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A listing of technical reports (1968 through 1975) dealing with personnel and training research conducted by the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory (AFHRL) is presented in this bibliography. (The research has been conducted by professional personnel representing a variety of disciplines, including psychologists, operations research specialists, mathematicians, computer analysts, economists, electronic engineers, aeronautical engineers, and technical support personnel.) The table of contents provides a grouping of the research by year. Five indexes are appended: Personal Author, Civilian Corporate Author, Project, Title, Division, and Keyword. (Author/HD)

An annotated bibliography of 60 technical reports and publications on research conducted by the Personnel Research Division of the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory (AFHRL) is presented. Research covers the identification and measurement of individual aptitude, motivation, morale, attitude, and environment factors. Keyword and personal author indexes are included. (SH)

This report focuses on the problem of how to improve leadership effectiveness in order to improve overall organization effectiveness. First, three different approaches to leadership behavior are presented: Trait Approach, Behavioral Approach, and Situational Approach. Next, reviews of the leadership literature and of eight contingency models of leadership are presented. Finally, the three-component Leadership Effectiveness Model, developed on the basis of the eight models and the literature review, is described and critiqued. The Model considers leadership effectiveness to be a function of the criterion selected, the leadership style employed, and the situational environment(s), which includes the leader's subordinates, peers, and other personnel in the environment. The basis for selecting these three components was that they were found to be common across most of the leadership literature reviewed, and at the same time they provide a useful descriptive framework for depicting leadership as a decision-making process. It is concluded that leadership can best be depicted as a decision-making process which involves the leader, the followers, the situation, and the criterion of effectiveness. (TA)

In New Mexico there is increasing public interest and dialogue on the need for two-year institutions of higher education, with special interest in the establishment of a community college system. This 31-item annotated bibliography lists little-known reports, hearing, legislation, and documents which deal with the two-year institutions of higher education in New Mexico. Anyone interested in community colleges, and especially those decision-makers who will decide the future implementation of a two-year community college system in New Mexico, will find this document useful. The appendices contain the Junior College Law, the Branch College Law, a complete list of the laws which have been introduced on junior colleges in the New Mexico state legislature, and the Board of Educational Finance's criteria for the establishment of branch and junior colleges. (Author/DC)

The report presents an unclassified, unlimited bibliography of technical reports and other publications on research conducted by the Occupational Research Division, Air Force Human Resources Laboratory (AFHRL). The cited references cover the period July 1957, to March 1974, and are compiled chronologically by year and within the year. The mission of the division supports work force development, evaluation, and utilization through studies on: methods for collecting, analyzing, and retrieving occupational information; structuring work into jobs, specialties, career ladders, and broader management categories; establishing grade, pay, training, education, experience, and other job requirements; organizational and management analyses; measuring worker experience, performance, potential, and satisfaction; task-oriented criterion development; establishing career programs and reassignment systems. The references are not annotated. Reports listed in the bibliography may be obtained on request by qualified requestors; or, information on obtaining the report will be provided. (Author/AJ)

The annotated bibliography presents technical reports and other publications on research conducted by the Advanced Systems Division. The materials cover the period March 1973-December 1974. Also included are reports published prior to March 1973 which were approved for public release during this period. The bibliography supplements the Annotated Bibliography of the Advanced Systems Division Reports (1950-1972). The citations are arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically by author within the year. The subjects covered include the following: guides, handbooks, and summaries; human resources engineering; simulation techniques; professional training; aircrew training and evaluation; technical training and evaluation; job performance aids; and training and learning. The indexes include an author, category, and abstract number index; a subject index; and a technical report index. Except for journal articles, microfiche and reproduced paper copies of the annotated materials may be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, Virginia 22161. (Author/EC)

The annotated bibliography, listing source materials pertinent to career education, is arranged alphabetically within each of eight sections. The first four sections present selected sources of information on: (1) the nature of students in the 1970's, (2) the occupational market, (3) statements of objectives, and (4) methods of developing curriculum. The fifth section includes teacher and student resources relating to career education and occupational preparation divided into a list of California sources and out-of-State sources. Part 6 presents a list of basic sources and useful reports and a list of names and locations of sources for counselors and other guidance personnel. Sources dealing with program evaluation guidelines are listed without annotations in part 7. The eighth and final part contains supplemental sources of information related to career education, including printed materials, audiovisual, and other instructional aids. Appended is an alphabetical list of publications of the Center for Vocational Education. (Author/MS)

The catalog contains titles of curriculum, instruction, guidance, and management materials for career education available in microfiche format. The compilers state that the materials vary in quality and format. Some are professional documents, while others are early unpolished drafts. The catalog has three major sections. A subject index, covering 58 subject areas, is organized by age span (elementary, secondary, community college, and adult). An institutional index identifies where the materials were developed (25 institutions in California). A one-page section lists position papers and management documents. The listing of materials gives a code for use (teacher, student, counselor, administrator, or a combination of uses). An asterick is used to signify that the unit can be utilized in an interdisciplinary approach. The number of pages in each item is indicated. Information on using the catalog and on ordering documents is also included. The CE numbers cited are document control numbers used by the Educational Resources Information Center, not ERIC Career Education Clearinghouse numbers. (Author/MS)

In order to improve on their selection, promotion, and identification decisions regarding high level management personnel, many large corporations, some small ones, and several governmental agencies have resorted to the assessment center approach. Briefly, the assessment center is an intensive multiple-techniques evaluation process. Candidates for assessment are brought in small groups of from eight to twelve to a testing location and run through a battery of tests over a 2- or 3-day period. These often include paper-and-pencil psychological measures, projective measures, interviews, and both individual and group situational tests. The situational tests are often miniature job situations. Candidates are evaluated by several trained assessors, who are usually successful high-level managers and sometimes are psychologists. This report is an annotated bibliography of published articles on assessment centers. Several types of articles appear: general publicity articles, reports on the implementation of an assessment center, research studies investigating methods of achieving over-all ratings of potential, and reports on validities of assessment center programs. The general finding in the reports described is that assessment center evaluations are more predictive of future management success than the traditional evaluations which are based on supervisors' reports, paper-and-pencil tests, and interviews. (MV)

A bibliography and selected annotations of research on cognitive style are presented. The citations were retrieved from computer and manual searches of the literature. Selected items, based on their significance to research efforts, are organized around subject, method, and results of each study. Ten constructs are included: (1) field dependence-independence; (2) impulsivity-reflectivity; (3) visual-haptic; (4) leveling-sharpening; (5) distractibility (constricted-flexible control); (6) breadth of categorization; (7) scanning-focusing; (8) tolerance for unrealistic experiences; (9) cognitive complexity; and (10) conceptualizing style. Approximately one-third of the document contains annotated citations. (MH)

This publication describes 181 international education programs sponsored by the United States government. A program is considered an international education program in this inventory if it fosters understanding and/or cooperation between the United States and another country or countries through education, which is broadly defined to include training. To gather information, a questionnaire was sent to the director of each federal agency whose general function might conceivably indicate possible administration of an international education program. Of the 70 agencies contacted, 28 responded. Programs are organized by their administering agency: ACTION; Department of Agriculture; Civil Aeronautics Board; Department of Commerce; Department of Defense; Department of Energy; Export-Import Bank; Federal Communications Commission; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Department of the Interior; International Communication Agency; Japan-United States Friendship Commission; Department of Labor; Library of Congress; National Academy of Sciences; National Endowment for the Arts; National Endowment for the Humanities; National Science Foundation; National Transportation Safety Board; Office of Personnel Management; Postal Service; Small Business Administration; Smithsonian Institution; Department of State; Tennessee Valley Authority; Department of Transportation; Department of the Treasury; and the Veterans Administration. For each agency there is a section that gives the purpose and scope of the agency's activities and services and specific programs. The specific program descriptions then follow. Information provided includes the name, address, and telephone number of the unit administering the program; a description of the program activities, primary beneficiaries, and any international travel involved; legislative information--the name of the authorizing act and its Public Law number; funding source and amount; and data concerning the number of projects or participants in a program preferably broken down by country or region. (Author/RM)

This handbook outlines programs and services available to Cuban and Haitian immigrants. The first section reviews materials pertinent to the legal status of recent Cuban and Haitian arrivals, and includes: (1) explanations of the legal status of entrants; (2) information on excludables; (3) documentation procedures; and (4) addresses of U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service regional and district offices. Section two discusses the Fascell Stone Amendment which provides funding for Cuban and Haitian immigrants. Program eligibility and services are described, and names and addresses of all participating State, regional and Federal agencies are given. The fourth section outlines sponsorship problems involving the transfer of immigrants with criminal records and/or mental problems. The last section provides tax information for sponsors. (APM)

This speaker's directory lists speakers from both the news and business sides of print media who are available to address industry-related issues (such as how to attract and retain minority employees, how minorities can move into management, and how young people can get a start in newspapers) at conferences, training sessions, and other meetings. It is intended to be helpful for those who want to talk about diversity in the business and is a good resource for bringing more diversity to newspaper conferences and conventions. The directory lists 53 speakers, with biographies for each giving occupation, ethnic background, specialty topics and, if applicable, fees or honoraria. (SR)

Some 16 videotape programs produced by the San Francisco based California Video Resource Project (CVRP) in 1975-76 are cataloged. Listings, which include the length of the program, its purchase price, and a brief content description, are presented in three categories: entertainment, information, and public libraries. The first category subsumes four tapes on San Francisco people and events. The second group includes a four-program series about the CVRP and an interview with Dr. Robert Thorton, a black science educator. The public libraries tapes describe local library programs including services to the hearing impaired. (KB)

The literature was reviewed to obtain sources of information relevant to the feasibility and utility of on-line data management systems, in support of the management and planning efforts in the research and development environment of the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory. The intended audience was middle-and upper-level management personnel. Documents were selected that would familiarize such personnel with the context and interrelationships of the many aspects of management information systems (MIS); that is, with how analysis, design, operation, evaluation, and user considerations affect MIS. The formal documentation of the literature reviewed resulted in this annotated bibliography of 112 references. (WDR)

To aid in the development and validation of a cost analytic model for Air Force on-the-job training (OJT), this report reviews the literature on the economics of education and training through mid-1976 inclusively. The first two of the four parts in the document provide narrative discussions of the literature, and the last two contain the bibliographic lists. In section 1 six studies on the costs of OJT are analyzed and evaluated, while in section 2 economics literature of a more general nature is discussed, focusing on three background areas: welfare theory, human capital, and joint production (two or more outputs from one production process). Section 3 is an annotated bibliography of eighty-eight items; the annotations, which are only descriptive, not evaluative, vary in length from one sentence to half a page. The last section consisting of four and one-half pages is an unannotated list of additional references. The items chosen in the two sections encompass journal articles, reports, monographic studies, and texts. Where applicable, Rand report numbers and ERIC document numbers are given. (ELG)

Brief descriptions are provided of general-purpose mathematical and statistical software, including 27 "stand-alone" programs, three subroutine systems, and two nationally recognized statistical packages, which are available in the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory (AFHRL) software library. This index was created to enable researchers to identify mathematical or statistical software currently operational on the AFHRL computer system. Information on 27 "stand-alone" programs is presented in the form of an abstract for each item and a list of program documentation references for the reader who wishes to obtain formal program documentation. Each abstract includes general program description, program origin, important program restrictions, and warning about excessive computer execution time incurred in certain circumstances, followed by the symbol of the branch of AFHRL responsible for program development and documentation references. The general descriptions of the software library's three mathematical and/or statistical subroutine systems include a list of the subroutines contained in each system and documentation references. Information provided on two nationally recognized statistical packages, Biomedical Computer Programs and STATJOB, both available in the software library, includes general descriptions, a list and brief descriptions of programs in each package, and package documentation references. (Author/CWM)

This directory of library materials vendors is designed for use by medium-sized public libraries to assist librarians in developing collections for the multicultural, multililgual cmmunities which they serve, and includes information on vendor profile, pre-order services provided, and customer satisfaction. The directory concentrates on four major groups in California: Asian American--of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Pilipino and Vietnamese descent; Black; Chicano/Spanish-speaking; and Native American. An ethnic vendor is anyone who supplies materials about the history and culture in English or in the languages of the particular group or groups, whether exclusively or as part of his stock. A machine-readable questionnaire and letter were sent to 430 vendors and 100 libraries and library systems throughout California. The 140 vendor and 23 library responses were tabulated for a print-out including 61 comparative data responses (self-evaluation by the vendor plus at least one library evaluation); 79 vendor-only responses; and 41 vendors evaluated by at least one library. A subject index provides vendor names as sources of: (1) generalized Asian American materials in English; (2) materials in the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Pilipino, and Vietnamese languages; (3) Black materials; (4) Chicano/Spanish language materials; and (5) Native American materials. (Author/CWM)

This library materials vendor list is designed for use by medium-sized public libraries wishing to procure materials by or about the four major ethnic groups in California: American Indian, Asian, Black, and Spanish-speaking. The list is divided into four sections, one for each of the four ethnic groups represented. The second section, containing Asian language vendors, is further subdivided by cultural group and language--Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Pilipino, Vietnamese--and a listing of vendors supplying generalized Asian American materials. Mainstream publishers and vendors have been largely excluded, as well as those which handle ethnic materials only as a sideline. (Author/CWM)

The core collections listed in these annotated bibliographies are designed for use by medium-sized public libraries in either creating or expanding Chinese, Vietnamese, or Philippine language collections. The majority of titles for adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction are given without transliteration. Prices given in the annotations reflect cost at the time of publication in the currency of the place of publication. Included with each bibliography are possible vendor sources along with information on how to order these materials. (CWM)

These annotated bibliographies of Japanese and Korean core collections are designed for use by medium-sized public libraries in either creating or expanding Japanese and/or Korean language collections. Author and title are given in the Japanese and Korean character script as well as in the English transliteration. The character script for publisher is given in addition to the English transliteration in the Japanese bibliography, but in place of the transliteration in the Korean bibliography. The lists are highly selective; the majority of titles have been published since 1974. The nonfiction titles tend to have a very practical focus while novels listed were selected due to their popularity at the Asian Community Library of the Oakland Public Library. Prices given reflect cost at the time of publication and in the currency of the place of publication. Included is a listing of possible vendor sources for the publishers listed in the annotations. (Author/CWM)

This selected bibliography, compiled from recommendations by practicing librarians providing service to Spanish-speaking communities, includes Spanish and bilingual Spanish/English materials dealing with health. The topic is broadly defined to include any conditions which affect a person's well-being, and includes alcohol and drugs, consumer health information, diseases, human physiology, medical care, medicinal plants and herbs, mental health, nutrition, pediatrics/childcare, physical fitness, pregnancy and childbirth, sex education, and women's health. The bibliography is divided into two sections which are organized alphabetically by topic. The first part includes annotated citations of materials currently available from various distributors. The titles listed but not annotated in the second part represent those which were either not verified as in print, or those for which review copies were unavailable. A list of sources for Spanish language materials is also included. (MBR)

This annotated bibliography presents a listing of technical reports (1976) dealing with personnel and training research conducted by the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, an institution charged with the planning and execution of United States Air Force exploratory and advanced development programs for selection, motivation, training, retention, education, assignment, utilization, and career development of military personnel, and the composition of the personnel force and training equipment. (This laboratory also provides technical and management assistance to support studies, analyses, development planning activities, acquisition, test evaluation, modification, and operation of aerospace systems and related equipment.) The ninety-four abstract entries list the division name at the time of report publication and appear in technical report number sequence. The bibliography contains six indexes: personal author, civilian corporate author, project, title, division, and key word. (Author/BM)

This manual represents a state-of-the-art summary of approaches in child sexual abuse interventions, emphasizing interdisciplinary cooperation between professionals in successful case management. Although prepared specifically for the use of professionals in Region II of the Massachusetts Department of Social Services and containing a service directory for the region, this handbook contains technical assistance and intervention procedural information which is generally applicable to child sexual abuse wherever it occurs. Section One, Interdisciplinary Perspectives, contains general information on what to do if a child discloses information about sexual abuse, signs of child sexual abuse, considerations for medical professionals, the court's response to child sexual abuse, child sexual abuse and the schools, and case management. Section Two, Intervention Scenarios, provides procedural information, targeted to Massachusetts and Region II, but generally applicable. It discusses the mandated reporting of child sexual abuse and provides scenarios of what happens to victims, offenders, and families. Section Three is the Region II service directory of agencies providing services to victims, non-offending parents, offenders, adult survivors of sexual abuse, and others. Section Four, Reference Material, includes legal information specific to Massachusetts and medical, prevention/education, assessment and diagnostic resources, and reference information of general interest. (NB)

A review of the literature on training evaluation is presented. An attempt is made to establish a perspective of the current status of evaluating training programs that occur in the industrial, military, educational, and governmental systems. Emphasis is placed on the traditional problem of criterion measurement and a suggested model is introduced for evaluating a major training program. The paper provides a comprehensive introduction to the problems of training evaluation. (NTIS)