The paper examines how individual motivations, the role of the supervisor and gender influence the early career path of doctorate holders. We investigate PhD graduates' occupational outcomes beyond academia in the framework of current literature on the oversupply of PhD holders and labor market constraints. Our analysis relies on two unique…

Over the past 25 years, the number of assistant principals has been steadily increasing, as has the number of principals with prior experience as an assistant principal. However, the knowledge base on assistant principals has not grown in parallel with their increased presence in schools. There is also little discussion about how the assistant…

This paper reviews literature that explores the role of judgement in professional practice. It discusses how workplace decisions, work activities and reflection on these activities may contribute to the development of wise judgements, or 'wisdom', and how workplaces can leverage these activities for induction and transition to work programmes.…

This report presents selected findings from the Public School Principal and Private School Principal Data Files of the 2011-12 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public and private K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. School districts associated…

Comparison of published studies of students of master's and bachelor's degrees in gerontology indicates that a slightly higher percent of master's degree students are employed full time, 75% as compared to 71% of bachelor's degree students. There is also a slightly higher percent employed full time in aging, 59% as compared to 51% for…

Career narratives help people understand their skills, interests, values, and goals by viewing them within the context of their lives. This paper provides an explanation of how counselors can identify the means in which career narratives can help people manage traumas and fears. It explains how counselors can learn new activities for themselves…

High costs have made most organizations adjust their workforces. Students are responding with new attitudes toward work. Discusses three trends: (1) recruiting of graduates is down, of experienced workers is up; (2) focus is on internships and work experience; and (3) limited-term hiring is on the rise. (JBJ)

Career paths of humanities majors are discussed, based on the results of research studies. Attention is directed to: the shifting pattern of student enrollment by major field; employment opportunities in the corporate sector; entry-level employment opportunities; and long-range data that describe the career paths of college graduates. While…

Summer job programs for youth, including Federal programs and private-public partnerships, have come, over the years, to emphasize either short-term or long-term goals. Short-term goals include providing summer activity to the largest possible number of teens, providing income to economically disadvantaged youth, and providing structured work…

Examines relationships between the professional practices of school psychologists and the factors of practitioner training, experience, gender, school district setting, and students-to-school-psychologist ratio. School psychologists with more years of experience and higher levels of training were found to have served more students through…

In this report, three specific questions guide the analyses that follow: (1) To what degree has the School District of Philadelphia upgraded the teaching credentials of its teachers? (2) How well has the district succeeded in reducing teacher attrition and increasing the experience level of its workforce? (3) Have district efforts since the state…

Integrates findings of nine studies on workplace experiences of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people into five themes: pervasiveness of discrimination, informal and formal types of discrimination, fear of discrimination, worker openness about sexual orientation, and degree of openness versus concealment. (SK)

Surveys women student affairs administrators to determine the relationships between mentoring and role conflict, role ambiguity, organizational commitment, career satisfaction, and perceived sex discrimination. Results indicate mentoring may benefit White women and women of color in different ways, and may result in reduced role conflict and…

Reviews literature on the social psychological orientations of low-income youth that bear upon their employment and nonemployment experiences. Describes several youth employment programs in terms of their social psychological impacts, outlines a theoretical framework, and makes suggestions for future research. (Author/GC)

Investigates relationship of preventive and combative coping resources to appraisals and emotions produced by taking a new job. Graduate students participated by completing inventories measuring variables regarding their last employment experience. Results suggest that preventive coping resources may affect the appraised desirability of taking a…