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Peer reviewedVrooman, Rona J. – CUPA Journal, 1992
The important role of academic department secretaries at institutions of higher education is considered in the context of a survey of 121 academic department support staff. Possible strategies for retaining these valuable employees are offered, including accurate position descriptions, appropriate compensation, team-building programs, and special…
Descriptors: Departments, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMorrell, Louis R. – CUPA Journal, 1994
Complexity of employee compensation policy is examined as it applies to colleges and universities. It is argued that sound compensation policy helps the institution attract and retain qualified, skilled employees. New approaches that shift the focus from job to employee are outlined, and their implications for institutions of higher education are…
Descriptors: College Administration, Compensation (Remuneration), Employer Employee Relationship, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBell, Douglas J; Bracken, Jerald D. – College and University, 1992
At Brigham Young University, the admissions office organized its staff in teams and built a computer software system to support the teams. An improved worker sense of responsibility and increased emphasis on human factors resulted in dramatically increased productivity as measured by number of admissions applications processed and completed.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
Download full textSorcinelli, Mary Deane; Billings, Deborah A. – 1992
A study examined untenured faculty at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) to determine their job satisfaction and work stress, changes in these areas over time, and ways the university could enrich their job experience. Two cohorts were studied via questionnaires. The first cohort comprised first-year faculty (N=23) and the second comprised…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Faculty, Collegiality, Comparative Analysis
Porter, Mahlon E. – 1988
This final evaluation report describes the Curriculum-Based Vocational Assessment (CBVA) project of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS). The program serves mildly handicapped (learning disabled and mildly retarded) secondary level students in 18 regular vocational education courses delivered in 45 middle, junior high, and senior…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Dependents Schools, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Potential
DeLoach, Marva L.; And Others – Illinois Libraries, 1987
Three articles discuss management of library technical processes personnel. The first article focuses on the employer employee relationship and communication; the second explores management trends, including participative decision making, personnel evaluation, management by objectives, and the collegial system; and the third focuses on the…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Human Resources, Library Automation, Library Personnel
