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Subject Index

A

Abilities, defi ned, 153. See also

Knowledge, skills, abilities,

and other characteristics

(KSAOCs)

Absolute appraisal methods, 234

Accommodations, reasonable,

determination of, 63, 188

Accountability: demands for,

increasing, 215; leadership

competencies involving,

defi ned, 328 , 331 – 332

Accounting information systems, 380

Accrued sick/vacation days, issue

of, 295–296

Achievement, need for, described, 220

Achievement tests, 191

Action Without Borders, 186 , 214

Adaptability, 205

Adarand Constructors v. Pena, 82

Adelphia, 79

Adjunct faculty members, 364

Administrative Careers with

America, 199

Administrative employees,

defi ned, 272

Administrative services

organizations (ASOs),

outsourcing to, 37

Administrative structures, 21–22

Adoption benefi ts, 304

Advancing Women Professionals and

the Jewish Community, 336

Advertising, and recruitment,

187, 188

Advisory Committee on Student

Financial Assistance, 27

Advocacy organizations, defi ned, 20

Affective learning, 322

Affective motives, defi ned, 246

Affi liation, need for, described, 220

Affi rmative action, 68–73, 81–83

AFL-CIO, 348, 365, 366, 367

African Americans. See Blacks

Age Discrimination in Employment

Act (ADEA), 61–62, 64, 398

Agency shop agreement, 350

Alaska state park system, 126

Alaskan Natives: and glass ceilings,

92; population fi gure for, 24

Albert List Foundation, 290

Alcohol and drug testing,

299–301

Alignment of management systems,

for working on diversity,

109–110

Allegany Franciscan Foundation, 94

Alliance for Justice, 21

Alternative pay systems, 265–269

Alternative scheduling, 399

American Airlines, 104

American Association of Retired

Persons (AARP), 114

American Cancer Society, 169 – 171

American Civil Liberties Union

(ACLU), 20, 104, 365

American Community Survey, 24

American Express, 81

American Federation of Labor. See

AFL-CIO

American Federation of State,

County, and Municipal

Employees v. State of

Washington, 277

American Federation of State,

County, and Municipal

Employees (AFSCME), 326,

361–362, 363–364, 367

American Federation of

Teachers, 367

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