Theses and Dissertations at Montana State University (MSU)
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Item From the mountain to the valley: the flows and frictions of commuting in a resort geography(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2022) Otto, Elise Lodge; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Julia Hobson HaggertyThis research examines the commuting experiences of laborers who travel upwards of 60 miles to work in the resort town of Big Sky, Montana, USA. Using semi-structured interviews with commuters and an ethnographic approach, this case study describes the phenomenon of rapid luxury amenity growth with a focus on how on workers experience the commuting burdens of endemic housing shortages. The analysis draws on concepts from resource geography, urban planning, and transportation studies to elucidate the relationship between the spatial footprint of the resort economy, commuting and the subjective well-being of workers. To categorize a wide range of subjective descriptions of the commute, the study offers the framework of flows and frictions. A focus on commuting provides a new way to understand how costs externalized by the resort economy are adapted to, and absorbed by, workers. As wealth inequality continues to create demand for high end tourism and real estate, these results are an important contribution to understanding the associated social and spatial costs that accrue to resort laborers.Item Grittiness of adolescent residential frontline staff(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2020) Clark, Jessica Lynn; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Alice RunningThere are an estimated 48,000 adolescents residing in U.S. residential facilities (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention [OJJDP], 2019). While this is a 50% reduction in the last two decades (Sickmund, Sladky, Kang, & Puzzanchera, 2017), adolescent residential facilities are housing extremely violent and emotionally disturbed adolescents. Because of the violent nature of these adolescents, turnover rates of staff in this field are as high as 70% (Seti, 2008). There is an abundance of literature assessing burnout, emotional exhaustion, and compassion fatigue in this area but a gap in the literature exists examining individual protective factors, such as grit, of employees who choose to stay despite difficulties associated with the job. Duckworth (2016) describes individuals with high grit as being resilient, tenacious, and having the ability to overcome significant setbacks with high levels of self-control. The aim of this project was to reduce the literature gap and supplement present literature by evaluating grittiness of frontline staff working in an adolescent residential facility as well as determine usefulness of pre-screening future candidates with the use of the Grit Scale. Employees of a Midwest adolescent residential facility who remained in a frontline staff position for greater than one year completed a12-item Grit Scale (Duckworth, 2016) and a demographics questionnaire. Overall, results showed that participants were 'very gritty' with an average grit score of 4.3, falling in the 80th percentile of a large group of adult Americans (Duckworth, 2016). The results of this project are promising and could be used as a foundation for practice change and future research with a larger sample.Item Educational value of residence halls : value changes in freshman students as a function of educational programming in residence halls(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 1963) Nelson, John PhillipItem Availability of rural housing credit in Montana(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1964) Sargent, Robert L.