Presents time management techniques that child care directors can use in learning to control "time bandits," those external (circumstances and expectations of others) and internal (personal work attitudes and behaviors) factors that take away focused attention from planned priorities and personal productivity. (BB)

This paper evaluates Hatton's critique of Grant and Sleeter's (1985) view of teacher work. Teachers have power, it is argued, and choose how willing they are to respond to students of particular racial and social backgrounds. (MT)

Examined career transitions of supervisors to determine the impact of their transitions on behaviors and attitudes of subordinates who had made recent career transitions. Data from 124 managers and subordinates revealed that the magnitude of both a supervisor's and subordinate's career transition interacted to affect subordinate's commitment to…

The authors discuss precedent-setting court litigation concerning the employee's right to personal relationships, including relationships with co-workers and with employees of competitors. Information presented includes both public and private employers. They also discuss the tension between the employee's right to privacy and the employer's…

The attitudes of staff and management at 62 potential community training sites (such as restaurants, stores, and shops) toward integration of persons with severe handicaps was assessed and compared with those of high school teachers and students. Survey respondents expressed positive attitudes toward normalized use of community facilities.…

Discusses the growing use of temporary employees by companies, including the reasons that temporary help is popular. Describes the types of people likely to become temporary employees and reports results from a survey of 144 members of the American Society for Personnel Administration regarding their organizations' use of temporary employees. (CH)

Conducted survey to identify characteristics associated with chemical dependency among chemically dependent nurse anesthetists. Subjects were 21 nurse anesthetists who had been chemically dependent, had completed some form of drug treatment, and had been chemically free for at least one year. Investigated areas of employment setting, educational…

This paper demonstrates the utility of community development skills, tactics, and strategies within the workplace. The case study addresses the process of uniting the division between the direct care staff and administration in a human service organization through the use of the participatory process. (Author)

Little attention has been given the to need to improve the working conditions of rural small school district superintendents. This paper describes a six-step process to estimate the number of small rural superintendencies, provides a demographic profile of individuals occupying these positions, and explores three dimensions relevant to their…

The author discusses the cultural deprivation of most White, male managers and presents model corporate programs used by Procter and Gamble Company, Digital Equipment Corporation, and Ortho Pharmaceutical to address this problem. The author presents valuing diversity as a chance to improve organizational effectiveness and lists 10 guidelines for…

Demonstrates that job satisfaction is positively related to the congruence between the personality types of individuals and their work environments for males and females. However, gender-specific differences are apparent in terms of the relationship between person-environment congruence and extrinsic (males only) and overall (females only) job…

The challenge for human resource development managers is to design an environment that makes the most of productive people rather than perpetuating the factory system of work. (JOW)

Reports that women employ fundamentally the same personal influence strategies as male managers to affect others in a work organization. States that assertive behavioral strategies remain one of the few characteristics distinguishing male from female respondents. Specific recommendations for change are addressed. (Author/CH)

The authors review John Holland's theory that career choice reflects individual personality and behavioral styles, as well as related research findings with nonhandicapped populations. They discuss implications of the theory's appropriateness for the handicapped. (SK)

After analyzing some of the factors--technological development, innovation, work reform movements--that have contributed to the erosion of the conventional model of enterprise organization, the author turns to what may happen in the future. (Author/CT)