Outlined are implications for the execution of an executive order, effective July 1, 1980, requiring federal agencies to comply with the same occupational safety and health standards that private employers must meet. A brief history of prior attempts to put similar safeguards on federal facilities is provided. (CS)

Assessment of employment trends for minorities and women in health care settings supports the hypothesis that discriminatory employment practices, particularly in the government sector, are directly related to the health status of racial/ethnic minorities. It is therefore important that minorities be given jobs in policymaking positions in health…

Displays data concerning the number of government work stoppages for each major issue across the several political subdivisions in the United States from 1968 to 1977. Also speaks to the involvement of third party interests in collective negotiations as a way of reducing these work stoppages. (Author/IRT)

Provides an overview of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, including its history; the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regulations; compliance; enforcement; and litigation concerning Title IX. (IRT)

The author considers charges that public sector unionism diminishes democracy by requiring a sharing of public authority with private bodies that too often exerts disproportionate influence on government decisions. He questions these charges in view of declining public unionism and unrealistic assumptions about the nature of local government…

Examined the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for men and women employed in an enterprising occupation as well as the degree of personality-environment correspondence and relationships of personality type to job satisfaction. Findings suggested that within an employed sample, Holland's theory is valid for women as well as for men. (Author)

Reacting to the reality that reductions in government expenditures continue to be the top current fad relating to government services, the author states that the continued support of government workers in the United States is essential to the American way of life. (Author/KC)

Provides an overview of the issues in school labor relations in Illinois. Available from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, 77 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606; single copies $5.00. (IRT)

Discussed are the conflict-of-interest provisions of the Federal Ethics in Government Act of 1978 that limit the activities of high level officials after they leave government service. Designed to deal with officials with inside information who return to private positions of influence, the law's brovisions are seen as much too broad. (JMP)

The possibilities of successfully suing a state entity have been narrowed by the Eleventh Amendment, the definitional exclusions imposed by the Supreme Court in its interpretations of section 1983's legislative history, and the inapplicability of the doctrine of various liability to section 1983 suits. Such narrowing of the permissable scope of…

Notes that for supervisors to do their jobs effectively, methods of supervision now as well as in the future will have to become attuned to new social and environmental conditions. After describing five characteristics which will differentiate future work groups from present work groups, supervisory ethics and effective motivation are discussed.…

The definition, scope, and treatment of works for hire have been controversial issues in the new copyright law effective in 1978. Case law in this area is reviewed. Works for hire are defined in S. 22 as works prepared by an employee within the scope of his employment, and the inclusion of commissioned works as works for hire is examined. (LBH)

A growth in organized school employee groups, particularly teacher groups, may require school boards to develop and maintain an affirmative employee relations program to identify and meet needs before they reach the crisis level and, therefore, prevent the issues from developing around which employee unions must justify their existence.…

A novel use of evaluation to define and reinforce authority leads to insights for implementing student employee programs. (Author)

Examines whether nonverbal behavior affects how people perceive a female employee's power base. U.S. undergraduate students read vignettes describing a female employee engaged in three types of nonverbal behavior, then rated their perception of her power base. Reports an increase in student perception of coercive power when direct eye contact was…