Investigating the U.S. Job Market for Hospitality Educators Before, During, and After a Period of Economic Downturn: An Overview of 2006–2010

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-338
Author(s):  
Mehmet Erdem ◽  
Eunju Suh ◽  
Hyun Kyung Chatfield
Keyword(s):  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Hospitality Educators ◽  
The U.S

Failing the Test? The Flexible U.S. Job Market in the Great Recession

2013 ◽  
Vol 650 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Job Market ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Duration Of Unemployment ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
Labor Institutions ◽  
The U.S ◽  
American Labor

The Great Recession tested the ability of the “great U.S. jobs machine” to limit the severity of unemployment in a major economic downturn and to restore full employment quickly afterward. In the crisis the American labor market failed to live up to expectations. The level and duration of unemployment increased substantially in the downturn, and the growth of jobs was slow and anemic in the recovery. This article documents these failures and their consequences for workers. The U.S. performance in the Great Recession contravenes conventional views of the virtues of market-driven flexibility compared to institution-driven labor adjustments and the notion that weak labor institutions and greater market flexibility offer the best road to economic success in a modern capitalist economy.

Inner Contradiction to Immigration Quagmire: A Response to Rogers Smith

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-562
Author(s):  
Edwina Barvosa
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Mexican Immigrants ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Mexican Immigrant ◽  
The Social ◽  
Unresolved Conflict ◽  
The U.S

The question of how to understand and address longstanding—and at times violent—hostility toward Mexican immigrants in the United States remains pressing. In his essay, Rogers Smith attempts to describe a just immigration policy, one that could ease anti-immigrant conflict, based on obligations upon the U.S. government that arise from its coercive shaping of the social identities and aspirations of Mexican immigrants. Smith is correct to focus on the conflicts between intersecting and contradictory factors that affect identity formation among immigrants, but I argue that a focus on similar conflicts among those who hold strong anti-immigrant views suggests that such contradictions may also be animating anti-Mexican immigrant hostility. Among the most important of these may be those arising from the American dream—a formative narrative that encourages euphoria about socioeconomic possibilities but that cloaks underlying economic instabilities, exploitation, and widespread vulnerabilities. The pain of these contradictions, typically unacknowledged by those whom they affect, can spike in times of economic downturn, exciting anti-Mexican immigrant sentiments that provide an outlet for the rage and agony of unresolved conflict.

scholarly journals Economic Conditions And The SECs Enforcement Process

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud M. Nourayi
Keyword(s):  
Securities Market ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Regulatory Behavior ◽  
Economic Downturns ◽  
Business Behavior ◽  
The U.S

This study analyzes enforcement activities of the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) in conjunction with changes in economic conditions. Neoclassical regulatory theorists argue that regulators are pro-business during periods of economic downturn. However, within the securities market and the regulated reporting environments violations tend to increase during contraction periods. Therefore, more intense enforcement activities seem appropriate during such periods. The intensity of SEC enforcement activities, subject to economic conditions, is examined based on the number of litigation releases issued by the Commission over a twenty year (1972-1991) period. The test of regulatory behavior revealed that enforcement activities are more intense during economic downturns. Thus the theory that regulators exhibit pro-business behavior during economic contraction is not supported by the results of this study.

scholarly journals Navigating the Turbulent Economic Waters of the 2007 Great Recession and the Crash of the Housing Market

10.28945/3947 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 001-019
Keyword(s):  
Housing Market ◽  
Great Depression ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Home Equity ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
Economic Production ◽  
The U.S

What triggered the crash of the U.S. housing market? This analysis looks at the economic and industry forces that led to an economic downturn that put as many as half of all U.S. residential builders out of business. Since the Great Depression, the U.S. housing market has significantly influenced economic production and employment levels. Direct and indirect investments in the housing industry, along with the induced economic activities such as real estate transactions and construction as well as other factors, accounted for an estimated 15-20% of GDP during boom years (CBPP, 2012). The burst of the $8 trillion housing bubble in 2007 and the subsequent collapse of the financial markets in 2008 created massive disarray in homebuilding (Bivens, 2011). As many as 50% of homebuilders closed their doors, either voluntarily or through bankruptcy filings (Quint, 2015). Concurrently, from 2006 through 2012, the Great Recession resulted in the loss of over $7 trillion of home equity (Gould Ellen, 2012). Over 24 percent of home mortgages went “underwater” with balances exceeding home values (Carter & Gottschalck, n.d.). For some homeowners, the unfortunate thought of losing their homes through foreclosure and incurring disruption to family life became a reality. The stress from threats of the loss of a home, unemployment, and depletion of savings exacted a great toll on many. Not since the Great Depression has the U.S. economy faced forces so devastating to the housing market and personal wealth.

Perception Gaps about Skills Requirement for Entry-Level IS Professionals between Recruiters and Students

2010 ◽  
pp. 1557-1582
Author(s):  
Sooun Lee ◽  
Xiang Fang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Offshore Outsourcing ◽  
Information Technology Industry ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Is Professionals ◽  
New Hires ◽  
The U.S

Dramatic changes in the U.S. economic situations and offshore outsourcing trends in the IT (Information Technology) industry have affected the IS (Information Systems) job market and recruiters with regard to IS knowledge/skills that their new hires should possess. Keeping pace with these changes presents a challenge for IS recruiters and students. There is an urgent need for a study that investigates the perception gaps between IS recruiters and students about the knowledge/skill sets required for a new entry-level IS hire. This study reports the findings from a survey of IS recruiters and IS students in the U.S., detailing the differences of their understanding about the knowledge/skills requirement.

Perception Gaps about Skills Requirement for Entry-Level IS Professionals between Recruiters and Students

2011 ◽  
pp. 341-367
Author(s):  
Sooun Lee ◽  
Xiang Fang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Offshore Outsourcing ◽  
Information Technology Industry ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Is Professionals ◽  
New Hires ◽  
The U.S

Dramatic changes in the U.S. economic situations and offshore outsourcing trends in the IT (Information Technology) industry have affected the IS (Information Systems) job market and recruiters with regard to IS knowledge/skills that their new hires should possess. Keeping pace with these changes presents a challenge for IS recruiters and students. There is an urgent need for a study that investigates the perception gaps between IS recruiters and students about the knowledge/skill sets required for a new entry-level IS hire. This study reports the findings from a survey of IS recruiters and IS students in the U.S., detailing the differences of their understanding about the knowledge/skills requirement.

The Effect of Instructors’ Immediate Behaviors and Clarity on Student Writing Apprehension

2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-109
Author(s):  
Stephanie Kelly ◽  
Jorge Gaytan
Keyword(s):  
Business Students ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Writing Apprehension ◽  
Student Writing ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Communicative Behaviors ◽  
The Past ◽  
The U.S

The demand for writing skills is becoming increasingly prevalent within the U.S. job market. Yet, the biggest barrier to developing successful writing skills, writing apprehension, has received very little attention from scholars in the past 30 years. The present study sought to identify the influence of instructional communicative behaviors on business students’ writing apprehension. Specifically, the study tested a model in which instructors’ immediate behaviors and clarity indirectly influenced students’ writing apprehension through the mediation of perceived immediacy. The data were consistent with the hypothesized model.

The Changing Job Market for Hospitality Educators 1987-1990

1990 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael M. Lefever ◽  
Royette Graves
Keyword(s):  
Job Market ◽  
Hospitality Educators

scholarly journals Washington View: Education + Money = Freedom

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-63
Author(s):  
Maria Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
The U.S ◽  
School Spending

The COVID-19 pandemic and related economic downturn has made the persistent inequities in the U.S. education system even more evident than before. In her monthly Kappan column, Maria Ferguson discusses how approaches to school spending have failed to respond adequately and fairly to economic conditions. On top of the differences in funding is the phenomenon of wealthy parents spending their money to find ways out of the system by, for example, creating pandemic pods that enable their children to have in-person learning opportunities that aren’t likely to be available for poorer children. Examples like this may look like “education freedom,” but it’s freedom only available for a few.

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