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Soft Affirmative Action Lacking Traction? An Early Qualitative Exploration of the RecruitAbility Scheme Performance within the Australian Public Service
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Mellifont, Damian – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2018
Politicians are challenged to increase economic opportunities for citizens with disabilities. Today, the employment of persons with disabilities within the Australian Government is being supported through a RecruitAbility Scheme. With full implementation of the Scheme underway, it is a timely research exercise to critically explore early progress.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Public Service
The Challenges of Evaluating Large-Scale, Multi-Partner Programmes: The Case of NIHR CLAHRCs
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Martin, Graham P.; Ward, Vicky; Hendy, Jane; Rowley, Emma; Nancarrow, Susan; Heaton, Janet; Britten, Nicky; Fielden, Sandra; Ariss, Steven – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2011
The limited extent to which research evidence is utilised in healthcare and other public services is widely acknowledged. The United Kingdom government has attempted to address this gap by funding nine Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs). CLAHRCs aim to carry out health research, implement research findings…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evidence Based Practice, Research Utilization, Health Services
Transforming the Roles of a Public Extension Agency to Strengthen Innovation: Lessons from the National Agricultural Extension Project in Bangladesh
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Chowdhury, Ataharul Huq; Odame, Helen Hambly; Leeuwis, Cees – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2014
Purpose: The rapidly evolving nature of agricultural innovation processes in low-income countries requires agricultural extension agencies to transform the classical roles that previously supported linear information dissemination and adoption of innovation. In Bangladesh, strengthening agricultural innovation calls for facilitation of interactive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Agencies, Extension Agents, Rural Extension
Evaluation of an In-Service Training Program for Child Welfare Practitioners
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Turcotte, Daniel; Lamonde, Genevieve; Beaudoin, Andre – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
Objective: To test the effectiveness of an in-training program for practitioners in public child welfare organizations. Method: The sample consists of practitioners (N = 945) working in youth centers or in local community service centers. Data are collected through self-administered questionnaires prior to and after the program. Results: The data…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Child Welfare, Questionnaires, Pretests Posttests
An Impact Analysis of Employment Programs in Hungary. Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 95-30.
O'Leary, Christopher J. – 1995
In 1993, about 93 percent of respondents previously surveyed in 1992 were reinterviewed as part of a study of the impact of labor market programs in postsocialist Hungary. The surveys investigated the impact of retraining and public service employment (PSE) on labor market success by comparing outcomes for participants to others who were…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Foreign Countries
Public Training Programs in Canada: A Meta-Evaluation.
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Hum, Derek; Simpson, Wayne – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2002
Reviewed summative evaluations of public training programs in Canada, focusing on methodology and the future prospects for evaluation in Canada. Findings show that the evaluation of training programs is a complex exercise that requires a careful research strategy, including carefully designed data collection. Future evaluations may need to focus…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation