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Fixing the system? The experience of service users of the quasi-market in disability services in Australia

Spall, Pamela; McDonald, Catherine; Zetlin, Diane - 2005

A qualitative study involving semi-structured interviews with 31 people with disabilities and 32 carers in the state of Queensland, Australia, found that their experience of supportive service delivery had not improved despite reforms of the service delivery system driven by a version of the...

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Towards strategic intent: Perceptions of disability service provision amongst hotel accommodation managers

Darcy, Simon; Pegg, Shane - 2011

ascertain the perceptions of managers in the accommodation sector towards disability service provision with a view to … people with a disability to communicate their needs to the hotel; perceptions of accessible rooms by the general public; and … included: legislative responsibility, policy and building codes; disability as a market segment; staff awareness/training; and …

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Since I came to work at DAL I don't have a disability

Marks, Genee - 2005

receive federal or state disability funding, and about half as many support staff. Rather than being seen as an agency …

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Coordination of child abuse services: Beyond the structural determinants

Daly, Charles Michael

Past research has clearly demonstrated that a high level of interorganizational coordination among human services agencies is extremely difficult to achieve and maintain and that the dynamics of interorganizational coordination and conflict are poorly understood. In the interest of better...

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An examination of ethnographic research methodology in family therapy in the context of Rogers' Innovation-Decision Process Model

Robbins, John Michael

Recently it has been argued that ethnographic research methodology fulfills many of the research needs for marriage and family therapists. In utilizing Rogers' Innovation-Decision Process model, the purpose of this study was to gain greater insight into ethnographic research methodology in...

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Acting Australians and being Chinese: integration of ethnic Chinese business people

Liu, Shuang - 2011

treats home culture and host culture as existing entities, and it provides further support for viewing cultural identity as …

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Corporate Branding: A Framework for E-retailers

Merrilees, B.; Fry, M. L. - 2002

E-retailers or e-businesses generally represent a special case of corporate branding. As with most aspects of e-commerce, very little is known about the sources or drivers of successful ebrands. Why are some e-brands better than other e-brands? At the same time, e-brands are a particularly...

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Corporate sponsorship of a cause: the role of identification in purchase intent

Cornwell, T. Bettina; Coote, Leonard V. - 2005

corporate sponsors of NPOs. Drawing on social identity theory, the authors propose that willingness to purchase sponsoring firms …

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Receipt management- transaction history based trust establishment

Bhargav-Spantzel, Abhilasha; Woo, Jungha; Bertino, Elisa - 2007

In a history-based trust-management system, users and service providers use information about past transactions to make trust-based decisions concerningcurrent transactions. One category of such systems is represented by the reputation systems. However, despite the growing body of experience in...

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The Future of the Rhode Island Economy

LeShane, James C. - 2010

No one would argue that the economy in the United States has been faltering in recent years; due in part to global factors, and even with stimulus plans offered by the Federal Government, there is increased burden on states to find forms of revenue. More and more, states must compete not only...

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