This document reviews early "scope" litigation between Oregon teachers and school districts that set the underpinnings for the more recent decisions by the Employment Relations Board (ERB). These early cases worked in a dialectic fashion to bring Oregon scope of bargaining to the point it is today. As a result of the evolutionary…

The objectives of this study of public school administrators were to determine the level of burnout experienced by school administrators, the relationships between burnout and stress measures, the factors associated with burnout, and the relationships between administrative level and components of the Administrative Role Perception Inventory…

The job satisfaction and organizational commitment of rehabilitation counselors working in the public rehabilitation agencies in Oregon are the focus of this study. Participants were 63 rehabilitation counselor survey respondents whose agencies agreed to take part in the study. Because of the small population size, Oregon's general (n=120) and…

A survey elicited workers' opinions in five areas: (1) essential skills, attitudes, and behaviors needed on the job by entry-level workers; (2) the purposes, content, and delivery of training needed and desired by workers; (3) productivity; (4) workplace environment; and (5) employee benefits. Information was gathered through written surveys of…