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Influence of supervisor-subordinate exchange relationship, on performance appraisal is examined.

Chocolate Workers Local 464 voted overwhelmingly to approve a new labor contract recently with Hershey Foods Corporation. There were several sticking points in contract negotiations, but disagreements finally melted away. [...]

As one of the newer of the federal anti-discrimination statutes, the Americans with Disabilities Act is still in the process of being interpreted by the courts. Recently, the Supreme Court [...]

This study examines a city in which all employees except the city manager and one assistant are unionized. It explores the significance of having department heads and supervisors sitting on both sides of the bargaining table - negotiating not only with their subordinates, but also with the city on their own behalf. Interviews with key players result in a general finding that this arrangement is workable in this jurisdiction. The role behavior of participants, their experience with collective bargaining, and the institutional context are key factors. An implication is that bargaining rights might be extended successfully to public administrators among the highest of ranks of the organization.

When most people think of I civil rights laws, they think of the statutes passed beginning in the 1960s and continuing to the present, such as the Civil Rights Act [...]

When Junior Grade Carpenter Ralph Mazorofsky was unexpectedly hospitalized, Maintenance Supervisor Jack Rose found himself in a bind. Rose scanned the roster and couldn't find another junior-grade carpenter who could [...]