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An attitude survey developed by Harvey et al. was used to measure responses from employees in the nuclear industry before and after a safety training intervention which all employees attended in their work teams. The first administration of the survey yielded 417responses, and the second, administered 16 months later following the training intervention, yielded 460 responses, representing response rates of over 69 per cent in both cases. Using six factors derived earlier from the survey, significant improvements in attitudes and beliefs were found for two of the factors (and a further three factors showed rises in the same direction) for management/professional employees. For shop floor employees, only one factor showed a significant change, which was a reduction in job satisfaction over the same time period. It was concluded that the hypotheses that management would respond to the safety initiative but that shop floor would not were supported. A further hypothesis concerning grade differences in culture and attitudes was also supported. These findings are discussed in terms of culture and risk, risk taking and training, where the implications for safety training are crucial.

This paper takes a stakeholder analysis approach derived from a study in one domain and applies this to safety issues in an organization making food products.

This paper uses a stakeholder analysis approach.

This paper has demonstrates that the approach advocated by Heidrich et al. for stakeholder analysis in waste management can be used in other domains.

Takes a stakeholder analysis approach derived from a study in one domain and applies this to safety issues in an organization making food products.

To show how an ratings‐based approach to stakeholder analysis may be applied using an example in the food production industry

An approach developed in an earlier paper, applying various dimensions and an “affect criterion” in the waste management industry is tested out in the food production domain using expert judgment to see how well it can work.

The approach is shown to work but is not static and would need re‐consideration at least biennially.

Future research might be conducted on comparable companies in the same sector to ascertain the extent to which stakeholders have common influences

This is a useful tool for senior managers and strategists but is likely to require an “outside” expert in order to generate unbiased assessments

The originality lies in the use of new dimensions to rate stakeholders

The word “document” in the title has been used to denote publications from our federal government, foreign governments and regional and international organizations. Most readers are aware of the section on comparative international economics, contained in the Statistical Abstract of the United States. It includes information on population, economic growth indicators like GNP, trade, agricultural and industrial production, employment, wages and prices and social indicators like health and literacy in all foreign countries. Brief though the coverage of this section is, it would nevertheless be sufficient to satisfy the needs of most library users. The Abstract also conveniently provides citations to various national and international sources from which the information was gathered. Those who require more detailed data can resort to the many national statistical almanacs and compendiums issued regularly by the statistical departments of the national governments. A prime example of such an almanac would be the Annual Abstract of Statistics relating to the United Kingdom. We may note in this connection that these statistical handbooks are now available in microform. In addition to the statistical offices, the central banks of the countries involved issue regular reports on the monetary and economic situation within the countries. For instance, publications like the West German Monatsbericht contain a wealth of economic data not ordinarily needed by most lay people. Like the central banks, foreign embassies also issue pamphlet type reports aimed at increasing the host country's interest in trade and tourism in their home countries. The annual report entitled Italy: An Economic Profile falls under this category. Finally, there is a wealth of commercially published statistical reviews such as the Economic Intelligence Unit's Quarterly Economic Reviews, containing composite information on national economies. Those interested in learning more about the various available statistical sources may consult excellent bibliographies like the American Statistics Index, Foreign Language Index, Guide to the Basic Statistics in Countries of the ECAFE Region and Sources of European Economic Information. Other similar guides include the following: Statistics Africa‐Sources for Market Research, Statistics America‐Sources for Market Research; Statistics Europe‐Sources for Social, Economic and Market Research; and Statistics Asia and Australasia‐Sources for Market Research. In this survey, we will be concerned only with some recent and most used documents, which provide information on both the United States and foreign countries. We may note here that it is often useful to know about foreign publications containing economic data on the United States, even though there is no scarcity of indigenous sources dealing with domestic issues. The reason for this would be clear if one examines the peculiarity of some of these publications. If one wants to know about the latest consumer price index for the United States, one can get it from the many Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports. There is a problem however in that the BLS still uses the 1967 base year to compute its indices. If one wants a base year later than 1967, one has to resort to non‐American publications like the OECD's Economic Indicators, which use a later base year. Again, data may be available locally on an annual basis and not by quarter. Patrons may solve this problem by looking at some of the statistical documents to be discussed in the course of this survey. Likewise, one can avoid buying expensive foreign data books and almanacs by a judicious use of publications from our federal government. It is also good to know that journals such as the Survey of Current Business and Business Conditions Digest contain issues and sections devoted to comparative economic indicators.

Work values and attitudes were compared for 117 African and 82 British managers and management students. It was predicted that Africans would place more importance on status, prestige and position as motivators, would be less likely to accept criticism, and rate courtesy, social approval and loyalty more favourably than British respondents. Existing scales of social approval and derived need satisfaction were modified and a third one constructed in order to obtain the measurements. The results confirmed the hypothesis relating to status, prestige, position, tentatively supported that relating to social approval, partly confirmed the hypothesis for loyalty and the results for courtesy and acceptance of criticism were not proven. These results are discussed in terms of the methodological issues associated with cross‐cultural comparisons and the implications for motivation and management activities.

THERE has recently sprung up a great interest in antiques, probably due to Arthur Negus and his TV and broadcast programmes, and perhaps it is this which has made county librarians also, think about their past and their beginnings. Gloucestershire was the first to become aware of the fact that its library was fifty years old, and that a genuine antique, in the shape of its first librarian, still existed and could be questioned about the early days. So in December, 1967, the Gloucestershire Library Committee staged a most successful 50th birthday party, and invited me to cut the birthday cake, on which were 50 candles! And a very great occasion it was.

Current issues of Publishers' Weekly are reporting serious shortages of paper, binders board, cloth, and other essential book manufacturing materials. Let us assure you these shortages are very real and quite severe.

It is very fashionable today to talk about information and documentation and their tremendous growth. Much has been said and done about scientific and technical information. However, until recently, economic information has been more or less treated as a poor relation. The fact that a conference, such as this one and also a subsequent seminar to be held in April, by request of members of the Aslib Chemical Group, is a very encouraging sign that the situation is now undergoing change.

‘Commercial information’ is a large and imprecise concept, and one that is almost impossible to define. Every innovation, in fact every new condition or situation, can originate business activity and a need for information. Obviously all business enterprises need what can only be described as ‘general information’; most also require scientific and technical information; commercial information fits into neither category—it is often useless to anyone not engaged in business, and it certainly cannot be described as scientific. It therefore seems that commercial information can only be described as ‘special information of interest primarily to those engaged in business operations’. ‘Primarily’ is an important qualification—today much information formerly regarded as strictly ‘commercial’ is of major consequence to the private consumer and those who protect his interests.

Aslib is due to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its foundation in 1974, having been created at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire in October 1924.