Features documents in "Resources in Education" that describe how the following occupational groups handle conflict: nurses, school superintendents, city managers, board members, teachers, and training directors. (PD)

Discusses a systems approach to accounting instruction and examines it from the viewpoint of four components: people (titles and responsibilities, importance of interaction), forms (nonpaper records such as microfiche, floppy disks, hard disks), procedures (for example, electronic funds transfer), and technology (for example, electronic…

After examining the link between the labor market and education, a model is offered that enables a person to enter training with a prescriptive view of his or her skills, experience, interests, and needs to match local and national labor market opportunities. (Author/PN)

A school board expects its secretary-treasurer to be a senior staff member responsible for historical and financial recordkeeping and also to be a purchasing expert and a public relations officer. (MLF)

Examined the simultaneous impact of job attributes and recruiting practices on the likelihood of job acceptance by graduating college students (N=200). Results indicated that job attributes but not recruiting practices influenced the likelihood of job acceptance. (LLL)

A study was conducted to determine the major factors related to organizational commitment among 108 county extension agents in the Ohio Cooperative Extension Service. Objectives included determining agent commitment, differences in the level of commitment among agents, and relationship between organizational commitment and (1) personal…

The range-of-rate system (determining pay relationships among individual workers within the same job) is examined. Focus is on the width of company rate ranges--that is, the spread between minimum and maximum rates--and the relationship of actual salaries to points within the range. (CT)

If the three ingredients of career decision making are self-knowledge, accurate occupational information, and effective strategy for analyzing data, it appears that computer-based career information systems are far more efficient than manual systems. (SK)

Explored the relationships among Type A personality, perception of job characteristics, and job tension in 161 midlife working women who completed the Women's Work Questionnaire. A significant relationship was found, supporting a person-environment fit approach to the study, perception, and remediation of job stress. (JAC)

Discusses declassification, the reduction in standards of education and experience required for social service jobs. Describes factors contributing to declassification of social work positions and offers a set of strategies for future action, including lobbying, arousing public awareness, and disseminating information. (JAC)

Discusses a study that emphasized the importance of vocational special needs educators working with potential employers in promoting a greater awareness of the characteristics and potential of handicapped individuals. (JOW)

The related questions of concern in this paper are: (1) Is information a critical factor in the vocational development of the middle-class student? (2) Are middle-class students significantly influenced by occupational information? and (3) Is relevant occupational information reaching the middle-class student? (Author)

The recent application of Weiner's attribution theory to the career exploration and planning process has resulted in a series of investigations designed to assist college students to develop an optimistic attributional style for career decision making. This paper undertakes a comprehensive review of three attributional retraining investigations…

This document presents skill standards for technology occupations. An overview describes national context, changes in the updated "Millennium Edition" of the skill standards, trends in information technology, and curriculum informed by skill standards. Skill standards are presented for eight career clusters in information technology (i.e.,…

Many inner-city schools are performing poorly. Measurable outputs, such as test scores and graduation rates, are low, while schools are often unsafe. Some schools, however, still manage to provide a high-quality education for their students. In this study, leadership was examined as a factor in the creation of good schools. Eight principals of…