Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 2021
This article explores the relationship between performance information use for different function... more This article explores the relationship between performance information use for different functions based on two of Moynihan’s analyses and a managerial perspective, utilizing passive and purposeful use. The results of this study suggest that both accountability and managers’ proximity to the performance system exert strong influence on the use of performance information in the public sector. In terms of organizational factors, data quality and meaningful measures are associated with performance information use. On the other hand, external attention has no effect on performance information use regardless of the types of performance information.
Onwuegbuzie and Frels (2014) provided a step-by-step guide illustrating how discourse analysis ca... more Onwuegbuzie and Frels (2014) provided a step-by-step guide illustrating how discourse analysis can be used to analyze literature. However, more works of this type are needed to address the way that counselor researchers conduct literature reviews. Therefore, we present a typology for coding and analyzing information extracted for literature reviews based on Saldaňa’s (2012) coding methods. We present stages for conducting these analyses using an actual body of published works and illustrate how to use a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software program, namely, QDA Miner. Finally, we delineate how using this systematic approach promotes counselor identity and addresses the call for ethical, transparent research and evidence-based practices.
The non-completion of doctoral degrees has been a concern due to its economic, social, and person... more The non-completion of doctoral degrees has been a concern due to its economic, social, and personal consequences. In the current study, the researchers investigated perceived barriers of select doctoral students in completing their doctoral degrees by utilizing a fully mixed sequential mixed research design. The quantitative and qualitative data were concurrently collected using identical samples (n = 205) via a Reading Interest Survey questionnaire. A sequential mixed analysis revealed 6 emergent themes: external obligations (36%), challenges to doctoral-level researchers (34%), practical/logistical constraints (23%), emotional concerns (15%), program structure (9%), and support for completion (8%). Also, 3 meta-themes were identified (i.e., dissociation, external/internal barriers, and institutional/personal barriers), which aided in explaining the relationships among the 6 primary themes. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 2021
This article explores the relationship between performance information use for different function... more This article explores the relationship between performance information use for different functions based on two of Moynihan’s analyses and a managerial perspective, utilizing passive and purposeful use. The results of this study suggest that both accountability and managers’ proximity to the performance system exert strong influence on the use of performance information in the public sector. In terms of organizational factors, data quality and meaningful measures are associated with performance information use. On the other hand, external attention has no effect on performance information use regardless of the types of performance information.
Onwuegbuzie and Frels (2014) provided a step-by-step guide illustrating how discourse analysis ca... more Onwuegbuzie and Frels (2014) provided a step-by-step guide illustrating how discourse analysis can be used to analyze literature. However, more works of this type are needed to address the way that counselor researchers conduct literature reviews. Therefore, we present a typology for coding and analyzing information extracted for literature reviews based on Saldaňa’s (2012) coding methods. We present stages for conducting these analyses using an actual body of published works and illustrate how to use a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software program, namely, QDA Miner. Finally, we delineate how using this systematic approach promotes counselor identity and addresses the call for ethical, transparent research and evidence-based practices.
The non-completion of doctoral degrees has been a concern due to its economic, social, and person... more The non-completion of doctoral degrees has been a concern due to its economic, social, and personal consequences. In the current study, the researchers investigated perceived barriers of select doctoral students in completing their doctoral degrees by utilizing a fully mixed sequential mixed research design. The quantitative and qualitative data were concurrently collected using identical samples (n = 205) via a Reading Interest Survey questionnaire. A sequential mixed analysis revealed 6 emergent themes: external obligations (36%), challenges to doctoral-level researchers (34%), practical/logistical constraints (23%), emotional concerns (15%), program structure (9%), and support for completion (8%). Also, 3 meta-themes were identified (i.e., dissociation, external/internal barriers, and institutional/personal barriers), which aided in explaining the relationships among the 6 primary themes. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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