This article examines the listening process and factors affecting listening. It also suggests general guidelines for teaching and assessing listening and gives examples of activities for practicing and developing listening skills for the workplace. Listening is a demanding process that involves the listener, speaker, message content, and…

This study proposed a model of administrative job satisfaction and tested the model using a database of 1,178 administrators at 120 public and private universities. The robust model explained 54% of the variance in ones overall job satisfaction. Overall, the results show that state, campus, and most of the personal characteristics variables do not…

Successful large-scale school reforms require 5 years or more of a superintendent's attention. There is an implication that excessively short tenures, particularly if experienced in a brief span of time, could prove detrimental to systemwide improvement efforts. This study examines the survival of school superintendents in office, using data from…

This paper presents a comprehensive picture of informal problem solving (IPS) meetings where gatherings of workers meet around computer screens, at their desks, in doorways, and in halls to accomplish multiple work-related tasks. It attempts to uncover interactional details of informal meetings by providing a micro-analytic model of informal…

This study examined the executive behavior of educational administrators in schools and universities, and compared it with that of business executives. Data were obtained by tabular review of four select studies on patterns of behavior. Analytical results point to considerable similarity in the daily work realities of executives studied, in spite…

By 1984 the concepts of work and leisure may undergo radical changes. The adult educator can help the worker adjust to this new environment by defining the social and political implications of living in a leisure society, trying to make work meaningful for those who are working, and constructing meaningful avocational programs. (SC)

Work sampling is a managerial accounting technique which provides information about the efficiency of an operation. This analysis determines what tasks are being performed durinq a period of time to ascertain if time and effort are being allocated efficiently. (SK)

This discussion of the development and nature of the organizational climate concept reviews dimensions, measurements, and effects, and suggests possible applications to the work environment of academic libraries. The relationship between organizational climate and professional behavior of librarians is explored. Nineteen references are included.…

This discussion of microcomputers notes applications in libraries; the impact of microcomputers in the home, library, or office; and ways to combat static electricity in the work area. (EJS)

Burnout is a problem among nurses and other helping professionals. Reports reviewed here will help nursing administrators recognize signs of burnout among their staff. The author cites the need for research and makes suggestions to alleviate the problem. (JOW)

Presents 11 selections from Walter Benjamin's essay "The Storyteller" which illustrate how the work milieu and the significance of death are incorporated into stories. Benjamin compares historiography to traditional storytelling, and discusses the effect of the storyteller's need to maintain the listener's interest upon the story's style…

Examines the predictable stages in the career development of a vocational educator. Stage one covers adjustment to new situations; stage two focuses on acquiring continuing employment status; stage three (mid-career) often includes career crisis; stage four includes both security and lack of personal challenge; and stage five is retirement. (CT)

The job of school administrators is overviewed: nature of the work; working conditions and earnings; experience, training, and other qualifications; and employment and job outlook. (CT)

This article considers the following questions: Who is likely to get romantically involved at work? Why do such relationships develop? What happens in these relationships? What impact do such relationships have on one's peers at work? How do managers respond to staff members who are romantically involved at work? (CT)

Results of this study supported the position that higher-order job perceptions and job satisfaction are reciprocally and dynamically related, where variables representing one construct reflect causal influences of the other construct. While the job perception-job satisfaction relationship appeared to be reciprocal, it did not appear to be…