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Rothstein, Samuel – Library Journal, 1986
Data from three Canadian university libraries on length of service, degree of mobility, and age of professional staff suggest that the combination of middle age, long service, and immobility results in severe deficiencies of motivation, morale, and creativity. Job rotation and job enlargement are suggested as solutions. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Development
Download full textCahill, Mildred; Martland, Sandra – 1995
Although persistent career change is generally seen as a negative, today's economic reality may force counselors to look differently at clients who move from job to job. This digest summarizes a 3-year study of career drifters and discusses the significance of this study for career counseling. Research identified drifters as individuals who…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Foreign Countries
Freeman, John Gregory; Balanchuk, Mary Lilian – 1994
This career education program for high-school students has been tested primarily with grade 11 students but is suitable for all students at the high school level. The program consists of five modules and a facilitator's manual--the student kit contains the five modules: (1) Self-explorations; (2) occupational choices; (3) supports for success; (4)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
Eschuk, Craig – Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
This study addresses the issue of how new forms of work organization (NFWO) are affecting job skill requirements. Practices such as job rotation, problem-solving teams and self-directed workgroups are thought to increase job skill requirements because they tend to broaden job responsibilities. The study uses the 1999 and 2000 waves of the…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Problem Solving, Occupational Surveys, Employee Attitudes
Simmonds, W. H. C. – 1976
Adopting technology to people and examining projects through the eyes of those concerned are two ways new technology and engineering can be installed and successfully operated under the adverse conditions of northern Canada and in the face of predicted labor shortages in the 1980's. Adopting a more flexible technology provides the opportunity for…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Employee Attitudes, Engineering, Environmental Influences
Simmonds, W. H. C. – 1975
The often unstable workforce in remote areas can possibly be strengthened by stabilizing adjacent human settlements with community design which works from the inside out to emphasize the human, social, cultural, and environmental aspects of the settlements. Because stresses resulting from isolation, loss of social relationships, lack of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Development, Community Planning, Community Satisfaction
