The market for professional contingent workers (PCW) has evolved into one of the fastest growing segments of the temporary labor force in the so-called "new economy." To better understand the evolution and success of the professional contingent market, I utilize a new paradigm. Three dimensions...

In an attempt to promote and gain wider acceptance of team learning activities in the classroom, researchers have recommended detailed incentive plans, ranging from controlling student behavior to instilling the fundamental values of cohort responsibility to emphasizing the benefits of lifelong...

This paper investigates the relationship between the value of the dollar and the prices of two commodities, gold and oil. Granger causality is used on monthly data from January of 1970 through July of 2008. The empirical results show that the hypothesis that there is no causal relation between...