Finds that electronic mail messages with socioemotional content were generally avoided in downward and diagonal communication but were more commonly sent by nonmanagers and younger people, who were less often involved in decision making. Shows that socioemotion use was positively related to perceived quality of work. (SR)

For 17 practical nurses, client advocacy was not their primary role. However, the nurse-patient relationship was a salient feature of advocacy. Work environment barriers and physician attitudes hindered involvement in advocacy. (SK)

Responses from 566 college faculty (51.4%) indicated that teaching and research each contribute about 25% to job satisfaction and 16% to dissatisfaction. Results do not support Herzberg's theory that satisfaction and dissatisfaction are separate and distinct; findings reveal the influence of situation. (SK)

Interviews with 139 British managers, 84 recent graduates, and 35 workers doing similar jobs to the graduates identified key changes in work environments and organizational cultures. Employees appeared to want adaptive, adaptable, and transformative workers and expect graduates to be immediately effective on the job. (SK)

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)