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Improving Work Force Management in the Department of State: The Program Planning and Budget Interface

... this report describes the department's current work force management system and outlines two alternative systems that might better fit with the department's emerging program planning and budgeting system.

Jan 1, 1991
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Does work make the man: masculine identity and work identity during the transition to retirement

This study examines differences in masculine identity and work identity in a cross-section of men at various stages of the transition to retirement. Masculine identity and work identity refer to how closely one identifies with male sex-role expectati...

Jan 1, 1990
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Opening and Closing the Doors: Evaluating Immigration Reform and Control

A period of large-scale immigration began in the early 1970s and culminated in passage of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). This report provides the context within which the effects of IRCA can be evaluated.

Jan 1, 1989
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Work Group Structures and Computer Support: A Field Experiment

Reports on a field experiment that created two task forces, each composed equally of recent retirees and employees still at work but eligible to retire.

Jan 1, 1989
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Education, Employment, and the Economy: An Examination of Work-Related Education in Greater Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh region's economy and demography have changed radically over the past several decades, with resulting changes in the demands placed on the work-related educational system. This study describes and analyzes these changes, ...

Jan 1, 1989
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Mapping the Pittsburgh Work-Related Education System

Describes, or "maps," the work-related education system in the Pittsburgh region.

Jan 1, 1989
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Does Work Make the Man? : A Review of Research on Retirement

Focuses on work identity and masculine identity as components of male self-image, and discusses their implications for a man's ability to adapt to retirement.

Jan 1, 1989
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The PACER SHARE Work Incentive Demonstration Project: An Overview

This Note provides an overview of the interventions that constitute "PACER SHARE" and the evaluation plan to assess their effects.

Jan 1, 1988
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Cognitive Press in Computer-Mediated Work

Presents a framework for conceptualizing the adaptation to computer-mediated tasks as a function of cognitive resources and demands in relation to established baseline performance.

Jan 1, 1987
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Electronic Tools and Job Design

Focuses on three questions as a first step in thinking about job-design issues: (1) What kinds of changes occur when electronic tools are adopted in the workplace? (2) Whose jobs change and how? (3) Who plays a role in job design?

Jan 1, 1986
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Job Stability among Young Women: A Comparison of Traditional and Nontraditional Occupations

This Note, which originally appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, v. 92, no. 3, Nov. 1986, explores young women's retention in sex-atypical jobs in the military and in civilian firms.

Jan 1, 1986
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Job Mobility and the Careers of Young Men

The authors study the process of job change among young men and consider those characteristics of workers and firms that make for lasting employment relationships.

Jan 1, 1986
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Computer-Mediated Work: Individual and Organizational Impact in One Corporate Headquarters

This report describes how computer-based information technology was introduced into one white-collar work setting, and explores the consequences to employees and the organization.

Jan 1, 1985
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Women in Nontraditional Occupations: Choice and Turnover

Uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Labor Market Behavior to test a series of hypotheses about characteristics of individuals and their families that influence their occupational preferences and their turnover in the military...

Jan 1, 1985
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Setting Enlistment Standards and Matching Recruits to Jobs Using Job Performance Criteria

This report describes a study largely concerned with determining whether there is any objective basis for enlistment standards and for matching recruits to jobs.

Jan 1, 1985
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Sectors and Jobs in Metropolitan Economies

Urban development policies have several objectives with respect to local labor markets. The total number of jobs created by an urban project is certainly important. This Note focuses on more detailed labor market effects.

Jan 1, 1983
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Is Population Decentralization Lengthening Commuting Distances?

Examines how people's home-to-work commuting distances change when they migrate from metropolitan to nonmetropolitan areas.

Jan 1, 1982
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CETA: Is It Equitable for Women?

Assesses the quantity and quality of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) services. Analyses of the Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey for fiscal years 1976-78 show that women are underrepresented relative to their eligibility in CE...

Jan 1, 1981
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Demand and Supply Integration for Air Force Enlisted Work Force Planning: A Briefing

Documents the final briefing on RAND research on improved methods for integrating demand and supply factors in planning future work forces for Air Force enlisted personnel.

Jan 1, 1981
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The effects of federal education programs on school principals

This is a study of the effects of federal education programs on the job of school principals. It asks: (1) how have school principals' jobs changed in the past five years, (2) how much of the change is due to federal programs, and (3) to what degre...

Jan 1, 1980

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