The "Earning Capacity Assessment Form-2" assesses the factors that inhibit and facilitate an individual's vocational rehabilitation following an acquired disability (e.g. accident, misadventure). The purpose of this paper is to provide a psychometric analysis of the form. Data on Australian accident victims (N = 87) from a medico-legal…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conceptualise graduate work-readiness (GWR) and to develop a scale to measure it. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology entailed the compilation of a literature review and the conduct of qualitative interviews and a focus group to generate items. This study used the "resource-based view"…

Nursing shortages are creating a global market for nurses. However, assessment of qualifications varies widely among nations. In Australia, for example, overseas nurses must pass English language and nursing competency assessments. Issues of equivalence, cost, and time are involved. (Includes commentaries by Paula Kay Hancock and Abigail…

Contends that use of occupational prestige scale to code occupations when investigating sex differences in occupational aspirations and expectations is not appropriate because of inherent sex biases. Addresses development of early prestige scales, apparent congruence of prestige ratings by men and women, and effect of sex on prestige ratings and…