The problem: Motivating and retaining staff had become an ongoing problem at the student newspaper. Student staffers would quit abruptly when overwhelmed or dissatisfied, leaving the newspaper with critical positions vacant. This affected the performance of the newspaper. Method: The newspaper was organized into self directed work teams (SDWTs).…

The intention of the study is to identify the development of personal skills, as well as the increase of job satisfaction and productivity of the employee, as a result of their participation in high performance teams. Volunteered in the study 139 members of self-managed teams belonging to the Production Area, 39 of Operational Administrative…

Psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers (N=132, a 53% response) responded to a mailed questionnaire assessing their beliefs and practices concerning self-help as it is affected by professional source of income, practice arena, and demographic variables. The 20-item questionnaire attempted to tap beliefs about the effectiveness and…