This paper reports the findings of a survey of 686 secondary school teachers in England on their involvement in their work and the factors to which it is related. Three facet-free and 13 facet-specific measures were derived from a questionnaire sent to teachers who proportionately represented the characteristics of teachers in all secondary…

A search into the relationship between organizational decline and effectiveness was designed to confirm that two-year colleges are experiencing conditions of decline as perceived by faculty holding positions with two-year colleges. Attempts were made to examine the effects of decline on perceived academic effectiveness and faculty morale. The…

This paper draws on the model of the sponsored mentoring relationship to explore the role of the teacher education institution in assisting both first year teachers and their assigned public school mentors. The mechanism for facilitating the mentoring relationship is already in place in the form of the sponsored mentoring relationship of student…

This annotated bibliography is a listing of 286 papers and journal articles on human relations in public education published between 1982 and 1986. Nearly 50 entries concern the principal's role as manager and instructional leader. Another 50 address teacher supervision and evaluation, while 30 others treat teacher burnout, stress, morale, and…

Drawing from research and related literature on successful staff development activities, a professional development model was developed and implemented at J. F. Ingram Technical College (JFITC) in Alabama. Designed to serve the professional development needs of support staff, apprentice and master teachers, and administrators, the model provides…

In this report, the collective experience of non-professional support staff in academic libraries is suggested to be an invaluable--and often overlooked--human resource in long-range library planning. At Indiana State University Libraries, a special staff development activity was formulated to tap the creative energy of the library support staff…

The characteristics common to 571 public secondary schools that have been recognized as exemplary as part of the "Secondary School Recognition Program" are described in this booklet. Descriptions are given of: (1) good principals; (2) good teachers; (3) teacher rewards and recognition; (4) good student-teacher relationships; (5) high…

A study was conducted to examine the job attitudes of public two-year college instructors of developmental/remedial courses. The study used a path-analytical theoretical model to examine the relationships among the instructors' self-role congruence and length of service (the independent variables); total job satisfaction and organizational…

Studies have indicated that teacher stress is a major occupational hazard of teaching. Little system research attention, however, has been focused upon concern to this point in Alabama. Through use of questionnaires, an effort was made to document the current status of the teacher stress/burnout phenomena in an Alabama setting and explore the…

Perceptions of supervisor bias can profoundly affect organizational climate and employees' morale. Based on attribution theory, it was predicted that bias would be used to explain denial of promotion when the employee had been expected to succeed. It was also predicted that social comparison information detailing the similar plight of peer women…

This collection of articles gathers reprinted materials on teacher attraction and retention for small and rural school districts. The material is organized in two sections: (1) Attracting and Retaining Quality Teachers and (2) Challenging and Enriching Current Staff. Reprints from a number of publications present strategies for addressing the…

Public school teachers often work in "classroom cells" that are "symbols and predictive of their relative isolation from one another and from sources of ideas beyond their own background of experience." This type of environment, where teachers rarely join in collaborative endeavors and spend little of their professional time with other adult…

Since the passage of House Bills 246 and 72, Texas teachers have expressed frustration with the sudden and dramatic increases in the amount of paperwork required of them, complaining that the extra time required for noninstructional duties cuts into both instructional and personal time, and that the paper work created by this legislation is…

Student affairs professionals have recognized the importance of physical environment to students' total development and have implemented strategies to enhance the territorial behavior of dormitory residents. However, little research has been done to assess the effectiveness of residence hall personalization programs which allow students to paint…