A case study of a Polish company undergoing restructuring demonstrates the influence of political, economic, and social change on postcommunist personnel management. It investigates whether change is providing opportunities to improve the employment status of women. (SK)

Data from a national survey of 2945 employers showed that those most likely to have formal training programs were larger and had high-performance work systems, capital-intensive production, and better-educated workers. More workers were trained in companies with larger investments in physical capital or new forms of work organization. (SK)

Discusses the economic factors related to the hiring and promoting of minorities and the need for mentoring of minority employees. (JOW)

Cites demographic trends indicating that one-third of the workforce will be over 55 by the end of the century, dispels myths about older workers, and offers considerations for personnel policies and practices that will enable employers to tap the resources of reliable, trained, and educated older workers. (SK)

As a job changes, person-job fit is likely to change. A number of factors affect older workers' ability and choice to adjust to job changes: individual factors (knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, attractiveness of retirement); and organizational (orientation to workplace changes, the redesigned job, training, support, personnel practices,…

We surveyed 31 prospective employers (65% response rate) regarding their views on character as part of the employment selection process. The results showed character qualities superordinate, relative to skills that prospective employees bring to potential jobs. We discuss survey results in light of business educators' responsibility for helping…

Scholarly literature and the media often tout "networking" as an effective route for obtaining quality employment. Some scholars, however, have cautioned that racially segregated social networks may produce racially segregated workgroups and differential opportunity structures over time. Drawing from theoretical perspectives pertaining to social…

We examine the effects of governments' use of alternative service provision on public employment using panel data from a nationally representative sample of local governments. We model the effects of alternative service provision on the size of the public workforce and hypothesize that alternative provision jointly impacts both full- and part-time…

We analyze the female-male gap in starting-salary offers for new college graduates using data from the annual surveys of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), unique (and proprietary) data that have not previously been used for this purpose. A major advantage of working with a data set on salaries for new college graduates is…

A study which illustrates a method for predicting how changes in selection criteria could affect training time and training costs in self instructional courses. (Author)

A study which illustrates a method for predicting how changes in selection criteria could affect training time and training costs in self instructional courses. (Author)

This document contains 4 charts and 15 tables describing the pension coverage of workers and the income of retirees in the United States as of 1984. Data were gathered through the fourth wave topical module to the 1984 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation, conducted from September through December of 1984. The prevalence of…

Using the group process for interviewing potential new staff members pays big dividends to the school and to the applicant, says this writer. He tells how the process has worked for him. (Editor)

The handbook analyzes implications of Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 on the employment rights of handicapped persons. The first section reviews background information (including a summary of the law and regulations concerning employment) and discusses implications for hiring practices (including consideration of reasonable…