Explores the idea that anxiety is an endemic factor in organizational membership in the hope of providing hypotheses that could be tested by empirical investigation. (Author/WD)

The present socioeconomic and political condition of Blacks in the United States, particularly in Baltimore, is discussed. (Author/MC)

The installation of proper control systems is estimated as saving up to 25 percent of the energy used in schools. Other potential energy-saving areas are transmission (heat loss or gain through walls, especially ceilings); internal load (heat from students, lights, and machinery); ventilation; and equipment maintenance. (Author/MLF)

Examines the fiscal implications for higher education inherent in the problems of inflation, energy shortages, and decreased national productivity. Describes the effects of these problems, along with the nation's changing demography, on community college finance. (JP)

In order for leftists to mobilize effective resistance to current economic policies, they must confront right wing groups whose chief rallying points are opposition to feminism and sexual freedom, glorification of the traditional patriarchal family, and advocacy of authoritarian moral and religious values. (Author/GC)

No group (within an organization) can be entirely harmonious, but conflict is not an altogether disruptive factor. A delicate balance is required to obtain the advantages and restrict the disadvantages of organizational conflict. The causes and forms of organizational conflict are examined. (JMD)

Evaluation of leadership is a central task in organizational consultation, but too often ignores the relationship between task definition and administrative structure, and the availability of scarce resources. A systems approach focuses on the reciprocal impact of individual psychodynamics and organizational characteristics on leadership…

Health professionals should instruct mountain enthusiasts about the prevention and early treatment of the medical complications of acute high altitude exposure. Several clinical manifestations are described. (CJ)

By installing a computerized energy management system in only four of its schools, the Portsmouth (Virginia) school district has cut its electrical use 23 percent. (Author/MLF)

Among both races, there has been a shift away from traditional living arrangements. Changes have been more significant among Blacks and, thus, racial differences are now greater than at the time of the Moynihan report. Economic consequences are described by analyzing trends in per capita income for types of families. (Author)

Presents a method for teaching about climate in introductory physical geography and earth science classes. A classification scheme consists of four basic types: instability, inversion, subsidence, and frontal; four seasonal hybrids based on combinations of the basic types; and three topographic variants: highlands, rainshadows, and coasts. (KC)

Suggests that stress audits, the monitoring of the level of stress reactions in employees, will be more useful in determining an organization's health than the traditional, more financially oriented, measurement instruments. Available from Sloan Management Review, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 50…

Investigates the relative importance of individual vs organizational variables in predicting job satisfaction and turnover. Individual variables are more important than organizational factors in predicting satisfaction with the work itself. Results support the importance of organizational factors over individual factors for professionals for the…

Considers the planning of innovation in higher education from four viewpoints: the nature of the innovation, the planning process, educational planning, and higher education. In the absence of external pressures to change attitudes, planning of innovation seeks to create a favorable environment through altered organizational structures and…

Discusses one of the newest methods used to probe the upper atmosphere using naturally generated infrasound from ocean waves. (GA)