Systems Model of the Performance Appraisal Interview Process

A model of the performance appraisal interview, adapted from open systems theory, is proposed. The linkages within the model are examined and examples of hypotheses regarding the patterns of relationships which can be generated from this systems perspective are provided. The open systems framework is useful for examining the performance appraisal interview process because it integrates past models and research, generates issues and ideas for future research, and provides a multivariate perspective.     

HOUSING, SPRAWL, AND THE USE OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES: THE CASE OF THE INLAND EMPIRE

This article is concerned with the economics of excessively large and socially costly suburban expansion and attempts to summarize and organize the main economic arguments associated with sprawl due to single-family residential home construction. We also apply standard welfare economics and price policy instruments to the issue of suburban sprawl in order to suggest ways in which economics can participate in and inform the debate over sprawl. The article uses the Inland Empire, which includes the valley regions of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties in Southern California east of Los Angeles, as a case study. ( JEL R11, R14, Q24)     

A Simple Model of the Surplus Approach to Value,Distribution, and Growth

The surplus approach to value and distribution represents an older and in this author's opinion much more relevant way to model capitalistic socio‐economic systems than the mainstream neoclassical approach. This essay develops the analytical structure of the surplus approach by tracing its origins to the groundbreaking work of the circular flow concept in the Physiocrats and Quesnay's Tableau Economique, the Classical economists, Marx, and Piero Sraffa. Original archival material from the Sraffa Papers at the Wren Library, Trinity College, University of Cambridge is also presented in support of the thesis advance. Finally, the surplus approach is developed in terms of the distribution and growth nexus.     

Unions and Employment Growth: The Canadian Experience

Using panel data from the Canadian Workplace and Employee Survey, the union effect on employment growth is examined. In line with previous North American findings, private sector unions are found to slow employment growth by approximately 2.2 percent per annum. This study is modeled after two recent articles published in this journal; one using the Australian Workplace and Industrial Relations Survey and a subsequent article using the British Workplace and Industrial/Employee Relations Survey.     

The Bank Lending Channel: A FAVAR Analysis

We examine the bank lending channel (BLC) of monetary transmission in a factor‐augmented vector autoregression (FAVAR). A FAVAR exploits large numbers of macro‐economic indicators and allows us to consider an alternative identification of monetary shocks and analyze the lending response of banks at the aggregate and individual levels. We find that the existence of the BLC is more prevalent than previously thought using aggregated lending data, while the lending response of individual banks are driven more by specific innovations than monetary shocks. Nonetheless, the average individual bank response to a monetary shock is consistent with the existence of a BLC.     

A Research Note on the Use and Perceived Usefulness of Analytical Procedures by Australian Auditors

This paper provides Australian evidence on the use and perceived usefulness of analytical procedures (AP) by both Big 6 and non-Big 6 auditors. The following questions are posed in the paper. First, what is the extent of usage of AP? Second, which AP are used most frequently? Third, at what stage of the audit are AP used most frequently? Fourth, how effective are AP? Fifth, do auditors expect more or less use of AP in the future? In the context of these questions comparisons are drawn between Big 6 and non-Big 6 auditors and with two recent overseas studies.