In this study, unlike most recruitment source research, we tested for and ruled out the contaminating effects of prescreening and self-selection bias by examining applicants and new hires for nursing positions (Rynes & Barber, 1990)

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Recruitment sources and posthire outcomes for job applicants and new hires: A test of two hypotheses.

Traditionally, economists have viewed social relations as friction or impediments to exchange and have excluded social rela-tions from their analyses by assuming autonomous actors. Recently, however, a number of scholars -economists, sociologists, anthropologists, and other social scientists- have begun to discuss the numerous ways in which social arrangements both prompt and channel economic activity. Rational choice theory, social capital and network analysis, and agency and game theory, are among those approaches that consider the effects of social relations on economic action. In this paper we extend that discussion by arguing that social relations can function as collateral or assurance that an economic transaction will proceed as agreed by the parties involved. We review recent micro-economic theories and conjecture how they might be developed following this observation, which is derived from sociological and anthropological studies of economic action and organization

Collateralized Social Relations: The Social in Economic Calculation

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Denizens of the road: An examination of America's itinerant laborers 1870-1920

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Observation of a mesospheric front in a thermal-doppler duct over King George Island, Antarctica

The author wishes to thank Ram6n Eduardo Ruiz, W. Elliot Brownlee, Mary Brownlee, and Ileana Rodriguez for their helpful comments on this paper. 'General and interpretive works based on secondary sources include Martha P. Cotera, Diosa y Hembra: The History and Heritage of Chicanas in the U.S. (Austin, 1976); Maria Linda Apodaca, \"The Chicana Woman: An Historical Materialist Perspective,\" Latin American Perspectives, IV (Winter and Spring 1977), 70-89; and Flor Saiz, La Chicana (N.p., 1973). For contemporary history based on recent census data, see Laura E. Arroyo, \"Industrial and Occupational Distribution of Chicana Workers,\" Aztlin, IV (1973), 343-382; and Rosaura Sanchez, \"The Chicana Labor Force,\" in Rosaura Sanchez and Rosa Martinez Cruz, Essays on La Mujer (Los Angeles, 1977), 3-15. On historiography, see Judith Sweeney, \"Chicana History: A Review of the Literature,\" in Sanchez and Martinez Cruz, La Mujer, 99-123; and Rosalinda M. Gonzalez, \"A Review of the Literature on Mexican American Women Workers in the U.S. Southwest, 1900-75\" (Unpublished paper available in the Chicano Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley). Also, consult the following bibliographies which have sections on history: Roberto Cabello-Argandofia, Juan G6mez-Quinofies, and Patricia Herrera Durin, eds., The Chicana: A Comprehensive Study (Los Angeles, 1975); and Cristina Portillo, Graciela Rios, and Martha Rodriguez, eds., Bibliography of Writings on La Mujer (Berkeley, 1976). For interpretive articles on contemporary

The Chicana in American History: The Mexican Women of El Paso, 1880-1920: A Case Study

! Since the end of the Great Depression, there has been a federally mandated minimum wage, a base amount a worker is calculated to need to earn to survive. However, this wage has not been adjusted to meet the rising cost of living. ! ! Currently, the $7.25 federal minimum wage is held to be insufficient. There is discussion of raising this federal standard. In the meantime, many states and cities have already done so. Illinois currently has a minimum wage of 8.25 an hour. The city of Chicago just passed a graduated minimum wage increase bill that will see wages rising from the state minimum to $13 an hour over the next five years Unions-! ! Unions are a way to organize the labor force and advocate for policies and legislation on behalf of workers. In 2014, according to the BLS, union membership was 11% of the labor force, and over 16 million people were represented by unions. ! What do we mean by labor?! ! Labor is most often used to refer to work-for-wages, where the worker does not own the end-product of their work. Traditionally, labor refers to the trades and physical laborers. Today it is used to refer to all forms of work.! ! ! How do we measure labor?! In the United States, the last annual report stated that 63% of the population age 16 and older were participating in the labor force. This included the 58% that were employed, at least part time, as well as the 7% that were unemployed. That leaves 27% of the adult population, retired or disabled, out of the labor market entirely.! ! ! Pope Francis on National Responsibility! ! "States must ensure that their own legislation truly respects the dignity of the human person in the areas of migration, employment, adoption, the movement of businesses offshore and the sale of items produced by slave labour. There is a need for just laws which are centred on the human person, uphold fundamental rights and restore those rights when they have been violated. "! What is "Right-to-Work"?! Right to work is a name for policies that are used to strip labor unions of a lot of their collective organizing power. Framed as a "freedom from compulsory unionism," there are 25 right to work states at the moment. Workers in "right-to-work" states make on average $1500 less. Additionally, health benefits and …

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