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Direct linkTracey Harris – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study underscored the significance of company-paid professional development opportunities for higher education clerical support staff working in higher education facilities. Professional development constitutes an essential mechanism of continual education. It also facilitates the acquisition of innovative knowledge, an enhanced skill set,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Clerical Occupations, Clerical Workers, School Personnel
Balayan, Ariana – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2016
This investigation was designed to determine the factors and conditions associated with graduate enrollment management practitioners' participation in professional development (PD) activities. The sample consisted of members of a professional association, the National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals (NAGAP), focused solely on…
Descriptors: Enrollment Management, Graduate Study, Professional Development, Performance Factors
Download full textCollege of the Canyons, Valencia, CA. Office of Institutional Development. – 1993
In September 1993, California's College of the Canyons surveyed a total of 415 faculty and staff regarding their satisfaction with their employment at the college and their perceptions of opportunities for development. Responses were received from 41% (n=170) of the employees, including 56 full-time and 58 part-time faculty and 41 full-time and 13…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Opportunities, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Mueller, Jon – 1997
In January of 1996, North Central College (Naperville, Illinois) turned on its campus-wide, PC-based network. A Technology Training Group (TTG) was created; this group focused on technology training for new staff hires, while also considering the ongoing needs of the current employees. Goals of the TTG included bringing new employees quickly up to…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Employee Attitudes, Higher Education, Information Technology
Auster, Ethel; Chan, Donna C. – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Examines some of the factors affecting the participation of librarians in professional development activities. Reference librarians working in large urban public libraries in Ontario were surveyed. Data on participation in formal and informal learning activities, together with information about their perceptions of their libraries' environment…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Librarian Attitudes
Taber, Lynn Sullivan – 1997
This report presents data from a study designed to determine the faculty and staff development needs of Alabama's two-year college faculty and staff and to measure the extent to which those needs are perceived as being met. Information is provided for gender, race, and employee classification; employee life plans; length of time employed; highest…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Data
1997
This document contains four papers from a symposium on organization development and change. "The Effectiveness of Total Quality Management: A Response to the Critics" (Douglas H. Smith, Ralph G. Lewis) identifies four effectiveness principles: customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, speaking with facts, and respect for people. "Fast Cycle…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employee Attitudes, Human Resources, Learning Processes
Hickey, Laura M. – 1994
A residential group care facility serving abused children had encountered unprecedented changes both internally and in the community. These changes had been highly stressful for this agency, affecting the morale of those closest to the children, the Child/Youth Care Workers. To address these stressors, a strategy utilizing supportive,…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Job Performance
Overlock, Terrence H., Sr. – 1994
A 5-year Title III grant received by Northern Maine Technical College (NMTC) in 1989 provided funding for professional development (PD) activities at the college. To evaluate the impact of the grant and plan for the continuation of the professional development program, a study was conducted in 1994 near the end of the grant period. Following a…
Descriptors: Activities, Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Employee Attitudes
Kirwan, Cyril; Birchall, David – International Journal of Training and Development, 2006
Transfer of learning from management development programmes has been described as the effective and continuing application back at work of the knowledge and skills gained on those programmes. It is a very important issue for organizations today, given the large amounts of investment in these programmes and the small amounts of that investment that…
Descriptors: Health Services, Transfer of Training, Correlation, Work Environment
Clough, Carol E. – 1991
A study was conducted to investigate staff development needs at Chabot College and Las Positas College as perceived by members of the faculty, administration, and classified staff; to develop strategies to address the perceived needs; and to recommend short- and long-term implementation plans. A Staff Development Needs Assessment Questionnaire, an…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Needs
Peer reviewedBloom, Paula Jorde – Early Education and Development, 1996
Compared work environments of NAEYC accredited and nonaccredited centers using the Early Childhood Work Environment Survey. Found that innovativeness, goal consensus, opportunities for professional growth, and clarity accounted for the greatest differences between accredited and nonaccredited centers. Also found differences in staff's job…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers, Decision Making
Grealy, Deborah; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1996
A strategic planning task force at Denver University's Penrose Library conducted needs assessment and established a staff development program to address: orienting new staff; software training; and professional and personal development. Postprogram evaluation found improved morale, communication, and recognition of different learning styles, plus…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cognitive Style, Employee Attitudes, Flexible Scheduling
