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The Effect of Organisational Culture and Knowledge Environment on Organisational Success: Directions for Future Research

Increasingly, organisations strive to shape their knowledge environment and organisational culture for improved performance and organisational success. Despite that, existing evidence recounts the individual role of organisational culture, knowledge management and intellectual capital towards organisational performance and success, a comprehensive explanation of the effect of multiple dimensions of these factors on organisational success remains unexplored. This paper adds to existing literature by proposing that an organisation’s knowledge environment combines its knowledge sharing practices (i.e. knowledge types, knowledge sharing approaches and knowledge sharing processes) and its intellectual capital. This paper presents a conceptual model on the relationship between organisational culture, knowledge environment and organisational success. The model proposes the role of organisational culture in shaping knowledge sharing practices, intellectual capital and organisational success. This research-in-progress concludes with directions for future research on the effect of organisational culture, knowledge sharing practices and intellectual capital on organisational success.
A Graphical Approach to Modularization and Layering of Metamodels

Modularity is a key aspect in software engineering as it comes with several benefits like reusability, extensibility and maintainability. Although it is a well established concept, it has not received much attention when it comes to model-driven software development. Over time, metamodels tend to evolve and grow in complexity to encompass new aspects and features. If modularization steps are not taken and metamodels are extended intrusively, they can become difficult to maintain and to extend. With the increased complexity, the modularization can become even more challenging. In this work, we present a novel approach to assist the modeler in the task of modularization. Our approach addresses the problem from a graphical perspective. The proposed tool support displays a layered structure, where each layer has certain level of abstraction, and allows the modeler to organize metamodels inside the layers. In this layered structure, the metamodels should only depend on metamodels with the same or a higher abstraction level and should not take part in cyclical dependencies. The tool provides the modeler with full control over the modularization process and full knowledge about the relations between the metamodels, thus facilitating the modularization task greatly.
A systematic literature review of student engagement in software visualization: a theoretical perspective

ABSTRACT Background and Context: In spite of the decades spent developing software visualization (SV), doubts still remain regarding their effectiveness. Furthermore, student engagement plays an important role in improving SV effectiveness as it is correlated with many positive academic outcomes. It has been shown that the existing SV has failed to engage students effectively. Objective: Therefore, there is a need to understand the theories behind SV design from the engagement perspective to produce a roadmap for future tool construction. The aim of this study was to identify the theories have been used in literature to explain or construct student engage- ment with SV in computer science courses for novices. Method: We performed a systematic literature review that identified a total of 58 articles published between 2011 and 2017, which were then selected for the study. However, among them, only 18 articles had discussed their theoretical framework. Findings: The results of this study show a richness in the theoretical framework obtained from different disciplines, however, constructivism is still dominant in the computing education research (CER) domain. It is evidently clear from the findings that the theories generated from the CER domain are needed to enhance the effectiveness of SV. Implications: As a result of this review, we suggest several design principles and engagement attributes to be considered while creating an engaging SV.
Socio- psychological barriers to effective language learning in adult EFL classroom in context of Bangladesh

This paper inspects the socio-psychological barriers that adult learners face in classrooms while learning a foreign language, in this case, English. It also studies how these barriers are working negatively for the whole learning process. The context of this research is Bangladesh, and qualitative data were collected through face to face and online interviews. To learn about the experiences of the adult learners, the researcher conducted research on 21 adult students who are currently taking foreign language learning courses. The interviews reveal five significant challenges that adult learners face, such as fear of new language, previous learning experience, classroom anxiety, age and motivation. Most of the existing literatures work on how the issues with classroom management, teachers training, teaching methods etc. can be barriers to the learning process whereas this study enlists all the socio psychological issues that adult learners face by analyzing real life experiences of the participants.
Software toolset to enable image classification of earthquake damage to above-ground infrastructure

A critical task after a significant earthquake is determining the extent of damage to infrastructure networks. The decision-making process to dispatch emergency, repair, and in-field reconnaissance teams depends on whether road/railways and bridges are passible. Another concern is the rapid identification and resolution of physical disruptions to large-volume gas and water pipeline systems. After large seismic events, citizens, amateur photographers, and journalists now post thousands of photographs to formal/social media platforms. In the past, these images would have had to be reviewed by trained volunteers or expert engineers to evaluate whether: road/rail ways were significantly impacted by ground fracture, heaving, slope failure, or rock slides; bridges experienced severe damage or partial-to-complete collapse; and pipeline systems were interrupted by differential ground movement or liquefaction. The manual review of large image-sets for assessing damage has shown to be inefficient and, in cases, error-prone. This paper presents an automatic and rapid approach, based on computer vision techniques, to assessing damage to above-ground infrastructure networks via images uploaded in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. The authors developed an algorithm based on deep learning (DL) that automatically tags images. Progress to date shows the algorithm correctly assigns individual tags to 92% of roadway images exhibiting cracking (of varying directionality and severities) and 80% of railways affected by horizontal offset (lateral translation). These results show promise and future research efforts entail tagging both of the aforementioned damage types in a single image.
Diffusion of HPV vaccination among physicians in New Delhi,India : barriers and drivers towards the intention to recommend HPV vaccination by paediatricians and gynaecologists

Introduction. In India is cervical cancer the most common cancer among women. Every year about 75 000 women die because of this disease. The WHO expect in 2025 130 000 women will die, if there is no intervention. Since 1,5 years there is an intervention available in India; HPV vaccination. The Indian healthcare system consists of a public and private market, in both markets women have to pay themselves for this vaccination. In India this will cost approximately 160 euro for the three doses needed. A lot of women are not receiving vaccination and a lot of physicians hesitate to recommend. This is a qualitative research on the drivers and barriers, which are responsible for gynecologists and pediatricians (not) to recommend the HPV vaccine to their patients. Theoretical framework. This research is based on two theories of Everett M. Rogers' book: 'Diffusion of Innovations'. The two theories are the rate of adoption and the pattern of diffusion. Those can be measured on the basis of the items developed by Moore & Benbasat. The interview is adjusted and shortened to the subject of HPV vaccination and measured the following constructs: compatibility, complexity, image and relative advantage. Furthermore the physicians were asked what they thought the problem is concerning this vaccination. Methods. The research was led by MSD India, conducting informed consent interviews with gynaecologists and paediatricians in the public and private healthcare sector, both adopters and non-adopters of HPV vaccination. The decision for these groups is based on the healthcare system in India and on which disciplines the focus for MSD India lays regarding HPV vaccination. The samplesize is based on feasibility and the addresses the sales representatives of MSD India visited, because they were joined 5 weeks in order to conduct the interviews. The interviews have been performed in New Delhi; they consisted of some closed and some open questions.
Arrhythmia Analysis in a Non-contact cECG Chair using Convolutional Neural Network

Arrhythmia is a cardiac-related condition with certain irregular patterns of a heartbeat, caused by abnormal contraction sequence of the heart. The efficiency of blood pumping can significantly be reduced and it may lead to some other life-threatening conditions such as stroke or heart failure in many cases. Arrhythmias can usually be detected by a traditional electrocardiogram (ECG) record so that the electrical activity in the heart can intensively be analyzed. Therefore, the analyses of P wave, QRS complex, T wave, or R-R interval are of great importance. For instance, the increasing amplitude of P wave (> 0.25 mV) indicates right atrial enlargement [1] or the variation in R-R intervals more than 120 ms corresponds to sinus bradycardia (the slow heartbeat of below 60 bpm).
Ties That Bind and Grind? Investor Reactions to Politician Appointments to Corporate Boards

Although the appointment of politicians to corporate boards is a highly prevalent corporate political strategy, empirical evidence remains inconclusive as to whether and how such appointments create value for firms and their shareholders. Drawing on the director role literature, we argue that politician-directors are likely to serve as valuable resource providers but are less likely to serve as guardians of shareholder interests. In light of this trade-off, investors will infer the expected value of politician appointments on the basis of the director role that they perceive as most needed by a particular firm within the specific institutional context in which it is embedded. We test our predictions using an extensive data set of 345 separate appointment events across 14 countries over a period of 10 years. Our findings show that politician appointments are associated with both resource-provisionary benefits and governance-based costs but that the perceived level of corruption in a country critically conditions both. Specifically, perceived corruption can be seen to function as a double-edged sword that increases both the expected benefits and the expected costs of politician appointments.
MOOS - Mission Orientated Operating Suite

This paper is about simple to use, extensible software for mobile robotic research. It is concerned with a project called MOOS – an acronym for Mission Oriented Operating Suite. MOOS is an umbrella term for a set of libraries and applications designed to facilitate research in the mobile robotic domain. The spectrum of functionality provided ranges over low-level, multi-platform communications, dynamic control, high precision navigation and path planning, concurrent mission task arbitration and execution, mission logging and playback. The first part of the paper describes the underlying philosophy of MOOS and the resulting perceived benefits. The work then moves on to describe the details of the design and implementations of core system components. There then follows a set of high level descriptions of principal mission-oriented MOOS processes. Collectively these processes constitute a resilient, distributed and coordinated suite of software suitable for in-the-field deployment of sub-sea and land research robots.
Study on the mechanism of customers' participation in knowledge sharing

Knowledge has replaced capital and energy as an important resource to enable a company to gain a competitive advantage. Knowledge sharing is the core content of knowledge management and the source of knowledge innovation. As an important resource of the company, the customer plays a vital role in the process of knowledge sharing. Therefore, research on the mechanism of customers' participation in knowledge sharing is especially important. In this paper, from the perspective of knowledge sharing between customers and enterprises, a customer participation model of a knowledge‐sharing mechanism is built based on three aspects: subjective influencing factors of knowledge sharing, objective influencing factors of knowledge sharing, and environmental influencing factors of knowledge sharing. On the basis of 222 valid questionnaires, the theoretical model was verified by using the experimental data analysed by the SPSS and AMOS software. The research shows the following: with respect to the objective influencing factors of knowledge sharing, the timeliness, scarcity, complexity, and economy of knowledge will affect the sharing cost and the expected return of knowledge sharing. With respect to the subjective factors, the sharing ability, the sharing cost, and customer loyalty will affect the knowledge‐sharing behaviour by influencing the knowledge‐sharing willingness. With respect to the environmental influencing factors, technical support and incentive mechanisms can indirectly affect knowledge‐sharing behaviour. In addition, on the one hand, customer loyalty can enhance the knowledge‐sharing ability and sharing willingness. On the other hand, knowledge‐sharing behaviour can enhance customer loyalty and thus form a virtuous cycle.
Narrative accounts of women who use complementary and alternative medicine in pregnancy: 'Forewarned, forearmed and relaxed'

Pregnancy and childbirth are events of major significance in women’s lives. In western countries women are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) (see glossary of terms) during this time. However, there is little research exploring and minimal empirical evidence to judge the significance and impact of CAM on pregnancy and childbirth. This thesis explores the experiences of women who use CAM during pregnancy and childbirth in an attempt to understand the meaning they ascribe to CAM use. A narrative approach was chosen to explore women’s experiences of CAM as it emphasises the meaning that individuals ascribe to life events (Czarniawska 2004, Elliott 2005). Additionally, through narratives it is possible to learn about the world of individuals, about their lives and their experienced reality (Engel et al. 2008). A purposive sample of 14 women who had used a variety of complementary therapies during pregnancy and childbirth participated in the study. Women’s narratives were obtained through open ended interviews on two or three occasions. The narratives were analysed using a 5 stage process. The words of one participant eloquently portrayed the significance and meaning of CAM use as one of being ‘Forewarned, Forearmed and Relaxed’. These words then became a framework to re-present participants’ narratives. Beck’s (1992a) and Giddens’ (1990) concept of risk and reflexivity provides a theoretical framework to aid interpretation of the data. The study findings offer insights into how CAM meets women’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs during pregnancy and childbirth. CAM use signifies women’s desire to achieve a normal birth without medical intervention, a need to make choices and be in control of their healthcare practices and a desire to enjoy their pregnancy and birth without fear.
EPM 20/20: A Review, Framework, and Research Agenda for Electronic Performance Monitoring

Electronic performance monitoring (EPM) refers to the use of technological means to observe, record, and analyze information that directly or indirectly relates to job performance. The last comprehensive review of the EPM literature was published in 2000. Since 2000, dramatic advances in information technologies have created an environment in which organizations are able to monitor employees to a greater extent and with greater intensity than was previously possible. Moreover, since that time, considerable research has been devoted to understanding the effects of EPM on individual performance and attitudes. Contradictory findings in the EPM literature exist, suggesting that EPM is a multidimensional phenomenon and one for which contextual and psychological variables are pertinent. Thus, we propose a theory-based typology of EPM characteristics and use this typology as a framework to review the EPM literature and identify an agenda for future research and practice.
Affective economy of national-populist images: Investigating national and transnational online networks through visual big data

In our article, we investigate the affective economy of national-populist image circulation on Facebook. This is highly relevant, since social media has been an essential area for the spread of national-populist ideology. In our research, we analyse image circulation as affective practice, combining qualitative and quantitative methods. We use computational data analysis methods to examine visual big data: image fingerprints and reverse image search engines to track down the routes of thousands of circulated images as well as make discourse-historical analysis on the images that have gained most attention among supporters. Our research demonstrates that these existing tools allow social science research to make theory-solid approaches to understand the role of image circulation in creating and sustaining national and transnational networks on social media, and show how national-populist thinking is spread through images that catalyse and mobilise affects – fear, anger and resentment – thus creating an effective affective economy.
Access to Higher Education in Ghana: Examining Experiences through the Lens of Students with Mobility Disabilities

ABSTRACT This article examines the experiences of students with mobility disabilities accessing higher education institutions in the Accra metropolis of Ghana. To capture the accessibility issues that people with disabilities encounter in their daily lives as postsecondary students first hand, this study used PhotoVoice methodology, which uses a combination of photographs and corresponding narrations. Themes identified in the photographs and narrations highlight the emotional and academic impact of participant encounters with an inaccessible postsecondary environment. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
Combining Effect of Observational Practice, Mental Imagery and Physical Practice on learning a Soccer Dribbling Task in Amateur Boys

This study aimed to investigate the facilitative effect of observational practice combined with mental imagery on learning of soccer dribbling. 140 young boys with the average age of 14,52 (±2,96) and mental imagery score of 48,69 (±5,1), who were unfamiliar with the research task, voluntarily participated in this study. The participants were assigned to homogenous groups according to their pre-tests results as follow: 1- physical practice; 2- observational practice; 3-mental imagery practice; 4-physical-observational practice; 5-physical-mental imagery practice; 6- observational-mental imagery practice and 7- physical-observational-mental imagery practice. Then the participants completed three sessions including ninety trials. At the end of the final training session, an immediate retention test was conducted that followed by a delayed retention test after 48 hours. The results of One-Way ANOVA test indicated that in both immediate and delayed retention tests, the physical-observational-mental imagery group and the physical group had a better performance compared with other groups (p<.05). Furthermore, the combined physical-mental imagery group obtained higher scores in soccer dribbling task in comparison with the combined physical-observational group. The findings support the beneficial effects of cognitive interventions as well as physical practice.
Konseling Daring bagi Mahasiswa Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia

ONLINE COUNSELING FOR STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITAS SEBELAS MARET, SURAKARTA, INDONESIA. The industrial revolution 4.0 resulted in disruptive changes that affected human life. Likewise, the students of Sebelas Maret University (UNS) in fulfilling their academic, personal, social, and career development assignments, also often demanded independence in this disruption era. As the third rank university in Indonesia, according to UniRank 4ICU rating agency, UNS needs to respond to this in order to be able to facilitate the task of developing students from the psychological side. Facilitation that can be done is by providing online counseling services for students. This study aims to describe the level of UNS student needs as initial data in compiling online counseling services. The subjects of this study were 544 students from ten faculties in the UNS that were randomly determined. The results of the analysis showed that the needs of student counseling services included six problem areas namely: personal-social (81%), academic (76%), career (82%), premarital (75%), traumatic (71%), and multicultural (81 %). The results of this study indicate that the level of need for online counseling services for UNS students is quite high. These results need to be followed up with the development of an android-based online counseling service platform in order to improve the quality of psychological services of UNS students.
Caught or taught : development of a middle school spelling program

In this literature review, the author explored research studies and literature about literacy to learn more about spelling instruction. Although much research has been done in the area of spelling instruction, little has changed in spelling instruction in the typical middle school classroom (Templeton, 2002a). This review gives a brief overview of the basic composition of the English language and the history of the teaching of spelling in the United States. Research is reviewed that deals with the acquisition of spelling based on the developmental spelling continuum (Bear, Invemizzi, Templeton & Johnston, 1996). The author explored the connection between reading, writing, and spelling. As a result of this exploration, a program was designed to teach students spelling at their developmental spelling level. Explicit strategy instruction is utilized in this design to allow students to form inductive conclusions about spelling patterns and strategies.