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You mean I can get paid to work here? The impact of happenstance, socialization, volunteering, and service-learning on nonprofit career awareness
(2013)
It is important to learn why workers choose to enter the nonprofit workforce over the public or private sectors. Doing so will allow nonprofit organizations to better target potential populations of candidates in their ...
Two essays on food manufacturer resilience: regional factors and workforce challenges
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, suggesting practices that may help both business managers as well as policymakers strengthen food manufacturer resilience....
Influence of perfectionism on career decision self-efficacy and vocational outcome expectation among Asian American college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
process that incorporates cultural (person and contextual level). Due to the strong cultural emphasis on family obligations for achievement in academic and vocational realms, perfectionism is a salient construct among Asian American students (Chao & Tseng...
Navigating Social-emotional Experiences for Readers: Stories of Two High-performing Urban Elementary Teachers
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Reading proficiency rates for elementary students in the United States are extremely
concerning, especially for students in urban contexts (National Assessment of Educational
Progress, 2017). Due to accountability ...
Exploring Meanings of Professional Development: Teacher Perspectives
(2014-08-28)
development experiences may or may not be relevant or practical because teachers are not asked about their contextual needs. Teachers perceived that asking, listening, and trusting their opinion concerning professional development experiences was important...
Comparison of simple moving average and arima timeseries forecasting models on independent historic data and extrapolating echo program attendance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Background: The Extension of Community Healthcare Outcome program (ECHO) is an educational and training telemedicine service that provides voluntary case-based learning opportunities for healthcare professionals. Prediction ...
Agro-pastoral Landuse Transformation: Implications and Perspectives in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
(2015-08-11)
This dissertation centers on the human-environmental problem of agro-pastoral
landuse transformation in Northwest Cameroon, identifying population pressure, climate
change, environmental degradation, land grabbing, change ...
Understanding the impact of MSHSAA by-law 3.15.3 on participation in Missouri high school athletics from 2008-2016
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This quantitative policy analysis seeks to understand the potential impact of MSHSAA By-Law, 3.15.3, the contact day policy, on sport participation in Missouri high school athletics. This policy increased the number of practices Missouri coaches...
Factors that Lead to Principal Retention: An Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry
(2023)
with the hopes of illuminating what motivates them to remain in the principalship
and how supported they feel in their leadership roles. Participants captured photographs
representing their lived experiences and engage in journaling and interviews to develop rich...
Development and preliminary validation of multidimensional life satisfaction of internal migrant workers' children in China
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
environment, self, material, and family. The items in family domain are different for children who live with both of parents and children who don't live with both of parents. Method I collected data for two rounds. In the first round, only my proposed life...
Essays on labor market policies in Korea
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
This dissertation examines the impact of employment protection regulations using job duration data in Korea. In 2007, the Korean government introduced a labor market reform that required employers to convert a worker's ...
Three essays on retail price competition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
% discounts relative to the posted price. The initial contract terminated in November 2015 and a new group of sellers took over the contract. In this paper, I use this natural experiment to examine the impact of the government contract on gasoline prices...
Graduate catalog, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009-2010
(University of Missouri -- Columbia., 2009)
The potential of producing bioenergy crops on conservation reserve program land in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas (MINK Region) to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions : an integrated economics and biological modeling approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
management. Converting CRP land into bioenergy crop production and adopting conservation management practices significantly reduced sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus loading into water bodies relative to traditional food crop production under conventional...
The influence of fusarium species on sweet potato plant performance, root yield and quality
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is a global important food crop, that has recorded an increase in the consumption, and demand for especially ...
Operational analysis of cross-country trips on rail in Vietnam
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The analysis of current transit conditions is vital for planning and forecasting future transit demand. Previous analyses of Vietnam railways have ...
Indicators of journalistic role performance on Last Week Tonight
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
that while Oliver serves as a vocal champion for concepts such as democracy and empathy and the profession of journalism, there is very little to suggest he has the means or the inclination to replace the work of traditional journalists and is in actuality...
Molecular mechanism, binding free energy, and sequence selectivity of intercalation of doxorubicin and DNA
(2021)
Many drugs interact noncovalently with DNA either by groove binding or intercalation. Intercalation is a key process in drug discovery and biosensor development. Doxorubicin (DOX) is an intercalator drug that treats a wide ...
How Discrimination Experiences Impact Prolonged Grief Disorder Symptoms in Bereaved Black and African Americans
(2021)
Black and African American people experience bereavement more frequently and earlier in life than their White counterparts and thus may be more impacted by Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). However, relatively little research ...
You Can Play, but Can You be Yourself: How LGBT and Non-LGBT Student-Athletes Perceive the Climate of NCAA Division I Athletic Departments
(2016)
In recent years, the American public has offered growing acceptance of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities, as evidenced by the legalization of same sex
marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges, 2015), the ...