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Wright, Steven C.; Grenier, Michelle – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the job histories of physical education teacher education (PETE) graduates over a 15-year span. Method: A total of 118 graduates/participants completed a Qualtrics, open-ended survey. Face validity of the survey questions was established via a panel of experts and the survey was pilot-tested by PE…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education, Employment Experience, Graduates
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2021
Work-based learning (WBL) has risen rapidly in the policy agenda over recent years in the European Union. Efforts to strengthen WBL, particularly in vocational education and training (VET), are increasingly common throughout European countries. This report analyses the 2016 EU labour force survey (EU-LFS) ad hoc module, which covers the topic of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Market
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McAlpine, Lynn; Austin, Nichole – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2018
National and international statistics show that across disciplines there are many more PhD graduates than academic positions. In fact, more than half of graduates find their careers outside the academy--though the kinds of positions they accept, their work satisfaction, and the relevance of their PhDs is much less clear. As regards scholarly…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, College Graduates, Humanities, Foreign Countries
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This technical paper contains information about the variables in the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) Year 95 cohort data set. It groups each variable into data elements that identify common variables within and across waves. Information is provided about each data element including its purpose, values, base populations and relevant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Youth, Guides
Wolfe, Alvin W.; Dean, Linda Whiteford – 1974
This is a report of a study investigating the effects and characteristics of a social network on employment by exploring all kinds of relationships centering on one person, including kinship, friendship, association, and clientship. The study focuses on comparisons of social networks associated with 100 jobs of 31 people who graduated from a…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Employment Patterns, Job Satisfaction, Occupational Mobility
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Elizur, Dov; Tziner, Aharon – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
The study examined the hypothesis that the greater the correspondence between vocational needs and job reinforcement, the higher the level of job satisfaction. A job rewards questionnaire was administered to 60 social workers and 85 social workers responded to vocational needs and job satisfaction questionnaires. Results support the hypothesis.…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Employment Patterns, Individual Development, Individual Needs
Reed, Charlene K. – 2002
This study attempted to produce timely baseline data on the turnover of college presidents and their tenure, using personal, processional, and institutional characteristics. The tenure and turnover of 151 presidents appointed to public four-year institutions between 1987 and 1990 were studied. This population represented 86.8% of all new…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, College Presidents, Employment Experience
Wolverton, Mimi; Macdonald, R. Timothy – 2002
A recent national study suggests that 80 percent of current superintendents are at or near retirement. To compound the problem of a shrinking pool of candidates, highly qualified potential applicants often simply do not want the job. This report focuses on the aspects of the positions that serve as disincentives to seemingly qualified candidates.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns, Job Applicants
Chioni, Rose Marie; And Others – 1982
An employment profile of recent graduates of the University of Virginia School of Nursing was undertaken, with attention directed to factors they considered important for selecting their jobs, leaving their jobs, and selecting future jobs in nursing. A questionnaire used in a 1981 study was modified for the investigation, and the Work Environment…
Descriptors: Alumni, Employee Attitudes, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns
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Bennett, Robert C., Jr.; Wetzel, Susan J. – 1979
A survey was undertaken by Delaware County Community College's (Pennsylvania) Hotel/Restaurant Management program: (1) to provide students with local up-to-date information regarding the lodging industry in the Greater Philadelphia area; and (2) to provide information regarding necessary skills as perceived by the managers for the purpose of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Background, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns
Trupin, Laura; Yelin, Edward – 1999
This report uses data from the California Work and Health Survey (a random sample of 2,310 California adults), conducted in July 1996, to compare labor force status, employment history, and experience of work for persons with and without disabilities. Results found: (1) the largest difference in the employment experience of persons with and…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment, Employment Experience, Employment Opportunities
Parnes, Herbert S., And Others – 1968
Part of the National Longitudinal Surveys which will also examine the labor market experience over a 5-year period of women aged 30-44 and young men and women 14-24 years of age, this first report analyzes a large number of economic, social, and psychological variables. It seeks to describe and explain variations in the labor market position of…
Descriptors: Adults, Economic Factors, Employee Attitudes, Employment Experience
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Drake, Brett; Yadama, Gautam N. – Social Work Research, 1996
Uses a structural equation model to examine the three elements of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)--emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment--in relation to job exit among child protective services workers over a 15-month period. The model was supported, showing the relevance of all three MBI elements of job exit.…
Descriptors: Burnout, Caseworkers, Child Welfare, Employment Experience
Moleke, Percy; Albertyn, Linda – 1999
This study examined first employment experiences of graduates from South African universities, highlighting educational and noneducational factors that affected their ability to secure employment in their fields of study, as well as graduates' perceptions of their studies in relation to their jobs. Researchers sent surveys to 8,000 graduates…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Blacks, Career Guidance
Kim, Sookon; And Others – 1972
As the second report on a cohort of 5,083 women between 32 and 46 years of age who were first interviewed in mid-1967, contacted by mail in 1969, and reinterviewed for the first time in 1969, three topics are considered in this longitudinal study: (1) changes in labor force participation, (2) interfirm mobility, and (3) changes in job satisfaction…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns
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