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Solmon, Lewis C.; And Others – 1977
The specific intent of the study was to find out what college graduates mean when they say their job is related to their major, and to what extent and in what instances the major-job relationship influences job satisfaction. The effect of the relationship on job satisfaction and salary is examined, with separate chapters devoted to career outcomes…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Levitan, Sar A.; Johnston, William B. – 1973
Based on the numbers published by the U. S. Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources, the book examines what has happened to work in America during the present century, analyzes the attempts to change the nature of that work, and makes projections about the future of work. Though the study reveals far-reaching changes…
Descriptors: Employment, Employment Patterns, History, Job Enrichment
Levitan, Sar A.; Johnson, Clifford M. – 1982
This book examines the forces which are changing work in the 1980s and offers a concise analysis of the challenges for social policy which lie ahead. The first of nine chapters looks at changes affecting Americans' concept of work, including expectations, commitment to work, satisfaction, and work reform. Discussion in chapter 2 focuses on…
Descriptors: Career Education, Change, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Feller, Rich, Ed.; Walz, Garry R., Ed. – 1996
A collection of 47 articles, this monograph addresses critical needs and promising practices in career development. The articles, written both by leaders and new comers in career development, offer extensive scholarship and new perspectives. The volume is divided into six sections: (1) Foundations Revisited; (2) Turbulence in Career Development:…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration
Dent, Harry S., Jr. – 1995
This book focuses on the ongoing revolution in work. Downsizing, entrepreneurship, businesses within businesses, and the quality of work life are discussed, with emphasis on how one can survive and prosper in this environment. The 17 chapters of the book are organized in five parts. In Part 1, "New Work for A New Era of Prosperity," the chapters…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Career Development, Career Planning
Clark, Shirley M., Ed.; Lewis, Darrell R., Ed. – 1985
Issues concerning faculty career vitality, including institutional policy options and demographic and external pressures, are addressed in 12 chapters. In the first chapter, Shirley M. Clark, Carol M. Boyer, and Mary Corcoran review theoretical and conceptual issues concerning institutional and faculty vitality. The following chapters and authors…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Career Change, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty
Hoyt, Kenneth B.; Lester, Juliette N. – 1995
This book reports the results of the third national survey commissioned by the National Career Development Association and the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee conducted by The Gallup Organization on the career preparation of adults age 18 and older. Interviews were conducted with 471 males and 575 females of whom 348 males…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Career Counseling, Career Development
Logan, David C.; Kritzell, Bryan – 1997
This book is designed to help individuals reinvent their careers by analyzing the current state of their careers, identifying career objectives suited to their individual and family needs, and developing personal strategic action plans for achieving career fulfillment in five new career path options: corporate climber, new entrepreneur,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Career Ladders
Busse, Rodger – 1993
This book is designed to help workers plan for success on the job in a changing workplace and increasingly global economy. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 12 chapters: understanding the changing job scene (foreign competition, technological change, new styles of management, jobs of the future); attitudes (developing and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Change, Career Development, Career Education
Poole, Millicent E.; Langan-Fox, Janice – 1997
A study examined psychological and contextual influences on the courses of Australian women's lives and careers. Data were obtained from two sources: (1) the Career Development Project (CDP), a longitudinal study of 3,000 Australian men and women who were selected from an initial sample of 17-year-olds in 1973 and whose educational and career…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Cappelli, Peter; Bassi, Laurie; Katz, Harry; Knoke, David; Osterman, Paul; Useem, Michael – 1997
This book estimates and analyzes the changes currently under way in the U.S. workplace. The book's seven chapters are: (1) "The Pressures To Restructure Employment" (effects of labor law and public policy, increased competitiveness, new markets, financial restructuring, investor pressures, new management techniques, faces and effects of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporations, Economic Change, Education Work Relationship
Lowe, Graham S. – 2000
This book examines trends and problems in Canadian workplaces and advocates a people-centered agenda for improving the quality of working life. Chapters 1-9 discuss the following topics: the future of work; the crisis in work; what Canadians want from work; the "new economy"; education, skills, and the knowledge economy; youth and work;…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Check Lists, Education Work Relationship
Osterman, Paul; Kochan, Thomas A.; Locke, Richard; Piore, Michael J. – 2001
The evolution of jobs and the job market in the United States was examined in a 3-year project during which a task force consisting of 25 representatives of the education, labor, business, and policy sectors organized 17 workshops and commissioned working papers from experts. The project began by examining how recent changes in the world of work…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Corporations, Cultural Pluralism, Demand Occupations
Moses, Barbara – 2000
This book provides practical strategies and techniques that everyone can use to increase their marketability and personal satisfaction in today's world of work. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the new workplace (the cult of busyness; the new obsession with work; living and working in a world of temporary employment; being a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrators, Adult Education, Age Differences
Johnson, Jennifer – 2002
The lives of working-class women were explored through interviews with 63 middle-aged women, most of whom were employed in working-class jobs and living working-class lives in Baltimore, Maryland. The following were among the areas covered in the interviews: the women's lives on and off the job; their job satisfaction; the reasons they work and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Caregivers, Definitions, Disadvantaged