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Allen, Felicity – 1991
This monograph explores some of the explanations commonly proffered to justify the existing pattern of academic women's employment in Australian universities. The research, data, and explanations in this monograph address the university area of the higher education sector only. It examines the adequacy of some of the explanations given for women's…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Ritchie, Sheila – Information and Library Manager, 1987
Compares male and female professional librarians in English public libraries in terms of salaries, employment level, participation in continuing education activities, reasons for taking an extended leave or quitting a job, and respondents' descriptions of an ideal job. (8 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employment Level, Females, Foreign Countries
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Lynch, Beverly P.; Verdin, Jo Ann – Library Quarterly, 1987
Replicates an earlier investigation of job satisfaction among library personnel in academic libraries, looking at such factors as different departments within libraries, supervisory level, length of time in the profession, age of the employee, and employee's career orientation. Both studies found significant differences in satisfaction between…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Analysis of Variance, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis
McMullen, Kathryn; Schellenberg, Grant – 2003
The quality of jobs in nonprofit organizations in Canada was examined through a review of data from Canada's Workplace and Employer Survey, which collected data from a nationally representative sample of Canadian workplaces and paid employees in those workplaces. Key findings of the analysis were as follows: (1) overall, compared to the for-profit…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration)
Michalopoulos, Charles; Schwartz, Christine – 2000
The impacts of 20 welfare-to-work programs across the United States were evaluated to determine which clients derive the greatest benefits from different approaches to moving individuals from welfare to work. Of the 20 programs examined, 7 were characterized as employment focused, 5 provided a mix of first activities without an employment focus, 4…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis