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Peer reviewedWolfe, Barbara L. – Monthly Labor Review, 1980
This report provides a description and some analysis of noninstitutionalized disabled persons aged 20 to 64. Emphasis is on labor force behavior, including amounts of work, occupational distribution, and wage rates. Defines disability and discusses characteristics of the disabled, wage rates, and disability and deprivation. (CT)
Descriptors: Definitions, Disabilities, Educational Attainment, Labor Force
Malinconico, S. Michael – Library Journal, 1983
Discussion of the effect on the workforce of the application of electronic data processing technologies to information handling activities highlights task specialization; white collar alienation; feelings of powerlessness, meaninglessness, and normlessness in workers; the chronology of automation; and experimentation and communication. Nineteen…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Human Factors Engineering, Information Systems
Peer reviewedMirvis, Philip H.; Hackett, Edward J. – Monthly Labor Review, 1983
Nonprofit jobs provide more challenge, variety, satisfaction, and intrinsic rewards than those in private enterprise or government, according to a small national sample of workers in schools, hospitals, philanthropic, and other tax-exempt organizations. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Business, Employment Statistics, Government (Administrative Body), Job Satisfaction
Download full textDepartment of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1968
TWO CHIEF AIMS OF THIS CHAPTER ARE TO TAKE A BROAD NEW LOOK AT THE MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS OF CONCERN TO MANPOWER POLICY AND TO POINT THE WAY TOWARD MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND SENSITIVE MEASURES OF PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE REDUCTION OF JOBLESSNESS AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT, SOME OF THE IMPROTANT AREAS OF MANPOWER CONCERN WHICH…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Employment Statistics, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Kaufman, Jacob J. – 1975
Certain structural changes which are taking place in the labor market and in society are examined in an effort to identify the areas of research in human resources to which vocational education could make a contribution. It is suggested that with improved research knowledge, social and behavioral scientists are beginning to recognize that there is…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Employee Attitudes, Human Resources, Interdisciplinary Approach
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
This congressional report contains testimony given at the first of a series of comprehensive hearings on the impact of automation on employment and the workplace. Included among those agencies and organizations represented at the hearing were the following: the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; the American Federation…
Descriptors: Automation, Competition, Computer Science, Employment Patterns
Stoddard, Susan; Jans, Lita; Ripple, Joan M.; Kraus, Lewis – 1998
This document provides statistical information on the employment of people with disabilities. Data included in the book are derived from national surveys and other analyses by federal agencies. Each of the four sections in the publication address an aspect of work and disability. Section 1, "Prevalence of Disability among Working-age People,"…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Chronic Illness, Disabilities
