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A Comparison of Multiple Discriminant Analysis and Multinomial Logit in Assessing the Relative Occupational Attainment of Minority Workers

Gabriel, Paul E.; Stanton, Timothy J.; Schmitz, Susanne - In: International Journal of Manpower 13 (1992) 2, pp. 3-12

Uses qualitative response models of occupational choice to investigate differences in the occupational structures of minority workers relative to white men. Compares the accuracy of multinomial logit and multiple discriminant analyses in predicting occupational distributions. Further,...

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A Public Choice Note on College Student Migration

Mixon, Franklin G. - In: International Journal of Manpower 13 (1992) 3, pp. 63-68

Provides a compatible model to previous work on college student migration in the form of a recursive set of equations. Points out that “hidden resource distortion”, a form of rent seeking in the political process, is positively related to institutional support for public colleges and...

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Recruiting Strategies for Changing Times

Wiley, Carolyn - In: International Journal of Manpower 13 (1992) 9, pp. 13-22

Changes in the capabilities and composition of the American workforce which will occur within the next ten years will create some of the most encompassing challenges ever faced by the United States. The main challenge for companies is to rethink and restructure their recruiting activities in...

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Employment‐at‐Will Statements: Perceptions of Job Applicants

Wayland, Robert F.; Clay, Joan Marie; Payne, Stephen L. - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 1, pp. 22-33

Employers in the USA often use employment‐at‐will statements in the employment application process to minimize their …

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Evaluating Employment and Training Programmes: Lessons from the USA

Maynard, Rebecca A. - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 2, pp. 94-104

Provides a review of the methodologies used to evaluate various US‐implemented employment and training programmes. Considers the role of experimental evaluations and finds them to be the most powerful method for assessing programme effectiveness. Finally, presents recommendations for planning...

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Effects of Drug‐testing Programme on Employee Attitudes, Productivity and Attendance Behaviours

Elmuti, Dean - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 5, pp. 58-69

participants in a drug‐testing programme in a manufacturing firm in the mid‐western USA. Employee efficiency, productivity and …

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Work Loyalty and Individualism in the United States and Canada

Ali, Abbas J.; Azim, Ahmed; Falcone, Thomas W. - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 6, pp. 58-66

Addresses the relationship between work loyalty and individualism in the USA and Canada in a study of 434 subjects from …

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Job Rotation and Public Policy: Theory with Applications to Japan and the USA

Mourdoukoutas, Panos; Roy, Udayan - In: International Journal of Manpower 15 (1994) 6, pp. 57-71

Argues that the high job mobility observed most prominently among workers in Japanese firms is consistent with the behaviour of risk‐averse individuals when neither private nor public income insurance is widely available to displaced workers. Laissez faire is suboptimal and involves higher job...

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Pay and Employment Equity in the United States and Canada

Gunderson, Morley - In: International Journal of Manpower 15 (1994) 7, pp. 26-43

Pay and employment equity initiatives clearly have been important policies in Canada and the United States. While the policies appear to have had some positive effects for some members of the target groups for which they are to apply, large gaps still remain in the pay and employment...

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Discrimination issues affecting the selection of salespeople in the United States

Shepherd, C. David - In: International Journal of Manpower 16 (1995) 4, pp. 57-69

Traditionally, European firms have opted for hiring Americans to sell their products in the USA. However, the recent … enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) highlights the growing complexity of discrimination regulation in the USA …. Even before enactment of this landmark legislation the number of federal suits alleging workplace discrimination in the USA …

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