Abstracts for Performance Improvement Quarterly,Volume 24, Issue 2

Performance Improvement Quarterly (PIQ) is a peer‐reviewed journal created to stimulate professional discussion in the field and to advance the discipline of human performance technology (HPT) through publishing scholarly works. Its emphasis is on human performance technologies such as front‐end analysis or evaluation. It also offers literature reviews and experimental studies with a scholarly base, and some case studies. Below you will find abstracts for articles appearing in PIQ 24(2). ISPI members may subscribe at the member rate of $45. Call ISPI today at 301‐587‐8570 to subscribe.     

Abstracts for Performance Improvement Quarterly,Volume 23, Issue 1

Performance Improvement Quarterly (PIQ) is a peer‐reviewed journal created to stimulate professional discussion in the field and to advance the discipline of human performance technology (HPT) through publishing scholarly works. Its emphasis is on human performance technologies such as front‐end analysis or evaluation. It also offers literature reviews and experimental studies with a scholarly base, and some case studies. Below you will find abstracts for articles appearing in PIQ 23(1). ISPI members may subscribe at the member rate of $45. Call ISPI today at 301‐587‐8570 to subscribe.     

Abstracts for Performance Improvement Quarterly,volume 23, issue 2

Performance Improvement Quarterly (PIQ) is a peer‐reviewed journal created to stimulate professional discussion in the field and to advance the discipline of human performance technology (HPT) through publishing scholarly works. Its emphasis is on human performance technologies such as front‐end analysis or evaluation. It also offers literature reviews and experimental studies with a scholarly base, and some case studies. Below you will find abstracts for articles appearing in PIQ 23(2). ISPI members may subscribe at the member rate of $45. Call ISPI today at 301‐587‐8570 to subscribe.     

Abstracts for Performance Improvement Quarterly,volume 23, issue 4

Performance Improvement Quarterly (PIQ) is a peer‐reviewed journal created to stimulate professional discussion in the field and to advance the discipline of human performance technology (HPT) through publishing scholarly works. Its emphasis is on human performance technologies such as front‐end analysis or evaluation. It also offers literature reviews and experimental studies with a scholarly base, and some case studies. Below you will find abstracts for articles appearing in PIQ 23(4). ISPI members may subscribe at the member rate of $45. Call ISPI today at 301‐587‐8570 to subscribe.     

Abstracts for Performance Improvement Quarterly,volume 24, issue 4

Performance Improvement Quarterly (PIQ) is a peer‐reviewed journal created to stimulate professional discussion in the field and to advance the discipline of human performance technology (HPT) through publishing scholarly works. Its emphasis is on human performance technologies such as front‐end analysis or evaluation. It also offers literature reviews and experimental studies with a scholarly base, and some case studies. Below you will find abstracts for articles appearing in PIQ 24(4). ISPI members may subscribe at the member rate of $45. Call ISPI today at 301‐587‐8570 to subscribe.     

《月人词集》序言

月人先生,本名张魁宽,室名润金书斋,宅号中舍、南华阁,陕西省西安市田家湾人也。吾与之过从,已有十余年矣。深知其“好词、痴词、业词”之学词和创作整个过程。所谓“好词”,即“好学敏求”之意,但“好”,既是一种动机,又是一种心态。《左传》上说:“好学而不贰”。正因为他学词专一,才能由“好词”过渡到“痴词”。而“痴”,亦为一种心态。蒲松龄说:“书痴者文必工,艺痴者技必巧。”因而由“痴”到“业”,此其固然。即由动     

The current state of human performance technology: A citation network analysis of Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1988–2010

This study conducted a citation network analysis (CNA) of human performance technology (HPT) to examine its current state of the field. Previous reviews of the field have used traditional research methods, such as content analysis, survey, Delphi, and citation analysis. The distinctive features of CNA come from using a social network analysis approach to see relational and network patterns in the citation data. This CNA found that the Performance Improvement Quarterly network showed more widely but loosely connected and less centralized structural attributes than the human resource development network; the 10 most influential articles in the field were identified; frequently co‐cited articles were recognized as having a strong relationship by subsequent researchers; and five cohesive subgroups showed key topics in the field (performance, instructional design, performance support, organization/workplace, and transfer of training). Implications from the results of the CNA were elaborated on for future research in HPT.     

Outside Reviewers for Volume 95 of the Quarterly Journal of Speech

BLINDNESS AND INSIGHT: ESSAYS IN THE RHETORIC OF CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM. By Paul de Man. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1971, 1983 (2nd rev. ed.); pp. 308. $29.50; paper $12.95.

ALLEGORIES OF READING: FIGURAL LANGUAGE IN ROUSSEAU, NIETZSCHE, RILKE, AND PROUST. By Paul de Man. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979; pp. 305. paper $9.95.

THE RHETORIC OF ROMANTICISM. By Paul de Man. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984; pp. 327. $28.00; paper $14.50.

THE RESISTANCE TO THEORY. By Paul de Man. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1986; pp. 137. $25.00; paper $10.95.

THE LESSON OF PAUL DE MAN. Edited by Peter Brooks, Shoshana Felman, and J. Hillis Miller. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985; pp. 333. paper $12.95.     

Performance Improvement

The Board of Directors of the International Society for Performance Improvement has identified top managers and executives as one of the population groups that are or should be represented in ISPI membership. In an effort to research these professionals, Performance Improvement is introducing a new feature — Executive Summaries. These are synopses of the feature articles in each issue. They will appear together on pages that can be copied and distributed to members of your organization who might not have time to read PI, but may benefit from the content of its articles. We encourage you to share summaries with managers and executives, as well as clients, team members, students, and other performance improvement professionals. Also — look for the summaries to appear on ISPI's Web Site soon.