The study suggests that the quality of life at work can be enhanced through effective performance planning by employees and that this planning can also reduce the amount of job-related stress employees experience. (Author/IRT)

Several methodological flaws were found in a Public Service Research Council study relating increases in public employee strikes with the adoption of bargaining statutes. A replication, using teachers, suggests some nonstatutory factors that may strongly affect the incidence of teacher strikes. (Author/IRT)

Even the best employees tend to reach plateaus and need consistent direction for their continued achievement. To be truly effective, job related training should include recognizable components which people feel will result in improvement of themselves as individuals. (EM)

Examines the effects that shift work (working between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. either partly or wholly) has on the amount of leisure time adults have available, their use of this time, and their participation in leisure time studying or adult education activities. (EM)

Discusses the various postures assumed by state and federal courts in deciding cases affecting public employee labor relations policy. Examines how the courts' role and the labor policy promulgated by their decisions have shifted and evolved over the years. (Author/JG)

The Hawaii State Teachers Association engaged in strikes several times during the 1971-1975 period, activating that state's complex impasse procedures. Significant differences between public and private sector labor relations became evident. (Author)

Difficulties exist in reconciling various schemes of relief under Title VII to achieve efficient resource allocation and to avoid conflicting determinations. Focus is on how public and private enforcement efforts can be harmonized to avoid conflict between plaintifss and minimize the burdens on defendants. Available from: Northwestern University…

The procedural structure of Title VII was designed to safeguard the rights of both plaintiffs and defendants in employment discrimination suits. Judicial interpretations of the procedures are reviewed and it is concluded that confusions created by inaccurate interpretations are detrimental to the rights of both parties and fail to implement the…

A low-cost program of counseling and referral can reap high financial and humanitarian returns. The Employee Assistance Program at Rochester Institute of Technology is described which offers counseling for financial, alcohol, family, and emotional problems. (Editor/LBH)

The author describes a comprehensive career development system implemented by Coca-Cola USA. The system's objectives are (1) to promote from within, (2) to develop talent for the future, (3) to make managers responsible for development efforts, and (4) to make individuals ultimately responsible for their development. (CH)

The author documents the design and development of an employment-related training program for local government administrators in Saskatchewan. (CH)

Explored the relationship between the degree to which choices and interests agree and later persistence in an expressed choice, using longitudinal data for college students (N=7,706) and employed persons (N=1,372). Results indicated that persistence in an expressed choice increases systematically as congruence between choice and interests…

Describes the complexities of the position of executive director of risk management for Dade County Public Schools (Florida). The director must protect the assets, employees, and students of the fourth-largest school district in the country.(MD)

Fund-raising campaigns among the employees of colleges and universities have been very successful in some cases, and have not only involved both current and retired faculty and staff but have also built institutional unity and led to increased external giving. Examples of institutional campaigns provide insights into the planning of such programs.…

Trends in the monetary and non-monetary compensation of academic personnel were compared to data on compensation in government, business, and industry, and the non-academic not-for-profit sector. Findings from 1981-82 were compared to Howard R. Bowen's findings for 1976-77. (MLW)