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Tackling unemployment, supporting business and developing careers [PDF]

, 2012
The issue of unemployment remains high on the political agenda. However, there is evidence that employers can be wary of employing people who are out of work.
Devins, David, Hooley, Tristram, Hutchinson, Jo, Marriott, John, Walton, Fiona, Watts, A. G. (Anthony Gordon)   +5 more
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Impact of a senior research thesis on students' perceptions of scientific inquiry in distinct student populations

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This study addressed how a senior research thesis is perceived by undergraduate students. It assessed students' perception of research skills, epistemological beliefs, and career goals in Biochemistry (science) and BDC (science‐business) students. Completing a thesis improved confidence in research skills, resilience, scientific identity, closed gender‐
Celeste Suart, Haley L. Zubyk, Michelle Ogrodnik, Caitlin E. Mullarkey, Felicia Vulcu   +4 more
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Non-Monetary Motivation in the Nonprofit Sector [PDF]

, 2019
The nonprofit industry is currently in a state of flux. With the shifting dynamics of generations entering and leaving the workforce and the high turnover rates of volunteers, there is an increasing need for organizations to adjust current practices to ...
Gulchuk, Brianna
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Bereitschaft zur Teilnahme an betrieblichen Freiwilligenprogrammen: Die Effekte von innerbetrieblichen Referenzgruppen und des regulatorischen Fokus [PDF]

, 2010
Die vorliegende Studie analysiert, wie innerbetriebliche Referenzgruppen und der regulatorische Fokus von Kommunikationsbotschaften die Bereitschaft zur Teilnahme an betrieblichen Freiwilligenprogrammen beeinflussen.
Dietrich, Martin, Lindenmeier, Jörg, Renner, Simone   +2 more
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Navigating new norms: a systematic review of factors for the development of effective digital tools in higher education

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What factors make for an effective digital learning tool in Higher Education? This systematic review identifies elements of a digital tool that published examples reveal to be features of an engaging and impactful digital tool. A systematic literature search yielded 25 research papers for analysis.
Akmal Arzeman, Jessica Haines, Connie Pritchard, Stephen Rutherford, Nigel Francis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Co-creating wellbeing and community connections: understanding what matters to older housing residents

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Introduction: Hanover Scotland Housing Association is exploring ideas and opportunities to enhance the wellbeing, resilience and community connections of older people through a co-production and placed based approach that draws on their residents ...
Karen Barrie, Ben Hallet, Anne Hendry, Mandy Andrew, Helen Murdoch   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Highly skilled with time on their handsbest practices for using the newly retired in volunteering [PDF]

, 2009
Includes bibliographical ...
Waid, Sherri
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Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks, Anna Wolska, Diala Ghazal, Dejan Jakimovski, Bianca Weinstock‐Guttman, Alexander Burnham, Niels Bergsland, Michael G. Dwyer, Alan T. Remaley, Robert Zivadinov, Murali Ramanathan   +10 more
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How to Accelerate Volunteering Through Employee Volunteer Programs

, 2020
This research empirically investigates various company practices and policies associated with high rates of volunteer participation in employee volunteer programs (EVPs). Data were taken from surveys conducted in 2014 and 2015 among companies in the United States with an annual revenue of one billion dollars or more, with 166 companies included in the ...
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Toward a New Definition of Pro Bono [PDF]

, 2008
Every day, nonprofit groups around the country are meeting a wide variety of community needs, often with volunteer and corporate philanthropic assistance. Yet while these organizations are doing important and innovative work, they often cannot take their

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