This paper presents and analyses results from a research project on current trends in employer training in Australia. While the formal vocational education and training (VET) system is well-researched, the everyday training that happens in workplaces is relatively under-researched in Australia. Using some of the results of an employer survey…

Drawing on primary data and adjunct material, this article adopts a critical self-reflexive approach to a three-year, Australian Research Council-funded project that explored themes around "employment citizenship" for high school students in Queensland. The article addresses three overlapping areas that reflect some of the central…

A group of 32 two-profession couples in three different age groups with children were interviewed together to determine if there was a relationship between their employment pattern and their distribution of family involvement at home. (Author)

Israeli employers' attitudes toward hiring people with different disabilities are examined. The study is concerned with employers' opinions of the person with a physical disability as a worker and employers' suggestions for improvement of the employability of persons with disabilities. (Author)

Career trends are changing among women, according to a survey of women registered at the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota. Aspirations to traditionally male-dominated careers have risen along with the percentage of women willing to relocate. (Author)

This study predicted two measures of incidental employee absenteeism (absenteeism with pay and without pay) via seven biographical and six attitudinal variables with 195 employees. Results indicated paid absences were basically unpredictable, while unpaid absences could be predicted to some degree by certain variables consistently identified…

This issue focuses on racial discrimination in athletic competition in the United States. Data supports the contention that the employment of Blacks in Big Ten universities in virtually nonexistent at every level of athletics. Articles document the unequal treatment and exploitation of Black athletes in the areas of education, academic advising,…

A follow-up study of teacher education graduates (N=160) was conducted to determine the nature of their current employment. Teacher education graduates simultaneously sought academic and nonacademic employment. The study supports a growing contention that teacher education programs are a liberal arts option with a vocational choice. (Author)

The present study focuses primarily upon wives in Black middle-class families, with comparisons made to wives in middle-class White and working-class Black families. Results suggest that Black middle-class wives have higher employment rates because of economic need. (Author)

Questionnaires were mailed to all female graduates of Clemson University who earned baccalaureate degrees from 1963 to 1974. A majority of the respondents said they worked because of a desire to use their education and because they derive personal satisfaction from working outside the home. (Author)

Female clerical employees (N=314) in two regional offices of a large insurance company were administered Jackson's Personality Research Form. Turnover data were collected up to eight months following administration of the questionnaire. Relationships were found between employee characteristics and turnover in both samples. (Author)

Based on responses to the American Psychological Association's (APA) 1982 Human Resources Survey, describes characteristics of APA members involved in research activities/funded research. Also describes the subfields, employment settings, and types of positions of members, as well as the characteristics of funded and unfunded research projects.…

The relationship between the success of unemployed people in regaining a preferred job and their families decision-making style are analyzed in the context of a recession in Israel during 1966-1967. Findings show unemployed from families with high degrees of consultation were more successful in regaining employment in their former occupation.…

The present study stems from the concern that recent employment trends among scientists will result in a drop in the ability of students entering scientific fields. In an attempt to provide some indication of whether such is the case, the history files of the Graduate Record Examinations were used to construct a history of aptitude test statistics…

Identifies main work sequences of women during the first three stages of marriage and considers the influence of level of education, birthplace, and year of marriage on work sequence. An A.I.D. analysis illustrates characteristics of women most likely to adopt a given pattern of work. (Author)