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Herzenberg, Stephen; Kovach, Claire; Murtaza, Maisum – Keystone Research Center, 2023
"The State of Working Pennsylvania 2022" centered on the continued recovery from the COVID-19 recession, highlighting that Pennsylvania was at a policy crossroads: would political leaders embrace policies to strengthen the individual and collective worker power evident a year ago? Or would austerity and anti-worker policies after the…
Descriptors: Policy, Policy Formation, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Camacho, Sayil – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2020
This study details the research practices that were developed to operationalize the guiding principles of the transformative mixed methods design. A transformative, explanatory-sequential mixed methods design was utilized to examine the workplace experiences of academic migrants and findings from the study supported better work conditions for the…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Self Concept, Migrants, Social Justice
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Ziebarth, Ann – Rural Sociology, 2006
The place where we live and work is a reflection of a complex set of economic conditions and social relationships. Very little information is available regarding housing for Minnesota's migrant workers. It is estimated that approximately 20,000 people migrate to Minnesota each summer to work in the production and processing of green peas and sweet…
Descriptors: Seasonal Laborers, Migrant Workers, Housing, Counties
Schwarz, David R. – Occupational Mental Health, 1973
Data on the health of employees, if the communication gap is closed between managers and occupational health experts, can be used to improve management's effectiveness. (AG)
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Labor Conditions, Management Development, Organizational Climate
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Bron-Wojciechowska, Agnieszka – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1982
The author provides a historical approach to understanding the political, economic, and cultural motives that shaped adult education's philosophy in Poland. Analysis of the pre and post "Solidarity" movement is provided to demonstrate the role of adult education in an ongoing process of learning democratic principles. (SSH)
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education
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Barrera, Eduardo – Journal of Communication, 1995
Discusses the history of Mexican telecommunications policy (in four distinct eras from 1882 to 1995) from the perspective of its functions as a tool of state power. Examines the impact of the privatization of telecommunications in Mexico on labor, international organizations, transnational and national cooperations, and Mexican law and policy. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Foreign Countries, Government (Administrative Body), Government Role
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Burns, Robert W. – Religious Education, 2002
Politics are a daily reality in the ministry. In order to identify how pastors develop their political knowledge, eleven pastors were interviewed using a qualitative form of the critical incidents technique. Analysis of the interviews revealed that formal education was seen as helpful, but limited in practical application for daily ministry. Four…
Descriptors: Politics, Developmental Stages, Clergy, Labor Conditions
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Weiner, Eric J. – Policy Futures in Education, 2004
As workers throughout the globe struggle to gain control over the conditions in which they labor as well as the means by which capital is produced, the importance of understanding class struggle, class formation and class consciousness as they relate to education and schooling takes on a new urgency. In the early part of the twenty-first century,…
Descriptors: Social Class, Critical Theory, Consciousness Raising, Educational Theories