This study develops and tests a turnover intentions model, which examines the effects of frontline employees' perceptions of management concern for employees and customers on turnover intentions, mediated by job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment. Using this model as a framework, the authors explore the role of employment status (full-time vs. part-time) as a moderator of the aforementioned relationships. The results indicate that perceived management concern for employees and customers has significant effects on employees' turnover intentions. Employment status moderates the relationships between perceived management concern for employees and affective organizational commitment, perceived management concern for customers and job satisfaction, and affective organizational commitment and turnover intentions. Implications of the findings are discussed and future research avenues are offered.

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Research and analysis regarding the employment outcomes of vocational education completers are growing in importance. States and their educational systems are increasingly confronted with the need to justify programs and funding and to provide evidence of the numbers and status of students graduated, obtaining employment, and continuing in postseconday education. The need to review, improve, and implement effective programs, and to serve the practical needs of all students, including those in targeted populations, will continue in the future. The purposes of this study were to investigate and describe Virginia's vocational program completers by employment status, earnings, and job satisfaction through a review of three years of follow-up data. Descriptive statistics, including frequencies, percentages, and overall distributions, were used to identify characteristics of 9,474 employed vocational completers, in order to provide relevant data for improving vocational education in Virginia and for use in establishing baseline data for future studies. In looking at employment outcomes for targeted populations, this study found that employment figures resembled those of non-targeted populations, with high percentages reporting employment related to the service area completed. Vocational completers identified as having limited English proficiency were reported in very small numbers. Earnings data indicated clearly that with each consecutive year of the three years for which data were included, vocational completers were earning higher wages. Earnings also increased with each consecutive year for completers from targeted populations, with vocational completers who were academically disadvantaged or disabled receiving higher wages than completers from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Completers from economically disadvantaged backgrounds also reported lower levels of job satisfaction and more part-time employment. Additionally, vocational completers in all service areas reported high levels of job satisfaction. Further longitudinal research should be conducted in order to better analyze vocational completers' transition to the workforce. Such research could be useful when planning and implementing policy, requesting grant funding, and instituting educational innovations. / Ph. D.

"This study was conducted to collect and analyze data relative to the employment status of industrial arts graduates."--1.

Professional identity development occurs during graduate training through mentoring, modeling, and academic training by counselor educators. If counselor educators are to transmit this professional identity, they must possess a robust professional identity themselves. Professional identity development theory suggests that the strength of this professional identity may be threatened by a lack of belonging in academia for nontenured or contingent faculty. A correlational research design using a purposeful convenience sample was used to examine the relationship between academic role, employment status, years of experience, and professional identity among counselor educators. The participants (n=50) were counselor educators who subscribe to the CESNET-Listserv. A multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to relate demographic variables to scores on the Professional Identity Scale in Counseling (PISC). There were statistically significant relationships between employment status and overall PISC score (p = .044) and Engagement Behavior subscale (p = .013), while academic role was related to Professional Roles and Expertise (p = .041) and Philosophy of the Profession (p = .024) subscales at statistically significant levels. Years of experience was related to the Philosophy of the Profession (p = .046) subscale at a statistically significant level. The potential social change from this study is that a better understanding of factors related to counselor identity in educators may positively influence graduate school mentoring, modeling, and training and thereby strengthen professional identity in counseling students, which in turn may improve the quality of future services to clients.

Einleitung: Brustkrebspatientinnen sind im Rahmen ihrer Erkrankung in klinisch relevantem Ausmaß psychisch belastet. Die Stärke der Belastung wird durch verschiedene Faktoren determiniert. Ziel dieser Arbeit war die Untersuchung des Zusammenhangs der psychischen Belastung mit Erwerbstätigkeit und dem Vorhandensein eigener Kinder unter Einbeziehung der Zeit seit Diagnosestellung. Material und Methodik: Im Rahmen einer randomisierten klinischen Studie wurden 724 Brustkrebspatientinnen im Alter von 18–65 Jahren im kurativen Stadium mit einer Zeit seit Diagnosestellung von 0–12 Monaten hinsichtlich ihrer psychischen Belastung (Ängstlichkeit und Depressivität) mit der Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) beurteilt. In uni- und multivariaten Analysen wurde der Zusammenhang von Ängstlichkeit und Depressivität mit den Variablen Erwerbstätigkeit, Elternschaft und Zeit seit Diagnosestellung geprüft. Ergebnisse: Patientinnen mit längerer Zeit seit Diagnosestellung (4–12 Monate) zeigen geringere Werte für Ängstlichkeit (6,28) als die Patientinnen, bei denen die Diagnosestellung erst 0–3 Monate zurück liegt (7,24; p < 0,01). Zwischen Elternschaft und Ängstlichkeit gibt es keinen eindeutigen Zusammenhang. Das Alter der Kinder ist entscheidend. Auch unter Kontrolle des Lebensalters der Patientinnen zeigt sich Ängstlichkeit bei Frauen mit Kindern unter 16 Jahren signifikant höher (7,84) als bei kinderlosen Patientinnen (6,42) oder solchen mit Kindern ab 16 Jahren (6,87; p = 0,04). Erwerbslose Frauen zeigen signifikant höhere Depressivitätswerte als alle anderen Studienteilnehmer (p = 0,02). Wechselwirkungen zwischen den untersuchten Variablen treten nicht auf. Schlussfolgerung: Zwischen der Zeit seit Diagnosestellung, dem Erwerbsstatus sowie dem Vorhandensein eigener Kinder und psychischen Belastung bei Brustkrebspatientinnen ergeben sich differenzielle Zusammenhänge. Bei der Erfassung der psychischen Belastung im 1. Jahr nach der Diagnosestellung sollte besondere Aufmerksamkeit auf erwerbslose Patientinnen und Patientinnen mit jüngeren Kindern gerichtet werden. / Introduction: Breast cancer patients suffer clinically relevant levels of psychological stress because of their disease. Various factors can affect the level of stress experienced. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the level of psychological stress and employment and children, including time since diagnosis. Material and Methods: A randomised clinical study was done of 724 breast cancer patients aged between 18 and 65 years; all were in the curative stage of disease and had been diagnosed 0–12 months previously. Patients were investigated for their levels of psychological stress (anxiety and depression) using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The relationship between anxiety and depression and the variables "employment", "parenthood" and "time since diagnosis" were investigated, using univariate and multivariate analysis. Results: Patients with a longer time since diagnosis (4–12 months) were found to have lower levels of anxiety (6.28) compared to patients who had been diagnosed only 0–3 months previously (7.24; p < 0.01). There was no unambiguous relation between parenthood and anxiety. The age of the children was crucial. Even when results were controlled for patient age, the anxiety levels of women with children below the age of 16 years were significantly higher (7.84) compared to patients without children (6.42) or patients whose children were older than 16 years (6.87; p = 0.04). Women who were not employed had significantly higher levels of depression compared to all other participants in the study (p = 0.02). No reciprocal effects were found between investigated variables. Conclusion: We found a differentiated relationship between the variables "time since diagnosis", "employment" and "children" and the level of psychological stress experienced by breast cancer patients. When determining the level of psychological stress in the 1st year after diagnosis, particular attention should be paid to patients who are not employed and patients with children below the age of 16 years.

The purposes of this study were to determine the employment status of North Texas State University clothing and textiles majors who graduated between 1969 and 1978 and to provide a measurement of their job satisfaction. The data were gathered through two mailed questionnaires, a general one developed by the researcher, and the Job Descriptive Index, a standardized job satisfaction index. Graduates in clothing and textiles tended to seek and obtain employment related to their major field of study, and they are generally satisfied with their jobs. Factors tested statistically in this study included age, marital status, parental status, salary, tenure, and organization size. No significant differences in job satisfaction or employment tatus were evident relative to any of these factors.

The major goal of this study is to test the direction and strength of the relations of low-income single mothers’ depressive symptoms to their employment and income experiences over a time period following major welfare policy changes in the U.S. (2001 to 2003). The Panel Study of Income Dynamics provided data on 623 low-income, single mothers. The economic characteristics studied were: employment status, hours of work, wages, earnings, a job’s provision of personal control, family income, and welfare receipt. The mental health measure was the K-6 Non-Specific Psychological Distress Scale. The study adds to our understanding of the temporal relations between employment experiences and mental health by testing the social causation, social selection, and interactionist (bidirectional) perspectives. Specifically, this study tested the different perspectives with a wide range of economic indicators, tested mechanisms that may link mental and economic well-being, and combined multiple employment factors to see if patterns emerged that related uniquely to psychological distress. The findings supported social selection as earlier psychological distress predicted future employment, hours, wages, earnings, household income, and welfare receipt. The tested mediator of days of lost work affected by psychological distress indicated an indirect effect of poor mental health predicting diminished job productivity that, in turn, predicted reduced employment, hours, wages, and earnings. Results were similar for subgroups of mothers based on the age of their youngest child or prior welfare history. The single significant finding was that a longer span of welfare receipt predicted worse mental health as compared to mothers who reported a shorter period of welfare receipt. Latent class analysis identified three patterns of employment and welfare receipt across time: a) exchanged earnings for welfare, b) high employment and earnings growth with reduced welfare, and c) moderate employment growth. The groups that exchanged earnings for welfare (about 10% of the sample) evidenced increased psychological distress compared to mothers with high or moderate employment growth. Support for the social selection hypothesis suggests that policies and interventions that help low-income mothers improve their psychological well-being could also enhance their economic well-being. Implications for future research could explore the effects of such policies. / text

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-02T21:43:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ricardo_scantamburlo_mestrado_administracao.pdf: 322211 bytes, checksum: 6ae8501bb2b2d6e095125d29b6979435 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-04-07 / This research provides the first evidence of the influence on the achievement of the Distance Course of Technology in Human Resource Management on employment and family situation of students who support a presential pole of UMESP: Maua. The content analysis of semistructured interviews with students and managers, in an exploratory qualitative approach, and analysis of the Educational Project indicates the influence of the course on employment and family situation of the student graduates, although they do not represent a dramatic change, well as they point to the opportunity to develop in the course personal and professional skills and increase employability, although not train managers and entrepreneurs. This research is relevant as these data provide evidence of what can happen in employment and family situation - and, in this sense, may contribute to future research - even though these results are preliminary and therefore should not be generalized. / Esta pesquisa traz as primeiras evidências das influências da realização do Curso Superior de Tecnologia em Gestão de Recursos Humanos a Distância na situação profissional e familiar dos alunos egressos de um polo de apoio presencial da UMESP: Mauá. A análise de conteúdo das entrevistas semiestruturadas com alunos e gestores, em uma abordagem qualitativa de caráter exploratório, e a análise do Projeto Pedagógico indicam influências do curso na situação profissional e familiar do aluno egresso, embora elas não representem mudanças radicais, bem como apontam para a possibilidade de o curso desenvolver competências pessoais e profissionais e aumentar a empregabilidade, apesar de não formar gestores e empreendedores. Essa pesquisa é relevante à medida que os resultados apresentam evidências do que pode acontecer na situação profissional e familiar e, nesse sentido, pode contribuir para pesquisas futuras , ainda que esses resultados sejam preliminares e, por isso, não devam ser generalizados.

Les chocs de santé ont des conséquences contrastées sur les trajectoires d’emploi, dépendant aussi bien de facteurs tenant à l’épidémiologie des maladies qu’à des facteurs d’organisation du marché du travail. Le cancer a ainsi des effets à la fois transitoires et durables sur la situation d’activité et d’emploi des personnes qui y survivent. Notre étude approfondie du cas des travailleurs indépendants montre qu’ils sont caractérisés par des réponses à la maladie les différentiant des travailleurs salariés dans la fréquence et la durée des arrêts-maladie mais également dans le processus de maintien à l’emploi. Certains de ces résultats sont réductibles à des traits de caractère des indépendants, comme leur attitude à l’encontre des risques. Ces résultats tiennent aussi aux modalités de la participation au marché du travail des indépendants et de leurs conditions d’exercice, le plus souvent moins protégées par les dispositifs d’assurance sociale que les travailleurs salariés, car laissés à leur discrétion. Les études utilisées sont l’enquête française sur le cancer « VICAN 2 » financée par l’INCa, l’enquête emploi, et l’enquête américaine « HRS». Tout d’abord, cette thèse souligne la nécessité de faire des études qualitatives et quantitatives seulement sur les indépendants, qui différent substantiellement des travailleurs salariés. Les résultats soulignent aussi que l’aversion au risque n’est pas une caractéristique innée et stable. Les travaux empiriques, étayés par une modélisation théorique, montrent que les chocs de santé peuvent amener les individus à reconsidérer leur goût du risque, à la baisse (maladies chroniques stables) ou à la hausse (survie au cancer). / Consequences of health shocks on professional trajectories are contrasted, depending on epidemiological factors and on the organization of the labor market. In particular, cancer has both transitory and permanent effects on the activity and on the employment status of survivors. Self-employed workers are characterized by responses to the disease that differentiate them from salaried staff, with regards to the frequency and the duration of sick leave and also with regards to their employment status. These results are linked in part to the character traits of self-employed workers, such as their attitudes toward risks. They are also due to the different modalities of their participation to labor force and their unique working conditions, as they are generally less protected by social insurance than salaried employees. The surveys used by this study are two French surveys: « VICAN 2 » survey on cancer funded by INCa, and the labor force survey carried out by INSEE, and the American Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) from the University of Michigan.This thesis underlines the importance of conducting qualitative and quantitative surveys specifically on self-employed workers to evidence their unique difficulties. Results also underline that risk aversion is not an innate and immutable characteristic. Empirical studies and theoretical model developed in this thesis demonstrate that diseases can lead people to reconsider their appetite for risk, often in a downward trend (chronic diseases) and sometimes in an upward trend (survival to cancer).