Presents fundamental principles of job analysis and a model approach for analyzing a job based on interviews with incumbents and identification of critical work behaviors, knowledge, skill, and abilities. The usefulness of job analysis in recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, and workforce planning is highlighted. (SK)

Cultural diversity affects organizations in several ways: recruitment/retention, outreach beyond traditional clientele, management styles and decision making, and interorganizational relationships. Intercultural effectiveness can be improved by making training strategic, building cultural knowledge, targeting unconscious discrimination, and…

As the world population ages, the number of active workers to support nonworking elders is decreasing. Early retirement and working conditions that limit older worker participation have contributed to the problem. (SK)

Looks at some of the ambiguities in the Americans with Disabilities Act and suggests how to avoid them. Lists specific practices to avoid such as asking applicants about disabilities, failing to accommodate the disabled, and requiring preemployment physical exams. (JOW)

Discusses the economic factors related to the hiring and promoting of minorities and the need for mentoring of minority employees. (JOW)

Urges consideration of the local labor market's impact on staff supply and demand when revising salary schedules. Explains how to select job classifications for comparison, identify relevant labor markets, analyze job content, collect data on current practices in the market, analyze the data, and develop and prioritize recommendations for…

Reviews different interpretations of the Supreme Court's recent ruling concerning Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. For related articles, see pages 21 and 23 in the same issue. (WD)

Explores the advantages and disadvantages of being a female community college teacher. Gives reasons for making women equal in numbers and status to male faculty members. Lists nine factors contributing to women's unequal status and suggests actions that women teachers should take to improve their position. (DD)

Discusses the proceedings of a recent American Economic Association convention where manpower programs were the main topics of concern. Most who attended favored exploring whether selective job creation at modest wage levels could increase employment opportunities without fanning inflation and direct training programs to the disadvantaged. (CT)

Considers employment policy and labor relations in three Japanese manufacturing plants in northeast England. Includes background information regarding their decision to locate there. (JOW)

Describes the contingent workforce as people who work part time or for temporary-help agencies or are self-employed. Lists occupations that employ the most temporary workers and looks at the pluses and minuses for both employers and workers. (JOW)

Notes that academic administrators who are frequently involved with employment references and hiring should view the increasing legal implications of employment references with apprehension. Offers guidelines for checking references and for giving out references. (RS)

Eight true or false questions explore implications of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Topics include AIDS, drug abuse, undue hardship, reasonable accommodation, and company size affected by the law. (SK)

This article profiles Habitat International, Inc., an indoor-outdoor rug company in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that proves that hiring people with developmental disabilities and special needs makes everyone a winner. It tells the story of how CEO David Morris, hosted clients from the Orange Grove Center and workshops run by the State of Georgia to…

This book uses the testimony given before the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations to gain insight into the state of industrial relations and labor law in the United States. The book is organized in five chapters. The first chapter looks at the history of labor movements and labor legislation in the United States. Chapter 2…