Work-integrated learning has the advantages of greater efficiency, lower costs, just-in-time utility, and improved access. Taylorist work structures hinder its realization, and unemployed people are excluded. Informal learning-by-doing is achieving prominence alongside traditional formal training methods. (SK)

Cooperative education must move into a new era of radically different, technology-driven environments in which work and study are blurred. Characteristics of a new cooperative education include (1) simultaneous study and work; (2) co-op integrated into courses; (3) faculty as consultants on co-op opportunities; (4) change in financial remuneration…

This excerpt from a U.S. Department of Labor report highlights three issues defining the 21st-century workplace: the work being done, the effects of technology and globalization, and the implications of workplace change. Tables present projections of employment by industry, occupational group, and education and training category. (JOW)

In an interview, Daniel Goleman, author of "Working with Emotional Intelligence," explains how emotional intelligence outweighs cognitive ability and technical skills as a contributor to success in the workplace. (Author/JOW)

Compares the National Business Education Association's National Standards for Business Education and the Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States' Administrative Support Occupations Skills Standards. Discusses their use in preparing secondary and postsecondary students for the changing workplace. (SK)

Australian vocational education policy emphasizes training over learning. Eight case studies of small businesses reveal that they make limited use of structured training; learning varied by educational level of staff and characteristics of the business. A more holistic view of how knowledge is acquired in business is called for. (SK)

Raises concerns about Hanover and Cellar's study : gender and racial composition of the sample, effects of organizational status, questionable variables in the work environment measure, other organizational demographics, and the degree of participants' familiarity with each other. (SK)

Describes Working to Achieve Visions of Excellence (WAVE), the change process used at the Savings Bank of Utica to achieve optimum team management. (JOW)

Employment is an important rehabilitative tool to stabilize individuals diagnosed with both mental illness and substance abuse. Counselors should assess their level of treatment/rehabilitation, severity of substance abuse, locus of control, and characteristics of the work environment. (SK)

Suggests where to look for summer employment and includes information about types of jobs, summer employers, job search pointers, and legal issues such as wages, hours, and safety. (Author/JOW)

Draws upon the findings of a qualitative study that examines the valued capital, ways, and practices of a support group for women working in the sciences at an academic research institution. Discusses how women were given little access to powerful networks in science and encountered many obstacles in their attempts to develop networks. (Contains…

A study by Tracey, Hinkin, Tannenbaum, and Mathieu of 115 management trainees and 305 supervisors/coworkers found that job involvement, commitment, and work environment influenced pretraining self-efficacy and motivation. Hierarchical relationships between levels of training effectiveness criteria were identified. Black's response cites their…

Investigated the link between job-related stressors and family life among African Americans. Data from African Americans who participated in the America's Changing Lives survey indicated that job latitude positively affected marital harmony, and physical demands negatively affected marital harmony. Psychosocial demands, job bother, and chronic…

Discusses ways to create partnerships between volunteers and child care programs. Focuses on recruitment and screening, empowering volunteers, and creating a positive climate by facilitating a team spirit. (KB)

Surveys teenagers employed in three different retail trade settings in North Carolina to examines how experience, gender, work settings, and pace of work are associated with hazard exposures and injury experiences. Discusses evidence that work-place pressure and hazard exposure are associated with types of injury experiences, in light of…