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Source: Department of Economics, Kent State University

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1.	Beres, Mary E. Portwood, James D.
1.	Explaining Cultural Differences in the Perceived Role of Work: An Intranational Cross Cultural Study In: Organizational Functioning in a Cross Cultural Perspective. G.W. England, et al., eds. Kent, OH: Kent State, University Press, 1979 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Older Men Publisher: Department of Economics, Kent State University Keyword(s): Behavior; Ethnic Groups/Ethnicity; Ethnic Studies; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Modeling; Socioeconomic Background; Wages; Work Attitudes Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study proposes a model explaining culture's influence on organizations. Central to the model is an understanding of culture as a frame of reference consisting of beliefs, values, and behaviors which members of a group have found beneficial to their survival and have transmitted to successive generations. Using this definition, the study examines the relationship between culture and work attitudes while controlling for socioeconomic class, socio-ecological environment, socialization environment, and personal circumstances. Findings indicate that workers with north or west European ancestry are more likely to value work for itself than workers with central or east European ancestry. Workers with African ancestry are more likely to value work for the wages it produces. These differences are significant even after controlling for the factors listed above. Results from this study suggest that organizations may consist of multicultural workers with diverse work attitudes even after people have been in a single country or geographic area for several generations.
	Bibliography Citation Beres, Mary E. and James D. Portwood. "Explaining Cultural Differences in the Perceived Role of Work: An Intranational Cross Cultural Study" In: Organizational Functioning in a Cross Cultural Perspective. G.W. England, et al., eds. Kent, OH: Kent State, University Press, 1979

2.	Loh, Eng Seng
2.	Effects of Parental Separation on Schooling Outcomes Working Paper, Kent OH: Department of Economics, Kent State University, December 1992 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics, Kent State University Keyword(s): Education; Marital Dissolution; Parental Influences; Schooling Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the importance of parental separation, relative to other factors, in explaining the distribution of educational outcomes. Using a sample of men and women from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youths, I find that parental separation retains its significant negative effects in the presence of an expanded set of regressors but it ranks well behind other factors in the proportion of the variation in schooling outcomes explained.
	Bibliography Citation Loh, Eng Seng. "Effects of Parental Separation on Schooling Outcomes." Working Paper, Kent OH: Department of Economics, Kent State University, December 1992.

3.	Williams, Donald R.
3.	Non-pecuniary Rewards and the Labor Force Participation of Black and White Youth Working Paper [Mimeo], Department of Economics, Kent State University, 1987 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics, Kent State University Keyword(s): Job Satisfaction; Labor Force Participation; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Teenagers; Unemployment, Youth Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Previous work regarding the labor force participation of black and white youth has ignored the fact that they may face jobs with different non-pecuniary characteristics. In this paper, the author extends the standard "second- generation" model of labor force participation to include non-pecuniary rewards, and estimates the effects such rewards have on the probability of participation for a sample of black and white males from the NLSY. The results suggest that job characteristics have a significant impact on participation, and that racial differences in job characteristics explain up to 25 percent of the black-white participation rate differential.
	Bibliography Citation Williams, Donald R. "Non-pecuniary Rewards and the Labor Force Participation of Black and White Youth." Working Paper [Mimeo], Department of Economics, Kent State University, 1987.

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