A study that continues research by other investigators into the effect of pharmaceutical education on student perceptions of occupational roles is discussed. The focus was on whether experiential training was related to the disillusionment of pharmacy students with their chosen occupation as originally identified by Knapp in the 1960s. (MLW)

Describes a mini-course called "Women in Managerial Roles," developed as an innovative experiential methodology to help women bridge the reality gap between classroom and corporation in two ways: bring an entire class of women students inside the corporation, and create structured interactions between the students and women corporate executives…

Challenges popular conceptions of stress as a negative condition, arguing that reasonable amounts of stress are necessary and desirable. Explains how stress-causing relationships between individuals and their environments can be perceived positively as relationships between role-occupying persons and the systems in which those roles have vital…

Looks at the following concerns: What is the role of the human resource professional? Why do human resource professionals often feel they do not receive the proper recognition for their efforts? Why do they sense that an invisible curtain hangs between them and the organizations they serve? (CT)

The receptivity across a university faculty to the role changes associated with continuing education is examined. Respondents evaluated the importance of a set of role behaviors. Application of multiple discriminant analysis to these ratings identified agreement on several basic values. (Author/MLW)

The authors state that when career development and performance appraisal are viewed as supporting each other, each becomes stronger. Consequently, each is in a better position to achieve the broad organizational objective of increasing the contributions of human resources. (CT)

Two explanations for the effects of fear of success (boundary maintenance theory and the sex-role prescription model) were investigated. Support for the study's hypotheses was not found; however, both explanations are relevant to the finding that participation in behavior perceived to be sex-role inappropriate plays a role in the fear of success…

Two studies on early gender stereotying based on a concept-learning approach were conducted. Study 1 found that both two-and-a-half and three-and-a-half year-old children showed significant and equal stereotyping of both gender-labeled infants and animals. In study 2, three- and five-year-olds stereotyped others significantly more than themselves.…

Mainstream and Hispanic naval recruits responded to a role differential consisting of 30 roles judged on 20 behavior scales taken from a previous study of American and Greek role perceptions. Results were compared with data from a role differential specifically designed for Hispanic and mainstream recruits. (GC)

Reports that beliefs about truth and anxiety over the Cold War period shaped the art of political cartoonists of the 1950s. (FL)

Surveyed 184 principals and 212 school counselors to assess their perceptions of the role of the middle and junior high school counselor. Results showed considerable similarity with individual counseling ranked first in importance by both groups. Consultation with teachers and parents and student assessment were also highly rated. (JAC)

Examined the specific and generalized effects of contractual agreements on a childhood recollection task (N=131). Results showed that students who signed a written contract complied significantly more to the specific aspects of the contracted task than did verbal agreement subjects and controls. (Author/LLL)

Elementary school teachers and their supervisors were surveyed to determine their perceptions of supervisory tasks. (GW)

Attempts to identify some of the more important concepts which "educated" Papua New Guineans used to describe the relationship between themselves and "uneducated" people. Explores the possible source of the attitudes being investigated. (Author/RK)

Videotaped excerpts of actual counseling interviews were rated using criteria of empathy, unconditional positive regard, congruence, depth of self-exploration, and counselor effectiveness. Analysis-of-variance techniques indicated no significant differences among ratings of counselors, counselor educators, and graduate students; there were…