scholarly journals Exploring the interplay between question-answering systems and communication with instructors in facilitating learning

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Yi ◽  
Runge Zhu ◽  
Qi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Question Answering ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Courses ◽  
Instructor Communication ◽  
System Logs ◽  
Question Answering Systems ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

PurposeQuestion-answering (QA) systems are being increasingly applied in learning contexts. However, the authors’ understanding of the relationship between such tools and traditional QA channels remains limited. Focusing on question-answering learning activities, the current research investigates the effect of QA systems on students' learning processes and outcomes, as well as the interplay between two QA channels, that is, QA systems and communication with instructors.Design/methodology/approachThe authors designed and implemented a QA system for two university courses, and collected data from questionnaires and system logs that recorded the interaction between students and the system throughout a semester.FindingsThe results show that using a QA system alone does not improve students' learning processes or outcomes. However, the use of a QA system significantly improves the positive effect of instructor communication.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on learning and education technology, and provides practical guidance on how to incorporate QA tools in learning.

Guanxi orientation, value creation and value capture in buyer-supplier relationships: a dyadic perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Sojung Lee ◽  
Weiguo Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
The Other ◽  
Matched Sample ◽  
Value Capture ◽  
Supplier Relationships ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Specific Investments ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the importance and prevalence of Guanxi in business interactions in network-based societies such as China, few studies have the phenomenon from a dyadic view. In a business dyad, one partner may not value Guanxi and take it as a template for actions as the other does. Design/methodology/approach The authors propose that such collective and asymmetric Guanxi orientation influence both the creation and distribution of relational rent in a Guanxi dyad. Furthermore, relationship-specific investments (RSIs) moderate the relationship between dyadic Guanxi orientation and relational rent creation and distribution. Findings Based on a matched sample of supplier-buyer dyads in China, the authors find that joint Guanxi orientation is positively related to joint pie creation, whereas Guanxi orientation imbalance has a positive effect on the pie distribution imbalance. Originality/value These results contribute to the literature by revealing how dyadic Guanxi dynamics and practices affect dyadic performance and providing managers with meaningful implications for dyadic Guanxi management.

Does holistic cognition frame always promote business model design?

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 840-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Wu ◽  
Linqian Zhang ◽  
Zelong Wei ◽  
Mingjun Hou
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Model Design ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Model Design ◽  
Established Firms ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Holistic Cognition

Purpose This paper aims to explore the effects of holistic cognition frame on novelty-centered business model design and efficiency-centered business model design. Moreover, the authors consider how these effects differ in new ventures vs established firms. Design/methodology/approach The authors use survey data to testify the hypotheses based on a database of 204 firms in China. Then, regression analysis is used to examine the relationship between holistic cognition frame and business model design. They also explore the contingency effects of new ventures and established firms on the relationships. Findings The authors find that the holistic cognition frame has a positive effect on efficiency-centered business model design, whereas it has an inverse U-shaped effect on novelty-centered business model design. Furthermore, they find that the effects of holistic cognition frame on efficiency-centered business model design and novelty-centered business model design are different in established firms and new ventures. Originality/value This work offers new insights into the effects of holistic cognition frame on business model design and provides useful suggestions for firms to promote business model design.

Influence of ethical leadership on employee learning orientation: evidence from academics

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-15
Author(s):  
Anil Kumar Goswami ◽  
Rakesh Kumar Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Learning Orientation ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Employee Learning ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Analyze Data

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between ethical leadership and employee learning orientation in organizations. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a quantitative methodology to analyze data collected from 160 faculty members from universities, using a survey questionnaire. Findings The finding of this study reveals that ethical leadership has a positive effect on learning orientation of faculty members in universities. Originality/value This study adds to the field of ethical leadership by investigating the influence of ethical leadership on learning orientation of faculty members in universities.

The effects of consumer ethnocentrism and consumer animosity on perceived betrayal and negative word-of-mouth

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiang-Ming Lee ◽  
Tsai Chen ◽  
Yu-Shan Chen ◽  
Wei-Yuan Lo ◽  
Ya-Hui Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Negative Word ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Consumer Ethnocentrism ◽  
Consumer Animosity ◽  
Subject Experiment ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to survey whether consumer ethnocentrism and animosity will affect consumers' perceived betrayal and cause negative word-of-mouth (NWOM).Design/methodology/approachThis study conducted a 2 (consumer ethnocentrism) × 3 (consumer animosity) between-subject experiment design to test the hypotheses. Comprised of 380 respondents, this study used ANOVA to examine the data.FindingsThe results showed that if a brand violates the perception of fairness, ethnocentrism and animosity will have a positive effect on perceived betrayal. In addition, low consumer animosity revealed a significant consumer ethnocentrism effect and low ethnocentrism revealed a significant animosity effect, while the relationship between perceived betrayal and word of mouth is negative.Originality/valueThe current research adds to the understanding about how the reaction to a domestic brand's marketing strategies that are viewed as unfair and hurt the domestic consumers' expectations.

The effect of anticorruption policies on social and political trust: a comparative approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 658-670
Author(s):  
Dagmar Radin
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose Corruption and anti-corruption are two often studied topics in social sciences today and often highly debated issues in both the national and international political arena. They are important in the context of democratization and democratic consolidation as they include the idea of a government that serves its citizens in a transparent manner, and tie with it notions of social and political trust. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between anti-corruption policies and social and political trust and hypothesizes that anti-corruption policies have a desired positive effect on social and political trust in settings with low and moderate levels of corruption, whereas they have no effect in highly corrupt settings. Design/methodology/approach The study uses regression analysis and includes all world democracies (33) for which complete data are available for a period of nine years (2005-2014). Findings Results indicate that anti-corruption policies have the expected results on social trust: in low to moderately corrupt countries, the effect is positive, while it disappears in highly corrupt countries. There are no significant effects on political trust. Research limitations/implications While the results are mixed, they point to the importance of studying further the relationship. Originality/value This study is important because it questions the effect of anti-corruption policies that are assumed to have particular effects on corruption. It is also the first study to analyze the effect on such policies on social and political trust in democracies.

scholarly journals The effect of acquisitions on exploration and exploitation in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-188
Author(s):  
Yulia Muratova ◽  
Damiana Rigamonti ◽  
Jesper N. Wulff
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Exploration And Exploitation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Us ◽  
Capability Building ◽  
Knowledge Exploration ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose The mechanisms of knowledge acquisition and their impact on innovation are particularly relevant in the context of rapidly growing emerging markets. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between firm acquisition characteristics and post-acquisition knowledge exploration and exploitation in the Chinese domestic acquisition market. Design/methodology/approach By using patent and company data of 188 domestic Chinese deals completed between 2002 and 2013, the paper replicates the measurements and analytical methods of the US-based study by Phene, Tallman and Almeida (2012) to address the acquirer’s opportunity to explore and/or exploit external knowledge, its ability to absorb and effectively assimilate such knowledge and thus establish innovations in new technologies. Findings The paper finds support for a positive effect of knowledge uniqueness of the target on the bidder’s post-acquisition exploration. The findings also support that the post-acquisition exploitation is facilitated by the commonality of technological knowledge between the bidder and the target, a result that, although expected, was not be supported in the US-based study. Originality/value This paper qualifies the generalizability of US-based findings about post-acquisition exploration and exploitation in the context of China. It also responds to the call for China-focused knowledge management research by capturing innovation capability building by Chinese firms through domestic acquisitions. Finally, it contributes to the nascent literature on replication in management studies.

scholarly journals Resource organization and firm performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 466-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Andersén ◽  
Joachim Samuelsson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Resource Organization ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and the use of management accounting practices (MAPs) in decision making affects the profitability of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and also to analyze the extent to which EO and the use of MAPs affects profitability differently in growing and non-growing SMEs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs an empirical investigation which is based on a sample of 153 Swedish manufacturing SMEs. The data are analyzed by two- and three-way interaction regressions. Findings – EO and MAPs have a positive effect on profitability in non-growing SMEs, but the combined effect of EO and MAPs has no additional effect. However, for growing SMEs, high usage of MAPs in decision making is a prerequisite for EO to influence profitability. Originality/value – This study is the first to use the resource-based view to examine the relationship between two dimensions of resource organization and SME profitability. EO is used as a proxy for how resources are organized in order to identify opportunities, and MAPs are used as a proxy for how efficiently resources are organized.

Employee engagement and job performance in Lebanon: the mediating role of creativity

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 506-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein Nabil Ismail ◽  
Adnan Iqbal ◽  
Lina Nasr
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between employee engagement and job performance in the country of Lebanon, and to test whether creativity mediates the relationship between engagement and performance. Design/methodology/approach The research sample consisted of 186 respondents working in Lebanese firms. The questionnaire included established measures relating to employee engagement, job performance and creativity – in addition to various demographic questions. Stepwise multiple regression and bootstrapping methods were employed in the analysis of the data. Findings The findings showed a significant positive effect of employee engagement on job performance. However, mediation analysis using bootstrapping methods has shown that creativity has fully mediated the relationship between engagement and performance. Originality/value The study extends previous research and increases the external validity of the findings by investigating the relationship between engagement and performance in new non-western contexts. Moreover, this is one of the first research studies that explores the role of creativity in the relationship between the two variables; this helps in improving our understanding of the model and aids in enhancing the effect of engagement on performance.

Risks and rewards of technological diversification

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 30-32
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technological Diversification ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings In a sample of 168 S&P 500 manufacturing firms, this study finds that technological diversification has a positive effect on firm performance. The relationship between technological diversification and firm performance is also found to be positively moderated by firm size, financial slack, and their configuration. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Celebrity poses and consumer attitudes in endorsement advertisements

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 1027-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongdan Liu ◽  
Matthew Tingchi Liu
Keyword(s):  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Cognitive Capacity ◽  
Single Factor ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Subject Design ◽  
Outcomes Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of celebrity’s poses on consumer attitudes towards the endorsement advertisement by drawing from perceptual fluency hypotheses. Design/methodology/approach Study 1 used a single-factor, two-condition (distinctive pose and casual pose) between-subject design. Both Study 2a and Study 2b employed a single-factor, two-condition (distinctive pose, casual pose) between-subject design and tested the mediator of pose matchiness. Study 3 employed a 2 (pose condition: distinctive, casual)×2 (cognitive capacity: no load, load) between-subject design to test the moderator. All data were sourced from more than 600 respondents in China. Findings Study 1 illustrated that the existence of a distinctive pose can lead to higher consumer attitudes regarding advertising stimuli and the endorsed brands as well as more positive behavioural intentions towards endorsed products. Study 2a and Study 2b replicated such finding and demonstrated that the feeling of pose matchiness mediates the relationship between celebrities’ pose and endorsement outcomes. Study 3 further revealed that the cognitive capacity moderates such a relationship, that is, that the effect of a distinctive pose is stronger (lesser) when audiences’ cognitive capacity is loaded (not loaded). Originality/value Research efforts to date examining the nature of celebrity advertisement have been limited to celebrity’s faces and facial expressions. Little investigation in the marketing domain has considered the consequences of celebrities’ poses. This study takes the first step in revealing the positive effect of distinctive celebrity poses in product endorsement.

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