Canada's centennial anniversary in 1967 coincided with a period of transformative public policymaking. This period saw the establishment of the modern welfare state, as well as significant growth in the area of cultural diversity, including multiculturalism and bilingualism. Meanwhile, the...

Canada's centennial anniversary in 1967 coincided with a period of transformative public policymaking. This period saw the establishment of the modern welfare state, as well as significant growth in the area of cultural diversity, including multiculturalism and bilingualism. Meanwhile, the...

This study uses the National Survey of Adolescents in Ghana (2004) to examine the relationship between media exposure modality and frequency and condom use at actual intercourse among adolescents age 12-19 in Ghana (n=368). Specifically, this study applies the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to...

High turnover of direct care workers is one of the biggest challenges in the long-term care industry today. Several types of management practices, such as staff training, professional development, career advancement opportunities, and work redesign, have been linked to employee organizational...

Principal-agent theory alerts principals to their problematic relationship with agents. The former are encouraged to take deliberate action to counter asymmetries in knowledge, moral hazard etc. To avoid this, principals should determine outcomes and contracts and incentives should be designed...

The authors use firm-level survey data on 998 small and medium enterprises registered for tax in South Africa regarding tax compliance costs to investigate the use of outsourcing to complete tax compliance tasks. Overall, about 43 percent of the enterprises do all their tax compliance work...

Recently released research reports into the construction industry in Australia argued that improved consistency in the regulatory environment could lead to improvements in innovation (Manley 2004; Price Waterhouse Coopers 2002), improved productivity (Productivity Commission 2004) and that, research...

Since independence, South Africa has engaged in various bilateral and regional free trade agreements (FTAs) in order to enhance exports diversification and stimulate aggregate growth of trade and productivity. This paper empirically investigates potential economic gains of South Africa (SA)-...

The expansion of quality report cards and other information in the marketplace has increased the need for consumers to gather, interpret and synthesize complex information in advance of choosing a health plan. A growing body of research on consumer choice in healthcare has identified factors...