Purpose: This study aims to explore whether participation in employer-provided skills and learning programs can strengthen older workers' abilities to carry out their work in a meaningful way so that it increases work attractiveness and a willingness to remain in the current job position. Design/methodology/approach: A survey was distributed to…

This report relates to union workers in five cities, and gives a picture of how the young worker feels about his job, his employer, and his union. (DM)

Holds that some blue/collar workers are at least as critical of the factory as students are of the multiversity." (DM)

Argues that alienation causes indifference among workers which affects production adversely. (DM)

The traditional systems used to produce goods and services in this country are being challenged by evolving alternatives. The focus of these new alternatives is on the human element in the work force. Studies in adult work attitudes indicate that a more humanistic system is needed to promote productivity. Inherent in the human condition is the…