Conducts a survey concerning ethical preferences and compares results with an earlier study of business faculty and students considering actual practices and perceptions in the workplace. Finds significant differences in responses to six narratives focused on ignoring wrongdoing in the workplace, doing special favors for others to gain personal…

Examines effects of gender and job on educators' perceptions of personal wellness (incorporating emotional, intellectual, environmental, physical, spiritual, and social dimensions), using data from an urban Canadian district. Although gender did not matter, job type did. Administrators were more positive about wellness than teachers or classified…

Despite their invaluable services, school counselors are among the first positions cut from tight budgets. The California high-school counselor profiled has a typical caseload: 450 students. She must respond to student's individual cases while making time to develop programs to improve student behavior and achievement. (MLH)

An absenteeism study found that the largest percentage of teacher absences was due to professional development activities, illness, and vacant positions. High schools had lower absence rates than elementary and middle schools and centers. Absenteeism was also related to number of kids eligible for free-lunch programs. (Contains 20 references.)…

Discusses the potential employment of language professionals at a comprehensive metropolitan university, covering the broad configuration of such universities, the professional considerations of employment, the urban environment, and the common problems of institutions of this type. (Author/VWL)

The debate about work-family relationships must focus on the nature of family life, the place of women in the new economy, the needs of children, and the future of an aging population. Because the workplace has limited capacity to meet work-family needs, partnerships with government services are needed. (JOW)

The determinants of innovation were examined using data from 698 Australian workplaces. Results suggest that better employee-management communications are associated with more change and that workplaces with higher levels of training undergo more change. (Author/JOW)

Chronicles perceived dilemmas of 20 Australian principals whose work lives were preoccupied with school restructuring. Findings suggest two main types of dilemmas: general, personal/professional "states of mind" and specific, practical organizational dilemmas. Research is needed on devising management solutions and improving leadership…

Outlines experiences of 25 midcareer elementary teachers in Israel, exploring what happens to their management styles after several years. Through inductive analysis of lifestories data, revealed that 13 of the principals experienced cross-gender transition in relation to their managerial styles; 12 did not change their styles at all. Discusses…

Transcripts of workplace interactions were analyzed to examine the role of workplace educators in standardizing discursive practices across institutions in the global economy and redesigning local practices to comply with global ones. The politics of what counts as knowledge and who gets to know is an issue workplace educators must address. (SK)

Coded data from 108 organizational ethnographies identified the determinants of management citizenship behavior (MCB). Unstable product markets but product competition increases it. MCB reduces conflict between employees and managers and has a strong positive effect on organizational citizenship behavior. (Contains 93 references.) (SK)

A study of human resource practices in 18 automobile factories in the United States and Britain showed that manufacturing innovations are placing greater demands on line managers and workers. Training is being refocused to develop their interpersonal, team, and leadership skills. However, lack of time and suitable training facilities are barriers.…

Worksites represent an untapped resource for reaching teens with tobacco control messages, given that 80% of teens have held at least one job by the time they graduate from high school. This paper presents formative research findings from a methods development study aimed at designing and testing a tobacco control intervention targeting working…

Numeracy in the workplace is much more complex than the simple application of mathematical knowledge and skills learned in school or vocational education. Although the knowledge and skills developed in compulsory education or in formal adult and vocational education and training courses play a foundational role, they are inevitably transformed…

This article explores the strengths and weaknesses of Lave and Wenger's concept of "legitimate peripheral participation" as a means of understanding workplace learning. It draws on recent ESRC-funded research by the authors in contemporary workplace settings in the UK (manufacturing industry and secondary schools) to establish the extent…