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Transhumance as an adaptive strategy of West Coast RV retirees

Creator:: Williams, Diane
Abstract:: This ethnography describes RV [recreational vehicle] seasonal migration as an adaptive, transhumant strategy. The study population is retired, transhumant migrants, who are members of a nation-wide, membership camping organization. Fieldwork was conducted over a period of seven months at two sites located on the West Coast. These sites reflect northern...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Geraldine Olson, Professor Carol Caughey, and Dr. James Cornelius for their participation as members of

An integrated approach to financial crisis management: a study of social, family, and personal resources unique to individuals in a financial crisis situation

Creator:: Brandt-Erichsen, Joan
Abstract:: This study assessed social, family, and personal resources available to individuals in a financial crisis situation utilizing mailed questionnaires. The sample consisted of 74 subjects in two groups: (1) individuals in a financial crisis situation, identified by their participation in a Consumer Credit Counseling Service program and referred to in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Gravatt, Dr. Alan Sugawara, Dr. Geraldine Olson, Dr. Virginia Haldeman, and Dr. Elizabeth Johnson--for

The outcomes of the use of a Structured Observation Scale in supervising secondary student teachers

Creator:: Rutanawilai, Saowaporn
Abstract:: This study was undertaken to determine if the structured observation of student teaching affects student teacher performance. A Structured Observation Scale (SOS), as an instrument for student teaching classroom observation, and a Satisfaction Scale (SS), to assess the satisfaction of cooperating teachers, student teachers, and university supervisors with the observation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Geraldine Olson, Sharon Wallace, and Gene Craven, for sharing their wisdom and expertise, and for

Factors that influence electronics technicians to participate in work-related training

Creator:: Kuo, Chu-hsun
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence electronics technicians to participate in work-related training and to explain the relationships among those factors. Based on Steers and Rhodes' Employees Attendance Process Model, the subjects' willingness to participate in work-related training was regarded as an indicator of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Dr. Geraldine Olson, and Dr. Ruth Stiehl for their assistance in this study. Special thanks are

Architectural and social comparisons of English manor houses, 1260-1735

Creator:: Hagerty, Dorothy Dean
Abstract:: This comparison study involved the exploration of architecture and social life of the thirteenth century Medieval, sixteenth century Tudor and eighteenth century Georgian periods. Within the architectural and social categories, the specific objective was to examine the changes in the five hundred year period. Three specific houses were chosen as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and resources. Dr. Geraldine Olson, Department Head of Family Resource Management, and Dr. David

Management strategies and time use in food preparation in two-parent, two-child Utah families

Creator:: Steggell, Carmen Dobson
Abstract:: The management of the home has been a central component of Home Economics since the early 1900s. It is, however, an enigmatic behavior that has not yielded easily to research. Recognizing that meal provision and food consumption by families incorporate management processes and occur on a regular and frequent basis,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Major Professor), Family Resource Management; Dr. Geraldine Olson, Family Resource Management; Dr

A heuristic causal model of factors affecting age integrated/age segregated neighborhood preference during retirement

Creator:: Malroutu, Yamini Lakshmi
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine a causal model of factors affecting age integrated/age segregated neighborhood preference during retirement. Data were anaLzed for 1299 preretirers in four states: Idaho, Michigan, Oregon, and Utah, collected in a mail survey in 1990 by the Western Regional Agricultural Experiment Station Committee...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , encouragement, and working around my schedule; Dr. Geraldine Olson for her support and encouragement; Dr

Using evaluative results in program improvement by public vocational high school instructors in Taiwan

Creator:: Yeh, Chung-ta
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore factors which influence Taiwanese vocational teachers' participation in program evaluations, use of evaluative results and, in turn, program improvement. Twelve Taiwanese public vocational high school teachers were interviewed during February and March 1992. To confirm the responses of the teachers, 12 school...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of my doctoral committee: Dr. Norm Lederman, Dr. Ann Messersmith, Dr. Mike Murphy, Dr. Geraldine

Financial management planning styles among selected households of retirement age women living alone : is rehearsal an influence?

Creator:: Rodgers, Ruth-Anne
Abstract:: Financial management planning styles were investigated with original data collected from 180 unmarried, elderly women with a home economics college background and living alone. Deacon and Firebaugh's (1975, 1988) household management systems theory, continuity theory from gerontology, and the construct of anticipatory socialization from sociology framed the study. Three planning...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Committee: Arlene Holyoak, Major Professor; Geraldine I. Olson, Director of the Family Resource Management

A nested logit model of the determinants of away-from-home food consumption

Creator:: Shin, Soung-kook
Abstract:: The increasing demand for meals eaten away from home has increased the interest in developing a more complete understanding of the food-away-from-home (FAFH) consumption patterns in the United States. Previous studies have examined factors that explain variations in FAFH expenditures in the aggregate. However, no previous examinations have dealt with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Baek, Dr. Gilbert Sylvia, Dr. Carol H. Tremblay, and my graduate representative, Dr. Geraldine Olson

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Transhumance as an adaptive strategy of West Coast RV retirees

An integrated approach to financial crisis management: a study of social, family, and personal resources unique to individuals in a financial crisis situation

The outcomes of the use of a Structured Observation Scale in supervising secondary student teachers

Factors that influence electronics technicians to participate in work-related training

Architectural and social comparisons of English manor houses, 1260-1735

Management strategies and time use in food preparation in two-parent, two-child Utah families

A heuristic causal model of factors affecting age integrated/age segregated neighborhood preference during retirement

Using evaluative results in program improvement by public vocational high school instructors in Taiwan

Financial management planning styles among selected households of retirement age women living alone : is rehearsal an influence?

A nested logit model of the determinants of away-from-home food consumption

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