H Roy Kaplan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4178796 |
|---|---|
| NAME | H Roy Kaplan |
| GIVEN NAMES | H Roy |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaplan |
| SIGNATURE | KAPLAN H R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Myth of Post-Racial America
The Myth of Post-Racial America provides a history of race and racism in the United States. These concepts became integral parts of American society through social, psychological, and political decisions, which are documented so readers can learn about the origin of myths and stereotypes that have created schisms in our society from its founding to the present day. This information is essential reading for students and teachers so they can become…
Lottery mania
The impact of the daily lottery on the numbers game
The effects of state lotteries on the pari-mutuel industry
Selling Hope
The Social and Economic Impact of State Lotteries
Lotteries played an important role in the foundation of the United States but were abandoned because of abuses in the nineteenth century. Their reintroduction occurred in the second half of this century, when states turned to them as a way of generating needed revenue. This article explores the revenue-generating potential of state lotteries and concludes that they are incapable of contributing significant amounts of money to state coffers, and t…
Dr. Howe, et al, Respond
Dr. Howe, et al, Respond Barbara Howe, and H. Roy Kaplan CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.70.6.637-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
The Inequality of Pay.Henry Phelps Brown
Lottery Winners
Repeat abortions
A study of 1,505 women obtaining abortions in a freestanding abortion clinic in Western New York state revealed that women having repeat abortions were more likely to be using contraception at the time of conception than women having first abortions. However, nearly one-half the non-contracepting repeaters were not contracepting at the time of the repeat pregnancy. Repeaters who were not contracepting at the time of the repeat pregnancy listed me…
The Convergence of Work, Sport, and Gambling in America
The changing nature of work brought about by increased mechanization and the division and specializa tion of labor has decreased opportunities for meaningful, satis fying experiences on the job. Although work was traditionally the only legitimate means for upward mobility, gambling has emerged as an alternative route to riches and a method for escaping the tedium of contemporary jobs. Sports have be come the vehicle through which the majority of …
American Minorities and Economic Opportunity
Humanism in Organizations
A lthough the appellation human relationist is seldom used today, many contemporary organizational theorists adhere to the tradition established by Elton Mayo1 later popularized by Douglas McGregor.2 Contemporary human relationists are often referred to as organizational humanists, enlightened managers, or industrial democrats. Nevertheless, there remains a definite and pervasive continuity of approach to handling organizational conflict and empl…
A Misinterpreted Theory
American Society in the Postindustrial Age
The Meaning of Work among the Hard-Core Unemployed
Work and the Welfare Cadillac
Interviews were conducted with 275 chronically unemployed persons to ascertain the extent of their commitment to work and the functions it performed for them. It was found that work was viewed as the legitimate source of sustenance; their commitment to it was as strong as that of employed white-and blue-collar workers who had been investigated in other studies using the same methodological technique. While the economic function of work appeared t…
The Meaning of Work among the Hard-Core Unemployed
Work and the Welfare Cadillac
Interviews were conducted with 275 chronically unemployed persons to ascertain the extent of their commitment to work and the functions it performed for them. It was found that work was viewed as the legitimate source of sustenance; their commitment to it was as strong as that of employed white-and blue-collar workers who had been investigated in other studies using the same methodological technique. While the economic function of work appeared t…
The Social and Economic Impact of State Lotteries
Lotteries played an important role in the foundation of the United States but were abandoned because of abuses in the nineteenth century. Their reintroduction occurred in the second half of this century, when states turned to them as a way of generating needed revenue. This article explores the revenue-generating potential of state lotteries and concludes that they are incapable of contributing significant amounts of money to state coffers, and t…
Repeat abortions
A study of 1,505 women obtaining abortions in a freestanding abortion clinic in Western New York state revealed that women having repeat abortions were more likely to be using contraception at the time of conception than women having first abortions. However, nearly one-half the non-contracepting repeaters were not contracepting at the time of the repeat pregnancy. Repeaters who were not contracepting at the time of the repeat pregnancy listed me…
The Convergence of Work, Sport, and Gambling in America
The changing nature of work brought about by increased mechanization and the division and specializa tion of labor has decreased opportunities for meaningful, satis fying experiences on the job. Although work was traditionally the only legitimate means for upward mobility, gambling has emerged as an alternative route to riches and a method for escaping the tedium of contemporary jobs. Sports have be come the vehicle through which the majority of …
Work and the Welfare Cadillac
Interviews were conducted with 275 chronically unemployed persons to ascertain the extent of their commitment to work and the functions it performed for them. It was found that work was viewed as the legitimate source of sustenance; their commitment to it was as strong as that of employed white-and blue-collar workers who had been investigated in other studies using the same methodological technique. While the economic function of work appeared t…
American Society in the Postindustrial Age
The Meaning of Work among the Hard-Core Unemployed
Humanism in Organizations
A lthough the appellation human relationist is seldom used today, many contemporary organizational theorists adhere to the tradition established by Elton Mayo1 later popularized by Douglas McGregor.2 Contemporary human relationists are often referred to as organizational humanists, enlightened managers, or industrial democrats. Nevertheless, there remains a definite and pervasive continuity of approach to handling organizational conflict and empl…
A Misinterpreted Theory
American Minorities and Economic Opportunity
Lottery Winners
Repeat abortions
A study of 1,505 women obtaining abortions in a freestanding abortion clinic in Western New York state revealed that women having repeat abortions were more likely to be using contraception at the time of conception than women having first abortions. However, nearly one-half the non-contracepting repeaters were not contracepting at the time of the repeat pregnancy. Repeaters who were not contracepting at the time of the repeat pregnancy listed me…
The Convergence of Work, Sport, and Gambling in America
The changing nature of work brought about by increased mechanization and the division and specializa tion of labor has decreased opportunities for meaningful, satis fying experiences on the job. Although work was traditionally the only legitimate means for upward mobility, gambling has emerged as an alternative route to riches and a method for escaping the tedium of contemporary jobs. Sports have be come the vehicle through which the majority of …
Dr. Howe, et al, Respond
Dr. Howe, et al, Respond Barbara Howe, and H. Roy Kaplan CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.70.6.637-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
The Inequality of Pay.Henry Phelps Brown
The Social and Economic Impact of State Lotteries
Lotteries played an important role in the foundation of the United States but were abandoned because of abuses in the nineteenth century. Their reintroduction occurred in the second half of this century, when states turned to them as a way of generating needed revenue. This article explores the revenue-generating potential of state lotteries and concludes that they are incapable of contributing significant amounts of money to state coffers, and t…
Lottery mania
The impact of the daily lottery on the numbers game
The effects of state lotteries on the pari-mutuel industry
Selling Hope
The Myth of Post-Racial America
The Myth of Post-Racial America provides a history of race and racism in the United States. These concepts became integral parts of American society through social, psychological, and political decisions, which are documented so readers can learn about the origin of myths and stereotypes that have created schisms in our society from its founding to the present day. This information is essential reading for students and teachers so they can become…
Economics (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Gambling Behavior and Treatments (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Lottery (4 works)