essay

Employment

Studies in a Hawaiian community : na makamaka o Nanakuli (1)Published In 1969 • Pages: 17-27

By: Boggs, Stephen, Gallimore, Ronald.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the chapter on employment in 'Studies in a Hawaiian Community' (see documents nos. 7, 17, 19-27.) Nanakuli men begin their careers as unskilled workers and gradually work their way up to semi-skilled, skilled, and in a few cases, white-collar occupations. According to the authors, education does not appear to be a factor in providing an advantage in obtaining a more skilled job at the start. However it does have some bearing on how far up the job hierarchy a worker eventually goes. Most men get their first jobs through friends and relatives. Men value their work because it helps them fulfill their roles as family providers. They are less concerned about a job's status or pay, as long as the work is satisfying and it allows them to live a certain lifestyle. A few men did aspire to higher ranked and paying jobs. The authors consider the implication of these findings in regard to the usefulness of vocational and job training programs.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Labor
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Hawaiians
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2003
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Polynesia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Psychologist
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard: 2002
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1965-1968
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1967
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Nanakuli, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Stephen Boggs and Ronald Gallimore
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
79017014
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hawaiians