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Sotirin, Patty – 1987
Followers attribute authority to charismatic leaders through their faith and belief in them and in their mission. Charismatic authority in organizations involves an interaction of leader, followers, and moral order; in the eyes of the followers, the leader personifies that order. Authority must come from below because the ultimate decision to…
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Compliance (Psychology), Employer Employee Relationship, Leadership
Bell, Spicer – Updating School Board Policies, 1986
Adopting a wellness program for school personnel can reduce health insurance costs, workman's compensation insurance costs, absenteeism, and staff turnover while improving productivity and morale. Wellness programs focus on improving health and reducing the risk and impact of disease rather than on curing illnesses already contracted. Successful…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Health Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1988
This document reports the oral and written testimony of five witnesses who addressed the accuracy, uses, abuses, and possible benefits of drug testing in the workplace at a Congressional hearing. The hearing was conducted to discuss H.R. 691, the Employee Drug Testing Protection Act, which would prohibit drug testing in the workplace except in…
Descriptors: Adults, Dismissal (Personnel), Drug Abuse, Employee Attitudes
Chan, Carole – 1989
A booklet designed for supervisors, co-workers, and others who deal with limited-English-speaking immigrants discusses communication problems and solutions. Chapters address these issues: (1) the problems and consequences of faulty communication; (2) difficulties that result from assuming that immigrants should learn English; (3) appreciation of…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Employer Employee Relationship, English (Second Language)
Snodgrass, Sara E.; Rosenthal, Robert – 1987
Past research has shown that those in a subordinate (learner) role are more sensitive to how their leaders (teachers) feel about them than are leaders sensitive to their followers. This study was conducted to further investigate this phenomenon by assigning subjects to be either a boss or an employee. Subjects (N=120) interacted in pairs.…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Interpersonal Competence
Van Tilburg, Emma Lou; Miller, Larry E. – 1987
A study sought to determine what factors influenced Ohio Cooperative Extension Service county agents to leave their jobs (particularly the factor of job performance level) as measured by supervisory rating and self-rating techniques. Additionally, the study sought to determine relationships between variables and to determine the levels of those…
Descriptors: Career Change, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Experience, Employment Practices
Alesse, Bruce G.; And Others – 1982
A secondary analysis of data gathered by the International Communication Association (ICA) Communication Audit was used to test the hypothesis that the smaller the discrepancy between attitudes about current levels of information and the perceived ideal level of that information, the greater the organizational satisfaction. From 991 respondents…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Information Needs, Information Seeking, Information Sources
Silver, Harvey A. – 1982
This review of the performance appraisal process discusses the major assumptions on which performance appraisal is based, the general goals of performance appraisal, and the characteristics of effective performance appraisal programs. The author stresses the dependence of the process on the assumption that human behavior can be changed; he…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Wilson, Gerald L. – 1984
Results of an examination of research literature on performance-appraisal interviewing and its implications are presented in this report. The appraisal interview functions to (1) provide feedback on performance, (2) counsel and provide help, (3) discover what the employee is thinking, (4) teach the employee to solve problems, (5) help the employee…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Communication Research, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment
Johnson, J. David – 1985
A study examined the interrelationships among communicative response satisfaction (positive affective tone associated with an information source), communicative work dependency (the degree to which individuals perceive that they rely on others for the accomplishment of tasks), and physical structure (aspects of design that regulate social…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Information Sources
Porter, G. N. – Training Officer, 1974
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Conference Reports, Educational Needs
Draznin, Julius N. – Personnel Journal, 1974
A labor/management class, thought to be unique in the area of public sector labor relations and personnel work-study programs, its goal being to have each side come to know the other's position more clearly and with more understanding, is described. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arbitration, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
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Dubin, Robert; Champoux, Joseph E. – Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1974
The study focuses on determining whether supervisor's evaluation of the performance of their blue-collar subordinates are consistent with the central life interests of the workers being appraised. (AJ)
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Job Satisfaction, Personnel Evaluation
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Falcione, Raymond L. – Journal of Business Communication, 1974
An investigation of subordinate satisfaction as a function of participation in decision-making and perceived supervisor credibility. (CH)
Descriptors: Credibility, Decision Making, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Montilla, M. Robert – 1978
Based on the findings of the Management Employee Relations in Corrections (MERIC) project, this management guide for correctional administrators is designed to facilitate enlightened and responsible management within the context of public sector labor relations. The introduction to the guide describes the MERIC study and discusses trends in state…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Collective Bargaining, Correctional Institutions, Employer Employee Relationship
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