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The Uncertain Pathway from Youth to a Good Job: The Effects of Race, Class, and Gender. Executive Summary
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Carnevale, Anthony P.; Campbell, Kathryn Peltier; Cheah, Ban; Gulish, Artem; Strohl, Jeff – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2022
The economic and social landscape that young people encounter today is substantially more complex and challenging than the one faced by earlier generations. Technological change and globalization have transformed the labor market, increasing the value of postsecondary education and hollowing out industries that once employed many workers who had…
Descriptors: Youth, Employment, Job Security, Workplace Learning
Physics Bachelor's Initial Employment: Data from the Degree Recipient Follow-Up Survey for the Classes of 2011 and 2012. Focus On
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Mulvey, Patrick; Pold, Jack – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2015
New physics bachelor's entering the workforce receive some of the highest starting salaries of any undergraduate majors. Each fall, the Statistical Research Center conducts its "Survey of Enrollments and Degrees," which asks physics and astronomy departments to provide information concerning the numbers of students they have enrolled and…
Descriptors: Physics, Bachelors Degrees, Salaries, Employment Potential
From Casual Work to Economic Security; the Paradoxical Case of Self-Employment
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Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle – Social Indicators Research, 2008
The term "casual work" is not well defined in the literature and can include a diversity of types of employment. In this paper, we first present an introduction and definition of concepts related to job security and economic insecurity. Second, a view on the main labour market transformations, their causes and impacts, with more accent on…
Descriptors: Poverty, Labor Market, Employed Parents, Foreign Countries
Exploring the Changing Meaning of Work for American High School Seniors from 1976 to 2005
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Wray-Lake, Laura; Syvertsen, Amy K.; Briddell, Laine; Osgood, D. Wayne; Flanagan, Constance A. – Youth & Society, 2011
Using data from the Monitoring the Future study, this article presents historical trends in U.S. high school seniors' work values across 30 years (1976-2005). Adolescents across three decades highly valued most aspects of work examined. Recent cohorts showed declines in the importance of work, values for job security, and various potential…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Seniors, Value Judgment, Data Analysis
Career Anchors: Distribution and Impact on Job Satisfaction, the Israeli Case
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Danziger, Nira; Valency, Rony – Career Development International, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the career anchor concept developed by Edgar Schein. Design/methodology/approach: The paper focuses on the distribution of the eight career anchors, on a large heterogeneous sample and the differences in the distribution by gender and type of employment; and the impact of the congruence on job…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Program Effectiveness, Career Development
The Well-Being of the UK Academy, 1998-2004
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Kinman, Gail; Jones, Fiona; Kinman, Russell – Quality in Higher Education, 2006
This paper compares the findings of two studies, conducted in 1998 and 2004, of academic staff in British universities. It examines the stability over time of working hours, specific work stressors and levels of psychological distress. Comparisons are also made between the levels of psychological distress currently reported by academic staff and…
Descriptors: Safety, Psychology, Surveys, Higher Education