Gender-roles, learning styles and student perceptions of "best" professors: some preliminary research findings

343 students enrolled in business courses in two urban universities in Atlantic Canada rated their best instructors and themselves using Bem's Sex Role Inventory. Findings indicate that a student's gender role is signficantly related to perceived gender-role of best instructor chosen. Further, the present study indicates that a student's learning style and gender-role are significantly related. Implications of the present findings are discussed

Hiring the hirer: a look at executive search firms through the eyes of human resource managers in large Canadian organizations

Human Resource Departments of 97 of top 300 Financial Post companies were surveyed to assess their perceptions of executive search firms. The findings indicate that the prevailing image of executive firms is a complex one. Implications of the present findings are discussed