In response to S. A. Cohen's paper on research problems in learning disabilities, the author supports an eclectic attitude toward research advocating the utilization of both theory and experimentation. (DB)

Identifies domains of unethical service communication and proposes a research agenda for examining service ethics. Calls for research to explore service ethics among different occupational groups, investigate effects of unethical practices on service providers and customers, and identify characteristics of organizational climates which foster…

Reviews the progress of business communication ethics research in recent years. Argues that further improvement will require that scholars identify central issues, use a variety of research methods, address normative issues, make full use of relevant literatures, and support colleagues who choose business communication ethics as a major research…

Describes a study that suggests the perception of words while skimming a newspaper headline on a computer screen is affected by typeface, point size, screen resolution, and monitor size. Limitations of the study are discussed and further research is suggested. (LRW)

This paper describes the establishment and work of two brain and tissue banks, which collect brain and other tissues from newly deceased individuals with autism and make these tissues available to researchers. Issues in tissue collection are identified, including the importance of advance planning, religious concerns of families, and the need for…

Reviews two strands of modern archival writing about reference: one stressing the importance of subject finding aids; the other relying on traditional forms of archival retrieval. Each has emphasized the advantages of new technology but neglected the importance of the reference interview. Raises issues for research and recommends improved…

Reviews macro and micro issues in determining research priorities for nursing education. Illustrates how decisions can be shaped by such ethical principles as caring, utility, justice, and faithfulness. Considers distributive justice as a guide for resource allocation. (SK)

Argues that if mass communications researchers continue to largely disregard the research potential of the Internet, their theories about communication will become less useful. Proposes a conceptualization of the Internet as a mass medium, based on revised ideas of what constitutes a mass audience and a mediating technology. (SR)

Explores whether telephone callers converge to structural and relational message aspects found in recorded answering machine messages. Finds that callers exhibited greater convergence to relational than to structural aspects, and that both female and male callers converged with levels of immediacy in answering machine messages. Outlines…

A review of career-related research in New Zealand, especially that conducted in business schools, found these predominant themes: destabilization of careers, critiques of the "new careers" concept, international mobility, boundaryless and portfolio careers, dominance of qualitative methodology, and a need for career practice research.…

Notes that headteachers are interesting, but deputy headteachers are not. Explores how British assistant principals are depicted within the small numbers of studies focusing specifically on this role, in the more substantial literature on the principalship, and in the author's 34 selective interviews with heads. Most heads found deputy headship an…

Cooperative education professionals (n=59) rank ordered 22 research topics. Most critical were those dealing with the impact of cooperative education on learning outcomes, graduate rates, retention, academic performance, and long-term career success. (JOW)

Notes that online communication technology makes intercultural communication faster and more direct than was ever before possible, but, in doing so, it may also amplify cultural rhetorical differences. Proposes that communication researchers need to compare the communication patterns noted in the computer-mediated communication (CMC) literature…

Discusses the lack of attention to the literacy processes, practices, and development of adolescents in three texts, arguing that this neglect makes invisible the literacy practices of a large segment of the world's population, explaining the importance of studying youth culture and literacies, and noting that literacy theorists, practitioners,…

Outlines areas for career counseling process research: examining the working alliance; reconceptualizing career counseling as learning; investigating process/outcome differences due to client and counselor attributes; examining influential session events; using a common problem resolution metric; examining change longitudinally; examining…