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Rural Manpower Developments, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Labor Needs
Meltzer, H.; Ludwig, D. – J Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Influence, Family Influence, Industry

Breton, Raymond – Simulation and Games, 1971
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Group Dynamics, Group Norms, Laborers
Hill, Katherine K.; MacFarlane, Ann – Extension Service Review, 1971
Account of a family-life film-lecture series for poor farm laborers, primarily men. Some of the topics discussed were: priorities in human needs, family communications, sexuality, family planning and masculine and feminine roles. The program improved the men's ability to communicate and made them more receptive to counseling. (Authors/JB)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Disadvantaged, Family Life Education, Fathers
Mathur, Mary E. Fleming – Indian Historian, 1971
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, American Indians, Economic Factors, Employed Women

Haynes, John – New Generation, 1970
This report relates to union workers in five cities, and gives a picture of how the young worker feels about his job, his employer, and his union. (DM)
Descriptors: Activism, Generation Gap, Job Satisfaction, Labor Demands

Gans, Herbert J. – New Generation, 1970
Holds that some blue/collar workers are at least as critical of the factory as students are of the multiversity." (DM)
Descriptors: Activism, Job Satisfaction, Labor Demands, Labor Needs
Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo – Negro Digest, 1969
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Agricultural Laborers, Black History

Elwitt, Sanford – History of Education Quarterly, 1982
Discusses the use of higher education for social defense, moral improvement, and working-class acculturation in 19th-century France. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Schlenger, William E.; And Others – Farmworker Journal, 1978
In 1971 the methods of estimating the migrant population were critically analyzed. This article contains that analysis and includes a standardized review (background, definition, methodology, and critique) for each agency examined. Includes a discussion of findings, and a listing of sources used in developing that report. (Author/NQ)
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agencies, Data Collection, Definitions

Schmitt, Neal; Mellon, Phyllis M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1980
The nature of the causal relationship between life and job satisfaction in males and females working in a variety of jobs was investigated. Results suggest that the life satisfaction causes job satisfaction hypothesis is more tenable than the reverse. (Author)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employees, Job Satisfaction, Laborers

Lefkowitz, Joel; Brigando, Louis – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1980
The multitrait-multimethod matrix technique was used to help clarify ambiguities regarding concepts of work alienation, job satisfaction, and the relationships between them. The discrimination between alienation and satisfaction measures was no greater than that among satisfaction and among alienation. (Author)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Employees, Job Analysis, Job Satisfaction

Rosenberg, Terry J. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1976
Patterns of female labor force participation in five areas of Colombia are examined. Using recent survey data, these patterns are first related to frequently suggested demographic and economic variables. Then the impact of cultural mores as reflected in five characteristic family types, is explored. (Author)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Demography, Economic Factors, Employed Women

Taylor, Walter N. – Journal of Extension, 1989
A survey of 32 displaced agricultural workers and 19 prospective employers identified the education and training perceived necessary by both groups to gain employment in desired occupations. Results indicate that educational efforts should teach problem-solving and decision-making skills as well as technical skills. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Decision Making Skills, Dislocated Workers
Joseph, Garnet – Akwe:kon Journal, 1992
Since 1955, the British banana industry has dominated the lives of the Caribs and other peoples in Dominica. Banana growing supplants other economic activities, including local food production; toxic chemicals and fertilizers pollute the land; community is dwindling; suicide is common; and child labor diminishes school attendance. (SV)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, American Indians, Children