This book reports on research conducted in England and Wales to (a) discover factors that influenced promotions in the teaching profession and compare these findings with teachers' beliefs about influences on promotion, (b) study the procedures by which teachers were promoted and discover teachers' experiences and opinions about these procedures,…

The author provides the reader an "inside look" at women's role in management by selecting 95 women in management as a sample to gather research on women executives through questionnaires, personal talks, and formal interviews. Although the book is mainly about women in the middle/upper levels of management, coverage is given also to…

This study is an attempt to determine the impact of adult basic education programs on the upward mobility of disadvantaged workers. The programs studied were utilized by southern paper companies to increase the promotion potential of Negroes who were originally employed for unskilled jobs without opportunities for advancement. The study found that…

A representative group of occupations was examined within an attributional framework, utilizing the concept of perceived causality for success. Results supported several hypotheses and also revealed some systematic relationships between causes and between perceived causality for success and occupational prestige. (Author)

The role of the administrator of physical education and athletics must be one of grouping faculty and coaches on the basis of training, ability, industry, and talent, rather than sex. (MJB)

The author investigates the applicability of traditional academic rank and promotion procedures to the community junior college system and discusses benefits and possible ill effects of instituting such procedures. (MJB)

Examines aspects of the corporate world that may lead to a slowdown of automatic promotions: decrease in unemployment, rise in population; premature structural job plateauing due to high technology; higher expectations by more people (especially women); and failure by schools to keep up with changes in the work world. (CT)

Assesses the Braddock-McPartland and Pettigrew-Martin articles and suggests a few limitations and extensions of their analyses. Concludes that race relations analysts need to go beyond the usual discussions of interracial prejudice, employment barriers, and tokenism to extend research to issues such as multifaceted methodologies and changing…

Salary increases were allocated to hypothetical job holders who varied in the criticality of their positions for accomplishment of organizational goals, occupational marketability, job performance, personal need for money, and increase in capability since the last performance review. Results indicated that though performance had the largest…

Career development is a systematic and logical method for helping employees acquire skills and knowledge for professional growth. It benefits both the employee and the organization and should be a shared responsibility. The process is described. (MT)

Concludes most organizations have administrator promotion and selection problems. Suggests good selection procedures produce valid, reliable, job-related information; exhibit fairness/are perceived as "fair"; and fit "political" realities. Examines Hamilton and Dufferin-Peel selection procedure models, which also incorporate…

This study, conducted in a major midwestern university among a resident health sciences center population with an established continuing education teaching commitment, analyzes previously documented attendance-motivating factors as instructional motivators by using frequency of rankings to assess relative importance of those factors within and…

Japan's employment model has been that of "lifetime employment," especially for male college-educated workers. Under such a system, an individual becomes employed by a firm upon graduation and remains in its employ until retirement. (Author/SSH)

Compared motivation and values in Japanese and American managers who completed the Rokeach Values Survey and an upward mobility questionnaire. Results showed the Japanese attached greater importance to socially beneficial values but also valued accomplishments, advancement, and money, in contrast to American emphasis on individuality and…

The presence of a skilled and stable workforce in out-of-school time programs for children and youth plays a significant role in the quality and continuity of these programs and consequently, the impact they have on young people. Yet the past 2 decades have consistently revealed many obstacles to the cultivation of such a workforce. The absence of…