Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:26:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Andrea Moreira.pdf: 2324114 bytes, checksum: 55e3879fe511940e1dc8ce5f703d2ac3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-25 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / This descriptive-explanatory present study uses quantitative method and its objective is looking for difference in importance for personal values and meaning of life to the employees in a financial institution, related to their participation in many steps of the institution for social mobilization on behalf of children created by their company. Personal values and meaning of life values are desirable and with always changing situations which change in importance and serve as basic principles on a person life, and the meaning of life values are a guide to existence of social entities in league with the objective that it takes for their existence. Five hundred and twenty-two employees from a private organization in financial business take part of the research, and to those employees two valid questionnaires were given for constructs measure. Four hundred and thirty-seven cases were valid after data interpretation according with the kind of participation in the social mobilization program. By using variation analysis technique was acknowledged that employees who take more responsibility on social mobilization program by visit cities where the projects are performed show average increase in universalism personal values, related to propagation of welfare on society; encourage related to the search for innovations and challenges at the same time when conformance values are less worth, related to maintain status quo. In relation with meaning of life values they show better average than other groups in Spiritual Evolution. / Valores pessoais e valores de sentido de vida são metas desejáveis e transsituacionais, que variam em importância e servem como princípios gerais na vida de uma pessoa, sendo os valores de sentido de vida princípios orientadores da vida de entidades sociais, associados à missão que esta assume para sua existência. Este estudo, de natureza descritivo-exploratória, utilizando o método quantitavivo, teve como objetivo verificar se existem diferenças na importância dos valores pessoais e de sentido de vida dos empregados de uma instituição financeira, em função do tipo de participação que eles assumem nas diferentes etapas do programa de mobilização social instituído pela empresa em que atuam, em favor da defesa dos direitos da criança e do adolescente. Participaram da pesquisa 522 empregados, aos quais foram aplicados dois questionários validados para mensuração dos construtos. Após o tratamento de dados, 437 casos foram considerados válidos e distribuídos em três grupos de acordo com o tipo de participação no programa de mobilização social. Utilizando-se a técnica de análise da variância, foi identificado que os empregados que assumem maior responsabilidade no programa de mobilização social, realizando visitas aos municípios onde os projetos são desenvolvidos, apresentam maiores médias nos valores pessoais de universalismo, relacionados a metas de promoção de bem-estar da sociedade, de estimulação, relacionados a busca de novidades e desafios; ao mesmo tempo em que valorizam menos valores de conformidade, relacionados à manutenção do status quo. Em relação aos valores de sentido de vida, apresentam maiores médias do que os demais grupos em Evolução Espiritual.

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<div>This research analyzes over 60,000 awarded highway contracts from 18 states throughout the United States. Analysis was performed on the state and aggregate level. The contracts were awarded from the years 2008 through 2018. Statistical analysis utilizing Pearson's Correlation and Ordinary Least Squares regression for each sample was performed to identify each variables relationship between the budget and awarded values.</div><div>The research examined effects of economic indicators, contractor descriptors and yearly/seasonal adjustments These variables included DBE Participation Goal, Number of Bidders, Project Dollar Value, Project Duration, Unemployment Rate, S&P 500 Index, Volatility Index, quarter, and year of project award. The results were examined by using a combination of simple statistical summaries and econometric coefficients called a cost vector. <br></div><div>Summary statistics observed Bid Difference at 8.5% below the Engineer's Estimate. The study observed DBE Participation Goals averaged 3.74% of the value of contracts, with an observed average of 4.5 bidders per contract. <br></div><div>The research determined that 55% of observed states had a positive significant correlation with DBE Participation Goal and Bid Difference. This correlation translated to nearly $80 million in additional cost. In addition, the research determined that all 19 groups in this study had a negative significant correlation with the Number of Bidders. The correlation translated to a savings of nearly $500 million. <br></div>