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Download full textWannell, Ted; Ali, Jennifer – Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
This document provides data from the new Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) conducted by Statistics Canada with the support of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey consists of two components: (1) a workplace survey on the adoption of technologies, organizational change, training and other human resource practices, business strategies,…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Human Capital, Employees, Organizational Change
Gluszynski, Tomasz – Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
In the last decade, there has been a greater demand for high skills to match jobs in the new economy. Are youth changing the time spent in schooling and work? Are youth studying longer? Are they working earlier? Are they combining work and studying? Are they training more? And finally, did the changes come at a price? Using the General Social…
Descriptors: Age, Females, Work Experience, Foreign Countries
Boothby, Daniel – Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
This study uses data from the Canadian panel of the International Adult Literacy Survey to examine the relations between schooling, literacy and occupational assignment and to determine the extent to which returns to over- and under-education are in fact returns to literacy skills. Two measures of required training time for the job are used, both…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Play, Females, Outcomes of Education
Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
The goals of the International Academic Mobility (IAM) Initiative are to advance the development of international skills, knowledge and understanding among students and promote academic co-operation and institutional linkages among colleges and universities. The IAM Initiative includes the administration of two programs created by Human Resources…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Formative Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development
Eschuk, Craig – Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
This study addresses the issue of how new forms of work organization (NFWO) are affecting job skill requirements. Practices such as job rotation, problem-solving teams and self-directed workgroups are thought to increase job skill requirements because they tend to broaden job responsibilities. The study uses the 1999 and 2000 waves of the…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Problem Solving, Occupational Surveys, Employee Attitudes
Turcotte, Julie; Leonard, Andre; Montmarquette, Claude – Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
This document provides data from the new Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) conducted by Statistics Canada with the support of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey consists of two components: (1) a workplace survey on the adoption of technologies, organizational change, training and other human resource practices, business strategies,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employees, Surveys, Technological Advancement
