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;…

An assessment study was conducted to compile a comprehensive view of the training needs of child care workers in eastern upstate New York. A Needs Assessment Questionnaire was distributed to 539 child care workers, and 65% were returned. The questionnaires concerned demographic, specific job-related, and training-related information. In addition,…

Beginning librarians and their supervisors on the eight campuses of the University of California were surveyed concerning the work expected of professional librarians. Information was gathered by the use of interviews, job descriptions, and a checklist of duties performed. It was found that there was a lack of clarity in defining the proper role…

All Extension professionals employed by the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service during the entire Fiscal Year 1971, a total of 378 employees, participated in a study to determine their attitudes toward working with low-income clientele. Data were collected by mail questionnaire, personnel records, and statistical reports from the employees. Of…

To investigate the basic goal of the junior college as the preparation of students for future employment, especially for minority experiences, this study was conducted at three San Diego community-junior colleges. Data for the investigation were provided by graduates who answered two questionnaires: the first, after their graduation with an AA,…

To investigate the effects of work group structure on measures of organizational behavior, questionnaire data from employees in a department characterized by complex, unstable work group structure and variable supervisory reporting relationships were compared with data from similar employees in two departments characterized by stable work group…

Designed to be completed by the work supervisor for each individual male enrollee in the Neighborhood Youth Corps, the scale contains ten statements about things that work supervisors consider important about enrollee attitude and performance. See also TM 000 865. (CK)

The rating scale was completed by the work supervisor for each individual female enrollee in the Neighborhood Youth Corps. The scale contains ten statements about things that work supervisors consider important about enrollee attitude and performance. See also TM 000 865. (CK)

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…

Collected data from 416 experienced air traffic controllers to examine the hypothesized positive relationship between job satisfaction and psychiatric symptomatology. Job satisfaction was measured with self-report instruments while psychiatric symptomatology was assessed via a standardized diagnostic interview. Results provide strong support for…

A study of Australian journalists was conducted to test three hypotheses: (1) there is little agreement over the "ideal" means of training or educating journalists, (2) Australian journalism is dominated by white, Anglo-Saxon males who increasingly represent upper-middle class backgrounds, and (3) job satisfaction decreases as formal…

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)

A study was conducted to examine how the implementation of new technology in the newsroom has affected job satisfaction, whether demographic characteristics of employees have an effect, or whether employees in certain classifications of jobs are more satisfied with this technology than others. Pagination was chosen as the technology to study…

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…

A comparative study was conducted in two factories in the Montreal area which were in the process of changing the official language within the factory from English to French. The objective of the research was twofold: (1) to analyze the language use and behavior of the employees; and (2) to develop research instruments appropriate for evaluating…