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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
The text of a Congressional hearing regarding the use of lie detector devices, particularly polygraph machines and whether they are accurate in truth and fact detecting in the work place is provided in this document. Special focus is given to the Employee Polygraph Protection Act. Initial statements by Congressmen Matthew G. Martinez, Steve…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation, Hearings
Peer reviewedFritz, Janie M. Harden – Management Communication Quarterly, 2002
Reports on a study intended to develop a typology of "troublesome others" at work as a basis for research on unpleasant work relationships. Notes respondents rated an unpleasant work associate on a series of Likert-type scales. Present six troublesome boss clusters, eight troublesome peer clusters, and five troublesome subordinate clusters…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Cluster Grouping, Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Methods
Roberts, Gary; Zimbrich, Karen; Butterworth, John; Hart, Debra – 1993
This manual presents a comprehensive evaluation tool that can be used by employees with disabilities, by rehabilitation practitioners, and by consultants to develop job accommodations in a variety of employment settings. The Job Accommodation System is designed to help in identifying, selecting, and implementing job accommodations and consists of…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Disabilities, Employer Employee Relationship
Xini, Giota; Petropoulos, Kostas – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2004
This paper deals with issues related to drawing up plans and putting into practice e-learning initiatives in complex and demanding business environments such as organizations that require recurring training, to optimize their learning processes in terms of cost reduction and efficiency gains. We view the issue of initiating and executing such an…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Employees
Barrett, Martha Cohen; And Others – 1995
The nature of the work environment as perceived by non-instructional staff was studied at the University of Michigan. Content analysis was undertaken of responses to open-ended survey questions answered by 4,891 non-instructional staff. Qualitative data from the content analysis were analyzed and compared to results of a quantitative data analysis…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Experience, Employment Practices
Hickey, Laura M. – 1994
A residential group care facility serving abused children had encountered unprecedented changes both internally and in the community. These changes had been highly stressful for this agency, affecting the morale of those closest to the children, the Child/Youth Care Workers. To address these stressors, a strategy utilizing supportive,…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Job Performance
Bartlett, Diana; Moody, Sylvia – 2000
This book is designed for both adults with dyslexia and for professionals concerned with helping them, such as psychologists, tutors, therapists, researchers, disability advisors, and welfare officers. It also offers advice to employers on how to help staff with dyslexia. The text covers the nature of dyslexic difficulties and their effects, both…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Civil Rights Legislation, Clinical Diagnosis
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC. – 1996
This document consists of three separate booklets designed to educate the public and users about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The 54-page "All about OSHA" is intended to provide a nonexhaustive overview of OSHA services. The following topics are discussed: the need for occupational safety and health…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Compliance (Legal), Employer Employee Relationship
Miller, Debra G.; Smith, Denise M. – 2002
This paper discusses a study that investigated whether competencies identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) could be used to document job skills of students with mild disabilities. Participants in the study were 17 teachers, job coaches, and parents associated with a high school special education department…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Qualifications
Michaels, Craig A. – 1998
Part of a series designed to provide practical resources for transition personnel on a variety of topics critical to the process of preparing individuals with disabilities for adulthood, this guide focuses on transition to employment. Chapter 1, "Employment and Students with Disabilities," discusses the meaning of work in American…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Geldermann, Brigitte – 2000
The project Self-Assessment and Self-Evaluation in New Forms of Training near the Workplace--A Step Towards the Learning Organisation was undertaken in Bavaria, Germany, to help companies begin the process of becoming learning organizations by helping workers manage their own learning. The project is based on the following principles and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Change Strategies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Principles
Heneman, Robert L., Ed.; Greenberger, David B., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 14 papers on human resources (HR) and human resource management (HRM) in virtual organizations. The following papers are included: "Series Preface" (Rodger Griffeth); "Volume Preface" (Robert L. Heneman, David B. Greenberger); "The Virtual Organization: Definition, Description, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Tackey, N. D.; Tamkin, P.; Sheppard, E. – 2001
Relatively little research has focused on how organizational culture and existing methods of evaluating the job performance of minority ethnic groups have contributed to exclusion from, and discrimination in, the workplace or on how organizations can address these issues. The evidence suggests the existence of a widespread tendency in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Career Development
