Responses from 343 of 496 business/engineering graduates revealed different patterns of acquisition of information about their new job setting. The 105 who had mentors relied on observation and their mentors, the others on observation and co-workers. Mentored workers learned more about organizational issues and practices. (SK)

Because assistant principals are essential to the smooth functioning of a secondary school and the success of its principal, attention must be given to facilitating veteran newcomers' adjustment. New assistant principals should be given a realistic picture of the district and be assigned responsibilities corresponding to the newcomer's talents.…

Using a multiple case study design, this article documents the professional socialization of 12 first-time high school principals during the 3-year period following their appointment. The analysis suggests that principals pass through five socialization stages: survival, control, stability, educational leadership, and professional actualization.…

A program at Parsons High School in Kansas, helps at-risk students learn to set goals for themselves. Once the goals are written, students have a scorecard to follow their progress. (MLF)

To explore the informal socialization of beginning elementary school principals, questionnaires were sent to a population of 107 Catholic school principals in their first, second, or third year of elementary school principalship in Ohio. Usable responses from 81 (76 percent) identified the significant others and the stages of 25 selected…

University management students (n=150) participated in one of four conditions: (1) assertiveness workshop, no intervention; (2) preworkshop intervention on the value of assertiveness; (3) postworkshop goal setting activity; and (4) pre- and postworkshop interventions. The postworkshop intervention strongly affected retention and immediate…

Replication of a 1994 study of 219 undergraduate nursing faculty used a sample of 130 graduate faculty. Results showed that 79% received a two- to three-day orientation. Longer programs yielded more information and covered topics more comprehensively. (SK)

Psychometric properties of the Workplace Sexual Identity Management Measure were tested with 172 professionals. Results suggest it successfully assesses a continuum of lesbian and gay identity management strategies (passing, covering, implicitly out, explicitly out). (Contains 27 references.) (SK)

Scientists should reconsider traditional empirical and theoretical paradigms that narrowly define sexual-minority adolescents in terms of those who adopt a culturally defined sexual identity label such as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. This will lead to a different understanding of sexual-minority youths than is apparent in most published studies.…

Seven essays by youths ages 14-18 describe their experiences of pain, alienation, and secrecy as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons. (SK)

Outlines a model of the development of therapists' theoretical orientation and clinical practice, based on the integration of data from 161 Portuguese therapists with the extant literature. Indicates that therapists from different persuasions appear to emphasize different variables. Indicates clinical experience plays a central role, and…

Studied head-orientation response of breast-feeding neonates in paired-choice odor tests. Found that 2-day olds detected amniotic fluid and colostrum, treating them as similar sensorily and/or hedonically. Four-day olds exhibited a preference for breast milk. Three-day olds oriented longer toward the odor of their own amniotic fluid than alien…

Examines traditional sexual orientation theories, cultural understandings of sexuality, and the emergence of queer theory. Discusses how sexual identity can open new learning pathways for adults. (SK)

Compared the number of testing sessions required to achieve consistent 1 repetition maximum (1RM) strength measurements in untrained old and young women. Participants were repeatedly strength-tested for bilateral concentric knee extension 1RM strength. Older women required significantly more testing sessions to achieve the same absolute…

This study examined perceived kinship support and parenting practices for 158 African American adolescents in the 9th and 10th grades. Kinship support showed direct associations with teen outcomes that, for work orientation and school orientation, were partially mediated by parenting practices. With a few exceptions, kinship support was positively…