scholarly journals Are Value-Behavior Relations Stronger than Previously Thought? It depends on value importance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Lee ◽  
Anat Bardi ◽  
Paul Gerrans ◽  
Joanne Sneddon ◽  
Hester Van Herk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personal Values ◽  
High Importance ◽  
Heterogeneous Sample ◽  
A Value ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Situational Constraints

Research has found that value-behavior relations are usually weak to moderate. But is this really the case? This paper proposes that the relations of personal values to behavior are stronger at higher levels of value importance and weaker at lower levels. In a large, heterogeneous sample, we tested this proposition by estimating quantile correlations between values and self-reported everyday behavior at different locations along the distribution of value importance. We found the proposed pattern both for self-reports of everyday behaviors chosen intentionally to be value-expressive and everyday behaviors subject to strong situational constraints (e.g., spending allocation to clothing and footwear). Our findings suggest that value-behavior relations may be stronger than previously recognized, depending on value importance. People who attribute high importance to a value will not only engage in value-expressive behaviors more frequently, but as we move up the value importance distribution, the relations strengthen. In contrast, people who attribute low importance to a value not only engage in value-expressive behaviors less frequently, but as we move down the value importance distribution, the relations weaken. These findings provide important insight into the nature of values.

scholarly journals Are value–behavior relations stronger than previously thought? It depends on value importance

2021 ◽  
pp. 089020702110029
Author(s):  
Julie Anne Lee ◽  
Anat Bardi ◽  
Paul Gerrans ◽  
Joanne Sneddon ◽  
Hester van Herk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personal Values ◽  
High Importance ◽  
Heterogeneous Sample ◽  
A Value ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Situational Constraints

Research has found that value–behavior relations are usually weak to moderate. But is this really the case? This paper proposes that the relations of personal values to behavior are stronger at higher levels of value importance and weaker at lower levels. In a large, heterogeneous sample, we tested this proposition by estimating quantile correlations between values and self-reported everyday behavior, at different locations along the distribution of value importance. We found the proposed pattern both for self-reports of everyday behaviors chosen intentionally to be value-expressive and everyday behaviors subject to strong situational constraints (e.g., spending allocation to clothing and footwear). Our findings suggest that value–behavior relations may be stronger than previously recognized, depending on value importance. People who attribute high importance to a value will not only engage in value-expressive behaviors more frequently, but as we move up the value importance distribution, the relations strengthen. In contrast, people who attribute low importance to a value not only engage in value-expressive behaviors less frequently, but as we move down the value importance distribution, the relations weaken. These findings provide important insight into the nature of values.

How to foster employee satisfaction by means of coaching, motivation, emotional salary and social media skills in the agri-food value chain

New Medit ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Food Value ◽  
Insight Into

Most employee satisfaction studies do not consider the current digital transformation of the social world. The aim of this research is to provide insight into employee satisfaction in agribusiness by means of coaching, motivation, emotional salary and social media with a value chain methodology. The model is tested empirically by analysing a survey data set of 381 observations in Spanish agribusiness firms of the agri-food value chain. The results show flexible remunerations of emotional salary are determinants of employee satisfaction. Additionally, motivation is relevant in the production within commercialisation link and coaching in the production within transformation link. Whole-of-chain employees showed the greatest satisfaction with the use of social media in personnel management. Findings also confirmed that employees will stay when a job is satisfying. This study contributes to the literature by investigating the effect of current social and digital business skills on employee satisfaction in the agri-food value chain.

scholarly journals Ramping and phasic dopamine activity accounts for efficient cognitive resource allocation during reinforcement learning

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minryung R. Song ◽  
Sang Wan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Reinforcement Learning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Temporal Difference ◽  
Value Change ◽  
Cognitive Resource ◽  
A Value ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
And Task

AbstractDopamine activity may transition between two patterns: phasic responses to reward-predicting cues and ramping activity arising when an agent approaches the reward. However, when and why dopamine activity transitions between these modes is not understood. We hypothesize that the transition between ramping and phasic patterns reflects resource allocation which addresses the task dimensionality problem during reinforcement learning (RL). By parsimoniously modifying a standard temporal difference (TD) learning model to accommodate a mixed presentation of both experimental and environmental stimuli, we simulated dopamine transitions and compared it with experimental data from four different studies. The results suggested that dopamine transitions from ramping to phasic patterns as the agent narrows down candidate stimuli for the task; the opposite occurs when the agent needs to re-learn candidate stimuli due to a value change. These results lend insight into how dopamine deals with the tradeoff between cognitive resource and task dimensionality during RL.

Personal Values as a Building Block for Social Responsibility of Higher Education Institutions

2017 ◽  
pp. 119-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zlatko Nedelko ◽  
Vojko Potocan ◽  
Nikša Alfirević
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Core Mission ◽  
Insight Into

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the role of personal values for social responsibility (SR) of higher education. Besides the core mission of higher education to create, transfer and preserve knowledge in society, the idea of SR has gained its importance also in institutions of higher education. SR has many drivers, among which personal values are considered as one of the key building blocks for SR. For enhancing SR, higher education institutions should also develop stronger ties with the community. The chapter provides an insight into discussion about community involvement of higher education, into the role of personal values for shaping SR of higher education institutions and explain how personal values can help to enhance community and social involvement of higher education. Findings may be a starting point for re-thinking and/or establishing strategies for achieving higher level of SR in higher education institutions and enhancing the link with the community.

scholarly journals Do People Know What They’re Like in the Moment?

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie Sun ◽  
Simine Vazire
Keyword(s):  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Interpersonal Problems ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Observer Ratings ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Audio Recorder ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Moment State ◽  
Blind Spots

Knowing yourself requires knowing not only what you are like in general (trait self-knowledge) but also how your personality fluctuates from moment to moment (state self-knowledge). We examined this latter form of self-knowledge. Participants (248 people; 2,938 observations) wore the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR), an unobtrusive audio recorder, and completed experience-sampling self-reports of their personality states four times each day for 1 week. We estimated state self-knowledge by comparing self-reported personality states with consensual observer ratings of personality states coded from the EAR files, which formed the criterion for what participants were “actually” like in the moment. People had self-insight into their momentary extraversion, conscientiousness, and likely neuroticism, suggesting that people can accurately detect fluctuations in some aspects of their personality. However, the evidence for self-insight was weaker for agreeableness. This apparent self-ignorance may be partly responsible for interpersonal problems and for blind spots in trait self-knowledge.

scholarly journals Understanding the Continuance of Mobile Financial Services in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-57
Author(s):  
Newman O. Omigie ◽  
Hangjung Zo ◽  
Andrew P. Ciganek ◽  
Suprasith Jarupathirun
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Customer Value ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Continuance Intention ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
A Value ◽  
Mobile Financial Services ◽  
Outcome Behaviors

This study develops an integrated model that extends the means-end theory with customer value research and examines continuance intention towards using mobile financial services. A large-scale online questionnaire targeting M-PESA customers in Kenya was employed to analyze the research model. The results indicate that utilitarian and hedonic values affect continuance intention. Hedonic and personal values impact customer satisfaction, while customer satisfaction influences continuance intention. Customer satisfaction mediates the indirect effects of hedonic and personal values on continuance intention. This study presents a value-based framework to examine the hierarchical influences of customer value on attitudes and outcome behaviors. This study offers several research contributions as well as insights for practitioners to enhance mobile financial services for sustained adoption, use, economic and developmental success.

scholarly journals THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEAKAGE THROUGH THE CEMENT LINE OF A SINGLE OSTEON

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (02) ◽  
pp. 1950073
Author(s):  
GAFFAR GAILANI ◽  
STEPHEN COWIN
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Pore Pressure ◽  
Previous Analysis ◽  
Outer Boundary ◽  
Theoretical Solution ◽  
Porous Structures ◽  
Cement Line ◽  
A Value ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Insight Into

This work focuses on the Lacunar–Canalicular Porosity (PLC) of cortical bone which includes the osteons. Osteons are semicylindrical porous structures saturated with fluid within the bone and are approximately 250[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m in diameter. The outer boundary of the osteon is called the cement line. Some studies suggested that the cement line is less highly mineralized and produced evidence that it has less calcium and phosphorus and more sulfur than the neighboring bone lamellae. Most authors assume that the cement line is impermeable, while others assume that some canaliculi are crossing the cement line which will make it permeable to certain degree. The objective of this work is to develop a theoretical analysis to study the leakage through the cement line and its relationship with the pore pressure distribution. The theoretical analysis is developed using our previous analysis for osteon under harmonic loading with addition of leakage parameter. The leakage parameter varies from 0 to 1, where a value of 0 indicates free flow through the cement line and a value of 1 indicates no flow through the cement line. Experimental results could be compared to this developed theoretical solution to get in depth understanding of the effect of leakage on osteon poroelastic properties. Additionally, the developed theoretical solution will give insight into sensitivity of osteon pore pressure to leakage through the cement line.

scholarly journals Kinematics of outer halo globular clusters: M 75 and NGC 6426

2018 ◽  
Vol 616 ◽  
pp. A74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Koch ◽  
Michael Hanke ◽  
Nikolay Kacharov
Keyword(s):  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
High Resolution Spectroscopy ◽  
Large Uncertainty ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
A Value ◽  
Kinematic Study ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Low Metallicity ◽  
Insight Into

Globular clusters (GCs) and their dynamic interactions with the Galactic components provide an important insight into the structure and formation of the early Milky Way. We present a kinematic study of two outer halo GCs based on a combination of VLT/FORS2, VLT/FLAMES, and Magellan/MIKE low- and high-resolution spectroscopy of 32 and 27 member stars, respectively. Although both clusters are located at Galactocentric distances of 15 kpc, they have otherwise very different properties. M 75 is a luminous and metal-rich system at [Fe/H] = −1.2 dex, which is a value that we confirm from the calcium triplet region. This GC shows mild evidence for rotation with an amplitude of Arot ~ 5 km s−1. One of the most metal-poor GCs in the Milky Way (at [Fe II/H] = −2.3 dex), NGC 6426 exhibits marginal evidence of internal rotation at the 2 km s−1 level. Both objects have velocity dispersions that are consistent with their luminosity. Although limited by small-number statistics, the resulting limits on their Arot/σ0 ratios suggest that M 75 is a slow rotator driven by internal dynamics rather than being affected by the weak Galactic tides at its large distances. In this work, M 75 (Arot/σ0 = 0.31) is fully consistent with the properties of other, younger halo clusters. At Arot/σ0 = 0.8 ± 0.4, NGC 6426 appears to have a remarkably ordered internal motion for its low metallicity, but the large uncertainty does not allow for an unambiguous categorization as a fast rotator. An accretion origin of M 75 cannot be excluded, based on the eccentric orbit, which we derived from the recent data release 2 of Gaia, and considering its younger age.

Making Products That Matter: How Value-driven Development Accelerates Your Teams

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Kwakernaak
Keyword(s):  
End Users ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
End User ◽  
Step Process ◽  
A Value ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Blind Spots ◽  
Early Indicators

An increasing number of businesses are seeking new Agile ways to deliver valuable products to their customers. However, many companies that adopt Agile principles soon experience early indicators of struggle, such as starting development before the value to the end user is fully understood or delivering products that are not done. These problems limit the ability of organizations to create value for both their end users and the company. The purpose of this article is to share our experience as practitioners on a range of Agile development practices from a value-driven perspective. Common blind spots are highlighted and the value-driven principles that enable development teams to sustainably create value are explained. Our experimentation with various improvement approaches has provided insight into value-driven principles and the framework that interconnects these principles. This article describes the value-driven framework (VDF) as a methodology developed by practitioners for businesses that struggle to enable their workforce to increase the value of their products. The VDF provides an approach to overcome these struggles in a four-step process: (1) explore to find opportunity, (2) discover the most valuable next step, (3) experiment to try-out and learn, and (4) value will emerge as a sustainable user benefit.

Social media use by Academic Nuclear Medicine Programs – a value proposition in waiting (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ananya Panda ◽  
Akash Sharma ◽  
Ayca Dundar ◽  
Ann Packard ◽  
Lee Aase ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
A Value ◽  
Radiology Residency ◽  
Insight Into

BACKGROUND Despite the increasing trend for social media use at large, particularly Twitter by radiologists in recent years, there is little insight into the presence of Nuclear Medicine (NM) and Nuclear Radiology (NR) programs on social media. OBJECTIVE There is scant insight into the presence of Nuclear Medicine (NM) and Nuclear Radiology (NR) programs on social media. Our purpose was to assess Twitter engagement by academic NM/NR programs in the United States. METHODS We measured Twitter engagement by the academic NM/NR community, accounting for various NM/NR certification pathways. The Twitter presence of NM/NR programs at both department and program director (PD) level was identified. Tweets by programs were cross-referenced against potential high-yield NM/NR related hashtags, and tabulated at a binary level. A brief survey was done to identify obstacles and benefits to Twitter use by academic NM/NR faculty. RESULTS For 2019-2020, 88 unique programs offered NM/NR certification pathways. Of these, 52% (46/88) had Twitter accounts and 24% (21/88) had at least one post related to NM/NR. Only three radiology departments had unique Twitter accounts for the NM/Molecular Imaging division. Of remaining 103 radiology residency programs, only 16% (16/103) had presence on Twitter and 5% (5/103) had tweets about NM/NR. Only 9% (8/88) NM/NR PDs were on Twitter, and three PDs tweeted about NM/NR. The survey revealed a lack of clarity and resources for using Twitter, although the respondents acknowledged a perceived value of Twitter engagement for attracting younger trainees. CONCLUSIONS Currently, there is minimal Twitter engagement by the academic NM/NR community. The identifiable obstacles are balanced by perceived value in engagement. Not increasing the social media presence is a missed opportunity for trainees, colleagues, and the public with respect to the value of this subspecialty. CLINICALTRIAL None

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