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Scherff, Lisa; Hahs-Vaughn, Debbie L. – English Education, 2008
Although there is a significant body of work related to overall teacher attrition and mobility, little research has been conducted that is specifically related to English teachers. Given the predominance of high-stakes reading and writing assessments for middle and high school students, studying those who teach literacy is critical for a better…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Language Arts, Teacher Persistence, Profiles

Gagliani, Giorgio – American Journal of Sociology, 1981
This critique of the "orthodox radical" interpretation of social classes argues that the predominance of middle- class wage earners and women moving into the nonmanual job market constitutes a departure from the traditional "working class". Better working conditions and wages are the nonmanual workers' incentives to ally themselves with…
Descriptors: Career Education, Economic Research, Employment Patterns, Labor
Wood, Richard J. – 1989
Pertinent general and library specific stress studies are reviewed to demonstrate the importance and benefits of keeping job stress within healthy (normal) levels in libraries. Studies are cited to show the potentially adverse impact of stress on individuals and organizations, generally, and librarians and libraries, specifically. The results of a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Burnout, Health, Higher Education
Udokang, Patricia, Ed. – 1985
Trends concerning women working in industry are discussed. Although women make up a majority of the workforce in most manufacturing industries in both developed and developing nations, they have little say or consideration in the decisions that affect their lives. Following a brief introduction in chapter 1, the second chapter, "The Rise of…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Employed Women, Global Approach
Hartmann, Heidi; Lapidus, June – 1989
The policy options offered in the literature concerning temporary work address two major concerns: (1) the conditions of temporary work itself; and (2) the elimination of fulltime jobs, or lack of growth, and their replacement by temporary work. Both temporary help firms and the organizations that use temporary help should be required to report on…
Descriptors: Employees, Employer Employee Relationship, Fringe Benefits, Human Factors Engineering
Allen, Annamary Zappia – 1993
This manual provides information and suggestions on training the increasingly older work force. An introduction addresses a needed emphasis on training programs to retain older workers as employees and development of effective training that focuses on needs and limitations of older adults as learners. It introduces McDonald's McMaster's Program,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Employee Absenteeism
Older Women's League, Washington, DC. – 1989
Long-term care workers (those who are paid to provide custodial care for long-term patients in nursing homes or at home) must care for a growing number of increasingly disabled or dependent persons. They are working for agencies and institutions under growing pressure to increase productivity. They face new training and competency requirements,…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Futures (of Society)
Social and Labour Bulletin, 1982
This article cites a variety of sources and synthesizes a number of studies on the social implications of technological innovations (microelectronics). These studies were related to six European and Asian countries and were also concerned with the international division of labor. (SSH)
Descriptors: Automation, Career Change, Developed Nations, Economic Development
Houseman, Susan N. – 2001
Workers in flexible staffing arrangementsincluding temporary agency, direct-hire temporary, on-call, and contract workersare much less likely than regular, direct-hire employees to be covered by laws mandating or regulating workplace benefits. They are also much less likely to receive pension, health insurance, and other benefits on the job.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
Ellison, Alicia B. – 2002
In 1998, the proportion of full-time faculty at U.S. community colleges was reported to be 36%, versus 64% part time. Adjunct faculty are attractive to community colleges primarily because they provide low-cost labor. The conditions under which many community college adjunct faculty work can contribute to their marginalization as a kind of…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Kochan, Thomas; And Others – 1989
The 1980s have been a period during which important private experiments with innovations have occurred in employee participation, work redesign, and the introduction of new technologies and new systems of production. It is now time to move beyond the experimental stage. The following four interrelated policy initiatives should guide public efforts…
Descriptors: Adults, Diffusion (Communication), Employees, Employer Employee Relationship
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC. – 2002
This document is a summary of aerospace industry technician statistics gathered by the Occupational Employment Statistics Survey for the year 2000 by the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data includes the following: (1) a comparison of wages earned by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified and non-FAA certified…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Administration, Adult Education, Aerospace Industry