During business cycles, the distribution of jobs by sex and industry undergoes large shifts. These changes have a permanent effect on job distribution by sex. The shift to largely service occupations generally held by women and less demand for industries primarily staffed by men enabled women's employment growth to exceed that of men. (JOW)

The most promising responses to the demands of the high performance workplace are integration of academic and vocational education, tech prep, school-based enterprises, and cooperative education. Vocational education research should closely monitor the workplace, eliminate the "factory" model, and examine effects of workplace demands on education…

Compares a 1992 survey of Australian technical communicators with a 1991 survey of American technical communicators, looking at similarities and differences. Discusses member profiles, employment profile and salary, job satisfaction, and other issues. Finds no marked differences between the profiles of Australian and United States technical…

External boom-bust forces may be so great as to overwhelm even well-prepared communities. In two oil-dependent coastal Louisiana parishes, over 90 percent of variation in total employment, 1970-88, was explained by commodity-related variables completely outside local community control. Contains 53 references. (Author/SV)

Examines the implications for the Brazilian labor force of automation and flexible organizational techniques. Focuses on employment levels, changing skills profiles, and the capacity to meet new requirements. Identifies central characteristics of the new knowledge base required of workers and the implications for training. (JOW)

Over 2,000 human resource development articles were categorized using a strategic issues life-cycle model. A process for managing strategic issues has four steps: identify issues, analyze potential impact on business, formulate strategies, and implement policy solutions. (SK)

Discusses differences in the kinds of occupations workers entered in 1990 with regard to age, sex, education, hours worked, and experience in the occupation. Includes information for the major occupational groups. (Author)

Recent figures indicate that a 1970s pattern among universities of adding new layers to administrative staffs continued through the 1980s. The 28.1 percent increase in nonteaching staff in five years compares with an increase of 8.6 percent for faculty and an overall increase of 12.8 percent during the same period. However, institutions are now…

Even during a period of rapid employment growth, over four million people were displaced from their jobs in the 1980s. Workers displaced during the latter half of the decade had a much easier time finding new jobs. (Author)

Among current trends in business, technology, and training ranked by 90 human resource development executives, the highest were as follows: demands of the global economy, the migration of computer power away from mainframes, and experimentation with centralizing/decentralizing of training. (JOW)

Analysis of occupational structures in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States shows divergent paths toward postindustrial society, with different forms of knowledge-based production (service-economy and info-industrial) that reflect cultural and institutional diversity. (SK)

Discusses factors affecting employment, describes assumptions used in making the projections, and discusses general trends. Includes a breakdown by occupation that lists cluster, estimated employment 1992, percentage of change 1992-2005, numerical change 1992-2005, and employment prospects. (JOW)

Examined the issue of time spent in market work by looking at married mothers' work experience during 1992. Determined that today's married mothers are twice as likely to work full time all year than their predecessors of 20 years ago. (Author)

Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1967-87) revealed little change in persistence of female labor supply because women have tended to become continuous workers, replacing continuous nonworkers. Periods of reduced hours are now less prolonged among older women. Employment patterns now appear to develop before marriage. (SK)

Both the proportion and characteristics of workers in four alternative employment arrangements in February 1997 were little different from two years earlier. The groups--temporary-help-agency workers, contract company workers, workers who are on call, and independent contractors--continue to be highly diverse. (Author/JOW)