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Job Characteristics and Work Engagement: The Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-11-07 Johanim Johari, Noormuniroh Razali, Nor Farah Hanis Zainun, Zurina Adnan
This study aims to assess the job characteristics and work engagement relationship. This study also investigated emotional intelligence as a moderator in the relationship mentioned above. The respondents were 200 nurses working in public hospitals in the northern states of Peninsular Malaysia. A Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) technique via Smart PLS 3.0 was used for data
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Fostering Teacher Leadership in K-12 Schools: A Review of the Literature Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Jenna Conan Simpson
Teachers are in classrooms with students every day, and therefore it is essential that they be involved in school leadership. Teacher leadership has been shown to improve school culture, benefit teachers, improve student achievement, and improve the greater learning community. Teachers lead by getting involved in school-level decision making, improvement planning, action research, or leading new initiatives
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The Importance of Followership in Human Resources Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-10-08 Fu-Ling Chung, Hsin-Hsuan Chung
Leaders have taken the center stage of leadership for many years; researchers start to point out the transition from leadership to followership. When people discuss leadership, they should consider followership because leadership does not occur if followership does not follow. Characteristics and behaviors of leadership and followership are variables of followership, and they can influence followership
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Gaming Leadership Development with Multi-rater Assessment Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-10-07 Zain Ali, Anita Knox
Game development companies are founded based on a passion and love for gaming. Founders have spent a lifetime playing games, which has motivated education in a given development area like design or programming. The disruptive technology experienced in the gaming industry requires constant updating of these game development skills, which consumes the focus of founders, leaving skill gaps in running
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The Effects of Organizational Culture on Employee Turnover Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-10-05 Erik S. Wright
Employee turnover is a common problem for many organizations. There have been a multitude of studies that explore turnover and an employee's intent to leave. A review of the relevant literature was conducted with specific focus on employee retention and the role that organizational culture plays on these factors. This review identified 51 resources with relevant information and utilizes the information
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Leader to Leadership: A Paradigm Shift? Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-10-01 John R. Turner
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PIQ Special Issue Introductory Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Erik S. Wright
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Opening Doors to Employment: A Needs Assessment to Investigate Benefits and Work Counseling for People with Serious Mental Illness Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-09-06 Kandi L. Horsman, Molly Sullivan, Lisa A. Giacumo
A needs assessment offers empirical evidence that organizational leaders can use to make defensible decisions to achieve desired results. Thus, this case study describes a needs assessment in which we sought to improve the performance of organizations delivering benefits advisement for people with serious mental illness (SMI) within their vocational rehabilitation program. To achieve a high level of
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A “Curates Egg” Perception of Politics: Why and When Organizational Politics Leads to Good and Bad Outcomes Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-08-11 Shazia Faiz, Namra Mubarak, Samyia Safdar, Jabran Khan
The purpose of this study is to highlight the consequences of perceived organizational politics (POP). Based on attribution theory, we have highlighted its dual phenomena, resulting in career success and moral disengagement. Moreover, the study identifies the mediating role of social networks between POP and positive attributes stemming from it, that is, career success and the intervening role of social
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Role of Psychological Capital in the Curvilinear Association between Job Autonomy and Job Performance Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-08-02 Muhammad Babar Shahzad
This study explores the moderating role of psychological capital (PsyCap) in the curvilinear association between job autonomy and job performance in the financial services industry. The time lag technique was adopted to collect data from “five hundred and nine managers (N = 509)” of different financial services organizations within a time interval of 4 weeks. Job autonomy was observed as having a curvilinear
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Faculty Performance Improvement in Distance Education: Causes of the Performance Deficiencies (Part I) Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-07-28 Mehmet Kara, Zahide Yildirim
This study aims to investigate the causes of the performance deficiencies of distance faculty in Turkey and to design interventions for performance improvement accordingly. This article presents the first part of this comprehensive study: causes of the performance deficiencies. The externality–tangibility (E-T) model of human performance guided the study, and grounded theory research design was employed
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Instructional Design Expertise and Managerial Coaching Competencies Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Frank Q. Fu
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Understanding Multi-level Learning in Organizations: A Comparison of Lean and the Learning Organization Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-06-28 Meera Alagaraja, Ann M. Herd
Learning organization (LO) models emphasize learning at multiple levels (individual, team, and organization). The Lean literature addresses multi-level improvement in performance with specific strategies to coordinate and mobilize individuals, teams, and organizations. We review the key models in LO and Lean literatures to identify factors that facilitate learning and performance, respectively. We
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“Simmering Pressure”: How Systemic Stress Impacts Graduate Student Mental Health Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-06-24 Nadine S. Bekkouche, Richard F. Schmid, Saul Carliner
Graduate students suffer from issues with mental and emotional wellbeing at a high rate. While most commonly understood as an individual issue, the high prevalence of mental health problems suggests that their causes may extend beyond personal factors. A closer look at the environment that a graduate student operates in suggests systemic or organizational factors that exert notable pressures that students
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Key Performance Indicators for Measuring Sustainable Performance: A Case Study of Implementing Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 Strategy Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-05-20 Bader Alghamdi, Hesham Khadawardi, Bandar Alghamdi, Khedher Almathami, Abdurahman Alshimai, Mohammad Alqahtani, Hamdan Alanazi, Faisal Alfawaz, Sultan Alodhaibi, Majharul Talukder
The research aims to develop a framework that generates sustainable performance systems and determines appropriate key performance indicators for the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) in Australia. The study adopts the Parmenter (2015) framework to guide the study through combining the vision, goals, and strategies of SACM as well as its critical success factors. Appropriate KPIs are then developed
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Rethinking Alternative Education Accountability Indicators: A Multilevel and Contextual Perspective Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-05-09 Xiaoxia A Newton, Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, Shanna Rose Thompson, Bangsil Oh, Jared R Dmello, Amanda Trainor
School performance indicators commonly used for school accountability purposes (e.g., student attendance, achievement on standardized test scores, graduation rates) do not adequately reflect student progress in an alternative education context (Brewer et al., 2001; De Velasco & Gonzales, 2017; Rumberger & Palardy, 2005; Warren, 2016). Although proposals of alternative accountability indicators exist
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Mentorship, Entrepreneurship, and Job Performance Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-04-01 John R. Turner
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Assessment and Evaluation Leads to Recommendations, Decisions, and Collaborations Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Rose Baker
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Furthering Women Faculty in Leadership Roles: A Human Performance Improvement Case Study Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-12-30 Cynthia M. Sims, Angela D. Carter, Kristin K. Frady, Arelis Moore De Peralta, Alena Hofrova, Stephen Brown
This research case study describes a faculty leadership development program which was implemented to help achieve institutional change and improve gender equity in a large U.S. university. A human performance technology (HPT) framework was used to design and evaluate this organizational intervention. In total, 28 tenured faculty of which 60% were women participated in this 9-month program. A logic
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Instructional Design Guidelines for Advancing Self-Sustaining Online Higher Education in the USA Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-12-30 Ying-Ying Kuo, Brian J. Fitzpatrick
Balancing the quality and financial sustainability of online courses in higher education has been challenging. The ultimate goal for the US online higher education is to build self-sustaining online courses, in which the quality is assured as it is continuously offered, and to attain net revenue. This paper advocates that the impact of contextual influences on online higher education should be assessed
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Developing a Conceptual Integrated Model for the Employee's Learning Agility Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-12-25 Jinjoo Lee, Ji Hoon Song
The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual model of learning agility based on an integrated literature review. Learning agility is the ability to learn from experience and apply it when faced with a new and unfamiliar environment. However, the absence of a theoretical basis for learning agility causes confusion among researchers in defining the concept and limits the scope in which practitioners
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Attitudinal Influences on Transfer of Training: A Systematic Literature Review Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-12-09 Mohan Yang, Sunnie Lee Watson
Trainings have not been well received in that newly acquired knowledge and skills cannot be fully transferred to trainees' workplaces following their participation in training programs. Among the identified transfer determinants, attitude is often neglected or marginalized in existing transfer of training research. It remains unclear what roles attitudinal factors play in the process of transfer of
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Trends and Implications of Models, Frameworks, and Approaches Used by Instructional Designers in Workplace Learning and Performance Improvement Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Lisa A. Giacumo, Jeroen Breman
We undertook a three-step process to develop, test, and implement a survey research study to identify the models, frameworks, taxonomies, and approaches, most often used by instructional designers to support workplace learning and performance improvement initiatives in a variety of organizational contexts today. A total of 199 professionals working on instructional design, e-learning, and performance
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Investigating Instructional Design Expertise: A 25-Year Review of Literature Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-11-02 Katherine J. Chartier
Defining instructional design expertise has been a concern among scholars for many years. Understanding expertise and expert performance is complex due to the nature of ill-structured problems and the variety of contexts in which instructional designers work. If the field seeks to effectively prepare designers and enhance performance in existing professionals, a unified understanding and definition
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Managerial Coaching Competencies Used by Managers for Performance Improvement Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-10-30 Karla D. Barry, Gene Gloeckner, Leann M.R. Kaiser
This qualitative study identified the process through which managerial coaches use coaching competencies to improve their direct reports’ performance. Eight participants with managerial experience representing four organizations were interviewed and presented cards with the 10 most frequently cited competencies from managerial coaching literature for them to arrange into a representation of their coaching
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Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Firm Performance through Organizational Learning: The Moderating Role of Environmental Turbulence Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-10-26 Syeda Mahlaqa Hina, Gul Hassan, Mahwish Parveen, Syeda Arooj
The given work is centered on the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on the firm performance mediated by organizational learning while the relationship of organizational learning and firm performance moderated by environmental turbulence. It enhances the literature by differentiating performances of IT firms and by describing how the five dimensions of EO impact the firm performances through organizational
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Theories are not intended to be static Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-10-01 John Turner
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The Effect of Self‐Efficacy and Entrepreneurship on Managers’ Professionalism and Performance in Jambi Community Learning Centers Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-09-23 Ali Idrus, Bradley Setiyadi
This study aimed to reveal and describe the performance of community learning center managers as measured by self‐efficacy, entrepreneurship, and professionalism. This study used a quantitative method with a survey of 133 respondents. Questionnaires, documents, and interviews were used as data collection tools, and the data were analyzed using path analysis. It was found that self‐efficacy and entrepreneurship
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Job Performance: Comparing Differences among Self‐ and Organizationally‐Employed Workers Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-09-13 Erica L. Bettac, Sean P. M. Rice, Tahira M. Probst
Technological, economic, and social advancements have arguably shifted the working American mindset to one valuing flexibility over stability (i.e., self‐employment). Despite its increasing prevalence, it is unclear how self‐employed workers may differ in how they define and interpret the construct of “job performance,” as well as whether self‐employed (SE) and organizationally employed (OE) workers
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Mentorship in a Digital Teaching Capability Maturity Model and Systematic Modular Course Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-09-09 Yin‐Che Chen
Mentoring has been applied in educational settings at all levels to improve teaching outcomes among newly employed teachers. The practices of reverse mentoring and two‐way mentoring have emerged alongside the emergence of new work trends in younger generations, development of information technologies, and promotion of competency‐based concepts. The digital teaching capability maturity model (DT‐CMM)
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A Special SME: An Integrative Literature Review of the Relationship between Instructional Designers and Faculty in the Design of Online Courses for Higher Education Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-07-22 Yuan Chen, Saul Carliner
Along with the increase in online courses offered by higher‐education institutions there is a corresponding increase in the number of instructional designers designing and developing these courses. A growing body of literature has emerged exploring the working relationship between instructional designers and faculty in designing online courses in higher education. The purpose of this study is to conduct
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APA 7th Edition Now Required for All Submissions to PIQ Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-07-01 John R. Turner
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The Interdependence of Individual and Environmental Factors Influencing Performance Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Frank Q. Fu
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An Exploration of the Challenges Instructional Designers Encounter While Conducting Evaluations Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-04-22 Philena DeVaughn, Jill Stefaniak
Evaluation is the process of systematically and systemically examining data to determine merit and worth of performance goals at the organizational, individual, and project level. While instructional design literature often references the need for formative, summative, and confirmative evaluation, research has shown that instructional designers continue to struggle with integrating evaluative techniques
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Composite Indicators of Company Performance: A Literature Survey Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-04-09 Qinqin Zeng, Wouter W.A. Beelaerts van Blokland, Sicco C. Santema, Gabriël Lodewijks
Composite indicators (CIs) are needed for decision makers to effectively benchmark holistic company performance. Composite indicators at macro levels are inappropriate to be implemented at the company level. By a literature survey, this article identified 29 individual methods for constructing CIs, 17 specific business sectors where CIs have been utilized in practice, and the motor vehicle manufacturing
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How Supportive Behaviors of Instructors and Supervisors Influence Trainee Self‐Efficacy and Motivation Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-04-06 Lisa Marie Lee
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Challenges Faced by Certified Performance Technologists in Conducting Needs Assessment Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-04-06 Christopher D. Adams, John Baaki, Jill E. Stefaniak
Though there are many models for needs assessment in the literature, reviews of published cases often find that no particular model is referenced or that best practices indicated by models are not employed. The present study examines how Certified Performance Technologists (CPTs) conduct needs assessment in practice. CPTs were surveyed to determine which models of needs assessment they reference in
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Can Values be Trained? Applying Affective Engagement to Change Organizational Culture Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-02-27 Stephen Ellis,H. Quincy Brown
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Psychological Ownership and Openness to Change: The Mediating Effects of Work Engagement, and Knowledge Creation Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-02-05 Dae Seok Chai,Ji Hoon Song,Yeong Mahn You
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Evidence on the Use of Mentoring Programs and Practices to Support Workplace Learning: A Systematic Multiple‐Studies Review Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-01-29 Lisa A. Giacumo,Jie Chen,Aurora Seguinot‐Cruz
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Collaboration, Privacy, Organizational Citizenship, and Workplace Resilience Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Rose Baker
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Individual and Organizational Factors that Influence Transfer Generalization and Maintenance of Managerial‐Leadership Programs Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Sonya Vandergoot,Aspa Sarris,Neil Kirby,Julia Harries
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Workforce Resilience: Integrative Review for Human Resource Development Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Doo Hun Lim,Hyungjo Hur,Yedam Ho,Sangok Yoo,Seung Won Yoon
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Employee Life Satisfaction and Social‐Capital Factors Relating to Organizational Citizenship Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Rebecca S. Merkin
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Structural Determinants of Human Resource Development Research Collaboration Networks: A Social‐Network Analysis of Publications Between 1990 to 2014 Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Chungil Chae,Seung Won Yoon,Sung Jun Jo,Seung‐hyun Han
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Training Self‐Efficacy, Cognitive Readiness, Reflective Sensegiving, and Career Coaching Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Frank Q. Fu
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Workplace Privacy: How Job Types Matter Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Virginia W. Kupritz
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A Three‐way Interaction Model of Innovative Behavior, Task‐Related Learning, and Job Characteristics Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-12-17 Nicola Cangialosi,Carlo Odoardi,Adalgisa Battistelli
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Faculty Performance Improvement in Distance Education: Interventions for Performance Improvement (Part II) Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-12-17 Mehmet Kara,Zahide Yildirim
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Customer‐Relationship Management: Performance Assessment and Improvement by an Intelligent Algorithm Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-11-05 Saeed Abdolhossein Zadeh,Ali Azadeh
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Managerial Coaching, Leadership‐Training Transfer, Mindfulness‐Meditation, and Mega‐Planning Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-09-01 John R. Turner
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The Essential Components for an Article, with Examples Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-07-01 John R. Turner
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A Formative Evaluation of a Master's‐Level Career‐Coaching Course for Performance Improvement Students Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-04-16 Steven W. Villachica,Vicki Stieha,Lisa Giacumo,Lesa Becker,Jo Ann Fenner
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What Implications Came from Your Study: An Overview of the Discussion and Conclusion Sections Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-04-01 John R. Turner
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The World of Work: Development and Analytics for Performance Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-04-01 Rose Baker
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The Effect of Training Self‐Efficacy on Computer‐Based Training Outcomes: Empirical Analysis of the Construct and Creation of Two Scales Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-03-18 Matt C. Howard
Self-efficacy is among the most popular constructs in the fields of business and psychology (Bandura, 2012, 2015; Beck & Schmidt, 2015; Yeo & Neal, 2013). Researchers have continuously sought personal and environmental factors that cause employees to develop or diminish their selfefficacy, and the construct has been shown to predict a vast amount of beneficial organizational outcomes, further spurring
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The Convergence of Psychological Conditioning and Cognitive Readiness to Inform Training Strategies Addressing Violent Police–Public Encounters Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-02-25 James E. Preddy,Jill E. Stefaniak,Petros Katsioloudis
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Strategic Plan for a Regional Innovation Center and Business Accelerator of Southern Sonora Using Megaplanning and Balanced Scorecard Performance Improvement Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-02-21 Rafael A. Zazueta Salido,Ernesto A. Lagarda‐Leyva,Doris G. Lozoya Díaz