Change initiatives in higher education are frequently guided by an institutional change management program which provides employees with a framework and set of skills to better understand problems and facilitate change at the organisational level. In this paper, we explore employee perceptions of Six Sigma as a tool for facilitating change at one…

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to use a recent feminist conceptual framework (Tallerico, 2000a) to frame an investigation of whether emphasizing the major roles of the job and district size in recruitment messages for a hypothetical superintendent's position influenced participant job attraction ratings. Research Methods: This study used a…

Develops a formula to describe faculty salary systems quantitatively, whether based on seniority, merit, discrimination, or personal favoritism. An Alabama study shows that chaos is dominant in determining salaries. Universities should offer competitive salaries and develop pay structures based on objective and relevant criteria. Includes six…

The objectives of this study were to develop a model to explain early occupational attainment and to test a particular group of male and female Southern Appalachian youths. A path analytic model was developed to include mother's and father's education, breadwinner's occupation, residence, amount of significant others' influence, occupational…