Explores and advocates use of psychoeducational approaches to help rural mental health practitioners address counterproductive issues that inhibit effective therapeutic networking for schizophrenic clients. Details adapting psychoeducational programs for clients, families, and allied service providers in a rural setting. (NEC)

Describes a demonstration project that used network theory as a framework for a broad-range ecological approach to social work practice in long-term care facilities for the elderly. The importance of developing and maintaining social supports and the reciprocal benefits in linking kinship, friendship, formal caregiving, and mutual-aid networks are…

Counselor networks are presented as a means toward national licensure and empowerment. The Counselors Alumni Network (CAN) is a functioning model for change, affording visibility and access to the legislative process. (Author/ABB)

Examined the effects of social support on the psychological well-being of 245 widows. Results indicated that the role of such support is important but complex. Whether social support is helpful depends on such factors as where the widows are in the adjustment process and the type of support given. (Author/JAC)

By extracting all authors of articles published in the 3 most popular international journals of physics education for a period of ten years, some collaboration (co-authorship) networks have been constructed based on the criterion that if any two authors have published a paper together, they are labeled as connected or linked by research…

Benefits accrue to individuals from their social relationships, and these benefits may serve as resources. A study focused on the structure and implications of voluntary association, both between and within U.S. secondary schools. It studied both the qualities of social relationships in high schools and the schools' organizational characteristics.…

The purpose of this study was to systematically gather advice and insights from veteran school leaders on how to prepare and support the next generation of educational administrators through professional development and mentoring programs. Two hundred school administrators who were members of the American Association of School Administrators were…

Information collected from a sample of 14 women administrators in elementary and secondary school systems in northeastern Ohio was used to study (1) frequency of incidents of job related sex bias encountered by these women; and (2) their perceptions regarding the importance of such incidents in their careers. (Author/GC)

Describes the evolution of knowledge management in businesses and in other organizations and discusses explicit knowledge versus tacit knowledge; communities and collaboration; measuring social capital; social network analysis; organizational change; individual and personal change; improving the network; and the next stage of knowledge management.…

The New Literacy Studies' assumptions of socially embedded literacy practices and multiple literacies support the following literacy education models: (1) involving communities in programs; (2) encouraging learner invention of literacy practices; and (3) helping learners adapt and expand literacy practices. (SK)

Proposes a conceptual framework for managing relationships of small and medium-sized enterprises, based on the necessity of cooperation for survival. Describes characteristics of embedded relationship in stakeholder interactions, including trust, durability, information transfer, and collaboration. (Contains 72 references.) (SK)

Multivariate analyses of data from the California Workplace Survey suggested that managers' participation in networks, especially professional and community organizations and internal networks, positively influenced the probability and intensity of adoption of high-performance work practices and training. Multiple affiliations increased the…

Suggests using social network theory to explain varieties of mourning behavior in different societies. Compares participation in funeral ceremonies of members of different social circles in American society and Israeli kibbutz. Concludes that results demonstrated validity of concepts deriving from social network analysis in study of bereavement,…

Presents findings based on author's research and experience as principal in California's Mojave Desert. Five basic characteristics distinguish the rural principalship: lack of an assistant principal or other support staff; assumption of other duties, including central office tasks, teaching, or management of another site; less severe student…

Peer networking, a shared learning activity in which people and ideas are linked in a mutually supportive environment, can allow the sharing of information and expertise, link people who share common interests, test new concepts, verify new ideas, and promote job opportunities. Guidelines for successful networking include listening attentively,…