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Nash, Al – 1977
Diverse opinions are held by workers, union officials, and labor researchers about the importance of the quality of working life to workers. Major issues in this debate focus on the following questions: (1) Is there a workers' movement to improve the quality of working life? (2) Do workers seek meaning and self-fulfillment in their jobs? (3) Can…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Experiments, Failure
Bennett, C. A.; Griffitt, W. B. – 1976
A survey of all 1,000 Kansas State University faculty was conducted in August 1975 by the KSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Results from the 459 usable returns are detailed in statistical and narrative form. Ninety percent of the faculty indicated high degrees of liking their positions. Although a number of areas…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Evaluation, Fringe Benefits
Download full textGreenberg, Paul D.; Glaser, Edward M. – 1980
This publication summarizes the proceedings of the Conference of Union Officials on Issues Related to Labor-Management Cooperation in Quality of Worklife (QWL) Improvement Efforts (March 1979) and subsequently treats issues that emerged in more detail. Chapter 1 provides a general introduction to QWL. A summary of the Washington, D.C. conference…
Descriptors: Career Education, Collective Bargaining, Conference Proceedings, Cooperative Planning
Whitebook, Marcy; Howes, Carollee – 1980
This study investigates "burn-out" and turnover among workers in child care settings. A total of 95 persons working in 32 child care centers in San Francisco were interviewed by telephone. One-fifth of the centers in the city were represented and both public and private centers were included. Each category of center was proportinately…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Budgets, Burnout, Day Care Centers
Westbrook, Franklin D. – 1979
The Dominant Characteristics Inventory (DCI) was administered to 836 university undergraduates, 666 college professors of mathematics, chemistry, English, modern foreign languages, history, and physical education, and 752 high school teachers of the same subjects. Data from the college students were used to assess the reliability and validity of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Career Choice, Females
WARREN, RICHARD D.; AND OTHERS – 1967
A RESEARCH PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE IOWA AGRICULTURAL AND HOME ECONOMICS EXPERIMENT STATION TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR GENERAL MANAGERS OF LOCAL RETAIL FARM SUPPLY BUSINESSES DEALING IN FERTILIZER AND AGRICULTURAL CEHMICALS. CHANGES IN KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PERFORMANCE, INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND…
Descriptors: Administration, Agricultural Supply Occupations, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes
American Coll. of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Chicago, IL. – 1977
Presented in seven sections, these guidelines developed largely by physicians are designed to protect the pregnant worker's health. As defined in section I, the guidelines seek to aid the pregnant worker's physician to develop recommendations for job placement, work continuation during pregnancy, and return to work following delivery. In section…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Practices, Environmental Influences, Federal Legislation
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
Focusing on physical and life scientists, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include biochemists, life scientists, soil…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry
Sherman, V. Clayton – 1975
The report describes a study designed to analyze nurses' management duties and to identify their tasks in planning, organizing, staffing. leading, communication, decision making, and controlling. A total of 117 supervisory nurses and unit managers from four Western Michigan short-term general hospitals in the 410-540 bed range participated in the…
Descriptors: Administration, Data Analysis, Educational Quality, Job Satisfaction
Quinn, Richard P.; And Others – 1970
This study surveyed experiences and characteristics of hard core unemployed black men entering a vestibule training program conducted by a large manufacturing firm; and a comparison group of "direct hires." Vestibule trainees were guaranteed an entry level job after completing several weeks of training. Turnover among direct hires was attributed…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Attitude Change, Blacks
Montanelli, Dale S.; And Others – Illinois Libraries, 1987
Two articles discuss the management of space in library facilities. The first focuses on three general aspects of space management: how to organize for space management; necessary data collection; and human factors. The second article focuses specifically on space requirements for library technical processes. (CLB)
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Equipment Storage, Facility Utilization Research, Guidelines
Bloomquist, Leonard E. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1988
Examines trends in nature of work and workers' educational achievement levels in rural and urban regions. While most rural industries specialize in "routine" manufacturing, the South and West have grown in "complex" (often high-tech) manufacturing jobs. Suggests key to growth of complex jobs is worker education. (Author/TES)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assembly (Manufacturing), Differences, Difficulty Level
Doherty, Gillian – 2000
Partners in Quality is a research and development project sponsored by the Canadian Child Care Federation and its affiliates to explore how child care providers, parents, and other partners can work together to support and improve quality in child care. This booklet, in both English and French, supplements a series to support child care providers…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Child Care, Educational Equipment
Owen, Jane; Davies, Peter – 2003
A 2002 staff satisfaction survey was administered to 100 sixth form colleges, general further education colleges, and beacon and specialist colleges in England. A questionnaire containing 38 positive statements concerning 6 broad areas one's own role; the staff of the college; style of senior management; communication; customers, including…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Programs, Educational Attitudes, Educational Environment
Montague, Ann; Hopkins, Linda – 2002
A project was conducted in Australia to investigate the most effective ways whereby learners receive informal and formal support to assist them to successfully complete vocational education and training (VET), either in school or in business job-training programs. Data were collected through a literature review, a case study of 11 organizations,…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
