This paper deals with the use of rewards for on-the-job motivation toward better attendance and performance of marginal workers (those who have not been employed on a regular basis but who are presumed to be capable of becoming adequate workers). Possible rewards are 1) financial (wage increases and fringe benefits); 2) interpersonal (social…

This monograph is addressed principally to the policy maker and program planner dealing with job development, and defines some of the limits, problems, and needs of the field. Primarily, job development is concerned with the demand side of the labor market equation, dealing with the availability of job openings in general or for a particular…

The intent of this study was to describe low-wage, low-skill workers within the context of their work environment and to develop techniques to measure the effects of Skill Advancement's skill training program on the participants. Due to the lack of research findings in this area, these research efforts were somewhat exploratory in nature,…

Many immigrant women from Europe settled in Lowell, Massachusetts and worked in textile mills. They lived in enclaves with little knowledge of others beyond their ethnic boundaries. Ethnic groups were in closer proximity in the work place, but the women were uneasy mingling with those outside of their culture. (VM)

This study focused on the influence exerted by market forces and by the economic and institutional characteristics of the building construction industry. The results indicate that shortrun fluctuations can be attributed to changes in the labor market which systematically affect bargaining positions and thence wage policies and the…

Analyzes the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Jobs Study, which advocated a two-tier economy: high-skill jobs and low-skill, low-wage jobs to absorb the unemployed. Shows how Canada has adopted some of these strategies under the guise of structural adjustment. Advocates a social policy role for adult educators. (Contains 35…

The Proposition that Herzberg's bipartite analysis of job satisfaction oversimplifies by failing to take account of variations in work orientation was tested empirically and corroborated; dominant rewards for expressively oriented workers are intrinsic, for instrumentally oriented workers, extrinsic. Management should ascertain variations in…

The study focuses on determining whether supervisor's evaluation of the performance of their blue-collar subordinates are consistent with the central life interests of the workers being appraised. (AJ)

A review of the relevant literature, which is the first of two parts of this study, found that the existing literature is sparse and presents a fragmented picture of the information environment of the blue collar adult. The second part was a pilot survey, undertaken to probe this information environment, and consisted of intensive living room…

Obviously, the image of vocational education to which the public subscribes has a great deal of bearing upon whether or not programs are successful in attempts to prepare individuals to become fulfilled, contributing members of society. Therefore, this study was undertaken to determine the image of vocational education in Oklahoma as perceived by…

The study is a second year-end report (Phase I) of the JOBS NOW project, based in Chicago, which operates on the 'hire now, train later' concept. The project consisted of four components: brief job orientation (two weeks) for disadvantaged youth; business, industry, labor, and agencies working together to employ the disadvantaged; the provision of…

The school administrator should assure that every child, upon leaving school, is prepared either to take a decent job, to go on to further occupational education, or to go to college. Any feasible national policy for meeting present and future manpower needs must presuppose a major overhaul of our total structure of education. Only one in four…

Obtaining a sufficient supply of labor when it is needed is a problem faced by most farmers annually because of the very seasonal nature of farming. Even with mechanization and family labor, most farmers need to hire some help. This report summarizes the results of a survey conducted in 1966 to determine: (1) methods used to obtain seasonal…

This study examines the year-to-year movement in the wage differential between skilled and unskilled workers, 1907-72, using union contract rates in the construction industry. The author examines a number of hypotheses that have been suggested as explanation for changes in the skill differential. (Editor/HD)

Author stresses that social changes are coming to developing countries in Asia, that this will lead to economic changes, and it is the job of adult educators to give direction to these changes. (Author/RK)