Book Reviews

Books Reviewed Jerard F. Kehow (ed), Managing Selection in Changing Organizations: Human Resource Strategies Paul Sparrow and Mick Marchington (eds), Human Resource Management: The New Agenda Liz Whalley and Mike Smith, Deception in Selection Robert W. Eder and Michael M. Harris (eds), The Employment Interview Handbook Gary N. Powell (ed), Handbook of Gender and Work Abraham Sagie and Meni Koslowsky, Participation and Empowerment in Organizations: Modeling, Effectiveness and Applications Jeanette N. Cleveland, Margaret Stockdale and Kevin R. Murphy, Women and Men in Organizations: Sex and Gender Issues at Work David W. Bracken, Carol T. Timmreck and Allan H. Church (eds), The Handbook of Multisource Feedback     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Creative Teaching in the Church School by Phyllis Woodruff Sapp Contrary Imaginations, A Psychological Study of the Young Student by Liam Hudson Creativity and Personal Freedom, Revised Edition by Frank Barron Experimentation in the Teaching of Creative Thinking Processes by Robert F. Eberle, Edwardsville Junior High School, Edwardsville, Illinois. Available from the author. June 1965. Problem Solving: Research, Method and Theory. Edited by Benjamin Kleinmuntz     

Book Review Section

Books reviewed in this article: PFEFFER, JEFFREY. Competitive Advantage Through People: Unleashing the Power of the Work Force. SCHULER, HEINZ, FARR, JAMES L., and SMITH, MIKE (Eds.). Personnel Selection and Assessment: Individual and Organizational Perspectives. NAKAMURA, SHIGEHIRO. The New Standardization: Keystone of Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing. SHIBA, SHOJI, GRAHAM, ALAN, and WALDEN, DAVID. A New American TQM: Four Practical Revolutions in Management. UCHIMARU, KIYOSHI, OKAMOTO, SUSUMU, and KURAHARA, BUNTERU. TQM for Technical Groups: Total Quality Principles for Product Development. MEYER, CHRISTOPHER Fast Cycle Time: How to Align Purpose, Strategy, and Structure for Speed. SIMS, DAVID, FINEMAN, STEPHEN, and GABRIEL, YIANNS Organizing and Organizations: An Introduction. BARGE, BRUCE N. and CARLSON, JOHN G. The Executive's Guide to Controlling Health Care and Disability Costs: Strategy-Based Solutions. BAKER, WAYNE E. Networking Smart: How to Build Relationships for Personal and Oganizational Success. CARER, CARLA C. Human Resource Management and the Total Quality Imperative. BOWDITCH, JAMES L. and BUONO, ANTHONY F. A Primer on Organizational Behavior DIAMNT, LOUIS (Ed.). Homosexual Issues in the Workplace. CLARK, JON (Ed.). Human Resource Management and Technical Change. AGÓCS, CAROL, BURR, CATHERINE, and SOMERSET FELICITY. Employment Equity: Cooperative Strategies for Organizational Change. QUAID, MAEVE Job Evaluation: The Myth of Equitable Assessment. CHAKRABORTY, S. K. Managerial Transformation by Values: A Corporate pilgrimage. HYLAND, BRUCE N. and YOST, MERLE J. Reflections for Managers: A Collection of Wisdom and Inspiration From the World's Best Managers. LOEN, RAYMOND O. Superior Supervision: The 10% Solution. BUTMAN, JOHN. Flying Fox: A Business Adventure in Teams and Teamwork. HICKMAN, CRAIG R. The Strategy Game: An Interactive Business Game Where You Make or Break the Company. FERNANDEZ, JOHN P. with Mary Barr. The Diversity Advantage: How American Business Can Out-Perform Japanese and European Companies in the Global Marketplace, New York: GOLD, MICHAEL EVAN. An Introduction to the Law of Employee Discrimination. NEAL, MARGARETB., CHAPMAN, NANCY, J., INGERSOL, DAYTON, and EMLEN, ARTHUR. Balancing Work and Caregiving for Children, Adults, and Elders. DAVIES, GRANT. 20 Training Workshops for Improving Management Performance. MOYNIHAN, MICHAEL. The Economist Intelligence Unit Global Manager: Recruiting, Developing, and Keeping World Class Executives. JONES, JOHN W. High-speed Management: Time-Based Strategies for Managers and Organizations. HITT, WILLIAM D. The Model Leader: A Fuliy Functioning Person.     

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Byham , William C. and Spitzer , Morton E. The Law and Personnel Testing. Byham , William C. and Spitzer , Morton E. The Law and Personnel Testing. Dailey , Charles A. Assessment of Lives. Eysenck , H. J. The IQ Argument. Buros , Oscar K. (Editor) The Seventh Mental Measurements Yearbook, Vols. I and II. Richardson , Roy . Fair Pay and Work. Alderfer , Clayton P. Existence, Relatedness and Growth: Human Needs in Organizational Settings. Hacon , Richard (Editor). Personal and Organizational Effectiveness. Pfeiffer , J. William and Jones , John E. (Eds.) The 1972 Annual Handbook for Group Facilitators. Pfeiffer , J. William and Jones , John E. A Handbook of Structured Experiences for Human Relations Training: Vols. I, II, & III. Nord , Walter R. (Editor). Concepts and Controversy in Organizational Behavior. Morea , Peter C. Guidance, Selection, and Training: Ideas and Applications. The value of principle is the number of things it will explain. R. W. Emerson, The Preacher Rackham , Neil , Honey , Peter and Colbert , Michael (Eds.) Developing Interactive Skills. Desatnick , Robert L. Innovative Human Resource Management. Smith , Henry C. and Wakeley , John H. Psychology of Industrial Behavior. Otto , Calvin P. and Glaser , Rollin O. The Management of Training: A Handbook for Training and Development Personnel. Heller , Frank A. Managerial Decision Making: A Study of Leadership Styles and Power-Sharing among Senior Managers. Morgan , John S. Managing Change: The Strategies of Making Change Work for You. Davies , Ivor K. The Management of Learning. Webber , Ross A. Time and Management. Baker , R. J. S. Administrative Theory and Public Administration. Price , Karl F. and Walker , James W. Issues in Business: An Introduction to American Enterprise. Carter , Robert M. (Editor). Communication in Organizations: A Guide to Information Sources. Adams , H. E. and Boardman , W. K. (Eds.) Advances in Experimental Clinical Psychology. Alberti , Robert E. and Emmons , Michael L. Your Perfect Right: A Guide to Assertive Behavior. Bardwick , Judith M. Psychology of Women: A Study of Bio-Cultural Conflicts. Bardwick , Judith M. Readings on the Psychology of Women. Bauer , P. T. Dissent on Development: Studies and Debates in Development Economics.     

Re:Views

Religious Conversion and Personal Identity: How and Why People Change: V. Bailey Gillespie Case Studies in Clinical and School Psychology: Ralph F. Blanco and Joseph G. Rosenfeld Evaluating Educational Environments: Procedures, Measures, Findings, and Policy Implications: Rudolf H. Moos HELP: A Working Guide to Self-Help Groups: Alan Gartner and Frank Riessman, Eds. The Burned Out Administrator: Carolyn L. Vash An Introduction to Counseling: Gary S. Belkin Cocaine Users: A Representative Case Approach: Tames V. Spotts and Franklin C. Shontz Approaches to Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Brief Overview of Issues, Systems, and Applications: Michael Braswell, Thomas Seay, and Eugene Anderson My Problem Is …: Margaret Dewey Joys of Counseling: Sinickal Concepts for People Helpers: Daniel Sinick Graduate Student Survival: W. Richard Dukelow Counseling for Career Development (2nd ed.): E. L. Tolbert Measuring Performance in Human Service Systems: James F. Budde Career Development and Counseling of Women: L. Sunny Hansen and Rita S. Rapoza Statistics and the Counselor: Harvey W. Trimmer, Jr.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Courage for Dialogue : Ecumenical Issues in Inter -Religious Relationships , by S. J. Samartha. Voices of Unity : Essays in Honour of Willem Vissert Hooft on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday , ed. Ans J van der Bent.     

Books

Careers and Contingencies: How College Women Juggle with Gender Shirley S. Angrist and Elizabeth M. Almquist Kennikat Press. 1975 269 pages. $15.00 The Courts and Student Conduct E. Edmund Reutter, Jr. Nanonal Organmbon on Legal Problems of Educahon 1975 93 pages $450 Klemer's Marriage and Family Relationships Rebecca M. Smith Harper & Row, 1975 (second edition) 424 pages, $11 95 Becoming: A Course in Human Relations Chester R. Cromwell, William Ohs, Albert E. Roark, and Gene Stanford B. Lippincott. 1975 Module I: Relating: Leader's Guide 178 pages (appendxed Personal Log, 77 pp), $4 20 Module 11: Interaction: Leader's Guide 2M) pages (appendxed Personal Log, 77 pp.), $4 38 Module 111: Individuality: Leader's Guide 199 pages (appendxed Personal Log, 77 pp 1, $4 38     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article: Bowers , David G. and Franklin , Jerome L. Survey-Guided Development I: Data-Based Organizational Change. Hausser , Doris L., Pecorella , Patricia A. and Wissler , Anne L. Survey-Guided Development II: A Manual for Consultants. Franklin , Jerome L., Wissler , Anne L. and Spencer , Gregory J. Survey-Guided Development III: A- Manual for Concepts Training. Nadler , David A. Feedback and Organization Development: Using Data-Based Methods. Mc Donald , John . The Game of Business. Beckhard , Richard and Harris , Reuben T. Organizational Transitions: Managing Complex Change. Dyer , William G. Team Building: Issues and Alternatives. Neff , Walter S. Work and Human Behavior. Weiler , Nicholas W. Reality and Career Planning: A Guide for Personal Growth. Hackman , J. Richard , Lawler , Edward E., III and Porter , Lyman W. (Editors) Perspectives on Behavior in Organizations. Heaton , Herbert . Productivity in Service Organizations: Organizing for People. Katzell , Raymond A., Bienstock , Penny and Faerstein , Paul H. A Guide to Worker Productivity Experiments in the United States 1971-1975. Yoder , Dale and Heneman , Herbert G., Jr . (Editors) Administration and Organization: Volume VI, AS PA Handbook of Personnel and Industrial Relations. Gyllenhammar , Pehr G. People at Work Sheppard , Harold L. and Rix , Sarae E. The Graying of Working America: The Coming Crisis of Retirement-Age Policy. Larwood , Laurie and Wood , Marion M. Women in Management. Hornbruch , Frederick W., Jr . Raising Productivity: Ten Case Histories and Their Lessons. Suskin , Harold . (Editor) Job Evaluation and Pay Administration in the Public Sector. Reubens , Beatrice G. Bridges to Work: International Comparisons of Transition Services. Adams , John , Hayes , John and Hopson , Barrie . Transition: Understanding and Managing Personal Change. Sturdivant , Frederick D. Business and Society: A Managerial Approach. Sturdivant , Frederick D. and Robinson , Larry M. The Corporate Social Challenge: Cases and Commentaries. Gray , Jerry L. and Starke , Frederick A. Organizational Behavior: Concepts and Applications. Gray , Jerry L. and Starke , Frederick A. (Editors) Readings in Organizational Behavior: Concepts and Applications. Hamner , W. Clay and Schmidt , Frank L. (Editors) Comtemporary Problems in Personnel. Lefton , Robert E., Buzzotta , V. R., Sherberg , Manuel and Karraker , Dean L. Motivation through Performance Appraisal: Dimensional Appraisal Strategies. Petersen , Dan . Safety Supervision. Viola , Richard H. Organizations in a Changing Society: Administration and Human Values. Kovach , Kenneth A. Organization Size, Job Satisfaction, Absenteeism and Turnover. Sundberg , Norman D. Assessment of Persons. Shout , Howard F. Start Supervising.     

REVIEWS

AN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Psychology of Women: A Handbook of Issues and Theories , F. L. D enmark and M. A. P aludi (Eds.).
TRANSFORMING OPPRESSION: FIGHTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse , E llen B ass and L aura D avis .
Victimized Daughters: Incest and the Development of the Female Self , J anet L iebman J acobs .
"WHAT'S BEEN LEFT OUT" OF PERSONALITY THEORY: THE CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN CREATING LIVES
Women Creating Lives: Identities, Resilience, and Resistance , C. E. F ranz and A. J. S tewart .
STORIES BY BLACK WOMEN: WRITING UNIQUELY AS WOMEN AND BLACKS
Life Notes: Personal Writings by Contemporary Black Women , P atricia B ell -S cott (Ed.).
DISRUPTING GENDER
Paradoxes of Gender , J udith L orber .
IT COVERS THE CONTEXT
Women in Context: Toward a Feminist Reconstruction of Psychotherapy , M arsha P ravder M irkin (Ed.).     

Re: Views

Book reviewed in this article: Pregnant Too Soon: Adoption Is An Option; Jeanne Warren Lindsay 120 Careers in the Health Care Field: Melvin Alperin and Stanley Alperin Cambridge Your Career: Choices, Chances, Changes: David C. Borchard, John J. Kelly, and Nancy Pat K. Weaver Dubuque Handbook on Stress and Anxiety: Irwin, L. Kutash and Louis B. Schlesinger Working Life: A Social Science Contribution to Work Reform: Bertil Gardel and Gunn Johansson Modern Guidance Practices in Teaching: Charles R. Foster, Paul W. Fitzgerald, and Rubye E. Beal Springfield Career Planning: Skills to Build Your Future: Clarke G. Carney, Cinda Field Wells, and Don Streufert Social Work with Families: Theory and Practice: Carlton E. Munson, Ed. Career Guide to Professional Associations: A Directory of Organizations by Occupation Field (2nd ed.): Cranston, R.I. Women and Ambition: A Bibliography: Patricia Spencer Faunce Metuchen Personal Education and Community Development in College Residence Halls: David A. DeCoster and Phyllis Mable, Eds. A Practical Guide for Making Decisions: D.D. Wheeler and I.L. Janis School Effectiveness: A Reassessment of the Evidence: George F. Madaus, Peter W. Airasian, and Thomas Kellaghan Introduction to Organizational Behavior: A Situational Approach: Robin Stuart-Kotze Reston Group Counseling for Personal Mastery—Everything You Need to Know to Lead Any Group in Any Setting: Wayne W. Dyer and John Vriend Handbook for Recruiting at Minority Colleges: Andre G. Beaumont and Rena D. Goldbolt, Eds. Human Behavior Improving Performance at Work: Gary Dessler Reston Total Rehabilitation: George Nelson Wright The Professional Job Changing System: World's Fastest Way To Get a Better Job (9th ed.): Robert Jameson Gerberg Verona     

Publishers' Potpourri

Overweight and Obesity: Causes, Fallacies, Treatment. Brent Q. Hafen, editor. The Denial of Death. Ernest Becker. Discussing Death: A Guide to Death Education. Gretchen C. Mills, Ray Reisler, Alice E. Robinson, and Gretchen Vermilye. Personal Effectiveness: Guiding People to Assert Themselves and Improve Their Social Skills. Robert Paul Liberman, Larry W. King, William J. DeRisi, and Michael McCann. Revolving College Doors: The Causes and Consequences of Dropping Out, Stopping Out, and Transferring. Robert G. Cope and William Hannah. The Patient and the Therapist: New Light on the Psychotherapist. Arthur Burton. Interpersonal Psychology for Law Enforcement and Corrections. L. Craig Parker, Jr. and Robert D. Meier. The Innovative Psychological Therapies: Critical and Creative Contributions. Richard M. Suinn and G. Weigel, editors. The New Assertive Woman. Lynn Z. Bloom, Karen Coburn, and Joan Pearl-man. At a Journal Workshop: The Basic Text and Guide for Using the Intensive Journal. Ira Progoff. Mental Hospital and Human Services. Herbert C. Shulberg and Frank Baker. Human Services Education and Practice: An Organic Model. Joann Chenault. The Complete Handbook of Peer Counseling. Mimi and Don Samuels. School Counseling: Theories and Concepts. William A. Poppen and Charles L. Thompson. Current and Future Trends in Community Psychology. Stuart E. Golann and Jeffrey Baker, editors. Gestalt Approaches in Counseling. William R. Passons. Care or Custody: Community Homes and the Treatment of Delinquency. Norman Tutt.     

Values and psychological well-being among adolescents – are some values ‘healthier’ than others?

We analyzed links between psychological well-being (PWB: autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, relationships, purpose, self-acceptance) and values among 147 adolescents. Values corresponded with PWB: Openness to change correlated positively with Autonomy and negatively with Purpose in Life; Self-enhancement negatively with Environmental Mastery, Personal Growth and Positive Relationships; Self-transcendence positively with Personal Growth and Positive Relationships; Conservation negatively with Autonomy, but positively with Purpose in Life. We identified four value clusters: ‘Young wolves’ (strong openness and self-enhancement) experienced stronger autonomy but a lower positive relationships; ‘Post-materialists’ (openness and self-transcendence), experienced stronger autonomy and positive relationships; ‘spiritual traditionalists’ (conservation and self-transcendence), had higher sense of personal growth and positive relationships; and the ‘undecided’ (no dominating value set) experienced lower autonomy and personal-growth.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Issues and Approaches in Personal Construct Theory. Edited by D. Bannister. Behavioral Decision Making. Edited by G. Wright. Personality and Individual Differences. By H. J. Eysenck & M. W. Eysenck. Play in Animals and Humans. Edited by Peter K. Smith. Motives and Mechanisms: An Introduction to the Psychology of Action. By R. Harré, D. Clarke & N. De Carlo. Distributive Justice: A Social-Psychological Perspective. By M. Deutsch. Varieties of Attention. Edited by R. Parasuraman & D. R. Davies. Understanding Personal Relationships: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Edited by S. Duck & D. Perlman. Structure in Thought and Feeling. By S. Aylwin. Computers at Work. By D. J. Oborne. Chichester: Wiley. 1985. Visual Perception: Physiology, Psychology and Ecology. By V. Bruce & P. Green. Brain and Mind. Edited by D. A. Oakley. London: Methuen. 1985.     

Book Review Section

Mc Cormick , Ernest J. Job Analysis: Methods and Applications. Arvey , Richard D. Fairness in Selecting Employees. Kerr , Clark and Rosow , Jerome M. (Eds.) Hepworth , Andrew and Osbaldeston , Michael . The Way We Work: A European Study of Changing Practice in Office Job Design. Edwards , Richard . Contested Terrain: The Transformation of the Workplace in the Twentieth Century. Karl F. Simpson , Jr . Professor/Business A dministration Bethel College North Newton, Kansas Desatnick , Robert L. The Expanding Role of the Human Resources Manager. Greenwood , James W. III and Greenwood , James W., Jr . Managing Executive Stress: A Systems Approach. Yoder , Dale and Heneman , Herbert G., JR. (Eds.) ASPA Handbook of Personnel and Industrial Relations. Dailey , Charles A. and Madsen Ann M. How to Evaluate People in Business: The Track-Record Method of Making Correct Judgments. Schrank , Robert . (Ed.) American Workers Abroad. Lee , Sang M. and Thorp , Cary D., Jr . (Eds.) Personnel Management: A Computer-Based System. Mink , Oscar G., Shultz , James M. and Mink , Barbara P. Developing and Managing Open Organizations: A Model and Methods for Maximizing Organizational Potential. Thompson , Frank J. (Ed.) Classics of Public Personnel Policy. Rowland , Kendrith , London , Manuel , Ferris , Gerald and Sherman , Jay L. (Eds.) Current Issues in Personnel Management. Hultman , Ken . The Path of Least Resistance: Preparing Employees for Change. Bradford , Leland P. and Bradford , Martha I. Retirement: Coping with Emotional Upheavals. Sell , R. G. and Shipley , Patricia (Eds.) Satisfactions in Work Design: Ergonomics and Other Approaches. Millar , Jean . British Management versus German Management: A Comparison of Organizational Effectiveness in West German and UK Factories. Pendergrass , Virginia E. (Ed.) Women Winning: A Handbook for Action Against Sex Discrimination. Peskin , Dean B. Sackedl What to Do When You Lose Your Job. Denova , Charles C. Test Construction for Training Evaluation. Cooper , Cary L. (Ed.) Behavioral Problems in Organizations. Roxe , Linda A. Personnel Management for the Smaller Company: A Hands-On Manual. Cinnamon , Kenneth and Farson , Dave . Cults and Cons: The Exploitation of the Emotional Growth Consumer. Francis , Dave and Young , Don . Improving Work Groups: A Practical Manual for Team Building. Le Breton , Preston P., Bryant , Vernon E., Zweizig , Douglas L., Mid -daugh , Da N G., Bryant , Anita Gras and Corbett , Tricia C. (Eds.) The Evaluation of Continuing Education for Professionals: A Systems View.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Jaques , Elliott . Free Enterprise, Fair Employment. Klauss , Rudi and Bass , Bernard M. Interpersonal Communication in Organizations. Muchinsky , Paul M. Psychology Applied to Work: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Brown , L. David . Managing Conflict at Organizational Interfaces. Webster , Edward C. The Employment Interview: A Social Judgment Process. Peters , Thomas J. and Waterman , Robert H., Jr . In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies. Collins , Eliza G. C. (Editor) Executive Success: Making It In Management. Mild , George L. The Squat Pear Principle: Why Managers Rise or Fall. Plovnick , Mark S., Fry , Ronald E. and Burke , W. Warner . Organization Development: Exercises, Cases, and Readings. Katz , Alan S. The Professional Personnel Policies Development Guidebook. Bowey , Angela M. (Editor) Handbook of Salary and Wage Systems. (Second Edition) Mc Call , Morgan W., Jr ., Kaplan , Robert E. and Gerlach , Michael L. Caught in the Act: Decision Makers at Work. (Technical report Number 20.) Ungson , Gerardo R. and Braunstein , Daniel N. Decision Making: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry. Gibson , Price . Quality Circles: An Approach to Productivity Improvement. (Work in America Institute Studies in Productivity, No. 26.) Brown , Paul L. Managing Behavior on the Job. Kakabadse , Andrew . (Editor) People and Organisations: The Practitioner's View. Walker , Alfred J. HRIS Development: A Project Team Guide to Building an Effective Personnel Information System. Rowland , Kendrith M. and Ferris , Gerald R. (Editors) Personnel Management. Herschel N. Chait Associate Professor of Management School of Business Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana Sloane , Arthur A. Personnel: Managing Human Resources. Cummings , L. L. and Staw , Barry M. (Editors) Research in Organizational Behavior: An Annual Series of Analytical Essays and Critical Reviews. Volume 5 (1983). Mohr , Lawrence B. Explaining Organizational Behavior. Robbins , Stephen P. Organizational Behavior: Concepts, Controversies, and Applications, (Second Edition) Shaw , Lois Banfill , Unplanned Careers: The Working Lives of Middle-Aged Women. Crosby , Faye J. Relative Deprivation and Working Women. Agassi , Judith Buber . Comparing the Work Attitudes of Women and Men. Corporations and the Family in the 1980's. Glickman , Albert S. (Editor) The Changing Composition of the Workforce: Implications for Future Research and Its Application. Marsh , Arthur . Employee Relations Policy and Decision Making. Pareek , Udai . Organizational Role Pics Scale. Pareek , Udai . Organizational Role Stress Scale (ORS) Torbiörn , Ingemar . Living Abroad: Personal Adjustment and Personnel Policy in the Overseas Setting. Bell , Chip R. Influencing: Marketing the Ideas that Matter. Rosenzweig , Mark R. and Porter , Lyman W. (Editors) Annual Review of Psychology, Volume 34, 1983. Jain , Harish C. and Sloane , Peter J. Equal Employment Issues: Race and Sex Discrimination in the United States, Canada and Britain.     

A case for a certainty norm of assertion

According to the widely endorsed Knowledge Account of Assertion, the epistemic requirements on assertion are captured by the Knowledge Norm of Assertion, which requires speakers only to assert what they know. This paper proposes that in addition to the Knowledge Norm there is also an Epistemic Propositional Certainty Norm of Assertion, which enjoins speakers only to assert p if they believe that p on the basis of evidence which makes p an epistemic propositional certainty. The paper explains how this propositional certainty norm accounts for a range of data related to the practice of assertion and defends the norm against general objections to certainty norms of assertion put forward by Duncan Pritchard, John Turri, and Timothy Williamson, by drawing on linguistic theories about epistemic modals and gradable predicate semantics. Together these considerations show that the prospects of a certainty account of assertion are much more promising than is usually assumed.

     

Reviews

Books reviewed Webb, Stephen H., Taking Religion to School: Christian Theology and Secular Education Hillocks, George, Jr., Ways of Thinking, Ways of Teaching Brinkley, Alan; Dessants, Betty; Flamm, Michael; Fleming, Cynthia; Forcey, Charles; and Rothschild, Eric, The Chicago Handbook for Teachers: A Practical Guide to the College Classroom Kiely, Robert, Learning: Spiritual Sketches from a Professor's Life Hart, D. G., University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education Sutherland, Peter, (ed.), Adult Learning: A Reader Seldin, Peter. (ed.), Changing Practices in Evaluating Teaching: A Practical Guide to Improved Faculty Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions Hayes, Elizabeth; Flannery, Daniele D. with Brooks, Ann K., Tisdell, Elizabeth J.; and Hugo, Jane M., Women as Learners: The Significance of Gender in Adult Learning     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Student Dissent in the Schools by Irving G. Hendrick and Reginald L. Jones. Guide to Manpower Training by John Colbert and Marcia Hohn. The New Colleges: Toward an Appraisal edited by Paul L. Dressel. Workshops for the Handicapped in the United States: An Historical and Developmental Perspective by Nathan Nelson. Compensation in Psychiatric Disability and Rehabilitation edited by Jack J. Leedy. The Development of Human Resources: Education, Psychology, and Social Change by Robert R. Carkhuff. Interpersonal Psychotherapy by Arthur Burton. An Introduction to Counseling in the School , 2nd edition by C. H. Patterson. The School Counselor-Consultant by Daniel W. Fullmer and Harold W. Bernard. Issues in Community Psychology and Preventive Mental Health edited by Gershen Rosenblum. New Myths and Old Realities: College Counseling in Transition by Charles F. Warnath. Teaching and Guiding the Slow Learner by Baker O. Shelton. High School Students—East and West by Kananur V. Chandrasekharaiah. Vocational Motivation by John F. Kinnane. Washington, D.C.: Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Inc., 1972. School Counseling: Problems and Methods by Robert D. Myrick and Joe Wittmer. Helping Relationships: Basic Concepts for the Helping Professions by A. W. Combs, D. L. Avila, and W. W. Purkey.     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Steinberg, Shirley R. and Kincheloe, Joe L., eds., Students as Researchers: Creating Classrooms that Matter Blake, Nigel; Smeyers, Paul; Smith, Richard; and Standish, Paul, Thinking Again: Education after Postmodernism Christian‐Smith, Linda K. and Kellor, Kristine S., Everyday Knowledge and Uncommon Truths: Women of the Academy Christian‐Smith, Linda K. and Kellor, Kristine S., Everyday Knowledge and Uncommon Truths: Women of the Academy Chism, Nancy Van Note, Peer Review of Teaching: A Sourcebook Mannoia, V. James, Jr., Christian Liberal Arts: An Education that Goes Beyond Palomba, Catherine A. and Banta, Trudy W., Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education Leistyna, Pepi, Presence of Mind: Education and the Politics of Deception