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Peer reviewedBrown, William H., III – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1990
The greatest challenge for American industry will be to have management at all levels that is representative of the diversified workforce that is anticipated. Business must ensure fair compensation, healthy working conditions, growth and personal development opportunities, progress in the company, and pride in the value of work itself. (AF)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Business Responsibility, Civil Rights Legislation
Download full textStasz, Cathleen; And Others – 1996
A study was conducted to explore skills and work-related dispositions in technical work. It used a sociocultural approach to examine skills in seven target jobs in worksites representing diverse industries--health care, traffic management, transportation, and semiconductor manufacturing. It explored employers' strategies for obtaining the skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Communication Skills, Employer Employee Relationship
Burmeister, Charles W.; Martinez, Ernest A.; Biggerstaff, Diana; Coppernoll, Susanna; Sylvest, Onedia H.; Ganzert, Robin; Greenwood, Tamara; Hoppe, Betsy; Turner, Lauren; Yuochunas, Nancy L.; Duwe, Jack; Caruso, Judy; Jezwinski, Marcia – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1998
Describes creative responses of six colleges and universities to the information-technology personnel shortage, salary differentials with marketplace, recruitment and retention difficulties, and the need to support institution-wide technology growth. Institutions include: Alamo Community College District (Texas); Texas A&M University; Wake…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Employment Practices, Financial Support
Peer reviewedLiuhanen, Anna-Maija – Higher Education Management, 1996
At the University of Oulu (Finland), a 1992-93 institutional evaluation included both self-assessment and external evaluation. The self-evaluation paid little attention to institutional human resource management, while the external assessment gave substantial attention to personnel policy, staff development, and manpower planning. A more strategic…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Employment Practices, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLogan, Nelson S. – Journal of Dental Education, 1997
Argues that minority dental school faculty are needed to train a pluralistic dental labor force, and describes the University of Iowa's long-term affirmative action and minority faculty recruitment efforts. Discusses issues in retention, particularly workload concerns and acculturation, and the use of mentoring and other support mechanisms to…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Affirmative Action, Black Teachers, Cultural Pluralism
Koehoorn, Mieke; Lowe, Graham S.; Rondeau, Kent V.; Schellenberg, Grant; Wagar, Terry H. – 2002
Insights from a variety of research streams were synthesized to identify the key ingredients of a high-quality work environment in Canada's health care sector and ways of achieving high-quality workplaces in the sector. The following sets of interacting factors were considered: (1) the work environment and the human resource practices that shape…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Educational Research, Employer Employee Relationship
