Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
The Risks–Both Serious and Subtle–of Fieldwork
Amiera Sawas writes here on her experiences with risks in the field and beyond, finding that institutional protocols are undoubtedly robust on a wide range of physical threats, but more subtle threats, like sexual harassment, which cross psychological and physical lines, are not always explicitly dealt with.
Methods: In Polling, Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better
As various canvasses and opinion polls attempt to predict the outcome of the Scottish independence plebiscite, it’s worth taking a look at how more methodologically sound inputs lead to more accurate forecasts.
Award Winning Journal of Management Article on Capitol Hill
“Age Stereotypes in the Workplace: Common Stereotypes, Moderators, and Future Directions,” by Richard A. Posthuma of the University of Texas at El […]
My Experiences Launching an Open Access Journal
While preparing for a panel on the subject at APSA this week, political scientist Erik Voeten looks over the launch of the open access and peer-reviewed journal ‘Research & Politics’ and discusses the opportunities and challenges of this kind of publishing.
Announcing the 2013 Journal of Service Research Award Winners!
Congratulations to Crina O. Tarasi, Ruth N. Bolton, Anders Gustafsson and Beth A. Walker, winners of the 2013 Best Article Award from […]
The September Issue of Administrative Science Quarterly is Now Online!
The September issue of Administrative Science Quarterly is now available and can be read online for free for the next 30 days. […]
The Slippery Slope: Dumbing Down into Secondary Schools
Although this piece first posted at The Conversation was not intended as a response to Daniel Nehring’s request for opinions about effect of ranking-mania on academic labor, Alister Scott’s observations on the current state of British higher education do shine a light on one facet of the larger issues involved.
Can Critical Thinking Be Taught in Business School?
In her editorial of the September issue of Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, Melinda Knight explains, There is universal agreement among educators […]
