Early childhood education and care (ECEC) can bring a wide range of benefits--for children, parents and society at large. However, these benefits are conditional on "quality". Expanding access to services without attention to quality will not deliver good outcomes for children or long-term productivity benefits for society. This new publication…

The purpose of this paper is to outline government online training practice. We searched individual research domains of the human-dimensions of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), information and communications technologies (ICT) and instructional design for evidence of either corporate sector or government training practices. We overlapped these…

Discusses new values and codes of ethics emerging in the corporate world. Suggests the secretary's role as a gatekeeper. (CH)

Describes the problem of national productivity decline; examines the organizational concepts of productivity, effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of working life; describes the process of managing and improving organizational productivity and psychologists' roles in that process; and contrasts different occupational views on productivity.…

Using data from managerial jobs, job variables were measured with the Position Classification Inventory and job analysis surveys. Ten judges estimated expected correlations between variables and Holland's vocational environmental constructs. Data were inconsistent only for "Realistic," one of six dimensions of the RIASEC (Realistic,…

Many people with arthritis become work disabled, but little is known about the types of work barriers they experience and their use of job accommodations. This article describes work barriers and use of accommodations and examines factors associated with accommodation use in persons with arthritis at risk for work disability. (Contains 30…

Increases in workplace learning may occur concomitantly with ways in which knowledge is managed in an organization, and knowledge management effectiveness may be a function of how successfully an organization is able to put a technological infrastructure in place. Cultivation of climate and culture that support and encourage knowledge sharing may…

Working with difficult people is a built-in business hazard, but it is a part of human nature. Four sources make recommendations for dealing with them. (JOW)

Presents summary of discussions on professional practice from the Third National Conference for Counseling Psychology. Examines the evolution of counseling psychology's perspective in the diversity of settings in which counselors practice and several arenas in which counseling psychologists currently practice. Explores implications for expansion…

Examines the salaries, location, and work challenges that motivate environmental professionals to change jobs or remain in their current positions. (MDH)

The men and women who work as funeral directors take great pride in the fact that they provide efficient and appropriate services that give comfort to their customers. The job requires tact, discretion, and compassion when dealing with grieving people. (JOW)

Highlights the need for balance between content and process in task/work groups. Presents a conceptual model with visual maps depicting an ideal meeting of a task/work group as well as four scenarios in which the balance fails to occur. Implications of balance between content and process in groups, especially meetings, are discussed. (Author)

The time is right for apprenticeship to come into its own as a model of applied learning that works for today's learners and for industry and the economy. It has the potential to blend into the continuum of learning, not to stand alone as an alternative to formal education. (Author)

Offers assertions about discovering the value in organizations: (1) pursue passions with commitment, (2) commit to a compelling return, and (3) face the future ready to learn. (JOW)

Examines the emergence of workplace practices influenced by modernization. Demonstrates how growing emphasis on reflection in education and training is related to the need for flexible lifelong learning stimulated by workplace changes. (SK)