ABSTRACT
This chapter provides two major policy-related issues crosscut the analyses made by virtually all the researchers whose work. The first relates broadly to stability and change in the psychological outcomes of work through the occupational career. The second concerns gender-related problems encountered primarily by working women who are juggling the competing demands of family and work. The chapter examines the issues as it is tied to the research evidence and as it extends to policy-related measures. Ellen Greenberger's study of part-time workers employed during high school suggests that they have little meaningful contact with adults in the workplace. Businesses must also become more sensitive to their young workers' training and socialization needs by providing at least rudimentary mentoring or guidance from an adult; this should be someone at least five to seven years older than the novice. European countries--specifically, Austria, Switzerland and West Germany--have institutionalized programs which foster the integration of secondary-school graduates into their first work roles.
