scholarly journals Organizational Membership Negotiation of Boundary Spanners: Becoming a Competent Jack of All Trades and Master of . . . Interactional Expertise

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-120
Author(s):  
DaJung Woo ◽  
Karen K. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Spanning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Boundary Spanners ◽  
Interactional Expertise ◽  
Stakeholder Relationships ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Organizational Membership ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions

Organizations hire in-house communication professionals to maximize efficiency in managing information and stakeholder relationships across various internal and external boundaries. The boundary-spanning aspect of in-house communication professionals’ job has the potential to shape their membership negotiation (MN, that is, ongoing communication processes through which individuals develop meanings of their organizational participation) in important ways that differ from the experiences of those who become integrated into a workgroup or domain with a well-defined boundary. Drawing on 30 in-depth interviews with communication professionals employed at public sector organizations, this study explores key characteristics and challenges of their boundary-spanning roles and how they negotiated meanings of their membership as they navigated the challenges. Based on the findings, the authors propose a novel conceptual model of boundary spanners’ MN, future research directions, and pragmatic implications for employers of boundary-spanning members.

scholarly journals On the Resilience of Ant Algorithms. Experiment with Adapted MMAS on TSP

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 752
Author(s):  
Elena Nechita ◽  
Gloria Cerasela Crişan ◽  
Laszlo Barna Iantovics ◽  
Yitong Huang
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Heuristic Methods ◽  
Ant System ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Ant Algorithms ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Broad Outline

This paper focuses on the resilience of a nature-inspired class of algorithms. The issues related to resilience fall under a very wide umbrella. The uncertainties that we face in the world require the need of resilient systems in all domains. Software resilience is certainly of critical importance, due to the presence of software applications which are embedded in numerous operational and strategic systems. For Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), one of the most successful heuristic methods inspired by the communication processes in entomology, performance and convergence issues have been intensively studied by the scientific community. Our approach addresses the resilience of MAX–MIN Ant System (MMAS), one of the most efficient ACO algorithms, when studied in relation with Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). We introduce a set of parameters that allow the management of real-life situations, such as imprecise or missing data and disturbances in the regular computing process. Several metrics are involved, and a statistical analysis is performed. The resilience of the adapted MMAS is analyzed and discussed. A broad outline on future research directions is given in connection with new trends concerning the design of resilient systems.

Editorial boards of 45 journals devoted to school and educational psychology: International characteristics and publication patterns

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-136
Author(s):  
Jiayi Wang ◽  
John C. Begeny ◽  
Rahma M. Hida ◽  
Helen O. Oluokun
Keyword(s):  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions

To assess and promote internationally representative scholarship, several past studies have examined the geographic affiliation of journals’ editorial board members and authors. The present study is the first known to examine this with journals devoted to school and educational psychology. After systematically identifying all peer-reviewed scholarly journals around the globe that are specifically devoted to school or educational psychology ( N = 45), the goals of this study were to (a) report key characteristics about each journal’s editorial board, and (b) examine the extent to which geographic affiliation (country where one is employed) is consistent among a journal’s editorial board members and recent authors. One key finding revealed that editorial boards of the discipline’s journals represent individuals from all global regions, but many global regions (e.g. Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America) are underrepresented. Another finding showed that the vast majority of journals evidence strong similarities in geographic affiliation between editorial board members and authors. Findings, implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed in the context of internationalization.

Marketing in the Sharing Economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 5-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giana M. Eckhardt ◽  
Mark B. Houston ◽  
Baojun Jiang ◽  
Cait Lamberton ◽  
Aric Rindfleisch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technological Development ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Value Appropriation ◽  
Socioeconomic System ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Future Direction

The last decade has seen the emergence of the sharing economy as well as the rise of a diverse array of research on this topic both inside and outside the marketing discipline. However, the sharing economy’s implications for marketing thought and practice remain unclear. This article defines the sharing economy as a technologically enabled socioeconomic system with five key characteristics (i.e., temporary access, transfer of economic value, platform mediation, expanded consumer role, and crowdsourced supply). It also examines the sharing economy’s impact on marketing’s traditional beliefs and practices in terms of how it challenges three key foundations of marketing: institutions (e.g., consumers, firms and channels, regulators), processes (e.g., innovation, branding, customer experience, value appropriation), and value creation (e.g., value for consumers, value for firms, value for society) and offers future research directions designed to push the boundaries of marketing thought. The article concludes with a set of forward-looking guideposts that highlight the implications of the sharing economy’s paradoxes, maturation, and technological development for marketing research. Collectively, this article aims to help marketing scholars not only keep pace with the sharing economy but also shape its future direction.

Dyadic coping and discrete emotions during COVID-19: Connecting the communication theory of resilience with relational uncertainty

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110093
Author(s):  
Helen M. Lillie ◽  
Skye Chernichky-Karcher ◽  
Maria K. Venetis
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Discrete Emotions ◽  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Married Individuals ◽  
Future Research Directions

The current study applies the communication theory of resilience (CTR) to assess married individuals’ utilization of resilience communication during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines pathways between communicative resilience processes, relational uncertainty, discrete emotions, and evaluations of dyadic coping. Married individuals ( n = 625) were surveyed during April 21–April 29, 2020 using Qualtrics panels. Structural equation analyses revealed that most of the resilience communication processes impacted evaluations of dyadic coping via three indirect pathways, including (a) relational uncertainty, (b) relational uncertainty → anger, and (c) relational uncertainty → fear. The alternative logic of humor did not impact dyadic coping through these indirect pathways, but instead directly, positively impacted dyadic coping. Theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed.

Knowledge Worker Faire Compensation

2012 ◽  
pp. 1068-1084
Author(s):  
Gonçalo Costa
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
Personal Mastery ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Research Questions

One of the key characteristics in knowledge management is the importance of human resources. Therefore, main stream literature has been discussing the concept of knowledge worker, its characteristics, and duties versus rights, and human resources policies in its dissimilar perspectives (knowledge workers retention, personal mastery, intellectual property rights, among others). Although, empirical studies seem to disregard if knowledge workers feel that are well compensated, or what dimensions entail faire compensation. Hence, this chapter aims to recognize knowledge workers feeling about faire compensation, and what elements are essential to achieve it through a conceptual framework. For that, the chapter is divided into six sections: the research questions; knowledge worker (key characteristics and responsibilities versus rights); fairness (etymology and the contribution of Rawls); linking the theoretical basis; empirical results (methodological remarks, findings and discussion); future research directions (the surrealist assumption, Dali surrealism and the metaphorical assumption).

scholarly journals Emergency Logistics in a Large-Scale Disaster Context: Achievements and Challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiping Jiang ◽  
Yufei Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Operations Research ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Emergency Logistics ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
New Research

There is growing research interest in emergency logistics within the operations research (OR) community. Different from normal business operations, emergency response for large scale disasters is very complex and there are many challenges to deal with. Research on emergency logistics is still in its infancy stage. Understanding the challenges and new research directions is very important. In this paper, we present a literature review of emergency logistics in the context of large-scale disasters. The main contributions of our study include three aspects: First, we identify key characteristics of large-scale disasters and assess their challenges to emergency logistics. Second, we analyze and summarize the current literature on how to deal with these challenges. Finally, we discuss existing gaps in the relevant research and suggest future research directions.

Viral Advertising and the Implications of Social Media

2014 ◽  
pp. 78-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Petrescu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Advertising ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Advertising Appeals ◽  
Message Source ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Viral Advertising

Given the estimated online advertising market in the United States of around 4 billion dollars and the current proliferation of social media Websites, this study focuses on reviewing the key theoretical and practical aspects related to viral advertising. It includes an overview of different aspects related to the nature, characteristics, and evaluation of viral advertising, especially focusing on what makes advertisements viral. After a review of the term viral advertising, the author discusses the key characteristics of viral ads, including the most used viral advertising appeals—humor and sexual—and also including a section regarding the importance of the message source on consumers' reaction towards an advertisement. The study also provides a discussion about consumer-generated advertising, a modern online advertising feature that leads to increased interaction and involvement from consumers. The last part of this chapter focuses on the monitoring and evaluating viral ads outcomes by using both traditional and social media specific advertising measures. The author also presents a few ideas related to future research directions and information that might prove useful for advertising research and practice.

Viral Advertising and the Implications of Social Media

2015 ◽  
pp. 1248-1267
Author(s):  
Maria Petrescu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Advertising ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Advertising Appeals ◽  
Message Source ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Viral Advertising

Given the estimated online advertising market in the United States of around 4 billion dollars and the current proliferation of social media Websites, this study focuses on reviewing the key theoretical and practical aspects related to viral advertising. It includes an overview of different aspects related to the nature, characteristics, and evaluation of viral advertising, especially focusing on what makes advertisements viral. After a review of the term viral advertising, the author discusses the key characteristics of viral ads, including the most used viral advertising appeals—humor and sexual—and also including a section regarding the importance of the message source on consumers' reaction towards an advertisement. The study also provides a discussion about consumer-generated advertising, a modern online advertising feature that leads to increased interaction and involvement from consumers. The last part of this chapter focuses on the monitoring and evaluating viral ads outcomes by using both traditional and social media specific advertising measures. The author also presents a few ideas related to future research directions and information that might prove useful for advertising research and practice.

Knowledge Worker Faire Compensation

2013 ◽  
pp. 1252-1268
Author(s):  
Gonçalo Costa
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
Personal Mastery ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Research Questions

One of the key characteristics in knowledge management is the importance of human resources. Therefore, main stream literature has been discussing the concept of knowledge worker, its characteristics, and duties versus rights, and human resources policies in its dissimilar perspectives (knowledge workers retention, personal mastery, intellectual property rights, among others). Although, empirical studies seem to disregard if knowledge workers feel that are well compensated, or what dimensions entail faire compensation. Hence, this chapter aims to recognize knowledge workers feeling about faire compensation, and what elements are essential to achieve it through a conceptual framework. For that, the chapter is divided into six sections: the research questions; knowledge worker (key characteristics and responsibilities versus rights); fairness (etymology and the contribution of Rawls); linking the theoretical basis; empirical results (methodological remarks, findings and discussion); future research directions (the surrealist assumption, Dali surrealism and the metaphorical assumption).

scholarly journals Knowledge Worker Fair Compensation

2011 ◽  
pp. 215-231
Author(s):  
Gonçalo Costa
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
Personal Mastery ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Fair Compensation ◽  
Future Research Directions

One of the key characteristics in knowledge management is the importance of human resources. Therefore, main stream literature has been discussing the concept of knowledge worker, its characteristics, and duties versus rights, and human resources policies in its dissimilar perspectives (knowledge workers retention, personal mastery, intellectual property rights, among others). Although, empirical studies seem to disregard if knowledge workers feel that are well compensated, or what dimensions entail faire compensation. Hence, this chapter aims to recognize knowledge workers feeling about faire compensation, and what elements are essential to achieve it through a conceptual framework. For that, the chapter is divided into six sections: the research questions; knowledge worker (key characteristics and responsibilities versus rights); fairness (etymology and the contribution of Rawls); linking the theoretical basis; empirical results (methodological remarks, findings and discussion); future research directions (the surrealist assumption, Dali surrealism and the metaphorical assumption).

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