The job satisfaction pioneer par excellence reviews past and present pertinent research--with a personal commentary--and suggests future paths. (Author)

The Theory of Work Adjustment developed at the University of Minnesota is explicated as a frame of reference from which to view job satisfaction. (Author)

Conditions of the work environment can cause some degree of physical or emotional disability in the individual and make coping difficult or impossible. (Available from American Management Associations, Subscription Services, Box 319, Saranac Lake, NY 12983; $15.00 annually) (Author/MLF)

Successful integration of mentally handicapped workers from an adult training center into community employment involves sympathetic management attitudes, adequate task training and supervision, and competence in such skills as self-care, mobility, handling money and recognizing various public signs. (CL)

Outdoor recreation is a vitally important part of the educational experience received by students in the Coventry R. I. Natural Resources Program. (BP)

The four conditions of ergonomics, a new technology that has emerged to investigate and improve man's relationship with his working environment, are discussed. Its main task is adapting work to fit the needs of man. (Author/BP)

This document presents discussions of four problems that may be found in the workplace. "AIDS in the Workplace: Employee Safety and Rights" (Robert Durham and Burton White) explores issues of employee/employer relationship and the issue of Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the workplace. It concludes that the management of the AIDS…

The goal of the 1989 early childhood practitioner survey was to collect information about the state of the child care profession in Minnesota. The survey gathered data about levels of job satisfaction, working conditions, salary and benefits packages, program characteristics, and demographic and educational background information regarding child…

When a survey of public relations practitioners showed no statistically significant correlations between prestige and 15 areas of public relations specialization, a small scale study examined the career expectations and goals of public relations students. Thirty university juniors and seniors majoring in public relations completed a questionnaire…

Many studies on occupational stress have examined the buffering effects on stress of different variables. This study hypothesized that self-esteem support would buffer the effects of job stress on depressive symptoms. Subjects were 131 business administration students who were also permanently employed. Subjects completed questionnaires three…

A study investigated the attitudes, feelings, and perceptions of faculty members at the University of West Florida toward the larger workplace (the organization) and, in particular, their immediate work setting (climate). The two primary questions to be answered were: (1) do faculty perceive their departments as promoting or restricting workplace…

One goal of this study was to identify specific work-related problems perceived by prekindergarten teachers and to describe such problems with respect to dimensions of frequency and "bothersomeness." A second goal was to identify global areas of problems experienced by prekindergarten teachers and to describe these categories in terms of the…

A study was conducted to determine (1) which actions municipal employees consider important to a city's overall public relations effort, (2) the attitudes of city employees toward public service activities, (3) the relationship between attitude and job satisfaction, and (4) ways to improve employee attitudes and, perhaps, public service…

This report provides information about the health effects of passive smoking, the types of policies that are in force in the public and private sectors to control workplace smoking, and the costs and effects of those policies. The executive summary briefly highlights the three major areas of the report: (1) a review of the studies of health…

This paper describes the symptoms and ways of coping with chronic stress and briefly discusses effects of job related stress on school principals. Although stress is a normal condition, the symptoms should be identified. Under long-term stress individuals may experience six types of reactions, such as feelings of fatique and difficulty sleeping.…