| This issue of Performance Improvement Quarterly contains three scholarly articles with a focus on job performance and a manuscript from the Associate Editor Publishing Series by John Turner, which is titled “All Manuscripts Must Have a Beginning, a Middle, and an End.” Th e fi rst refereed article, titled “Job Performance Analysis: Scientifi c Studies in the Main Journals of Management and Psychology from 2006 to 2015,” was written by Natasha Fogaça, Mariana Carolina Barbosa Rego, Mariane Cortat Campos Melo, Ladilucy Pereira Armond, and Francisco Antônio Coelho Jr. Th is article provides a review of job-performance studies for a 10-year time period. A shift in how job performance is defi ned is also addressed to provide a step toward job-performance construct comprehension. Th e second refereed article, titled “Job Performance in the Learning Organization: Th e Mediating Impacts of Self-Effi cacy and Work Engagement,” was written by Ji Hoon Song, Dae Seok Chai, Junhee Kim, and Sang Hoon Bae. Th e article takes a look inside Korean workforce institutions to examine structural relationships within the learning organization, culture, self-effi cacy, work engagement, and job performance. Utilizing both structural equation modeling and the Sobel test, they discuss the positive impacts of learning-organization culture. Th e fi nal refereed article, titled “Queering Employee Engagement to Understand and Improve the Performance of Gay Male Law Enforcement Offi cers: A Phenomenological Exploration,” is by Joshua Collins and Tonette Rocco. Th e article examines a queered understanding of gay male law enforcement offi cers to improve performance and inclusion within the law enforcement workplace. Th e implications of this research are discussed with a view toward promoting benefi cial social interactions and positive perceptions within the workforce. Finally, we here at Performance Improvement Quarterly still need our readers’ involvement. Th e quality of any research journal is developed through the peer-review process. Th is is a critical area of growth for the journal as we fi nish up our 30th year of publication. More reviewers are needed! If you are a practitioner, we need your help in the review process. If you are a scholar-practitioner, we need your help. If you are a scholar, we need your help. Th e diverse perspective in our readership deserves a diversifi ed perspective from our reviewers. Th e workload goal is two to three reviews per year. If you are interested, contact Arielle Turner ( Arielle.Turner@unt.edu ); she can answer all of your questions and get you started. First-timers are also welcome! We will mentor you. As a reviewer, you learn by doing while at the same time making a long-lasting contribution to your fi eld. |
