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Sheppard, Harold L. – Monthly Labor Review, 1971
A case study of a small group of white industrial employees attempts to identify characteristics of "workers with the blues." (Editor)
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Negative Attitudes, Semiskilled Workers, Work Attitudes
Cox, T. W. – Ind Training Int, 1969
Descriptors: Industrial Training, Programed Instruction, Semiskilled Workers, Skilled Workers
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Levitan, Sar A.; Taggart, Robert, III – Monthly Labor Review, 1971
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Economic Status, Semiskilled Workers, Social Change
Greville, Eamonn – PEB Exchange, 2005
The new National Maritime College of Ireland is regarded as the country's most exciting and innovative development in maritime training and education and is the first tertiary institution to be built and operated under the government's Public Private Partnership (PPP) model of procurement. The project is the outcome of a partnership between Cork…
Descriptors: Building Design, Foreign Countries, Marine Education, Higher Education
Khanale, Prakash; Vaingankar, Anil – Online Submission, 2006
The economic reform policies are being introduced in India in phases since 1990. It demands for competent middle level skilled manpower in country. By keeping this in mind, National Council for Education, Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, India introduces a revised policy in 1992 and promotes vocational education. Today, several…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force, Vocational Education, Labor Force Development
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Khanale, Prakash; Vaingankar, Anil – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2006
The economic reform policies are being introduced in India in phases since 1990. It demands for competent middle level skilled manpower in country. By keeping this in mind, National Council for Education, Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, India introduces a revised policy in 1992 and promotes vocational education. Today, several…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force, Vocational Education, Labor Force Development
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Mitch, David – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2003
A sample of marriage registers from the parish of Liverpool St. Nicholas Church in England between 1839-1927 is used to examine changing characteristics of grooms who signed with a mark over this period. The proportion of illiterate grooms in the parish fell from about a third to under 5%. Age at marriage and likelihood of being a widower rose…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Marriage, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
Fuentes, Andres – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
While employment growth has accelerated, allowing unemployment to fall significantly since 2005, many low-skilled workers are still unemployed and the duration of unemployment spells is still long. The introduction of an in-work benefit for workers in low-income households, subject to a minimum of hours worked, could lower barriers to higher…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Employment Patterns
Hatcher, Timothy; And Others – 1995
A 7-month research project was conducted by graduate students at a garment manufacturing plant in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to gain information about high employee turnover. Information also was gathered about the employment situation in northwest Arkansas in general, union-labor relationships, and how other companies handled turnover. Data were…
Descriptors: Adults, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Labor Needs
Agriopoulos, Michel – VocEd, 1981
Describes a program in Algeria which included the construction of a training facility to ease the shortage of semiskilled workers, particularly construction site electricians and instrument installers. Priorities were to define training needs, implement the program, and produce graduates as soon as possible. (JOW)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Construction Industry, Semiskilled Workers
Baum, Tom – Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 2002
Addresses the skills debate in hospitality in four key areas: the nature of work and skills in hospitality, considering skills in terms of personal attributes, job requirements, and work settings; deskilling within the hospitality workplace; the technical/generic skills debate; and the education/training process in hospitality. Concludes that…
Descriptors: Classification, Foreign Countries, Hospitality Occupations, Job Skills
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Nixon, Darren – Journal of Education and Work, 2006
De-industrialisation and the development of the "service economy" have had a profound impact on the nature of work and employment in contemporary Britain. Theories of post- and reflexive modernity argue that individuals are able to reflexively reconstruct their identities in line with new social and workplace requirements. Yet,…
Descriptors: Males, Young Adults, Adults, Unemployment
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Alfano, Anthony M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1973
A scale, developed to measure an individual's attitude toward work and the relationship between length of unemployment time and work attitudes, was administered to subjects who were: (1) employed workers--in unskilled, semi-skilled, and occasionally skilled jobs; (2) unemployed but actually seeking employment; (3) chronically unemployed. The scale…
Descriptors: Employment, Measurement Instruments, Rating Scales, Semiskilled Workers
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Purvis, Johnny R. – NASSP Bulletin, 1982
Suggests a program for the semiskilled worker or nonacademic student that could help address the present needs of the students as well as prepare them for future careers. (WD)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Postsecondary Education
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Johnson, George E. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1980
The probable effects on the U.S. labor market of a continued high rate of illegal immigration are examined. The impact each additional immigrant has on the employment of the domestic population, on GNP, and on the distribution of income is estimated. (CT)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Illegal Immigrants, Income
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