The increasing ubiquity of gamification in everyday life normalizes it as a motivational tool. While much scholarship supports gamification, labor sociologists have long problematized the phenomenon. In this mixed-methods action research study, we explore the results of gamifying a lesson on gamification in a sociology of work course. We designed…

This article discusses the use of the Many-Facets Rasch Model, via the FACETS computer program (Linacre, 2006a), to scale job/practice analysis survey data as well as to combine multiple rating scales into single composite weights representing the tasks' relative importance. Results from the Many-Facets Rasch Model are compared with those…

Since speaking, writing, listening and reading are used daily in the performance of virtually all jobs for which vocational training is available, a project was conducted with the following objectives: (1) To determine basic communication skills that are common to jobs in seven occupational fields, (2) to identify the basic communications skills…

This short booklet contains questions and answers concerning aspects of vocational-technical education, including (1) information needed when curriculum for a new occupation is initiated, (2) importance of cooperating with business and industry in program development, (3) making education responsive to emerging job requirements, and (4) examples…

A feasibility study was aimed at developing a strategy for implementing and utilizing the job analysis methodology which resulted from the Health Services Mobility Study (HSMS), particularly as it can be applied to the field of diagnostic radiology. (The HSMS method of job analysis starts with task descriptions analyzing the tasks that make up a…

The Bureau of the Census and Navy occupational classification systems are outlined and examined for the purpose of identifying the civilian occupations which correspond to each Navy rating. The procedures for and problems encountered in matching occupations from the census system (a public information document designed to portray an accurate…

Many different systems have been developed for classifying occupations. A few of the major systems are described here, along with an idea of the kind of information collected and published by the agency using the system. (Author/SSH)

Presents results of a survey that ranks occupations by earnings. 1981 data is presented for the earnings of 247 occupations, each employing at least 50,000 wage and salary workers full time. The figures relate earnings from wages and salaries only; earnings from self-employment are not included. (SSH)

Citations of 153 documents containing task inventories for 185 occupational areas/job titles are reported in this directory, which could be of use to curriculum developers, training directors, researchers, personnel officers, industrial engineers, and vocational teachers and administrators. The information was compiled from a review of documents…

Information on 417 occupations is provided in this book. Introductory materials describe Florida Vital Information for Education and Work (VIEW), a complete system of career, education, and financial aid information; printed information and additional support materials; and use of this book. Four indexes appear first. The interest/occupational…

This study provides empirical validation for Roe's system of classification of occupations by comparing descriptions within that system with descriptions given by immediate supervisors through the Minnesota Job Description Questionnaire (MJDQ). The MJDQ yields Occupational Reinforcer Pattern (ORP) depicting relative magnitudes of 21 reinforcers…

The statistical approach used in the present study results in a visual and spatial organization of occupations. This occupational configuration has face validity in that observers usually agree that jobs placed close together are similar in many ways while those far apart are different. (Author/BY)

This article reports new research supporting the two bipolar work task dimensions that underlie the World-of-Work Map (WWM) and Holland's hexagon--working with data versus ideas (D/I) and working with things versus people (T/P). Three databases provided diverse perspectives on basic work tasks: (a) general nature of work (expert ratings for 1,122…

Reorganizes and simplifies occupational requirements and characteristics with which counselors and clients must cope in planning. (Author)

The curriculum guide opens with brief introductions on the use of the guide and on the nature of the 17 occupations considered and possible places of employment in each job category. The remainder of the guide consists of unit plans for the occupations: art and craft aide, bridal consultant, child care aide, clothing assistant, companion to…