The purpose of this article is to present a set of best practices for competency modeling
based on the experiences and lessons learned from the major perspectives on this topic …

The purpose of this paper is to trace the history of the social indicators or quality-of-life (QOL)
research movement up to today, forecast future developments, and pave the way for future …

I finished writing this book during a five-week research leave in New York. The apartment we
stayed in was located in a 'not so gentrified'part of Brooklyn. Being confronted with the raw …

This book bridges scholarly forms of inquiry and practitioners' daily activities. It introduces
inquiry as a process of relational construction, offering resources to practitioners who want to …

The aim of the Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research is to create an
overview of the field of Quality of Life (QOL) studies in the early years of the 21st century that …

Good urban governance is a multidimensional concept that focuses on the improvement of
the quality of living conditions of local citizens, especially those of marginalised and …

Organization Development: Strategies for Changing Environments, Second Edition, aims to
help managers of the future successfully plan for and manage changes in the workplace …

The essay reviews the historical development of the field, mainly in North America, and
describes the uses of social indicators and the concept of quality of life (QOL). A concluding …

More students with High Functioning Autism (HFA) are in inclusive settings than ever before.
The sheer physical combination of students with autism and their typical peers is insufficient …

Organizational values have been known to partially define organizational culture and to
serve as a bonding mechanism between workers. In the recent past, values served as a …