New data show small local firms create less than a third of new jobs in rural areas and are unreliable employment sources because many fail within their first 5 years of business. Local planners should consider mix of corporate affiliates offering potential of many jobs and small independent firms. (NEC)

Work and education need to be redesigned in ways congruent with the values of a conservative society. Work is critical because it involves the ways we relate to the world to produce survival materials, and education is a major means to effect changes in attitudes and values. (JOW)

Suggestions are offered which have an important bearing on the success and speed with which effective human resources management can be implemented in order to change the personnel management role to one which is responsive to strategic and operating priorities of the business. (TA)

Work in America'' study reports on company efforts to deal with employee discontent. (Editor)

Examined the effects of telephone contacts with employers on the rate of return of a mailed one-page questionnaire to identify job development opportunities for rehabilitation clients. Various telephone contacts were no more effective than a standard mail approach in terms of questionnaires returned and jobs listed. (Author/JAC)

Summarizes the findings and methodology of some of the recent innovative labor market studies in the private sector. Emphasis is placed on the micro-data study of the job creation process at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Similar studies at the University of California at Berkeley and at the Brookings Institution are also summarized. (CT)

An historical look at the changes in the make-up of the American workforce is presented, beginning with the 1820 census. Also discusses the development of career counseling and occupational publications. (CT)

Describes the process that an allied health occupation (in this instance, physician's assistant) undergoes to become professionalized. The historical background and definition of traditional professionalism are presented. The evolution of the new professionalism that is characteristic of current allied health occupation is also discussed.…

Excerpts from President Carter's economic message to the Congress, proposing a recovery package which included (1) an increase of authorizations for local public works, (2) an expansion of public service employment, (3) expansion of training and youth programs under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), and (4) an increase in the…

Call center staff answered calls in 4 treatments: alignment job design (n=35), autonomous work teams (n=35), high-involvement work processes (n=43), and controls (n=36). Job satisfaction improved in alignment job design and high-involvement treatments, most significantly in the latter. Skill level and attitude toward autonomous work might have…

Interviews (n=350) and a survey (n=323) of managers, trainers, and union representatives in British health care agencies showed that technology caused some job enlargement and enrichment; positive or negative effects depended on context. Other jobs were deskilled due to work organization, not technology. Technology's impact on job change was…

Career plateauing is a major issue due to demographics, changes in organizational structure, economic cycles, and changing worker values. Managers and organizations can address with specific strategies the four types of plateaued employees: productively, pleasantly, partially, and passively plateaued. (SK)

Describes job design alternatives--job enrichment, the job characteristics model, Japanese style management, and quality-of-worklife approaches. Focuses on the problems that human resources professionals may encounter when attempting to implement these approaches. (Author/JOW)

Although midlife transition is an emotional crisis for an individual, it means expensive turnover for the organization. There are three approaches an organization can take in dealing with midlife transitions: education, counseling, and restructuring jobs and tasks. Education is necessary before counseling and restructuring can begin. (JOW)

Details employment by occupation in 1994 and projected for 2005. Suggests that the economy is expected to continue generating jobs for all levels of education and training, but growth will be greater for occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or more. (SK)