Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Do We Need the Police?
David Canter considers whether ‘all-purpose’ police forces a no longer fit for purpose.
About the PMJ Practitioner Insights Series
PMJ Practitioner Insights is a series of short, empirically relevant articles that disseminate research findings to project practitioners and also benefit academics […]
Agile, Traditional, and Hybrid Approaches to Project Success: Is Hybrid a Poor Second Choice?
The authors found that hybrid approaches deliver similar results to traditional or agile approaches on schedule, budget, and scope delivery, and the hybrid approach outperforms traditional approaches on client satisfaction.
The Positive Aspects of Silence in Team Meetings
Authors Miikka J. Lehtonen and Valérie M. Saintot argue that we need more refined methodological approaches for studying silence
Ayelet Fishbach on Goals and Motivation
“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,” the poet Robert Browning once opined, “or what’s a heaven for?” That’s not […]
Did Customer-Salesperson Interactions Change During COVID?
During the pandemic, sales manager Claire Cardy noticed that the dynamics of customer-salesperson interactions had somehow changed. Cardy decided to explore what was happening and why.
Measuring Multidimensional Precarious Employment of Women: A View From Spain
Inés P Murillo-Huertas, Raúl Ramos, Hipólito Simón, and Raquel Simón-Albert reflect on their paper, “Is multidimensional precarious employment higher for women?” recently published in the Journal of Industrial Relations.
‘Critical Ignoring’ May Be Just as Vital as Critical Thinking
Critical ignoring is the ability to choose what to ignore and where to invest one’s limited attentional capacities.
