Browsing Brock Theses by Title
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Y works : average hours worked and average salaries
(Brock University, 2011-05-17)Generation Y is entering the workforce in large numbers and, because this generation holds different values than previous generations, accounting firms are having difficulty managing these new hires. I t is important ... -
You get what you pay for : independent music and Canadian public policy
(Brock University, 2008-11-04)The aim of this MA thesis is to demonstrate how corporate concentration within the global music industry specifically affects the Canadian music industry's ability to compete for its own national audience as well as ... -
“You Know What I Mean?”- Language and Cultural Retention in Luso-Canadian Mothers in the Greater Toronto Area
(Brock University, 2014-01-27)The Portuguese community is one of the largest diasporic groups in the Greater Toronto Area and the choice of retention and transmission of language and culture to Luso-Canadians is crucial to the development and sustainability ... -
Young children's behavioral responses to the distress of others /
(Brock University, 1999-05-21)The relationship between child temperament and parenting factors in the development of prosocial behavior during the toddler years was investigated by examining children's helping behaviors and responses to the distress ... -
Young Men’s Experiences and Views of Sex Education in Bangladesh: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis
This study has sought to shed light on the dearth of research on sex education in Bangladesh bringing forward young men’s experiences, views, narratives, recollections, and perceptions around sex education. Using social ... -
Youth Engagement in Custodial Programming: Why it matters and why we should care
There has been a tremendous amount of research that has been done into the characteristics of programming that reduce the chances of recidivism. However, there has been limited research into how youth experience that ... -
Youth Involvement in Organizational Decision Making: The Connection to Youth Initiative and Organizational Functioning
(2012-07-31)Studying positive adolescent development requires an examination of the mutually beneficial associations between youth and their environment. These youthcontext relations include both the contributions that youth make ... -
Youth Living in Residential Care: Implications for Leisure and Identity
(Brock University, 2013-09-11)The purpose of this study was to explore the intersection of living in residential care, leisure engagement, and adolescent identity development. The investigation included the voices of six youth living in a residential ... -
Youth with intellectual disabilities and the right to make choices : investigating the family context to inform a training program
(Brock University, 2011-03-08)People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are more likely to be victims of abuse and human rights violations than people without ID. The 3Rs: Rights, Respect, and Responsibility project has developed and is testing ... -
Youth's experiences of motivation in school physical education and sport
(Brock University, 2007-05-21)This study's objective was to examine how thirteen year-old females perceive and describe their lived experiences of being physically active in school PE (physical education) and organized youth sport settings through a ... -
Youth, Global Citizenship and Help: A Critical Rhetorical Analysis of Free The Children
(Brock University, 2014-01-27)Since 1995 Free The Children (FTC) has grown to be one of the largest and most recognized youth-focused and youth-led non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Canada. FTC has distinguished itself by developing slick marketing ... -
Zero-sum problems in finite cyclic groups
(Brock University, 2009-01-28)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate some open problems in the area of combinatorial number theory referred to as zero-sum theory. A zero-sequence in a finite cyclic group G is said to have the basic property if ... -
The γ-tocopherol-like family of N-methyltransferases: A taxonomically clustered gene family encoding enzymes responsible for N-methylation of monoterpene indole alkaloids
(Brock University, 2013-09-19)The plant family Apocynaceae accumulates thousands of monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIAs) which originate, biosynthetically, from the common secoiridoid intermediate, strictosidine, that is formed from the condensation of ...