Discusses stress among child-care professionals. Lists major items contributing to job stress, and includes a self-test to determine coping style. Identifies 4 primary coping strategies, and discusses the top 11 coping strategies used by child-care professionals. (ET)

Older workers' perspectives are examined in a national survey of the finance sector and case studies of aged care and construction workers. The majority of older workers intend to work beyond retirement age, to achieve a better lifestyle. With training, older workers could mentor younger workers. This support document includes a national survey of…

Older workers' perspectives are examined in a national survey of the finance sector and case studies of aged care and construction workers. The majority of older workers intend to work beyond retirement age, to achieve a better lifestyle. With training, older workers could mentor younger workers. This support document includes a national survey of…

Older workers' perspectives are examined in a national survey of the finance sector and case studies of aged care and construction workers. The majority of older workers intend to work beyond retirement age, to achieve a better lifestyle. With training, older workers could mentor younger workers. This support document includes a national survey of…

A study was made to obtain a broad overview of the operation of maternity leave in Australia from the perspectives of employees and employers. The study included: (1) an employee survey exploring the use and non-use of maternity leave and identifying determinants of taking maternity leave and of retaining women in the labor force after childbirth;…

This report provides the results of the Personal Assessment of the College Environment (PACE) survey at the Pennsylvania College of Technology (Penn College). The instrument was designed by the National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness at North Carolina State University. The primary purpose of the survey is to assess the…

One of the major issues in the management of academic libraries is the dual nature of staffing: the professional and the paraprofessional. Using the Academic Affairs Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a case study, this project investigates whether professional and paraprofessional staff in large academic libraries…

Although elder abuse has received much attention in recent years, little is known about long-term care staff perceptions of active and passive abuse. Health care professionals (N=72) responsible for direct care of patients within a 275-bed skilled nursing facility completed questionnaires on elder abuse. Responses were from physicians (N=6),…

This study attempted to determine if there was a change in job attitude among employees of a state institution for the developmentally disabled after a move to new, superior facilities. An attitude scale was constructed and administered in December 1982, prior to the move. A second testing occurred two months later, after Experimental Group I had…

A survey of full-time employees at Brookdale Community College (BCC) was conducted to evaluate the college president and his staff in terms of the president's responses to the major mission and goals of BCC, the style of management of the president and his staff, and general comments. Mailed questionnaires were returned by 172 full-time staff…

Reports on the methods and findings of a study conducted by the Pikes Peak Community College to determine the need for a paraprofessional library training program. Examines library paraprofessionals' subject area interests, perceptions of job concerns and weaknesses, preferred class times, and biographical information on respondents. (DMM)

This survey instrument was designed to generate dialogue about multicultural issues among college and university faculty and staff. It consists of 37 statements for which respondents rate the priority (high, average, low, not at all) the statement has for the institution's multicultural efforts. The statements cover institutional structures,…

To examine older workers' general values toward work and their specific motivations when seeking a new job, a sample of 198 people aged 50 or older who had recently begun a new job were interviewed by telephone. A follow-up interview was conducted 4 months later (n=182). Regarding general work values, respondents ranked "feeling a sense of…

A survey of Community Colleges of Spokane (CCS) employees was conducted to identify the strengths and weaknesses of internal communications at CCS, to determine the colleges' image among their employees, to evaluate the colleges' delivery system, and to provide information regarding future directions. Survey results, based on responses from a…

This study, which investigated industry-wide needs for training development in the powdered metals industry, identified the following knowledge areas as those most needed by workers: (1) basic reading and communication skills; (2) basic and algebra mathematical skills; (3) blueprint reading; (4) statistical process control; (5) standard and…