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Pfeffer, Jeffrey; Davis-Blake, Alison – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1987
Examines the effect of the proportion of women administrators on both men's and women's salaries in colleges and universities. Identifies four theoretical predictors: economic competition and crowding, demographic group power, group interaction, and institutionalization. Increasing the proportion of women actually decreases salaries for both…
Descriptors: Administrators, Competition, Crowding, Economic Research

Borg, Mark G. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1990
Reviews studies on occupational stress among teachers in British schools. Considers the prevalence of self-reported occupational stress, sources of stress, symptoms and effects, and coping actions. Argues that, in view of changes in education, further research is needed to provide updated information on which to base an understanding of teacher…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Class Size, Crowding, Educational Change

Bennett, Neville – British Educational Research Journal, 1996
Questions major participants in England's school system about the problem of increasing class size. Assesses several broad areas affected by class size, including children as learners, management of resources, decision making, and teachers' classroom practices. Discovers a general consensus of concern over increasing class size. (MJP)
Descriptors: Administrators, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Crowding