This paper analyzes the nature of the student activity in this century and analyzes or predicts the character this activity might take. Four patterns of student activity are reviewed: (1) student union pattern, (2) the special interest group/confrontation pattern, (3) the neo-governmental pattern, and (4) the independence pattern. Emphasis is…

To determine the type of day care used and/or desired, a survey was conducted with representatives and women employees in industries in five economic planning and development districts of Arkansas during the summer and fall of 1971. Approximately 50 percent of the industries participated, with a total of 21,000 women responding to the survey.…

Divided into three parts, this bibliography contains a listing of the published theses and dissertations in the field of industrial relations from January through December, 1971. Included by section are: (1) an alphabetically ordered and keyed roster of the 25 industrial relations institutes submitting documents, their addresses, names of their…

This report draws on a series of conferences held to develop guides for labor-management cooperation at the plant level. These included six recent initiatives conferences held in cooperation with State University Institutes of Industrial Relations and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) and a seventh sponsored by the Commission…

One specific area of industrial relations training is considered--that of meeting the implications of change as a result of the current theme of joint involvement in proposed industrial relations legislation. This will demand new approaches for industry in England. (Author/BP)

White-collar and professional employees are increasingly turning to unions to combat their loss of independence as employees of large organizations. Managers should realize that they and professional employees have different viewpoints about job situations and that the current trend toward white-collar unionism is apt to continue. (JG)

The technique of computer simulation applied to collective bargaining situations is presented in the setting of negotiations between library administration and staff (representing, respectively, management and labor union). The negotiation simulation exercise was developed for use in both college and industry. (MF)

Reports on an actual public relations problem that was used to introduce students to the practice of corporate public relations. Shows both positive and negative reaction to use of the case study in college classes. (RL)

This study examined the relationships between the use of five conflict resolution strategies (withdrawing, smoothing, compromising, forcing, and confronting) and three measures of employee commitment (commitment to the organization, profession, and community). The relationships varied between the different types of commitment and between…

Provides a brief history of public employee organizations and examines major methods used by such groups to establish their legitimacy. Focuses on the way this legitimacy impacts organizational authority structures. (Author)

Examines bargaining unit determinations in college and university cases. Available from the Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60646. (IRT)

The growing trend of judicial support allowing employers and third parties to seek damages in public employee strikes is reviewed from the union perspective. Includes a discussion of the historical trend of liability theories. This area of public sector labor relations law is developing with no clear national trend. (MD)

Examined self-reports of grievants (N=324) concerning characteristics of grievance-filing and perceived outcomes. Results showed the level at which a grievance was settled played an unimportant role; resolution of different types of grievances affected relations with union and management. Nature of settlement and grievance type were perceived as…

Reviews the history of the development and beginnings of universities in the United States in relation to the question of whether university faculty members are to be considered management employees not entitled to bargain collectively with the administration. Discusses this history in relation to the court litigation at Yeshiva State University…