Across the United States, colleges and universities are adding a significant number of adjuncts and non-tenure track instructors to fill their respective classroom voids as subsequently, fewer opportunities for tenure-track status professors are being made available. While there is an economic value in hiring non-tenure track faculty, many…

Surveyed rehabilitation counselors to measure professionalism and job satisfaction. Findings indicated counselors who were certified or planned to be were more professional and believed their work was more beneficial to society than counselors who did not seek certification. The certified group also demonstrated greater job satisfaction. (JAC)

The study develops and measures a concept of Work-Role Centrality, mainly from a cognitive perspective, and examines by means of questionnaire data its distribution in a representative sample of 778 males participating in the labor force in Israel. (Author)

Ninety-eight women mass communication professors responded to a questionnaire on job satisfaction. Their responses were added to females' responses of a 1982 study, and the enlarged sample of women was then compared with the male respondents from that study. Marked differences were found in the background of the male and female assistant…

A 1985 CASE survey that covers job responsibilities, reporting relationships, salaries, and characteristics of schools, colleges, and universities that employ institutional advancement professionals is described. The results were compared with the results of a 1982 survey. (MLW)

To determine if visual excellence in television news is related to photographers' professionalism, a six-page questionnaire was mailed to 438 full-time news photographers asking them about the working conditions at their shops, their opinions about television news, and their rating of professionalism scales. For comparison, a purposive sample was…

The third in a series reviewing research articles on the role of the employment service counselor. Discusses counselor activities, the ideal counselor role, real-ideal role discrepancies, and special problems. Suggests employment service counseling differs significantly from both job placement interviewing and traditional vocational counseling…

Teacher education, when viewed along a professional continuum from preservice level to beginning level to experienced level, involves a socialization phenomenon which is only minimally described or understood by the profession. Several aspects of the socialization process--career rewards, levels of professional concern, and perceptions of the…

A study examined the job requirements and working conditions of vocational and technical education teachers (VTETs) in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. Data were gathered (1) from published materials and interviews with officers and staff of concerned agencies and (2) from a project-developed questionnaire that was administered…

The way that 48 faculty at a major research university view their professional aspirations, achievement, and career conflicts between their professional activities and personal relationships was evaluated. In addition, a conceptual framework of faculty development using three professorial ranks as three qualitatively different stages of…

A study in a new university investigated the relative importance of six factors (job security/promotion, availability of research resources, contribution to university mission, personal stimulation/challenge, colleague relationship, and professional recognition/development) on research commitment and productivity. Discipline, rank, and gender were…