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Two decades of qualitative research in Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology and Human Resource Management within South Africa: A critical review

Orientation: Qualitative research is marked by phenomenal growth and development over the years. Research purpose: This article aims to offer insight into the emerging qualitative methodologies used in the fields of Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology and Human Resource Management. Motivation for the study: The value of qualitative organisational research has been recognised since the 1970s. Regardless of its perceived value, national and international trends show a greater tendency for quantitative research. Research design, approach and method: This article investigates qualitative articles ( n = 242) published over two decades in the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology (SAJIP), South African Journal of Psychology (SAJP), and the South African Journal of Human Resource Management (SAJHRM). More specifically, a content analysis was conducted to highlight the trends of paradigms, designs and analysis methods employed in the studies. Main findings: Although there seems to be a slight increase in qualitative publications over the years, qualitative studies show a lower volume than its counterparts. The SAJIP published the least qualitative articles when compared to the SAJP and SAJHRM. There is a pattern of preference for specific paradigms and methods in all the journals. Overall, all the journals carry a large number of articles that do not specifically state their paradigmatic alignment or the designs they used, while some articles omits the methodology used in the studies altogether. Practical/managerial implications: The results indicate a clear need for increased exposure to qualitative methodology, both by publishing more qualitative studies in local journals and by providing formal training opportunities. A publication does not solely rely on authorship, but also on a review process. Therefore certain adjustments in this process may lead to more and better qualitative publications in future. Contribution/value-add: This article provides a critical analysis of the current trends and developments in qualitative research conducted in Industrial and Organisational Psychology(IOP) research in South Africa. The study identifies dominant methodologies in use, and thereby identifies possible opportunities to expand the ‘methodological menu’ of IOP research.
The management of Herpes Simplex virus infections in HIV infected patients: Current issues and the role of cidofovir

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 and 2 are among the most common transmitted viral infections causing a spectrum of mucocutaneous and other syndromes. Treatment of these infections has primarily been with acyclovir (ACV) and prodrugs valacyclovir and famcyclovir. Immunocompromised hosts either due to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or other factors have given rise to an increase in ACV resistant viruses most commonly due to a mutation in the cellular thymidine kinase enzyme. This review focuses on the spectrum of disease caused by HSV 1 and 2, the emergence of ACV resistant disease, and the role of alternative agents including cidofovir in the treatment of ACV resistant disease.
Hatchling sex ratio, body weight and nest parameters for Chelonia mydas nesting on Sugözü beaches (Turkey)

La proporcion de sexos y el peso corporal de las crias y los parametros del nido en la poblacion de Chelonia mydas que anida en las playas de Sugozu (Turquia) Estudiamos la relacion entre los parametros del nido y el peso corporal y la proporcion de sexos de los embriones y las crias de tortuga verde, Chelonia mydas, en la colonia de cria templada de la playa de Sugozu (Adana, Turquia). Se observo que la temperatura media del nido y la distancia al mar estaban correlacionadas, mientras que la temperatura media del nido y el periodo de incubacion estaban inversamente relacionados. No hubo relacion aparente entre el periodo de incubacion y el peso de las crias. La proporcion de sexos en las crias y los embriones, que se determino mediante examen histologico, mostro una desviacion en favor del sexo femenino del 70,5 y el 93,5%, respectivamente. No hubo correlacion entre el sexo y el peso corporal de las crias, pero el promedio del peso corporal de las hembras (16,8 g) fue ligeramente superior al de los machos (16,2 g).
Nutritional Status of 19-Year-Old Adolescents in Urban Areas of Vojvodina - The Republic of Serbia

Objectives. Continuous evaluation of nutritional status in children and adolescents is very important. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status of 19-year-olds in Vojvodina. Material and methods. Cross-sectional anthropometric study was carried out in the period from 2001 to 2004 in urban areas of Vojvodina-North Serbia. The investigated group consisted of 229 males and 239 females aged 19 years. Body height, body weight, mid-upper arm circumference, triceps skinfold and scapula skinfold were measured and, upper arm area, the upper arm muscle area, the upper arm fat area and the arm fat index were calculated. The nutritional status was assessed according to percentile values (NHANES I). The evaluation of muscle and fat status of upper arm was done according to Z-score reference values for age. Results. Results showed that boys had significantly higher average values of all measures except triceps skinfolds, subskapular skinfold, fat mass and the arm fat index. The highest percentage of 19-year-old males and females had normal values of body mass index and nutritional parameters of the upper arm. Conclusions. The obtained results point to the necessity for conducting permanent investigations of development and nutritional status in the future.
Influence of security and trust on electronic banking adoption in Slovakia

Dynamical development of information and communication technologies has been one of the major factors of economic growth in recent decades. Electronic commerce allowed selling and buying of products or services to many times larger number of customers than ever before. Electronic banking as a part of electronic commerce is nowadays very important distribution channel for banking services. With the intense development of information and communication technologies also several forms of electronic banking arose and also vanished. Especially mobile banking recorded turbulent development in recent decades. Mobile banking in smart devices together with internet banking are now the main forms asserting in the electronic banking market. Competition among banks in the fi eld of electronic banking pushes them to improve their electronic banking services to sustain or increase their market share. The important issue is trust of bank customers in the form of electronic banking used. Banks’ customers also sensitively perceive security of electronic banking forms used by them. In this article, we mainly investigated the infl uence of security and trust on electronic banking adoption. Research model based on technology acceptance model was developed and research hypotheses based on this research model were constructed. Data for hypotheses verifi cation was gathered by online survey with 211 answering respondents. The infl uence of perceived security, trust, attitude toward using and behavioral intention to use electronic banking in Slovakia was examined using factor analysis. The results reveal that all factors investigated have statistically signifi cant direct and indirect effects on electronic banking adoption by users on the Slovak retail banking market.
COMPARISON OF WOFOST, CROPSYST AND WARM FOR SIMULATING RICE GROWTH (JAPONICA TYPE - SHORT CYCLE VARIETIES) CONFRONTO TRA WOFOST, CROPSYST E WARM PER LA SIMULAZIONE DELLA CRESCITA DEL RISO (VARIETÀ JAPONICA PRECOCI)

Rice is one of the most important crops worldwide and during the last 15 years crop modellers have pointed their attention on this crop. In this paper, three models are compared for the simulation of rice (Japonica type – short cycle varieties) growth under potential conditions for water, nutrients, pests and diseases. The three models simulate crop growth using different approaches: WOFOST is based on the photosynthesis approach, CropSyst and WARM respectively on the concepts of transpiration and radiation use efficiency. Each of these approaches represents crop growth with a different level of detail and has different requirements in terms of data needs. Data used for models calibration and validation were collected in northern Italy between 1990 and 1996. The three models showed similar accuracy in reproducing crop behavior, both during calibration and validation. Relative root mean square errors ranged from 6.9% to 22.6%, from 9.9% to 18.0%, and from 10.6% to 17.5% respectively for WOFOST, CropSyst and WARM. Similar levels of reliability were reached in spite of the different modelling approaches and levels of detail in the description of the processes related to biomass accumulation – partitioning and leaf area index simulation. The WARM model appeared the easiest to be used because of the lower number of parameters describing cultivars morphology and physiology and because of the absence of parameters purely empirical.
Incremental Maximum Gaussian Mixture Partition For Classification

In the field of classification, the main task of most algorithms is to find a perfect decision boundary. However, most decision boundaries are too complex to be discovered directly. Therefore, in this paper, we proposed an Incremental Maximum Gaussian Mixture Partition (IMGMP) algorithm for classification, aiming to solve those problems with complex decision boundaries. As a self-adaptive algorithm, it uses a divide and conquer strategy to calculate out a reasonable decision boundary by step. An Improved K-means clustering and a Maximum Gaussian Mixture model are used in the classifier. This algorithm also has been tested on artificial and real-life datasets in order to evaluate its remarkable flexibility and robustness.
Magnetic fabrics and frictional behaviour of subduction zone input material from the erosive continental margin offshore Costa Rica (Costa Rica Seismogenesis Project, IODP expeditions 334 and 344)

continental margin offshore Costa Rica (Costa Rica Seismogenesis Project, IODP expeditions 334 and 344) ROBERT M. KURZAWSKI, MICHAEL STIPP, ANDRÉ NIEMEIJER, JENS C. GRIMMER, AGNES KONTNY, CHRISTOPHER J. SPIERS AND JAN H. BEHRMANN Department of Marine Geodynamics, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (rkurzawski@geomar.de) HPT Laboratory, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Institute of Applied Geosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
I-Love-Q Relations in Neutron Stars and their Applications to Astrophysics, Gravitational Waves and Fundamental Physics

The exterior gravitational field of a slowly-rotating neutron star can be characterized by its multipole moments, the first few being the neutron star mass, moment of inertia, and quadrupole moment to quadratic order in spin. In principle, all of these quantities depend on the neutron star's internal structure, and thus, on unknown nuclear physics at supra-nuclear energy densities. We here find relations between the moment of inertia, the Love numbers and the quadrupole moment (I-Love-Q relations) that do not depend sensitively on the neutron star's internal structure. Three important consequences derive from these I-Love-Q relations. On an observational astrophysics front, the measurement of a single member of the I-Love-Q trio would automatically provide information about the other two, even when the latter may not be observationally accessible. On a gravitational wave front, the I-Love-Q relations break the degeneracy between the quadrupole moment and the neutron-star spins in binary inspiral waveforms, allowing second-generation ground-based detectors to determine the (dimensionless) averaged spin to $\mathcal{O}(10)%$, given a sufficiently large signal-to-noise ratio detection. On a fundamental physics front, the I-Love-Q relations allow for tests of General Relativity in the neutron-star strong-field that are both theory- and internal structure-independent. As an example, by combining gravitational-wave and electromagnetic observations, one may constrain dynamical Chern-Simons gravity in the future by more than 6 orders of magnitude more stringently than Solar System and table-top constraints.
INTERACTIONS AMONG INSIDER OWNERSHIP, DIVIDEND POLICY, DEBT POLICY, INVESTMENT DECISION, AND BUSINESS RISK

The study of interaction among insider ownership, dividend policy, debt policy, investment decision, and business risk is still conducted. This research aims at investigating the influencing factors of insider ownership, dividend policy, debt policy, investment decision, business risk, and the interaction among insider ownership, dividend policy, debt policy, investment decision, and business risk. The samples of the research are 137 manufacturing companies listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange from the year 2006 to 2010. The three stages least square simultaneous equation model is used to analyze the interaction among insider ownership, dividend policy, debt policy, investment decision, and business risk. The analysis result of insider ownership equation shows that investment, business risk, and size have negative influence on insider ownership. Insider ownership, debt and business risk give negative impact to dividend that is shown on equation of dividend. Negative impact of dividend, business risk, and profitability to debt is shown on equation of debt. The analysis result of investment equation shows that insider ownership and business risk have negative influence on investment, whereas profitability and sales growth have positive influence on investment. The analysis result of business risk equation shows that insider ownership, dividend, investment, and size have negative influence on business risk, whereas variability of earnings has positive influence on business risk. The analysis result of the interaction among insider ownership, dividend policy, debt policy, investment decision, and business risk shows that: 1) there are reciprocal interactions among insider ownership, investment, and business risk; 2) there are reciprocal interactions between dividend and debt; 3) there are reciprocal interactions between dividend and business risk; 4) insider ownership influences dividend; 5) business risk influences debt. The empirical evidence of interaction among insider ownership, dividend policy, debt policy, investment decision, and business risk helps the companies to make financial policy minimize agency problem.
Fractional Moments of Dirichlet $L$-Functions

Let $k$ be a positive real number, and let $M_k(q)$ be the sum of $|L(\tfrac12,\chi)|^{2k}$ over all non-principal characters to a given modulus $q$. We prove that $M_k(q)\ll_k \phi(q)(\log q)^{k^2}$ whenever $k$ is the reciprocal $n^{-1}$ of a positive integer $n$. If one assumes the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis then the estimate holds for all positive real $k<2$.
Changes in forest structure and composition in a successional tropical dry forest

We describe changes in forest structure and floristic composition of three successional stages for Mata Seca State Park, in Minas Gerais, Brazil, through the measurement of all trees greater than 5 cm of diameter at breast height (DBH) of 18 permanent plots (6 per stage) for early, intermediate, and late successional stages of a tropical dry forest during a 5-year period. Using this information, we calculated the Importance Value Index (IVI), Holdridge Complexity Index, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, and Shannon Diversity Index for each stage of succession. The floristic composition and structure of the successional stages expressed by the Holdridge Complexity Index, showed that complexity increases gradually as we advance through the successional stages, while the Shannon Diversity Index indicated that species diversity was higher in the intermediate stage of succession. The Jaccard Similarity Coefficients showed that the intermediate and late successional stages had high similarity, whereas the early successional stage had low similarity with these two successional stages. Mortality rates were higher in the early stage, especially in stems with smaller diameters (5-10cm). This information contributes to the dissemination of important knowledge for the conservation of the tropical dry forests of Brazil, which are the most threatened ecosystems in this country and, at the same time, the least studied.
The concept of participation. If they have access and interact, do they really participate?

Participation is a concept that is being used in a wide variety of fields, and that has obtained an evenly wide range of meanings. This article attempts first to ground participation in democratic theory, which allows introducing the distinction between minimalist and maximalist forms of participation. In the second part of the article, a broad definition of the political will be used to transcend to logics of institutionalized politics, and to emphasize that the distribution of power in society is a dimension of the social that permeates every possible societal field. Both discussions are used to describe the key characteristics of participation, and to increase the concept's theoretical foundation. The article then zooms in on one of these characteristics, namely the difference between access, interaction and participation, as this distinction allows further sharpening the key meanings attributed to participation as a political process where the actors involved in decision-making processes are positioned towards each other through power relationships that are (to an extent) egalitarian.
FARM OUTPUT, NON-FARM INCOME, AND COMMERCIALIZATION IN RURAL GEORGIA

This article examines the decision of farmers to sell part of their farm output on the market, using data from the Republic of Georgia. A two-level empirical model is used, in which endowments and resource allocation decisions determine farm output and non-farm income, and these in turn determine market participation. We found, as expected, that farm output affects market participation positively, while non-farm income affects it negatively. Landholdings have an indirect positive effect on market participation, through its positive effect on farm output. Education has a negative effect on market participation, mainly through its positive effect on non-farm income.
Designing an e-course which people intend to use

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Big Five Personality Factors : Cross Cultural Comparison between Japanese and Egyptian Students

The present study aimed to identify the differences between Japanese and Egyptian university students in reference to the Big Five personality factors. Japanese students (N=83) and Egyptian students (N=100) responded to the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEOFFI ; Costa et al., 1992). The results indicated that there are significant differences between Japanese students and Egyptian students in Neuroticism and Conscientious. There are strong similarities between the two student groups in other factors : Neuroticism, Extroversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. Sex type had influence only in the Neuroticism category.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Personality and psychotic disorders

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SEASONAL PREVALENCE OF A HAEMATOZOAN PARASITE OF RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS (MELANERPES CAROLINUS) AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HOST CONDITION AND OVERWINTER SURVIVAL

Abstract We examined seasonal prevalence of a haematozoan parasite (Haemoproteus velans) of the Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) in the Apalachicola National Forest, northern Florida. We also investigated how infection with H. velans was associated with host mass, body condition, and overwinter survival. Analysis of blood smears taken from individual woodpeckers between May 2000 and July 2001 indicated that prevalence of H. velans peaked in July 2000, at ∼80% of individuals sampled, decreased to 0% in January and February 2001, and peaked again in July 2001, at ∼50% of individuals. Infection with H. velans was associated with low mass and poor body condition in males. Infection showed no association with female mass. In addition, infection with H. velans showed no relationship with overwinter survival. Our data reemphasize the importance of considering seasonal variation in parasite prevalence during testing for haematozoa. In addition, our data suggest that, although infection with H. velans is associated with poorer host condition, it does not negatively affect host survival.
Exploring the Relationship between Ethical Sales Behavior, Relationship Quality, and Customer Loyalty

In today's heightened ethical awareness and increased competitive pressure, the implications of ethical behavior for financial institutions have become a vital determinant of customer loyalty. The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual framework to investigate the relationship between ethical sales behavior, relationship quality, and customer loyalty. The proposed model is tested on data collected from 217 bank customers. Structural equation modeling technique was employed using AMOS 7.0 to verify the reliability and validity of the multi-item scales and to test the hypothesized relationships. Result indicates that ethical behavior did increase customer loyalty to the bank; yet this effect was not direct, but mediated by customer trust and customer commitment to the bank. Findings also indicate that, customer trust in the bank has positive effects on customer commitment to the bank. The result of this study positions customer trust and customer commitment as the primary mechanism through which the beneficial effects of ethical sales behavior are realized. However, the study show that perceived ethical behavior has a major impact on the development and maintenance of the customer-bank relationship. Bank manager, which value the critical importance of long term relationships with their customers, should achieve an environment where the potential for unethical behavior is at a minimum.
Entry and exit in the ICT sector : New markets , new industrial dynamics ?

Network industries have special characteristics that may influence the nature and the order of magnitude of entry and exit barriers in these industries. Consequently, the entry and exit dynamics of network industries such as the information and communications (ICT) sector may differ from those of the traditional industrial sectors. We use data from the Finnish industrial sectors from 1995 to 2000 to empirically explore this question. Our data suggests that, indeed, factors determining the rates of entry and exit are different among ICT and non-ICT industries. The data support our hypothesis that the special characteristics of network industries intensify the role of market concentration and economies of scale as a barrier to entry and exit. This empirical finding emphasizes the importance of antitrust regulation and careful evaluation of potential anti-competitive consequences of mergers and acquisitions in network industries.