Relational Contracts in Agriculture: Theory and Evidence

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey D. Michler ◽  
Steven Y. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Contract Theory ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Relational Contracts ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Relational Contract ◽  
Current State

We appraise the current status of relational contract theory, along with associated empirical studies, with the goal of providing an orientation to the field to economists who may not have expertise in contract theory. We begin with a theoretical discussion focusing mainly on intuition and the usefulness of the theory for conceptualizing applied agricultural contracting problems. We also discuss current theoretical challenges and the current state of empirical research on relational contracts. We conclude by discussing potentially fruitful areas for future research.

Intergroup Dialogue: A Review of Recent Empirical Research and Its Implications for Research and Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 654-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keri A. Frantell ◽  
Joseph R. Miles ◽  
Anne M. Ruwe
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Intergroup Dialogue ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Current State ◽  
Intergroup Relationships ◽  
Future Practice

Intergroup dialogue (IGD) is a small group intervention that allows for sustained communication between people across social identity groups. It aims to foster intergroup relationships, develop critical consciousness, and increase capacities for promoting social justice. A decade after Dessel and Rogge published their review of the empirical research on IGD from 1997 to 2006, we reviewed the empirical IGD research from 2006 to 2017. We explore research that has examined IGD outcomes, processes, and facilitation, seeking to understand the current state of the research and practice of IGD. We discuss advances and new approaches to IGD, assess growth since Dessel and Rogge’s review, and discuss future directions. We provide five key recommendations for future research on IGD, and five key recommendations for future practice of IGD.

Gendered Massacres: Examining the Effects of Cultural and Structural Gender Inequality on the Incidence of Mass Public Shootings

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 885-905
Author(s):  
Margaret Schmuhl ◽  
Joel A. Capellan
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
Gender Hierarchy

With nearly 97% of incidents within the past 40 years committed by men, mass public shootings are a gendered social problem. Yet, empirical research on this phenomenon largely neglects gender hierarchy and cultural factors as predictors, in favor of individual- and event-level characteristics. Despite calls from scholars to place masculinity and threats to patriarchal hegemony at the center of analyses, no empirical studies to our knowledge have examined the role of gender inequality in mass public shootings. The findings indicate that gender inequality, structural and ideological, are important predictors of mass public shootings and that future research should continue to investigate such violence from a gendered lens.

scholarly journals The Rhetoric of Twitter in Terms of the Aristotelian Appeals (Logos, Ethos, and Pathos) in ESL/EFL Educational Settings

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Ahdab Saaty
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Current State ◽  
Writing Genres ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
State Of Research

The article argues that the Aristotelian appeals (logos, ethos, and pathos) can be taught through the use of Twitter as an educational tool to build connections between everyday informal writing on social media and academic writing. It highlights the utilization of Twitter in English second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) educational settings for supporting learners’ rhetorical awareness and understanding of different writing genres. The main purpose of this article is to provide pedagogical implications and future research potentials on the use of Twitter in ESL/EFL educational settings. The Aristotelian appeals are discussed as the framework for the analysis of Twitter’s content in ESL/EFL educational contexts. In this regard, this research question is addressed: How can Twitter serve as a tool for teaching the fundamentals of writing competency in terms of the Aristotelian appeals (logos, ethos, and pathos) in ESL/EFL educational settings? To explore the current state of research and inform future studies, the researcher reviews selected academic articles on the use of Twitter in ESL/EFL language classes. All articles were accessed using Google Scholar, ERIC, and ProQuest databases. The researcher examines empirical studies published in peer-reviewed journals as well as non-empirical studies. This article addresses Twitter users’ constructions of logos, ethos, and pathos, and presents some of the accessible characteristics of Twitter. Also, it briefly provides pedagogical implications of understanding the Aristotelian appeals through Twitter in ESL/EFL educational contexts that can support the teaching and learning processes. Lastly, the researcher proposes potential research directions for Twitter use in ESL/EFL educational settings.

The Historical and Current Status of Global IFRS Adoption: Obstacles and Opportunities for Researchers

2020 ◽  
pp. 2250001
Author(s):  
Xiaoxiao Song ◽  
Madeline Trimble
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Ifrs Adoption ◽  
The World ◽  
Cross Reference

The number of countries that have adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in some form has grown each year. However, the existing literature generally ignores the varied types and the complex timing of IFRS adoption. Our paper provides a cross-reference of IFRS adoption dates and types for 195 countries and territories around the world. This definitive data, including an extensive online dataset, was developed to help researchers better identify IFRS adoption events in the samples used in their empirical studies. Additionally, we highlight potential challenges in identifying IFRS adoption types and dates as well as provide areas of future research that can benefit from our dataset, which can be accessed online https://about.illinoisstate.edu/mktrimb/song-trimble-2022-dataset/ .

Requirements Engineering in Cloud and Service-Oriented Systems: A Systematic Mapping Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 2040010
Author(s):  
Samah Ridha ◽  
Mali Senapathi
Keyword(s):  
Requirements Engineering ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Current State ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Validation Research

The domain of Cloud and Service-oriented requirements engineering (SORE) focuses on modelling, specifying, and analysing requirements to enable software development in a service-oriented manner. Even though Cloud and SORE has received increasing attention over the past decade, there is no clear view of the current state of knowledge. Our goal is to gain insights into the current status of Cloud and SORE research published to date. To this end, we conducted a systematic mapping study to develop a map to classify relevant literature published between 2007 and 2018. Out of the 326 studies that were examined, we selected 24 studies as primary studies. The resulting map provides an overview of the existing work on Cloud and SORE and makes it possible to identify gaps and plan and position future research. Our findings suggest that Cloud and SORE as a research context needs specific attention. More evaluation and validation research is needed to better understand the implementation and impact of the various solutions (e.g. frameworks, tools) that are proposed in the Cloud and SORE context.

Abusive supervision: a content analysis of theory and methodology

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yucheng Zhang ◽  
Zhongwei Hou ◽  
Xingxing Zhou ◽  
Yumeng Yue ◽  
Siqi Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Despite recent organizational behavior studies have witnessed considerable progress in abusive supervision research; some demerits for both theory and methodology still remain in the past years. To clarify the current state of knowledge in the field, this study aims to analyze the current state of theories and methods on abusive supervision and provides a detailed future research agenda. Design/methodology/approach This paper conducted a literature review for both theory and methodology of the abusive supervision research using a content analysis of 134 publications. Findings For the theory part, this paper summarized the theories that had been applied to explain the relationship between abusive supervision and its consequences as well as antecedents. For the methodology part, this paper outlined some critical issues regarding country of origin, research design, measurement, analysis strategy and also summarized with a discussion of the relationship between methodological issues and article impact. Finally, this paper concluded by presenting an agenda for future abusive supervision research regarding both theory and methodology. Originality/value First, this paper summarizes the main theories, antecedents and consequences often used in abusive supervision research to allow scholars to carry out theoretically driven research investigating abusive supervision in the future. Second, through a content analysis of the methods sections of abusive supervision research in the samples (i.e. country of origin, research design, measurement and analytical procedures), this paper identified the potential reasons underlying the inconsistency in the conclusions of abusive supervision research and provide some guidance for future empirical studies. Third, based on the qualitative review, this paper provides an agenda for future research investigating abusive supervision by developing a content-specific theoretical framework to benchmark abusive supervision research against other research related to leadership and offers an accurate response to scholars’ criticisms of abusive supervision research.

State of the Practice in Performance Management

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-20
Author(s):  
Mariangela Battista
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organizational Processes ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
Current State

Performance management (PM) is one of the few organizational processes that touches every single employee and requires their active participation. In spite of its ubiquitous position in organizations, there has been a groundswell of questions emerging about the usefulness, value, and effectiveness of PM. This introductory chapter addresses the current state of PM, including its history. It provides an overview of academic research highlighting the evolution from performance evaluation to performance management and the current status. Then, the practical realities and challenges people in organizations experience with performance management every day are discussed. This includes performance management being viewed as an administrative “human resources activity” with a lack of strategic alignment to business goals; lack of manager capability to manage employee performance effectively; and an overreliance on system automation. The chapter continues with an outline and overview of the book, including nine case studies written by in-house talent and human resources practitioners and six chapters (written by scholars in the performance management and feedback arena) describing next-generation research as well as future research trends.

Crowdfunding: What Do We Know So Far?

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 1950009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Jovanović
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Current State ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Research Stream ◽  
Academic Debate

Crowdfunding is an innovative financial instrument that is continuously gaining importance in research and practice. In order to promote the economic and theoretical discussion on this topic, a systematic overview of the literature is essential. The present work represents a literature-based research on crowdfunding to determine which research topics have been addressed so far and whether or not a focus has been developed on a particular topic, research stream, and model. The literature review identified 90 scientific papers, published between 2011 and 2016. The study consequently develops seven research areas: individual, managerial, legal, platform-based, sustainability-based, innovation-related, and conceptual. Through this conceptualization and the presentation of the current state of the research as well as the determination of the future research potential, this work is relevant for the academic debate on the organizational implications on crowdfunding. In addition, the review supports practitioners, or in particular crowdfunding initiators, to understand how crowdfunding mechanisms function and to deduce consequences for successful crowdfunding.

scholarly journals The Interpersonal Functions of Empathy: A Relational Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Main ◽  
Eric A. Walle ◽  
Carmen Kho ◽  
Jodi Halpern
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Culture Theory ◽  
Relational Perspective ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Empirical Approaches

Empathy is an extensively studied construct, but operationalization of effective empathy is routinely debated in popular culture, theory, and empirical research. This article offers a process-focused approach emphasizing the relational functions of empathy in interpersonal contexts. We argue that this perspective offers advantages over more traditional conceptualizations that focus on primarily intrapsychic features (i.e., within the individual). Our aim is to enrich current conceptualizations and empirical approaches to the study of empathy by drawing on psychological, philosophical, medical, linguistic, and anthropological perspectives. In doing so, we highlight the various functions of empathy in social interaction, underscore some underemphasized components in empirical studies of empathy, and make recommendations for future research on this important area in the study of emotion.

Pediatric Dental Sedation Research: Where Do We Stand Today?

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Mittal ◽  
A Goyal ◽  
K Jain ◽  
K Gauba
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Behavior ◽  
Cochrane Review ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Quality Literature ◽  
Current State ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Weak Evidence ◽  
Oral Midazolam

Despite the voluminous literature addressing the safety and efficacy of various sedative agents in the pediatric dental setting, the quality literature to form evidence based pediatric dental sedation practice is not available. Our search through PUBMED showed that during 1985–2012, a total of 184 original research papers on pediatric dental sedation were reported, and midazolam clearly dominated with 88 trials on this agent. Despite these large numbers of papers, Cochrane Review was able to pool a weak evidence in favor of midazolam. Data pooling from five heterogeneous high risk of bias trials showed that oral midazolam is associated with more cooperative behavior when compared to a placebo. Further, a very weak evidence regarding efficacy of nitrous oxide was collected from two trials, which could not be pooled. These findings draw attention to the need to address the shortcomings in the current state of pediatric dental sedation research. The present article has been focused on the current status of pediatric dental sedation research, and the limitations in the current research methodology. This paper also suggests recommendations for future research in the field of pediatric dental sedation.

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