Managers in different fields are discovering the merits of implementing checklists, from landing an aircraft on the Hudson river in New York to saving lives in hospitals AFTER HE landed US Airways ...

Evaluating research quality is central to building scientific knowledge, yet social sciences often face challenges due to methodological limits and disciplinary biases in existing tools. A new study ...

Employees and companies have discarded performance appraisal methods as a futile exercise. However, studies have shown that nearly 72 percent of employees believe that their performance can be ...

There is considerable debate over what quality criteria should be used to assess qualitative studies. Quality in qualitative research can be assessed using the same broad concepts of validity (or ...

Employee appraisal systems help managers evaluate employee job performance and develop a fair system of pay increases and promotions. Appraisals in turn can help staff members improve performance, and ...

With increasing pressure to produce semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP) quickly for the System on Chip (SoC) marketplace, design teams with limited resources are resorting to higher levels of ...

A correlates review (see section 3.3.4) attempts to establish the factors that are associated or correlated with positive or negative health behaviours or outcomes. Evidence for correlate reviews will ...