Concludes that recruiting representatives, administrative practices, and procedures used to evaluate applicant qualifications are all potentially important influences on job seeker attitudes and behaviors. Limitations of the existing research necessitate caution. (Author)

The importance of maintaining the moral and institutional loyalty of remaining faculty during a period of retrenchment is discussed. Areas discussed are institutional perspective, decline strategy, slack resources and priorities, program reviews and planning, and professional development. (Author/LC)

The job survival of 1,736 newly hired workers across a variety of organizations is examined. Voluntary and involuntary turnover are analyzed separately. Organization related factors such as pay and training are better predictors of job survival than are individual variables such as race, sex, age, and education. (Author/KC)

Organizational behavior is defined and its micro and macro subdivisions described. Leavitt's model for organizational change (task, technology, structure, and people) is employed to extract meanings from the organizational behavior literature. A diagnostic approach is suggested for applying organizational behavior to the practice of higher…

Future staff development designs must be consistent with the organizational and environmental realities teachers confront each day. Various existing staff development programs are described and suggestions are made for alternative solutions which incorporate organizational and environmental factors. (JN)

Humanized management may be the core of a successful extension career for both administration and staff, according to the author, who discusses the process of humanizing and managing for extension (and other) professionals. He states that humanized management is an art that must be learned and practiced. (MF)

Seven leading trend indicators from a "Change" survey of 200 representative colleges and universities are analyzed. These include: enrollments, total employment, total current revenues, voluntary giving, capital contracts commitments, surplus of revenues over expenditures, and expendable reserves. (JMF)

The combination of the creative and technical aspects of research is illustrated by the methodologies used in three research projects: research on building design in relation to climate, environmental physiology, and utilization of natural energy for the heating and cooling of buildings. (JMF)

Argues that the shifting urban American Indian organizational scene is elicited by outside factors that make organizations dependent on city, state, and federal bodies. Implications of the distinction between policy and politics for explaining ethnic group activity are discussed in relation to the American Indian Women's Service League. (Author/GC)

Presents a classroom exercise for an introductory physical geography course on the college level which explores some aspects of vegetation mapping and the relationship between climate and vegetation type. (Author/DB)

A national full employment policy will benefit Blacks only if it guarantees that the average income of Black families will improve in relation to the average income of White families. An expanding economy, increased enrollment by Blacks in the professions, and continued affirmative action will also improve Black upward mobility. (Author/MC)

Problems faced by a TIAA-CREF annuitant retiring in the late 1970s are examined in light of a continuing high rate of inflation. Options available to the annuitant are discussed and two strategies to provide significant inflation protection are suggested. (SF)

Illuminated elements of client control processes as they become manifest in the activities of specialized personnel in a large organizationally complex high school. (Author/AM)

This paper considers the development of teacher-administrator relations leading up to the phase of accommodative behavior and attempts to alert administrators to the educational dysfunctions that might arise should the phase of accommodative behavior be long-term. (Author)

Using a sample of 460 university students, multiple discriminant analysis indicates that of four variable sets (including perceptions of university goals, academic climate, academic environment, and academic alienation), perceptions of climate and feelings of alienation exert more influence on students' attachment to the university. (Editor/LBH)