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Direct linkOECD Publishing, 2014
How can countries prepare teachers to face the diverse challenges in today's schools? The OECD "Teaching and Learning International Survey" (TALIS) helps answer this question by asking teachers and school leaders about their working conditions and the learning environments at their schools. TALIS aims to provide valid, timely and…
Descriptors: Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Teaching Conditions
Trower, Cathy Ann – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012
Landing a tenure-track position is no easy task. Achieving tenure is even more difficult. Under what policies and practices do faculty find greater clarity about tenure and experience higher levels of job satisfaction? And what makes an institution a great place to work? In 2005-2006, the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Higher Education, Collegiality, College Faculty
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Download full textJackowicz, Stephen, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES), which took place on April 22-25, 2021, in New York, New York. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination, History Instruction, Foreign Students
Caesar, Terry – 2000
This book discusses what it means to be a faculty member at a university that enjoys neither reputation nor distinction. The discussion illuminates the everyday conditions under which academic work and the hierarchical distinctions in which they are always embedded. Following an introduction, Representing Exclusion, Writing Personal Narrative, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Personnel Policy
Oliver, Robert – 1981
This book discusses career unrest (defined as a sense of dissatisfaction associated with one's work), as a potential source of creativity. In the first of three parts, the author's point of view on career unrest is presented. Following a question and answer introduction to career unrest, the problem and the opportunity it presents are discussed.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Creativity, Economic Factors, Job Satisfaction
Noer, David – 1976
Written by a professional personnel recruiter, this book deals with many aspects of job layoff in relation to the hiree's potential ability to control his occupational future. By citing case histories of layoff victims, examples of company changes that result in layoff are pointed out. Psychological shields and tested strategies are provided, and…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment, Employment Practices
Bell, Susan J., Comp. – 1992
This book, written for individuals contemplating a career in law, presents insights about the legal profession from 28 of the nation's top lawyers, judges, and legal scholars. Updated to address the critical issues facing the legal profession in the aftermath of the 1980's, the revised edition reflects the changing marketplace for lawyers and…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Law Students
Gajewsky, Stan – 1973
This survey of the literature indicates that the problem of class size is not so much one of the type of subject or student, but more often a problem of teaching technique with different sizes of classes. Some authors maintain that class size in itself is not the important factor, but rather it is a factor which masks other more important…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Class Size, Classes (Groups of Students), Facility Utilization Research
Cocheu, Ted – 1993
This book, written by an organizational development director and consultant in the fields of quality improvement, management, and design of training systems to Fortune 500 clients, offers a six-step improvement strategy and a six-phase training curriculum that can be adapted to the needs of companies in various fields. Seven chapters present ideas…
Descriptors: Job Development, Job Satisfaction, On the Job Training, Organizational Development
Guyton, Theodore Lewis – 1975
A study was made to isolate factors which have systematic and repetitive effects on the unionization of librarians, particularly the professional librarian in the public library. The historical patterns of library unionism are summarized, and an analysis is made of the personal characteristics of librarians, their economic position, and employment…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employee Attitudes, Environmental Influences, Individual Characteristics
Levitan, Sar A.; Johnston, William B. – 1973
Based on the numbers published by the U. S. Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources, the book examines what has happened to work in America during the present century, analyzes the attempts to change the nature of that work, and makes projections about the future of work. Though the study reveals far-reaching changes…
Descriptors: Employment, Employment Patterns, History, Job Enrichment
Jordan, Peter; Jones, Noragh – 1995
Technological, social, legal, economic, educational and political advances have greatly affected the management of staff who have had to adapt to such developments as networking, the independence of educational institutions, income generation, compulsory competitive tendering, quality management and user consultation. This book is a guide to staff…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Job Satisfaction, Job Training, Library Administration
Sandhu, Daya Singh, Ed. – 2002
This book is divided into five major sections that focus on the various perspectives, needs, and concerns of employees in the workplace. Chapters include: (1) Work: Meaning, Mattering, and Job Satisfaction (K. M. Connolly); (2) Spirituality in the Workplace: An Overview (E. J. Looby and D. S. Sandhu); (3) Developing the Whole Employee: Some…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling, Counseling Theories, Disabilities
Taylor, Linda King – 1972
Bridging the gap between theory and practice, the author through a case-study approach of industries in the United Kingdom and Europe has identified motivation techniques resulting in job enrichment. The book is written in the belief that work is more efficient when it is enjoyable and that human beings will become obsolete unless allowed to…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Employer Employee Relationship, Human Development, Job Development
Kofodimos, Joan R. – 1995
Work-Family Programs (WFPs) are among the most popular and publicized workplace innovations of the 1990s. These programs are intended to alleviate employees' work-personal conflicts by addressing issues such as child care assistance, parental leave, elder care, flexible working arrangements, wellness and fitness, and stress management. The problem…
Descriptors: Employee Assistance Programs, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Family Work Relationship
