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Low-Wage Workers in the Coming Economy

Join the web conference: “Low-Wage Workers in the Coming Economy."

Featured speakers will include:

• Stacy Blake-Beard, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Simmons School of Management
• Ellen Ernst Kossek, University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University's Graduate School of Labor & Industrial Relations
• Introductory remarks from Barbara Dyer and Mark Popovich, President and CEO and Senior Program Officer respectively at the Hitachi Foundation, a major funder of efforts to improve labor market outcomes for low-wage workers.

The web conference will be moderated by Maureen Scully, Assistant Professor of Management at UMASS Boston’s College of Management. The conference is free of charge and will be held on Friday, November 20, at noon Eastern time.

To RSVP, please contact Chad Ayotte at chad.ayotte@aspeninst.org.

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Conflict Management Resources

In cooperation with the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), the Negotiations Research Network (NEG) is pleased to announce the 2009 IACM Meetings Abstracting eJournal. This abstracting journal is available to all users at no charge and contains abstracts of the meetings papers with links to the full text within the SSRN eLibrary.

You can browse all IACM 2009 Meeting abstracts in the SSRN database by clicking here. There are currently 63 such papers in the system. For more information about the conference click here.

You can subscribe at no cost to the IACM 2009 Meeting abstracting journal here.

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An Empirical Study of Other-Oriented and Rational Self-Interest Leadership Approaches

Other orientation is defined as “the extent to which individuals are concerned with the welfare of others” (Meglino & Korsgaard, 2007, p. 59). Other-oriented leaders focus their attention on organizational objectives coupled with a human resource emphasis, whereas rational self-interested leaders concern themselves with organizational objectives coupled with self-emphasis.

Review the entire article here.

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What would Peter say?

Rosabeth Moss Kanter reminds us of the continuing relevance of the Drucker perspective in this short article. Read it here.

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New Yorkers Want Workplace Bullying Ban, Survey Finds

1.4 million or 7 percent of New Yorkers are subjected to workplace bullying on a regular basis. New Yorkers surveyed believe it is time for Assembly and Senate representatives to pass the Healthy Workplace Bills which would make workplace bullying illegal.

What are your thoughts? Post a comment.

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Visit OPIEWeb: An Org. Psychology Q&A Website

What is OPIEWeb?

OPIEWeb is a community-based question and answer Web site dedicated to all things Organizational Psychology. The Web site is built with new hybrid technology that shares the ease of entry of a discussion board with the editorial control of wikis like Wikipedia. It also adds a reputation system. As you ask thoughtful questions and give helpful answers, the community will award you reputation, which will grant you more editorial control.

The Organizational Psychology Information Exchange is now online .

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Capella Career Center: Learn How to Move Forward!

The Career Center is offering a series of webinars in Fall Quarter to share job search and career advice in challenging economic times. The following topics will be presented at various times throughout the quarter:

• Job Search Strategies in a Tough Economy
• Teaching in Higher Education
• Online Social Networking
• Job Search Strategies for the Mature Worker
• Professional Portfolios: New! In this webinar, you will gain an understanding of the purpose of a professional portfolio, be able to identify the components of an effective portfolio, and learn how to present your portfolio in various professional situations, including job interviews and career discussions. At the end of this webinar, you will know how to develop your own portfolio and understand how to use it effectively to market yourself in the job search.

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Calls for Papers: Education, Society & IT

The International Conference on Education, Training and Informatics: ICETI 2010 and the International Conference on Society and Information Technologies: ICSIT 2010 will be held at the same time and the same venue, on April 6 -9, 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

• Papers/Abstracts Submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals: October 28, 2009
• Authors Notifications: November 23, 2009
• Camera-ready, full papers: December 16, 2009

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Book release: Designing Instruction for the Traditional, Adult, & Distance Learner

Designing Instruction for the Traditional, Adult, and Distance Learner: A New Engine for Technology-Based Teaching
Published under Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global

Adult students demand a wider variety of instructional strategies that encompass real-world, interactive, cooperative, and discovery learning experiences. Designing Instruction for the Traditional, Adult, and Distance Learner: A New Engine for Technology-Based Teaching explores how technology impacts the process of devising instructional plans as well as learning itself in adult students. Containing research from leading international experts, this publication proposes realistic and accurate archetypes to assist educators in incorporating state-of-the-art technologies into online instruction. The book is authored by: Lawrence A. Tomei.

Learn more here.

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Call for papers & reviewers: Management Decision

Contribute to a special issue of Management Decision entitled  Enhancing Decisions. This issue’s focus will be on ways to help people with managerial responsibilities, at work and in private lives,  enhance their decision-making skills and success. Selection of papers for the issue will be based on their likely interest to: individuals who want to improve their own skills, to faculty member in various disciplines, and to readers who have management development responsibilities.

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