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Nguyen, Frank; Klein, James D.; Sullivan, Howard – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2005
Electronic performance support systems (EPSS) deliver relevant support information to users while they are performing tasks. The present study examined the effect of different types of EPSS on user performance, attitudes, system use and time on task. Employees at a manufacturing company were asked to complete a procedural software task and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Performance Technology, Context Effect, Manufacturing
Chapman, Diane D. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2004
This survey-based study addressed a perceived gap between training performance evaluation practice and decision-making criteria required in business. Training professionals and non-training managers in North Carolina were surveyed. The study found that the groups differ in the performance measures that motivate them to act on training issues.…
Descriptors: Trainers, Program Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis, Measurement Objectives
Hardre, Patricia L. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2003
This study addressed the need for empirical tests of the global instructional design (ID) model as a toolkit for classroom teachers in authentic settings; and the performance improvement challenge of finding effective, efficient methods of professional development for preparing graduate assistants to teach. Participants were eighteen teaching…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Instructional Design, Intervention, Self Efficacy