Explores how the understanding of graduate students' special needs and circumstances enhances counseling of this population. Looks at stress factors, educational preparation, delayed gratification, achieving autonomy, intellectual development, and the counseling process. Emphasizes the importance of establishing trust in the therapeutic dialog so…

In the attempts to improve teaching and learning through the use of psychometrics and its underlying science, conditions have been set inadvertently that are unlikely to encourage and support learning and self-evaluation. (IAH)

The chasm between crisis management theory and practice has been the downfall of many an institution. Senior professionals in corporate and institutional public relations were asked about their strategies for convincing top management to release information during a crisis. (MLW)

The example of an adult teacher of English as a Second Language illustrates that, in attempting to build learner trust, dilemmas between creating a safe learning environment and holding students academically accountable are normal. Multiple forms of trusting relationships may conflict; educators should view trust as not only establishing rapport…

Assessed 30 adolescent clients' perceptions of the limits of confidentiality, as well as their privacy demands during counseling. Participants' viewed vignettes of confidentiality issues and recorded their preferences and expectations of counselor actions. Results suggest that adolescents generally want higher levels of confidentiality than they…

Thirty-one machinists (blind, sighted, and visually impaired) answered questions about trust, resource sharing, and empowerment in work relationships. Employees with low vision were the least trusting and trusted, received the fewest shared resources, and reported proportionately more disempowering relationships. More educated employees saw more…

Describes a study of the culture of collaboration in the accounting industry. Topics include previous research on collaboration in organic organizational contexts, information gathering collaboration, knowledge giving and getting, accountability sharing, trust sharing, transboundary communication, information technology, and implications for…

Focuses on the development of a reliable and valid scale for measuring the related constructs of relational ethics as described in contextual family therapy. Presents the five-stage procedure used in developing the Relational Ethics Scale and the final version of the instrument. Provides data supporting the validity and reliability of the scale.…

People in noneducation fields recognize and accept leadership behaviors linked to using rewards and punishments, relying on loyalty and trust, and yielding results. Many noneducation professionals think educators are caught up in a communitarian/participation cult that encourages mediocre job performance. However, schools are a business and must…

Analysis of interview, observation and other data showed that school-district norms (lack of vision, lack of trust, defensiveness, constant turnover, and poor communication), were obstructive of school-revitalization goals, particularly the crucial goal of redesigning instruction for at-risk students, which requires a change-and-empowerment…

Discusses the efficacy of a psychoeducational support group to help working mothers manage their roles. The goals of this pilot project were to assist working mothers in working toward achieving cognitive restructuring, behavioral changes to reduce stress, and a sense of social support from experiential sharing within the group process.…

Offers a practitioner's views and experiences on how librarians can collaborate successfully with information technology (IT) professionals without losing their identities as librarians in a corporate environment. Discusses information science core competencies; components of information systems; human interaction, including mutual trust; and…

The goals of any aspect of collective bargaining are to arrive at a fair and equitable agreement, and to use a continuing consensus process as the best means of arriving at agreement. Describes the features of consensus bargaining and lists some simple dos and don'ts. (MLF)

Discusses a newly appointed education chief executive officer's efforts to influence his department's leadership culture. Guiding values to reshape leadership were fashioned on trust, respect, risk taking, openness, and flexibility. Findings indicate that actions from high-level educators can influence principals' leadership approaches. Changes…

Explains that punishment in education and upbringing must be seen as an interactive moral process. States that educative punishment is based on a relationship between trust and authority. Analyzes the connections among punishment, guilt, and shame and explores the idea of punishment as related to moral development. Includes references. (CMK)