Introduction to Special Topic Forum: The Future of Work Motivation Theory Author(s): Richard M. Steers‚ Richard T. Mowday‚ Debra L. Shapiro Source: The Academy of Management Review‚ Vol. 29‚ No. 3 (Jul.‚ 2004)‚ pp. 379-387 Published by: Academy of Management Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20159049 . Accessed: 25/04/2011 09:09 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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As an undergrad social work student at University of Texas-Arlington we are taught how to become a generalist social worker. Becoming a generalist social worker will provide us with a broad range of skills to work with micro‚ mezzo and macro groups from all different ethnicities‚ ages‚ and religions. Professors here at UTA teach us many different models and theories that we can use as tools to work with our clients or groups successfully. A newer social work perspective that I would like to discuss
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* Women’s health issues * Freud * Family * Traditional; nuclear ---> 2nd wave criticized this * Rise of critical analysis of family dynamics * Workplace * Women were a great part of the work force during WW2 * Roles and characteristics assigned to genders are socially constructed * Legal inequalities * Property ownership * Business‚ housing * Divorce * Abortion laws * Family
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Work-Related Attitudes * Attitudes: Relatively stable clusters of feelings‚ beliefs‚ and behavioral intentions toward specific objects‚ people‚ or institutions. * Work-Related Attitudes: Attitudes relating to any aspect of work or work settings. * Job Satisfaction: Positive or negative attitudes held by individuals toward their jobs. Job Satisfaction * Most people are quite satisfied with their jobs. * Levels of job satisfaction‚ however‚ vary by country * Overall
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Introduction – Smartphones. Cellular devices have impacted our lives in many different ways since 1973. Cellular phone has evolved into something far more complex over the past decade – a smartphone. Simply put‚ a smartphone is the combination of Personal Digital Assistants (or PDAs)‚ cellular device‚ and internet. Users are able to receive e-mail‚ edit documents‚ play games‚ and make phone calls with this simple handheld device. Smartphone has become a very popular product over the past few years
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The theories of the mass media‚ better referred to as philosophies of the mass media are the tenets that regulate the affairs of the mass media in any particular country. The democratic-participant theory and development media theory are of special important to us here because they are theories tailored to suit developing nations. Democratic-participant theory is a type of theory that emphasizes and supports the media multiplicity‚ local nature of the media‚ horizontal media involvement and interaction
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state of the present media. The century commenced with the influx of new forms of media as modernization uncontrollably invaded all social forms. The dominant medium of the nineteenth century‚ the newspaper‚ sustained its power at the beginning of the century. Moving pictures‚ or film‚ was born and started to form its own cult of followers. The entrance of radio and television also received a warm welcome from the masses in the succeeding decades. These innovations in media technology received harsh
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Political Theories of Democracy (p39-43) – Enlightenment Political Theorist Key Beliefs Relationship Between the State and the Individual / Society Key Quote Key Quote in Your Own Words Thomas Hobbes Modern founder of the ‘social contract’ Considered what society would be without a state at all Believes that with the current ‘state of nature’‚ people would be will to enter into a ‘social contract’ Had no problem with the state controlling people’s lives Agreed with the concept of a monarchy
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of us are using Apple iPhone (i.e. iphone3G‚ iphone3GS and iphone4) and we are definitely the smartphone users who have clear understanding of the functions and specifications of the current existing products in the smartphone industry. Since all of us have great interest in participating in this project‚ in which we can deeply analyze this current situation of this industry and apply knowledge and theories in making comparison between product competitiveness‚ we hope that we can make good use of this
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Professional practice requires you to be clear about the ideas that are guiding your thinking and influencing your practice’ (OKO 2008 p.17). in the light of the above statement‚ analyse a piece of work that you have undertaken on placement‚ critically discuss and evaluate a particular aspect of the theoretical base‚ the rationale for applying this knowledge base to your practice‚ and to what extent your practice has benefited from this. Professional practice requires you to be clear about the
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