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Boerner, William A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
It has been estimated that, due to increased turnover, an aging population, growing complexities and sizes of institutions, as well as the bureaucratization of searches, college and universities will see a continued increase in the utilization of interim leadership (Padilla, 2004). Student affairs divisions are not immune to this phenomenon and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Middle Management, Leadership
Wynter-Wellington, Shelley – Online Submission, 2010
The problem was that the general educational level in relation to the job interview process of first-time prospective job applicants who were clients of the staffing agency had been progressively declining over the years. The issue was having an adverse affect on the placement service, as fewer clients were being offered jobs. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Online Courses, Training, Instructional Effectiveness
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Yelinek, Kathryn; Hinchcliff, Marilou – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2009
The results of a survey to determine the training needs and normative experiences of temporary government documents librarians are presented. The results indicate that temporary librarians tend to work in academia, have been in librarianship for a shorter time period, and have fewer technical processing skills than permanent documents librarians.…
Descriptors: Government Publications, Temporary Employment, Librarians, Experience
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Lan, Xiaohuan – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
About 75 percent of U.S.-trained, noncitizen PhDs in science and engineering work in the United States after graduation, and 54 percent of those who stay take postdoctoral positions. The probability of postdoctoral participation is substantially higher for temporary visa holders than for permanent visa holders because of visa-related restrictions…
Descriptors: Evidence, Labor Market, Probability, Foreign Students
LePrevost, Catherine E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Because pesticide exposure is a significant hazard to farmworkers in their working and living environments, basic pesticide toxicology is a topic for farmworker science education that has implications beyond scientific literacy to encompass farmworkers' safety and health. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers have been identified as an at-risk…
Descriptors: Temporary Employment, Self Efficacy, Safety, Poisoning
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Felfe, Jorg; Schmook, Renate; Schyns, Birgit; Six, Bernd – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
Increasing change in the labor market has produced new forms of employment. A growing number of people have temporary jobs or are self-employed freelancers. The aim of our study is to address these changes by introducing commitment to the form of employment as a new focus in commitment. In addition, we compare organizational commitment under…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Employment, Self Employment, Temporary Employment
Bloom, Dan – MDRC, 2010
The budget for the U.S. Department of Labor for Fiscal Year 2010 includes a total of $45 million to support and study transitional jobs. This paper describes the origins of the transitional jobs models that are operating today, reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of this approach and other subsidized employment models, and offers some…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Welfare Services, Supported Employment, Employment Programs
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Reupert, Andrea; Wilkinson, Jane; Galloway, Letitia – Australian Educational Researcher, 2010
While seconded and contracted teachers make a significant contribution to education faculties there is limited research regarding their experiences, needs and supports. Accordingly, interviews were conducted with five seconded and three contracted teachers in an Australian regional university and interpreted within a qualitative, interpretative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Faculty Mobility, Higher Education
Thompson, Matthew D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the experiences of two community college interim presidents, their characteristics, and how they led institutions following an abrupt presidential departure. There were two fundamental questions framing this research study, 1. How do two interim community college presidents lead…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Presidents, Temporary Employment, Work Experience
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Schmidt, Stefanie R.; Wang, Kevin H.; Sonenstein, Freya L. – Evaluation Review, 2008
In household telephone surveys, a long field period may be required to maximize the response rate and achieve adequate sample sizes. However, long field periods can be problematic when measures of seasonally affected behavior are sought. Surveys of child care use are one example because child care arrangements vary by season. Options include…
Descriptors: Child Care, Coordination, Organization, Scheduling
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Gebel, Michael; Giesecke, Johannes – Social Forces, 2011
In this article we use comparative micro data for 15 European countries covering the period 1992-2007 to study the impact of labor market reforms on the skill-related individual risk of holding a temporary contract and the risk of being unemployed. Our results indicate no general increase in either of these skill gaps. Using two-step multilevel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Temporary Employment, Employment Patterns
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Arthur, Nancy; Flynn, Sarah – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2011
This research focused on the career decision and planning needs of a unique group of migrants: international students who are completing their studies as temporary immigrants and who are embarking on the career journey of employment and permanent immigration. A semi-structured interview employing a Critical Incident Technique was used to assess…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Living Standards, Interviews
Munchhausen, Gesa – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2008
The question of skill development in temporary work has so far been neglected in research and practice. The expansion and speciality of this way of earning a living--particularly as a result of the frequently changing demands on different workplaces and the strategy of lifelong learning favoured by educational policy in order to obtain and improve…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Temporary Employment, Informal Education, Labor Force Development
Spaulding, Shayne; Freely, Joshua; Maguire, Sheila – Public/Private Ventures, 2009
Despite the current recession, temporary employment will likely represent an increasing share of the labor market in the future, particularly for entry-level and low-wage occupations. In recent economic downturns, the temporary help sector has been among the first to rebound, coming back strongly after times of high unemployment. In this climate,…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Temporary Employment, Labor Market, Disadvantaged
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Green, Francis – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Temporary workers in Britain experience lower job quality. However, the proportion of employees on temporary contracts has fallen since a decade ago to just 5.5% in 2005. There have also been qualitative improvements. Many temporary workers now fall under the protection of the Fixed Term Employees' (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment)…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Temporary Employment, Employees, Quality of Working Life
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