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Fiske, Susan T.; Glick, Peter – Journal of Social Issues, 1995
Theorizes that workplace sexual harassment results from the complex interplay of ambivalent motives and gender stereotyping of women and jobs. It argues that ambivalence combines hostile and "benevolent" sexist motives based on paternalism, gender differentiation, and heterosexuality and that organizational context can encourage or discourage the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories, Employed Women, Hostility
2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on motivation for learning and performance that was conducted as part of a conference on human resource development (HRD). "A Holistic Approach towards Motivation To Learn" (Constantine Kontoghiorghes) reports on a study that identified the following key variables within and outside…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Employee Attitudes, Empowerment, Environmental Influences
Cappelli, Peter – 2001
The question of why some employers opt to lay off current workers and hire new workers with different skills while other employers retrain and retain their workers was examined. First, the literature on employer-provided training and the role of social capital in the workplace was reviewed. Next, data from a 1994 national employers survey of firms…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Definitions