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Download full textKeyton, Joann; Kilgore, Wanda J. – 1997
Perceptions of interpersonal communication skills of participants in the Women in Community Service (WICS) program, an initiative of Tennessee JOBS, were assessed to examine the relationship between WICS skill blocks training and improvement in communication competence and communicator style flexibility while decreasing communication apprehension.…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis
Petry, John R.; Bellott, Fred K. – 1990
A study of the terminees from Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs in Tennessee was conducted. Terminees were JTPA participants who either completed a program or left the program for some other reason. First-class mail survey forms were sent to 2,462 persons. Two follow-up mailings were sent. A return rate of 29.4 percent was obtained.…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Job Training, Postsecondary Education, Program Effectiveness
Willis, Jim; Jensen, Marty – 1988
The Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce and State Technical Institute (STI) at Memphis (Tennessee) developed a cooperative program to meet the educational needs of the community. A jointly staffed College/Chamber office was created in May 1986 to staff the education department of the Chamber, to assist the economic development department with…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship
Mote, Leona L.; And Others – 1986
A career training program funded by the Job Training Partnership Act was developed in Loudon County, Tennessee, to alleviate the stresses that are described in the hypothesis that occupational aspirations and expectations are lower for rural, female, economically disadvantaged, and handicapped youth than they are for other youth. To participate,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Guidance, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged
2002
This symposium is comprised of three papers on learning and job satisfaction. "The Relationship Between Workplace Learning and Job Satisfaction in United States Small to Mid-Sized Businesses" (Robert W. Rowden) reports findings that revealed sufficient evidence to conclude that learning is pervasive in the small to mid-sized businesses…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Needs
Seltz, Larry – 1983
The current trend toward expanded use of automation and computers in manufacturing has increased the need for a working partnership between industry and vocational education. One such partnership involves the members of the personnel development staff at Nissan Motors in Smyrna, Tennessee and local secondary and postsecondary vocational education…
Descriptors: Business, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation
Dean, Brenda Pennington; West, Russell – 1999
A two-round Delphi study was conducted to identify the characteristics of viable and sustainable employees in northeastern Tennessee in 2015. The Delphi panel selected for the study consisted of 25 experts who represented a cross-section of the businesses and communities in the 10-county area of northeastern Tennessee served by Walters State…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Delphi Technique, Educational Cooperation
