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Kuhn, Peter J., Ed. – 2002
This volume presents 6 papers by 22 labor economists who examine and address worker displacement in 10 industrialized countries (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, United States). "Summary and Synthesis" (Peter J. Kuhn) discusses these four categories of lessons learned from panel…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Dislocated Workers
Hallak, Jacques; And Others – 1980
This volume contains four studies covering various approaches and having different scopes for studying the problem of access to jobs and the role of education and training as criteria for recruitment. The first study, on the metropolitan area of Panama, covers all sectors of activity. It is based on a questionnaire administered to 80 companies to…
Descriptors: Adults, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning
Ehlert, Holger, Ed.; Cordier, Heidi, Ed. – 2002
This book examines the transition from higher education to the labor market in 10 countries. Although the individual papers do not follow a rigid standard format, they all consider the following issues: (1) how the labor market for graduates is organized; (2) how vocational orientation is achieved in degree courses in individual countries; and (3)…
Descriptors: Career Development, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations
Download full textSanyal, Bikas C. – 1987
The relationship between higher education and employment (particulary underemployment and unemployment) is discussed in terms of a synthesis of 21 case studies of developing and developed nations. The countries discussed are: Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Egypt, Federal Republic of Germany, Malaysia, Pakistan, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, College Graduates, College Planning
Peiperl, Maury A., Ed.; Arthur, Michael B., Ed.; Goffee, Rob, Ed.; Morris, Timothy, Ed. – 2000
This book draws upon and extends a number of existing debates in the area of careers and opens additional dialogues on the future of working life. The book contains 13 papers, organized in three parts and an Introduction. The Introduction contains one paper, "Topics for Conversation: Career Themes Old and New" (Maury A. Peiperl and…
Descriptors: Adults, Biotechnology, Career Change, Career Choice
Barling, Julian, Ed.; Kelloway, E. Kevin, Ed. – 1999
This book contains nine papers devoted to the psychological experience of youth employment and its role in shaping future employment experiences and expectations. "Introduction" (Julian Barling, E. Kevin Kelloway) emphasizes the diversity of young people as a group and the diversity of individual youth's employment experience. "The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Attitude Change
