Depicts the following aspects of training and development in the United Kingdom: public-policy strategy and infrastructure, corporate policies and strategies, organization and delivery of training, the training and development profession, and trends in the use of training. (SK)

Lists benefits of part-time employment for women and employers. Describes strategies for both women and their supervisors for successful part-time arrangements. (SK)

A case study of a Polish company undergoing restructuring demonstrates the influence of political, economic, and social change on postcommunist personnel management. It investigates whether change is providing opportunities to improve the employment status of women. (SK)

Data from a national survey of 2945 employers showed that those most likely to have formal training programs were larger and had high-performance work systems, capital-intensive production, and better-educated workers. More workers were trained in companies with larger investments in physical capital or new forms of work organization. (SK)

Discusses the economic factors related to the hiring and promoting of minorities and the need for mentoring of minority employees. (JOW)

Cites demographic trends indicating that one-third of the workforce will be over 55 by the end of the century, dispels myths about older workers, and offers considerations for personnel policies and practices that will enable employers to tap the resources of reliable, trained, and educated older workers. (SK)

As a job changes, person-job fit is likely to change. A number of factors affect older workers' ability and choice to adjust to job changes: individual factors (knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, attractiveness of retirement); and organizational (orientation to workplace changes, the redesigned job, training, support, personnel practices,…

The study explores the relationship between child care program administration, organizational climate, and global quality. The recently developed Program Administration Scale (PAS; Talan & Bloom, 2004) was utilized in the study. Both program administration and organizational climate were found to be positively correlated with preschool…

A study which illustrates a method for predicting how changes in selection criteria could affect training time and training costs in self instructional courses. (Author)

A study which illustrates a method for predicting how changes in selection criteria could affect training time and training costs in self instructional courses. (Author)

This document contains 4 charts and 15 tables describing the pension coverage of workers and the income of retirees in the United States as of 1984. Data were gathered through the fourth wave topical module to the 1984 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation, conducted from September through December of 1984. The prevalence of…

Using the group process for interviewing potential new staff members pays big dividends to the school and to the applicant, says this writer. He tells how the process has worked for him. (Editor)

The handbook analyzes implications of Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 on the employment rights of handicapped persons. The first section reviews background information (including a summary of the law and regulations concerning employment) and discusses implications for hiring practices (including consideration of reasonable…

For those working and studying in American colleges and universities, collective bargaining has become an institutional reality. This bibliography represents the second in a series of publications that expand coverage of retrospective and current references to other-than-faculty personnel in higher education. Included among the citations are…