The Pacific Sociological Association's New Fields of Employment Committee has compiled a directory of sociologists working in nonacademic settings. The survey data on which this directory is based are used here to explore the varieties of work experienced by applied sociologists in the PSA region. These data raise a number of issues yet to be explored, which have immediate importance for an understanding of the relationship between sociology and nonacademic career paths.
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