The State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) is a relatively new, 44-item instrument designed to measure anger as a situational emotional response (state) and as a predispositional quality (trait). The STAXI also contains three scales designed to assess three different dimensions of the expression of anger: (a) Anger-In, (b) Anger-Out, and (c) Anger-Control. This study was designed to examine the factor structure of the STAXI. A sample of 455 college students were administered the instrument, and a principal axis factor analysis with varimax rotation was performed for the 44 items. Additionally, coefficient alpha for each scale and scale intercorrelations are reported. The results of the factor analysis are similar to the scale structure claimed for this instrument.
Personnel actions are among managers’ least favorite job duties. If you talk to librarians, you will find few who enjoy the stress, tension, and confrontation engendered by corrective actions that can become as much about interpersonal conflict as the job itself. Many managers also fear failing—that the corrective action will not succeed in correcting the issue, or worse, that the employee will somehow twist the action and win, removing the supervisor’s authority and control of the situation. In some instances, when the employee requiring discipline is popular among co-workers, managers dread being labeled as cruel, tarnishing the positive relationships they have with other employees, or inciting fear among them.
This article describes a class-action suit, representing 2,200 faculty women on Oregon's eight college and university campuses. The suit, which sought $33.1 million in back pay, alleged that, between 1972 and 1980, the Oregon State Board of Higher Education had paid the women an average of 9-10 percent less per year than it had paid men who had comparable duties and qualifications. It also sought to resolve inequities in promotion, tenure, and professional responsibilities for all faculty members.
So, you didn’t get the job. I have a secret (well, it’s not a secret anymore): I don’t always get the job I want. Perhaps you, too, are like me? The truth is, there are more of us who get the “Dear John” version of a job rejection than those magical people who get job offers left and right—if there truly are any of them at all.
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