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Women firefighters' strategies for advancement in the fire service: Breaking down barriers in gender-based occupations
(2013-12)
This dissertation examines the barriers female firefighters face trying to advance through the ranks and the strategies they use to overcome these barriers. Despite the fact that women have been employed as career firefighters ...
Effects of Gender and Gender Role on the Financial Literacy of College Students
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-07-01)
The financial literacy of young adults has been studied extensively. Specifically, the focus of much of the literature has been on college students and their overall financial decision making ability. A concern has arisen ...
Medicine and Morality: the Use of Rhetoric in Victorian Marriage and Child Rearing Manuals
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-07-01)
During the Victorian era, many changes occurred due to industrialization and political upheaval. At a time when the young were moving away from parental supervision to large cities for employment opportunities, the Victorians ...
Effect of Gender on the Behavioral Economics of Cigarette Smoking
(Oklahoma State University, 2005-05-01)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between gender and behavioral economics of cigarette smoking, specifically with regard to the use of chewing gum as a substitute reinforcer for smoking. The ...
Faith development, dogmatism, gender, and the management of marital differences
(2011-12)
Scope and Method of Study:
Influence of gender, years in retirement, and future time perspective on psychological well-being for retirees
(2011-12)
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Explaining Differencesin Prices Received by Farmers: Testing Theory Based on Actual Farmer Transactions
(Oklahoma State University, 2004-12-01)
Years of research have been dedicated to determining the best time for producers to sell their commodities. Researchers have developed basis models, market efficiency tests, hedging/risk models, price forecasting models, ...
How social networks influence female students' choices to major in engineering
(2012-05)
Scope and Method of Study: This study examined how social influence plays a part in female students' choices of college major, specifically engineering instead of science, technology, and math. Social influence may show ...
"Cross-"ing Comedy: Construction of a Gendered Persona in the Work of Eddie Izzard
(Oklahoma State University, 2007-05-01)
This paper examines the construction of personae in paratheatrical performances, ultimately examining the personae of British heterosexual transvestite stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard. The first chapter examines the concept ...