Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1979

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Regression analyses were used to test the influence of individual characteristics such as I. Q., job satisfaction, race, and sex upon the work performance evaluation completed by job site supervisors for a single cohort of participants in a CETA sponsored training program conducted in Broward County, Florida. The CETA cohort was composed of two sub-groups, grantee employees (CETA Title VI participants) and regular employees (entry-level municipal employees). The initial regression analyses yielded evidence of contextual effects operating within the CETA cohort. Although the two sub-groups were similar in demographic composition, I. Q. operated as a major predictor among the grantee employees, but for the regular employees it was race (black). These analyses were supported by further multiple group comparison tests, and, together, suggested that other factors in the environment may have a greater impact on evaluated job performance and eventual job success rather than individual worker characteristics. Based Oil these findings proposals are made outlining potential modifications of minority job training programs.

Extent

79 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.

Identifier

FADT13991

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