This areport explores the implications of an index-of-harm methodology that compares occupational risks among workers exposed to radiological and nonradiological harms. It extends the work of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) by considering American rather than...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2009. Major: Work and Human Resource Education. Advisor: Gary N. McLean. 1 computer file (PDF); xi, 154 pages, appendices A-D.

The rate of new household formation among young adults who live with their parents has decreased in the last twenty years, specially in Southern Europe. At the same time, exposure to the risk that a young adult loses his or her job has increased. We use differences in firing costs across...

During Peter Drucker’s talk entitled "The Expanding Leadership of Mid-Sized Organizations" he discusses why mid-sized companies have excelled and what they require to maintain their competitive advantage. During his lecture, he talks about: multinationals, the growth of imports, Boeing and...

Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...