Gamified Self

2016 ◽  
pp. 304-327
Author(s):  
Rachelle DiGregorio ◽  
Harsha Gangadharbatla
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
Over Time

Gamified self has many dimensions, one of which is self-tracking. It is an activity in which a person collects and reflects on their personal information over time. Digital tools such as pedometers, GPS-enabled mobile applications, and number-crunching websites increasingly facilitate this practice. The collection of personal information is now a commonplace activity as a result of connected devices and the Internet. Tracking is integrated into so many digital services and devices; it is more or less unavoidable. Self-tracking engages with new technology to put the power of self-improvement and self-knowledge into people's own hands by bringing game dynamics to non-game contexts. The purpose of this chapter's research is to move towards a better understanding of how self-tracking can (and will) grow in the consumer market. An online survey was conducted and results indicate that perceptions of ease of use and enjoyment of tracking tools are less influential to technology acceptance than perceptions of usefulness. Implications and future research directions are presented.

Service-Driven Computing with APIs

2016 ◽  
pp. 238-261
Author(s):  
Hiranya Jayathilaka ◽  
Chandra Krintz ◽  
Rich Wolski
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Software Integration ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Network Bandwidth ◽  
Key Technologies ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Barrier To Entry ◽  
Over Time

While both SOAP and REST have been used widely to implement Web services and software integration, over time REST has emerged as the predominant approach. REST provides developers with a lower barrier to entry for implementation and greater development flexibility than SOAP. Its architectural conventions and best practices can be integrated into Web services incrementally as opposed to the all-or-nothing adoption of SOAP. In order to achieve generality, SOAP standards are extensive, rigid, and complex. This complexity can lead to implementations that introduce significant overhead on the network bandwidth consumption, execution times, and throughput of SOAP services, especially in the emerging resource-restricted mobile realm. This chapter provides an overview of the logical and physical design of modern Web services and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the predominant styles. It provides evidence and reasoning behind the emergence of REST as the leader for the development of next-generation Web APIs and services. The chapter also delineates the key technologies that underlie REST and describes emerging and future research directions in support of REST-based APIs and service development.

Rethinking project management

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 716-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Walker ◽  
Beverley Lloyd-Walker
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Axial Coding ◽  
Over Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent of the continuing influence on project management (PM) research directions of rethinking project management over the last ten years. Design/methodology/approach The authors chose a qualitative research approach that involved reading all papers published in the International Journal of Managing Project in Business since its commencement in 2008. Content analysis was performed on these papers to allow axial coding of key article content influence themes. Findings The research identified the strength, over time, of the three research interest clusters on the PM research agenda and resultant changes in the PM paradigm. The five directions put forward by the rethinking PM agenda and other researchers ten years ago have continued to influence the PM research agenda. Originality/value Findings provide a better understanding the changes in PM research directions since rethinking PM, the increased breadth and sophistication of PM research in general, and future research directions.

Team-Level Constructs

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 325-348
Author(s):  
David Chan
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Substantive Content ◽  
Multilevel Research ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time

Studies of team-level constructs can produce new insights when researchers explicitly take into account several critical conceptual and methodological issues. This article explicates the conceptual bases for multilevel research on team constructs and discusses specific issues relating to conceptual frameworks, measurement, and data analysis. To advance programmatic research involving team-level constructs, several future research directions concerning issues of substantive content (i.e., changes in the nature of work and teams, member-team fit, linking team-level constructs to higher-level constructs) and strategic approaches (i.e., the construct's theoretical roles, dimensionality and specificity, malleability and changes over time, relationships with Big Data) are proposed.

scholarly journals Understanding Suicide Risk Within the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Framework: Insights, Challenges, and Future Research Considerations

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 568-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine R. Glenn ◽  
Christine B. Cha ◽  
Evan M. Kleiman ◽  
Matthew K. Nock
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Domain Criteria ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Research Domain ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Broad Overview

Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide. Prior research has focused primarily on sociodemographic and psychiatric risk factors with little improvement in the prediction or prevention of suicidal behavior over time. The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) may be an especially useful framework for advancing research in this area. This article provides a brief and broad overview of research on suicidal behavior relating to each of the RDoC domains—highlighting the RDoC construct(s) where research has focused, the construct(s) where research is lacking, and suggestions for future research directions. We also discuss major challenges for suicide research within the RDoC framework, including the intersection of RDoC domains, interaction of domains with the environment, incorporation of developmental stage, integration of distal and proximal processes, and inclusion of suicide-specific constructs. We conclude by underscoring important considerations for future research aimed at using the RDoC framework to study suicidal behavior and other forms of psychopathology.

scholarly journals Investigating digital sustainability: A retrospective bibliometric analysis of literature leading to future research directions

First Monday ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gagan Deep Sharma ◽  
Dimitrios Reppas ◽  
Glenn Muschert ◽  
Vijay Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Business Information Systems ◽  
The Core ◽  
Business Information ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Over Time

This paper provides a bibliometric analysis of the digital sustainability literature from four angles: economics, management/business, information systems/IT, and sociology/communication. The core contribution is to map the development of the literature in digital sustainability over time and across various clusters. Through VOSviewer analysis, we identify the main keywords used by the literature; the countries from which most of the literature is emerging; the most influential authors working in the field; and, their impacts by observing their citations and networks. Moreover, through CitNetExplorer analysis, we track the development of the field over time, i.e., identify key publications and divide those into clusters. The analysis finds a much more developed coverage of digital sustainability in the scholarship of management/business and therefore reveals a clear need for greater exploration of the sociological and economic aspects of digital sustainability. We argue that more robust collaboration patterns should be established among all four considered disciplines to achieve progress in digital sustainability. We envisage that digital sustainability as a field of study will mature as publications and ideas will become consolidated. Such integration strengthens the evolution of the field and topics across all four considered disciplines.

Acoustic Variability of the Adult Voice Over Time

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-112
Author(s):  
Jenny L. Pierce
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Evaluation ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Acoustic Measures ◽  
Acoustic Variability ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Acoustic Measure ◽  
Over Time

Voice quality is known to fluctuate in adults over relatively short periods of time. Quantifying the degree to which the normal and pathologic voice fluctuates can be applied in various ways for clinical evaluation and treatment purposes. Quantifying true fluctuations in voice quality depends on the reliability of the specific acoustic measure being used. Some acoustic measures may be more reliable than others in tracking these fluctuations. This article reviews the literature to date regarding voice quality fluctuations in adults over short periods of time (i.e., days and weeks). Recommendations for future research directions are also given.

scholarly journals Motivating Military Trainee Healthy Eating: Insight from Two Sites

Foods ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1053
Author(s):  
Anna Kitunen ◽  
Julia Carins ◽  
Sharyn Rundle-Thiele
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Military Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Cooking Skills ◽  
Future Research Directions

This paper investigates eating behaviours and motivations of early career military trainees from two pathways (officer cadets and army recruits) to understand whether, and to what extent, healthful eating behaviours were present, and what motivates eating in general and healthful habits specifically. The study also sought to understand whether groups need strategies that are pathway specific or are transferrable across different trainee populations. Participants were recruited via email to complete an online survey and through in-person invitations to ensure a diverse cross section of trainees (n = 195) and recruits (n = 297). Two-step cluster analysis revealed three distinct segments with education, opportunity and motivation being the most important variables within a wider multivariate segment formation and stepwise linear regression was performed to identify the most optimal model with the least number of predictors for each segment. The ideal model for the uninterested segment contained nine predictors, seven predictors for the Breakfast skippers segment and eight predictors for the Weight conscious segment. This study found that there is room for improvement in the eating habits of military trainees across military training pathways. Eating motivations, and their associations with healthful eating habits, indicate a need for strategies that are broader than instilling or reinforcing health motivations. Strategies that can be implemented to support healthful eating for military trainees include provision of food preparation and cooking skills training, coupled with provision of social support and environments that facilitate healthful eating. Furthermore, three distinct segments were discovered within the trainee population, indicating that strategies for positively changing trainees’ eating behaviours may not need to be pathway specific, rather it may be possible to introduce the same group of segmented strategies across both pathways. Future research directions and limitations are outlined.

scholarly journals Examining Technology Acceptance in Least-Developed Countries: The Case of ZESA

Proceedings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Audrey Dumbura ◽  
Esma Ergüner Özkoç
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
Acceptance Model

In this study, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), which is the only electricity producer and supplier of public grid products (prepaid meters, mobile payment) in Zimbabwe, was evaluated according to the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) for perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and attitude toward using technology. The objective of the study was to examine consumers’ technology acceptance of ZESA’s new technology-dependent products. In this context, an online survey was conducted with 262 participants. The results obtained in the study were in parallel with the theory. In addition, consumers from different ages and educational backgrounds were able to purchase their electricity tokens without difficulty.

scholarly journals Experiencing the Unprecedented COVID-19 Lockdown: Abu Dhabi Older Adults’ Challenges and Concerns

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masood Badri ◽  
Mugheer Al Khaili ◽  
Hamad Al Dhaheri ◽  
Guang Yang ◽  
Asma Al Rashdi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Movement Restriction ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Sleeping Disorders ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Policy Guidance

Abstract This study focused on older adults (60 + years old) in Abu Dhabi during the COVID-19 pandemic before vaccines were made available to them. They faced more strict rules of movement restriction and isolation that might have resulted in certain psychological feelings and social reactions. Data were gathered through an online survey of community members conducted from April to July of 2020, in which 574 older adults responded. The main objective was to understand Abu Dhabi older adults’ main psychological feelings during the pandemic and to identify their main concerns and challenges considering the various COVID-19 related policies and restrictions. The influence of the pandemic on older adults’ health and weight was also investigated. Results of descriptive analyses show that some negative psychological feelings were common among older adults’ during the pandemic. However, the psychological feelings did not portray significant changes with time, except for sleeping disorders and overeating. The movement restrictions imposed on elderlies and not being able to see children and grandchildren when wanted were the two main concerns reported. The research summaries some policy guidance while noting some limitations of this study and future research directions.

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