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Is It Time For A Peer-Reviewed Bonus System?

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Incentive compensation systems often seem just as likely to disappoint employees as to motivate them. However, if their perception is that the system is unfair, a motivational disaster can result. If their perception is that the system is fair, everything works smoothly.

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Nurses Are Key In Fighting The Infodemic

The Horizons Tracker

When nurses engaged in the Dear Pandemic campaign, it managed to amplify the impact of the efforts to better inform and educate the public about the pandemic, while also motivating both individual and systemic action.

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Does AI And Automation Do More Harm Than Good?

The Horizons Tracker

It usually involves things like growing meat in a lab, discovering new drugs, and finding innovative ways of producing fertilizers. Evaluation of scientific work is frequently based on outcomes such as grants and peer-reviewed publications. They also heavily use machine learning in the analysis of large-scale experiments.

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Researchers More Likely To Downplay Than Exaggerate Findings

The Horizons Tracker

As a variety of alternative metrics have grown in importance in the academic world, there has been a sense that researchers might be motivated to exaggerate their findings in an attempt to garner more citations, references, and coverage in the media.

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Creating an Effective Peer Review System

Harvard Business Review

Many people think real-time peer reviews will be a key piece of the puzzle. But how do you create, maintain and support a successful real-time peer review program to make sure it delivers on its potential? Another company might choose to emphasize fiscal responsibility, collaboration, or innovation.

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When You Have to Carry Out a Decision You Disagree With

Harvard Business Review

This is what I did early in my academic career when I received peer review comments on a paper I’d submitted for publication. Without fail, there would be at least one reviewer who hated the paper. But if you do trust the organization, then begin by convincing yourself that the decision is actually a good one.

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Is Employee Engagement Just a Reflection of Personality?

Harvard Business Review

When employees are engaged, they display high levels of enthusiasm, energy, and motivation, which translates into higher levels of job performance, creativity, and productivity. Many innovators also have problems with authority and a predisposition to challenge the status quo.