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Guan, Yanjun; Wang, Zhen; Dong, Zhilin; Liu, Yukun; Yue, Yumeng; Liu, Haiyang; Zhang, Yuqing; Zhou, Wenxia; Liu, Haihua – Journal of Career Assessment, 2013
The current research aimed to develop a multidimensional measure of career locus of control (LOC) and examine its predictive validity on objective and subjective career success among Chinese employees. Items of career LOC were generated based on literature review of the significant predictors of career success, as well as the open-ended responses…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Multidimensional Scaling, Chinese, Predictive Validity
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Aslam, Monazza; Bari, Faisal; Kingdon, Geeta – Education Economics, 2012
This study investigates the economic outcomes of education for wage earners in Pakistan. This is done by analysing the relationship between schooling, cognitive skills and ability, on the one hand, and economic activity, occupation, sectoral choice and earnings, on the other. In Pakistan, an important question remains largely unaddressed: what…
Descriptors: Productivity, Credentials, Human Capital, Outcomes of Education
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Sebalj, Darlene; Holbrook, Allyson – Australian Universities' Review, 2009
This paper considers the profile of research administration, based on a survey of 36 Australian universities. The findings identify a group that is typically female, older and university qualified. Males tend to be more likely than females to have a research higher degree, earn a significantly higher salary and move up the salary scale at a faster…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Profiles, Gender Differences, Tenure
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Shambrook, Jennifer; Roberts, Thomas J. – Research Management Review, 2011
This paper expands upon the seminal work of Roberts and House, which described the first empirical study of the demographic profile of a research administrator. The original work was based upon data from the 2005 Research Administrator Survey (RAS), a regional study of research administrators in the southeastern United States. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Profiles, Research Administration, Administrator Characteristics, Demography
Ewert, Stephanie – US Census Bureau, 2012
The relationship between educational attainment and economic outcomes is shaped by a variety of educational experiences, including field of training, length of time spent in school, and level of attainment. This report explores the relationship between educational attainment, field of training, and eventual occupation and earnings. The report also…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Economic Status, Educational Attainment, Educational Experience
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Budria, Santiago; Moro-Egido, Ana I. – Economics of Education Review, 2008
In this paper, we explore the connection between education and wage inequality in Spain for the period 1994-2001. Drawing on quantile regression, we describe the conditional wage distribution of different populations groups. We find that higher education is associated with higher wage dispersion. A contribution of the paper is that we explicitly…
Descriptors: Wages, Salary Wage Differentials, Foreign Countries, Employment Qualifications
Catanzarite, Lisa; Trimble, Lindsey – UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (NJ1), 2007
The Latino workforce is increasingly critical to the vitality of the U.S. economy. Despite the importance of Latinos in the labor market, their economic contributions are limited by significant disadvantages. This research report provides an overview of Latino workers in the United States at mid-decade. We provide background information on labor…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Labor Market, Labor, Labor Force