The role of appraisal purpose: Effects of purpose on information acquisition and utilization

1985 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin J Williams ◽  
Angelo S DeNisi ◽  
Allyn G Blencoe ◽  
Thomas P Cafferty
Keyword(s):  
Information Acquisition

The role of libraries in the dissemination of health information in Botswana

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 320-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuelo Ntlotlang ◽  
Balulwami Grand
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Health Information Sources

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the role of public libraries in the dissemination of health information in the southern part of Botswana, namely, Kgatleng and Kweneng districts. It also explored how these libraries market health information services to the community they serve. The study also used health information acquisition model to get an understanding on how public library users seek health information. Design/methodology/approach The survey research design was chosen for the study and purposive sampling procedure was used to obtain the sample size of the population. The sample size consisted of 120 respondents and six interviewees. Data were collected from both library staff and users using questionnaires and interviews. Findings The results of the study showed that public libraries are striving to provide accurate and useful health information to members of the community by collecting and availing both print and electronic health information sources. The findings further indicated that public libraries have marketing programmes that they use on raising awareness of health information to their clientele. The marketing programmes include outreach, library brochures/leaflets, newsletters and library exhibitions. The results of the study also showed that there were some challenges that hindered the library users to access and use health information (e.g. lack of appropriateness of information resources and limited number of health information sources). Originality/value For a better dissemination of health information, public libraries should establish working relationships with health agencies and communication organisations or media houses with the objective of cooperative developments of collections, referrals and shared training.

Legal information acquisition by the public : an exploratory study

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sheila O'Hare
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Previous Experience ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
The Public

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This exploratory study applied models of human information behavior and health information acquisition to the acquisition of legal information by the public. A mixed methods approach, consisting of two sequential phases, was utilized. First, an online survey consisting of 45 multiple-choice questions was administered to a Qualtrics panel of 385 individuals without formal legal training who were at least 18 years of age. In the second phase, eleven individuals who met the same screening criteria were interviewed in order to provide additional elaboration upon and clarification of the survey data. In phase 1, frequency of legal information searching and incidental discovery of legal information (information encountering, or IE) was assessed for relationships with personal, affective, contextual, and environmental factors. Findings indicate that individuals who search and encounter legal information more frequently share certain demographic and affective characteristics with their counterparts in the acquisition of health information. Age, income, and previous experience with the legal system were associated with greater legal search frequency. Age, race, and previous experience with the legal system were associated with greater frequency of legal IE. Self-efficacy and vigilance were both associated with frequency of search and IE, though perception of the legal system was not. Subjects searched and encountered more frequently because of curiosity than other situational factors. The role of risk in search and encounter frequency could not be determined. Both exposure to multiple information sources and to multiple mass media sources were associated with greater frequency of legal search and IE. In phase 2, subjects were asked about their searches and IE experiences with legal information, and the role of legal information in their everyday lives, especially as compared to health information acquisition. Findings indicate that members of the public define legal information quite narrowly as tied to lawyers and courts, rather than rights and duties (even provided with a more inclusive definition), and often fail to relate routine encounters with the law to their larger understanding of the legal system. Survey findings were corroborated in terms of source choices, the roles of previous experience, self-efficacy, and avoidance-vigilance. The increased availability of legal information sources through the internet has made it easier for people to find codes and regulations, but has not made it easier to find the information necessary to assess more complex legal issues. Other emergent themes identified in phase 2 included the detrimental effect of attorney advertising and the perception of legal information as disruptive, in contrast to the embeddedness of health information in everyday life.

Reversal learning deficits during sleep deprivation: investigating the role of information acquisition failures

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 1445-1451
Author(s):  
Darian Lawrence-Sidebottom ◽  
John M. Hinson ◽  
Paul Whitney ◽  
Hans P. A. Van Dongen ◽  
Kimberly A. Honn
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Deprivation ◽  
Reversal Learning ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Learning Deficits ◽  
Role Of Information

scholarly journals Prevention Is Better than Cure: The Role of IPO Syndicates in Precluding Information Acquisition*

2006 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 2911-2923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoram Barzel ◽  
Michel A. Habib ◽  
D. Bruce Johnsen
Keyword(s):  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Better Than

Appropriating value from industrial buyer-seller relationships by leveraging network capability

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 2911-2939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Mingfei Du
Keyword(s):  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Value Appropriation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Network Embeddedness ◽  
Network Capability ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how a B2B firm can improve its value appropriation from industrial buyer–seller relationships by leveraging its network capability, as well as the curvilinear moderating role of the firm’s network embeddedness.Design/methodology/approachThis paper empirically examines seven research hypotheses about the relationship between network capability and value appropriation and the curvilinear moderating effect of network embeddedness based on a questionnaire survey among 232 Chinese B2B firms.FindingsIt is found that network capability helps sellers appropriate value from industrial buyer–seller relationships via information acquisition, network resources and power. The mediating effect of network resources is the highest, followed by power and information acquisition. In addition, a seller’s embeddedness in a business network positively moderates the network capability and value appropriation link in an inverted U-shaped way.Originality/valueThe study makes significant contributions to the literature on value appropriation and also provides insightful implications for B2B firms to capture value from industrial buyer–seller relationships by leveraging network capability and network embeddedness.

scholarly journals Attention Discrimination: Theory and Field Experiments with Monitoring Information Acquisition

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (6) ◽  
pp. 1437-1475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vojtěch Bartoš ◽  
Michal Bauer ◽  
Julie Chytilová ◽  
Filip Matějka
Keyword(s):  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Prior Beliefs ◽  
Effort Level ◽  
Standard Models ◽  
The One ◽  
Rental Housing Market

We integrate tools to monitor information acquisition in field experiments on discrimination and examine whether gaps arise already when decision makers choose the effort level for reading an application. In both countries we study, negatively stereotyped minority names reduce employers' effort to inspect resumes. In contrast, minority names increase information acquisition in the rental housing market. Both results are consistent with a model of endogenous allocation of costly attention, which magnifies the role of prior beliefs and preferences beyond the one considered in standard models of discrimination. The findings have implications for magnitude of discrimination, returns to human capital and policy. (JEL C93, D83, J15, J16, J24, J71, R31)

scholarly journals Homebuyers and the representation of spatial markets by information providers

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Dunning ◽  
Andrew Grayson
Keyword(s):  
Housing Market ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Housing Search ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Information Providers

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to renew a research agenda considering the impact that information providers’ processes are having on the housing market; in particular to develop a research agenda around the role of the Internet in shaping households’ perceptions of the spatial nature of housing markets. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reviews the existing literature. It uses preliminary extensive survey findings about the role of the Internet in housing search to hypothesise ways in which households may be affected by this transition. Findings – Not applicable – other than evidence for the growth in the importance of the Internet in shaping households’ housing search. Practical implications – First, the academy needs to readdress the theory surrounding information acquisition and use insights from economics, sociology and psychology to understand these processes. Second, local authorities and academics should analyse the impact of Internet use on housing market boundaries (and the profound subsequent impact on policy traction). Third, estate agents should reconsider the role of the Internet in shaping housing markets and provide a critical response to the large property search engines. Originality/value – This paper reviews the literature and explores the necessity of a renewed interest in research on the role of information sources in framing and constraining housing search behaviour.

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