Many employers are creating healthy workplaces and enjoying the short-and long-term benefits of a healthy work force. Interviewed is an executive who has had great influence on the Worksite Wellness movement. (JD)

Experimental studies were conducted in two unions to examine the effects of perceptual variables--reactance and intentionality attributions--on the intent to seek redress from management action. Based on participants' responses to a series of vignettes, both studies demonstrated that greater threat and dispositional attributions provoked stronger…

A survey questionnaire followed by an interview was used to assess the work attitudes of 25 civilian technical employees toward their employers in a military setting over 2 years. Results showed a general distrust of management and counselors in the personnel office. (Author/TE)

Reviews labor contracts renegotiated during 1988, placing emphasis on labor-management relations. Provides information on negotiations in the following industries: (1) trucking, (2) air transportation, (3) automobile manufacturing, (4) steel and other metals, (5) rubber, (6) bituminous coal, (7) forest products, and (8) shipbuilding. Covers…

Reviews five myths about delegating responsibility which block effective delegation and discusses nine guidelines for successful delegation. (RS)

Three key principles for ensuring employee support of organizational change are management empathy with subordinates, effective communication, and participative management. (SK)

The successful organization of the 1990s will fundamentally remake its employee relationship, especially through increased employee influence on the nature of work, organizational context, and quality of product/service. An employee advocacy peer review conflict resolution process has been useful in improving labor relations and enhancing the…

Finds significant main effects of gender and employee classification level as predicted by structuralist theory: women reported lower job satisfaction and less desirable interaction than men; and hourly workers reported lower supervisory support, teamwork, communication satisfaction, and accuracy of information than salaried workers. (SR)

Describes the author's experience of recuperating from a broken arm. Discusses management issues in technical communication for managing people with temporary or permanent disabilities. (SR)

Adopts symbolic convergence theory to analyze the stories and rituals that form the shared consciousness of bargaining teams and of labor-management relationships. Uses a case comparison approach to highlight similarities and differences in the fantasy themes and bargaining rights of two teachers' negotiation units in two school districts. (KEH)

Reviews the literature and analyses of the joint problem-solving strategies that have emerged during the 1980s and are used by management and labor to improve company performance, employee welfare, and labor-management relations. Includes a 58-item bibliography and 32 additional references. (JOW)

A hidden participant/observer working in a Japanese auto plant in the United States discovered worker resistance to Japanese management practices in the form of sabotage, protest, agitation, and confrontation. Results questioned assumptions that participatory techniques increase worker control and decentralized authority increases worker autonomy.…

Over two dozen colleges have experienced embezzlement in recent years. Many financial officials say colleges and universities are more vulnerable that private businesses because financial control is often decentralized. Employee theft has occurred at all kinds of institutions and at all levels of management. (MSE)

Develops a preliminary model of workplace dynamics based on behaviors rather than attitudes and argues that the behavioral categories of good soldier, smooth operator, and saboteur are key modes of adaptation. The model facilitates the integration of studies of the workplace with broader themes in a way not allowed by the concept of job…

Examines the legal and sociological aspects of worker participation programs. Contends that the judicial doctrine may promote an ideology that furthers managerial control over workers and enables management to undermine support for union representation through participatory techniques. (Author)