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Direct linkParr, Alissa D.; Hunter, Samuel T. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
The focus of this study was to identify leader behaviors that elicit successful engagement of employees with autism spectrum disorder, a population that is powerfully emerging into the workplace. The ultimate goal was to improve the quality of life of employees with autism spectrum disorder by facilitating an environment leading to their success.…
Descriptors: Employees, Leadership Qualities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
Nota, Laura; Ginevra, Maria Cristina; Carrieri, Loredana – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Work is important for people with disabilities, and fosters their career development and quality of life. Findings from social cognitive theory suggest that transition to work and work inclusion processes should be based on opportunities to explore the world of work, awareness of professional options (of which people with an intellectual…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Young Adults
Shoffner, Melanie – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
If teaching is a complex act, it is additionally complex for first-year teachers', who enter with the same responsibilities as veteran teachers yet encounter specific difficulties as beginning teachers. This paper uses existing research on beginning English teachers major concerns to frame the exploration of concerns faced by four beginning…
Descriptors: Interviews, Content Analysis, English Teachers, Beginning Teachers
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. – 1981
Fourth in a series of studies on the American family conducted for General Mills Corporation, this publication provides findings from a survey exploring the relationship between work and the family in contemporary society. Specifically, the survey explores how changes in the work force, especially the increase in numbers of working wives and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Child Rearing, Employed Parents
Download full textMarcus, Laurence R. – 1998
This case study at a community college serving a small city and surrounding rural area was undertaken to examine how a diverse staff experiences the work place. Interviews were conducted with a stratified random sample of one-half of the student affairs group staff; half of the respondent group were people of color, and four out of five were…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Diversity (Faculty)
Johnson, Jennifer – 2002
The lives of working-class women were explored through interviews with 63 middle-aged women, most of whom were employed in working-class jobs and living working-class lives in Baltimore, Maryland. The following were among the areas covered in the interviews: the women's lives on and off the job; their job satisfaction; the reasons they work and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Caregivers, Definitions, Disadvantaged
