Decision-Making Rationality in Inter-Professional Transitions of University Professors

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 11365
Author(s):  
Elza Fátima Rosa Veloso ◽  
Joel Souza Dutra ◽  
Rodrigo Cunha Da Silva ◽  
Leonardo Nelmi Trevisan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Professional Transitions

scholarly journals Evaluating the materials used for hydrogen production based on photoelectrochemical technology

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammdreza Nazemzadegan ◽  
Roghayeh Ghasempour
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Hydrogen Production ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Material Selection ◽  
H2 Production ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Selection Approach ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
Pec Water Splitting

Hydrogen as a CO2-free fuel has been considered as a serious alternative for problematic fossil fuels in recent decades Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a developing solar-based technology for hydrogen production. In this study, some possible options for upgrading this technology from R&D stage to prototype stage through a material selection approach is investigated. For these purpose, TOPSIS algorithm through a multi criteria decision making (MCDM) approach was utilized for evaluating different (PEC)-based hydrogen production materials. TiO2, WO3 and BiVO4 as three semiconductors known for their PEC application, were selected as alternatives in this decision-making study. After defining a set of criteria, which were assessed based on similar studies and experts' visions, a group of ten PEC-experts including university professors and PhD students were asked to fill the questionnaires. The eight criteria considered in this study are include "Study Cost", "Synthesis Simplicity", "Facility & Availability", "Deposition capability on TCO", "Modifiability", "Commercialization in H2 production", "Physical and Chemical Durability" and "Eco-friendly Fabrication". The final TOPSIS results indicates that TiO2 is selected as the best semiconductor for further investments in order to upgrade the PEC-based hydrogen production technology from R&D level to prototype stage. ©2019. CBIORE-IJRED. All rights reserved

Do Evaluations Rise With Experience?

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 779-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kieran O’Connor ◽  
Amar Cheema
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Television Series ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Professional Dance ◽  
Potential Contaminant ◽  
Popular Television ◽  
Sequential Evaluation

Sequential evaluation is the hallmark of fair review: The same raters assess the merits of applicants, athletes, art, and more using standard criteria. We investigated one important potential contaminant in such ubiquitous decisions: Evaluations become more positive when conducted later in a sequence. In four studies, (a) judges’ ratings of professional dance competitors rose across 20 seasons of a popular television series, (b) university professors gave higher grades when the same course was offered multiple times, and (c) in an experimental test of our hypotheses, evaluations of randomly ordered short stories became more positive over a 2-week sequence. As judges completed repeated evaluations, they experienced more fluent decision making, producing more positive judgments (Study 4 mediation). This seemingly simple bias has widespread and impactful consequences for evaluations of all kinds. We also report four supplementary studies to bolster our findings and address alternative explanations.

Causes of Alienation among University Professors

1986 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 677-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Knoop
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Close Supervision

Lack of influence over decision making accounted for 44% of the variance in alienation or perceived powerlessness in a sample of 191 university professors. Inconsiderate or structured leadership, close supervision, and lack of autonomy were significantly related to alienation but did not add to its variance.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Technology Innovation and Its Commercialisation in Firms

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davar Azarmi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Friedman Test ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Comprehensive List ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Innovation Support

<p>This article aims to form a comprehensive list of influential elements on technology innovation and its commercialisation in firms and furthermore categorises and ranks them to assist managers and technology entrepreneurs in their decision making. 46 elements are derived from the literature and are organised under nine major factors. Also, by the opinions of 108 computer science university professors and using Friedman test, they are ranked based on their importance. The results show that the top three factors are about the attitude of a firm toward technology innovation (‘support’, ‘knowledge’ and ‘technology’) while the least influential factor is the firm's ‘ideology’. The results would help managers to assess their firms’ abilities regarding technology innovation and its commercialisation and assist them to determine where and how they should distribute their resources and concentrate their efforts.</p>

scholarly journals The rationality of decisions in the university professors’ inter-professional transitions

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-123
Author(s):  
ELZA FÁTIMA ROSA VELOSO ◽  
JOEL SOUZA DUTRA ◽  
RODRIGO CUNHA DA SILVA ◽  
LEONARDO NELMI TREVISAN
Keyword(s):  
University Professors ◽  
Professional Transitions ◽  
The University

Resumo O estudo apresentado neste artigo teve como objetivo analisar a racionalidade das decisões tomadas por professores universitários, em sua transição de outras profissões para a carreira docente. Foram analisados 357 respondentes, que consideram ter mudado de profissão na época em que decidiram seguir a carreira de docentes de nível superior. Quatro hipóteses foram avaliadas, relacionando a influência da profissão anterior, dos impulsionadores da transição, dos atributos da transição e dos recursos acionados pelo indivíduo sobre a racionalidade de suas decisões. Os resultados mostraram que os atributos e os recursos influenciam tanto as decisões racionais como as que extrapolam a racionalidade; a menor carga de trabalho na profissão atual permite que a pessoa identifique mais positivamente os atributos da transição que viveu; a percepção da incerteza na profissão anterior leva a decisões mais emocionais e mais sujeitas a variações contextuais. De forma geral, embora os estudos atuais considerem fortemente a emoção no processo decisório, para evitar frustrações futuras, é importante equilibrar a racionalidade e a subjetividade nas decisões de carreira.

scholarly journals Organisational Decision-Making and Academic Institutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Ilijašić Veršić
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Human Decision ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

Abstract Changes in understanding and interpretation of decision-making processes have shed more light on complex interplay given the different settings, and different actors. The limitations in human decision-making and their significance and long-term implications on organizational management or policy making inspired a large body of evidence and research. Exploration of decision-making processes spans over decades, and is closely connected to the role of power; the amount of power in organizations is usually joined by the knowledge and prior experience, which together play a significant role in decision-making process, as well in selection of candidates for the job. However, there is an evident void concerning publications on decision-making processes in academic institutions, and it rapidly becomes the focus of interest due to a specific opposition contained in its core; positions of high level administrators are held by the university professors with no mandatory previous experience and/or knowledge in organisational management.

Discarding optimality: Throwing out the baby with the bathwater?

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Simen ◽  
Fuat Balcı
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Perceptual Decision Making ◽  
Reward Rate ◽  
Perceptual Decision ◽  
Standard Observer ◽  
Rate Maximization ◽  
Reward Rate Maximization ◽  
Descriptive Standard ◽  
Observer Model

AbstractRahnev & Denison (R&D) argue against normative theories and in favor of a more descriptive “standard observer model” of perceptual decision making. We agree with the authors in many respects, but we argue that optimality (specifically, reward-rate maximization) has proved demonstrably useful as a hypothesis, contrary to the authors’ claims.

LPCD framework: Analytical tool or psychological model?

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Danks
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Bayesian Decision ◽  
Perceptual Decision Making ◽  
Psychological Model ◽  
Psychological Reality ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Bayesian Decision Making

AbstractThe target article uses a mathematical framework derived from Bayesian decision making to demonstrate suboptimal decision making but then attributes psychological reality to the framework components. Rahnev & Denison's (R&D) positive proposal thus risks ignoring plausible psychological theories that could implement complex perceptual decision making. We must be careful not to slide from success with an analytical tool to the reality of the tool components.

Elaborating the role of reflection and individual differences in the study of folk-economic beliefs

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Arceneaux
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
History Of ◽  
Economic Beliefs

AbstractIntuitions guide decision-making, and looking to the evolutionary history of humans illuminates why some behavioral responses are more intuitive than others. Yet a place remains for cognitive processes to second-guess intuitive responses – that is, to be reflective – and individual differences abound in automatic, intuitive processing as well.

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