Examines some of the basic tenets that managers and researchers alike hold dear about how people work and communicate about their work. Proposes a new model of how communication brings two types of knowledge into play in organizations and suggests that these insights may open intriguing possibilities both for managing and for organizational…

The tendency for companies to invest in their employees has set up a cycle whereby better workers get jobs in which complex skills matter and are improved through work experience and training, whereas the rest of the labor force is relegated to more routine jobs. (Contains 32 references.) (JOW)

Data from 2,443 Korean employees were used to test a dual-process model theorizing that job satisfaction and organizational support are key emotional and cognitive processes influencing organizational commitment. Results show that the two processes operate through independent channels to influence the impact of work experience on commitment.…

Explains how low-tech experiential methods thrive in companies interested in fostering the human touch. Examples include NASA's paper airplane simulation, total immersion simulation, and fantasy multisensory environments. (JOW)

This paper presents the Theory of Employee Survival, which states that an applicant's initial attraction and selection into an organization, and an employee's retention and promotion within the organization are dependent on an authoritarianism congruence between the applicant and/or employee, and the employer. (Contains 1 figure.)

In the 21st century concerns about workplace language and literacy skills, particularly in the service and manufacturing sectors, continue to drive education and testing policy in many OECD countries. Employers tend to adopt deficit assumptions about service workers' skills, conflating social identities and language and literacy, which can blind…

Macro-level data paint a detailed picture of the vulnerability of young people in employment, such as their concentration in casualised jobs, low average-weekly earnings and reduced access to collective representation, yet little is known about the internal conflicts that arise in individual workplaces that employ youth. This study seeks to…

Analysis of data obtained from supplemental questions to the January 1991 Current Population Survey and comparison with answers to similar questions from a 1983 survey resulted in a picture of how workers received training to obtain and to retain their jobs. Some of the finding were as follows: (1) 57 percent of all workers employed in January…

Two theoretical areas that lend themselves to study as they relate to supervisor-worker relations are locus of control and attribution theory. This study examined two general problems: (1) how a supervisor behaves toward an employee in relation to how that employee performs in the work place; and (2) how a supervisor's locus of control influences…

Research on justice in organizational behavior has emphasized distributive rather than procedural justice. Distributive justice focuses on the fairness of rewards, while procedural justice focuses on the fairness of the procedures used in allocating rewards. To examine the procedural-distributive justice distinction as it relates to organizatonal…

The booklet examines potential contributions that can be made by mentally retarded workers and exposes common misconceptions about their employability. Initial sections introduce the nature of retardation and describe real-life situations showing economic benefits of employment to employers, taxpayers, and retarded persons themselves. Among the…

Theory and experience indicate that authoritarian management causes reduced labor productivity and increased worker dissatisfaction. Nonetheless, management defends its presumed functional superiority, and unions will not press for shared authority for fear of undermining their present position. (Author/JG)

Describes a system for retraining tenured university faculty to fill positions in understaffed areas. (JG)

An experimental research project, Baltimore Employee Health Program (EHP), is seeking ways to identify and help workers with drinking problems while retaining them on the job. (Author)