This study was concerned with investigating the effects of human relations laboratory experiences on the interpersonal behavior of male and female college students. (Author)

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to analyze the historical development of HRD knowledge. The analysis aims to use the qualitative research technique of text deconstruction on an important management text from the human relations phase of organization theory. Deconstruction is not a common method to HRD. In this paper, HRD scholars…

This historical account of Colorado's progress in human relations addresses itself to two questions: (1) What was the general attitude toward human relations problems on the part of those who settled and developed Colorado? (2) What changes have been brought about over a century? The first of five parts defines the concept of human relations and…

This study explores the effects of a white, middle and upper-class preference system on the helping relationship. Evaluating people according to their monetary status, educational background, productiveness, and religious and social origins characterized many nursing students in the study. In an attempt to help students become aware of their own…

When administrators and teachers alike mutually search out ways to make their schools more person-centered, schooling then becomes the humane experience it ought to be. All the available resources can be brought to bear in the service of the student's self-actualization-the development of his unique potential. This is an essential part of…

The social, cultural, and political implications of the International Year of the Child activities upon current models of education and habilitation are explored. The past and current significance of four sociopolitical experiments that have reformed American educational practice are also evaluated. (JMF)

In interpersonal attraction, studies and judgment research evaluation of a stimulus is often a function of the context within which the stimulus appears. The first experiment was designed to examine "contrast effects" (shifts in the rated value of a stimulus away from the contextual values) when all attitudinal information was received from two…

First in a series, this human relations training handbook contains three types of structured experiences: unadapted "classic" experiences, highly adapted experiences, and innovated experiences. Structured experiences are defined here as those in which some person (the facilitator) suggests, directs, or leads the activity or takes responsibility…

In a convocation address at Waterloo University, Dr. Leddy poses some questions for 20th century man. (Editor)

Unfeeling methods used by educators when considering a prospective teacher for employment are unfair. Long periods of waiting for the decision of a personnel director are unnecessary. (CK)

Discussion sessions lead to improved behavior and mutual understanding. (Author/LY)

Today's school leaders cannot always resort to authoritarian tactics to implement their ideas. Consequently, they need training to equip them with the skills required to interact effectively with other personnel, whose points of view merit consideration. (CK)

Reviews the accepted and published features of quality circles; examines the current practices in four organizations in the southwestern United States; interprets the use of quality circles in the context of human relations styles of management; and notes principles associated with successful quality circles. (JOW)

In this article I consider contemporary philosophical conceptions of human nature from the point of view of the ideal of gender equality. My main argument is that an essentialist account of human nature, unlike what I take to be its two main alternatives (the subjectivist account and the cultural account), is able coherently to justify the…