systematic research on english language teachers' perceptions of research has not yet shown whether or not ‘teacher research’ is acceptably understood and carried out in institutions of higher education worldwide. moreover, understanding cross-cultural (mis)conceptions of and barriers to research is an important initial step in promoting teacher research engagement. this article explores percep...

this study was conducted to examine the impact of formative and summative assessment in the professional development of iranian efl instructors at universities. moreover, an attempt was made to figure out whether the formative assessment is more effective than the summative assessment. since the present work is qualitative/quantitative research in nature, it was conducted within the ethnography...

Internet has been perhaps the most outstanding innovation in the field of communication in the history of mankind. The main purpose of this study was to explore the role of Internet in the professional development of teachers working in agricultural schools in Kermanshah Province (N=35). Census survey was used due to the small size of the statistical population. A questionnaire was developed ba...

Careers have different dimensions, they can be developed in an organization and individual way. Organizations no longer a role creating careers, but individuals develop careers using the as tool or medium. Changes external internal environment are basic conditions why career dares to change. The research aimed explore senior female managers' phenomenon that left professional managerial organiza...

The practice of medicine implies life long learning, and the modern health service expects career grade doctors to engage in a programme of continuous professional development. Doctors are a highly motivated group, and so the expectation that they will participate seems well founded. For those in the training grades, professional development is supervised and made explicit within postgraduate m...

BACKGROUND Combining a professional and managerial role can be challenging for doctors and nurses. We aimed to explore influence strategies used by doctors and nurses who are managers in hospitals with a model of unitary and profession neutral management at all levels. METHODS We did a study based on data from interviews and observations of 30 managers with a clinical background in Norwegian ...

the purpose of this research was identifying mechanisms for the development of human resources in khouzestan sugarcane agro industrial company, iran. this is an applied study and the research method was descriptive correlative. the population consisted of employees working in the sugarcane agro industrial company in the province of khuzestan, iran(n=315). one hundred and seventy five people wer...

BACKGROUND Health policy has strengthened the demand for coordination between clinicians and managers and introduced new medical manager roles in hospitals to better connect medicine and management. These developments have created a scholarly debate of concepts and an increasing 'hybridization' of tasks and roles, yet the organizational effects are not well researched. This research introduces ...