Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- People and Jobs -- 1. The Pluralistic Economy of the United States -- 2. Whatever Happened to Ma, Pa, and the Kids? -- 3. Career Women and Urban Revival -- 4. The Job Problem -- II. Education and Work: Critical Links -- 5. Minorities and the...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One -- I. Merchants and Knaves -- II. Farmers and Gentlemen -- III. The Laboring Poor -- IV. Big But Bad Business -- V. The Costs of Evil -- VI. The Learned and the Pious -- VII. A Better World for All -- Part Two -- VIII. False Prophets...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. The Talented and Their Work -- 2. The Participants -- 3. Profile of the Group -- 4. The Shaping of a Career -- 5. Patterns of Career Development -- 6. Measures of Success -- 7. Value Orientations -- 8. Work Satisfactions -- 9. Self-Realization -- 10. Life...

A study on the economic growth and the employment opportunities for minorities in America during the twentieth century. Specifically examines the changes in employment patterns, growth and decline of occupational fields, the social and economic changes towards racial equality, the role and...

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- I. The Challenge of Change -- II. The Balance Sheet for Change -- III. Psychological Factors in Change -- IV. Preparing the Plan -- V. The Initial Stage of Implementation -- VI. New Behavior Patterns -- VII. The Process of Change --...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I: DESIGN OF THE STUDY -- Chapter 1. THE PROBLEM OF OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE -- Chapter 2. IN SEARCH OF AN APPROACH -- Chapter 3. CURRENT THEORIES OF OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE -- Chapter 4. FRAMEWORK OF A DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY -- Chapter 5. THE CASE MATERIALS --...

In this collection of autobiographical essays, 26 prominent scholars detail their professional development, while offering insight into their lives and philosophies. With candor and humor they relate how they came to the field of economics, as well as how their views have evolved over the years.