potentially lead to higher taxes, reduced benefits (for example Social Security), and higher interest rates. The national debt has continued to increase approximately $2.05 billion dollars per day since September 2012 (Trading Economics, 2015). If the U.S. government doesn’t find a way to curb the current expansionary fiscal policy, the United States could find itself in a situation similar to Greece over the past few weeks. As a healthcare provider and someone who sees the firsthand effects of the current
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Academic Self-Efficacy and First-Year College Student Performance and Adjustment Martin M. Chemers, Li-tze Hu, and Ben F. Garcia University of California, Santa Cruz A longitudinal study of lst-year university student adjustment examined the effects of academic self-efficacy and optimism on students' academic performance, stress, health, and commitment to remain in school. Predictor variables (high school grade-point average, academic self-efficacy, and optimism) and moderator variables (academic
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Holly Nichols CHFD225 I002 Sum 12 Social Class and Child Rearing September 15, 2012 Social Class and Child Rearing "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is one of the most recognized phrases in the United States Declaration of Independence. This phrase is meant to illustrate the "inalienable rights" with which all human beings are awarded by their Creator for the protection of which they institute governments. It is because of this right to pursue happiness that America is a country where
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Children of Immigrants A familiar story of the American narrative and a great theme in psychology of second generation is that the children of immigrants believe that they are the main reason for immigration of their parents who in most cases stake their hopes for future on the success of their children. Perceiving the sacrifices that are made by parents, seemingly on their behalf, not any amount of guilt toward their parents touches the children and drives their motivation to obtain a dynamic which
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Personality and Individual Differences 47 (2009) 675–684 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Personality and Individual Differences journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/paid Review Personality, values, and motivation Laura Parks a,*, Russell P. Guay b,1 a b James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, United States University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 12 November 2008 Received in revised
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& R.D. Pritchard, cited in MGMT 2010-2012). Motivation helps individuals to improve themselves, overcome obstacles and also for fulfillment. Motivation can drives virtually every decision and action a person takes and extends to any aspect of one’s life. It is very useful in the workplace to keep the workforce happy, motivated and engaged in the organization and for the organization to be successful. Reinforcement is the process of changing behaviour by changing the consequences that follow behaviour
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which seek to assess the role gender plays in perceptions of ethical decision making. Regrettably, the majority of the research is largely theoretical with respect to the role of gender. Even studies providing more comprehensive reviews of gender effects have been limited to descriptive "vote
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occupied a central stage in the discussions at the annual meeting of World Economic Forum (Oxfam, 2015). This has been researched and studied for years. The earliest article accessible through Web of Science was published in 1930 and discussed the effect of rural migration on urban–rural economic inequality (Rutledge, 1930). Since 1930, research has been done in a range of to examine the relationships between economic inequality and socioeconomics, including economic growth (Kuznets, 1955), public
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expenditure structure. To be more specific, we can use the Engel's Coefficient as an example, which as a tool for assessing household expenditure can reflect the living standard. It suggests that a lower proportion of income spent on food indicates a higher standard of living, which is important for wellbeing assessment. Moreover, a thorough investigation into the household expenditure structure also helps us to better analyze people’s behaviors and preferences. However, measurement in income and expenditure
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1. Organizational Design and Structure (Advantages and Disadvantages) Each person assumes a role within the organization, and the organizational structure determines the reporting relationship between the individuals. The organization's strategy determines the organizational structure that will work best for a business at a particular point in time. For example, a small business that hires only experienced personnel, who require limited supervision, will likely adopt a different organizational
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