scholarly journals Surviving is Succeeding: How Tech Workers Handle Job Insecurity During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 000276422110529
Author(s):  
Di Di
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Job Market ◽  
The West ◽  
Niche Market ◽  
Meso Level ◽  
The Us ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Practical Implications

This study explores how tech professionals respond to job insecurity during COVID-19. Data for this study came from 51 in-depth interviews with tech professionals employed in tech hubs on the west coast of the US. Depending on the niche market where their companies are situated, tech professionals have diverse experiences of job insecurity. While a minority of my respondents indicate that they felt secure about their job during COVID-19, most have experienced job insecurity. I found that participants responded to this experience by evaluating their (in)dispensability to their employers, working to increase their indispensability, and engaging in spiritual and religious practices. As the COVID-19 pandemic had diverse—and sometimes conflicting—impacts on the tech profession, this study offers an empirical understanding of how a group of relatively well-resourced professionals handle job market uncertainties associated with this pandemic. It also shows how macro- and meso-level factors work together, shaping tech professionals’ experiences of and responses to job insecurity. Findings from this study contribute to scholarship on job insecurity in the tech industry. These findings also offer practical implications for tech employers who seek to support their employees during times of economic instability.

Creating an Offshore Floating Wind Energy Industry in California

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine Peiffer ◽  
Kevin Banister ◽  
Dominique Roddier
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Value Proposition ◽  
The West ◽  
Humboldt County ◽  
The Us ◽  
New Industry ◽  
Offshore Wind Industry

The state of California stands at a crossroads where many different enablers are now coming together to spur its leadership in a new offshore wind energy industry off the west coast of the US. This paper presents the rationale for this new industry to be built from the ground up and elaborates on the development efforts recently undertaken by Principle Power Inc. (PPI) to jumpstart this important opportunity. The paper will first focus on the unique value proposition offshore wind offers to the Golden State and discuss the path the company has taken to accelerate the development of the offshore wind industry along the coast, with the proposition of a flagship project in Humboldt County.

The West Coast Offshore Vessel Traffic Risk Management Project

2003 ◽  
Vol 2003 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-231
Author(s):  
Jean R. Cameron ◽  
Rick Holly ◽  
Captain William Uberti ◽  
LT Patricia Springer
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
The West ◽  
Fishing Vessels ◽  
The Us ◽  
Management Project ◽  
Environmental Agencies

ABSTRACT The West Coast Offshore Vessel Traffic Risk Management Project resulted from a unique collaboration between the US Coast Guard Pacific Area, the Canadian Coast Guard, and the environmental agencies representing the Province of British Columbia and the States of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. In addition to these organizations, the Project Workgroup included federal military and environmental agencies from both the US and Canada, industry from all the affected regions, as well as public interest organizations. The primary focus of the project is prevention of drift groundings - and subsequent oil spills - by disabled vessels traveling coastwise off the West Coast of the US and Canada anywhere between Cook Inlet and San Diego. Working together over a three-year period, the Project Workgroup collected information on West Coast traffic patterns, traffic volume, existing management measures, ship drift rates, historical casualty data, weather data, assist vessel availability, and economic and environmental sensitivity of the coastlines. Vessel types of concern included laden tank vessels and barges, plus cargo, passenger, and fishing vessels over 300 gross tons. Two risk assessment tools were developed that incorporated this information and delineated average and higher risk areas of operation on the West Coast. Based upon these outcomes, the Workgroup has developed findings and recommendations focused on reducing risk associated with the distance offshore, collision hazard, tug availability, and historic casualty factors. In addition to the collaborative partnerships involved in this project, the risk assessment techniques and the regional applications are unique and provide a model which could be applied to offshore regions worldwide.

Watershed nitrogen input and riverine export on the west coast of the US

2009 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia C. Schaefer ◽  
James T. Hollibaugh ◽  
Merryl Alber
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
The West ◽  
Nitrogen Input ◽  
The Us ◽  
Riverine Export

scholarly journals Trans-Pacific transport and evolution of aerosols: Spatiotemporal characteristics and source contributions

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyuan Hu ◽  
Jianping Huang ◽  
Chun Zhao ◽  
Yuanyuan Ma ◽  
Qinjian Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
East Asia ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Mass Concentration ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Radiative Effect ◽  
The West ◽  
Aerosol Mass ◽  
Source Contributions ◽  
The Us

Abstract. Aerosols in the mid- and upper-troposphere have a long enough lifetime for trans-Pacific transport from East Asia to North America to influence air quality in the West Coast of the United States (US). Here, we conduct quasi-global simulations (180° W–180° E and 70° S–75° N) from 2010 to 2014 using an updated version of WRF-Chem (Weather Research and Forecasting model fully coupled with chemistry) to analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics and source contributions of trans-Pacific aerosol transport. We find that trans-Pacific total aerosols have a maximum mass concentration (about 15 𝜇g m−3) in the boreal spring with a peak between 3 and 4 km above the surface around 40° N. Sea-salt and dust dominate the total aerosol mass concentration below 1 km and above 4 km, respectively. About 80.8 Tg of total aerosols (48.7 Tg of dust) are exported annually from East Asia, of which 26.7 Tg of aerosols (13.4 Tg of dust) reach the West Coast of the US. Dust contributions from four desert regions in the Northern Hemisphere are analyzed using a tracer-tagging technique. About 4.9, 3.9, and 4.5 Tg year−1 of dust aerosol emitted from North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, and East Asia, respectively, can be transported to the West Coast of the US. The trans-Pacific aerosols dominate the column-integrated aerosol mass (~ 65.5 %) and number concentration (~ 80 %) over the western North America. Radiation budget analysis shows that the inflow aerosols could contribute about 86.4 % (−2.91  W m−2) at the surface, 85.5 % (+1.36 W m−2) in the atmosphere and 87.1 % (−1.55 W m−2) at the top of atmosphere to total aerosol radiative effect over western North America. However, near the surface in the central and eastern North America, aerosols are mainly derived from local emissions and the radiative effect of imported aerosols decreases rapidly. This study motivates further investigations of the potential impacts of trans-Pacific aerosols from East Asia on regional air quality and hydrological cycle in North America.

scholarly journals Preservice School Counselors’ Math Anxiety and Worst Math Experiences

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurpal K. Gill ◽  
Cass Dykeman
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Math Anxiety ◽  
Public University ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Partial Replication ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
The West ◽  
The Us ◽  
Research Questions

Almost two decades have passed since Jackson and Leffingwell’s (1999) influential article on math anxiety and worst math experiences in preservice school teachers appeared in print. No studies examining these issues with school counselors exist. The present study represents a partial replication of the original study with 70 preservice school counselors. The participants were graduate-level preservice counselors at a public university on the west coast of the US. The six research questions that guided the study aimed to assess differences between the present study and (a) the original study, and (e) a Turkish replication of the original study. No statistically significant results were obtained comparing the original and present study. However, significant differences between the present study and the Turkish replication were encountered. Possible reasons for the obtained results were discussed along with the implications.

Background ozone levels of air entering the west coast of the US and assessment of longer-term changes

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (24) ◽  
pp. 6020-6038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel J. Oltmans ◽  
Allen S. Lefohn ◽  
Joyce M. Harris ◽  
Douglas S. Shadwick
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
The West ◽  
Background Ozone ◽  
The Us ◽  
Ozone Levels

Seasonal cycle and composition of background fine particles along the west coast of the US

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Jaffe ◽  
Shihoko Tamura ◽  
Joyce Harris
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Seasonal Cycle ◽  
Fine Particles ◽  
The West ◽  
The Us

scholarly journals Trans-Pacific transport and evolution of aerosols: spatiotemporal characteristics and source contributions

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (19) ◽  
pp. 12709-12730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyuan Hu ◽  
Jianping Huang ◽  
Chun Zhao ◽  
Yuanyuan Ma ◽  
Qinjian Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
East Asia ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Mass Concentration ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Radiative Effect ◽  
The West ◽  
Aerosol Mass ◽  
Source Contributions ◽  
The Us

Abstract. Aerosols in the middle and upper troposphere have a long enough lifetime for trans-Pacific transport from East Asia to North America to influence air quality on the west coast of the United States (US). Here, we conduct quasi-global simulations (180∘ W–180∘ E and 70∘ S–75∘ N) from 2010 to 2014 using an updated version of WRF-Chem (Weather Research and Forecasting model fully coupled with chemistry) to analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics and source contributions of trans-Pacific aerosol transport. We find that trans-Pacific total aerosols have a maximum mass concentration (about 15 µg m−3) in the boreal spring with a peak between 3 and 4 km above the surface around 40∘ N. Sea salt and dust dominate the total aerosol mass concentration below 1 km and above 4 km, respectively. About 80.8 Tg of total aerosols (48.7 Tg of dust) are exported annually from East Asia, of which 26.7 Tg of aerosols (13.4 Tg of dust) reach the west coast of the US. Dust contributions from four desert regions in the Northern Hemisphere are analyzed using a tracer-tagging technique. About 4.9, 3.9, and 4.5 Tg year−1 of dust aerosol emitted from north Africa, the Middle East and central Asia, and East Asia, respectively, can be transported to the west coast of the US. The trans-Pacific aerosols dominate the column-integrated aerosol mass (∼65.5 %) and number concentration (∼80 %) over western North America. Radiation budget analysis shows that the inflow aerosols could contribute about 86.4 % (−2.91 W m−2) at the surface, 85.5 % (+1.36 W m−2) in the atmosphere, and 87.1 % (−1.55 W m−2) at the top of atmosphere to total aerosol radiative effect over western North America. However, near the surface in central and eastern North America, aerosols are mainly derived from local emissions, and the radiative effect of imported aerosols decreases rapidly. This study motivates further investigations of the potential impacts of trans-Pacific aerosols from East Asia on regional air quality and the hydrological cycle in North America.

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