International Journal of Manpower: Volume 13 Issue 1

Maintaining a Set of Strong, Personal, Moral Standards while Succeeding in a Bureaucracy

Peter Hosie

Gives a deliberately cynical view on the requirements of managersfor succeeding in a bureaucracy where personal moral standards must beadapted to fit the prevailing culture in…

Corporate Sponsored Child Care: A Benefit with High Satisfaction, Questionable Future

Laurence Barton

Assesses the extent to which corporate organizations in the US haveresponded to the working mothers and child care issue. Illustrates,through case studies and examples, how…

Factors Affecting College Student Migration across States

Franklin G. Mixon

Provides a model of human capital search by examining collegestudent migration across states. Tests pertinent investment andconsumption benefits. Employs OLS estimation for 49…

Women in Banking: A Comparative Perspective on the Integration Myth

Oya Culpan, Fusun Akdag, Dilek Cindogvlu

Compares American and Turkish women professionals in the bankingindustry with reference to their perception of discrimination, theirattitudes towards their work, the nature of…

Quality of Working Life and Total Quality Management

Graham James

Reiterates the fundamental importance of a Quality of Working Life(QWL) organizational culture to total quality initiatives. Brieflyexamines features of a QWL commitment culture…

Reducing Employee Resistance to Robotics: Survey Results on Employee Attitudes

Ross L. Fink, Robert K. Robinson, William B. Rose

The introduction of the industrial robot into the American workplace has been received with mixed results. Management, whose decision introduced the new technology, invariably…

Personnel Planning to Deal with AIDS in the Workplace

John P. Kohl, Alan N. Miller

Introduction In September 1991, the Centers for Disease Control reported that, since AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) was first diagnosed in 1981, 195,718 active cases…