Although conventional wisdom indicates that temporary workers are becoming the norm and full-time workers are becoming an anachronism, statistics do not bear this position out. The truth includes the following facts: (1) companies are using more temporary workers, but these new employment arrangements provide new entry points into the labor market…

In 1993, about 21 million persons in the United States (about one-fifth of the total in nonagricultural industries) worked part time (fewer than 35 hours a week). Although the majority of persons working part time do so voluntarily, over the past 2 decades the number of involuntary part-time workers, those who want full-time jobs but who settle…

This document reports findings from data collected from large nationally representative samples of high school seniors in the classes of 1985-1989 as part of the Monitoring the Future project. Its primary focus is on the possible costs and benefits of part-time work among high school seniors. The focus of the report is on three psychosocial…

Data were collected from 1016 students in grades 9-14 from 50 work education programs, and from 696 similar students who held part-time jobs but were not participating in work education programs. Participating students were significantly more satisfied with their jobs than were the nonparticipating students. (Author)

In the face of declining enrollments and widespread reductions-in-force in school systems, job sharing can provide part-time positions for persons unable to work full-time and can allow some individuals to maintain their positions on a part-time basis as an alternative to being laid off. Job sharing can also benefit school systems by increasing…

Over the last decade, part-time employment of adult women has grown twice as fast as full-time employment. The most rapid gains in labor force participation rates of women have occurred among wives under 35, and especially among those with children under 6. At the other end of the age range, part-time employment is also a very desirable option.…

A three-year effort to establish an exclusive collective bargaining agent for student employees at Michigan State culminated with an election in April 1976, in which the Student Workers' Union failed to win student employee support. Four phases of the organizational drive for collective bargaining are described. (LBH)

Business teachers have additional career options to consider, namely, joining a consulting-training firm as a junior professional employee; entering a firm as an associate; investing personal resources in an already successful firm; starting one's own firm; and/or applying for part- or full-time work as an internal consultant or trainer and…

Discusses rules governing social security and their implications for part-time employees in various countries. Topics include (1) methods of financing social security, (2) benefits, (3) measures concerning the unemployed, (4) a floor for employers' contributions, (5) graduated contribution rates, and (6) financial incentives. (CH)

Examined social class and adolescent social relations in the workplace. Indicated that middle-class adolescent females, part-time McDonald's employees, sought positive, affective ties with managers and viewed managers as allies, whereas working-class respondents tended to be critical of or to maintain emotional distance from managers. No…

The author discusses cooperative education at the postsecondary level. Topics include (1) college credit for work; (2) participant requirements; (3) benefits to students, including a salary and experience; (4) midcareer changes; and (5) benefits to employers. Several examples are provided. (CH)

Discusses some problems academics must grapple with if they decide to consult--problems with opinions of departmental administration and colleagues, loyalty toward clients, the law, client loyalty, and family. (EL)

Two experienced women educators turned an elementary school's declining enrollment problem into a pioneering leadership opportunity when they proposed sharing the principalship. The part-time principals gained time to pursue advanced degrees, professional concerns, and family interests. The school gained an economical, high-energy team committed…

Survey data from 4,587 high school students indicated that employed students were more likely than unemployed students to have higher grade point averages, be from higher socioeconomic families, or have a parent employed in a higher-status occupation. No relationship was found between parent's education and student's employment. (Author/NRB)