International Journal of Manpower: Volume 14 Issue 1

The Future for Working Women

Rt Hon. Gillian Shephard

I wish to address here the issue of the future for working women. I believe it is a bright future — brighter than ever before. It is a future of opportunity.

Sample Selection in a Model of Female Labour Supply: An Alternative Approach

Michael P. Kidd

Suggests an alternative and computationally simpler approach ofnon‐random sampling of labour economics and represents an observedoutcome of an individual female′s choice of…

Employment‐at‐Will Statements: Perceptions of Job Applicants

Robert F. Wayland, Joan Marie Clay, Stephen L. Payne

Employers in the USA often use employment‐at‐will statements in theemployment application process to minimize their vulnerability inpost‐discharge litigation. Reports survey…

Age Distribution as a Tracer Study Technique

Michael Riley

Picks up a current theme of manpower planning which extends theinterest of the subject into the understanding of labour market processthrough detailed tracing of the historical…

Methodology for Determining the ″Promotion Lines″ and ″Ports of Entry″ of an Industrial Internal Labour Market

Flora Maria Diaz‐Perez

Reports a study of a Canary Island “internal labourmarket” (a transnational cigarette manufacturer) analysing itspromotion ladders and ports of entry. Results reflect the…

Labour Market Changes in a Local Area, 1988‐1990

Peter Lawrence, Leslie Rosenthal

Presents the results of a research project aimed at examining thechanges in the characteristics of a sample of the unemployed in a localarea, over a two‐year period during which…