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Levine, Hermine Zagat – Personnel, 1985
The author reports company responses to a questionnaire concerning employee assistance programs (EAP). Answers concern EAP structure, staff training, use of outside consultant, services provided by EAPs, program administration, employee confidence in EAPs, advertising the program, program philosophy, problems encountered by EAP users, coverage and…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Weerts, Michael Victor – 1977
A study was done to (1) identify the practices and attitudes of major Colorado public and private employers toward career development of sub-professional employees, and (2) prepare a self-assessment questionnaire by which employers can compare their practices to those employers of comparable size and type of business. A Likert-style questionnaire…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Career Development, Educational Attitudes, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedMegginson, David – Management Education and Development, 1988
Discusses instructing, coaching, and mentoring as three ways in which managers can help their staff. Describes questionaires to measure the use of each approach, reports results from one organization, and considers practical issues in using the approaches. (JOW)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Employer Employee Relationship
Donovan, Mary Ann – 1986
A nationwide survey of private sector employers elicited information on the level of business interest in various vocational educational services and programs. It also provided insight into how business can and does contribute to vocational education. Nearly all employers (94 percent of the 262 who returned questionnaires) indicated some interest…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Employer Attitudes, Job Skills, Job Training
Friedlander, Jack; Gocke, Sharon – 1985
In November 1984, all administrators, classified staff, and faculty at Napa Valley College (NVC) were surveyed concerning a wide range of topics related to working at the institution. The survey, which was completed by 17 administrators (71%), 60 classified staff members (42%), 71 full-time faculty members (63%), and 79 part-time faculty members…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Environment, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Download full textClagett, Craig A. – 1988
A collaborative study was conducted by representatives of the Prince George's Chamber of Commerce, the University of Maryland University College, and Prince George's Community College to identify the training and professional development activities most desired by county business leaders. Surveys were mailed to 5,000 of the 15,125 businesses…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Continuing Education, Educational Needs
Lyons, Dave – 1981
A project was undertaken in Humboldt County to collect information from large and small businesses in the areas of agriculture, mining, manufacturing, transportation, wholesale and retail, finance, services, and public information with respect to their employee requirements and needs. In all, 451 firms were surveyed to determine the size of the…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
Cristiano, Marilyn J. – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted to holistically evaluate the activities of the Employee Development Program at Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) and to determine if employee groups differed significantly in their evaluations of the effectiveness of the activities. Of the 114 full- and part-time board-approved employees of PVCC, 86 (75%)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Faculty Development
Moran, Sarah – 1995
This document is the staff development manual that was developed to train worker education facilitators involved in the Chicago Teachers' Center of Northeastern Illinois University and Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Worker Education Program (WEP). The document begins with an overview of the WEP, which uses workers' life and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Planning
Ngok, Lee; Lam, Agnes – 1994
This book, which is based on several first-hand studies, provides an overview of professional and continuing education in Hong Kong and examines selected issues in the field. The following chapters are included: "Preface" (Lee Ngok, Agnes Lam); "Introduction" (Lee Ngok, Agnes Lam); "The Role of Government in Human Resource…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Consortia
