Tim Knapp
Biographic Data
| ID | 195113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tim Knapp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tim |
| FAMILY NAME | Knapp |
| SIGNATURE | KNAPP T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Missouri State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Social Determinants of Health in a Community Context
Much of the research on the social determinants of health has been done at national or international comparative levels. Findings from these studies highlight the importance of macro social factors that affect health outcomes, such as limited and unequal access to health care and the effects of racial discrimination, economic inequality, and patriarchy. However, such macro-level research provides limited information about how applied and clinical…
Service-Learning's Impact on College Students' Commitment to Future Civic Engagement, Self-Efficacy, and Social Empowerment
Information from surveys of undergraduate college students is used to investigate whether or not service-learning affects students' commitment to future civic engagement, self-efficacy, and social empowerment. Results indicate that some applications of service-learning do have positive effects on students' commitment to future community involvement, efficacy, and empowerment. Analysis reveals that higher levels of commitment to be engaged are med…
When the Screen Goes Blank
Using survey and interview information, the impacts of job loss on former employees of a Zenith Corporation plant in Springfield, Missouri, are identified and placed in the context of existing research findings. Even in the “New Economy” period of national economic expansion and in a robust local job market, many displaced workers endured significant drops in earnings and benefits and experienced decreased work satisfaction. Although women took l…
Rust in the Wheatbelt
While most sociologists now recognize the importance of urban industrial problems, there is less awareness of the causes and social significance of nonmetropolitan manufacturing decline. By means of structured and informal interviews, nonparticipant observations, and analysis of public documents, a case study was conducted to evaluate the economic and social 'community impacts' of industrial restructuring in a nonurban community. Eight negative c…
Hierarchies and Control
This article offers a reinterpretation of Oliver Williamson's transaction‐cost efficiency approach to economic organizations. Asserted transaction‐cost minimizations are found to be based on the exercise of social control power within hierarchical governance structures. Analysis of transaction‐cost economics' “justification” of hierarchical employment relations shows the tenuous nature of Williamson's noncoercive conceptualization of control. His…
Employee Ownership, Control of Pension Funds, and Industrial Democracy in the United States
The o1rgoin1l transformation of the A merican economy has resulted in a decline ill materiat well-being for most workers, and has broughl a host of problems to communitie. . f across tire country. Given these developments, a growing number of workers, labor representative.r, and community leaders ore advocating employee ownership of businesses as apossible means to reduce the negative consequences of this' transformation. All increase ill employe…
Service-Learning's Impact on College Students' Commitment to Future Civic Engagement, Self-Efficacy, and Social Empowerment
Information from surveys of undergraduate college students is used to investigate whether or not service-learning affects students' commitment to future civic engagement, self-efficacy, and social empowerment. Results indicate that some applications of service-learning do have positive effects on students' commitment to future community involvement, efficacy, and empowerment. Analysis reveals that higher levels of commitment to be engaged are med…
Rust in the Wheatbelt
While most sociologists now recognize the importance of urban industrial problems, there is less awareness of the causes and social significance of nonmetropolitan manufacturing decline. By means of structured and informal interviews, nonparticipant observations, and analysis of public documents, a case study was conducted to evaluate the economic and social 'community impacts' of industrial restructuring in a nonurban community. Eight negative c…
When the Screen Goes Blank
Using survey and interview information, the impacts of job loss on former employees of a Zenith Corporation plant in Springfield, Missouri, are identified and placed in the context of existing research findings. Even in the “New Economy” period of national economic expansion and in a robust local job market, many displaced workers endured significant drops in earnings and benefits and experienced decreased work satisfaction. Although women took l…
Hierarchies and Control
This article offers a reinterpretation of Oliver Williamson's transaction‐cost efficiency approach to economic organizations. Asserted transaction‐cost minimizations are found to be based on the exercise of social control power within hierarchical governance structures. Analysis of transaction‐cost economics' “justification” of hierarchical employment relations shows the tenuous nature of Williamson's noncoercive conceptualization of control. His…
Employee Ownership, Control of Pension Funds, and Industrial Democracy in the United States
The o1rgoin1l transformation of the A merican economy has resulted in a decline ill materiat well-being for most workers, and has broughl a host of problems to communitie. . f across tire country. Given these developments, a growing number of workers, labor representative.r, and community leaders ore advocating employee ownership of businesses as apossible means to reduce the negative consequences of this' transformation. All increase ill employe…
Hierarchies and Control
This article offers a reinterpretation of Oliver Williamson's transaction‐cost efficiency approach to economic organizations. Asserted transaction‐cost minimizations are found to be based on the exercise of social control power within hierarchical governance structures. Analysis of transaction‐cost economics' “justification” of hierarchical employment relations shows the tenuous nature of Williamson's noncoercive conceptualization of control. His…
Rust in the Wheatbelt
While most sociologists now recognize the importance of urban industrial problems, there is less awareness of the causes and social significance of nonmetropolitan manufacturing decline. By means of structured and informal interviews, nonparticipant observations, and analysis of public documents, a case study was conducted to evaluate the economic and social 'community impacts' of industrial restructuring in a nonurban community. Eight negative c…
When the Screen Goes Blank
Using survey and interview information, the impacts of job loss on former employees of a Zenith Corporation plant in Springfield, Missouri, are identified and placed in the context of existing research findings. Even in the “New Economy” period of national economic expansion and in a robust local job market, many displaced workers endured significant drops in earnings and benefits and experienced decreased work satisfaction. Although women took l…
Service-Learning's Impact on College Students' Commitment to Future Civic Engagement, Self-Efficacy, and Social Empowerment
Information from surveys of undergraduate college students is used to investigate whether or not service-learning affects students' commitment to future civic engagement, self-efficacy, and social empowerment. Results indicate that some applications of service-learning do have positive effects on students' commitment to future community involvement, efficacy, and empowerment. Analysis reveals that higher levels of commitment to be engaged are med…
The Social Determinants of Health in a Community Context
Much of the research on the social determinants of health has been done at national or international comparative levels. Findings from these studies highlight the importance of macro social factors that affect health outcomes, such as limited and unequal access to health care and the effects of racial discrimination, economic inequality, and patriarchy. However, such macro-level research provides limited information about how applied and clinical…
Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Law (2 works)