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Effects of Public and Private Policies on Working after Childbirth
(SAGE Periodicals Press, 1996)
This study investigates the impact of parental leave laws, policies that help families balance work and family life, and the supply, cost, and quality of substitutes for the mother's time on how soon mothers begin working ...
Job Leaves and the Limits of the Family and Medical Leave Act
(Sage Publications, Inc., 1999)
This article examines the need for and use of leaves designated by the Family and Medical Leave Act. Using national data, we show that women, parents, those with little income, and African Americans are particularly likely ...
A Race and Gender-Group Analysis of the Early Career Experience of MBAs
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS, 1991)
This study examined race and gender differences in four career experience variables using a sample of Black and White MBAs (masters of business administration). Results supported hypothesized race effects for job involvement, ...
A sensemaking lens on reliability The first three authors contributed equally and listed alphabetically.
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2006-11)
This study assessed the applicability of current theories of reliability in dynamic settings by exploring the sensemaking processes experienced by a sample of medical residents around lapses in reliability of patient care. ...
Quality improvement and hospital financial performance
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2006-11)
The objective of this study was to examine the association between the scope and intensity of Quality improvement (QI) implementation in hospitals and organizational performance. A sample of 1,784 community hospitals was ...
Using Ownership as an Incentive
(Sage Publications, 1999)
Agency theory is used to develop hypotheses regarding the effects of ownership proliferation on firm performance. The authors examine the effects of chief executive officer (CEO) ownership, executive team ownership, and ...
Job Stress among Primary and Secondary Schoolteachers
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS, 1984)
The relationship between job-related stress and individual ill-being was explored in a random probability sample of 200 public schoolteachers. The responses of these teachers were used to (1) test the hypothesis that stress ...
Qualifications of Corporate Board Committee Members
(Sage Publications, 1994)
Board committees, the most critical subgroups of corporate governance, are examined in terms of the director qualifications of type, tenure, age, internal activity, and external activity. Comparisons of subgroup members' ...