The author outlines the characteristic stresses faced by people before a major redundancy or factory closure. He argues the case for the use of independent services in redundancy counseling. (Author)

The retraining of experienced and successful teachers is a means of solving teacher shortages in specific areas. Program design and results of Long Island University's mathematics retraining model are explained. Results of this program were positive, and graduates showed no discernible differences in subject knowledge when compared with…

Discusses the creation of an organization to assist highly specialized technical people who have become unemployed to qualify for other occupations in order to generate income. (EK)

"A comprehensive one-year secretarial retraining program would undoubtedly be a motivating factor for former secretaries to refresh their skills and return to the world of work. (Author)

In the coming decades, schools will change from closed teaching systems to open learning systems. Compulsory attendance, grades, and degrees will tend to disappear. Learning will be more future oriented, less retrospective. Survival in a changing world will mean that man must learn, unlearn, and learn again. (Author)

Presents new evidence on the effect of technology on worker alienation, using data from the organizational level as well as the individual level. In the latter approach, the impact of automation on the work of newspaper printers is examined. (SK)

Studied increased self-reported daydreaming as measured by the daydreaming frequency scale of the Imaginal Processes Inventory, after treatments of being presented with either a positive or neutral talk about the value of daydreaming and training v no training in the use of imagery. (Author)

Interviews with 10 dislocated office workers determined that (1) primary economic barrier to retraining was applying for unemployment compensation; (2) counseling for stress was financially prohibitive; (3) a positive factor affecting reemployment was employer placement service; and (4) negative factors included lack of information about training…

If market economies are to emerge from the ruins of the Soviet empire, people need training in almost everything. Efforts are being made in the areas of management, service, accounting, and police work. (Author/JOW)

A survey of 462 British women in science/engineering, law, accounting, and nursing demonstrated the need for, and effectiveness of, specialized professional retraining for women returning to higher-level occupations. Investment in their education, such as through the European Social Fund, benefits both the women and the economy. (SK)

A survey of 350 U.S. steel companies found the use of three approaches to skill shortages: contingent action (recruiting nontraditional or nonlocal workers, incentives for referrals); passive action (recruiting through job fairs, private industry councils, government agencies); or active action (retraining, restructuring jobs, raising entry-level…

An evaluation of Hong Kong's Employee Retraining Board programs used interviews, case studies of training agencies, surveys of trainers and graduates, and employer focus groups. Recommendations were made regarding measurement of the size and characteristics of the displaced worker population, targeting of services, and alignment of incentives with…

Purpose: Downsizing is a very pervasive organizational process. At these critical junctures many organizations do little to prepare their employees for a mass layoff. The main purpose of this study is to examine how the incorporation of job counseling and professional retraining programs during a period of downsizing affected the responses of both…

Attributional retraining (AR) is a motivational intervention that consistently produces improved performance by encouraging controllable failure attributions. Research suggests that cognitively engaging AR methods are ideal for high-elaborating students, whereas affect-oriented techniques are better for low-elaborating students. College students'…