The Relationship between Supervision Contextual Factors and Supervision Outcomes

Purpose This paper aims to clarify ambiguous results from previous research on the relationship between contextual factors, trust and supply chain governance (SCG). Design/methodology/approach This study carried out a systematic literature review in 11 databases, with articles published until 2018. Afterward, this study conducted a thematic analysis in 60 articles to address the contextual factors, governance structures and trust approaches raised in previous research. Findings The thematic analysis revealed that seven contextual factors influence the choice of contractual and relational mechanisms in supply chains: relationship history, environmental uncertainty, perceived risk, perceived justice, asset specificity, power asymmetry and interdependence. The findings explained the ambiguous results of past research by proposing that contractual and relational governance are complementary and that the presence of trust (affective and competence-based) moderates the relationship between contextual factors and SCG. Originality/value This research advances the SCG literature by proposing trust (affective and competence-based) as a moderating variable that fosters governance mechanisms in supply chain relationships.

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Socio-Contextual Factors as Determinants of Psychological Wellbeing of Selected Aged in South Africa: A Moderating Approach

Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities ◽

10.47836/pjssh.29.1.20 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ali Arazeem Abdullahi ◽

Anathi Ntozini ◽

Rotimi Oguntayo

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

South Africa ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Well Being ◽

The Elderly ◽

Psychological Wellbeing ◽

Black Communities ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Global Health Issue ◽

The Relationship

The psychological wellbeing of the elderly has become an important global health issue. This study investigated the socio-contextual factors moderating some dimensions of psychological well-being (self-acceptance, purpose in life, environmental mastery and autonomy) among 301 selected aged in South Africa. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were deployed to select the respondents (93 males and 208 females) in Buffalo city, South Africa. A questionnaire pack which included the Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale (RPWBS) and the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) were utilised. The study found a significant relationship between physical activity and psychological wellbeing of the elderly. However, ethnicity could moderate the relationship between physical activity and the dimensions of psychological wellbeing. Recreational activities, particularly in Black communities, must be improved to encourage participation in physical exercise.

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Urban Spatial Structure and Travel in China

Journal of Planning Literature ◽

10.1177/0885412219853259 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 6-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Lingqian Hu ◽

Jiawen Yang ◽

Tianren Yang ◽

Yuanjie Tu ◽

Jing Zhu

Keyword(s):

Spatial Structure ◽

Scoping Review ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Mixed Effects ◽

Empirical Literature ◽

Future Research ◽

Urban Structure ◽

Urban Spatial Structure ◽

Complex Mechanisms ◽

The Relationship

This article first provides a critical scoping review of empirical literature on the relationship between urban structure and travel in China. The review finds that residential suburbanization alone increases travel, polycentric development has mixed effects, and jobs–housing balance reduces travel. Second, this article compares the empirical findings of the urban structure–travel relationships in China with those observed in other countries, and it identifies contextual factors that can explain the differing relationships in China. We suggest that future research improve data and methodology and broaden the research scope to investigate the complex mechanisms that affect the urban structure–travel relationship in China.

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Literature Review: Design Thinking and Place

Journal of Business and Technical Communication ◽

10.1177/1050651919854079 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 431-436 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Trinity Overmyer ◽

Erin Brock Carlson

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Design Thinking ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Wicked Problems ◽

User Centered Design ◽

Design Problems ◽

Design Processes ◽

Complex Problems ◽

Dynamic Relationships ◽

The Relationship

Design-thinking frameworks help professionals to design solutions for complex problems. Design processes take into account the context of a problem, and among these contextual factors is place. Because place is relational, capturing dynamic relationships between other factors of design problems, it deserves special attention from stakeholders trying to tackle wicked problems. This literature review elaborates on the relationship between place and design thinking, focusing on the importance of privileging place in user-centered design processes.

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Conflict in context

International Journal of Conflict Management ◽

10.1108/ijcma-03-2012-0030 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 276-303 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Ariel Avgar ◽

Eun Kyung Lee ◽

WonJoon Chung

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽

Turnover Intentions ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Care Providers ◽

Content Type ◽

Team Conflict ◽

Unit Level ◽

Employee Stress ◽

The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating effect of discretion and social capital on the relationship between individual perceptions of team conflict and employee-level outcomes. The authors propose that both employee discretion and unit-level social capital influence the negative effects of perceived conflict on employee stress and turnover intentions. They argue that an individual’s perceptions of these central organizational characteristics are likely to alter the consequences associated with conflict and the manner in which individuals respond to it. Design/methodology/approach – This study empirically tests the moderating effects of discretion and unit-level social capital on the relationship between individual’s perception of team conflict and employee-level outcomes. Analysis was conducted with survey data from a sample of health care care providers in 90 units across 20 nursing home organizations. We applied hierarchical linear modeling analyses to test our hypotheses. Findings – Results demonstrate that employee discretion moderates the relationship between perceived task conflict and job stress. Unit-level social capital was shown to moderate the relationship between perceived relationship conflict and employee turnover intentions. Our findings also document a varied moderation effect at low to moderate levels of conflict versus high levels of conflict. This finding suggests that the moderating role of contextual variables is more nuanced and complex than the existing conceptual frameworks acknowledge. Research limitations/implications – This study contributes to the research on conflict and conflict management by extending a multilevel approach to the effect of conflict and by providing new insights regarding the contextual manner in which conflict affects workplace outcomes. Practical implications – The effects of discretion and unit-level social capital on how conflict is metabolized by organizations and their members varied. Contextual factors matter differently for different individual level outcomes. In attempting to manage the consequences associated with workplace conflict, organizations and their managers must consider different contextual factors. Originality/value – This study contributes to the research on conflict and its management in organization by providing new insights regarding the contextual manner in which conflict affects organizational and individual outcomes. This study provides support for the claim that the relational and task-related context under which employees experience conflict affects employee stress levels and the extent to which they report their intentions to leave the organization.

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The Relationship Between Social-Contextual Factors and Alcohol and Polydrug Use Among College Freshmen

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs ◽

10.1080/02791072.2005.10399815 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 37 (4) ◽

pp. 415-424 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Lori Simons ◽

Stephanie Klichine ◽

Valerie Lantz ◽

Laura Ascolese ◽

Stephanie Deihl ◽

...

Keyword(s):

College Freshmen ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Polydrug Use ◽

The Relationship

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A contingency view to novelty

European Business Review ◽

10.1108/ebr-12-2016-0160 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 218-245 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mona Rashidirad ◽

Hamid Salimian ◽

Ebrahim Soltani

Keyword(s):

Contextual Factors ◽

Primary Data ◽

Positive Contribution ◽

Service Strategy ◽

Content Type ◽

Product Service ◽

Market Turbulence ◽

Contingency View ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

PurposeThe aim of this study is to examine the impact of the fit between product-service strategy and sensing capability on novelty, and the potential moderating impact of contextual factors (i.e. technological and market turbulence) on novelty.Design/methodology/approachIn line with the aim of the study, a quantitative approach is adopted and a multi-item scale survey is designed to collect primary data. Using a mixed mode survey, a total number of 491 questionnaires are collected from a sample of UK-based telecommunications firms. Multiple regression is used to test the hypotheses and predict the outcomes.FindingsThe results support the positive contribution of a contingency approach to the study of the impact of the fit between product-service strategy and sensing dynamic capability on novelty. The results also partially confirm the reinforcing impact of technological and market turbulence on novelty.Originality/valueThis study extends research on product-service strategy and sensing capability by adopting a contingency view, which intends to serve two purposes: to complement the existing reductionistic explanations and to explore how the relationship between product-service strategy and sensing capability could create novelty as well as the degree to which this relationship could be moderated in light of the external contextual factors.

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Promoting Healthy Relationship Development in Teens, Part II: Three Key Qualities to Foster Better Relationships

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-fy1364-2013 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Victor W. Harris ◽

Gilon Marts ◽

Muthusami Kumaran

Keyword(s):

Contextual Factors ◽

Relationship Development ◽

Fact Sheet ◽

Individual Traits ◽

Strategies For Success ◽

Interactional Processes ◽

The Relationship ◽

Healthy Relationship

Getting married and staying married require a complicated calculus of factors that must come together to produce healthy and satisfying relationships. While couple interactional processes tend to be the most predictive of whether or not they will stay together and find happiness, background and contextual factors and individual traits also factor heavily into the equation. Finding two socks that match (and don’t wear out) is much more likely to occur when the relationship is based upon a deep and enduring friendship. Asking the question, “Will this choice enhance or diminish my marital friendship?” and then choosing to make the choices that will enhance the marital friendship more often than not are healthy strategies for success. This 5-page fact sheet was written by Victor W. Harris, Gilon Marts, and Muthusami Kumaran, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1364

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Psychosis proneness, loneliness, and hallucinations in nonclinical individuals

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0251753 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (5) ◽

pp. e0251753

Author(s):

Sarah Hope Lincoln ◽

Taylor Johnson ◽

Sarah Kim ◽

Emma Edenbaum ◽

Jill M. Hooley

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Auditory Hallucinations ◽

Normal Functioning ◽

Hallucinatory Experience ◽

Psychosis Proneness ◽

Nonclinical Sample ◽

The Relationship

Hallucinations occur along a continuum of normal functioning. Investigating the factors related to this experience in nonclinical individuals may offer important information for understanding the etiology of hallucinations in psychiatric populations. In this study we test the relationship between psychosis proneness, loneliness, and auditory hallucinations in a nonclinical sample using the White Christmas paradigm. Seventy-six undergraduate students participated in this study. We found that slightly more than half of our participants endorsed a hallucinatory experience during the White Christmas paradigm. However, we did not observe a relationship between the number of hallucinatory experiences and schizotypy, propensity to hallucinate, or loneliness. Moreover, there were no differences on these measures between individuals who reported hearing a hallucination during the White Christmas paradigm relative to those who did not. Thus, there may be other contextual factors not investigated in this study that might clarify the mechanism by which auditory hallucinations are experienced in a nonclinical population.

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Evaluating the Relationship Between Fitbit Sleep Data and Self-Reported Mood, Sleep, and Environmental Contextual Factors in Healthy Adults: Pilot Observational Cohort Study (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.18086 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Darshan Thota

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

Sleep Time ◽

Mental Health Disorders ◽

Active Duty ◽

Observational Cohort Study ◽

Spearman Correlation ◽

Observational Cohort ◽

Health Disorders ◽

The Relationship

BACKGROUND Mental health disorders can disrupt a person’s sleep, resulting in lower quality of life. Early identification and referral to mental health services are critical for active duty service members returning from forward-deployed missions. Although technologies like wearable computing devices have the potential to help address this problem, research on the role of technologies like Fitbit in mental health services is in its infancy. OBJECTIVE If Fitbit proves to be an appropriate clinical tool in a military setting, it could provide potential cost savings, improve clinician access to patient data, and create real-time treatment options for the greater active duty service member population. The purpose of this study was to determine if the Fitbit device can be used to identify indicators of mental health disorders by measuring the relationship between Fitbit sleep data, self-reported mood, and environmental contextual factors that may disrupt sleep. METHODS This observational cohort study was conducted at the Madigan Army Medical Center. The study included 17 healthy adults who wore a Fitbit Flex for 2 weeks and completed a daily self-reported mood and sleep log. Daily Fitbit data were obtained for each participant. Contextual factors were collected with interim and postintervention surveys. This study had 3 specific aims: (1) Determine the correlation between daily Fitbit sleep data and daily self-reported sleep, (2) Determine the correlation between number of waking events and self-reported mood, and (3) Explore the qualitative relationships between Fitbit waking events and self-reported contextual factors for sleep. RESULTS There was no significant difference in the scores for the pre-intevention Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI; mean 5.88 points, SD 3.71 points) and postintervention PSQI (mean 5.33 points, SD 2.83 points). The Wilcoxon signed-ranks test showed that the difference between the pre-intervention PSQI and postintervention PSQI survey data was not statistically significant (Z=0.751, P=.05). The Spearman correlation between Fitbit sleep time and self-reported sleep time was moderate (r=0.643, P=.005). The Spearman correlation between number of waking events and self-reported mood was weak (r=0.354, P=.163). Top contextual factors disrupting sleep were “pain,” “noises,” and “worries.” A subanalysis of participants reporting “worries” found evidence of potential stress resilience and outliers in waking events. CONCLUSIONS Findings contribute valuable evidence on the strength of the Fitbit Flex device as a proxy that is consistent with self-reported sleep data. Mood data alone do not predict number of waking events. Mood and Fitbit data combined with further screening tools may be able to identify markers of underlying mental health disease.

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