A survey of 16 major United States Corporations was conducted to determine how speeches by senior executives are used to publicize the corporations' views on business matters and public affairs. This paper reports the survey results in the following areas: number of full- and part-time speech writers employed by the corporations; backgrounds and…

This document reports on the nature of Australian beginning teachers' entry into the teaching profession and examines, among other questions: (1) procedures adopted to ease teachers into employment; (2) sources of information concerning their new teaching situations; (3) planned induction activities and their value; (4) matters of teacher concern;…

One Texas corporation hires senior citizens to sell its roofing and wall covering materials worldwide. Comprising 20 percent of the company's sales force, persons over 60 often turn in its highest sales averages, although some have no previous sales experience. Company executives praise the older salespeople. (AJ)

Testing practices have come under considerable scrutiny and criticism in recent years. Testing practices in the Federal government have certainly not been immune from this movement as the use of standardized written tests for selection purposes has been increasingly under attack. The most recent attacks have focused on implications or findings of…

This report presents the results of a survey on employee promotion and transfer policies used in over 150 organizations. It includes information on methods used for publicizing job vacancies, procedures for processing inhouse applications, general policies on promotions and transfers, and policies for promotion of lower-level employees to first…

This paper reviews some of the past literature on male-female wage differentials in order to determine the early hypotheses which are the historical roots of the current theoretical and empirical work analyzing male-female wage differentials. Part 1 reviews the discrimination hypotheses, which emphasize differences in the labor market conditions…

Project Job Opportunities and Education for Youth (JOEY) attempted to link 290 youthful offenders to a comprehensive employment and manpower development strategy that involves (1) expanding the number of employment opportunities; (2) developing job training and manpower programs; and (3) removing the barriers that unjustly exclude persons from…

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW TENURE ACT FOR TEACHERS. SEVEN UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE ACT ARE NOTED--(1) IT COVERS EVERYONE EXCEPT THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, (2) PROBATION IS LIMITED TO TWO NORMAL SCHOOL YEARS, (3) EACH PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE IS TO RECEIVE REGULAR EVALUATION REPORTS AND IS TO HAVE A CHANCE TO…

This report, part of Rand's Labor and Population Studies Program, delves into sources of black/white income differentials. This report has as its purpose, the use of employment quotas as an analytical device for devising a priori notions of what the effects of government attempts to reduce employment discrimination might be. Following a formal…

The performance of local television stations with regard to programming and employment practices is a topic that lends itself well to investigation by journalism educators and their students. This paper examines the purposes of such a study and tells how to define the scope of the study and how to start it. It then offers suggestions for…

Federal laws and regulations designed to assure equal employment opportunities have only recently been applied to faculty employment, but they have rapidly become an important issue in higher education. The goal of true equal employment opportunity has been pursued in court cases and legislation for many years, principally in the industrial…

This booklet, prepared by the Public Service Committee, is designed to assist appropriate officials in each state to establish rules, regulations, and policies which will permit handicapped persons an equal opportunity to compete for jobs in state governments. Data gained from a survey of 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Virgin Islands…

Part I of this report presents descriptive and statistical information on discriminatory practices toward women at Fullerton State College in California in terms of numbers and percentages of women and men by academic level, from the freshmen year in college to full professorship, during the Fall semester of 1968; numbers of women and men faculty,…

Functional Job Analysis (FJA) is based on the premise that every job requires a worker to function in relation to Things, Data and People (factors) in varying degrees. A level is determined for each of the three areas for each worker function. A measure of emphasis was developed by assigning percentages to weight each factor. The level at which a…