Deciding when, how, and if to correct turnover correlations

Article Abstract:

Kemery, Dunlap, and Griffeth (1988) and Steel, Shane, and Griffeth (1990) offered correction formulas that adjust the point-biserial correlations used in turnover research for "inopportune splits in the dichotomous variable." Both suggested that their formulas could be used whenever turnover deviated from 50%. However, the proper criterion for choosing to correct turnover point-biserial correlations is not statistical but theoretical. Researchers should first determine which construct, tenure or turnover, they are investigating. Then they can decide which correction formula to use, if any. In this article, how and when to correct turnover correlations is discussed, an empirical comparison of four correction procedures is presented, and the necessary corrections for conducting turnover meta-analyses are specified. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Methods, Measurement, Mathematics, Correlation (Statistics), Employee turnover, Formulas (Mathematics), Kemery, E.R., Dunlap, W.P., Griffeth, R.W., Steel, R.P., Shane, G.S.

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The Tate's continual revolutionary

Article Abstract:

Director of the Tate Gallery Nicholas Serota was popular when he was appointed in 1988 at the age of 42, but his choice for the 1992 Turner Prize, sculptor Grenville Davey, was criticised. He was head boy of Haberdashers' Aske's School and studied art history at Cambridge. He worked at the Courtauld, then as regional art organiser for the Arts council and became director of the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford when he was 27. He was a successful director of the Whitechapel.

Officials and employees, Behavior, Museums, Art museums, Public opinion, Art, Modern, Modern art, Tate Britain, Serota, Nicholas, Art museum directors

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ICE Minor Works worth interpreting

Article Abstract:

The Institution of Civil Engineers contract ICE Conditions of Contract for Minor Works (ICEMW) is easier to understand that the Standard Form of Building Contract. It may also be better suited to some contractors as it offers a provision for delegation to a resident engineer.

Contracts, Civil engineering

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