Uses factor analysis of occupational skill characteristics to derive cognitive and noncognitive dimensions of occupational differentiation. The dimensions are discussed in relation to occupational labor theories. Regression analyses of these dimensions suggest that complexity is the most important determinant of socioeconomic status and prestige.…

Presents information on the labor force status, occupations of employed graduates, and graduate school status of graduates who received bachelor's degrees between July 1976 and June 1977. Data is analyzed for all graduates and for each of 19 major fields of study. (CT)

Based on data analysis from recent national surveys, found that (1) the payoff in job satisfaction from education is modest, and (2) most of that payoff is through earnings, occupational prestige, and, for men, job autonomy and authority. Findings did not suggest that overeducation has a major negative impact on job satisfaction. (Author/GC)

Using data from Black men residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, tests the hypothesis that the earnings advantage of first generation northern Blacks over native northern Blacks results from different career strategies in the two groups. (Author/GC)

In a sample of 4,035 men and women from a 1963 high school cohort, sex differences in role patterning were found in the timing, ordering, and continuity of educational, occupational, marital, and procreational roles. However, differences in role patterns explained only a small portion of sex differences in occupational attainment. (Author/GC)

Reports on a study conducted during 1979-80 which produced statistics describing 263 top-level women administrators employed in 56 colleges and universities in Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Special attention is given to women administrators at the University of Alabama. (Author/SJL)

Explores the idea that anxiety is an endemic factor in organizational membership in the hope of providing hypotheses that could be tested by empirical investigation. (Author/WD)

Reports on the size and ethnic composition of 66 public school Boards of Education school systems enrolling 50,000 or more students. Presents information on the number of minorities and women on these boards and the occupations of board members. (APM)

The National Center for Education Statistics surveyed a group of 1976-77 bachelors degree recipients to determine their employment status 18 months after graduation. Comparisons of occupational level and employment in the major field were made across various professions. (SK)

The background of the Australian Academic Salaries Tribunal is traced, emphasizing the role of precedent and the positions of the major participants in its inquiries. Its performance is evaluated in light of changing market conditions and the current commonwealth government policy of attempting to restrict wage and salary increases. (MLW)

Stages of career development consistent with age were found in a group of managers, who tended to attribute career success to inherent abilities, education, and developmental work experiences. Trends among three age groups were similar in regard to factors perceived as enhancing or adversely affecting career development. (Author)

Presents data on sex, age, occupational and educational background, and family status of Cubans who came to the United States in 1980. Considers the possibilities for employment of these refugees in the Miami, Florida area. (GC)

Discusses the need for the development of training programs that will provide persons with marketable skills. Describes a 1979 study of the posttraining employment status of graduates of institutions for the culturally, socially, or economically disadvantaged. (JOW)

Examines the consequences of inconsistency between individual's statuses and between his or her spouse's statuses, as well as incompatibilities between husbands' and wives' educational and occupational status. Results show status inconsistency and incompatibility to be important variables for explaining life and marital dissatisfaction. (Author)