# HR Academics (and related): Help my sister decide on a dissertation topic

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**Created:** [September 23, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-academics-and-related-help-my-sister-decide-on-a-dissertation-topic/597363 "2011-09-23T18:56:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-academics-and-related-help-my-sister-decide-on-a-dissertation-topic/597363/1 "2011-09-23T18:56:29Z")

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So my younger sister is working on choosing her topic. And she asked if I could help her with it. What the hell do I know? But she told me I know people. So I know you. Here’s what she sent me:

> [@](#):
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> Ideally, I would like to tie behavioral economics into my dissertation… but I don’t know if this is possible. My work focuses on tying learning & development initiatives to business outcome (e.g. ROI, engagement, etc.). The evaluations are generally given at the end of the training and then are followed up a couple months later with the trainee and their manager. The evaluations follow Kirkpatrick’s methodology.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_economics
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kirkpatrick
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> My other interests include employee engagement and organizational culture. Think on it and let me know if you come up with anything.

Any thoughts?