Examines the effects of combined on-the-job and classroom training on the employability of Job Training Partnership Act terminees completing a two-year training activity in Missouri. Although combined program participants' employability was enhanced immediately after the program's termination, this advantage disappeared after one year. Benefits…

A different perspective of the institutional research field was obtained from a content analysis of the employment classified advertising published in the "Chronicle of Higher Education." Using this technique, it was possible to compare and contrast institutional research with the profile of the field obtained from the content analysis.…

In the Federal Republic of Germany, temporary employment has been extensively regulated, whereas the British government has been more permissive. Despite differences in legislation, the level, distribution, and characteristics of temporary employment and workers are very similar. The number of temporary jobs has not grown as expected. (Author/SK)

Written employer evaluations of workers with mental retardation were analyzed regarding their relationship to employment retention and three such factors were identified: (1) workers' attendance, (2) punctuality patterns, and (3) consistency in task performance. (Author/DB)

Analysis of 1980 and 1990 Public Use Microdata Samples showed that, among full-time workers, occupational sex segregation declined 6.5 percentage points, less than the 8.5 point decline in the 1970s. Three-quarters of the desegregation was due to changed gender composition of occupations, one-quarter due to faster growth in more integrated…

Data from the 1984 Survey of Income and Program Participation showed that 62% of differences in wages offered to black and white men and 67% of differences in observed wages were not due to productivity differences. Wage discrimination reduced the relative employment rate of black men from 89% to 82% of white men's rate. (SK)

A study of employment rates of 1992 technology education graduates from State University of New York-Oswego (n=249) looked at vacancies and salaries, concluding that high school students should be encouraged to enter the technology teacher education program. (JOW)

In 1992, manufacturing continued to lose large numbers of jobs and other industries had small employment declines; only services and government added substantially to their employment but with weaker gains than in the 1980s. (Author)

Surveyed institutional vacancies (n=30) in counselor education in 1988, examining geographic, demographic, and economic characteristics. Results indicated that there seemed to be an impending shortage of qualified counselor educators. (Author/ABL)

During business cycles, the distribution of jobs by sex and industry undergoes large shifts. These changes have a permanent effect on job distribution by sex. The shift to largely service occupations generally held by women and less demand for industries primarily staffed by men enabled women's employment growth to exceed that of men. (JOW)

The most promising responses to the demands of the high performance workplace are integration of academic and vocational education, tech prep, school-based enterprises, and cooperative education. Vocational education research should closely monitor the workplace, eliminate the "factory" model, and examine effects of workplace demands on education…

Compares a 1992 survey of Australian technical communicators with a 1991 survey of American technical communicators, looking at similarities and differences. Discusses member profiles, employment profile and salary, job satisfaction, and other issues. Finds no marked differences between the profiles of Australian and United States technical…

External boom-bust forces may be so great as to overwhelm even well-prepared communities. In two oil-dependent coastal Louisiana parishes, over 90 percent of variation in total employment, 1970-88, was explained by commodity-related variables completely outside local community control. Contains 53 references. (Author/SV)

Examines the implications for the Brazilian labor force of automation and flexible organizational techniques. Focuses on employment levels, changing skills profiles, and the capacity to meet new requirements. Identifies central characteristics of the new knowledge base required of workers and the implications for training. (JOW)

Over 2,000 human resource development articles were categorized using a strategic issues life-cycle model. A process for managing strategic issues has four steps: identify issues, analyze potential impact on business, formulate strategies, and implement policy solutions. (SK)