About this issue

THE FIRST and last papers in this issue relate to questions of perennial interest to participants in and observers of the Research, Development, and Engineering (R, D, and E) process — the “job content” and “behavioral style” of people in R, D, and E. Erickson reports on a survey of supervisors´ perceptions of “actual” and “ideal” work style among their professional subordinates. Her results give some basis for inference about the perceivers´ satisfaction with the organization. However, the raw data themselves — descriptions of the work style of the professionals and the grouping of behavior patterns into “types” — may be of more direct interest to readers of the TRANSACTIONS who are responsible for supervising R, D, and E personnel.