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Direct linkRud, Anthony G., Jr. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2004
A substantial number of individuals serve as interim chairs each academic year. This chapter addresses their unique needs and provides suggestions on serving in this difficult role.
Descriptors: Department Heads, Temporary Employment, College Administration, Postsecondary Education
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1981
This paper describes the participation of immigrant women in the Canadian labor market, and focuses on the position of the women who arrived between 1961 and 1971. An introduction defines the two population groups studied; "immigrants," who are persons entering Canada as permanant residents; and "temporary workers," who do not…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
Download full textHartmann, Heidi; Lapidus, June – 1989
The policy options offered in the literature concerning temporary work address two major concerns: (1) the conditions of temporary work itself; and (2) the elimination of fulltime jobs, or lack of growth, and their replacement by temporary work. Both temporary help firms and the organizations that use temporary help should be required to report on…
Descriptors: Employees, Employer Employee Relationship, Fringe Benefits, Human Factors Engineering
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1978
The papers contained in this special report were written as background material for a national conference. Following a conference summary, the following papers are included: "Labor Market Intermediaries: An Overview"; "A Reexamination of What is Known about Jobseeking Behavior in the United States"; "The Public Employment…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Computer Oriented Programs, Conference Reports, Employment Opportunities
Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to discover what private companies are doing in the field of manpower utilization. Aspects of the subject covered by this survey are manpower audit, motivation, temporary help, handling of job changes, and the union's effect on manpower utilization. Sixty-five percent of the participating companies employ 1,000 or…
Descriptors: Administration, Communication (Thought Transfer), Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Peer reviewedFiebiger, Nikolaus – Higher Education in Europe, 1985
A system for providing opportunities for young academics and managing the age distribution of West German university faculty through a gradual increase in temporary jobs according to enrollment rates is proposed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Age, College Faculty, Educational Change
Davis, George H.; And Others – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this study focuses on the role of temporary faculty at Arizona's three public universities, noting that the quality of overall education of students taught by temporary instructors relates importantly to the care…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Competition, Educational Quality, Efficiency
Peer reviewedBleau, Barbara Lee – Research in Higher Education, 1985
A version of the academic flow model analyzed the quantitative effects on faculty composition, compensation, and turnover of implementing seven options. The options were early retirement, change in the probationary period, increased proportions of part-time faculty, unlimited renewable appointments, and nonrenewable fixed-term appointments, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Contracts, Educational Research, Employment Practices
Peer reviewedSpinetta, Katrin I. – Community College Review, 1990
Identifies several policies affecting part-time, temporary, hourly rated, community college faculty in need of review and revision, including the "temporary" classification of part timers, the number of "temporary" faculty employed, hiring and evaluation policies, compensation, and part-time faculty involvement in the faculty…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Employment Practices
Chalfie, Deborah, Ed.; Dodson, Diane, Comp. – 1996
In an effort to pare labor and benefits costs, many businesses and government employers have significantly reduced the size of their permanent, full-time work forces in favor of a part-time work force and various types of contingent workers: independent contractors, temporary workers, on-call workers and day laborers, and leased workers.…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1988
This report summarizes the presentations and discussions at a conference on contingent labor sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. The first two sections are introductory: (1) "Introduction to the Role of Contingent Labor" (Kathleen Christensen, Mary Murphree); and (2) "Between Now and the Year 2000: A Glimpse of the Workplace" (Jill Houghton…
Descriptors: Consultants, Cost Effectiveness, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship
Leone, Richard D.; Burke, Donald R. – 1976
Statistical analysis of the process of labor market reentry through a Temporary Help Service (THS) can provide a better understanding of the dynamics of female labor market accommodation and an insight into the role played by a THS as a labor market institution, especially as it facilitates the successful reentrance of women into the work force.…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment Services, Employment Statistics
Lopez, Elias S. – California State Library, 2004
The California Community College (CCC) system is the largest two-year higher education system in the United States, providing courses to over 1.7 million students and employing more than 85,000 persons (in 2002). At the request of Senator Alarcon, this report analyzes staffing patterns in California's community colleges. Based on data from 1994 to…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Teacher Salaries, Community Colleges, College Faculty
Erickcek, George; Houseman, Susan; Kalleberg, Arne – 2002
A study examined why employers use temporary agency and contract company workers and implications of these practices for wages, benefits, and working conditions of workers in low-skilled labor markets. Case studies in manufacturing (automotive supply), services (hospitals), and public sector (primary and secondary schools) industries defined the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns
Bugarin, Alicia – 1998
Successful welfare reform requires quickly moving welfare recipients into jobs. Components to this challenge include the following: a poor fit between where jobs are located and where many welfare recipients live; recipients who lack experience and skills and do not know how to seek, find, or qualify for jobs; childcare and transportation needs;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Economically Disadvantaged, Employer Employee Relationship
