Nursing department employees (n=75) completed the Career Commitment Measure and other measures. Emotional intelligence was positively related to career commitment but not organizational commitment. Both types of commitment were positively related to organizational citizenship. (SK)

A review of 22 studies in health and social sciences provided moderate to strong evidence that occupation has an important influence on health and well being. Increased stress and decreased perceived control are associated with poor health outcomes. There is a need for such studies on people with disabilities. (SK)

Mentoring for values in the workplace is different than mentoring for job skills. Older adults' life experience and knowledge are significant resources for mentoring younger workers in important life values. (SK)

A cross-sectional study reported the work-related differences and similarities of 241 Generation X and Baby Boomer employees in the public sector. A more homogeneous pattern of what employees want across age cohorts emerges, contrary to the literature on generational differences. Three significant areas of difference focused on issues of personal…

Max Weber attributed the higher economic prosperity of Protestant regions to a Protestant work ethic. We provide an alternative theory, where Protestant economies prospered because instruction in reading the Bible generated the human capital crucial to economic prosperity. County-level data from late 19th-century Prussia reveal that Protestantism…

What constitutes effective parenting? An international consensus has evolved that effective parenting makes important contributions to children's achievement. But the fundamental question is what constitutes effective parenting. Most of the research that has been done in answering this question has been done within existing school frameworks…

In earlier work on the hermeneutics of charity, the author explored the relevance of Augustine's insistence on charity in reading Scripture for interpreters of non-biblical texts. This article shows how one might bring such charitable reading into the classroom and reframe the teacher's task in its light. The article discusses some implications…

Introduction: Heightened concerns about industry influence on continuing medical education (CME) have prompted tighter controls on the management of commercial funding and conflict of interest. As a result, CME providers must closely monitor their activities and intervene if bias or noncompliance with accreditation standards is likely. Potential…

A great deal has been written in the professional literature about the importance of dispositions for beginning teachers with initial certification; however, little attention has been paid to the dispositions necessary for advanced certification candidates. What dispositions are expected of advanced certification candidates? How can these…

This study examines affective commitment to employing and client organizations among long-term contracted employees, a new and growing employment classification. Drawing on organizational commitment and social exchange literatures, we propose two categories of antecedents of employee commitment to client organizations. We tested our hypotheses…

The working model for Florida's correctional industries program includes orientation, certificated on-the-job training, prerelease training, and postrelease job placement. It is based on the value of the work ethic, employability skills, relevant training, and postrelease services. (SK)

A work ethic instrument was tested with 122 Catholic priests and nuns, 147 Catholic parishioners, and 293 university students employed part time. Factor analysis revealed four dimensions: hard work, nonleisure, independence, and asceticism. (SK)

The Meaning of Working Survey, with the constructs of work centrality, societal work norms, and valued work outcomes, was completed by 170 workers. They did not view work as central, but as a constraint or reciprocal arrangement. They valued benefits and wages over intrinsic outcomes. Cluster analysis revealed that work meanings were related to…

Participants categorized at trial (n=259), stabilization (n=121), and maintenance (n=140) stages of careers completed the Multidimensional Work Ethic Profile. Trial-stage members scored higher on hard work and delayed gratification, the other two groups on morality, wasted time, and leisure dimensions, with no differences on centrality or…

The Occupational Work Ethic Inventory was completed by 2,232 of 2,274 industry workers. Comparison of 5 age groups revealed that workers aged 36 to 55 had higher scores on the ambitious dimension, suggesting they are less apathetic, irresponsible, and negligent and more conscientious, enthusiastic, hard working, independent, persistent, and…