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Peer reviewedHaaken, Janice; Korschgen, Joyce – Adolescence, 1988
Examined social class and adolescent social relations in the workplace. Indicated that middle-class adolescent females, part-time McDonald's employees, sought positive, affective ties with managers and viewed managers as allies, whereas working-class respondents tended to be critical of or to maintain emotional distance from managers. No…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Employer Employee Relationship, Females, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewedPassmore, David Lynn; Welch, Frederick G. – Adolescence, 1983
Examined the relationship between preferences for part-time work and the personal characteristics of unemployed youths (N=2,087) using data from the March 1979 Current Population Survey. Age and school enrollment were the strongest correlates of desire for part-time work. Additional research is needed on the consequences of youth unemployment.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Employment Patterns, Individual Characteristics, Part Time Employment
Peer reviewedLargie, Shay; Field, Tiffany; Hernandez-Reif, Maria; Sanders, Christopher E.; Diego, Miguel – Adolescence, 2001
A self-report questionnaire was administered to high school seniors to collect data on the psychological, behavioral, and social aspects of their lives. It was found that employment was associated with: greater depression; inferior relationships with parents and best friend, including less time and physical contact with parents; lower grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), High School Seniors
Peer reviewedRuscoe, Gordon; And Others – Adolescence, 1996
A study of 1,800 Kentucky high school students revealed working students demonstrate a remarkable diversity of work experience and uses of earning while not differing markedly from nonworking students in school experience. The data, both quantitative and qualitative, suggest conventional wisdom is not sufficient to capture fully the current…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Employment, Employment Experience, High School Students
Peer reviewedGreen, David L. – Adolescence, 1990
Asked 35 middle-class high school seniors to relate their jobs, or decisions not to work, to social context of employment. Findings suggest that negative stereotype of high school student-worker is not justified. Part-time work appeared to uphold variety of interpretations of work ethic within framework of normative middle-class values. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, High School Seniors, High Schools, Middle Class Students
Peer reviewedSteitz, Jean A.; Owen, Tulita P. – Adolescence, 1992
Examined relationship between participation in school activities, part-time work, and self-esteem in 442 high school students. Found that self-esteem was affected by nature of school activity and by gender. Found no significant correlates of self-esteem among boys. Among girls, significant correlates of self-esteem were hours worked, age, and…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Grade 11, High School Students, High Schools
