Ergonomics focuses on the prevention of injuries through proper design of equipment, workstations, and products. The adoption of an ergonomic philosophy in the workplace has demonstrable benefits. (JOW)

Although the work environment has changed, business schools are not preparing graduates for leadership and team building. One reason may be that schools do not know how to train, which requires doing activities more than learning theories. (SK)

Examines positive and negative correlates of adolescent work as a function of work dimensions. Results indicate that concurrent costs and benefits of adolescent employment may depend on dimensions of work as well as adolescent characteristics. Adolescent employment was generally related to subsequent work motivation and nonacademic performance.…

Workplace learning is goal-directed activity shaped by the context and needs of a particular community of practice. Learning in the workplace includes close guidance by experts and distant guidance from other workers and the physical environment. The activities and the guidance are key components of the workplace learning curriculum. (SK)

Applies the cognitive system engineering approach to investigate human-work interaction at a corporate setting. Reports preliminary analysis of data collected from diary analysis and interview of 20 subjects. Results identify three dimensions for each of four interactive activities involved in human-work interaction and their relationships.…

Resulting changes to employment and welfare provision in the last two decades have led to disparate outcomes globally. In this context, contemporary career discourse invites us to take responsibility for personal well being and offers practical steps to achieve this. (Contains 30 references.) (GCP)

Traditional approaches to the development of a culturally aware work force have consistently ignored the importance of gender role and sexual orientation as sources of potential conflict in the workplace. Nursing must end personal and professional discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. (JOW)

The coprincipals of a California elementary school share their ideas for building a successful job-sharing partnership. They suggest it is important to find the right partner, develop and present a job-sharing proposal, establish systems of communication with each other, evaluate one's progress, focus on the principalship, and provide leadership…

Based on interview data with 39 secondary headteachers located in North East England, identifies aspects of principals' work that make for job satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Considers the relationship of those aspects and, building on other researchers' work, presents a unique model of job satisfaction that stresses personal needs and values and…

An increasingly diverse work force includes people with special learning needs. When addressing diversity issues, employers should consider accommodations for this population. Special needs educators should broaden their perspectives on training diverse learners for the workplace. (SK)

Suggests that if those who know most about classrooms are to have any voice in what happens in them, then a teacher's union will have to be an indispensable partner in that process. Argues that teachers need to stop avoiding community contacts and need to aid unions in their efforts to educate the public. (RS)

Explored the extent to which policies and practices promoting work-life balance (family friendly policies) have been taken up within the English higher education sector. Responses from 50 higher education institutions show that flexible working practices are more widespread than the formal policies of institutions would suggest. (SLD)

Despite significant progress in efforts to abolish child labor, an alarming number of children are engaged in its worst forms. Although 106 million are engaged in acceptable labor (light work for those above the minimum age for employment), 246 million are involved in child labor that should be abolished (under minimum age, hazardous work). (JOW)

Presents a typology distinguishing conceptions of generic skill as (1) the property of individuals versus relationship between individuals and work context and (2) skills used in routine versus novel situations. Asserts that work experiences that develop generic skills must be part of a curriculum that supports the practice of learning through…

Overviews some of the main issues in the most serious form of Internet abuse (i.e., Internet addiction) before examining other types of workplace Internet abuse and why they occur. Highlights a few specific types of Internet abuse (online pornography use, sexually related Internet crime, online gambling) as issues for employers. (Contains 16…