Examination of the differentials in wage rates for unskilled labor in manufacturing industries in Canada. Methodology; Relationship between wage differentials and unemployment rate; Factors affecting interindustry wage structure. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

This paper specifies an alternative model of union growth which builds on the strength of the popular A/P and b/E models and incorporates several hypotheses relating aggregate union membership growth to changes in key business cycle variables, the legislative framework, and the inter-industry...

Health care improvement efforts often focus on changing the behavior of individuals while the interdependencies among individuals are overlooked. The application of complex adaptive systems approach to studying healthcare delivery changes the focus of improvement efforts from the individual to...

This paper describes a mathematical model of a solar regenerator, which could be used in either an open-cycle desiccant-cooling system or an open-cycle absorption-cooling system. The model has been validated by experimental data from the published literature. The effects of the variation of the...

One of the emerging philosophies in quality and management concepts is Total Quality Management, (TQM). TQM has been applied to business and industry and recently has been experimented and implemented in professional education institutions to provide high quality and standards for both industry...