research...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

American companies' criteria and values for hiring or placing expatriate employees in China

Imagining them, reimagining ourselves : a case study of cultural appropriation and the politics of identity

Socio-ecological vulnerability in a Tibetan village on the Lancang River, China

Exploring Income, Housing Space, and Cultural Perceptions in Relationship to Food Security in Full-time RV Households

The role of radical action in the animal rights movement

Farmers' markets and food access : Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) use at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon farmers' markets

The women's movement in Japan and its effect on the workplace

To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

Of stereotypes and strategies : emic perspectives of shopping in a television servicescape

Systems evaluation of the Guatemalan eye care project – Enfoque Ixcan : barriers and avenues for providing eye care services to rural Guatemala

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