This is a participant's workbook for a workshop on coping with conflicts and targeted to married couples, especially those in young marriages, and to employees of businesses or corporations. The session titles are: (1) Mismatching Scripts; (2) Changing Scripts; (3) PIESS (Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Social, Spiritual) Needs; (4) Getting…

At the request of Congress, the General Accounting Office (GAO) conducted a study of drug testing of employees by employers. To identify and obtain the most recent surveys on drug testing policies and practices in the private sector, the GAO searched 14 computerized bibliographic files and discussed information needs with representatives of 35…

A study examined the management needs of public sector employees in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. A total of 287 St. Louis city service managers and supervisors were asked to assess their need for training in areas related to 12 job dimensions. The average study respondent was a white male (47 years of age) who supervised 13 employees and who…

Personnel directors (N=34) responded to a mailed adjective checklist describing the ideal secretary. This list contained eight adjectives cxorresponding to each of Holland's six vocationally-related personality traits (Realistic, Social, Investigative, Enterprising, Conventional, and Artistic) and eight feminine and eight masculine adjectives from…

The proposition that individuals process social information in terms of existing cognitive schemata has generated considerable research suggesting that behavioral descriptions of leaders reflect individually held prototypes of leadership rather than descriptive reports of behavior. While plausible, evidence of such claims is difficult to show…

The findings of a 1986 survey of a stratified random sample of 21,620 employees in the 22 largest agencies of the Federal Government suggest that employees are fairly positive about their work but that they differ in job satisfaction, depending on their age, grade, length of service, and what agency they work for. Sixty-eight percent reported that…

A hearing was convened April 22, 1986 to consider H.R. 4300, the Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1986, a bill providing job security to employees who need to take unpaid leave for certain serious family or medical reasons. The bill exempts companies with less than 15 employees. Testimony establishes the need for extended parental and medical…

A community services counseling project was provided through a program for assisting unemployed union and non-union workers. At least 25 local unions in Middlesex County, New Jersey, participated in the effort. Thirty unemployed workers were screened and given an intensive training course in personal skills development, the role of the union…

A collection of 12 articles, this yearbook focuses on freedom of speech and censorship. The topics covered include (1) common law tort and contract erosion of the at will rule, (2) the Supreme Court and the First Amendment in 1983-1984, (3) a phenomenological analysis of the First Amendment and the issue of obscenity, (4) John Milton's attack on…

This student booklet is fourth in an illustrated series of eleven learning activity packets for use in teaching job hunting and application procedures and the management of wages to secondary students. Two units are included in this packet, one covering proper dress and grooming for the interview, and the other appearance on the job. Suggestions…

This is one of a series of guides being prepared to serve as a reference tool in locating statutory and other provisions (not including attorney general opinions and court decisions) related to selected topics in public sector collective bargaining. Each guide contains a summary and analysis of the provisions found in nearly 90 laws, municipal…

This publication on Federal Employee Alcoholism Programs, printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations, contains hearings on Federal agency compliance with the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970. (JLL)

Three persistent misconceptions about collective bargaining for public employees are 1) that public employee organizations are singularly culpable for strikes in the public sector, 2) that strikes necessarily follow collective bargaining and will not occur unless the right to bargain has been granted, and 3) that public employees have less right…

Describes the functions and staff qualifications and responsibilities of the seven subcommittees of the House Science and Technology Committee. (MLH)