Describes recent professional developments having an increased impact on provision of social work mental health services to children: the emergence of practice guidelines from government and disciplines, the growth of empiral research evidence documenting efficacy of selected interventions, and the impact of managed care programs. Reviews…

Asserts that qualitative research is undervalued and cites evidence of its value, presents a definition of it, discusses how to evaluate the quality of a study, and suggests when and how qualitative findings can be applied to actual situations. Concludes with examples of two actual qualitative studies and two hypothetical situations where the…

Munsterberg's (1899) phenomenological epistemology and his classification of the disciplines are described, and alternatives are proposed. Possibilities are described for advancing psychological theorizing by research using historical data. (Author)

If trainers do not understand the implications of the research into people at work that has taken place over the past 60 years, their visions are going to be flawed and incomplete. The key to the future and effectiveness of managements and organizations lies in that research. (Author)

Focuses on the issue of generalizability of laboratory studies. Explores the utility of both laboratory and field studies. Maintains that many laboratory studies can have meaningful applied value to managers in spite of their extreme artificiality. Offers a rationale for each approach and criteria for assessing them. (SR)

Responds to an article in the same issue of this journal which defends the applied value of laboratory studies to managers. Agrees that external validity is often irrelevant, and maintains that the problem of making inferences from any subject sample in management communication is one that demands internal, not external, validity. (SR)

While traditional literature reviews have functioned to clarify a single field, the interpretive review may contribute to research that challenges the perceptual habits of reviewers and extends the ways in which research questions can be constructed and studied. The interpretive review may bring many disciplines together for a new approach to the…

Explores the purposes of reviews of educational literature in the context of contemporary educational theories. A review, whether explicitly seen as interpretive or not, represents a form of technical knowledge appropriate to a particular conception of education as technical, effective action. (SLD)

Evidence-based nursing practice is impeded by low numbers of baccalaureate nurses, lack of critical perspectives toward research, the volume of information, and conflicting worldviews. Teaching strategies to address the challenge include fostering the ability to question and initiating teacher/student dialog. (SK)

Examines what is meant by good theory and theory-building research in human resource development (HRD). Discuses core knowns and unknowns in HRD theory building. Outlines two key challenges: dealing with the researcher-practitioner relationship and recognizing the value of multiple research paradigms. (SK)

Reports that some universities are starting their own venture-capital funds to develop campus companies, or are investing endowment funds with established venture-capital firms inclined to finance potential spinoffs from campus research. Examples cited are from the University of Alabama, Vanderbilt University (Tennessee), University of…

Conducted an exploratory survey of 310 educators to investigate the variables that best predict educators' attitudes toward systematic inquiry in schools. Significant proportions of the variance in the dependent variables were explained by prior participation in research and personal teacher efficacy. Identifies other factors with modest…

Educational researchers and practitioners seem to be involved in the same endeavor without real contact. To remedy this distance, the best research should focus on practice, and the best practice should be informed by research. (SLD)

In the last 10 years, there has been increased use of case study methodology, with accompanying refinement and improvement of the methods. Case studies have become legitimate research methods in evaluation, but it is too soon to say whether improvements in methodology are really resulting in improvements in the case studies conducted. (SLD)

Since the British government began allowing universities to exploit the products of their research, universities have developed cash reward systems for inventors. For many researchers, job satisfaction and peer recognition appear more important than monetary rewards. The money is often reinvested in further research. (SK)