title: Financial management and job social skills training components in a summer business institute: a controlled evaluation in high achieving predominantly ethnic minority youth.
abstract: Ninety-two adolescents, predominantly ethnic minority high school students, participated in a structured Summer Business Institute (SBI). Participating youth were randomly assigned to receive either job social skills or financial management skills training components. Students who additionally received the job social skills training component were more likely to recommend their employment agency to others than were youth who received the financial management component, rated their overall on-the-job work experience more favorably, and demonstrated higher scores in areas that were relevant to the skills that were taught in the job social skills workshops. The financial management component also appeared to be relatively effective, as youth who received this intervention improved their knowledge of financial management issues more than youth who received job social skills, and rated their workshops as more helpful in financial management, as well as insurance management. Future directions are discussed in light of these results.
authors.affiliation: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Donohue
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beisecker
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Alisha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farley
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waite
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gugino
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Knatz
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lopez-Frank
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Madison
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shorty
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D003132:Commerce; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005376:Financial Management; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D017132:Workplace