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"Women's labour market participation interacting with macroeconomic growth and family policies"

Luci, Angela Stefanie - 2009

This thesis shows that women's labour market participation, macroeconomic growth and family policies are closely linked to each other. Whereas there exists clear theoretical and empirical evidence that female labour market participation unambiguously promotes GDP growth, the inverse impact of...

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The Influence of Women in Business: Is a Higher Percentage of Women on a Company’s Board of Directors Associated with the Absence of Internal Control Weaknesses?

Goyette, Jamie - 2010

Research shows that larger, more profitable and more visible companies are less likely to disclose internal control weaknesses. Firms with similar characteristics tend to hire more female board members. This paper examines whether there is an association between companies that have a higher...

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Essays on gender in labor markets

Price, Curtis R - 2008

Women entered the labor force in unprecedented quantities starting in the 1970's. Nonetheless, women are still underrepresented in upper level management jobs. This dissertation is a compilation of three essays that discuss and analyze facets of women's labor supply, demand, and household...

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From rice fields to red light districts: an economic examination of factors motivating employment in Thailand’s sex industry

Wittman, Cori - 2011

Master of Agribusiness

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Gender Equality in Central and Eastern Europe : A Comparison of Labour Market Attitudes, Educational Achievement and Poverty between East and West

Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2005

The transition process from centrally planned to market economies led to a dramatic fall in GDP accompanied by a tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the costs of the transition process were not distributed...

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Subordinate-manager gender combination and perceived leadership style influence on emotions, self-esteem and organizational commitment

McColl-Kennedy, Janet R.; Anderson, Ronald D. - 2005

A theoretical model was developed to investigate the relationships among subordinate-manager gender combinations, perceived leadership style, experienced frustration and optimism, organization-based self-esteem and organizational commitment. The model was tested within the context of a...

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Virtual learning for health care managers

Robertson, Mary Eileen - 2006

The health industry in Canada, as well as in other industrial countries, has been in the process of reform for many … varies from country to country. In Canada, with a publicly funded health industry, the main reform method has been …-care managers in British Columbia, a western province of Canada. The study had a two-fold approach; to ascertain how health reform …

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Interior architecture in Australia and Canada, Part Two: A comparative study of the development of University Education for Interior Designers/Architects

Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture

/Interior Architecture between Canada and Australia. This paper discusses the similarities in the educational structure at universities … within Australia and between Australia and Canada causing concern as we find ourselves in a global competitive market place …/architecture education and practice in Australia and Canada. …

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Interior architecture in Australia and Canada, Part One: A comparative study of the development of a developing profession

Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture

two commonwealth countries--Australia and Canada. These countries are of a similar population, size, language, mother … economic events underpinning the progression both countries. It focuses on Australia and Canada from 1977 to 1999, and provides …

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Management accounting and strategic human resource management: a UK/Canadian comparative analysis

Vedd, Rishma; Kouhy, Reza - 2001

Finance Directors and Human Resource Directors from both Canada and the UK. The results reveal that Canadian Finance …

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