2. Cohesion Theory

2020 ◽  
pp. 16-43
Keyword(s):  
Cohesion Theory

How Communication in Organizations Is Related to Foci of Commitment and Turnover Intentions

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Sebastian Holzwarth ◽  
George Gunnesch-Luca ◽  
Roman Soucek ◽  
Klaus Moser
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Communication ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Communication In Organizations ◽  
Cohesion Theory

Abstract. The current study analyzes how two components of perceived organizational communication (vertical and horizontal) are related to employee turnover intentions via three types of affective commitment foci (organization, supervisor, and team). Using second-order confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling techniques with a large cross-sectional dataset ( n = 3,317), our results show that, in line with social cohesion theory, vertical communication (e.g., supportiveness from the organization) is strongly related to affective organizational commitment, whereas horizontal communication (e.g., supportiveness from colleagues) is primarily related to affective team commitment. Additionally, both communication dimensions are related to affective supervisory commitment. Finally, these three foci of affective commitment incrementally explain and differentially mediate the relationship between perceived organizational communication and turnover intention.

A Proposed New Name for the Cohesion Theory of Water Ascent in Plants

Science ◽  
1951 ◽  
Vol 114 (2973) ◽  
pp. 675-675
Author(s):  
Victor A. Greulach
Keyword(s):  
New Name ◽  
Cohesion Theory ◽  
Water Ascent

Gender Differences in Commitment to State Employment: The Role of Coworker Relationships

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa M. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Affective Organizational Commitment ◽  
Supportive Relationships ◽  
Coworker Relationships ◽  
State Employment ◽  
Public Sector Managers ◽  
Cohesion Theory ◽  
State Employees

Using survey data from a large sample of state employees, this research investigates gender differences in affective organizational commitment to state employment. Following relational cohesion theory, I hypothesize that perceived emotional support among workers within the workplace is positively associated with affective commitment to state employment. I also expect that women’s greater commitment to state employment compared with men is due to their higher levels of perceived coworker support. The results of the analyses largely support the hypotheses and suggest that public-sector managers would do well to encourage the development of supportive relationships among employees.

scholarly journals Polymorphism of Bulk Boron Nitride

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Gould ◽  
Claudio Cazorla
Keyword(s):  
Boron Nitride ◽  
Random Phase ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Electronic Interactions ◽  
Fluctuation Dissipation ◽  
Cohesion Theory ◽  
High Level ◽  
Low Symmetry ◽  
Relative Thermodynamic Stability

Boron nitride (BN) is a material with outstanding technological promise because of its exceptional thermochemical stability, structural, electronic and thermal conductivity properties, and extreme hardness. Yet, the relative thermodynamic stability of its most common polymorphs (diamond-like cubic and graphite-like hexagonal) has not been resolved satisfactorily because of the crucial role played by kinetic factors in the formation of BN phases at high temperatures and pressures (experiments), and by competing bonding, electrostatic and many-body dispersion forces in BN cohesion (theory). This lack of understanding hampers the development of potential technological applications, and challenges the boundaries of fundamental science. Here, we use high-level first-principles theories that correctly reproduce all important electronic interactions (the adiabatic-connection fluctuation-dissipation theorem in the random phase approximation) to estimate with unprecedented accuracy the energy differences between BN polymorphs, and thus overcome the accuracy hurdle that hindered previous theoretical studies. We show that the ground-state phase of BN is cubic and that the frequently observed two-dimensional hexagonal polymorph becomes entropically stabilized over the cubic at temperatures slightly above ambient conditions (Tc = 63+-20'C). We also reveal a new low-symmetry monoclinic phase that is extremely competitive with the other low-energy polymorphs and which could explain the origins of the experimentally observed ``compressed h--BN'' phase. Our theoretical findings therefore should stimulate new experimental efforts in bulk BN as well as promote the use of high-level theories in modelling of technologically relevant van der Waals materials.<br>

scholarly journals A Study of Cohesion in the Chinese Legal Text: Based on Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1709-1716
Author(s):  
Shifang Li ◽  
Yifan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Perspective View ◽  
Legal Text ◽  
Lexical Cohesion ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Text Quality ◽  
Criminal Procedure Law ◽  
Cohesion Theory

This study analyzes the textual cohesion of Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China from the perspective view of Cohesion Theory. According to the data analysis, the study indicates that, in this legal text, the means of cohesion occurs totally 792 times, among which grammatical cohesion takes a large proportion, that is, 83.9%, while lexical cohesion takes the ration of 16.1%. In the lexical cohesion, the repetition is used much more frequently, followed by the means of hyponymy/meronymy, synonymy/antonymy and collocation, taking the ratio of 0.8%, 0.5% and 0.4% respectively. Thus, we can know from the statistics that cohesion is an important feature of the Chinese legal text. It connects the syntactic grammar and the lexicons into together closely in the Chinese legal Articles. Therefore, the paper points out that a proper understanding of the cohesive devices in the Chinese legal text is significant to legal draftsmen and social scientists in the field of language and the law, for they might improve the text quality of their work with it.

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