INTRODUCTION Previous research in performance appraisal (PA) indicates that variation exists in learning and job motivation from performance appraisal between occupational groups. This research evaluates the potential effect of job motivation, learning and self-assessment through performance appraisals for health personnel. CASE DESCRIPTION This article focuses on goal-setting, feedback, part...

This study examined whether personality factors are associated with people’s appraisals of the costs and benefits of romantic revenge. Our goal was to extend our understanding of variables that influence individuals’ decisions to get even with romantic partners. Undergraduates (N = 130) completed the HEXACO personality inventory, the Vengeance Scale, and questionnaires examining people’s belief...

We redesigned the undergraduate introductory biology course by writing a new textbook (Integrating Concepts in Biology [ICB]) that follows first principles of learning. Our approach emphasizes primary data interpretation and the utility of mathematics in biology, while de-emphasizing memorization. This redesign divides biology into five big ideas (information, evolution, cells, emergent propert...

1. As advised at the conclusion of Examination Hearing Session 5, I am writing to the Council to explain my concerns regarding the evidence base in respect of the Folkestone Racecourse proposal (policy SS8), the adequacy of the SA process and the justification for the Strategic Corridor (policy SS1). For the avoidance of doubt, this note does not set out a final view on the soundness of the Pla...

Responding to a preceding article by Michael J. Newton ("Moral dilemmas in surgical training: intent and the case for ethical ambiguity"), Downie comments on three of Newton's themes. He agrees that trainees should engage in ethical self-appraisal but cautions that introspection is inappropriate at the time of an operation. Regarding Newton's downplaying of philosophical analysis in medical e...

The purpose of this study was to combine absences, short-term disability, and workers' compensation into a sum of the cost of time away from work (TAW) and compare it with health risk status and individual health risks of 6220 hourly workers at Steelcase Inc. The study used 3 years (1998 to 2000) of TAW and health risk appraisal data. Higher TAW costs were associated with illness days, drug/med...

Two experiments explored the effects of ingroup vs outgroup performance on the extent to which individuals value an attribute. Self-appraisals of personal standing on the attribute were examined as a potential mediator of this relationship. In both experiments, members of two groups (either experimentally created or gender groups) took a test of a bogus personality trait and received feedback a...

The construction industry faces growing risks of execution defects and rising costs. A balance between quality costs requires knowledge quality-related Despite increasing amounts data, models predicting appraisal remain missing. This paper aims to determine expected from BIM objects using semantic web technologies the ontology for assurance. are determined automatically via SHACL rules stored i...

Health economic evaluation comprises the systematic appraisal of the costs, the benefits and the relative economic efficiency of different medical interventions. The first section of this paper outlines the techniques of economic analysis and how they relate to the efficient use of health resources. This is followed by a review of the health economics of rheumatoid arthritis as a model for the ...

As with clinical studies, health economic studies vary in scope and quality. Their usefulness for decision and policy making is linked to their methodological rigor, accuracy, and generalizability. Thus, critical appraisal is important to put the results in the context of study quality. Economic evaluations identify and compare appropriate alternatives of care, their incremental impact on healt...