Personnel / Human Resource Management

Topics include Immigration and its effects; Labor force quality and demographic changes; tax laws and COBRA; Age discrimination and research; Sexual harrassment; AIDS; Empirical research on job analysis; Health care cost containment; Utility of P/HR activities and programs; Private pension plans; EAP's, wellness programs, child care, elder care; EEO laws, regulation, court decisions; Effects of unions on employers and employees; Unions and political involvement; Lie detectors and the Employee Polygraph Protection Act; Health exams; Situational employment interviews; Validity generalization; Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures; Health problems; College recruiting; Layoffs and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act; High-involvement work systems; Employment-at-will; Strategic issues in development of pay systems; Attendance and turnover; Administration of performance appraisal systems; Alternative work arrnagements.