Recent news articles and studies have generated concern among New England policy makers and others that the region's supply of young, highly educated professionals is disappearing. The fear is that comparatively high housing and other costs may be driving away many within this highly mobile group. This paper explores trends in the stocks and…

This study surveyed 925 Australian high school students enrolled in grades 8 through 12 on measures of occupational aspirations, occupational expectations, career status aspirations, and career status expectations; it tested the association between these variables and career maturity, career indecision, career decision-making self-efficacy, and…

The issues of corruption and distorted values are reaching deeply into our everyday lives. (Editor)

Although professionalism has been an important concept to American journalists for over a century, no consensus exists regarding what concepts like profession, professionalism, and professionalization mean. Three basic traditions have dominated the sociological literature on professionalism: (1) the phenomenological approach, which advocates…

The first in a series providing students and teachers with realistic and essential information about individual careers as well as acquainting students with the life of the community from which the school too often isolates them. (Author/WM)

The present investigation is the first of a series intended to study the process of vocational development among Indian boys and girls while they are in school. (Author)

The point of view of this paper is that discriminatory practices and, indeed, other environmental or external events, do not completely account for the discrepancy between the professional success achieved by men and that achieved by women. (Author)

In the traditional sense of the word professional, the occupation of trainer does not seem to fit. However, in terms of qualifications and competencies, trainers are moving toward that category. Sheffield Polytechnic is currently developing courses to help trainers improve their competencies through reading material, exercises, projects, and…

The traditional model of a profession is shown to be deficient in several ways, and a new model is developed based on the ideas of general systems theory. (PF)

Summarizes a report covering six layoffs involving 66 chemists and chemical engineers occurring from March to September 1974. Guidelines for employers were not met by some companies. Note is made of this. (EB)

The collective negotiation process between professional teachers organizations and school systems is fast becoming a full time job. Many school districts employ professional negotiations specialists to handle bargaining on behalf of school boards. To obtain an idea of current practices in assigning the function of chief negotiator, the Educational…