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Montague, Marjorie; Lund, Kathryn A. – Illinois Schools Journal, 1988
Through self-analysis of job performance, job problem-solving groups, and self-management, special needs students learn how to take control of their actions, solve problems, make appropriate decisions, and maintain skills that will help them to be successful on the job. (BJV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disabilities, Employee Attitudes, Employment Problems

Polk, Elizabeth; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1989
Thirteen articles explore the expectations of employers for potential employees in all types of libraries and one library network. The discussions cover examples of expectations that have and have not been met, employer views on how well library education is preparing students, and suggestions that might help library educators to better meet…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Employee Attitudes
Frederick/Schneiders Inc., Washington, DC. – 1992
A study examined the attitudes of individuals who had held positions in hotels or restaurants in which they received tips. Telephone interviews were conducted with 751 adults across the United States who were currently/formerly employed in a position in which gratuities constitute a significant portion of their compensation. The interview…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Development, Career Education, Competence
Council of Forest Industries (British Columbia). – 1991
A preliminary study of job-related communications skills in British Columbia sawmills investigated the extent of agreement between reading grade levels of written workplace materials and reading comprehension levels of employees expected to read them. In 1990, 227 employees in 8 sawmills were interviewed with a 52-item structured interview, a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cloze Procedure, Communication Skills, Educational Needs
Warren, Russell G. – 1983
The suggestions of business executives concerning the content of a general education program that would assist students in achieving success in business were obtained through a 1982 survey. Questionnaire responses were obtained from 113 respondents in companies ranging in size from 1,000 or more employees to those with 50,000-plus employees. Five…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Graduates, Communication Skills, Computation
Stevenson, Bill; Bowers, Ellen – 1986
Personal interviews were conducted with persons involved in the hiring process in 60 companies throughout Ohio to determine what qualities they seek when they hire young, inexperienced workers at beginning skilled or semiskilled levels. Companies, selected to represent all sections of the state, varied in size. The study found the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Rosove, Bruce; Hawkins, Keira – 1980
This PLACE workbook for clients in employment counseling helps them assess their employability, specifically in the part of PLACE related to doing well on the job. (A companion Sourcebook is available separately as CE 031 888). It contains employment-related topics about which clients are asked questions that can help them identify employment…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Education, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Walshok, Mary Lindenstein – 1979
Women's success in nontraditional blue collar jobs in the skilled trades or crafts appears to be tied to three separate but interrelated issues which are a function of differences in social background and shift in the structure of employment and economic opportunities for women, according to qualitative data gathered in in-depth interviews of more…
Descriptors: Adults, Blue Collar Occupations, Competence, Employed Women
Evans, Rupert N.; And Others – 1980
This document presents the final report of a study of the best ways to serve persons with handicaps in preparation for work. Chapter 1 provides background and identification of research questions and the research hypothesis to be tested. It outlines major tasks of the study: (1) identify criteria used by training authorities to select the training…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Criteria, Disabilities, Educational Research
O'Neil, Sharon Lund – 1976
The study was conducted to identify occupational survival skills--the basic knowledges, traits, and competencies necessary to maintain a job. A list of 27 basic occupational survival skills was developed, involving the following areas: interpersonal relations and communications; personal characteristics; decision making and problem solving; job…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Doctoral Dissertations, Employee Attitudes, Employee Responsibility
Lokan, J. J.; Isabelle, L. A. – 1973
The questionnaire and interview materials which form the document were used in a followup study of 1,500 students who attended a 2-year occupational high school; the materials attempt to relate predictor measures to success during training and subsequent job success. The document includes two brief student questionnaires (one for those still in…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Data Collection, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Kjaersgaard, Christian – 1998
A study identified the structural conditions for workers' perceptions of the need for qualifications and education. It defined qualification requirements based on evaluations of work organization in three workplaces in two companies. Evaluations were used to develop a reference framework for understanding workers' subjective value criteria linked…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Certification, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes
Smith, Claire; Akhtar, Yaseen; Reynolds, Soneeta; Tatton, Allison; Tucker, Stan – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
This article discusses the research approach adopted by one higher education institution in the United Kingdom (UK) to explore employers' and employees' responses to local skills, recruitment and training issues and how these responses were used to develop a curriculum for Foundation degrees. The article discusses skills issues, the varying…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Private Sector, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
Mulder, Martin; Engels, Otto – 1992
A study evaluated the approach used for validation of job profiles for curriculum development in three health care programs in the Netherlands: dietetics, podotherapy, and activity therapy. It also evaluated the quality of these job profiles and the relation between process and product quality. The validation approach used was a practical…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Baskett, H. K. Morris – 1993
A study to explore organizational conditions that facilitate workplace learning involved 35 resource development consultants in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and line staff from 22 organizations in a 9-hour participatory research workshop using Appreciative Inquiry--a technology emphasizing the positive or "life-giving" forces which…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship