It was found that in Memphis there are major differences in how CETA professional staff perceive the goals of the program participants and in how these participants perceive their own goals. To get better CETA programs of any type, the authors recommend that more input be sought from the clients. (CT)

Compares self-perceptions of work attitudes in Comprehensive Employment and Training Act trainees with supervisors' perceptions of trainees' attitudes via the Affective Work Competencies Inventory (AWCI). Analysis shows dissimilarities in the way both groups perceived trainee work attitudes and raises questions about the validity of the AWCI for…

This research assumed that supervisors often have faulty perceptions of the behaviors of their supervisees, especially those in CETA jobs. Through supervisor training, the authors attempted to decrease the gap by changing supervisor perceptions to match those of their supervisees. Training did not produce a significant difference. (Author)

A study was conducted of Indiana's Summer Programs for the Education and Development of Youth (SPEDY) to describe the program themselves and to study the programs' effect on participants' short-term career education attitudes, knowledge, and skills. SPEDY is a training for public-sector work program operated each summer for about ten weeks for…