Describes how a major corporation adapted the prime-time television model to the workplace by using video to help create a more flexible, open culture conducive to change, innovation, and productivity. Discusses the series' objectives, the educational experience, the design method, lessons learned, and potential uses. (CT)

Reviews the major physiological measures that have been examined in studies of stress at work. Attempts to show that procedures typically used for measuring the physiological symptoms of stress are inadequate and to show how the validity of work stress research can be improved with better measurement methods. (LLL)

Past research on the spillover, compensatory, and no-relationship models has not helped to discover the structural relationships among facets of work, nonwork, and general well-being. A more comprehensive approach is presented and illustrated with data from three empirical studies of German workers. (Author/SSH)

Looks at the growth of knowledge and its impact on people and organizations, theoretical models for human resource development, trends in the work force and the workplace, and the implications of the first three for industrial education. (SK)

Examines procedural messages and group work habits of 20 three-person groups, 10 who preferred a tightly structured work cliamte and 10 who preferred a free-associative work routine. Results revealed that structured groups used abstract headings that organized group talk, while free-associative groups used specific details on a content-related…

This study, based on Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness, examines the effect of job rotation, succession, and reassignment of superiors on the behavior and performance of a sample of 115 infantry squad leaders. (Author)

This collection explores the impact of globalization and organizational change on academic institutions and their staff. It considers the restructuring of universities as part of a broader process of restructuring academic identities for the global knowledge economy and focuses on how women managers handle change within their institutions. The…

Attempts to achieve diversity in the faculty in institutions of higher education have increased in recent years. Despite these attempts, faculty of color and women are still underrepresented in the higher ranks. This paper presents autobiographies focusing on the career trajectories of three junior faculty members at one institution: a divorced…

This issue is excerpted from The American Faculty Poll sponsored by the Teachers Investment Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) and conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago in 1999. In this survey, 1,511 full-time faculty members from 285 institutions were interviewed. About…

Three aspects of academic career orientation have changed as a result of forces within and external to universities, and these changes have fundamentally altered the nature of the workplace for faculty members, resulting in serious challenges for the leadership of institutions. The changes occurred in: (1) the understanding professors have of…

This study examined cognitive, that is, information processing, style and its relationship to the experiencing of sources of job satisfaction/dissatisfaction and cognitive demands of the work environment among employees in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The aim of the study was to gain a more thorough understanding of the role of…

This chapter introduces teachers and other education professionals to the assessment of occupational stress. It begins with a brief discussion of what occupational stress is, and overview of the consequences of prolonged stress, and a review of the common causes of teacher stress. Next, it presents methods for reducing occupational stress through…

Underground bituminous mining offers the best job opportunities. Surface mining, which is highly mechanized, and anthracite mining hold far less promise for work. (Author)

The author points to employment problems in current society to which employment counselors should give attention. He asks members of NECA to take an active role in all social action programs, to create a more wholesome work environment for all people as a supplement to individual and group counseling, and to help counselees achieve a happier and…

Describes an innovative self-paced instructional program and its advantages with old, lock-step lecture methods. (Editor/RK)