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In 2009, workers and their families across the country felt the impact of serious economic downturn, with unemployment reaching a 26-year high. While recent news suggests things may be improving, we cannot forget that for many low-wage and hourly workers -- who now represent over a quarter of...
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proposed by the researcher pertains to these latentvariables rather than to their ordinal manifestations.Previous research has … research, it wascritical to examine these methods with misspecified models. This Monte Carlo simulationstudy examined the …
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As defined by Ascher, biocomplexity results from a "multiplicity of interconnected relationships and levels." However, no integrative framework yet exists to facilitate the application of this concept to coupled human-natural systems. Indeed, the term "biocomplexity" is still used primarily as a...
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In many applications of line intersect sampling, transects consist of multiple, connected segments in a prescribed configuration. The relationship between the transect configuration and the selection probability of a population element is illustrated and a consistent sampling protocol,...
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â What does the global research environment look like?â This paper presents a summary look at the results of efforts … toaddress this question using available indicators on global research production. It was surprising how little information is … (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Research and Development data (1996-2002), the Institute of …
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phenomenon’s inherent heterogeneity in research design, sampling, operationalization and analysis; i.e., strategies that may help …
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Literature addressing methodological issues in organisational research is extensive and multidisciplinary, encompassing …. However, little scholarship has tackled an important aspect of organisational research that precedes decisions about data … chapter looks at organisational access through the experiences of three research fellows in the course of their work with …
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researchers to address core issues for entrepreneurship research, namely, the processes of creation of new business ventures as … making the best use of this innovative research approach. Our review reveals a number of methods issues that are largely … particular to this type of research. We conclude that amidst exemplary contributions, much of the reviewed research has not …
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designdevelopment. Besides, almost all of the research work, which attempted to encourageCFC in NPD situations, was carried out focused … improve CFC for product designdevelopment. This research attempts to fill in this gap in the deficiency of research ….This longitudinal research has been conducted with complementary research methods: a qualitative research and a quantitative research in …
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The purpose of this paper is to compare and evaluate the main research methods and methodologiesfor studying …, learning organisation (LO) and research methods andreports evidence on recent developments in research methods for studying OL …. The paper highlightedon the purists and pragmatists’ views of research methodologies as basis of the study. The …
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