Thesis--Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 439-455).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1980. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-153).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University. / The diverse growth of Protestantism in the United States has stimulated many studies. The underlying theme of these investigations has bee the play of economic forces upon the development of church life. This study was conducted with the belief that the microcosm in which this interplay of economic and denominational forces can best be studied is the local church. The occupation of an individual is the key to his social status, his participation in the life of the church, his support for the church program, and frequently determines the extent to which his family may participate as well. Therefore, this study of occupations and their corollaries is an attempt to analyze the program effectiveness of the church as a social institution. [TRUNCATED]

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Dallas, 2008. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-176)

Issued also as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University. / Bibliography: p. 129-131.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Issued also as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University. / Bibliography: p. 129-131.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1941. / Typescript. Includes abstract and vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 273-277).

M.Phil. / While the highly successful business of the strip-club industry and exotic dancing that is yielding millions from customers, has received increased attention in the media and amongst social scientists abroad, local scholars have, as far as could be ascertained, paid little attention to it. It is also clear from the work that has been undertaken abroad that little, if any, was done from a human-resources or industrial-psychology perspective. People, and their inner experiences, are extremely important to me. This, together with the preceding, has led me to undertake a life-history study of the life of one local stripper, Casey. Believing that every person has the right and obligation to choose how to live his or her life to the best of his or her ability, the aim of this study was not to criticise her career, which many would certainly regard as “deviant”, but to explore and describe her experiences and perspectives of it, and to obtain an understanding of how she experienced her stripping, and thereby make a contribution to our knowledge of it. A modernistic qualitative methodology, based on symbolic interactionism as theoretical framework, was employed. More particularly, a case-study and lifestory method was used. Rich data was obtained which was systematically analysed by utilising various qualitative methods, relevant theoretical constructs and empirical findings. This in turn, led to the construction of a preliminary tool, namely a typology, attempting to illuminate erotic dancing by looking at factors influencing dancers’ behaviour and experiences. I would like to believe that in a modest way this theoretical concept will provide a building block towards constructing a human-resources study of exotic-dancing careers locally.

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