This report presents the stories and perspectives of alumni of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) in Africa and the Middle East. The Institute of International Education (IIE) is currently administering a 10-year tracking study of this program to capture the personal and professional trajectories of the IFP alumni in their…

Recent years have witnessed a growing diversity of career patterns, resulting from the relative decline of stable employment. In the present study of 1368 employed and self-employed German adults career pattern diversity was assessed using nine pictograms. The goal was to identify psychological and demographic correlates of these patterns and to…

Scholars studying proportions of men and women in various occupations are undecided over whether trends are good or bad for women seeking equality of work and pay, worrying that women's gains may be overstated and may diminish awareness of the problem among women, awareness necessary to make further gains. (MSE)

This literature review is part of a project designed to provide an in-depth picture of the experiences and views of long-term unemployed people in Australia. The review outlines what the research shows and says about the situation of young people (15-24 years) in work and education in the changing society of the 1980s in Australia. The book is…

A study examined psychological and contextual influences on the courses of Australian women's lives and careers. Data were obtained from two sources: (1) the Career Development Project (CDP), a longitudinal study of 3,000 Australian men and women who were selected from an initial sample of 17-year-olds in 1973 and whose educational and career…

The Emergency Employment Act, despite weaknesses, may represent a first step toward a needed permanent public service employment program. Or it could be a diversion and a destructive caricature of job creation. (DM)

Research on economic and employment opportunities for men and women has not focused enough on structural features of the labor market. Structural features, which influence worker's capacities to translate their human resources into labor market achievements, include profitability of industries, strength of worker organizations, skill requirements,…

Women workers are establishing an identity for themselves in the traditionally male-dominated work world of mechanics, carpenters, construction workers, technicians, and engineers, drawn by incentives ranging from higher pay to training and advancement opportunities. Of the over 12.5 million women employed in industrial and service occupations,…

This essay discusses the severe limitations in employment opportunities for black women during the early 1900s. The collection of photographs depicts black women in the following occupations: (1) nursemaid; (2) fieldhand; (3) dairymaid; (4) laundress; (5) factory worker; (6) beautician; (7) business owner; (8) organization president; and (9)…

Examines social trends in the past two decades (particularly the growth of a service economy and the increasing reliance on specialized knowledge), the opportunities these trends have presented to psychology, and the discipline's response. (CMG)

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, concludes that, although education is important, it clearly is not a panacea for the problems of blacks, it is stated: statistical analyses are interpreted as suggesting that a high school education is more necessary among blacks, than among whites, to escape…

An outgrowth of a conference, this book defines issues, identifies problems, and suggests courses of action that will lead to the full utilization of women in the work force. Chapters are: (1) "The Current Status of the Employment of Women" by C. East; (2) "Women's Liberation Means Putting Sex in Its Place" by W. S. Heide; (3) "Employment…

Most of the changes that take place in an inclusionary philosophy that opens the corporation to all kinds of employees will pay for themselves many times over in tangible as well as intangible benefits to the company. (Author/IRT)

In 1987 a project was undertaken to assess the status of African Americans in the United States in the topical areas to be addressed by the National Research Council's Study Committee on the Status of Black Americans: education, employment, income and occupations, political participation and the administration of justice, social and cultural…