Mary Ellen Wacker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4136703 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Ellen Wacker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary Ellen |
| FAMILY NAME | Wacker |
| SIGNATURE | WACKER M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iowa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Acquiring Credentials When Signals Don't Matter
David B. Bills, Mary Ellen Wacker, Acquiring Credentials When Signals Don't Matter: Employers' Support of Employees Who Pursue Postsecondary Vocational Degrees, Sociology of Education, Vol. 76, No. 2 (Apr., 2003), pp. 170-187
A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of Power-Control Theory and Single-Mother Families
Power-control theory states that relative power in the workplace conditions patterns of parental control of children in two-parent families, resulting in gender differences in rates of nonserious delinquency. Additionally, single mothers, regardless of their occupational power, control and socialize their sons and daughters similarly and effect a small delinquency gender gap. In the present study, the authors applied the traditional power-control…
A comparison of transfer and nontransfer students majoring in criminology and criminal justice
A movement exists in academia to provide students majoring in criminal justice and criminology with a broad-based social science education. In this study we assess the extent to which adherence to a social science approach conditions the academic performance of students who transfer from two-year colleges that emphasize a vocational perspective with no liberal arts tradition. Transfer and nontransfer criminology majors attending the University of…
The Breakfast Club
A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of Power-Control Theory and Single-Mother Families
Power-control theory states that relative power in the workplace conditions patterns of parental control of children in two-parent families, resulting in gender differences in rates of nonserious delinquency. Additionally, single mothers, regardless of their occupational power, control and socialize their sons and daughters similarly and effect a small delinquency gender gap. In the present study, the authors applied the traditional power-control…
Acquiring Credentials When Signals Don't Matter
David B. Bills, Mary Ellen Wacker, Acquiring Credentials When Signals Don't Matter: Employers' Support of Employees Who Pursue Postsecondary Vocational Degrees, Sociology of Education, Vol. 76, No. 2 (Apr., 2003), pp. 170-187
A comparison of transfer and nontransfer students majoring in criminology and criminal justice
A movement exists in academia to provide students majoring in criminal justice and criminology with a broad-based social science education. In this study we assess the extent to which adherence to a social science approach conditions the academic performance of students who transfer from two-year colleges that emphasize a vocational perspective with no liberal arts tradition. Transfer and nontransfer criminology majors attending the University of…
The Breakfast Club
A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of Power-Control Theory and Single-Mother Families
Power-control theory states that relative power in the workplace conditions patterns of parental control of children in two-parent families, resulting in gender differences in rates of nonserious delinquency. Additionally, single mothers, regardless of their occupational power, control and socialize their sons and daughters similarly and effect a small delinquency gender gap. In the present study, the authors applied the traditional power-control…
Acquiring Credentials When Signals Don't Matter
David B. Bills, Mary Ellen Wacker, Acquiring Credentials When Signals Don't Matter: Employers' Support of Employees Who Pursue Postsecondary Vocational Degrees, Sociology of Education, Vol. 76, No. 2 (Apr., 2003), pp. 170-187
Psychology (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Vocational education (2 works) · Business (1 works) · Career Development and Diversity (1 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 works)