Part of The Careers Research and Advisory Centre Bull's Eye Series, this career program booklet is to be used as a workbook to assist students with pertinent tips in starting a job. Topics covered are national insurance, wages and deductions, safety, trade unions, job adjustment, further education, and keeping in touch with the careers officer.…

Does knowledge of motivational type increase the efficiency of predicting job satisfaction patterns? Do changes in motivational type occur as a function of job experience? Answers to the above questions were sought in a study of 175 professional engineers employed in six organizations. Data were collected by the author with a satisfaction…

This monograph brings together a series of research studies that relate to participative decisionmaking in complex formal organizations. Its design includes an examination of general statements and positions on and a review of selected studies related to participative decisionmaking. Initially, the reviewer analyzes the participation question as…

The purpose of this survey was to obtain feedback information from the 1972 Phoenix Union High School System graduates approximately one year after they had graduated. A questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of graduates; then tabulations were made by school on their responses. Objectives of the follow-up study included the following: (1) to…

This study of state employees pursues the hypothesis that inertia accounts for most workers' continuing employment. (Available from Public Personnel Management, Room 240, 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637; $15.00 annually, $3.00 single copy.) (Author/IRT)

Argues that the relationship between the principal and the newspaper advisor determines the extent to which censorship occurs. (RB)

In a nationwide survey of 1,000 households, the male and female heads-of-households were asked to evaluate the importance of each of 32 satisfaction statements in relation to each of three of their favorite leisure-time pursuits, and the results are reported. (DS)

A humanities seminar for health care students was designed to facilitate the synthesis of knowledge acquired by students in various humanities courses. An evaluation of the course suggested that a new format was needed. (JKS)

This paper focuses on the attitudes of managers, supervisors, and owners toward changing jobs and the investments and costs they are willing to incur in order to obtain more satisfying employment. (Author/IRT)

The analysis shows that the strength of the relationships between job satisfaction and each of the task dimensions of skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback-from-job depends on both the job longevity and organizational longevity of the sampled individuals. (Author/IRT)

Employing the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire, this study investigates the relationship between the job satisfaction of Georgia school superintendents and perceived leader behavior of Georgia school board presidents. (JC)

Although initial participation in risk activities may result from the attractiveness of the thrill of facing unknown dangers, much of the motivation for continued involvement represents an extension of common and nonneurotic needs such as challenge, mastery, and sensory arousal. (Author)

This study examines aspects of the job and off-job lives of technical and managerial employees. Results suggest that employees' feelings of alienation carry over strongly between the two life spheres but that only limited carry-over occurs between job activities and those away from work. (Author)

A panel of 2,081 Pennsylvania migrants and nonmigrants from rural areas were first surveyed as high school sophomores in 1947 and again in 1971. With education and socioeconomic background controlled, male migrants were more likely than nonmigrants to achieve high income and prestigious jobs. (EDE)

Values, are conceptualized in context of work adjustment as reference dimensions for the description of needs. Factor analyses of Minnesota Importance Questionnaire data are presented. Safety, Comfort, Aggrandizement, Altruism, Achievement, and Autonomy are identified. These value dimensions are organized in terms of reinforcement preferences and…