A systematic literature review of factors that moderate bystanders’ actions in cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is an incipient phenomenon which occurs by means of digital devices, in virtual environments, which often overlaps with traditional bullying. Research reveals the relevant role played by bystanders in stopping bullying and cyberbullying. The aim of this work is to identify those factors which encourage or hamper the mobilisation of young bystanders under 20 years of age in instances of cyberbullying, through a systematic literature review spanning 2005 to 2016 in the databases Web of Science Core Collection and SciELO Citation Index. A total of 19 articles were analysed. We identified two types of factors. Firstly, there are contextual factors, which refer to the relationships at play, the interactions and the environment, and are grouped into the following categories: friendship, social environment, bystander effect, incident severity, action of other bystanders, request for assistance, evaluation of the situation, knowledge of effective strategies, characteristics of virtual environments, and fear of retaliation. Secondly, there are personal factors, referring to individual traits, categorised into: empathy, moral disengagement, self-efficacy, behavioural determinants, previous experience of bullying and cyberbullying, and demographic and socio-economic data. Of particular influence seem to be the factors of friendship and social context, as well as empathy, moral disengagement and self-efficacy. To formulate practical recommendations to guide the development of educational programmes aimed at preventing cyberbullying using the bystander approach, further evidence is needed in relation to all factors, although certain general directions can be discerned even at this early stage. This is a new and exciting field of research which carries the hope of eradicating bullying in all its forms.

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Evaluating the Connection between Thermal Comfort and Productivity in Buildings: A Systematic Literature Review

Buildings ◽

10.3390/buildings11060244 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 244

Author(s):

Ana Maria Bueno ◽

Antonio Augusto de Paula Xavier ◽

Evandro Eduardo Broday

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Thermal Comfort ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Thermal Environment ◽

Final Analysis ◽

Personal Factors ◽

Exclusion Criteria ◽

Environment Variables ◽

Main Factors ◽

Combination Of Methods

The thermal environment is one of the main factors that influence thermal comfort and, consequently, the productivity of occupants inside buildings. Throughout the years, research has described the connection between thermal comfort and productivity. Mathematical models have been established in the attempt to predict changes in productivity according to thermal variations in the environment. Some of these models have failed for a number of reasons, including the understanding of the effect that several environment variables have had on performance. From this context, a systematic literature review was carried out with the aim of verifying the connection between thermal comfort and productivity and the combinations of different thermal and personal factors that can have an effect on productivity. A hundred and twenty-eight articles were found which show a connection between productivity and some thermal comfort variables. By means of specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, 60 articles were selected for a final analysis. The main conclusions found in this study were: (i) the vast majority of research uses subjective measures and/or a combination of methods to evaluate productivity; (ii) performance/productivity can be attained within an ampler temperature range; (iii) few studies present ways of calculating productivity.

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Applied Areas of Three Dimensional Virtual Worlds in Learning and Teaching

Virtual Reality in Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8179-6.ch008 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 172-192

Author(s):

Reza Ghanbarzadeh ◽

Amir Hossein Ghapanchi

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Literature Review ◽

Virtual Environments ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Virtual Worlds ◽

Second Life ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Educational Goals ◽

Learning And Teaching

Three Dimensional Virtual Worlds (3DVW) have been substantially adopted in educational and pedagogical fields worldwide. The current study conducted a systematic literature review of the published research relevant to the application of 3DVWs in higher education. A literature search was performed in eight high-ranking databases, and following scrutiny according to inclusion criteria, 164 papers were selected for review. The systematic literature review process was summarized, reviews undertaken by the authors, and results about the applicability of 3DVWs in higher education were extracted. A wide variety of application areas for the 3DVWs in higher education were found, and were classified into five main categories. Various 3DVW platforms and virtual environments used for educational goals were also identified. The results revealed Second Life as the most popular 3DVW platform in higher education. This study also found that by using 3DVW technology a wide range of virtual environments and virtual tools have been designed and applied in teaching and learning for higher education.

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Qualitative comparative analysis in corporate governance research: a systematic literature review of applications

Corporate Governance ◽

10.1108/cg-04-2018-0161 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 717-734 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Nicola Cucari

Keyword(s):

Corporate Governance ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Early Stage ◽

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

Content Type ◽

Stage Of Development ◽

Governance Practices ◽

Complex Phenomena

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide comprehensive mapping of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) applications in business and management research and to examine the sub-fields of corporate governance research in this context. Design/methodology/approach Through a systematic literature review of 22 articles, the paper describes and analyses how QCA is used in the corporate governance field, what can be learned from the methodology’s implementation in corporate governance studies and why authors justify its use. Findings The findings highlight that QCA in corporate governance is still at an early stage of development. The paper encourages governance scholars to use this method to transform QCA from a niche into a mainstream method because it is appropriate for understanding both complex phenomena of social reality and issues of corporate governance that require an approach able to capture configurations of conditions, asymmetric patterns and equifinal explanations. Originality/value This is the first complete overview of the existing literature concerning QCA’s application in corporate governance research and reveals implications for its future use. In this way, it extends the previous work on QCA’s benefits to management researchers and other critical reviews of applications in QCA. This study encourages scholars to renew their understanding of corporate governance issues through a new analysis method that can help to discover conceptual and empirical relations among case-oriented and variable-oriented analyses in terms of interrelations to examine corporate governance practices holistically.

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Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with early-stage pancreatic cancer (ESPC) receiving adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy (A/NAC): A systematic literature review (SLR)

Annals of Oncology ◽

10.1093/annonc/mdy282.124 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. viii253

Author(s):

T. Macarulla Mercade ◽

A. Hendifar ◽

C.-P. Li ◽

M. Reni ◽

H. Riess ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Pancreatic Cancer ◽

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy ◽

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Early Stage ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

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SECURITY REQUIREMENTS VALIDATION FOR MOBILE APPS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Jurnal Teknologi ◽

10.11113/jt.v77.7017 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 77 (33) ◽

Author(s):

Noorrezam Yusop ◽

Massila Kamalrudin ◽

Safiah Sidek

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Early Stage ◽

Mobile Apps ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Security Requirements ◽

Security Testing ◽

Testing Technique ◽

Stage Of Development ◽

Main Challenge

Security requirements are important to increase the confidence of mobile users to perform many online transactions, such as banking, booking and payment via mobile devices. Objective: This study aims to identify the attributes of security requirements for mobile applications (mobile apps) and the existing tools, techniques and approaches used in security requirements. The gaps and limitations for each approach are also discussed. Method: We conducted a systematic literature review to identify and analyse related literatures on validation of security requirements for mobile apps. We identified 68 studies that provide relevant information on security requirements for mobile apps. Result: There were two main findings: (1) the attributes of security requirements that are relevant for mobile apps are authentication, confidentiality, authorization, access control and integrity; (2) Mobile security testing methods for validating security requirements of mobile apps were also identified. Finally, the gaps and limitation of each approach requirements in relation to mobile apps were also discussed. Conclusions: The main challenge of security requirements is to identify the most appropriate security attributes and security testing technique to validate security requirements for mobile apps. As such, requirements engineers should consider the challenges posed by security requirements such as testing when validating and developing security requirements for mobile apps testing technique. Further, correct security requirements for security attributes of security requirements need to be considered at the early stage of development of the mobile apps development.

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Diabetes Detection using Machine Learning: A Systematic Literature Review

Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research ◽

10.18034/mjmbr.v7i2.555 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 129-134

Author(s):

Takudzwa Fadziso

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Early Stage ◽

Health Sector ◽

The Other ◽

Huge Amount

As with the other sectors, the health sector also has a huge amount of data that should be utilized for handling the different diseases. One of the increasing diseases is diabetes that can be handled if it is detected at an early stage. For this purpose, the algorithms of ML can be used. We have discussed the various algorithms of ML and the attributes that can be used to train these algorithms for detecting diabetes.

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Diffusion of blockchain in logistics and transportation industry: an analysis through the synthesis of academic and trade literature

Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management ◽

10.1108/jstpm-07-2020-0105 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Anuj Batta ◽

Mohina Gandhi ◽

Arpan Kumar Kar ◽

Navin Loganayagam ◽

Vignesh Ilavarasan

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Collective Intelligence ◽

Early Stage ◽

Inductive Reasoning ◽

Quality Data ◽

Transportation Industry ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Content Type ◽

Blockchain Technology

Purpose Blockchain technology has fascinated researchers and industry professionals. Since its birth, the attention for blockchain has been exponentially increasing, however, most of the industries are still skeptical in adoption for value creation. The purpose of this study is to analyze the actual level of implementation and diffusion of blockchain technology within the logistics and transportation industry by comparing and using the collective intelligence of academic literature and industry practices of implementation of blockchain in this domain. Design/methodology/approach This study uses the methodology of systematic literature review along with inductive reasoning. The systematic literature review of academic and industry frontiers together has brought a bigger and real picture into consideration. Findings The results highlight that, within the transportation sector, currently there is a very low diffusion of blockchain, although applications show immense promises for the future. The various application where blockchain technology can make a significant impact are also identified. Research limitations/implications Due to the early stage of experimentation with blockchain technology, high-quality data which is relevant to the optimized usage of this technology in the logistics and transportation industry is not available. Practical implications The study will help the practitioners in identifying additional avenues in which they could implement blockchain for the effectiveness, efficiency and growth of the logistics and transportation industry. Originality/value The analysis of mixed sources of information for undertaking systematic literature review by assessing academic and trade publications is a novelty of this study.

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