With more companies allowing "flextime", more access to elearning, and telecomuting, the line between workplace flexibility and work-life balance begins to blur. Companies "sell" to employees the flexibility of being able to complete training programs from the comfort of the participant's home, allowing them to learn at their own speed. In many…

A new scale for self-directed learning oriented toward learners in academic settings and in other environments such as the workplace was developed. Participants were employees of a southeastern state. To obtain reliability estimates, items were developed that asked questions about the employee's behavior in the work environment. Validity was…

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of completion instructions on item parameters and category use as students completed a self-report personality survey. Instructions allowed free-choice allotment of ratings (nonforced distribution) or requested the subject to assign a certain number of ratings to either the highest or lowest…

Training courses organized by the World Bank Institute (WBI) have recently started to assess participant learning using a randomized, cognitive pretest-posttest. Some trainers, however, feel reluctant to use this Level 2 evaluation (D. Kirkpatrick, 1994) in their courses, and continue to rely on participants' self-assessment of their own…

A study indicated that the type of pay system may have a positive impact on motivation, but a negative one on satisfaction depending on the workers or organizations studied. (AG)

Discusses British educational policy in India and reviews Sir Eric Ashby's book: Universities: British, Indian and African. A Study in the Ecology of Higher Education. (MF)

Development and implementation of a program for identifying, developing, and promoting employees with supervisory and management potential. Evaluation criteria and methods, training of personnel evaluators, and accomplishments to date, are covered. Three references. (LY)

Provides a rationale for private sector free speech. Reviews federal cases dealing with free speech in private organizations and assesses the chances of future free speech expansion via state action. Concludes that legislation and not the Constitution is the most viable means of obtaining free speech in the private organization. (PD)

This overview of public library unionism in the United States notes viewpoints expressed in the literature citing public-employee dilemmas, negotiation restrictions, and union effects on bureaucracies. Seventeen references are listed. (EJS)

Discusses a survey to assess public employees' attitudes toward performance appraisal. Results found both employees and supervisors favorable to the process. (Author/LD)

Fefferman argues that mandatory Social Security coverage for teachers and other government employees assures their own pension protection and equalizes their contributions with their potential Social Security benefits. Brundige feels that teachers already have superior retirement plans and should not be forced to bail out the ailing Social…

Analyzes cases that deal with the permissible scope of public employee collective bargaining and attempts to present a workable, systematic approach to resolving issues concerning scope of bargaining in the absence of legal guidelines. Available from John Marshall Law School, 315 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL 60604; single issues $3.50. (Author/IRT)

Outlines the history of Wisconsin's Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA), details the new MERA procedures, and analyzes some of the procedure's implications for municipal labor relations. Concludes that the limitations placed on the right to strike may undermine the statute's long-term effectiveness. Journal availability: see EA 511 539.…

Outlines considerations for companies to follow in developing an economic and noneconomic severance policy that eases the trauma of termination and effectively meets individual needs. (Author/IRT)