Qwl applications in public agencies:do success rates reflect a positive-findings bias?* |
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| Authors: | Robert T Golembiewski Ben-chu Sun |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Political Science , University of Georgia , Athens, Georgia, 30602;2. Graduate Program of Public Administration , National Chengchi University , Mucha, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. |
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| Abstract: | This article builds on reports of substantial success rates in Quality of Working Life (QWL) applications, and tests the criticism that these attractive outcomes merely reflect wimpish methodology. As the rigor of research designs increases, critical observers predict, so also will outcomes deteriorate. This panel of QWL applications, N = 44, does not support a positive-findings bias in public-sector applications, where QWL success rates approximate those in business applications. |
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