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The decision to pursue education in an Oregon community college : a study of Latino credit and non-credit students

Creator:: Daniels, Rachelle E.
Abstract:: A historical overview of Latino enrollment in the community college is resented. Thirty Latino occupational, transfer, and non-credit students attending an Oregon college were interviewed, examining educational and familial background, and college services as indicators of their decision to pursue postsecondary studies at the two-year institution. Results are analyzed, supplemented...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Community College: A Study of Latino Credit and Non-Credit Students Abstract Approved: Dale Parnell A

Insights into Chinese Youth Culture : A Comparison of Personal Values of Chinese and American College Students

Creator:: Su, Wan
Abstract:: Schwartz and Bilsky (1987, 1990) constructed a universal psychological structure for cross-cultural studies of motivational dynamics. To test this structure, Simmons (1991) adapted data from a twenty year broad-based value survey of student cohorts at an American university. The availability of reliable, long-term data on American students permitted a comparison...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Chinese and American College Students Redacted for Privacy Dale D. Simmons Abstract approved: Schwartz

Approval seeking motivation : a determinant of conformity to group norms inconsistent with personal values

Creator:: Martin, Harry J.
Abstract:: This study was designed to assess the effects of approval seeking motivation and social cost upon conformity to group norms which were inconsistent with personal values. Utilizing the Asch conformity paradigm, 321 subjects were exposed to a group opinion which was contradictory to one of their personal values. The results...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: INCONSISTENT WITH PERSONAL VALUES Abstract Approved: Redacted for Privacy (Dr. Dale D. Simmons) This study

An examination of terminal and instrumental values of selected Oregon State University students majoring in speech communication

Creator:: Maier, Pamela M.
Abstract:: This study investigated terminal and instrumental value priorities of students in various majors within an academic department. The investigator tested a sample of 99 volunteers of both sexes from several classes in the department of Speech Communication at a major land grant university by use of the Rokeach Value Survey....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Pamela M. Maier for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in the co-departments of

Negotiating Social Identity within the Oregon State University Polo Club

Creator:: Hanna, Erika L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine how members of the Oregon State University polo team negotiate aspects of their social identity. Over the course of the 2011-2012 school year, 15 interviews and 30 hours of observations were conducted. From the data, five overarching themes were identified: inclusion as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Elizabeth M. Root The purpose of this study is to examine how members of the Oregon State University

Twin Peaks and the Ideological Problematic of Feminine Representation: An Examination of the Character Audrey Home

Creator:: Wood, Susan (Susan Elaine)
Abstract:: In this thesis, I examine the ways in which the television series Twin Peaks represents the feminine through a textual analysis of the character Audrey Home. Using reader-response theory, I seek to show that while the series conforms to patriarchal media conventions such as the male gaze and narrative stereotypes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Character Audrey Home. Abstract approved: Susan M. Shaw In this thesis, I examine the ways in which the

Employee theft : a study of the major sociological, economic and business causal theories

Creator:: Voit, Irene Elaine
Abstract:: Although employee theft is claimed by many authors to be a significant problem in America with corrosive and damaging effects upon business and society, very little research has been done to establish the causes of such behavior. The purpose of this thesis was to identify, discuss, and critically evaluate theories...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: CAUSAL THEORIES Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy DR. MATT M. AMANO Although employee theft is

A Rhetorical Analysis of William Wilberforce's First Official Proposal for the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Creator:: Zach, Anne M.
Abstract:: The abolition of the Atlantic slave trade was a long struggle in British Parliament between the slave trade defenders and the abolitionists. The Act of 1807 officially abolished the Atlantic slave trade, eighteen years after the initial abolition proposal to Parliament. William Wilberforce was a member of a committee that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: official proposal for the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Anne M

A Qualitative Study of Women in Modern Day Polygamous Households in the United States

Creator:: Wilson, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This study will show that polygamy is not a religious freedom protected under the U.S. Constitution, but a power system in which men use economic, political, social and physical force to control the behavior of others. This thesis will use a feminist perspective theory to provide a theoretical outline for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Silenced voices : maids in Singapore

Creator:: Gaulocher, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This paper is a compilation of micro and macro consequences of women migrating into Singapore to work as domestic workers. Singapore's governmental push for Singaporean women to have babies and a career simultaneously has required modern families to seek alternative forms of child care as a means of fulfilling household...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Suzanne M. Gaulocher for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The decision to pursue education in an Oregon community college : a study of Latino credit and non-credit students

Insights into Chinese Youth Culture : A Comparison of Personal Values of Chinese and American College Students

Approval seeking motivation : a determinant of conformity to group norms inconsistent with personal values

An examination of terminal and instrumental values of selected Oregon State University students majoring in speech communication

Negotiating Social Identity within the Oregon State University Polo Club

Twin Peaks and the Ideological Problematic of Feminine Representation: An Examination of the Character Audrey Home

Employee theft : a study of the major sociological, economic and business causal theories

A Rhetorical Analysis of William Wilberforce's First Official Proposal for the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade

A Qualitative Study of Women in Modern Day Polygamous Households in the United States

Silenced voices : maids in Singapore

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