Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, and Daniel Goleman, researcher and author, debate the pros and cons of trends revealed by American Society for Training and Development's 1999 State of the Industry Report. (Author/JOW)

Discusses methodology to examine the problem of spatial mismatch of jobs, showing how the simple accessibility measures used by Daniel Immergluck (1998) are poor reflections of the availability of jobs to an individual and explaining why a gravity model is a favorable alternative. Also discusses the unsuitability of aggregate data for testing the…

Discusses the methodology used to analyze the availability of jobs for residents of a particular neighborhood, examining the spatial mismatch hypothesis in the context of jobs available to young minority males in cities. Considers the use of gravity models and the importance of large-scale data sets. (SLD)

Although the content of the Occupational Outlook Handbook has not changed much, the information has changed significantly to reflect new statistical data, methodological improvements, and shifts in philosophical and societal attitudes. (Author)

Using the example of welding, the author critiques the work of Casey and Zuboff, arguing that welding has not been as dramatically affected by information technology as some analysts suggest. A temporal dimension in sociological analysis is recommended. (Author/SK)

A marked transformation in the U.S. economy has yet to occur. The living standards of most working families have neither fully recovered from the recession of the early 1990s nor benefitted from the overall growth in productivity. (Author)

Gives an historical overview of the role and value of work from economic, philosophical, and legal perspectives. Stresses the need to humanize current globalization and technological trends in order to achieve the fundamental principle of the right to work and the objective of full employment. (SK)

Young, educated, and fiercely in demand, "gold collar" workers are getting unprecedented salaries and perks. Impatience and self-confidence define today's educated young worker, and everywhere employers are having to adapt. (Author)

Suggests that modernism is ending and full-time employment can no longer be taken for granted. Posits the formation of a risk society for which modern education is no longer adequate. Lifelong learning and a learning society may be more viable. (SK)

Data from the Accounting Faculty Directory indicate that there are more women faculty in smaller and midsize departments; 37% of all schools had no women terminally qualified in accounting; 32% had only one female faculty member. Unlike other professions, accounting appears to give women access to prestigious programs. (SK)

Updates the data on the occupational structure of information work. Patterns of information sector employment are described, changes in occupational structures are discussed, and data that indicate that the information sector continues to grow as a proportion of all employment is examined. (Author/LRW)

Uses Canada's Longitudinal Immigration Data Base to highlight patterns of self-employment in various entry cohorts of immigrants between 1980-95 and develop a model to predict immigrants' propensity to self-employment. Overall, arrival in better economic years, longer residence in Canada, higher educational levels, older age, and being selected…

Refutes the idea that people who frequently move from job to job have difficulty finding new jobs. Suggests that people who have stayed in the same job for a long period of time will have a harder time finding new employment than one who has changed employers often. (JOW)

Defines the "Seven Cs," traditional yet effective business fundamentals used to engage employees. Discusses how many companies are leveraging the basics of good employee relations in order to inspire staff productivity and loyalty. (GCP)

Studied the likelihood of obtaining employment for job training participants and nonparticipants and the types of jobs women obtained. Results for 150 treatment (job training) and 530 control cases show a differential training effect for full- and part-time workers and little or no effect of job training on a disadvantaged woman's probability of…