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The Academic Marketplace. Higher Education Labor Studies.
Caplow, Theodore; McGee, Reece J. – 2001
After 40 years, this new edition revisits a study of the academic labor market. Much has changed since 1958, but the essential commodity of the academic marketplace is still prestige. Faculty hiring and governance may be more democratic today, but the study still has more than historical interest. The chapters are: (1) "The Background"; (2) "The…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Labor Market, Personnel Selection
The Working Life: The Labor Market for Workers in Low-Skilled Jobs
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Maxwell, Nan L. – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2006
Over the past few decades, the economic prospects for workers possessing relatively few skills have worsened as the demand for skills in the labor market has increased. Even in jobs that might be categorized as low-skilled, workers require a diverse set of skills to succeed. Many of these skills can only be obtained through schooling or job…
Descriptors: Unskilled Workers, Labor Market, Employment Opportunities, Labor Supply
Employers' Expectations of Recent Library School Graduates: A Review of the Recent Literature.
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Lockwood, James D. – 1975
In order to discover employers' expectations of recent library school graduates' qualifications, a study was made of the literature between 1970 (when the job slump made it an employers' market) and 1975. The accumulation of journal articles, letters to editors, editorials, ERIC documents, monographs, speeches, and dissertations added up to 150…
Descriptors: Employers, Employment Qualifications, Expectation, Job Applicants
A New Academic Marketplace.
Burke, Dolores L. – 1988
Faculty mobility in the 1980s is examined from the perspective of process and market environment, and comparisons are made between current research findings and those reported in 1958 by Theodore Caplow and Reece McGee. The study encompasses faculty recruitment, including search and selection procedures and effect, and the circumstances of…
Descriptors: Administration, College Faculty, Employment Qualifications, Faculty Mobility
Labor Market Analysis: A Review and Analysis of Manpower Research and Development.
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Bain, Trevor – 1975
Addressed to those in the manpower field (manpower program planners, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers) currently engaged in work requiring knowledge of labor market functions, this report utilizes data synthesized from a decade of research studies and development projects sponsored by the Office of Manpower Research and Development…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Employment Projections, Information Sources, Job Applicants
Urban Inequality: Evidence from Four Cities. A Volume in the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality.
O'Connor, Alice, Ed.; Tilly, Chris, Ed.; Bobo, Lawrence D., Ed. – 2001
This collection of papers focuses on urban inequalities in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles. There are 11 chapters in 3 parts. The book begins with an introduction, "Understanding Inequality in the Late Twentieth-Century Metropolis: New Perspectives on the Enduring Racial Divide" (Alice O'Connor) and chapter 1,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment, Employers, Employment Patterns
How to Go to Work When Your Husband Is Against It, Your Children Aren't Old Enough, and There's Nothing You Can Do Anyhow.
Schwartz, Felice N.; And Others – 1972
Written both for the college-educated housewife who, through reading and community work, has kept her mind alert and who now seeks challenging employment suitable to her education, and for the employer who is seeking dedicated, enthusiastic personnel with growth potential, the book encourages adoption of new employment patterns of flexible work…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Career Choice, Career Planning