The motto of the Kappa Delta Pi Society is discussed. (CK)

Describes the use of Personal Construct Theory and Kelly's Repertory Grid as a method for making explicit the tacit, implicit, and informal theories that underlie practice. Discusses the relationship between informal theory and formal theoretical frameworks. (SK)

A study of 70 nurses self-described as whistleblowers and 25 who did not repot misconduct showed that whistleblowers experienced severe reprisals (demotion, reprimand, threats, rejection, pressure to resign). There were few professional consequences for those who remained silent. (SK)

Highly trained teachers from across the world come to England expecting to practice their profession. These expectations are dashed however, if their qualifications and work experience, gained in their home countries, are not recognised as legitimate by potential employers and accreditation bodies. This type of social situation is the focus of…

The purpose of this study was to better understand occupational turnover among librarians and archivists by examining the careers of individuals who have left or intend to leave the profession, in order to identify the factors associated with turnover, and to discover the career outcomes of those who leave. The dissertation analyzes a subset of…

This report provides a detailed description and evaluation of the SYSTAT 2.1 microcomputer statistics system for professional statisticians. Information provided includes the producer, versions available and compatibility, and a description of each of the 11 modules that make up the SYSTAT package. Discussion of the usability of the software…

An Occupational Survey of Information Professionals (OSIP) reports that there are 1,641,000 information professionals in the United States, and that they are employed in nine different work fields, performing one or more of nine different functions. (LLS)

The uncritical designation of nursing as a science and an art creates vague images of nursing that suggest that the identity of nursing is not to be found in practice. Thinking and talking about nursing as a practice more adequately articulates the meaning of nursing as nurses encounter it. (JOW)

A scale was completed by 84 Academy for Human Resource Development (HRD) members to identify values related to HRD outcomes, locus of influences, and macro HRD goals. Value scales were found to measure individual values of scholars and practitioners, not normatively approved professional values. The structure of value priorities varied with…

The concept of commitment needs to be clarified to understand how nurses manage their multiple commitments: organizational, work, professional, job, patient, and personal. (SK)

A mature counseling profession has entered the decade of the 1990s. Several factors including professionalism, accountability, health care consumerism, credentialism, and public demands for quality mental health care indicate a need for more definitive statements on standards of practice in counseling. In response to this need, an eight-point…

Examines the role of narrative conventions in the epistemological development of a health-care field. Argues that changes marking the emergence of occupational therapy as an autonomous profession illustrate how explanatory narrative frames emerge from and embody assumptions about the world. Provides new ways to think about the long-term dialog…