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Focuses on the real-world challenges faced by a hypothetical researcher when studying the faculty salary structure at a university. Issues for consideration in evaluating the appropriateness of the salary structure; Measurement of the effects of occupational experience versus academic seniority on earnings; Explanation of financial considerations for making adjustments.

Presents a case study which employs both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Design of an effective program evaluation; Rationale for the use of multiple studies; Selection of a research strategy.

Discusses the development of a research design to improve college guides and ratings. Identification and measurement of key elements; Data collection and maintenance; Restructuring and analysis of data; Delivering and reporting the findings; Use and influence of the results; Steps for developing standards for guidebooks.

The article maps intellectual structure of a scientific subfield through Author Cocitations Analysis (ACA). While author cocitation analysis does not replace subjective understanding of the body of knowledge in a field, it does merit further use and refinement as an adjunct to subjective analysis or to other consensus-building tools, such as the Delphi technique. Nevertheless, while it is a powerful tool, ACA is also a potentially fallible tool. One limitation is that the author cocitation analysis is only as good as its chosen array of scholarly figures. Sample of 36 included authors from a range of disciplines, and some who only questionably deserved the theorist label. The analysis only partially identified dubious cases. Moreover, the results uncovered linkages due not only to disciplinary affinity and shared theoretical perspectives, but also to mentor student or collaborative relationships and possibly to collegial ties through common institutional affiliations. To disentangle such effects, the methodology may need refinement.

This article examines the perceived importance of various job characteristics by U.S. Military Academy graduates at West Point, New York. Furthermore, it is widely investigated that officers attach to various job characteristics, and these have dealt primarily with related aspects of job satisfaction. Moreover, self-esteem is one of the most important aspect connected with one's job as viewed by the respondents wherein it concerns itself with personal achievement, competence, confidence, and knowledge. Results of the study have shown that job characteristics dealing with safety and security were ranked higher and thus considered more important than social needs as may be attributed to stress placed on them by Army accessions and career guidance programs.