Nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners are integral to implementing evidence-based practice (EBP). Research was conducted to describe NPD practitioners' EBP beliefs and competencies, frequency of implementing EBP, and perceptions of organizational culture and readiness for EBP. Relationships among NPD practitioner characteristics and organization outcomes were explored. Findings i...

The article substantiates the role of improving managerial competence education manager in ensuring effectiveness organization educational process. purpose is to determine and importance In process research, following methods were used: theoretical analysis – main conceptual approaches development its process; structuring order identify characterize components management activities; generalizat...

Preparation for entry into the information professions has always been through a combination of academic study and practical training. Broadly speaking there is probably general agreement about the knowledge and understanding which the new entrant to the profession needs to acquire. There is less clarity regarding the skills which are required if s/he is to function effectively as an informatio...

The present study aimed at exploring Iranian EFL teachers’ perception of professional development. To this end, 200 EFL teachers teaching at private language institutes in Iran were selected as the participants of the study. First, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 50 participants of the study based on which Professional Development Perception Questionnaire was developed an...

Green supplier development has become necessary as organizations increasingly compete on environmental supply chain capabilities. However, formal modeling tools to aid managers in evaluating green supplier development programs (GSDPs) are virtually non-existent. This paper introduces a formal structured managerial approach for organizations to help evaluate the influence relationships amongst G...

BACKGROUND Professional development is a key component of effective public health infrastructures. To be successful, professional development programs in public health and health promotion must adapt to practitioners' complex real-world practice settings while preserving the core components of those programs' models and theoretical bases. An appropriate balance must be struck between implementa...

Paul E. Gabriel is professor of economics, School of Business Administration, Loyola University of Chicago; and Susanne Schmitz is professor of economics, Center for Business and Economics, Elmhurst College. E-mail: pgabrie@luc. edu E-mail: susans@ elmhurst.edu Recent analyses of gender employment patterns suggest that occupational differences between men and women are a persistent presence in ...

this research was done with the aim of analyzing the factors that influence the professional development of agricultural faculty members. methodologically, this explanatory research was carried out through survey method. the population of the research consisted of agricultural faculty members of iran universities (n=1190). using random stratified sampling method, 120 faculty members were select...

In this conceptual paper we elaborate on the replication of innovation in professional service firms (PSFs). We do this by integrating literature streams on replication, knowledge sharing, productization of services and management of PSF’s. First we discuss the object of replication in order to analyze what might be leveraged and replicated. Then we address the various levels of replication (in...

This paper aims to investigate the choice of governance modes in Chinese family firms. For that purpose, we build a principal-agent model to conduct our analyses. There are two modes of governance that the owner of the family firm can choose from, either the relational governance or the professional governance. The choice of governance modes is embodied in managerial compensation under differen...