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The New Faculty Members' Concerns: The Case of Jordanian Universities
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Qudais, Mahmoud Abu; Al-Omari, Aieman; Smadi, Rana – Journal of Institutional Research, 2009
The present study aimed to identify and interpret concerns of the new faculty members in Jordanian universities. A total of 336 new faculty members who participated in this study were asked to rate their perceptions of issues related to teaching, research, service, balancing work and home life and the academic culture of their workplace. Means and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Experience
Trainee Perceptions of Factors that Influence Learning Transfer.
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Lim, Doo H.; Johnson, Scott D. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2002
A study of 10 Korean human resource practitioners who were trained in performance improvement technology showed they achieved better transfer in the conceptual than the technical domain. Transfer increased when trainees set goals to apply learning and the job, received work assignments related to the training, and had supervisor support. (Contains…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Resources, Performance Technology, Student Educational Objectives
Training Alone Is Not Enough
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Crigler, Lauren; Fort, Alfredo L.; de Diez, Orla; Gearon, Susan; Gyuzalyan, Hayk – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2006
Improving healthcare services in the developing world remains a major goal for many organizations and despite enormous training and program investments from international organizations, service improvements have been modest. This study looks at how to improve results by examining the relationship between the conditions in a healthcare providers'…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Incentives, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
An Application of Activity Theory
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Marken, James A. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2006
Activity Theory has often been used in workplace settings to gain new theoretical understandings about work and the humans who engage in work, but rarely has there been sufficient detail in the literature to allow HPT practitioners to do their own activity analysis. The detail presented in this case is sufficient for HPT practitioners to begin to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Work Environment, Corporations
Rethinking What We Do and How We Do It: Systems Thinking Strategies for Library Leadership
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Somerville, Mary M.; Schader, Barbara; Huston, Malia E. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2005
Library leaders promote reconsideration of organisational purposes, processes, and relationships at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. Systems thinking, fortified by information literacy, informs workplace changes that provide learning experiences transferable to better alignment of library outcomes with…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Information Literacy, Leadership, Foreign Countries
Academy of Human Resource Development Conference Proceedings (Oak Brook, Illinois, March 4-8, 1998).
Torraco, Richard J., Ed. – 1998
These proceedings begin with the schedule, conference committee membership lists, and detailed agenda of the 1998 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development, which explored the relationship between learning and performance. Presented next are papers grouped by the conference's 35 symposium topics, which are as follows: university…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Cognitive Style