Among scholars in sustainability science, there is an increasing recognition of the potential of place-based research in the context of transformative change towards sustainability. In this research, ...researchers may have a variety of roles; these are determined by the researcher’s engagement with the subject, the inherent theoretical, normative and methodological choices he or she makes, the researcher’s ambitions in contributing to change, and ethical issues. This article explores the varied roles of research fellows within the European Marie Curie ITN research program on sustainable place-shaping (SUSPLACE). By analysing 15 SUSPLACE projects and reflecting on the roles of researchers identified by Wittmayer and Schäpke (Sustain Sci 9(4):483–496, 2014) we describe how the fellows’ theoretical positionality, methods applied, and engagement in places led to different research roles. The methodology used for the paper is based on an interactive process, co-producing knowledge with Early Stage Researchers (fellows) of the SUSPLACE consortium. The results show a range of place meanings applied by the fellows. Varied methods are used to give voice to participants in research and to bring them together for joint reflection on values, networks and understandings, co-creating knowledge. Multiple conceptualisations of ‘sustainability’ were used, reflecting different normative viewpoints. These choices and viewpoints resulted in fellows each engaging in multiple roles, exploring various routes of sustainable place-shaping, and influencing place-relations. Based on our findings we introduce a framework for the ‘embodied researcher’: a researcher who is engaged in research with their ‘brain, heart, hands and feet’ and who integrates different roles during the research process.
This study uses 3-level, 2-wave time-lagged data from a random sample of 55 high-technology firms, 238 teams, and 1,059 individuals in China to investigate a multilevel combinational model of ...employee creativity. First, we hypothesize that firm (macrolevel) high-commitment work systems are conducive to individual (microlevel) creativity. Furthermore, we hypothesize that this positive crosslevel main impact may be combined with middle-level (mesolevel) factors, including team cohesion and team task complexity, such that the positive impact of firm high-commitment work systems on individual creativity is stronger when team cohesion is high and the team task more complex. The findings from random coefficient modeling analyses provide support for our hypotheses. These sets of results offer novel insight into how firms can use macrolevel and mesolevel contextual variables in a systematic manner to promote employee creativity in the workplace, despite its complex nature.
This study responds to the call for cross-cultural investigations of workplace bullying by examining the relationship between workplace bullying and attitudes among employees from two countries. The ...authors argue that employees from societies that are less inclined to accept that power differences exist as a result of structure (low power distance countries, e.g., Australia) will respond to workplace bullying more negatively than will employees from cultures that accept that power differences exist as a result of structure (high power distance, e.g., Singapore). In all, 165 Singaporean and 152 Australian employees completed surveys designed to assess workplace bullying, workgroup identification, and job satisfaction. Results showed that workplace bullying was negatively related to both workgroup identification and job satisfaction among employees from both countries. Moreover, national culture influenced the relationship between bullying and job satisfaction and workgroup identification such that the negative relationships between bullying and these attitudinal outcomes were stronger for Australians than Singaporeans.
Inquiries in the UK into mistreatment of older people by healthcare employees over the last 30 years have focused on introducing or supporting employee whistle‐blowing. Although whistle‐blowers have ...made an important contribution to patient safety it remains a controversial activity. The fate of whistle‐blowers is bleak, often resulting in personal and professional sacrifices. Here we draw on the views of healthcare and social care employees working with older people to explore perceptions of whistle‐blowing as well as alternative strategies that may be used to raise concerns about the mistreatment of patients by co‐workers. Whistle‐blowing was perceived as a negative term. Managers said they promoted open cultures underpinned by regular team meetings and an open‐door ethos. Others described workplace norms that were somewhat at odds with these open culture ideals. Whistle‐blowing was considered risky, and this led to staff creating informal channels through which to raise concerns. Those who witnessed wrongdoing were aware that support was available from external agencies but preferred local solutions and drew upon personal ethics rather than regulatory edicts to shape their responses. We argue that the importance of workplace relationships and informal channels for raising concerns should be better understood to help prevent the mistreatment of vulnerable groups.
This article explores how the efficiency of Internet search is changing the way Americans find romantic partners. We use a new data source, the How Couples Meet and Stay Together survey. Results show ...that for 60 years, family and grade school have been steadily declining in their influence over the dating market. In the past 15 years, the rise of the Internet has partly displaced not only family and school, but also neighborhood, friends, and the workplace as venues for meeting partners. The Internet increasingly allows Americans to meet and form relationships with perfect strangers, that is, people with whom they had no previous social tie. Individuals who face a thin market for potential partners, such as gays, lesbians, and middle-aged heterosexuals, are especially likely to meet partners online. One result of the increasing importance of the Internet in meeting partners is that adults with Internet access at home are substantially more likely to have partners, even after controlling for other factors. Partnership rate has increased during the Internet era (consistent with Internet efficiency of search) for same-sex couples, but the heterosexual partnership rate has been flat.
목적 이 연구의 목적은 실내수영장 고객이 지각하는 서비스품질과 관여도가 장소애착, 장소태도 및 관계지속의도와 관계를 구조방정식모형을 통해 실증적으로 검증하는 것이다.
방법 이를 위해 서울에 소재한 실내수영장 5개소 남녀 회원 241명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 표집방법은 편의표본추출법과 설문지 작성은 자기기입식으로 하였다. 제안한 구조모형을 ...검증하기 위해 IBM SPSSWIN Ver. 21.0과 AMOS 18.0을 사용하였다.
결과 첫째, 서비스품질은 장소정체성에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 둘째, 서비스품질은 장소의존성에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 셋째, 관여도는 장소정체성에 긍정적인 영향을 미치지 않았다. 넷째, 관여도는 장소의존성에 긍정적인 영향을 미치지 않았다. 다섯째, 장소정체성은 장소태도에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 여섯째, 장소의존성은 장소태도에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 일곱째, 장소태도는 관계지속의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다.
Purpose The purpose of this research is to empirically analyze the relationship between a indoor swimming pool on service quality and involvement, place attachment, place attitude & relationship continuity intention through structural equation model analysis.
Methods For this purpose, this study set 241 members at the five private indoor swimming pools located in Seoul as the research subjects. In an effort to verify the proposed structural model, this study used IBM SPSS WIN Ver. 21.0 and AMOS 18.0.
Results As a result, First, the results showed that service quality had a positive effect on place identity. Second, it was found that service quality had a positive effect on place dependence. Third, the results showed that involvement didn't have a positive effect on place identity. Fourth, involvement didn’t have a positive effect on place dependence. Fifth, the results showed that place identity had a positive effect on place attitude. Sixth, the results showed that place dependence had a positive effect on place attitude. Seventh, place attitude was found to had a positive effect on relationship continuity intention.
Workplace incivility is rampant and on the rise-with costs to individuals and organizations. Despite the increased need for civility, little is known about potential individual benefits of civility, ...defined as behavior involving politeness and regard for others in the workplace, within workplace norms for respect (Andersson & Pearson, 1999). Recent research has suggested that being civil may be hazardous to influence, power, and income (see Forni, 2002; Judge et al., 2012).Yet, throughout history, civil behavior has been extolled because it paid dividends to the person who behaved well. The focus of this research is whether that holds true in organizations. Using social exchange theory, we developed hypotheses about how civility benefits people, and investigated this in 2 studies. First, in a 2-wave social network study of a research and development department (n = 31) of a biotechnology firm, we found that people who perceived a colleague as civil would be more likely to seek that person out for work advice and to see that person as a leader. The more the individual was perceived as civil by others in his or her network, the better his or her performance. Being sought out for work advice and being viewed as a leader mediated this effect. In the second experiment (n = 162), we extended our understanding of what drove these benefits. We found that people who are civil were perceived as warm and competent, and these positive perceptions, in turn, helped to explain the benefits garnered. We discuss theoretical and practical implications.
Abstract The influx of attention regarding psychopathy in the workplace by media and scholars alike has increased dramatically over the last two decades. Nevertheless, this attention has greatly ...outstripped the scientific evidence, and strong claims regarding the toxic effects of workplace psychopathy in the absence of research continue unabated. The present article for the first time brings together the diverse and growing scientific literature on the implications of business psychopathy for (a) occupational and academic differences, (b) workplace aggression and counterproductive behavior, (c) ethical decision-making in the corporate world, (d) white-color crime, and (e) leadership. Across these domains, there is preliminary evidence that psychopathy is tied to at least some negative outcomes in the workplace, although there are also scattered suggestions of some positive outcomes. Nevertheless, because of numerous methodological limitations, definitive statements regarding the adverse and adaptive correlates of psychopathy in the workplace are premature. We conclude with 10 recommendations for future scholarship in the budding field of business psychopathy.
Between Brexit, efforts to 'Make America great again', and ongoing appeals for patriotic consumption to boost economies, the intersection between national identity, marketing campaigns, and consumer ...choices has been brought to the fore. This book maps out this terrain and provides a framework for how research on 'Made in' campaigns and programmes in individual countries can be placed into a broader historical context. The book argues that the history of 'Made in' can be used to shed light on society at large: the actors that have promoted it, the institutions that have regulated it, and the cultural environments that have attributed it meaning. At times 'Made in' has been a basic, descriptive trade mark, while, in other periods, it has been a key component of carefully developed commercial brands, and in yet other instances it has been used in attempts to forge and redefine national identities. The book opens with an introduction to the three key factors which have featured prominently in 'Made in' campaigns - commercial logic, national economic policy, and its use as an instrument in political discourse, and it provides an overview of the evolution of 'Made in' from a marketing perspective. This is followed by country-specific discussions of 'Made in' with case studies including countries in Western Europe, the US, Japan, and the antipodes.
This book will be of significant interest to students and scholars of economic history, business history, and marketing.
Indoor place category recognition for a cleaning robot is a problem in which a cleaning robot predicts the category of the indoor place using images captured by it. This is similar to scene ...recognition in computer vision as well as semantic mapping in robotics. Compared with scene recognition, the indoor place category recognition considered in this article differs as follows: 1) the indoor places include typical home objects; 2) a sequence of images instead of an isolated image is provided because the images are captured successively by a cleaning robot; and 3) the camera of the cleaning robot has a different view compared with those of cameras typically used by human beings. Compared with semantic mapping, indoor place category recognition can be considered as a component in semantic SLAM. In this article, a new method based on the combination of a probabilistic approach and deep learning is proposed to address indoor place category recognition for a cleaning robot. Concerning the probabilistic approach, a new place-object fusion method is proposed based on Bayesian inference. For deep learning, the proposed place-object fusion method is trained using a convolutional neural network in an end-to-end framework. Furthermore, a new recurrent neural network, called the Bayesian filtering network (BFN), is proposed to conduct time-domain fusion. Finally, the proposed method is applied to a benchmark dataset and a new dataset developed in this article, and its validity is demonstrated experimentally.
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