U.S. business has spent very little on educating workers and pay a far smaller proportion of local taxes than formerly. Corporations are increasingly finding skilled, less expensive workers abroad or through immigration. Global capital cannot create high-wage jobs in the United States without skilled workers and a first-class infrastructure. (SK)

Considers numerous issues related to the potential for women professors to assume leadership positions in academe. Topics include women presidents, fundamental professorial tasks, career patterns, role models, stress, career success, the structure of power relationships vis-a-vis gender, discriminatory practices, humanities and values education,…

Reviews research on work-related, psychological, and somatic effects of sexual harassment. Addresses victims' responses and attempts to cope. Elaborates reasons for the lack of research on the outcomes of sexual harassment. (67 references) (SK)

Studies faculty reactions to diversity enhancement efforts at a large public university. Finds that whites' attitudes were less positive regarding policies relevant to women and minorities than blacks', Hispanics', and Asians' attitudes were. Finds individual race and ethnicity explained differences in attitudes toward diversity programs better…

If diversity is a goal of higher education, it is time to shift emphasis from the faculty search and hiring process to preparation of minority students for academic success. This requires (1) taking more direct responsibility for problems surrounding minority student achievement and (2) assessing whether affirmative action achieves desired…

Affirmative action as a form of regulatory policy may produce a productive cultural mosaic but cannot in itself achieve healthy diversity. A college wishing to diminish discrimination, create a safe and secure work and educational environment, and provide support for family life must institutionalize diversity programs to succeed. (MSE)

Summarizes recent judicial decisions in various countries concerning application of general legal principles to labor law, access to employment, conditions of employment, occupational safety and health, social security, and labor relations. (Author/SK)

A study examined the factors influencing the participation in the labor market of 150 women with young children, including their aims, training needs, and constraints. Their self-perceived employment needs were related to the policies and practices of employers and trade unions. (JOW)

Reviews projections about the future composition of the workforce and proposes management solutions: be committed, know your employees, make work stimulating, be flexible about schedules, train for diversity, recruit minorities, use older workers, and provide support programs. (SK)

Analysis of Australian and U.S. data suggests key features likely to characterize high-performance workplaces: adoption of global best practices, leveraging of knowledge as a competitive tool, emphasis on translating workers' tacit knowledge for use, need for functional and numerical flexibility of the labor force, and a shift from labor relations…

In-depth interviews with 12 diversity experts identified organizational and individual barriers inhibiting development of a diverse workforce. Primary reasons for diversity initiatives included improving productivity, enhancing social responsibility, and addressing legal concerns. (SK)

Reviews evidence of British employers' difficulties in recruiting qualified employees. Considers how employment-based intermediate skills training could be more closely integrated with higher education courses to expand the supply of intermediate skills while recognizing the desire and ability of people to graduate. (Contains 31 references.) (JOW)

Discusses the issue of e-mail and employee privacy rights. Highlights include laws and proposed legislation, ethical dilemmas, task and nontask messages and organizational misconduct, and policy guidelines for decision making about e-mail monitoring. (AEF)

Describes a growing trend in job hiring called Behavior-Based Interviewing in which the interviewer questions the job applicant on past behavior and uses this information as a predictor of the applicant's future behavior and consequently whether this behavior successfully matches the job applied for. Provides detailed description of this process.…

Spector's Job Satisfaction Survey was used to measure the job satisfaction of librarians in the three English-language universities in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Results showed that though librarians working in these institutions are generally satisfied, they are dissatisfied with communication and operating procedures. The relationship…