This guide is designed to help the supervisor conduct effective counseling interviews with his employees. It consists of the following sections: (1) a general description of the counseling interview; (2) a discussion of the individual and the job; (3) suggestions on conducting the interview (considering what to do before, during and after the…

The job of Steel Mill Inspector was analyzed in terms of the sequential constraints existing among the job's operations. This measure of environmental variability was related to cognitive complexity--a measure of the individual Inspector's ability to process job-related information. As predicted, satisfaction with the work itself was an inverted…

Business and government produced a partnership early in 1968. The government devised a contracting procedure to subsidize the extra costs encountered by private sector employers who would provide jobs and training to persons known to be hard-to-employ. The process was labled Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS). Simultaneously, some…

In a survey of the state of the art in ergonomics (human factors) as it has been applied to coal mining, approximately 1,200 references in the published literature both foreign and domestic were located. Abstracts of 49 references were prepared on such topics as the effects of environmental stress on health and productivity, accident prevention…

Work injuries and their monetary losses in the construction industry can be effectively prevented only through an aggressive and well-planned safety effort. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide guidelines to aid the construction contractor in complying with legal requirements and in attaining the objective of keeping costly accidents and…

In the first phase of this study (see ED 040 133), data revealed that lunchroom aides constituted the largest category of paraprofessionals in both paid and voluntary respects. Inasmuch as the lunchroom aide was found to be the most common paraprofessional, the decision was made to study this type of paraprofessional in depth. Questionnaires were…

This report describes what has been done to implement the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 during its first year of operation. The report examines the responsibilities of the Department of Labor for setting safety and health standards and also explores the activities of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in research and…

This report presents a theoretical model and a practical guide for a survey feedback-problem solving-collective decision intervention in educational systems. The intervention focuses on work roles and relationships; job function, authority, and communication patterns; and on reviewing group progress and problems. One objective of the strategy is…

The question which this paper poses for resolution is: What are the relationships (if any) existing between job satisfaction, on the one hand, and occupation, on the other? The answer to this query is significant for two reasons: (1) the existence of relationships raises fundamental issues for consideration and (2) if no relationships exist; it is…

This study represents one phase of a broader research project designed to develop and test the Occupation Analysis Inventory (OAI). The specific objective of the present investigation was to systematically derive a comprehensive set of work dimensions that could be used in describing and classifying jobs for educational purposes. The OAI was…

This study represents one phase of a broader research project designed to develop and test the Occupation Analysis Inventory (OAI). The study is basically a replication of an earlier study which derived a set of work dimensions for classifying jobs for educational purposes. Using a new sample of 400 jobs, the present study is designed to determine…

Present evaluation techniques depend heavily upon student input, with little or no reference to the circumstances under which faculty work. Using the Fried Transdisciplinary Model in evaluating faculty would do much to alleviate this situation. Questions about quality of performance would still be considered under the Task Requisites Zone of the…

Job satisfactions of industrial arts teacher educators and the importance they place upon their professional role activities, work environment, departmental supervision, and relationships with colleagues were measured and assessed. The National Job Satisfaction Study Instrument (NJSSI) was developed by the investigators to collect information to…

To provide a base for making specific recommendations for professional action by student affairs personnel, this overview has been written in two sections. The first reviews the current status of bargaining in colleges and universities while the second briefly describes the changing relationships for student affairs personnel. (Author)

This investigation represents an attempt to develop and validate a research instrument (Manifest Needs Questionnaire) capable of measuring the four needs of achievement, affiliation, autonomy, and dominance using behaviorally-based scales. The instrument is designed to measure such needs with specific reference to work settings. (Author)