Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1996. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [310]-315). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1996. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [310]-315). Also available on the Internet.

Magister Philosophiae - MPhil / The research conducted has been undertaken to engage the stakeholders to explore the possibility of establishing workplace forums. The gains of workplace forums with respect to sharing decision making is a distinct advantage both business and labour seemingly do not realise because of a continued resolve to negotiate conditions of service annually exclusively. The research was undertaken by designing an interview questionnaire for distribution. The population for this research includes a cross section of employers from the industry in the Western Cape, parties to the Hairdressing Beauty and Cosmetology Bargaining Council, the Employers Organisation and the Employees Organisation or Trade Union. The criteria set for the questionnaire anticipate responses of respondents to the challenges before and after the possible incorporation of section 84 of the Act Finally the research results indicate that the parties to a collective agreement in this industry still gravitate towards distributive collective bargaining by negotiating salaries, wages and conditions of employment in Bargaining Councils. / South Africa

摘要 台灣美髮服務產業蓬勃發展時，許多業者逐漸由家庭剪髮或個人工作室發展成美髮連鎖集團，但自2000年後由於市場的高度飽和與激烈競爭，使各大連鎖集團呈現發展停滯或甚至衰退的現象，因此近年來逐漸進入中國市場發展。 本研究分析外資業者進入上海市場的策略，以環境的影響與STP的分析方式來確認各業者在市場中的定位，再根據業者的定位來分析行銷策略，進而推論出最後的經營成效。 本研究以三家外資美髮連鎖集團為分析個案，研究發現：當個案公司進入一個全新的市場時，對於目標市場的選擇和經營模式往往受到過去台灣成功模式所影響，個案公司通常會保留70%以上和台灣相同的競爭模式，當原模式可吻合市場需要時，發展上就會順利許多，但若是不適合該市場的需求時，業者就會遭遇經營困境，甚至退出市場。 面對競爭激烈的市場環境，往往進入市場的行銷策略就是發展成敗的關鍵之一，而行銷策略深受環境和市場定位的影響，本研究期望能帶給剛進入或重返上海市場的美髮連鎖業者做為發展策略上的參考。 / Abstract When hairdressing service industry was flourishing in Taiwan, many firms started to transform from individual studios or family-run businesses to chain operation. However, since 2000, market saturation and high competition have caused major hairdressing chains to show signs of stagnation, and even recession, and many of them have started to enter the Chinese market in recent years. This research analyzes how foreign hairdressing chains entered Shanghai by three steps: first evaluate the impact of environment on the operations of foreign hairdressing chains and their STPs; second, how these chains utilize their marketing mixes; and third, how have them performed in the market. By looking into three chains, the study finds that: (1) For the choice of target market and business models, they tend to be influenced by their successful business models in Taiwan, and thus they adopted 70% of their operational approaches in Taiwan to the operations in Shanghai; (2) When their business models appealed to and marched the needs of the market, they would be successful; on the contrary, a mis-match would lead to financial difficulties and even exit the market. Facing a highly competitive market environment, entering a market with appropriate marketing mix (4Ps) often is critical and 4Psand market positioning are highly influenced by the environmental factors. By highlighting the linkages among environment, STP and 4Ps, this research hopes to offer suggestions to foreign hairdressing chains either planning to enter or re-enter Shanghai or other markets in China.

This research study examines the experiences of service workers in the informal economy by exploring informal hairdressing operations within the Johannesburg CBD. Drawing on ethnography at a hairsalon in Braamfontein and semi-­‐structured interviews with hairdressers, customers, hairsalon owners and City of Johannesburg officials, it argues that the emotional and affective labour in this kind of work offers hairdressers an important basis for them to weave meaning into their work. The affective relationships that they create through hairdressing present them with the potential for the self-­‐constitution of their work and lives.

L'asthme professionnel (AP) est la maladie respiratoire d'origine professionnelle la plus fréquente dans les pays industrialisés. Il s'agit d'une pathologie complexe dite « multifactorielle » mettant en jeu un grand nombre de facteurs de risques génétiques, constitutionnels, comportementaux et environnementaux. Sur le plan génétique, l'asthme professionnel représente un bon modèle pour l'étude de l'asthme chez l'adulte et les mécanismes d'interactions gène-gène-environnement masquant ou modulant l'effet de la génétique restent encore à élucider. Aucune étude épidémiologique sur l'asthme professionnel n'a examiné le rôle des facteurs génétiques à un stade très précoce de l'exposition aux allergènes et aux irritants aéroportés. Nous avons donc cherché dans un premier temps à évaluer le rôle de certains polymorphismes génétiques en rapport avec l'inflammation et l'allergie, à savoir les IL4RA, IL13, TNFa, IL1A et IL5, sur le déclin de la fonction pulmonaire, l'apparition d'une obstruction ou d'une hyperréactivité bronchiques et l'évolution du monoxyde d'azote exhalé (FeNO) chez 441 apprentis boulangers/pâtissiers et coiffeurs (étude MIBAP). Dans cette première partie nous observons des interactions entre IL13 R130Q/IL4RA S478P et IL13 R130Q//IL4RA Q551R et la diminution du volume expiratoire forcé ou de la capacité vitale forcée. Le génotype GG du TNFA-G308A a été trouvé associé à l'hyperréactivité bronchique dans l'ensemble de la population et chez les sujets non atopiques ; nous avons aussi observé que certaines interactions gène-gène étaient associées à une modification du FeNO au cours des deux années d'apprentissage. Dans un deuxième temps, des déterminants nutritionnels de l'asthme ont été explorés dans une population de jeunes travailleurs engagés dans ces métiers à risque depuis 3 à 10 ans (étude ABCD). Les apports en vitamines, principalement les vitamines A, C, E D, et en acides gras polyinsaturés omégas 3 et 6 ont été étudiés par questionnaire de fréquence, le diagnostic d'asthme professionnel étant réalisé au moyen d'une batterie d'outils (examen clinique, spirométrie et test de réversibilité d'une obstruction bronchique, mesure du FeNO et examen des taux sériques d'IgE spécifiques). Les résultats portant sur 31 cas d'asthme professionnel et 196 témoins montrent une différence en fonction de la filière : chez les boulangers-pâtissiers, aucun facteur nutritionnel n'est objectivé, contrairement au groupe des coiffeuses chez qui les asthmatiques présentent des apports plus élevés des vitamines A et D. Un déficit en B12 semble être un facteur de risque de survenue d'asthme professionnel et ce indépendamment de la filière. En revanche, aucune corrélation n'est trouvée avec les taux sériques de l'homocystéine et la vitamine B9. A travers ces études au sein de ces jeunes populations à risque, il ressort que l'expression de certains facteurs de risque de l'asthme professionnel sont modulables en fonction du type d'exposition. Des comportements alimentaires à l'environnement de travail, l'émergence d'une maladie telle que l'asthme professionnel fait appel à des facteurs multiples dont la plupart peuvent être contrôlés et limités par des mesures de prévention efficaces / Occupational asthma (OA) is the occupational respiratory disease most common in industrialized countries. It is a multifactorial disease involving a large number of risk factors genetic, constitutional, behavioral and environmental. At the genetic level, occupational asthma is a good model for the study of adult asthma and the mechanisms of interaction gene-gene-environment masking or modulating effect of genetic remain to be elucidated. None epidemiological studies on occupational asthma have examined the role of genetic factors in a very early exposure to allergens and airborne irritants. We initially assess the role of genetic polymorphisms related to inflammation and allergy, namely IL4RA, IL13, TNF, IL1A and IL5, on the decline of lung function, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and increasing of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in 441 apprentice bakers / pastry-makers and hairdressers (MIBAP study). In this first part we observed interactions between IL13 and IL13 R130Q R130Q/IL4RA S478P / / IL4RA Q551R and decreased forced expiratory volume or forced vital capacity. The GG genotype of TNFA-G308A was found associated with bronchial hyperreactivity in the general population and in non-atopic subjects, we also observed that some gene-gene interactions were associated with a change in the FeNO after two years of training. In a second time, nutritionals determinants of asthma were investigated in a population of young workers employed in these occupations at risk from 3 to 10 years (ABCD study). Intake of vitamins, especially vitamins A, C, E,D, and polyunsaturated fatty acids omega 3 and 6 were studied by frequency questionnaire, the diagnosis of occupational asthma is achieved through a battery of tools (review clinical spirometry and reversibility of bronchial obstruction, FeNO measurement and examination of serum specific IgE). The results on 31 cases of occupational asthma and 196 controls showed a difference in terms of the sector: among bakers, no nutritional factor is objectified, unlike the hairdresser's asthmatics that have higher intakes vitamins A and D. B12 deficiency appears to be a risk factor for onset of occupational asthma regardless of the sector. In contrast, no correlation was found with serum levels of homocysteine and vitamin B9. Through studies in these young people at risk, it appears that the expression of certain risk factors of occupational asthma is flexible, depending on the type of exposure. The emergence of a disease such as occupational asthma involves multiple factors, most of which can be controlled and limited by effective preventive measures

Uppsatsen handlar om vilket syfte APU har i frisörutbildningen och om skolan skall erbjuda APU varje vecka, eller i längre sammanhängande perioder? Syftet med studien har varit att bland annat undersöka vilket APU-upplägg som i utbildningssyfte är mest relevant och varför. För att få kunskap och information om vad branschen, rektor, frisörlärare samt handledare tyckte, har jag intervjuat ett antal personer. Intervjuerna var kvalitativa och strukturerade för att få deskriptiva svar. För att kunna få en så detaljerad analys som möjligt använde jag en digital bandspelare. Intervjuerna tog 20 till 30 minuter vardera. I studien har det visat sig att de flesta var lyhörda för båda uppläggen, de hade också erfarenhet av båda uppläggen men när jag frågade hur informanterna önskade att upplägget kunde vara, kom ett enhälligt svar från rektor, handledare samt frisörlärare. I utbildningsperspektiv, för att även bygga upp en kundkrets, menar majoriteten, att APU kontinuerligt varje vecka är att föredra. Branschen däremot hade en annan uppfattning, menade att varje skola/rektor själv beslutar om vilket upplägg som gynnar dem. Beslutet behöver inte vara för evigt utan måste utvärderas med jämna mellanrum. / This essay is about what purpose the APU has been in hairdressing education and if school should offer APU every week or in longer consecutive periods? The purpose of this study was to examine which of the APU arrangement of the educational purpose is most relevant and why. To gain knowledge and information about what the industry, principal, hairdressing teachers and mentor thought, I have interviewed a number of people. The interviews were qualitative and structured to descriptive answers. In order to get into as much detail as possible, I used a digital tape recorder. The interviews took 20 to 30minutes each. The study showed that most were susceptible to both arrangements. They also had experience of both arrangements,  but when I asked how informants wished how APU should be used, a unanimous response came from the  principal , mentors  and hairdressing teachers. The educational perspective, to build a customer base, says the majority, that the APU continuously every week is preferred. The industry, however, had a different opinion, said that each school / principal decides on the arrangement that benefits them. The decision need not be forever, but it must be evaluated periodically.

The purpose of this thesis is to identify what motivational changes occur while a lifestyle entrepreneur moves through three different organizational stages. The focus will however be on stage one and three. The problem of an under-researched field is addressed and how the motivation of specific lifestyle entrepreneurs, in these cases hairdressing salon owners, has changed. This thesis has been conducted with an interpretivistic viewpoint, an inductive approach and with a qualitative research method. The authors have selected to analyze the data through pattern matching and dividing the interviewees into two different case studies, one for each of the two chosen organizational stages in focus. In conclusion the authors found that intrinsic and extrinsic motivations have had different effects within all stages in the organizational life cycle. The authors have discovered that during stage one the intrinsic motivations play a large role. During stage one where the organization is small and young the lifestyle entrepreneurs are motivated by factors such as independence and self-efficacy. Stage two is a more extrinsic dominated phase with the factors integrated regulations and identified regulation as motivators. The third stage is a return to the intrinsic motivations with factors such as locus of control and egoistic passion. This is further explained within the chapter with help of the analysis and empirical findings. A figure has been presented to show the different phases and their motivational change.

Hair, as it is fashioned in this research project, is a lens which brings embodiment, if only ephemerally, into a place of expressive focus. This thesis considers, as its subjects of research, women between the ages of 20 and 30 in Victoria, BC, Canada, who purposefully use the hair styling services of a regular stylist to negotiate social anxieties and play with possibilities of identity through the medium of hair. I engage with the concept of embodiment specifically in order to approach current theoretical concerns in anthropology with how commodity culture plays out and is played upon, both materially and ideologically, through the bodies of social actors. Hair is particularly well suited to a theoretical concern with embodiment because it is a biological medium of cultural pliability; it occurs at the interface of a biological entity, upon which it grows, and a cultural being, who styles it.

Thesis (M.A.)--Auburn University, 2008. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-40).