Data from a variety of sources are presented to identify and outline issues associated with the recruitment, retention, and progress of women psychologists in their careers in academe. Women earned approximately two-thirds of the 1997 doctorates in psychology, and today they make up about 4 in 10 of the full-time psychology faculty in a four-year…

Examines the extent of gender differences in the incidence of and returns to promotions. Concludes that the returns to promotion are comparable for men and women, but that women are held to higher promotion standards than men and therefore receive fewer promotions than men with equal measured abilities. (NRJ)

Suggests that women and non-Whites are excluded from promotion into the administrative sector of education as a result of informal organizational processes. Explores the sponsor-protege relationship as a socialization process and its effect on the promotion of women and minorities. (Author/GC)

Discusses career patterns of administrators within a public school system administrative hierarchy, using flows of people between positions as measures of connections between positions. Specific career patterns studied included promotion to superintendency via central office administration and via secondary school supervision. (Author/DB)

An outline of how to set and attend to priorities as a newly appointed assistant superintendent. (MLF)

In a study of 396 workers, blacks tended to have significantly less education and worked in larger firms more subject to government regulation or external review. More full-time minority workers negatively affected blacks' promotion opportunities. education increased promotion chances only for blacks. Only whites benefitted from an internal labor…

All five female headteachers in secondary schools in an English county had experienced both overt discrimination and more subtle sexism. They avoided gender-stereotyped roles at work, did not have major domestic responsibilities, and had not taken extended career breaks for children. As children, they knew their parents had high educational…

Employment experiences were compared for British adults with good/average literacy and numeracy skills and those with good/average literacy and very low numeracy. Even with good literacy skills, poor numeracy reduced employment and training opportunities and promotion prospects. (SK)

Surveys completed by a random sample of 1,884 blue-collar unionized workers showed that perceived role enhancement opportunities (more task complexity and autonomy) were positively related to attitudes associated with promotion opportunities (commitment, work involvement, career opportunity satisfaction). This was especially true for workers with…

Information systems professionals (n=163) completed measures of career anchors and outcomes (career/job satisfaction, job performance, perceived advancement prospects); 46% had multiple dominant anchors and these individuals did not have significantly different career outcomes than those with single dominant anchors. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)

Raher than bemoan the lack of leadership potential among younger employees, McDonnell Douglas Corporation has embarked on a comprehensive strategy of on-the-job development for staff members at all levels of the organization. Three types of rotational training are being used to address corporate, functional, and intracompany needs. (Author)

An automated succession plan can create smooth transitions when employees transfer or leave the company. It can also boost productivity and employee morale. (Includes a basic nine-step implementation plan that makes the process easy and relatively painless.) (JOW)

Describes a system, based on job analysis, to assess costs of reasonable accommodation to guarantee compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Illustrates how job analysis is used to list and rate job functions and requisite abilities and to estimate costs of accommodation. (SK)

Argues that the traditional reliance on scholarly research and publication for promotion and tenure needs to be reexamined as professors spend increasing amounts of time developing computer courseware. The creation of new models for teaching and research that will include educational computing as a valued part of the educational process is…