Carol P. Brainerd

Labor Mobility In Six Cities: A Report On The Survey Of Patterns And Factors In Labor Mobility, 1940-1950 is a comprehensive study conducted by Gladys Louise Palmer. The book provides an in-depth analysis of labor mobility patterns and factors in six different cities in the United States during the period of 1940-1950. The six cities covered in the study are New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles. The book is based on a survey conducted by Palmer, which involved collecting data from a sample of workers in each of the six cities. The survey was designed to identify the reasons why workers move from one job to another, as well as the factors that influence their decision to relocate to a new city or stay in their current location. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of labor mobility. The first chapter provides an overview of the study and the methodology used to collect and analyze the data. The subsequent chapters examine the patterns and factors of labor mobility in each of the six cities. The book also includes a discussion of the broader economic and social factors that influence labor mobility, such as changes in the labor market, technological advancements, and demographic shifts. The final chapter of the book provides a summary of the findings and offers recommendations for policymakers and employers to better understand and respond to labor mobility trends. Overall, Labor Mobility In Six Cities: A Report On The Survey Of Patterns And Factors In Labor Mobility, 1940-1950 is a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the factors that drive labor mobility in urban areas. The book provides a detailed analysis of the patterns and factors of labor mobility in six major cities, and offers insights into the broader economic and social factors that influence this phenomenon. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

What keeps people in jobs or occupations is the central theme of four studies that interpret workers' attitudes toward job-changing in the light of their work experience as well as their expectations for the future. Gladys Palmer, in collaboration with Herbert S. Parnes of Ohio State University and Richard C. Wilcock of the University of Illinois, has experimented in the key study with analyses designed to measure the strength of a person's attachment to his or her occupation or employer. Attitude questions are given a time dimension by checking them against the job histories of individual workers and by including evaluations of crucial job decisions in the past. The effect of private pension plans upon the inclination to change jobs is examined by Parnes, with surprising results. A third study, by Carol P. Brainerd, considers the impact of the search for economic security on a highly skilled group by tracing changes over thirty years in the way toolmakers move between jobs and in the methods of training them. Mary W. Herman uses both America and European materials to analyze the connection between the ideas of social class, work attitude, aspirations for moving up the social scale, and the amount that actually occurs between different levels of skill. The volume emphasizes the work experience and attitudes of male production workers in the stable period of their working lives, when family responsibilities are usually heavy. At the same points, however, it also covers women workers and the full range of age groups in the adult population. In the concluding chapter, Palmer brings the findings together, examines their implications for understanding the complex factors that determine individual movements in the labor market, and assesses the various attitude measures developed as predictors of attachment or mobility. Materials, sources, and technical aspects of the analysis are discussed in four appendices. These studies have both practical appeal and research interest. Personnel workers, guidance counselors, employment specialists, and others involved in the everyday workings of the labor market will appreciate the insights into worker attitudes and behavior, while the analysis of institutional force and of motivations and trends in mobility will interest labor economists and sociologists, as well as technicians in the field of attitude research. Founded in 1921 as a separate Wharton department, the Industrial Research Unit has a long record of publication and research in the labor market, productivity, union relations, and business report fields. Major Industrial Research Unit studies as published as research projects are completed. This volume is Study no. 40.