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Selected Abstracts

Impact of the global financial crisis on employed Australian baby boomers: A national survey

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, Issue 2 2010
Kate O'Loughlin
Aim:, This paper examines the impact of the global financial crisis (GFC) on employed Australian baby boomers. Methods:, A nationally representative sample of 1009 boomers aged 50,64 years completed a survey by telephone interview mid 2009. Results:, Compared with 1 year ago, 38.9% of working boomers reported being financially worse off and this was more so for women (42.4%) than men (35.6%). Following the GFC, 41.4% of women and 31.9% of men had decided to postpone their retirement plans. Conclusion:, The GFC is affecting the retirement preparations and plans of Australia's baby boomers. Policy implications include reduced resources for retirement needs, and uneven and differential impacts for those with interrupted employment histories, notably women. [source]

Accounting for unemployment among people with mental illness

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES & THE LAW, Issue 6 2002
Richard C. Baron M.A.
Persons diagnosed with a serious mental illness experience significantly high rates of unemployment compared with the general population. The explanations for this situation have included a focus on the symptoms associated with these disorders, a focus on the lack of effective vocational rehabilitation programs for this population, and, most recently, a focus on employer discrimination and the financial disincentives to employment in various public policies. The authors of this manuscript review the evolution in thought pertaining to the labor market experiences of persons with a serious mental illness and propose as an additional set of factors that should be considered, those labor market liabilities that this population shares with others without disabilities who experience similar employment histories. The authors conclude that the inclusion of these factors in our understanding of issues that persons with serious mental illness face in the competitive labor market will likely lead to a further evolution in program and policy development. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Marriott makes the business case for an innovative total rewards strategy

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, Issue 2 2003
Karl Fischer
Using a massive, five-year database of its own employment history, Marriott found that the cost of certain rewards was offset by lower turnover. And so it took a comprehensive look at its entire rewards program to align compensation and benefits with its associates' needs; improve attraction and retention; enhance productivity; and increase its return on the billions of dollars it invests annually in people. It did this while demonstrating the bottom-line impact of the resultant strategy. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source]

Factors Influencing the Choice of Initial Qualifications and Continuing Development in Australia and Britain

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, Issue 3 2001
Linda Miller
This article presents the outcomes of an exploratory study into the factors that influences individuals' choice of different types of qualification at stages throughout their employment history. The survey of individuals in Australia and Britiain sought information on individuals' training and education decisions between school and employment; after gaining employment; and of their future intentions for further study. There were few differences between Australians and British respondents at the school-leaver stage, but once in work differences emerged between the two countries. Few differences were observed between males and females. Comparison of those opting into academic and vocational programmes indicated that those who choose academic programmes are motivated by a cluster of mainly internal factors while those opting for the vocational route were more likely to have been influenced by their manager and the possibility of funding. Implications for the marketing of qualifications are discussed. [source]

Does Community Service Rehabilitate better than Short-term Imprisonment?: Results of a Controlled Experiment

THE HOWARD JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Issue 1 2000
Martin Killias
Community service, along with other new sanctions, has been recommended in many Western countries as an alternative to incarceration over many years. Despite a rich literature on evaluations of so-called alternative sanctions, random assignment has only exceptionally been used in this field, and (short-term) imprisonment has never been an option in such designs. The present study tried to assess the comparative effects of community service and prison sentences of up to 14 days, through a controlled experiment in Switzerland in which 123 convicts have been randomly assigned. The results show no difference with respect to later employment history and social and private life circumstances. However, re-arrest by the police was more frequent among those randomly assigned to prison than among those selected for community service. Prisoners also developed more unfavourable attitudes towards their sentence and the criminal justice system. [source]