Many school districts in the United States struggle to retain assistant principals (APs), thus losing the opportunity to prepare and promote quality internal candidates for the principalship. The purpose of the critical participatory action research study was to add to the limited research on AP experiences and how to support their professional…

Various promotion requirements are adopted in the appointment of classroom or subject educators as office-based educators or subject advisors (education specialists) in the Department of Basic Education. This qualitative adopted interpretive paradigm study sought to explore educators' lived experiences on the promotion requirements espoused by the…

Within recent years seasoned collegiate recreation senior leaders have noted a concern relative to the skill level of their potential successors. As these directors near retirement there has been discussion within the industry as to how to best coach supporting staff in preparation for transition into the director role. The intent of this study…

The IT industry is dynamic and quickly evolving. As a surge of diverse training models across subsectors and occupations is becoming available, this is a unique opportunity to enhance training practices and better align them to meet industry and employer needs. This brief offers recommendations for IT training providers to strengthen their work…

The resource-based view of the organization conceptualizes diversity as a valuable, scarce and difficult to imitate resource. The phenomenon of diversity, specifically gender diversity, is fast becoming an inevitable reality for the contemporary organizations as an increasing number of female workers are joining the formal work force both in the…

Paraeducators perform multiple roles in U.S. classrooms, including among others preparing classroom activities, working with students individually and in small groups, supporting individualized programming for students with disabilities, managing classroom behavior, and engaging with parents and communities. Yet, little research provides insights…

It is indisputable that teachers and principals have the greatest impact on student learning. Unfortunately, the education system has hired and tenured thousands of ineffective teachers and principals, particularly in high-poverty urban and rural schools. As a consequence, these schools have low levels of student learning. To remedy this problem,…

Human capital theory suggests the knowledge, skills, and abilities one obtains through experience, on-the-job training, or education enhances one's productivity. This research was based on human capital theory and promotability (i.e., upward mobility). The research offered in this dissertation shows what effect obtaining information security…

Universities of Technology (UTs) offer career-focused education in a wide variety of disciplines and fields. Traditionally, UTs recruited academic staff with relevant workplace experience, rather than academic qualifications. The result of this strategy was, while many lecturers possessed professional qualifications in their field, they did not…

Identification of promotion characteristics which can lead to more open job mobility systems. (Editor)

Describes the work of a data security analyst including information on qualifications, job opportunities, career paths, salaries, and working conditions. (JOW)

Looks at the occupation of private detective and investigator and discusses the nature of the work, earnings and working conditions, qualifications and advancement, employment and outlook, and related occupations. (JOW)

The authors provide guidelines for the development and implementation of role-play simulations used for employee selection and promotion. Exercises are presented to illustrate the development of practical content-valid procedures. Suggestions on developing relevant ideas, working with role players, facilitating raters, and minimizing candidate…

Although employment opportunities for minorities are very good at entry-level positions in New York City banks, very little opportunity exists for promotion. (BH)