Presented before the Section on Nursing, American College Health Association, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota May 1, 1968.

A study was conducted to determine how well the advertising industry portrays the changing work roles of women. Four advertising executives were interviewed to find out their feelings about the changes in women's work roles and what action they were taking to adapt advertising to these changes, while 11 women were interviewed with similar…

The author mentions findings of research on teacher morale and points out supportive roles which school personnel can play in helping teachers of emotionally handicapped students. Among the supportive settings listed are informal conversations, supervisory conferences, staff meetings, and inservice training sessions. Eight supportive roles which…

The purpose of the present study was to determine the influences of sex and sex-role identification on the perceived characteristics of a good manager. A sample of 335 students from various undergraduate and graduate business courses completed the Bem Sex-Role Inventory both for themselves and for a good manager. Three hypotheses were tested--that…

ROLE TRANSITIONS IN ADULT CAREER DEVELOPMENT IS PRESENTED IN TERMS OF THE TECHNICAL, SOCIAL, AND DIRECTIVE ROLE ELEMENTS FOUND IN TWO STUDIES OF MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT. THE INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE SPACE IS THE BASIC FORMULATION OF THIS IDEA. THAT IS, MAJOR CHANGES IN THE CONFIGURATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S INTERPERSONAL NETWORK…

By means of a nationwide survey, this study of teacher aides sought to determine (1) their legal status in the classroom and (2) the distinction between teaching or instruction and non-teaching functions. A questionnaire was sent to the chief state school officer of the 50 states, asking for information on (1) state laws regulating teacher aide…

Problems of middle age are explored by contributors from a variety of backgrounds, academic disciplines, and experiences in this book, which was associated with a BBC television series broadcast in Autumn 1967. The book is divided into sections on the middle aged personality, body (health hazards), mental powers (ability and retraining in…

This handbook for team leaders contains five chapters. The first deals with the team leader as liaison between all other persons and institutions connected with a particular program. The second discusses changes required of interns in assuming the role of team leader after having been a teacher. The third chapter describes the team leader's…

The study was made in order to provide background for a planned public relations program sponsored by the American Home Economics Association (AHEA). A total of 26 personal and 79 telephone interviews were conducted of persons in business, education, communications and media, and government. The study found that: there is need for a public…

A possible analysis of the functions of the university is that it is both a cultural and an institutional function. The cultural function centers on the pursuit of meaning, the institutional function on the acquisition of the material resources needed for this pursuit. Moreover, a great many future possibilities are open to the university once it…

In recognition of the continuing importance of women's contributions to the Veterans Administration mission, and in response to a growing interest in the subject on the part of both men and women, this brief reading list has been designed as a general introduction to the concerns of women, their work and their place in society. The list was…

A study was conducted (as one aspect of an intervention program in Head Start classes) to explore the consequences of the interjection of the observer into the classroom, with particular emphasis on the teacher's reactions to this attempt to supply a dimension of understanding about the classroom to supplement his own perspective. In a case study…

This report assumes that professional training programs will not be able to meet future demands for psychological help. The role of the nonprofessional, and the responsibility of the professional psychologist are discussed in terms of this problem. The various levels of training which now prepare individuals to do certain specialized jobs, are…