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Guss, Thomas – 1988
The accepted assumption among researchers is that control has trait-like features; under controlled conditions, individuals experience a sense of control by interacting with the environment, experiencing personal influence and evaluating perceived outcomes (Rotter, 1966 and Bandura, 1974). It seems reasonable, therefore, to examine the sense of…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Financial Problems, Locus of Control, Males
Download full textMetz, A. Stafford; Hammer, Charles H. – 1981
Findings are presented from the National Center for Education Statistics' 1978 Recent College Graduates Survey, which estimates the number of recent graduates and the February 1978 employment and salary status of individuals who received bachelor's degrees from July 1, 1976, to June 30, 1977. A nationally representative sample of 297 institutions…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedJohnson, Gloria Jones; Herring, Cedric O. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1993
Uses a modified version of the labor-utilization framework to measure the types and extents of underemployment for 2,107 black males and females, a sample from the National Survey of Black Americans (1980). Results reveal a larger percentage of females unemployed, underemployed by low hours or low income, and discouraged. (SLD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Demography, Educational Attainment, Educational Background
Displaced Homemakers Network, Washington, DC. – 1989
This study was conducted to determine how many workers are in low-wage jobs; their characteristics and changes in their characteristics over time; the characteristics of the low-wage jobs; gender, sex, and racial factors influencing participation in low-wage jobs; and the relationship of low-wage work to family poverty and welfare receipt. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Asian Americans, Blacks, Education Work Relationship
Peer reviewedScanlan, James P. – Public Interest, 1988
Discusses the use of statistical analysis to identify patterns of discrimination in employment. Analyzes the effects of job segregation on women and minorities at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. (FMW)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Comparable Worth, Comparative Analysis, Employment Level
Wenger, Jeffrey – 2001
Most research in the area of nonstandard work arrangements continues to find differences in wages, benefits, and career prospects between full-time and part-time (PT) workers. Wages and fringe benefits are almost always lower for PT workers. Women who work PT are 88% less likely and men are 86% less likely to receive health insurance or a pension…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Economic Climate, Employed Women
Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, DC. – 1994
This document examines the causes and consequences of Black male joblessness. First, key insights and recommendations of a 1993 policy roundtable on labor force participation and family formation are summarized. Discussed next are the following issues related to the economic and social alienation of Black men: joblessness and absence from the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Black Family, Blacks
Ahren, Nancy C.; Scott, Elizabeth L. – 1981
A study analyzed the career outcomes of men and women Ph.D.s Based on a sample survey of approximately 50,000 Ph.D scientists, engineers, and humanists, conducted in 1979 by the National Research Council, the study examined 5164 triads consisting of one woman and two men who were matched as nearly as possible according to selected background…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Behavioral Sciences, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis
