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Ghosh, Rajashi; Jacobson, Seth – European Journal of Training and Development, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conduct a critical review of the mediation studies published in the field of Human Resource Development (HRD) to discern if the study designs, the nature of data collection and the choice of statistical methods justify the causal claims made in those studies. Design/methodology/approach: This paper conducts…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Standards
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Shanahan, Michael J.; Erickson, Lance D.; Bauer, Daniel J. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2005
The practice of science as a mode of discovery is subject to change. This paper examines the "sciences" practiced by G. Stanley Hall in his "Adolescence" of 1904 and by contemporary researchers who study youth in 2004. After briefly reviewing the nature of Hall's empiricism, we draw on a representative sample of articles (n=182) published between…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Evaluation Research, Research Methodology, Meta Analysis