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The Experience of Change and Its Impact on Workers Who Self-Identify as Doing Well with Change that Affects Their Work
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Borgen, William A.; Butterfield, Lee D.; Amundson, Norman E. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2010
This study sought to understand more about the experience of workers who self-identified as doing well within the context of volatile and changing work situations. The research results indicate that even those workers who report doing well with change experience a myriad of work-related, personal life, attitude and approach, and professional life…
Descriptors: Family Life, Employment Patterns, Psychology, Work Attitudes
An Investigation of Bioecological Influences Associated with First Use of Methamphetamine in a Rural State
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Bowen, Anne; Moring, John; Williams, Mark; Hopper, Glenna; Daniel, Candice – Journal of Rural Health, 2012
Purpose: Methamphetamine (MA) addiction is a significant problem in rural areas of the United States. Yet, little theoretically driven formative research has been conducted on the interactions of factors influencing initiation. The study was guided by Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model. Methods: Eighty-three MA users participated in an…
Descriptors: Prevention, Family Life, Drug Use, Intimacy
The National Nursing Assistant Survey: Improving the Evidence Base for Policy Initiatives to Strengthen the Certified Nursing Assistant Workforce
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Squillace, Marie R.; Remsburg, Robin E.; Harris-Kojetin, Lauren D.; Bercovitz, Anita; Rosenoff, Emily; Han, Beth – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: This study introduces the first National Nursing Assistant Survey (NNAS), a major advance in the data available about certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and a rich resource for evidence-based policy, practice, and applied research initiatives. We highlight potential uses of this new survey using select population estimates as examples of…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Job Satisfaction, Family Life, Allied Health Personnel
Employer Family-Supportive Policies: Diverse Variations on the Theme.
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Raabe, Phyllis H.; Gessner, John C. – Family Relations, 1988
Examined the extent and nature of employer workplace initiatives based on interviews with New Orleans (Louisiana) employers. Bolstered other research findings of progress but continued limited workplace implementations of formal, family-supportive programs. Found modifications of formal and informal policies extended organizational family…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Employed Parents, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Work and Family Life among Anglo, Black and Mexican American Single-Parent Families. Executive Summary of the 1983 Annual Report.
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Espinoza, Renato; And Others – 1983
The focus of the Working Parents Project (WPP) has been on how families adapt and function in relation to workplace policies, with particular attention given to the participation of parents in contexts of child care and socialization, including education-related activities. This report builds on previous data from the WPP by expanding the sample…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Employed Parents, Employer Employee Relationship
Families at Work: Strengths and Strains. The General Mills American Family Report 1980-81.
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. – 1981
Fourth in a series of studies on the American family conducted for General Mills Corporation, this publication provides findings from a survey exploring the relationship between work and the family in contemporary society. Specifically, the survey explores how changes in the work force, especially the increase in numbers of working wives and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Child Rearing, Employed Parents