Examined the influence of beliefs and expectations on the first-year implementation of posttenure review in one state system. Findings indicate that beliefs and expectations concerning posttenure review's origins, purposes, and usefulness strongly influenced participants' experience of the process, as well as posttenure review's affect on…

Reports on a simple classroom exercise that investigates whether students' beliefs of what they think should happen influences their measurements. The exercise also provides a framework for discussing the challenges that human belief systems bring to the discipline of using the scientific process. Results suggest that students' preconceived…

Confirmatory factor analysis of data (from 446 young adults entering college) on the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire, and prospective drinking data from 428 participants, support the hierarchical structure of alcohol expectancies and indicate that common and unique variance together predict alcohol use. (SLD)

Describes some of the efforts colleges are taking to discourage disruptive behavior by students in the classroom. Many of these initiatives have been requested by students themselves. Most depend on setting clear expectations for student behavior. (SLD)

Employees in a British hospital (n=119) involved in downsizing and staff redeployment were surveyed. Traditions of employment security in the National Health Service and increasing uncertainty in the work environment provoked negative attitudes and reluctance to participate in retraining and redeployment. These attitudes were not associated with…

Addresses public speaking students' preconceptions as they begin their study and the misconceptions to which they ascribe. Finds that students often enter the basic course unaware of a management focus, shocked by the level of strategic decision making required of practitioners, and surprised by the amount of research knowledge and activity…

Analysis of data from 234 college seniors supported the social-role theory hypothesis. Those whose mothers had worked outside the home were less concerned about career-marriage conflict. Those who planned to delay having a family had fewer concerns about conflict. (Contains 55 references.) (SK)

In a marketing course, students used the principles of product, price, place, and promotion to market their course work to the professor/customer. Assessment of 357 students over 4 semesters showed this experiential method resulted in higher achievement and greater understanding of customer expectations and satisfaction. (SK)

Evaluated role expectancies in essential nursing services of nursing home professional and relatives of residents. Although findings revealed significant agreement between groups, areas existed where families deemed themselves responsible for task but staff expectations were incongruent. Provides analysis of this process and discusses steps to…

Three studies investigated relationship between effective management and position of male and female managers on Kirton's cognitive style dimension of adaption (doing things better) vs. innovation (doing things differently). Both sexes equated innovation with effective male management and adaption with effective female management. (Author/NB)

Responses from 335 of 595 deans of nursing schools found monetary remunerations and benefits related to job satisfaction and motivation. Long tenure in prestigious universities was also significant. Motivation and job satisfaction were significantly interrelated. (SK)

Presents findings of a study examining how an elementary school faculty made sense of its principal's replacement. Teachers' understanding was affected by two sets of research-based factors: a group norm and characteristics of the succession process. A general expectation of change and presuccession sense making also affected teachers'…

Extended analog research on information about counselors' values and orientation needed for informed consent in counseling. Women (N=172) seeking treatment at a psychiatric hospital and clinic read either advertisement or explicit description of traditional or feminist counselor. Found simple label not adequate in triggering set of accurate…

Mentally retarded students (N=20) and nonretarded students matched for chronological age (N=20) or mental age (N=16) made judgments about children described as having or not having learning problems. There were few differences between the expectations of retarded and nonretarded students. Attitudes remained stable after 11 to 18 months. (Author/DB)

Presents varied responses to Ramsay Selden's proposed student assessment reporting model in the same "School Administrator" issue. Opinions of the four educators surveyed range from outright rejection of score adjustment to statements stressing the importance of context and subgroup profiles. (MLH)