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Download full textAdams, Leonard P.; And Others – 1967
In an effort to understand the nationwide problem of recruitment, training, and retention of farm workers, 28 representative New York farm operators with a reputation for success in dealing with hired workers were interviewed in the summer of 1966. Information obtained included personal and educational characteristics, attitudes and aspirations,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Yates, Veseth S.; Zedeck, Sheldon – 1976
The relationship between satisfaction and need hierarchies as a function of high risk (HR) or low risk (LR) in a job was examined. Results indicated that there were significant differences in satisfaction for a set of 25 job characteristics between HR (N=93) and LR (N=82) workers. In contrast, there were no real differences in need hierarchies for…
Descriptors: Expectation, Job Satisfaction, Laborers, Needs Assessment
Peer reviewedHaynes, John – New Generation, 1970
This report relates to union workers in five cities, and gives a picture of how the young worker feels about his job, his employer, and his union. (DM)
Descriptors: Activism, Generation Gap, Job Satisfaction, Labor Demands
Peer reviewedGans, Herbert J. – New Generation, 1970
Holds that some blue/collar workers are at least as critical of the factory as students are of the multiversity." (DM)
Descriptors: Activism, Job Satisfaction, Labor Demands, Labor Needs
Peer reviewedSchrank, Robert – New Generation, 1970
Argues that alienation causes indifference among workers which affects production adversely. (DM)
Descriptors: Activism, Job Satisfaction, Labor Demands, Labor Needs
Wool, Harold – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1975
These two articles, by Harold Wool and by H. Roy Kaplan, examine a study called "Work in America" which was written by a 10-member task force under the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The authors then present data and discuss ways in which the quality of work in America could be improved. (EJT)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employee Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Individual Needs
Nash, Al – 1977
Diverse opinions are held by workers, union officials, and labor researchers about the importance of the quality of working life to workers. Major issues in this debate focus on the following questions: (1) Is there a workers' movement to improve the quality of working life? (2) Do workers seek meaning and self-fulfillment in their jobs? (3) Can…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Experiments, Failure
Stokes, Bruce – 1978
The world economic situation is beset by growing worker dissatisfaction, slowing economic growth, and rising energy and resource costs. A partial solution to these problems may be worker participation in management and ownership. As production has become more dehumanized and workers have become increasingly dissatisfied and alienated, the quality…
Descriptors: Administration, Cooperatives, Decision Making, Economic Climate
