Employment
Part Time Work and HSC
Overviews
Part time Jobs for Teenagers: A Complete Guide identifies key benefits, but isn't very reliable. Cites one US study.
What kinds of jobs?
The effects of part time work on school students outlines the kinds of jobs students take and the effects of these jobs. Look at the methodology in this study but remember the actual statistics a nearly 20 years old.
Part-time work: The attitudes, perceptions and opinions of year 11 students is another old study whose metholodogy is worth looking into (esoecially for sampling). It found that "Low SEN frequently used their part-time wage to help their parents whereas students from the Middle SEN hardly ever used their wage for this" and " the majority of working and non-working students in each SEN recognised and valued the benefits of part-time work in terms of personal development, workplace skills, work experience and social opportunties." but most studnets chose not to work because they prioritised schoolwork. Has this changed in 20+ year?
Work Life Balance
Welcome to the Flexi-school with the part-time HSC mentions poor conditions at work, long hours, late shifts. No citations. Anacdotes only. Not reliable.
Ten working 60 hr weeks cites a government study called Adolescent Overload? about why teens work so many hours and the effect of these hours. This is a long document but it covers just about anything you need to know on this topic. Some of the headings will be a good way to organise your literature review. Cite the chapters seperately.
Peers
Does part time work at school impact on going to university found that students are more likely to work if their peers do.
Career Benefits in future
New Study finds Teens Early Work Experience has long term career benefits says part time work in a teen's final year leads to higher earnings and reduced unemployment. Working while at high school leads to higher wages later in life is a SMH article about the study and includes statistics about employment rates.
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Role of Women in the Emergency Services
Historical perspectives
Current policies
Female experiences
Similar research projects
- The NSW Government [https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/about_us/history/history_pages/history_of_women_in_the_nsw_police_force] has an excellent timeline of the involvement of women in the NSW police force (since 2015 when nearly 500 women applied for 2 advetrtised positions!)
- The Encyclopaedia of Women and Leadership in C20th Australia has a section on Policing - and a conspicuous absence of information about firefighters or the emergency services.
Current policies
- The ACT introduced a Women in Emergency Services Strategy in 2015 [http://esa.act.gov.au/community-information/women/]
- In NSW's Fire Brigade, recruitment strategies such as this recruitment brochure seem to be working - 2016 saw the first ever gender-equal class of graduates for Fire and Rescue NSW [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-16/nsw-firefighting-graduates-50pc-female/8125064]
- Fire and Rescue NSW put in a 50% quota for the employment of women in 2017 [https://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/article/2017/03/22/female-firefighters-fired-about-new-gender-quota]. There's been alot of negative press about the 50/50 quota, which is easy to find if you google "Fire and Rescue NSW" and "quota". It may be worth doing a media analysis and comparing the media representation with what you find out in your interviews. Queensland, however, has chosen to widen their recruitment in other ways.
Female experiences
- This is the Sex discrimination comminssioner's address to the National Women in Fire Fighting Forum.
- According to this report, harassment seems rife in Victoria's country Fire Brigade and there is very little female leadership in Queensland. This is partly backed up in this report on female leadership in the emergency services commissioned by the Victorian government.
Similar research projects
- This thesis [https://epubs.scu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1240&context=theses] looks at the psychological effects of belonging to a volunteer fire brigade (esp. feeling of family and community bonds). While the topic is quite different to yours, it raises some interesting points you may wish to explore in interviews and it would be very helpful to read the first and last chapters to get some ideas about how to discuss the context of your research, it's limitations and implications.
- The Australian Journal of Emergency Management has an article on women's experiences in WA's volunteer fire brigade.