bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Do contrato coletivo de trabalho ao acordo negocial interno: complementaridades e contradições
Authors: Fernandes Paulo , Almeida António José de , Cordeiro João Pedro
Published: October 2017

As relações laborais em Portugal têm vindo a ser marcadas por um conjunto de bloqueios resultantes da alteração da relação de forças entre capital e trabalho. Desses bloqueios, um dos mais significativos tem estado associado ao reduzido grau de eficácia dos instrumentos de regulamentação coletiva de trabalho há muito ultrapassados pelas práticas de gestão de recursos humanos adotadas pelas empresas e “toleradas” pela sociedade. Daqui tem decorrido uma certa incapacidade dos atores da negociação coletiva em (re)construir um novo compromisso entre capital e trabalho, o que abriu caminho a um conjunto de reformas, mais ou menos consensuais, do enquadramento legal que regula o sistema de relações de trabalho, as quais visam a crescente descentralização dos níveis de negociação. É neste contexto que, no âmbito de um projeto de investigação em curso sobre a reinvenção da negociação e da representação coletiva dos trabalhadores em Portugal, procuramos dar conta da evolução dos conteúdos da negociação coletiva no setor automóvel e da articulação desses conteúdos com a negociação ao nível da empresa traduzida naquilo que alguns autores têm vindo a designar por acordos negociais internos.
A inclusão de pessoas com deficiência no mercado de trabalho
Authors: Santos Carolina Neto Rebelo dos , Almeida David Emanuel Rodrigues de
Published: October 2017

A reintegração de pessoas portadoras de deficiência na comunidade à qual pertencem assume grande importância perante a atual mudança de paradigma relativamente à inclusão social. Neste âmbito, pretende-se abordar a inclusão de pessoas com deficiência no mercado de trabalho, sendo referidos, ao longo do presente trabalho, aspetos relativos à temática abordada, nomeadamente os conceitos e tipos de deficiência, a situação da pessoa com deficiência em Portugal, o envolvente legal, o paradigma de inclusão, a contratação da pessoa com deficiência e, por fim, a importância do papel do terapeuta da fala (T.F.) na inclusão da pessoa com deficiência no mercado de trabalho.
A relação entre o compromisso organizacional afetivo e o envolvimento dos colaboradores com duas ferramentas de GRH: estudo de caso numa empresa de telecomunicações
Authors: Dias Marta , Silva Isabel
Published: October 2017

O compromisso organizacional funciona como uma força facilitadora da ligação psicológica entre os indivíduos e a organização, sendo muitas as empresas que almejam alcançar um alto nível de compromisso (Nascimento, Lopes & Salgueiro, 2008). Esse objetivo nasce do reconhecimento de que são as pessoas quem faz a diferença nas organizações e, consequentemente, ser na sua gestão, que reside parte importante da vantagem competitiva das organizações. O presente estudo procurou explorar a relação existente entre o envolvimento dos colaboradores com duas ferramentas de gestão de recursos humanos (GRH) e o compromisso organizacional afetivo, numa empresa nacional (ramo das telecomunicações). As ferramentas analisadas tinham como objetivo essencial auxiliar a gestão de carreiras dos colaboradores da empresa e os processos de comunicação organizacional. Os dados foram recolhidos através da versão portuguesa da escala de compromisso organizacional de Carochinho, Neves e Jesuíno (1998) e de uma escala desenvolvida para avaliação das ferramentas de GRH. Participaram no estudo 300 colaboradores; 50,3% com local de trabalho em Lisboa e 48,7% no Porto, sendo que 45,7% dos participantes trabalhavam na empresa, há pelo menos 8 anos. Os resultados indicaram uma relação positiva entre o nível de compromisso afetivo e o grau de conhecimento das práticas de GRH relacionadas com cada uma das ferramentas. Os resultados também indicaram uma relação positiva entre o nível de compromisso organizacional afetivo e o grau de satisfação dos colaboradores com a utilidade e design das ferramentas. O desenvolvimento de ferramentas de GRH como potenciais vias do desenvolvimento do compromisso organizacional será discutido.
Acerca de como a intervenção psicológica em orientação vocacional pode fazer a diferença na gestão dos recursos humanos
Authors: Nascimento Inês
Published: October 2017

Embora tradicionalmente as práticas de Orientação Vocacional estejam predominantemente associadas ao meio escolar e às necessidades de escolha formativa/profissional de públicos juvenis, o novo paradigma da aprendizagem ao longo da vida juntamente com os modelos teóricos de cariz desenvolvimentista e ecológico que contemporaneamente enformam a intervenção neste domínio, têm acentuado a pertinência de intervir com objetivos de desenvolvimento vocacional junto da população adulta e de expandir essas mesmas intervenções a todos os contextos nos quais a implementação de processos de Orientação Vocacional, possa, no quadro de uma abordagem psicológica, melhorar substancialmente a relação dos indivíduos com o aprender e com o trabalhar. Assim se compreende o crescente reconhecimento das potencialidades da intervenção psicológica vocacional no contexto organizacional como parte de uma estratégia de gestão de recursos humanos simultaneamente orientada para a produtividade e para a satisfação dos colaboradores. Na comunicação em causa exploram-se essas mesmas potencialidades identificando algumas das áreas de necessidades de intervenção de âmbito vocacional às quais se poderá acudir no local de trabalho tanto numa perspetiva de resposta a problemáticas existentes ou de ocorrência esperada como numa perspetiva de capacitação dos recursos humanos para a auto-gestão dos seus projetos profissionais e de vida em articulação com os objetivos das respetivas entidades empregadoras. Apresentar-se- ão alguns exemplos de intervenções desenhadas em função de pedidos específicos dirigidos, no último ano, ao Serviço de Consulta Psicológica de Orientação Vocacional ao Longo da Vida da FPCE da Universidade do Porto, pelos Departamentos de RH de duas empresas da região Norte.
Los recursos humanos en las empresas familiares: la formación y la profesionalización
Authors: Barroso Martínez Ascensión , Bañegil Palacios Tomás M. , Martínez Nicolás Maria del Pilar
Published: October 2017

Para poder sobrevivir y diferenciarse en el mundo en el que nos encontramos, que es cada vez más competitivo y exigente, es necesario tener un nivel de formación adecuado. Dado que la formación es uno de los pilares esenciales de las actuales políticas de recursos humanos, en este trabajo nos centramos en la formación de los recursos humanos de las empresas familiares, y más concretamente la de los familiares que participan o participarán en el negocio familiar, ya que esta variable es muy importante en los procesos sucesorios y en la continuidad de dichas empresas. En las empresas familiares también puede ocurrir que no haya ningún familiar capacitado para dirigir la empresa, o que precisen de una nueva visión; en estos casos es aconsejable profesionalizar la empresa, es decir, contratar a diretivos profesionales no familiares. El estudio empírico de este trabajo se centró en la formación y la profesionalización de las empresas familiares extremeñas. Para obtener los datos se realizaron entrevistas personales a propietarios de empresas familiares. Los resultados arrojaron que la mayoría de las empresas entrevistadas no disponen de un plan de formación específico para los trabajadores familiares, aunque que consideran muy importante tener planes de formación, sin hacer distinción entre trabajadores familiares y no familiares. Así mismo, la mayoría de las empresas entrevistadas no tienen profesionalizada la gestión.
Para além da auto-gestão: quando os líderes geram auto-líderes
Authors: Quinteiro Pedro Marques , Curral Luís Alberto , Passos Ana Margarida
Published: October 2017

The ending of the 20th century has seen the growth of Self-management theory, latter on followed by the advent of Self-leadership Theory (Manz, 1986). Modestly developed over the past twenty years, Self-leadership has now begun to receive a more deserved attention as it is understood as an adaptive competence that influences individual and collective though and action (Neck & Manz, 2010). Being well known as a predictor of individual and team effectiveness, creativity, innovation, motivation and organizational change adaptation (Neck & Houghton, 2006; Curral & Marques-Quinteiro), the relationship between self-leadership and leadership dynamics is yet to be clearly understood. This paper aims to give a theoretical contribution to both Self-leadership and Leadership literatures, through the proposal of a theoretical explanation of the relation between both constructs, one that goes beyond what has been said till now on this topic.
A gestão de recursos humanos em contexto de crise: despedimento e outplacement: um estudo de caso da indústria Eletrónica
Authors: Pedro Lurdes , Freitas António
Published: October 2017

O presente artigo tem como objetivo relatar um estudo de caso de uma empresa multinacional do setor da eletrónica que encerrou a sua atividade em Portugal em 2009 e que considerou no pacote social de saída dos trabalhadores a contratação de um serviço de outplacement, dotando os trabalhadores de novas ferramentas de apoio na pesquisa de emprego e na transição de carreira visando o sucesso e a rapidez da recolocação. A nível teórico, os objetivos específicos deste estudo prendem-se com a identificação da fundamentação teórica que suporta o trabalho empírico, explicitando as teorias/correntes com maior contributo para a compreensão do tema e definindo os principais conceitos a operacionalizar. A nível empírico procura-se desenvolver um estudo quantitativo de caracterização dos resultados da evolução do programa de outplacement, desde outubro de 2009 a julho de 2010, de acordo com os grupos profissionais, idades, habilitações escolares e planos de outplacement contratados, bem como desenvolver um estudo qualitativo resultante de testemunhos de alguns trabalhadores, sobre o processo e os resultados do outplacement tendo por base 4 dimensões distintas 1) a auto aprendizagem/aprendizagem das ferramentas 2) apoio organizacional 3) gestão pessoal nos processos de R&S 4) as vantagens/desvantagens e elementos críticos. Este artigo procura também discutir a tendência em crescimento da relação da integração nas políticas de recursos humanos da responsabilidade social, evidenciando o aumento das organizações que recorrem aos serviços de outplacement para reduzir o impacto de um processo de despedimentos e potenciar a transição de carreira, no contexto atual de crise económica.
Resisting Tracing's Siren Song
Authors: Agule Craig
Published: October 2017

Drunk drivers and other culpably incapacitated wrongdoers are often taken to pose a problem for reasons-responsiveness accounts of moral responsibility. These accounts predicate moral responsibility upon an agent having the capacities to perceive and act upon moral reasons, and the culpably incapacitated wrongdoers lack exactly those capacities at the time of their wrongdoing. Many reasons-responsiveness advocates thus expand their account of responsibility to include a tracing condition: The culpably incapacitated wrongdoer is blameworthy despite his incapacitation precisely because he is responsible for becoming incapacitated. As some skeptics have suggested, it is not clear that we need tracing. Here, however, I make a stronger case against tracing: I show that tracing gets things wrong. I consider a new sort of case, the case of the Odysseus agent, whose incapacitation is non-culpable (sometimes merely permissible and sometimes praiseworthy). Tracing would have us hold responsible and therefore blame unlucky Odysseus agents, Odysseus agents who commit a wrongdoing in the throes of their non-culpably induced incapacitation. But we should not hold these unlucky Odysseus agents responsible for their incapacitated wrongdoing. Because tracing gets these cases wrong, we should reject tracing.
Offsetting Race Privilege
Authors: Dunham Jeremey , Lawford-Smith Holly
Published: October 2017

For all the talk lately about privilege, few have commented on the moral obligations associated with having privilege. Those who have commented have not gone much beyond the idea that the privileged should be conscious of their privilege and should listen to those who do not have it. Here we want to go further and build an account of the moral obligations of those with a particular kind of privilege: race privilege. In this paper, we articulate an understanding of race privilege, show how a person can know when she has it and argue that a race-privileged person has obligations to offset her privilege. We make concrete suggestions for how she can, at least approximately, do this. We use particular racial-group disparities in the United States as our running example throughout the paper, although our conclusions generalize.
Moral Fixed Points and Conceptual Deficiency
Authors: Kyriacou Christos
Published: October 2017

No abstract.
Are All Normative Judgments Desire-Like?
Authors: Gregory Alex
Published: October 2017

In this paper I first argue against one attractive formulation of the motivation argument, and against one attractive formulation of noncognitivism. I do so by example: I suggest that other-regarding normative judgments do not seem to have motivational powers and do not seem to be desires. After defending these two claims, I argue that other views can accommodate the motivational role of normative judgment without facing this objection. For example, desire-as-belief theories do so, since such theories only say that some normative judgments constitute desires, not that all such judgments do so. (I also briefly present similar reasoning in favor of the claim that desire-as-belief is superior to noncognitivism with respect to the Frege-Geach objection.) In short, I argue that, if we are seeking a theory that explains the motivational role of normative judgement, some theories are better than others insofar as they do so without committing to the claim that all normative judgements play such a motivational role.
The Government Beguiled Me
Authors: Yaffe Gideon
Published: October 2017

Defendants who are being tried for accepting a temptation issued by the government sometimes employ the entrapment defense. Acquittal of some of them is thought to be justified either on the grounds that culpability was undermined by the temptation (the “subjective” approach) or on the grounds that the government acted objectionably in issuing the temptation (the “objective” approach). Advocates of the objective approach often criticize those who employ the subjective by citing what is here called “the problem of private entrapment”: we don’t grant a defense to those who accept temptations issued by private parties, and so it can’t be, it is claimed, that temptation undermines culpability. This paper argues that there is a difference in culpability between a defendant who accepts a government-issued temptation and a defendant who accepts a temptation issued by a private party. This claim is supported by identifying a necessary condition for desert of legal punishment and arguing that the privately entrapped satisfy that condition while the governmentally entrapped do not. The difference, it is argued, is rooted in the fact that the government aims to cause the defendant to act illegally, while private parties, except in extraordinary cases, aim only to cause the defendant to act in a way that happens to be illegal. The paper also argues that, despite appearances to the contrary, advocates of the objective approach also encounter the problem of private entrapment.
Well-Being and Virtue
Authors: Haybron Dan
Published: October 2017

Perfectionist views of well-being maintain that well-being ultimately consists, at least partly, in excellence or virtue. This paper argues that such views are untenable, focusing on Aristotelian perfectionism. The argument appeals, first, to intuitive counterexamples to perfectionism. A second worry is that it seems impossible to interpret perfection in a manner that yields both a plausible view of well-being and a strong link between morality and well-being. Third, perfectionist treatments of pleasure are deeply implausible. Fourth, perfectionism rests on a misunderstanding about the nature of our interest in prudential and perfectionist values. Finally, perfectionism’s appeal seems to depend heavily on a failure to distinguish the notions of well-being and the good life.
Welfare, Achievement, and Self-Sacrifice
Authors: Portmore Douglas W.
Published: October 2017

Many philosophers hold that the achievement of one's goals can contribute to one's welfare apart from whatever independent contributions that the objects of those goals or the processes by which they are achieved make. Call this the Achievement View, and call those who accept it achievementists. In this paper, I argue that achievementists should accept both (a) that one factor that affects how much the achievement of a goal contributes to one’s welfare is the amount that one has invested in that goal and (b) that the amount that one has invested in a goal is a function of how much one has personally sacrificed for its sake, not a function of how much effort one has put into achieving it. So I will, contrary to at least one achievementist (viz., Keller 2004, 36), be arguing against the view that the greater the amount of productive effort that goes into achieving a goal, the more its achievement contributes to one's welfare. Furthermore, I argue that the reason that the achievement of those goals for which one has personally sacrificed matters more to one’s welfare is that, in general, the redemption of one's self-sacrifices in itself contributes to one’s welfare. Lastly, I argue that the view that the redemption of one's self-sacrifices in itself contributes to one's welfare is plausible independent of whether or not we find the Achievement View plausible. We should accept this view so as to account both for the Shape of a Life Phenomenon and for the rationality of honoring "sunk costs."
A New Theory of Humean Reasons?
Authors: Bedke Matthew
Published: October 2017

No abstract.
A Danger of Definition
Authors: Alfano Mark
Published: October 2017

In this paper, I use an example from the history of philosophy to show how independently defining each side of a pair of contrary predicates is apt to lead to contradiction. In the Euthyphro, piety is defined as that which is loved by some of the gods while impiety is defined as that which is hated by some of the gods. Socrates points out that since the gods harbor contrary sentiments, some things are both pious and impious. But “pious” and “impious” are contrary predicates; they cannot simultaneously characterize the same thing. Euthyphro changes his definition, but the problem of recognizing emotional ambivalence is only side-stepped. I go on to show how contemporary philosophers run into a similar problem. According to Prinz, something is good if and only if we harbor positive sentiments towards it and bad if and only if we harbor negative sentiments towards it. Thus, if we are ambivalent towards something (if we harbor both positive and negative sentiments towards it), then it is both good and bad. Like “pious” and “impious”, “good” and “bad” are contraries. Next, according to the fitting-attitude theory first elaborated by Brentano and favored by contemporary meta-ethicists like Blackburn, Brandt, Ewing, Garcia, Gibbard, McDowell, and Wiggins, something is good if and only if it is a fitting (appropriate) object of approbation, and something is bad if and only if it is a fitting (appropriate) object of disapprobation. I argue that moral ambivalence is sometimes appropriate, i.e., that the correct response to some things is to both love and hate them. Hence, according to the fitting-attitudes theory, some things are both good and bad. I conclude by discussing a variety of ways in which the problem of ambivalence may be solved, suggesting that attitudes of approbation and disapprobation be further individuated by the reasons for them.
What is Wrong with Kamm's and Scanlon's Arguments Against Taurek
Authors: Doggett Tyler
Published: October 2017

Abstract: In forced choices between lives, where one group is larger than the other, Taurek claims you can save the few. Kamm and Scanlon argue that this is unfair. I argue it is fair. By Kamm’s and Scanlon’s own lights, it is fair. Kamm and Scanlon also try to explain why you are, in these forced choices, required to save the many. These attempts can be interpreted in three ways. I argue none works. By Kamm’s and Scanlon’s own lights, the most promising one does not work.
Benatar and the Logic of Betterness
Authors: Bradley Ben
Published: October 2017

No abstract.
When Will Your Consequentialist Friend Abandon You for the Greater Good?
Authors: Woodcock Scott
Published: October 2017

According to a well-known objection to consequentialism, the answer to the preceding question is alarmingly straightforward: your consequentialist friend will abandon you the minute that she can more efficiently promote goodness via options that do not include her maintaining a relationship with you. The most prominent response to this objection is to emphasize the profound value of friendship for human agents and to remind critics of the distinction between the theory’s criterion of rightness and an effective decision-making procedure. Whether or not this response is viable remains a contentious issue within the now considerable literature generated on the topic, yet it is a curious fact that the debate has unfolded in such a way that the question of when a consequentialist agent ought to break from her indirect methods of promoting the good and revert back to a direct form of consequentialist decision-making has not been decisively settled. In this paper, I claim that the empirical considerations at stake for resolving this question are more complicated than is normally acknowledged; however, I argue that this should not deter sophisticated consequentialists from endorsing flexible psychological dispositions in order to monitor these empirical considerations as best as can be expected for agents with our distinctly human faculties and limitations.
Character Traits, Social Psychology, and Impediments to Helping Behavior
Authors: Miller Christian
Published: October 2017

In a number of recent papers, I have begun to develop a new theory of character which is conceptually distinct both from traditional Aristotelian accounts as well as from the positive view of local traits outlined by John Doris. On my view, many human beings do have robust traits of character which play an important explanatory and predictive role, but which are triggered by certain situational variables which preclude them from counting as genuine Aristotelian virtues. Like others in this discussion, I have focused on helping behavior in particular, and have gone on to argue that much of the social psychology literature is compatible with this new approach. The goal of this paper is to develop the model as it pertains to helping behavior further by examining how helping-relevant traits can serve as impediments to helping behavior.
Colburn on Anti-Perfectionism and Autonomy
Authors: Porter Thomas
Published: October 2017

No abstract.
The Significance of a Duty's Direction
Authors: Hedahl Marcus
Published: October 2017

Agents do not merely have duties – they often have directed duties to others. This paper first reveals problems with traditional attempts to equate these directed duties with claims and claim rights. It then defends a novel account of directionality that locates the unifying element of directed duties in a counterparty’s prioritization of the duties owed to her. If one agent has a directed duty to another, then the degree to which fulfilling the duty matters to the agent to whom it is owed itself matters – in a distinctive, special and inherent sense. This subject-determined normative significance of directed duties can be used to articulate a priority account of directionality, an account that can demonstrate why many have taken control powers, interests or the authority to demand compliance to be so important in analyzing the directed duties we owe to others.
Expressivism and Moore's Paradox
Authors: Toppinen Teemu
Published: October 2017

No abstract.
Against Institutional Luck Egalitarianism
Authors: Nath Rekha
Published: October 2017

Kok-Chor Tan has recently defended a novel theory of egalitarian distributive justice, institutional luck egalitarianism (ILE). On this theory, it is unjust for institutions to favor some individuals over others based on matters of luck. Tan takes his theory to preserve the intuitive appeal of luck egalitarianism while avoiding what he regards as absurd implications that face other versions of luck egalitarianism. Despite the centrality of the concept of institutional influence to his theory, Tan never spells out precisely what it means for an inequality to be produced by an institution. In this paper, I consider different conceptions of institutional influence that ILE might employ. It appears that however this concept is construed, ILE has serious problems. On some conceptions, the luck egalitarian character of the theory is undermined. On others, the theory gives rise to precisely the sorts of absurd implications facing other versions of luck egalitarianism that Tan takes his theory to avoid.
"Freedom and Resentment" and Consequentialism
Authors: Miller Dale E.
Published: October 2017

In The Second-Person Standpoint, Stephen Darwall offers an interpretation of P. F. Strawson’s “Freedom and Resentment” according to which the essay advances the thesis that good consequences are the “wrong kind of reason” to justify “practices of punishment and moral responsibility.” Darwall names this thesis “Strawson’s Point.” I argue for a different reading of Strawson, one according to which he holds this thesis only in a qualified way and, more generally, is not the unequivocal critic of consequentialism that Darwall makes him out to be. In fact, I contend, Strawson’s account of the reactive attitudes can potentially be a useful resource for consequentialists.
The Moral Fixed Points
Authors: Ingram Stephen
Published: October 2017

No abstract.
Reason to Promotion Inferences
Authors: DiPaolo Joshua , Behrends Jeff
Published: October 2017

No abstract.
Adult Students' Perceptions in Distance Education Learning Environments Based on a Videoconferencing Platform – QoE Analysis
Authors: Malinovski Toni , Vasileva-Stojanovska Tatjana , Jovevski Dobri , Vasileva Marina , Trajkovik Vladimir
Published: October 2017

Distance education learning environments provide tremendous convenience and flexibility, allowing busy, mobile adult learners to engage in education while coping with their limited resources in terms of time, energy and finances. Following a student-centered approach this study investigates adult students’ subjective perceptions while using distance education systems based on a videoconferencing platform as Quality of Experience (QoE). Based on a literature review, sociological behavior and expectations, we have constructed a structural equation model (SEM) illustrating relations among different variables that can predict positive levels of adult students’ QoE, thus providing guidelines for proper development. We have tested the model using a survey of 198 primary education school teachers involved in a videoconferencing-based learning program for teacher enhancement. Results show a good fit to the model developed. The analysis showed that adult students’ QoE is directly influenced by appropriateness of teacher-student interaction and ease of participation, as well predicted by students’ motivation to attend similar trainings. Additionally, we found that variances in technical quality did not directly influence their QoE from the learning sessions.
A Comprehensive Evaluation Rubric for Assessing Instructional Apps
Authors: Lee Cheng-Yuan , Sloan Chener Todd
Published: October 2017

There is a pressing need for an evaluation rubric that examines all aspects of educational apps designed for instructional purposes. In past decades, many rubrics have been developed for evaluating educational computer-based programs; however, rubrics designed for evaluating the instructional implications of educational apps are scarce. When an Internet search for existing rubrics was conducted, only two such rubrics were found, and the evaluation criteria used in those rubrics was not clearly linked to previously conducted research nor were their evaluative dimensions clearly defined. These shortcomings result in reviewers being unable to use those rubrics to provide teachers with a precise analysis of an educational app’s instructional potential. In response, this paper presents a comprehensive rubric with 24-evaluative dimensions tailored specifically to analyze the educational potential of instructional apps.
Information Gatekeepers – Aren't We All? A new perspective for looking at the Human Information Gatekeeper
Authors: Bouhnik Dan , Giat Yahel
Published: October 2017

In today's knowledge environment, individuals and groups who gather relevant information about the organization's external environment and distribute that information for use by their colleagues, receive increasing attention and are viewed with great importance. These individuals have been named Information Gatekeepers. Thus far, researchers have not established a unanimous and interdisciplinary definition regarding the human information gatekeeper. Nonetheless, a recurrent theme in previous papers regards gatekeepers as a select few throughout the organization. This approach creates two kinds of employees based on a specific set of criteria – those who are gatekeepers and those who are not. The main goal of this research is to examine whether gate keeping is an individual attribute that exists or does not exist within the organization, or whether gate keeping is a continuous attribute that exists within every member and throughout the organization in varying intensity subject to differences in personal characteristics and other factors. 

A revised version of this paper was published in Informing Science: the International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, Volume 18, 2015
Table of Contents Volume 04, 2015
Authors: Gill Grandon
Published: October 2017

Table of Contents for the Journal of Information Technology Education: Discussion Cases, Volume 04, 2015
Information Security in Education: Are We Continually Improving?
Authors: Bialaszewski Dennis
Published: October 2017

[The final form of this paper was published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology.] This paper will shed light on the lack of the development of appropriate monitoring systems in the field of education. Test banks can be easily purchased. Smart phones can take and share pictures of exams. A video of an exam given through Blackboard can easily be made. A survey to determine the extent of cheating using technology was given to several university students. Evidence is provided that shows security is lacking as evidenced by the number of students who have made use of technological advances to cheat on exams. The findings and conclusion may serve as evidence for administrators and policy makers to re-assess efforts being made to increase security in online testing.
Can E-Portfolio Improve Students’ Readiness to Find an IT Career?
Authors: Tubaishat Abdallah
Published: October 2017

[The final form of this paper was published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology.]

An E-Portfolio Assessment Management System (EAMS) can be an innovative tool that provides students with flexible opportunities to demonstrate the acquisition of skills and abilities in an outcome-based institution. The system has been developed and used for the past ten years to create, reflect, revise, and structure students’ work. It is a repository management system that facilitates collecting, sharing, and presenting artifacts of student learning outcomes via a digital medium. Therefore, it provides students with flexible opportunities to demonstrate the acquisition of skills and abilities to demonstrate growth of achieving learning outcomes. The rationale of the EAMS is to allow students to demonstrate competences and reflect upon experiences to improve their learning and career readiness; hence, they are accountable for their learning. The system was built around two defined set of learning outcomes: institutionally agreed upon set of learning outcomes, and learning objectives that are related to major requirements.
The purpose of this study is to analyze students’ perceptions and attitudes when using an e-portfolio to support their employment opportunities. The participants were 217 students in the College of Technological Innovation. The students reported that the developing of e-portfolios was extremely helpful. The results showed that students have positive opinions about using e-portfolios as a beneficial tool to support their readiness for employment; they believe an e-portfolio increases their confidence to find a job in the IT field because it can allow them to showcase artifacts that demonstrate competencies and reflect upon experiences, and they can provide their supervisors during their industrial training with an e-resume that includes views of their actual work of what they have learned and are able to do when they complete their degree. Employers then can review e-portfolios to select prospective employees work readiness skills; hence, graduates are more likely to obtain a job in their workplaces. In conclusion, students do like the idea of e-portfolios when it is presented to them as a career showcase rather than a process for documenting learning. A career center can use e-portfolios as a tool to help students find a job. Furthermore, our analysis and evaluation uncovered learning issues involved in moving from the traditional approach of learning toward an integrated learning system that can be used after graduation.
Risk of Misinforming and Message Customization in Customer Related Management
Authors: Grozdanov Christozov Dimitar , Chukova Stefanka , Mateev Plamen
Published: October 2017

This paper discusses applications of the measures of the risk of misinforming and the role of the warranty of misinforming in the context of the informing component of Customer Related Management (CRM) issues. This study consists of two parts. Firstly, we propose an approach for customers’ grouping based on their attitude toward assessing product's properties and their expertise on the terminology/domain of the seller’s message describing the product. Also we discuss what the most appropriate personal/group warranty is for each of these group/clusters. 

A revised version of this paper was published in Informing Science: the International Journal of an
Emerging Transdiscipline, Volume 18, 2015
Usability and Pedagogical Assessment of an Algorithm Learning Tool: A Case Study for an Introductory Programming Course for High School
Authors: Theresa Avancena Aimee , Nishihara Akinori
Published: October 2017

[The final form of this paper was published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology.] An algorithm learning tool was developed for an introductory computer science class in a specialized science and technology high school in Japan. The tool presents lessons and simple visualizations that aim to facilitate teaching and learning of fundamental algorithms. Written tests and an evaluation questionnaire were designed and implemented along with the learning tool among the participants. The tool’s effect on the learning performance of the students was examined. The differences of the two types of visualizations offered by the tool, one more input and control options and the other with fewer options were analyzed. Based on the evaluation questionnaire, the scales with which the tool can be assessed according to its usability and pedagogical effectiveness were identified. After using the algorithm learning tool, there was an increase in the posttest scores of the students and those who used the visualization with more input options has higher scores compared to those who used the one with limited input options. The learning objectives used to evaluate the tool correlated with the test performance of the students. Properties comprised of learning objectives, algorithm visualization characteristics and interface assessment are proposed to be incorporated in evaluating an algorithm learning tool for novice learners.
Communicating and Sharing in the Semantic Web: An Examination of Social Media Risks, Consequences, and Attitudinal Awareness
Authors: A. Buzzetto-More Nicole , Johnson Robert , Elobaid Muna
Published: October 2017

Empowered by, and tethered to, ubiquitous technologies, the current generation of youth yearns for opportunities to engage in self-expression and information sharing online with personal disclosure no longer governed by concepts of propriety and privacy. This raises issues about the unsafe activities of teens and young adults. The following paper presents the findings of a study examining the social networking activities of undergraduate students and also highlights a program to increase awareness of the dangers of, and safe practices using, social media. According to the survey results, young adults practice risky social networking site (SNS) behaviors with most having experienced at least one negative consequence. Further, females were more likely than males to engage in oversharing as well as to have experienced negative consequences. Finally, results of a post-treatment survey found that a targeted program that includes flyers, posters, YouTube videos, handouts, and in-class information sessions conducted at a Mid-Atlantic HBCU increased student awareness of the dangers of social media as well as positively influenced students to practice more prudent online behaviors.

A revised version of this paper was published in Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Life Long Learning
Volume 11, 2015 as "Communicating and Sharing in the Semantic Web: An Examination of Social Media Risks,
Consequences, and Attitudinal Awareness"
On Information Integrity Measurement with Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA)
Authors: Adebisi Ojo Segun , Favour-Bethy Thompson Aderonke , O Iyare Mary , Kayode Alese Boniface
Published: October 2017

The “information age” as often referred to the modern society, has become heavily dependent on information systems. As this dependency increases, the threat to information security has also gained ground. Societies need to cater for the security of information, and this has led to the development of different information security techniques most notable of which is cryptography. Cryptographic Hash functions are used to achieve a number of security goals like authenticity, digital signatures, pseudo-random number generation, digital steganography, digital time stamping. The strength of a cryptographic hash function can be summarized into its vulnerability to attack and computational time. This work therefore, reviews existing standard cryptographic hash functions, their construction and their application areas. The secured hash function (SHA) was selected and implemented based on its comparative worth over others. The implemented cryptographic hash function is evaluated for performance using a cryptographic evaluation standard.
Informing and Performing: A Study Comparing Adaptive Learning to Traditional Learning
Authors: Coffin Murray Meg , Pérez Jorge
Published: October 2017

Technology has transformed education, perhaps most evidently in course delivery options. However, compelling questions remain about how technology impacts learning. Adaptive learning tools are technology-based artifacts that interact with learners and vary presentation based upon that interaction. This paper compares adaptive learning with a conventional teaching approach implemented in a digital literacy course. Current research explores the hypothesis that adapting instruction to an individual’s learning style results in better learning outcomes. Computer technology has long been seen as an answer to the scalability and cost of individualized instruction. Adaptive learning is touted as a potential game-changer in higher education, a panacea with which institutions may solve the riddle of the iron triangle: quality, cost and access. Though the research is scant, this study and a few others like it indicate that today’s adaptive learning systems have negligible impact on learning outcomes, one aspect of quality. Clearly, more research like this study, some of it from the perspective of adaptive learning systems as informing systems, is needed before the far-reaching promise of advanced learning systems can be realized.
Communicating and Sharing in the Semantic Web: An Examination of Social Media Risks, Consequences, and Attitudinal Awareness
Authors: A. Buzzetto-More Nicole , Johnson Robert , Elobaid Muna
Published: October 2017

Empowered by and tethered to ubiquitous technologies, the current generation of youth yearns for opportunities to engage in self-expression and information sharing online with personal disclosure no longer governed by concepts of propriety and privacy. This raises issues about the unsafe online activities of teens and young adults. The following paper presents the findings of a study examining the social networking activities of undergraduate students and also highlights a program to increase awareness of the dangers and safe practices when using and communicating, via social media. According to the survey results, young adults practice risky social networking site (SNS) behaviors with most having experienced at least one negative consequence. Further, females were more likely than males to engage in oversharing as well as to have experienced negative consequences. Finally, results of a post-treatment survey found that a targeted program that includes flyers, posters, YouTube videos, handouts, and in-class information sessions conducted at a Mid-Atlantic Historically Black College or University (HBCU) increased student awareness of the dangers of social media as well as positively influenced students to practice more prudent online behaviors.
Usability and Pedagogical Assessment of an Algorithm Learning Tool: A Case Study for an Introductory Programming Course for High School
Authors: Theresa Avancena Aimee , Nishihara Akinori
Published: October 2017

An algorithm learning tool was developed for an introductory computer science class in a specialized science and technology high school in Japan. The tool presents lessons and simple visualizations that aim to facilitate teaching and learning of fundamental algorithms. Written tests and an evaluation questionnaire were designed and implemented along with the learning tool among the participants. The tool’s effect on the learning performance of the students was examined. The differences of the two types of visualizations offered by the tool, one with more input and control options and the other with fewer options, were analyzed. Based on the evaluation questionnaire, the scales with which the tool can be assessed according to its usability and pedagogical effectiveness were identified. After using the algorithm learning tool there was an increase in the posttest scores of the students, and those who used the visualization with more input and control options had higher scores compared to those who used the one with limited options. The learning objectives used to evaluate the tool correlated with the test performance of the students. Properties comprised of learning objectives, algorithm visualization characteristics, and interface assessment are proposed to be incorporated in evaluating an algorithm learning tool for novice learners.
Investigating Web Based Marketing in the Context of Micro and Small-Scale Enterprises (MSEs): A Decision Tree Classification Technique
Authors: N. Agu Monica , Nabareseh Stephen , Nedu Osakwe Christian
Published: October 2017

This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study of web based marketing (WBM) usage predictor variables in the context of micro and small-scale enterprises (MSEs). By means of a cross-sectional field study, a structured questionnaire was used to elicit responses from 267 enterprises situated in the South East Region of Nigeria. The main rationale for this study is to provide a vivid description of pertinent variables that are most likely to influence an enterprise’s consideration of the relevance and/or implementation of WBM. Against this backdrop, the authors used the decision tree classification technique of data mining to build a predictive model. One of the interesting findings in this study seems to show that service-oriented enterprises that have a social media presence and are equally headed by highly educated women have a higher proclivity of engaging in WBM. By and large, our findings provide an understanding of idiosyncratic factors that impact on WBM non (usage) by enterprises. Lastly, our findings have implications for practitioners and policy makers in developing countries, particularly that of Nigeria.
Characterizing Big Data Management
Authors: Rossi Rogério , Hirama Kechi
Published: October 2017

Big data management is a reality for an increasing number of organizations in many areas and represents a set of challenges involving big data modeling, storage and retrieval, analysis and visualization. However, technological resources, people and processes are crucial to facilitate the management of big data in any kind of organization, allowing information and knowledge from a large volume of data to support decision-making. Big data management can be supported by these three dimensions: technology, people and processes. Hence, this article discusses these dimensions: the technological dimension that is related to storage, analytics and visualization of big data; the human aspects of big data; and, in addition, the process management dimension that involves in a technological and business approach the aspects of big data management.
HUNT: Scavenger Hunt with Augmented Reality
Authors: Lu Yan , T. Chao Joseph , R. Parker Kevin
Published: October 2017

This project shows a creative approach to the familiar scavenger hunt game. It involved the implementation of an iPhone application, HUNT, with Augmented Reality (AR) capability for the users to play the game as well as an administrative website that game organizers can use to create and make available games for users to play. Using the HUNT mobile app, users will first make a selection from a list of games, and they will then be shown a list of objects that they must seek. Once the user finds a correct object and scans it with the built-in camera on the smartphone, the application will attempt to verify if it is the correct object and then display associated multi-media AR content that may include images and videos overlaid on top of real world views. HUNT not only provides entertaining activities within an environment that players can explore, but the AR contents can serve as an educational tool. The project is designed to increase user involvement by using a familiar and enjoyable game as a basis and adding an educational dimension by incorporating AR technology and engaging and interactive multimedia to provide users with facts about the objects that they have located