SRP Year
1973-1974
Principal Investigator(s)
Study Description
This study gathered information on work, employment, and education from 344 respondents. The survey collected information on respondents’ employment, including job history and early work experiences; present job title; education needed to do the respondent’s present job; training for the current job; current work activities and job characteristics; job satisfaction; recent job changes, and job changes desired for the future. The survey also included questions about respondents’ childhood and high school extracurricular activities, high school employment, and family reinforcement in early childhood for academic achievement. Information was also collected on community activities during adulthood and demographic characteristics.
Sources of Support
This study was supported by funding from the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University-Bloomington.
Related Studies
Related Scholarly Output
Publications
- Althauser, Robert, and Arne Kalleberg. 1981. “Firms, Occupations and the Structure of Labor Markets: A Conceptual Analysis.” Pp. 119–49 in Sociological Perspectives on Labor Markets, edited by I. E. Berg. New York: Academic Press.
- Althauser, Robert P., and Arne L. Kalleberg. 1990. “Identifying Career Lines and Internal Labor Markets within Firms: A Study in the Interrelationships of Theory and Methods.” Pp. 308–56 in Social Mobility and Social Structure, edited by R. L. Breiger. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Conference Presentations
- Althauser, Robert, and Arne L. Kalleberg. 1981.“Studying Labor Markets and Careers in Firms: Strategies, Issues, Implications.” Paper presented at the Meetings of the American Sociological Association, August 27, Toronto, Canada.
- White, Robert, and Robert Althauser. 1981.“Intragenerational Mobility in the Primary Market.” Paper presented at the Meetings of the American Sociological Association, August 26, Toronto, Canada.