Thesis (M.A.(Human Movement Science))--University of Pretoria, 2003. / Summary in English and Afrikaans. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 548-572).

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Oregon State University, 2006. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 259-264). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 380-398).

Orientador: Giovanni Antonio Pinto Alves / Banca: Ricardo Luiz Coltro Antunes / Banca: Ângela Maria Carneiro Araújo / Banca: Marcos Tadeu Del Roio / Banca: Roberto Leme Batista / Resumo: A presente tese teve como objetivo analisar os principais aspectos sociometabólicos que influenciaram na determinação do perfil do jovem trabalhador eletricitário da Companhia Paranaense de Energia. Analisamos como a "nova" morfologia do capitalismo, resultado da recente globalização, reorientou ideologicamente os governos e a sociedade da maioria dos países. Isso levou à constituição de um "novo" metabolismo no ambiente de trabalho, gerando "novas" dimensões e formas de precarização para os trabalhadores. A dinâmica capitalista neoliberal intensificou a manipulação social, impondo culturalmente um comportamento consumista, individualista e competitivo para as novas gerações. Procuramos demonstrar como o incremento tecnológico e o método de gestão toyotista implementado pela empresa a partir do final da década de 1990 alinharam-se com o ideário neoliberal e influenciaram decisivamente na constituição do perfil dos "novos" trabalhadores que se caracterizam principalmente pela competitividade, individualidade, flexibilidade, polivalência, empreendedorismo e proatividade. Além disso, a reestruturação produtiva da empresa impactou negativamente a subjetividade desses novos trabalhadores, precarizando ainda mais suas existencialidades, levando-os a experimentar o estresse, a desesperança, o estranhamento e, por vezes, até o adoecimento físico e/ou psicossocial. / Abstract: The aim of this thesis was to analyze the main socio-metabolic aspects that influenced the determination of the profile of the young electrical worker of Companhia Paranaense de Energia. We analyze how the "new" morphology of capitalism, the result of recent globalization, has ideologically reoriented the governments and society of most countries. This led to the creation of a "new" metabolism in the workplace, generating "new" dimensions and forms of precariousness for workers. Neoliberal capitalist dynamics intensified social manipulation, culturally imposing consumerist behavior, individualistic and competitive for the new generations. We tried to demonstrate how the technological increment and the toyotista management method implemented by the company from the end of the 1990s aligned with the neoliberal ideology and decisively influenced the profile of the "new" workers that are characterized mainly by competitiveness, individuality, flexibility, polyvalence, entrepreneurship and proactivity. In addition, the productive restructuring of the company has negatively impacted the subjectivity of these new workers, making their existentials even more precarious, causing them to experience stress, hopelessness, estrangement, and sometimes even physical and / or psychosocial illness. / Doutor

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2000.

Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala universitet, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-177).

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This research examined the reasons for participation in continuing professional education (CPE) and the predictive relationship of those motivational reasons to the perceived leadership effectiveness of first-line supervisors. For this study, 105 first-line supervisors were surveyed from four electric utility companies. Input was also collected from each supervisor's subordinate employees. Using the five motivational reasons for participation, collected via the Participation Reasons Scale and the effectiveness score collected using the Leader Behavior Analysis II®, regression techniques were used to asses the data. The five participation reasons of the PRS were regressed individually against the effectiveness scores to determine the extent to which leader effectiveness could be predicted by the participation reasons. In each case, the null hypothesis failed to be rejected. Regression of the five PRS reasons collectively on leader effectiveness also failed to reject the null, producing a p value of .800 and an R2 value of .023. An "all possible subsets" regression was conducted to determine whether a smaller subset of the five predictor variables might improve the predictive value of the participation reasons. No subset improved the predictive value. This study concludes that motivation to participate in CPE does not predict leader effectiveness. Thus, training organizations do not need to attempt to determine leader effectiveness based on underlying reasons individuals are motivated to participate, but rather should focus on the more traditional aspects of determining effectiveness most often associated with rigorous training evaluation processes. This study focused on the job role of first-line supervisor. Future research could be performed using: (a) populations of individuals from other traditional job roles including front-line employees (both unionized and non-unionized), mid-level managers, and executives; (b) leaders with and without prior training in situational leadership; and (c) effectiveness measure over time (i.e., a time-series method).