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A CLOSER LOOK INTO WHY AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN LEAVE AND AVOID STEM MAJORS IN COLLEGE
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Author
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Bailey, Jr., Ricardo
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Educational sociology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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African American males are underrepresented in university Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programs as STEM majors in the United States. I will be investigating why this phenomenon is so prevalent in America’s collegiate STEM program...
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Affect Control Theory and Gendered Occupations
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Author
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Barry, Leanne
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Social psychology
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Description
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Gender is widely considered to be a major contributing factor in workplace inequality. This is largely due to the gendering of occupations by labelling certain jobs as more appropriate for one gender than the other. In this paper, I examine gender...
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THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL GENDER BELIEFS ON JOB SELECTION AND SEX SEGREGATION OF OCCUPATIONS
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Author
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Benson, James
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Sex role, Industrial relations
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Description
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Moving beyond occupational aspirations to actual selection of occupations, the current research considers the impact of individual gender beliefs on selection of occupations for men who work in male-dominated occupations compared to men who work i...
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MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGERS: AN ANALYSIS OF COMPASSION FATIGUE AND WELLBEING
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Author
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Bilaye-Benibo, Tamunosaki
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Health services administration, Medical personnel
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Description
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Compassion fatigue is a phenomenon wherein employees in "helping professions" develop decreased capacity for empathy due to repeated/extended exposure to client trauma and suffering. In addition to negatively impacting relationships with their cli...
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AIN'T I A YOGI?: A CRITICAL EXPLORATION OF SYMBOLIC AND SOCIAL BOUNDARIES IN THE YOGA WORLD
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Author
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Brooks, Temeka
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Women's studies, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Recent sociological research considers the relationship between social and symbolic boundaries in a variety of social contexts. In this study, I build on such research by exploring how such boundaries are reproduced and potentially bridged in oste...
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TESTING THE STRICT DEPENDENCE ARGUMENT
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Author
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Burrill, Daniel
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Social psychology
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Description
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Abstract Task cues are indications of how an individual in a task group thinks they will perform at the group’s task (Berger et al. 1986). Prior research (Conner 1977; Ridgeway et al. 1985) has shown that status characteristics influence the produ...
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ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF DEBT ON HORIZONTAL EDUCATION-OCCUPATION MISMATCH
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Author
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Carpenter, Rebekah
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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This study investigates the relationship between educational loan debt and horizontal education-occupation mismatch, or the extent to which an individual works in an occupation unrelated to their degree field. Research has documented rising levels...
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The effect of coworking spaces on work-life and work-family boundaries
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Author
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Dickson, Ashleigh
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Psychology
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Description
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Coworking spaces have recently grown in popularity as a third workspace with benefits of both working from home and traditional office spaces. The goal of the current study was to examine how employees working in coworking spaces construct and nav...
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Doctoral Students' Stress and Coping Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Author
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Elton, Kira
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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The coronavirus pandemic had a profound change to daily life. While the pandemic could be considered a stressful event within its own right, graduate school is also known to induce stress; this stress occurs due to time constraints, financial stra...
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Initial Social Exchange with Potential Bad Faith Actors
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Author
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Franck, Patrick
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Social sciences--Research
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Description
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Social exchange occurs in every facet of daily life, and exchange theory assumes that actors encounter ambiguity and uncertainty when interacting. Currently, a limitation in social exchange theory is the lack of research on deceit or opportunism, ...
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RACE, RESEGREGATION AND THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPLELINE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
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Author
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Graham, Joseph
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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This thesis explores the relationship between out of school suspensions and court-involvement for youth in Mecklenburg County. Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the concept of implicit bias serve to inform this examination, interpretation, and analys...
