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Direct linkKossek, Ellen Ernst; Lautsch, Brenda A.; Eaton, Susan C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
We examine professionals' use of telecommuting, perceptions of psychological job control, and boundary management strategies. We contend that work-family research should distinguish between descriptions of flexibility use (formal telecommuting policy user, amount of telecommuting practiced) and how the individual psychologically experiences…
Descriptors: Family Work Relationship, Teleworking, Depression (Psychology), Employee Attitudes
Marken, James A. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2006
Activity Theory has often been used in workplace settings to gain new theoretical understandings about work and the humans who engage in work, but rarely has there been sufficient detail in the literature to allow HPT practitioners to do their own activity analysis. The detail presented in this case is sufficient for HPT practitioners to begin to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Work Environment, Corporations
Peer reviewedKolb, Judith A. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1994
Describes how a university professor took ideas gained from a week-long "presentation skills" workshop taught in a Fortune 500 company and applied them to public speaking classes she taught. Notes in particular the creation of a supportive, risk-taking atmosphere; the use of speaker goal setting; and the utilization of a "self-and-other" model for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Public Speaking
Peer reviewedEsrock, Stuart L.; Leichty, Greg B. – Public Relations Review, 1998
Examines how corporate entities use the Web to present themselves as socially responsible citizens and to advance policy positions. Samples randomly "Fortune 500" companies, revealing that, although 90% had Web pages and 82% of the sites addressed a corporate social responsibility issue, few corporations used their pages to monitor…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Communication Research, Corporations, Organizational Communication
Peer reviewedHutton, James G.; Goodman, Michael B.; Alexander, Jill B.; Genest, Christina M. – Public Relations Review, 2001
Presents an empirical study of the Fortune 500 companies suggesting that "reputation management" is gaining ground as a driving philosophy behind corporate public relations. Finds some interesting correlations between reputation and specific categories of spending. Concludes that if reputation management is the new face of corporate…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Higher Education, Public Relations
1999
The first of the four papers in this symposium, "Knowledge Management and Knowledge Dissemination" (Wim J. Nijhof), presents two case studies exploring the strategies companies use in sharing and disseminating knowledge and expertise among employees. "A Theory of Knowledge Management" (Richard J. Torraco), develops a conceptual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Corporate Education, Educational Needs
Download full textO'Neill, Joseph P. – 1984
The tuition benefit policies of 10 companies are described, along with a summary of the results of a benefits survey of major companies. The survey items and responses are provided for 650 companies, representing the industrial Fortune 500 and the service Fortune 500: banks, insurance companies, retailers, and transportation and utility companies.…
Descriptors: Business, College Attendance, Continuing Education, Eligibility
Kotlikoff, Laurence J.; Wise, David A. – 1989
A study documented the continued backloading of pension benefits and the extent of retirement incentives by examining pension accrual in 1,183 U.S. defined benefit pension plans in 1979 and in one large Fortune 500 firm in 1984. Among the findings on the defined benefit pension plans were the following: many plans exhibit significant backloading;…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Economic Research, Fringe Benefits, Incentives
Gumbus, Andra – Journal of Management Education, 2005
This experiential exercise presents the concept of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and applies it in a university setting. The Balanced Scorecard was developed 12 years ago and has grown in popularity and is used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500 companies as a performance measurement and strategic management tool. The BSC expands the traditional…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Measurement, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Hagen, Suzanne J. – 1982
Personnel directors of 42 Fortune 500 companies responded to a questionnaire designed to elicit information on (1) the predominant communication-related job titles in those companies, (2) which of those positions communication majors were qualified to fill, and (3) what academic preparations were most useful for such positions. All respondents…
Descriptors: Business, College Curriculum, Communication Research, Education Work Relationship
Pluta, David J.; Accordino, Michael P. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2006
This investigation was a baseline study to determine if the speed of return to work could be predicted for people with psychiatric disabilities in a private sector setting. Participants with psychiatric disability claims who returned to work (N = 300) were obtained from a nationwide "Fortune 500" insurance company. The authors compared the speed…
Descriptors: Counselors, Rehabilitation Counseling, Private Sector, Public Sector
Keller, Jack; Piotrowski, Chris – 1986
Career development programs (CDPs) are a rather recent area of study in organizational and industrial psychology. The present study investigated the nature and evaluation of CDPs in Fortune 500 firms. Data were obtained by a mailed questionnaire completed by the firms' human resources directors. Of the 500 companies surveyed, only those 50 that…
Descriptors: Career Development, Corporate Education, Educational Needs, Management Development
Lieberman Research, Inc. – 1989
The study examines how senior executives in America's largest corporations feel about the public education system and what they are doing or considering doing to help overcome the system's problems. Questionnaires were mailed to the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the Fortune 500 industrial companies and the Fortune 500 service companies. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Business, Comparative Education
Amin, Rohan Mahesh – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Targeted email attacks to enable computer network exploitation have become more prevalent, more insidious, and more widely documented in recent years. Beyond nuisance spam or phishing designed to trick users into revealing personal information, targeted malicious email (TME) facilitates computer network exploitation and the gathering of sensitive…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Program Effectiveness, Classification, Statistical Analysis
Baar-Kessler, Madeline – 1984
A study was conducted to obtain information about the involvement of the private sector in creating literacy programs for employees. Specifically, it examined the extent to which selected Fortune 500 companies were involved in literacy training and the extent to which materials and methods used were relevant to specific job tasks. An analysis of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Business Responsibility, Educational Research, Job Skills
