Examined quality of faculty worklife, morale, and intentions to leave at the individual and institutional levels, and as they relate to each other and operate within or between faculty groups. Found that quality of faculty worklife matters most to morale, and level of morale most to the intent to leave at the individual level. (EV)

A study of workers from Argentina (n=2,920), Brazil (n=4,000), Chile (n=1,188), Hungary (1,000), and the Ukraine (n=8,099) examined relationships between job satisfaction and employee and employer characteristics. Satisfaction was related to job security, perceptions of workplace safety, higher education, and employer attitudes. (Contains 17…

Teaching is a trade that hasn't yet discovered the power of self-transformation and self-rejuvenation. To become empowered, teachers must stop seeing themselves as victims of bureaucrats, citizens, and recalcitrant children. Only by restructuring their jobs from the ground up (by determining to serve children better) can teachers emerge as…

Examined the pattern of reinforcers characteristic of the homemaker occupation in order to identify occupations similar and dissimilar to this job. Homemakers (N=107) with less than half-time employment completed the Minnesota Job Description Questionnaire (MJDQ). Reinforcers for homemaking role include decision-making authority and autonomy,…

Identifies common assumptions and fallacies that greatly increase superintendents' risk of job failure. Knowing how to enlist others to assist with a career crisis and designing a "golden parachute" retirement plan can make all the difference to a superintendent planning a career move. (MLH)

Examines agencies in Massachusetts to determine social worker and client impressions of the effects of cutbacks on agency policy and service delivery. Results indicate increased demands on social workers for higher productivity levels, a deterioration of collaborative work environments, an inability to meet treatment goals, and demands for…

Surveys the job situations of three consecutive graduating classes of Pittsburgh's College of Arts and Sciences (Pennsylvania). Quantitatively, the university's career services was a relatively minor source of information leading to the first full-time jobs; however, in terms of salary, career relation, and time between graduation and employment,…

Client (n=24) and staff (n=21) satisfaction with the workings of a multidisciplinary child protection agency in Australia was investigated using interviews and standard questionnaires. Clients expressed a great deal of satisfaction with the staff and services. Agency staff expressed relative satisfaction with their jobs and showed little evidence…

Generally, amount of stress generated by difficult situations is inversely proportional to one's perceived control over them. Stressed-out principals are advised to work on their attitude, create new personal focus (a hobby or exercise program), initiate new professional focus, be good to themselves, rely on well-established support systems, and…

Satisfaction with pay, promotions, coworkers, supervision and work conditions of 236 workers with disabilities was examined. Analysis indicated strong dissatisfaction with pay and mild dissatisfaction with promotions. Participants in transition programs which incorporated best practices were more satisfied with their work and with the social…

Provides a framework of analysis for determining whether workers' nonmonetary interests regarding the workplace are taken into account during the process of economic development. Argues for including attention to workplace quality and mechanisms for worker voice as a requirement for meaningful work. (JOW)

A survey of 1,017 academic deans examined the fit between academic deans and their work environments in the U.S. and Australia, relating it to multiple role stress factors, and identifying personal, institutional, and work-defining variables that either increase or decrease dean stress. Five strategies are suggested to improve the…

Discusses satisfaction and issues pertaining to job retention among college faculty of color. Considers their satisfaction in environments where they are a minority, their perseverance and survival in tenure and promotion, reactions to a nonsupportive environment, and specific factors contributing to job satisfaction. Concludes that faculty of…

Discusses the employee assistance program (EAP), a benefit increasingly provided by United Kingdom employers that claims to reduce the effects of stress on individuals and organizations, provide a management tool to improve workplace performance and productivity, and respond to critical incidents. Describes EAPs, their history, development and…

In a sample of nearly 1,800 adolescents in work experience programs, job quality had the greatest positive impact on work attitudes and job satisfaction and was associated with negative job behaviors. Good supervisory relationships were linked to positive attitudes and behaviors. However, school supervision of work did not appear to influence…