This articles summarizes the National Planning Association's (NPA) experience in its initial efforts to develop an early warning system to anticipate job openings generated in local communities by large Federal procurement contracts. (WL)

The Social Security Administration's Retirement History Study was used to study the microeconomic determinants of early retirement among white married men aged 58-63. Factors analysis of personal and financial characteristics, local labor market conditions, and certain job attributes revealed that Health status and eligibility for pensions are the…

Includes a selection of photos and texts from "Chinese in America: Images From a Neglected Past," a multi-media exhibition prepared by the Chinese Historical Society of New York. The exhibit, the first of its kind outside the west coast, traces the little known history of Chinese workers in the U.S. (Author/JM)

Contains sections from Report B ( Choices'') of the Dayton Women's Rights Committee that made recommendations to the board of education and the superintendent for assuring female/male equality. Also cites statistics illustrating inconsistent and discriminatory practices in Chicago suburban school districts. (Author)

The paternalistic industrial system is not likely to be discarded soon; in today's fast-moving economy, it affords cost flexibility and employment security. (Editor)

Investigates railroad union members strong preferences for collective bargaining in dealing with traditional union concerns and joint union-management efforts when quality of worklife issues are involved. Attitudinal measures were generally found to be more important in explaining members' preferences than demographic or union participation…

Reviews current forces affecting women in the job marketplace, i.e., societal attitudes, discriminatory practices, and lack of role models in top management. Offers suggestions for helping women "meet the system" such as gaining male support, fostering organizational teamwork, and increasing political and legislative activity. (DMM)

Outlined are implications for the execution of an executive order, effective July 1, 1980, requiring federal agencies to comply with the same occupational safety and health standards that private employers must meet. A brief history of prior attempts to put similar safeguards on federal facilities is provided. (CS)

This paper draws on subjective quality of life theory to explain findings from three studies of quality of work life. The studies were conducted with 346 regional process workers, metropolitan employment officers and nurses. The results support the adoption of the theory of homeostasis as an explanation for findings on subjective wellbeing at work…

This report presents findings of a commission that held hearings and examined quantitative and qualitative evidence on the current state of worker-management relations in the United States. Chapter I identifies those facts about the changing economic and social environment that bear directly on the mission statement of the commission (to ensure…

These study figures can serve as a guide to school business officials attempting to reduce costs without endangering educational programs. (MLF)

The long-term cost savings in keeping a plant really safe are very high indeed; so are those in cafeteria subsidies or apprenticeship programs. The author calls for a long-sighted view of personnel welfare expenditures as an investment in people. (Author/AJ)

This report presents a summary of the results of the first phase of a two-phase study of the condition and needs of the live professional theatre in America since the mid-1960s. Data contained in the report were collected and analyzed on the following aspects of the theatre: activity, audience, earnings, employment, facilities, finances, labor…

This report describes the first phase of a two-phase study of the condition and needs of the live professional theatre in America since the mid-1960s. Data contained in the report were collected and analyzed on the following aspects of the theatre: finances, productions, performances, facilities, labor force, and employment. The first chapter…

This book deals not with the administrative or information searching processes related to the guidance function of providing occupational information, but with the substantive information itself. It presents a contemporary view of values, trends, and principles, derived primarily from statistical information describing the current world of work.…