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Employment Trajectories: Exploring Gender Differences and Impacts of Drug Use
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Huang, David Y. C.; Evans, Elizabeth; Hara, Motoaki; Weiss, Robert E.; Hser, Yih-Ing – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011
This study investigated the impact of drug use on employment over 20 years among men and women, utilizing data on 7661 participants in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Growth mixture modeling was applied, and five distinct employment trajectory groups were identified for both men and women. The identified patterns were largely similar…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Gender Differences, Employment, Marriage
Enhancing the Career Development of Individuals Who Have Criminal Records
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Thompson, Mindi N.; Cummings, Devon L. – Career Development Quarterly, 2010
Large numbers of individuals are involved in the criminal justice system. Upon release, most have difficulty finding employment and stabilizing economic resources, which contribute to recidivism. To date, the role of work in the lives of ex-offenders has virtually been ignored in the vocational literature. The purpose of this article is to…
Descriptors: Criminals, Career Development, Employment, Intervention
Perceived Barriers to Employment Success: Are There Differences between European American and African American VR Consumers?
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Zanskas, Stephen A.; Lustig, Daniel C.; Ishitani, Terry T. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2011
Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to investigate whether there were differences between European and African American vocational rehabilitation consumers' perceptions of the barriers they experience towards obtaining employment. A secondary purpose was to determine whether there were differences in these perceptions based upon gender…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Measures (Individuals), Employment, Educational Background
Changes in Wives' Employment when Husbands Stop Working: A Recession-Prosperity Comparison
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Mattingly, Marybeth J.; Smith, Kristin E. – Family Relations, 2010
American families are experiencing the effects of the "Great Recession." Most of the job losses are accruing to men, so families may find it strategic for wives to enter the labor force, or increase their work hours. We consider this possibility using the May 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey, and compare findings to May 2004 and 2005 data,…
Descriptors: Spouses, Labor, Labor Force, Employment
Hiring Practices Initiative: Uncovering an Untapped Employment Pool
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Mulvihill, Patrick; Repetto, Jeanne B.; Andrews, Drew; Gritz, Sheila – ERS Spectrum, 2008
Through current hiring practices, many school districts may be missing an untapped pool of potential employees--individuals with disabilities. In this article, the authors describe the Hiring Practice Initiative (HPI) and its implementation in 17 Florida school districts. The Hiring Practice Initiative Project goals are to: (a) increase the…
Descriptors: Employment, Personnel Selection, School Districts, Employment Practices
Discursive Policy Webs in a Globalisation Era: A Discussion of Access to Professions and Trades for Immigrant Professionals in Ontario, Canada
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Goldberg, Michelle P. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2006
This article explores the link between discourse and policy using a discursive web metaphor. It develops the notion of policy as a discursive web based on a post-positivist framework that recognises the way multiple discourses from multiple voices interact in a complex web of power relationships to influence reality. Using Ontario's Access to…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, Immigrants