This study explored the dimensions of underground miners' work-environment perceptions, how these dimensions related to measures of well-being, and to what extent such factors as age, seniority, and work assignment accountedfor perceptions of the environment and one's well-being. Four hundred sixty-nine nonmanagement employees participated in this investigation. Results indicated that the dimensions of work-environment perceptions were, to a large extent, similar to dimensions found in other occupational groups. Further, perceptions of the interpersonal behaviors of supervisors and of promotion practices in the mine seemed to have greatest significance for the miners' reports of well-being. Analyses of the effects of age, seniority, and work assignment yielded few statistically meaningful associations with selfand environmental perceptions, thereby suggesting that other variables may be more salient determinants of miners' attitudes. It was also noted that perceptions of the environment as well as indices of well-being had negligible correlations with life satisfaction. Some implications of these findings are discussed both in terms of future research directions and intervention strategies.
Myanmar have existed for years. And concerns about nuclear cooperation between Myanmar and North Koreaunderscored recently by U.S. officials such as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton-have grown recently as well. 1 Obviously, no one can ignore the possibility of significant North Korean nuclear assistance to Myanmar's enigmatic military junta. Pyongyang's past proliferation activities-most especially its secret sale of a reactor to Syria-cannot but lead to more scrutiny over whether it might sell Myanmar a reactor, other nuclear industrial equipment and facilities, or the means and guidance to manufacture nuclear facilities. When one adds Myanmar's own efforts to acquire abroad sophisticated dual-use goods that can be used for nuclear purposes, it becomes essential to determine and constrain as necessary the military junta's nuclear intentions. For many years, various dissident groups, researchers, and news reports have claimed that there are covert nuclear sites in Myanmar, including reactors, uranium mines and mills, reprocessing plants, and uranium enrichment facilities. But as far as we can determine, the evidence behind many of these claims is largely based on interviews with defectors or analysis of ground photos and satellite imagery. For instance, the opposition group Dictator Watch has published a range of sites that it says are nuclear in nature. 2 Similarly, Swedish journalist Bertil Lintner has published what he claims are a series of photographs taken in the mid-2000s of extensive tunnels built with North Korean assistance. 3 He has suggested
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