Worker Contentment: Facing the Realities of Today's Workplace
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| Title: | Worker Contentment: Facing the Realities of Today's Workplace |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Garton, Jeff |
| Source: | Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1). May 2010 85(5):26-29. |
| Availability: | Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). 1410 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 800-826-9972; Tel: 703-683-3111; Fax: 703-683-7424; Web site: http://www.acteonline.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
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| Page Count: | 4 |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Adult Education |
| Descriptors: | Career Education, Holistic Approach, Education Work Relationship, Quality of Working Life, Work Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Industrial Psychology, Tenure, Employment Practices, Labor Problems |
| ISSN: | 1527-1803 |
| Abstract: | Management experts have observed that employment relationship has become contractual, fragile, and short-lived. Downsizings have resulted in some people having far too much work and stress, while increasing numbers have no work at all. As a result, people are taking jobs they do not really want and staying longer in jobs they do not really like. This author states that workforce preparation needs a holistic approach that includes awareness of some of the harsh realities of today's world--a world in which an employee's satisfaction is not always the employer's bottom line. This article discusses a holistic approach to career education that gives hope to students and their ability to have and enjoy their best career without depending on employers to make them happy. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2011 |
| Accession Number: | EJ909574 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Management experts have observed that employment relationship has become contractual, fragile, and short-lived. Downsizings have resulted in some people having far too much work and stress, while increasing numbers have no work at all. As a result, people are taking jobs they do not really want and staying longer in jobs they do not really like. This author states that workforce preparation needs a holistic approach that includes awareness of some of the harsh realities of today's world--a world in which an employee's satisfaction is not always the employer's bottom line. This article discusses a holistic approach to career education that gives hope to students and their ability to have and enjoy their best career without depending on employers to make them happy. |
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| ISSN: | 1527-1803 |
