Abstract Human resource is the most valuable and prominent property to a company. No matter in what aspect, human resource is fundamental to the development and implementation of programs and plans to support the overall growth of the company. Hence, how to find the most competent employees through proper sources is what the business entity needs to consider about. The sources to find qualified employees include human resource website, newspapers, schools, governmental agencies for employment services, employment exhibition, referral, and transition. Reviewing the past researchs of human resource, most of them focus on recruitment and staffing, but few to deal with referral employment. However, in Taiwan where interpersonal relationship is highly valued and recommended, the recruitment of employees through referral is very common. Therefore, this research aimed at the referral. Furthermore, the research also aimed to find out in what kind of relationship between the referral and introducer, the referral would have a preferable and better performance. Would the same working experience with the present job that referrals had serve as a critical variable affecting the performance? The results reveal that the turnover rate of referral is much lower than those hired personnel through other sources. Referrals generally have better performances at work when they were co-workers with the introducers in their former jobs. The finding also shows that referrals also have better performance when they came from the related industries related to the present jobs. Key words : performance , recruiting sources, referral, turnover rate

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Mark J. Eitelberg, Gail Fann Thomas. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-94). Also available online.

Thesis (B.A.)--Haverford College, Dept. of History, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1980. / Typescript.

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1983. / Typescript.

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The thesis suggests a way in which the peace movement can make itself attractive to citizens. It begins with the assumption that the movement should satisfy some of their personal needs. One such need is that of relief from the pains of anxiety. Drawing upon Heidegger, the thesis outlines two of these pains--impotence and unheimlichkeit--and shows why we experience them. Then, using Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, it explains why true friendship is a positive response to the pains. True friends further each other's courage, a virtue whose possession helps them to weather impotence. True friends are, in fundamental ways, the same as one another: Their partial identity counters the effects of non-humans whose radical otherness makes the partners feel unheimlich. / A movement which promotes true friendship within its ranks--and publicizes this fact--will likely attract new members and have success in retaining old ones. The last chapter discusses, in concrete terms, how friendship among movement members can be fostered.

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Recruiting of music students is expected to become increasingly competitive among colleges which offer music degrees during the next decade. In order to gain a perspective on the state of recruiting, this study investigated the recruiting techniques currently being used by music administrators at institutions of higher education which offer bachelor's degrees in music. The goals of this research were to determine whether music administrators anticipate a declining enrollment problem in their music program, to determine how active a role chief music administrators play in music student recruitment, to identify recruiting activities within a marketing context, and to describe significant differences in recruiting activities by geographic region and by comparisons of private and public institutions.A review of the related literature was conducted which included examining marketing research tools, recruiting and statistical information, and music-related sources. A three-part questionnaire was designed to gather information on general backgrounds of music units, their recruitment structures, and their recruiting activities. Items selected for inquiry were based upon information supplied in the review of the literature. The pilot survey instrument was tested by 10 music administrators who were involved in music-student recruitment. The population included the total number of institutions in higher education which offer some form of bachelor's degree in music, according to The College Blue Book, 21st Ed: Degrees Offered by College and Subjects (1987). The sample included 150 administrators who represented their respective music units. Music units were selected by means of a computer-generated random stratification according to their geographic region and their funding base. Forty-one percent of the questionnaires were returned.Data showed that a majority of the subjects believed their enrollments would be increasing during the next decade. However, 81.6% indicated their enrollments were currently below the desired level. The chief music administrator is the highest authority most often involved in developing the recruitment strategy and is often the most active individual in recruiting activities. More marketing expertise is available for music student recruitment: than is currently being utilized. This includes strategies to identify the target market and the development of a balanced marketing mix, i.e., strategies involving product, price, place, and promotion. Most of the recruitment strategies observed relied heavily upon promotional efforts and less on the other elements of a balanced marketing mix. Relatively few differences were noted in the recruiting practices of music units in higher education throughout the United States, either by their geographic region or by their funding base. Recommendations resulting from this investigation include areas for further study and additional recommendations. / School of Music