Crossed two relapse prevention conditions (skills training-vs-discussion control) with two levels of aversive smoking in volunteer subjects (N=123). Results indicated that relapse-prevention skill training did prevent relapse among cigarette smokers. Lighter smokers were more favorably influenced. (LLL)

Written depictions of an ideal society have increasingly come to be rejected as a serious device for influencing future change. But if they avoid the dangers of overly rigid prescriptions and a tendency to focus too narrowly on physical well-being, utopian writings can provide a positive stimulus for social reform. (Author/RM)

Examined the effects of organizational context on subordinates' use of power tactics in upward influence attempts. Subjects (N=36) were assigned one of two forms of an organizational scenario. Results showed respondents to the positive scenario were more likely to choose rational power tactics over political power tactics. (JAC)

Briefly explores the changing role of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Examines requirements that must be met to increase its effectiveness. (Author/MK)

Offers tenets to help curriculum developers dodge the "landmines" that ruin curriculum development efforts. (Author)

Presents and examines the "Stages of Commitment to Organizational Change" model in order to provide managers with a cognitive map of how commitment can be generated. Stages include contact, awareness of change, understanding, positive perception, installation, adoption, institutionalization, and internalization. (CT)

In order for American caregivers to contribute to the mental health of immigrants, they must become advocates of resettlement programs which preserve ethnic clusters, use treatment techniques that are sensitive to various cultural backgrounds, and reexamine attitudes toward relating to people that are dysfunctional outside of Western-oriented…

Outlines the dimensions of a systematic design process that performance technologists could use to increase their ability to achieve their objectives. Dimensions considered include needs assessment, audience identification and analysis, goal and objective setting, strategizing, evaluation and revision, and rewards. (Author)

Increasing specialization in recreation services calls for changes in recreation education. (JD)

Draws on a review of theoretical and empirical literature on scale, relevant research on reform implementation, and original research to synthesize and articulate a multidimensional conceptualization of scale. Develops a conception of scale that has four interrelated dimensions: depth, sustainability, spread, and shift in reform ownership.…

Points out the dangers of metaphorical thinking in management development and organizational theory. Explores the notion of the learning organization as metaphor. (SK)

Provides clinicians with relevant information about the assessment and treatment of smoking and the maintenance of abstinence after smoking cessation. Outlines variables related to success of the client in terminating smoking, explains current treatment approaches and future directions in smoking cessation programs, and describes multifaceted…

Capitalization of all nouns has been the general German practice since the early 18th century. After 1945, the crisis of the German standard language, resulting from regional (dialectal) and foreign influences brought also intensive efforts for a controversial reform including decapitalization. Coordinated action for Germany, Switzerland, and…