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Hughes, Ronald C.; Baird, Christopher – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
Robin E. Perry's study compared the job performance of public child welfare agency caseworkers who had received bachelors degrees in social work and caseworkers whose bachelors degrees were in other practice fields. The study found no significant effects on subsequent job performance from having received a social work degree. Several…
Descriptors: Job Performance, Child Welfare, Bachelors Degrees, Program Effectiveness
Grise, Philip J.; Klein, James D. – 1987
A study sponsored by the Bureau of Adult and Community Education, Florida Department of Education, was conducted by the Center for Needs Assessment and Planning at Florida State University to compare the success of General Educational Development (GED) and traditional high school graduates in Florida's work force. (GED graduates account for about…
Descriptors: Dismissal (Personnel), Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Employment Practices
Schultz, Ronald R.; Stronge, William B. – 1981
A study examined the views of business and industry on the Florida vocational and technical education system. Representatives from 284 Florida firms and 44 supervisors completed interviews based on two project-developed questionnaires. Sought in the questionnaires were employer perceptions concerning the following areas: awareness of vocational…
Descriptors: Business, Education Work Relationship, Educational Cooperation, Employer Attitudes
Peterson, Gary W.; And Others – 1983
A project was conducted to develop an assessment instrument for use in identifying welfare recipients who are potentially employable and to evaluate the effectiveness of Florida's three existing pilot employment assistance planning programs (termed PAPAs after the Public Assistance Productivity Act). Data on the employment status of 98 individuals…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Cost Effectiveness, Employment Level, Employment Potential