A data set from Colorado's Job Vacancy Surveys was used to examine the effects of firm size on various job vacancy characteristics. Larger firms offered higher wages than smaller firms with similar characteristics and requiring similar education and experience. (Contains 16 endnotes.) (Author/JOW)

Data from Benefits Supplements to the Current Population Survey show that large firms hired younger workers more than small firms; starting wages discriminated less between older and younger workers. The wage premium associated with large firms did not obtain for those hired at 35 or older. Wage growth in large firms equaled or exceeded that in…

A study of 19 small and medium-sized Spanish companies that established international cooperation agreements during 1997-1998 demonstrated that organizational cultures, company size, and national cultures significantly influence the learning that occurs. Negative influences include different work attitudes, languages, and communication systems. A…

Responses from a national survey of 374 (of 500) 4-year institutions showed that 69 percent of private colleges do not have computer-assisted guidance systems, whereas 69 percent of public colleges do. Significantly more large than small institutions use such systems. SIGI PLUS and DISCOVER are the 2 most popular. (SK)

Reports on the possibility of restructuring physics and chemistry departments and merging others at British universities. Suggests modifications of the course content for greater acceptance by students. Concludes that the logic of the committee's recommendations rests in the subsequent ability of certain departments to grow. (RT)

A survey of 1,100 New Jersey college students elicited 753 responses expressing their preferences for future employment. Five factors significantly associated with postgraduation plans were connection between current job and academic major; size of employing company; whether tuition was being paid by current employer; whether employed full time;…

Interviews, observations, and document analysis in three small to midsize manufacturing companies revealed considerable formal and informal human resource development activities that support the companies' unique market niche by developing knowledge, skills, and abilities; integrate employees into company work practices; and enhance quality of…

A survey of 380 trainers/personnel managers received 80 responses indicating that (1) larger organizations were more likely to institute ethics policies and programs and (2) most organizations are at a conventional level of moral development. (SK)

Pennsylvania electronics manufacturers responding to a survey (93 of 250) identified the most important skills for new workers as following directions and mastery of basic electronics. Least important were leadership, creativity, and written communication. Firm size was not a significant variable. (SK)

Discusses why expanding to compete with public institutions makes no economic sense for small private colleges and may lower their rankings in the national collegiate pecking order. (EV)

A study examined the effects of employee turnover (employees who were fired, laid off, retired, or left for other reasons) and mobility (employees who left one newspaper to work for another newspaper or other journalism medium) on small daily newspapers (under 25,000 circulation). The study surveyed 300 newsroom editors and 600 reporters (with a…

This is one of several papers presented at a Federal Trade Commission Symposium on Media Concentration. It expresses views of the National Association of Advertising Publishers regarding problems that publishers of advertising shoppers and free newspapers encounter from chain-owned newspapers. Shoppers and free newspapers are described and…

ELEMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY ARE IDENTIFIED WHICH ARE INFLUENCED BY SIZE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS. PRODUCTIVITY INCLUDES OUTCOMES SUCH AS ACADEMIC PROGRESS AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND EXCLUDES ECONOMIC OUTCOMES SUCH AS GAINS IN INCOME. RESEARCH IN THIS FIRST PHASE WAS DONE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF IOWA. DATA STORED WITH THE IOWA EDUCATIONAL…

This study explores the speculation that unidentified factors such as organizational complexity might account for disparate research findings regarding the relationship between the administrative component and organization size. Complexity and size of organization were found to be significantly related variables, although there is no evidence to…

Argues that large broadcasting corporations can afford to provide more diversified and even more localized service than smaller media with limited resources; and warns that government intervention in the name of antitrust could ultimately lead to government intervention in the creative process itself. (JMF)