Purpose: This study aims to investigate how various aspects of intraorganizational career advancement--current career attainments, recent pace of upward mobility, and future prospect of career advancement--affect voluntary turnover, drawing empirical evidence from a multinational corporation (MNC) in Taiwan's cultural and labor market environment.…

This is a LAD report on what should be kept in personnel files, general maintenance and practices of employee files, and what written information should be given to job applicants. (SJ)

The North Carolina Teacher Tenure Act of 1972 requires that regulations for handling teacher records be adopted. This pamphlet contains regulations that, if adopted by school boards, will implement the statutory requirements of the tenure act. The proposed regulations contain several sections, each followed by a comment explaining or clarifying…

Among the varied analytical challenges institutional researchers face, examining faculty pay may be one of the most vexing. Although the literature on faculty compensation analysis dates back to the 1970s (Loeb and Ferber, 1971; Gordon, Morton, and Braden, 1974; Scott, 1977; Braskamp and Johnson, 1978; McLaughlin, Smart, and Montgomery, 1978),…

Cautions administrators to improve their substitute teacher programs, because more substitutes are going to be needed as teachers receive more time off from school for participation in professional meetings and other activities. (Author)

Discusses issues of database security and integrity, including computer crime and vandalism, human error, computer viruses, employee and user access, and personnel policies. Suggests some precautions to minimize system vulnerability such as careful personnel screening, audit systems, passwords, and building and software security systems. (JKP)

In the 1986 Maine court decision "True v. Ladner," a school superintendent was found guilty of slander for a teacher recommendation. Many school attorneys are now advising superintendents and school officials not to provide references for former employees. If this becomes widespread the process of screening applicants for teaching…

The exit interview, while widely practiced, has been largely ignored as an instrument for organizational change. A review of the literature reveals that eight out of ten firms in the United States use exit interviews to control attrition and identify areas where changes need to be instituted. Persuading an employee to tell the truth about why he…

This document discusses the issues and regulations that affect schools, school districts, and state education agencies in the release of personal information on their employees. It is not intended to provide legal guidelines, but rather to introduce the key concepts involved in protecting and managing information in staff records. By understanding…

Presents several theories of personnel organization as they relate to the operation of two-year colleges; discusses the personnel staff and its functions; highlights policies and procedures carried out by the personnel department; and discusses personnel record maintenance as an important function of the personnel department. (DMM)

Pinpoints problems associated with personnel operations' inclusion in large complex information systems: personnel information system redesign requirements, potential confidentiality loss, reduced information accessibility, awkward data format requirements, and psychological problems. Discusses single chip micro-processor and micro-computer…

Records management policy and clear guidelines, communicated campus-wide, are needed so that requests for personnel information are handled consistently and with respect for the privacy of employees. Suggestions for policy formation and current efforts on campuses are outlined. (MSE)

Statistics regarding black employment in Kentucky State agencies as of November, 1979 were examined. Data indicated that the number of blacks employed by the State increased since 1977. Nine agencies employed 91 percent of all blacks in the government, while ten agencies remained all white. One-half of all blacks in the State government were…

A computer-based simulation model is described that can be used in an interactive mode to analyze the effects of alternative hiring, promotion, tenure granting, retirement, and salary policies on faculty size, distribution, and aggregate salary expense. The model was designed to be adequately flexible and comprehensive to incorporate the array of…

At Tallahassee Community College (TCC), a full-time equivalent (FTE) based ratio was used as the basis for comparing the college's staff allocations with those of other community colleges in the state. The development of a statewide personnel database by the Florida State Board of Community Colleges provided the means for investigating this ratio.…