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How Managers and Students View Public Service: The Theoretical vs. Practical Divide
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Wood, John R.; Kickham, Kenneth – Teaching Public Administration, 2022
This paper examines existing management concepts and practices that make up three contemporary approaches to public policy and public administration. We attempt to understand whether municipal public administrators and public administration graduate students validate these perspectives in "reality" versus "ideally." Addressing…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Public Policy, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
Planning for Success on the Job. Instructor's Guide.
Busse, Rodger – 1994
This guide is designed to be used by teachers as a supplement to the related student textbook in order to teach students how to function as an employee in a work-study program or in postschool employment. The guide is structured around the headings in the student text and the transparency masters that are included at the end of the guide. Each…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes
A Group Exercise to Explore Employee Ethics in Business-Related Psychology Courses.
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Carkenord, David M. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Recounts an in-class group exercise where students individually rate 10 employee behaviors of a questionable ethical nature (use company car, call in sick). The students then calculate mean group ratings for each behavior and determine appropriate consequences for some of the actions. Includes statistical data and student responses. (MJP)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Business, Business Education, Employee Attitudes
Gender and Job Values.
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Marini, Margaret Mooney; And Others – Sociology of Education, 1996
Discovers distinct differences and a few similarities between men and women concerning values and expectations associated with employment. Women attach greater importance to intrinsic, altruistic, and social rewards. Earlier research suggested significant gender differences regarding extrinsic rewards; however, this category revealed no…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Economic Factors, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes
Interpersonal Relationships in the Workplace.
Danner, Jean Ortowski; And Others – 1990
This curriculum guide on interpersonal relations in the workplace give techniques for instructors to use in evaluating these skills in their students. Eighteen competencies are included in this guide: adaptability; attendance; attitude; communication (nonverbal); communication (verbal); communication (written); confidence; cooperation; enthusiasm;…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Measures, Attachment Behavior, Cooperation
Workplace Education for Low-Wage Workers.
Ahlstrand, Amanda L.; Bassi, Laurie J.; McMurrer, Daniel P. – 2003
The training being provided to low-wage workers, factors affecting the availability and effectiveness of such training, and training outcomes were examined. The major research activities were as follows: (1) identification of 192 employers that invested most heavily in training for low-wage workers; (2) telephone interviews with 40 of the 192…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
Youth for Hire. Instructor's Guide [and] Student Materials. Business Issues in the Classroom. Revised.
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Maxey, Phyllis F. – 1983
One of a series of secondary level units on business issues, this packet focuses on the relationship between business and young employees. The packet contains a teacher's guide and a student activity section. Within the teacher's guide, an overview of activities, objectives, and time frame precedes summaries of five daily lesson plans. Also…
Descriptors: Business, Case Studies, Economics Education, Employee Attitudes