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Towns, Atiya Bottom – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Many university leaders lack the knowledge necessary to retain skilled employees and decrease employee turnover. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that leaders of colleges/universities in the United States used to retain skilled employees. Research participants included 7 leaders in higher education in central…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Turnover, Employees, Leadership Styles
Ariail, Donald L.; Quosigk, Benedikt L. – Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 2021
The University System of Georgia (USG) has a state-wide initiative aimed at increasing the well-being of faculty and staff by incentivizing a decrease in tobacco product usage by employees covered by a USG healthcare plan. This incentive is positive in that aid in stopping tobacco product usage is offered to each member; and negative in that each…
Descriptors: Well Being, Health Promotion, Incentives, Smoking
Al-Busaidi, Kamla Ali – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to empirically assess the payoffs of a corporate portal in an academic institution in Oman and its impacts on business processes and employees. Design/methodology/approach: The study included 100 employees, mostly instructors, in an academic institution. The questionnaire included indicators related to the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Employees
Hung, Humphry; Wong, Yiu Hing – International Journal of Training and Development, 2007
Based on psychological contract theory and expectancy disconfirmation theory, we posit that if employers support their staff by endorsing their continuing education and training, these employees will in turn be more satisfied and will perform better not only in their studies but also in their jobs. We also propose that such an endorsement will…
Descriptors: Employees, Job Satisfaction, Institutional Evaluation, Continuing Education
Talbot, Jon – Education & Training, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to describe the development and operation of an innovative, work based, distance delivered foundation degree developed by the University of Chester and the British Civil Service. The paper is both a case study in its own right but also the basis for a further quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Experience, Distance Education, Foreign Countries

Quick, R. C.; And Others – Public Personnel Management, 1987
Outlines Cornell University's Employee Assistance Education and Research Program, which uses an academic curriculum and field experience to further develop the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) profession. Addresses the dilemma of personnel executives in ensuring quality in EAP programs and staff. (JOW)
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Employee Assistance Programs, Employees, Higher Education

Marshall, Joan L. – Initiatives, 1996
Describes Purdue University's School of Liberal Arts Sexual Harassment Advisors' Network, an autonomous and informal program composed of volunteers who act as advisors for victims of sexual harassment. Describes operating procedures and relations with other campus offices, and discusses some of the unresolved issues that have emerged since 1992.…
Descriptors: Counseling, Educational Needs, Employees, Faculty

Crozier, Mary K.; Gressard, Charles F. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2005
There is an established body of research on the effectiveness of comprehensive substance abuse prevention strategies in higher education. There is relatively little research, however, on the characteristics and job functions of prevention professionals and their effectiveness. This study was designed to examine the characteristics of professionals…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Higher Education, Prevention, Substance Abuse

Wilson, Mark G.; And Others – American Journal of Health Promotion, 1996
A literature review identified 12 studies reporting the impact of worksite HIV/AIDS intervention programs. Ten studies reported positive effects on knowledge and/or attitudes. Few had control or comparison groups. Given the small number of studies and poor methodology, the literature on worksite HIV/AIDS intervention was classified as weak.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitude Measures, Behavior Change, Employee Attitudes
Rose, Bruce J. – 1996
Views of state public administrators about management education and training needs were investigated, as were administrator views concerning short-term management development workshops. Data was drawn from responses to questionnaires mailed to 5,980 state administrators who were selected from a national survey and from random samples using lists…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Course Content, Educational Needs
Thody, Philip – 1985
Languages have lost status in the educational system, and oral skills are less effectively and rigorously taught. However, a University of Leeds program providing short, intensive courses in administrative and legal French for British civil servants has been found to be very effective in developing the participants' oral and aural skills. The…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
National Planning Association, Washington, DC. – 1978
Focusing on education and training needs for law enforcement and criminal justice personnel, this document is one in a series of six volumes reporting the results of the National Manpower Survey (NMS) of the Criminal Justice System. Chapter 1 of ten chapters provides an overview of nine types of educational and/or training programs, including the…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Courts, Criminal Law, Educational Needs
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1978
As mandated in the 1973 Amendments to the Safe Streets Act, the National Manpower Survey of the Criminal Justice System was conducted to assess current and projected manpower needs, personnel quality, and training and education programs. Data were collected from the following sources: surveys of 8,000 executives of state and local criminal justice…
Descriptors: Administrators, Correctional Rehabilitation, Courts, Criminal Law