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  • 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...
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    Dissertation
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    Committee: Arlene Holyoak, Major Professor; Geraldine I. Olson, Director of the Family Resource Management

  • Furniture utilization in apartment living

    Creator:
    Rupe, Carol Elaine
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the pieces of furniture apartment residents had purchased and their use of this furniture within the spatial limitations of their apartments. Comparisons were made between long-term and short-term apartment residents and respective demographic characteristics, furniture purchase patterns, attitudes toward the functional aspects...
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    Masters Thesis
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    her other committee members, Dr. Geraldine Olson and Dr. Holly Schrank, for their constructive

  • Occupants' satisfaction and problems among four categories of passive solar systems

    Creator:
    Malroutu, Yamini Lakshmi
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to determine if occupants' satisfaction and problems with their houses differed by four categories of passive solar systems. The four categories were: 1) south facing window, 2) sunspace, 3) south facing window + sunspace, and 4) south facing window + sunspace + Trombe wall....
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    throughout the course of this study. My thanks to Dr. Geraldine Olson for her support, guidance and

  • Needs assessment of Oregon home-based business owners

    Creator:
    Oelschlaeger, Irmtraud
    Abstract:
    This exploratory study examined Oregon home-based business owners' needs and their willingness to participate in selected educational activities. The specific objectives of the study were: (1) to determine home-based business owners' needs in the areas of Planning and Evaluation, Marketing and Sales, Finance, Laws and Regulations, Product and Quality Control,...
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    also like to thank the other committee members: Dr. Geraldine Olson, Dr. John Gottko, and Dr. Martha

  • 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...
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    Dissertation
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    . Geraldine Olson, Professor Carol Caughey, and Dr. James Cornelius for their participation as members of

  • Teaching Spanish : presenting Latino history and sociocultural realities in the ethno-European classroom

    Creator:
    Gearin, Yolanda V.
    Abstract:
    This study is a review of the researcher's deliberate strategies for incorporating Latino culture into the teaching of a Spanish language course. The researcher developed, presented and assessed a curriculum unit designed to examine the social and educational problems of Latinos, the history of Latin America, the effects of discrimination...
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    challenging me to generate a better product. Dr. Geraldine Olson, the Graduate School Representative on my

  • 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...
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    Dissertation
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    , 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...
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    , 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...
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    and resources. Dr. Geraldine Olson, Department Head of Family Resource Management, and Dr. David