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Peer reviewedMurray, Stephen O.; And Others – Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1981
This study of 299 social and physical scientists at universities reveals that strong personal contacts were more useful than reliance on weak ties (acquaintances) for job information. Using personal connections for employment information is thus an efficient job seeking method. (SK)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Interpersonal Relationship, Job Search Methods, Networks
Peer reviewedKirschenbaum, Alan B.; Goldberg, Albert I. – Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1976
Organizational environment and career motivations of Israeli engineers are examined in order to understand a professional's propensity to move. (Editor)
Descriptors: Engineers, Job Satisfaction, Occupational Aspiration, Occupational Mobility
Peer reviewedFaulkner, Robert R. – Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1974
Using official records and interviews; the paper outlines why age-related features are an important vehicle for analyzing the contingencies facilitating or impending interorganizational mobility. Career Patterns in hockey and orchestras exemplify mechanisms for sustaining commitment and motivation of second-level participants in hierarchical work…
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Career Development, Career Ladders
Peer reviewedErbe, Brigitte March – Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1975
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Peer reviewedHaerle, Rudolf K., Jr. – Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1975
The report is based on data taken from a project which focused on several problems and patterns of post-athletic career adjustment of retired major league baseball players. The relationships among several sets of variables are explored; the results seriously compromise the myth of occupational mobility for the sports hero. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Athletes, Baseball, Career Change, Educational Benefits
Peer reviewedBall, Donald W. – Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1974
It is hypothesized and found that organizational positions systematically vary in their replacement rates. This variation is directly associated with positional visibility; visibility is also found to relate to salaries and the racial composition of positional occupants. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Job Analysis, Occupational Mobility, Organizational Theories, Racial Distribution
Peer reviewedBeck, E. M.; Madans, J. H. – Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1974
Three alternative models are presented to represent the decreased importance of the status of first job on current occupational status overtime; there is evidence that the effects of first job erode with time. Models not explicitly incorporating labor force experience may suffer a serious specification error. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Occupational Mobility, Parent Background, Parent Influence
Peer reviewedSpenner, Kenneth I. – Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1981
Analysis of correlations in role relationships involving parent occupation and child's career choice and occupational aspiration were made to determine which characteristics of occupations play a part in intergenerational role transmission. Requirements and rewards were found to be the salient features. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Correlation, Occupational Aspiration, Occupational Information
