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Download full textPerkons, Rita – 1991
A survey of 104 individuals of non-English-speaking backgrounds (NESBs) living in South Australia nursing homes and personal care homes and staff of 75 institution housing NESB residents is reported. The study's objectives was to determine the culturally-based needs of the residents and the provision of culturally appropriate services to them. The…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Employment Patterns
Nevill, Dorothy D.; Perrotta, Joyce M. – 1983
A study compared the attitudes of high school students from three countries--Australia, Portugal, and the United States--concerning the importance of work, home, and family in their lives. By administering appropriate national versions of the Salience Inventory and the Career Development Inventory to 114 Australian, 158 Portuguese, and 204…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Employment Patterns, Family Attitudes
Direct linkShah, Chandra; Long, Michael – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2004
The labour market is one the most significant markets in modern economies. Today labour embodies increasing amounts of human capital in the form of skills, talents and knowledge. Migration of workers between regions and countries can contribute to efficiency. People are moving from areas in which they are underemployed or unemployed to areas in…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Labor Market, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Brown, Richard K., Ed. – 1997
This book contains nine papers that were presented to the Sociology and Social Policy section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The first paper, "Introduction: Work and Employment in the 1990s" (Richard Brown), puts work and employment in a historical context and examines how globalization of the economy has…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Economic Change, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship
Isbell, Meredith – 2001
The position of women in South Australia's process manufacturing industry was examined, and the implications of the study findings for the vocational education and training (VET) sector were discussed. Of the 393 companies to which surveys were sent, 136 (35.8%) returned valid responses. Of the 8,000 people employed in the industry, only 26.1%…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
