Reports results and implications of a questionnaire administered to employees, measuring their perceptions of fair treatment by an organization and relates these perceptions to absenteeism and turnover. Enables professional personnel and industrial relations people to expand their roles in developing more effective organizations. (TA)

Discusses Situational Leadership Theory, a conceptual framework that can help managers improve their performance by varying their leadership style in various situations to fit the needs and capabilities of their subordinates. (JG)

In-house training programs and workshops of "assertive management" have been conducted by the Assertion Training Institute, whose goal is to help managers overcome their self-imposed hesitations and obstacles while teaching them communication skills. (LBH)

The retreat at the University of California in Los Angeles provides an environment completely away from the bookstore where major issues can be addressed at length without interruption. For two days focus is on store policies, goals, personnel requirements, budgets, review of the previous year, upcoming schedule and events. (LBH)

Analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in General Electric Co. v. Gilbert that a disability benefits plan is not discriminatory on the basis of sex because of its failure to cover pregnancy-related disabilities. Discusses implications of the decision for public school districts. (JG)

A collective bargaining model that reflects the wide dispersion of authority and power common to campus governance may both accommodate the collegial spirit and aid the institution respond to external demands for accountability. (Editor/LBH)

Board members should look at the demands from employee groups and make sure that they understand what the actual costs are on a short-term basis and on a long-term basis. (Author/MLF)

Provides an overview to an organization which is considering the initiation of a plan to share gains with its workers. Defines productivity, explains the benefits of improved productivity, examines a number of approaches to sharing productivity gains with workers, compares individual incentive plans with gain sharing plans, and finally, briefly,…

Examines and compares theories of group development using a historical perspective, and presents a summary of the models of group development and their sequential stages. Identifies five trends in business and industry that characterize the group process: those relating to management style, need levels, transactional and transformational skills,…

Analyzes the relationship of leadership style and communication behavior to employee commitment. Finds that leaders' stylistic qualities and socially skilled communication play a part in predicting how subordinates feel about their organization. (MS)

Tested specific hypotheses regarding apprenticeship socialization strategy, using sample of new insurance company employees. Found perceived quality of intern-assignment manager work relationship to have important direct and moderating effect on intern work outcomes. Quality of work relationship was significantly positively related to intern met…

Surveyed what employees (N=35,000) really want from their jobs and what their supervisors perceive they want from their jobs. The employees' highest ranking wants--full appreciation for work done, feeling "in" on things, and sympathetic understanding of personal problems--were the supervisors' (thinking money was the most desired) perceptions of…

Reviewed literature on impact of the quality circle process upon both individual and organizational outcomes. Demonstrated quality circle's effectiveness, reporting two moderating factors' influence. Found no significant positive-findings bias, suggesting bias may be an artifact resulting from the inclusion of "popular-press" articles with…

Examined effect of recruiter characteristics using a pre-post study design with college students (N=145) in a campus interview process. Results indicated recruiter characteristics had an impact on perceived job attributes, regard for job and company, and likelihood of joining the company; there was little evidence the effect was moderated by…