This book discusses what it means to be a faculty member at a university that enjoys neither reputation nor distinction. The discussion illuminates the everyday conditions under which academic work and the hierarchical distinctions in which they are always embedded. Following an introduction, Representing Exclusion, Writing Personal Narrative, and…

New Stringent State laws governing employee safety and health will place responsibility on employers, including schools. (Author)

The results of a poor school maintenance program can have detrimental effects on school pride, learning atmosphere, public confidence, teacher turnover, and the quality of personnel. (MF)

Results indicated a significant positive correlation between cognitive complexity and the choosing of an occupation in which the environment was compatible with the subject's personality coping style. (Author)

Preview of nationwide survey presents preliminary findings on workers' attitudes toward labor standards problems and job satisfaction. (Editor)

The concept of office landscaping creates an open, flexible layout by grouping office workers, supervisors, and their stations in patterns that depend on group communication and interdepartmental work flow relationships. (Author)

Describes an attempt to measure in the sixth through twelfth grades the personality construct termed, in adults, the bureaucratic personality" based on the Weberian model. (TA)

Individual work settings and tangible rather than social rewards proved most effective in increasing the production rates of six trainable level students engaged in an envelope stuffing task. (KW)

The study revealed the degree of influence of the local teacher membership, state affiliate union, and teacher negotiator on decisions concerning working conditions and agreements. Data strongly suggested that the local teacher membership, the state affiliate union, and the teacher negotiator had influenced decision making concerning working…

Survey of 282 school superintendents identified the following sources of stress: (1) complying with state and federal mandates; (2) discharging staff; (3) operational costs; and (4) involvement in labor negotiations. Developed recommendations for reducing job stress, focusing on time management, complying with mandates, collective bargaining,…

Describes three studies conducted to inquire into the potential functions that teacher bars might serve relative to the worklife of teachers. Results showed that teachers congregate at specific bars as a release of tension at the end of the week; to find camaraderie; and to find a supportive atmosphere. (CT)

Examines several situations where linkage between industry and education exists. These include advisory committees, sharing of equipment by industries and schools, and placing a vocational instructor in an industrial setting for an extended period of time to experience the changing workplace. (CT)

Discusses results of a 1981 survey of psychologists holding full-time faculty positions in 22 schools of public health; includes information on representation in various departments, research conducted and publications produced, and the perceived advantages/disadvantages of employment in schools of public health. (GC)

Study to determine job-related factors that are associated with Black graduate students' individual decisions to select one work setting over another. Data were obtained from Black graduate students in the late 1960s from a predominantly White university campus and a predominantly Black university campus. (Author/JLF)