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Download full textBRADDOCK, CLAYTON – 1966
BUSINESSMEN IN NEW ORLEANS CITED POOR SPEECH AMONG NEGRO APPLICANTS FOR SECRETARIAL AND STENOGRAPHIC POSITIONS AS THE MAJOR REASON FOR NOT HIRING THEM. AS A RESULT, ST. MARY'S DOMINICAN COLLEGE EMBARKED ON AN 8-MONTH PROGRAM IN 1965 TO TEACH STANDARD SPEECH TO 90 YOUNG WOMEN, 75 OF WHOM WERE NEGRO. STANDARD SPEECH WAS TAUGHT AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Blacks, Clerical Workers, Employment Opportunities
Ontario Dept. of Labour, Toronto. Research Branch. – 1975
A survey was undertaken to obtain information on a number of working conditions including straight-time hourly earnings, weekly hours of work, and initial overtime provisions for nonsupervisory employees in selected Ontario industries. The purpose of the survey was to obtain data that would permit an assessment of the direct impact of proposed…
Descriptors: Clerical Workers, Data Analysis, Employment Statistics, Geographic Distribution
White Plains Public Schools, NY. – 1970
Intended primarily for new staff members, this manual includes most procedures, rules, benefits applicable to the entire White Plains, New York, school system or unique to the Adult Education Center. It covers such matters as enrollment trends within the overall adult basic education (ABE) program, the ABE program organization chart, personnel…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Clerical Workers
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1954
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Clerical Occupations, Clerical Workers
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service.
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Clerical Workers, Cutting Scores
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC. – 1972
This catalog lists and describes regularly scheduled training courses offered by the National Office Training Branch of the Internal Revenue Service. It also describes other courses available to National Office employees. The purpose of the catalog is to help supervisors identify training courses that will meet their employees needs. Employees…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Catalogs, Clerical Workers, Communication Skills
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1959
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Clerical Workers, Cutting Scores
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1970
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Clerical Workers, Cutting Scores
Peer reviewedKahn, Sharon E.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1989
Examined marital and parental status in relation to perceptions of quality of work and family roles (psychological well-being, job satisfaction, work involvement, non-occupational environment, and role demands) in female clerical workers (N=148). Found income differentiated married and unmarried women and presence of school-age children related to…
Descriptors: Clerical Workers, Employed Women, Foreign Countries, Income
Peer reviewedJohnsey, Ava; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1992
Use of subject-generated elaborations taught through embedded and detached training strategies was compared with experimenter-provided elaborations (or no elaborations) in a computer-based instruction unit taken by 80 administrative assistants. Results favor use of subject-generated elaborations, particularly when taught by embedded training. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Analysis of Variance, Clerical Workers, Computer Assisted Instruction
Clermont-Warren Service Delivery Area #12, OH. – 1990
A project coordinated through Job Training Partnership Act programs and local educational organizations in Clermont and Warren Counties of Ohio attempted to identify persons in the clerical field who were unemployed or whose employment opportunities were limited by a lack of technological skills. A commercially developed assessment was used with…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Clerical Workers, Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs
Repetti, Rena L. – 1986
Rather than ask whether multiple roles, such as employee, wife, and mother, have a protective or harmful effect on women's psychological well being, this study examined the combination of stressors and supports associated with work and family roles. Female clerical workers (N=44) who were married and/or had a child living at home completed…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Clerical Workers, Depression (Psychology), Employed Women
Hunsicker, Norma Ann – 1967
In order to gather information for curriculum decisions, 250 employed homemakers between 16 and 24 years of age were questioned about time and money management problems. Those surveyed had assumed the dual role for less than three years and had an average annual family income of $6,000 to $7,000. Very few had children. Most frequently indicated…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Clerical Workers, Consumer Education, Educational Planning
Pritchard, Robert D.; Montagno, Ray V. – 1978
In a study focusing on intrinsic motivation as a possible approach to improving the motivation and productivity of Air Force personnel, a factors list was generated from a literature review and intuitive analysis. Performance feedback was selected for further study. Fourteen feedback dimensions were identified and defined; and a number of…
Descriptors: Clerical Workers, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Feedback
Vaughn, William J.; Dunn, J. D. – 1972
The question which this paper poses for resolution is: What are the relationships (if any) existing between job satisfaction, on the one hand, and occupation, on the other? The answer to this query is significant for two reasons: (1) the existence of relationships raises fundamental issues for consideration and (2) if no relationships exist; it is…
Descriptors: Administration, Clerical Workers, College Libraries, Employee Attitudes
