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Hulbert, Jack E. – Business Education Forum, 1982
The importance of good interpersonal communication skills is examined. The disadvantages of passive behavior, the importance of self-concept, and the use and evaluation of assertiveness scripts are discussed. (CT)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Competence
Rozema, Hazel J. – 1982
Both women and blacks are often seen as inferior, emotional, harmless, content in their places, and nonverbally submissive, and are subject to overt discrimination in education, employment, and politics. Assertiveness training, a popular means used by women to overcome or combat sexism, could be equally effective in combatting racism. Assertive…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Communication Skills
Kolotkin, Richard A. – 1979
The contribution of a structured procedure designed to facilitate the generalization of assertive behavior was examined. Subjects solicited from the community (N=48) were assigned to an assertion training plus generalization instructions (AT Plus), an assertion training only (AT Only), or an attention-placebo control condition. Both behavioral…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Skills
Friedley, Sheryl A. – 1982
Despite the increase in the number of women entering the work force, the organizational setting is not typically conducive to upward mobility for most women. According to a variety of research studies, the impact of sex role stereotyping clearly suggests a set of communication behaviors appropriate for male managers and a different set appropriate…
Descriptors: Administration, Assertiveness, Attitude Change, Behavior Patterns
LaFromboise, Teresa; Boesch, Kit – 1986
This manual is a resource guide for leadership training workshops for American Indian women. Section I of the manual presents an overview of critical issues involved in the professionalization of American Indian women, including (1) the traditional roles of Indian women, and their precedent for contemporary professional roles; (2) the major issues…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Education, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns