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Organizational Culture, Climate, and Workplace Deviance
Authors: Mehra Srishty
Published: August 2019

In this chapter, how the organizational climate and culture is being affected by the workplace deviance will be explained with the help of getting insights into the factors that actually contribute towards workplace deviance in an organization. As it is observed from the previous studies, workplace deviance has started exploiting almost all types of the organizations, embracing a wide range of institutions in this tech-savvy era. That day is not too far when it will become a big threat for the organizations to overcome this issue of workplace deviance just like other serious issues. Shifting in the mindsets to individualism and becoming more self-driven, employees are preferring to keep their personal interest first as compared to the organizational interest.
Boosting Positivity and Performance
Authors: Unnu Nazlı Ayşe Ayyildiz
Published: August 2019

Due to the trauma of the global recession, there is a need to move away from predominantly negative theories of organizational behavior to positively oriented ones that focus on developing psychological capital to achieve employees' full potential. Many organizations look to rebuild organizational life and “positivity” generally, “positive psychology interventions” specifically have much to offer that is needed. So, organizational coaching is discussed as a positive intervention, triggering improved workplace performance based on a case study in this chapter. The main data for the analysis comes from 10 in-depth interviews with coaches and coachees from a leading company in Turkey, in which an integrative coaching system is in place. The analysis revealed that coaching has positive individual and organizational level effects and channel people's psychological capacities toward achieving self-awareness, self-development, increase in positivity, and result in improved performance. The characteristics, enablers, and challenges of an ideal coaching system were also explored.
Mindfulness and Mindful Coaching
Authors: Baykal Elif
Published: August 2019

Effecting mental processes and shaping individual frameworks in perceiving present situation, mindfulness is a processes-oriented state of mind that can be considered as the capacity to be in the present moment in a nonjudgmental way. That is to say, it is a state of not being obsessed with preconceived assumptions, past experiences, and current anxieties. With the help of mindfulness, individuals learn how to direct and hold the focus of their attention internally without being “captured” by any present events, thoughts, and experiences. Although mindfulness is beneficial in many managerial areas, in this chapter, specifically, the effects of mindfulness in executive coaching—a unique kind of intervention that encompasses practical and goal-focused forms of one-on-one learning and tries to result in meaningful behavioral change in the executive—will be discussed in detail.
Servant Leadership Within the Context of Organizational Efficacy
Authors: Ekinci Abdurrahman , Sakız Halis
Published: August 2019

Notwithstanding the proliferation of studies on servant leadership in the last decades, there is still a lack of coherence and clarity around the concept, its nature, and how it can lead practice within organizational structures and processes. The authors provide an integrative and comprehensive discussion on servant leadership by examining the related literature, and in so doing expand knowledge in the field in four different ways. First, they provide an introduction describing the change in paradigms of management, followed by a brief evaluation of leadership. Second, they discuss the developmental process of servant leadership throughout decades. Third, they map various definitions and dimensions of servant leadership and different approaches towards the concept. Fourth, they provide discussion on the role of servant leadership approach within organizational structures. All in all, this review presents a holistic picture of where attempts have been and where they should go into the future in terms of conceptualization of servant leadership and its application within organizational structures.
Compulsory Citizenship Behavior and Organizational Commitment
Authors: Köksal Kemal , Gürsoy Ali
Published: August 2019

Organizational citizenship behavior means the extra role behavior of employee that is not in the role description. Managers expect from employees to show organizational citizenship behavior for benefits to the organization. This expectation may become an obligation over time, and an employee can perceive managers and co-workers' expectations for extra role behavior as a compulsory that will affect an employee's organizational attitudes and behaviors. This study's aim is to investigate the relationship between compulsory citizenship behavior and organizational commitment and, the mediating role of leader-member exchange in Turkey's cultural context. The data were gathered from the 222 employees in a public organization by convenience sample method at two points in time. Regression-based path analyses were conducted to explore the relationship between the variables. According to the results, compulsory citizenship behavior had a negative effect on organizational commitment and leader-member exchange fully mediated this effect.
The Effect of Happiness at Work on Organizational Citizenship Behavior
Authors: Akçakanat Tahsin
Published: August 2019

In this study, an attempt was made on the basis of happiness at work to assess the possible effects in the organizational context within the scope of positive organizational behavior. To that end, the focus was on the effect of happiness at work on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and the role of intrinsic motivation and psychological resilience in this interaction. Department managers of 4- and 5-star hotels operating in Antalya province of Turkey were selected as the sample of this study. A total of 243 department managers were reached within this scope. Descriptive statistics, correlation, and bootstrap regression analyses were used during the analysis of the data that were collected in the study. Based on the study, the presence of low and moderate levels of significant relationships were found between all the variables. Moreover, as a result of the mediation tests that were conducted, the effect of happiness at work on OCB was observed to be mediated by intrinsic motivation. Psychological resilience was found not to have any role in this interaction.
Impact of Psychological Contract on Employees' Performance
Authors: Sachdeva Geeta
Published: August 2019

The performance of employees defines the competitive advantage of the company in current ferocious competition, and it affects the long-standing growth of the company. If a company inspires its workforce merely by the means of financial contract, then the company will not be in the position to gain the effective and efficient performances from its employees. Because apart from this financial contract, psychological contract also upsets attitudes and performance of the employees at the workplace. The spirit of the firms is the employees, and the implementation of the psychological contract can effectually decrease the turnover rate of employees and consequently increase their efficiency at the workplace. In the current chapter, first of all an attempt has been made to elucidate the concept and development process of psychological contract. After that it is endeavored to highlight the positive impact of psychological contract on employees' performances such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job performance, organization citizenship behavior, and turnover intentions.
Organizational-Cultural Elements for Improved Workplace Performance of Disabled Individuals
Authors: Sakız Halis
Published: August 2019

This chapter embarks from the increasing number of disabled individuals in private companies and public institutions and examines the working conditions of disabled employees in these organizations. Although this case is relevant to a considerable number of international contexts, the author focuses on Turkey as a case, illustrative of countries going through similar processes. The author starts by providing an introduction followed by literature on organizational culture. Next, the author discusses the recent legislation regarding the employment of disabled individuals and discusses with literature on their workplace performance. Next, the author focuses on the relationships between the organizational culture and workplace performance of disabled employees. Finally, the author concludes by recommendations for future practice to enhance performance of disabled employees and future research to conduct robust studies in the area. The chapter assumes that organizations can enhance performance of everyone by creating an inclusive culture surrounded by elements involving positive attitudes, equity, equality, and beliefs of productivity.
Analysis of the Customer-Based Efficiency at Workplace for Tourism Industry Using House of Quality
Authors: Dinçer Hasan , Yüksel Serhat
Published: August 2019

The aim of the study is to evaluate the customer expectations and workplace efficiency of tourism industry in the competitive market environment. For this purpose, house of quality is applied to measure the relative importance of the customer expectations and to rank the workplace efficiency based on customer needs using the fuzzy systems. A set of criteria for the customer expectations and workplace efficiency is defined with the supported literature to weight and rank the factors. Fuzzy DEMATEL is applied for weighting the criteria and fuzzy VIKOR is used for ranking the technical factors of competitive tourism industry. The findings show that tourism companies should mainly focus on designing services for the customers to use easily. In this context, website of the tourism companies should be redeveloped so that the users should understand all details regarding the tourism companies much easily. In addition, technological competency should be provided by the tourism companies to increase their competitive power.
A Research About the Organizational Psychological Capital Levels of Certified Public Accountants
Authors: Ozturk Mahmut Sami
Published: August 2019

Psychological capital is a concept that is mentioned together with positive organizational behavior and has become more widespread recently. Psychological capital, which evaluates people positively, focuses on the personal characteristics and tendencies of individuals. The main purpose of psychological capital is to ensure that individuals' psychologies are better. The aim of this study is to investigate the psychological capital levels of certified public accountants. Psychological capital levels of certified public accountants are important because the working conditions are intense and difficult, and they have a stressful life. In line with the purpose of the study, a survey was conducted for 294 certified public accountants. The results of the survey conducted on the optimism, resiliency, hope, and self-efficacy levels of the certified public accountants were investigated.
A Novel Resource Management Framework for Fog Computing by Using Machine Learning Algorithm
Authors: Manukumar Shanthi Thangam , Muthuswamy Vijayalakshmi
Published: August 2019

With the development of edge devices and mobile devices, the authenticated fast access for the networks is necessary and important. To make the edge and mobile devices smart, fast, and for the better quality of service (QoS), fog computing is an efficient way. Fog computing is providing the way for resource provisioning, service providers, high response time, and the best solution for mobile network traffic. In this chapter, the proposed method is for handling the fog resource management using efficient offloading mechanism. Offloading is done based on machine learning prediction technology and also by using the KNN algorithm to identify the nearest fog nodes to offload. The proposed method minimizes the energy consumption, latency and improves the QoS for edge devices, IoT devices, and mobile devices.
Security Issues in Fog Computing for Internet of Things
Authors: Kartheek D. N. , Bhushan Bharath
Published: August 2019

The inherent features of internet of things (IoT) devices, like limited computational power and storage, lead to a novel platform to efficiently process data. Fog computing came into picture to bridge the gap between IoT devices and data centres. The main purpose of fog computing is to speed up the computing processing. Cloud computing is not feasible for many IoT applications; therefore, fog computing is a perfect alternative. Fog computing is suitable for many IoT services as it has many extensive benefits such as reduced latency, decreased bandwidth, and enhanced security. However, the characteristics of fog raise new security and privacy issues. The existing security and privacy measures of cloud computing cannot be directly applied to fog computing. This chapter gives an overview of current security and privacy concerns, especially for the fog computing. This survey mainly focuses on ongoing research, security challenges, and trends in security and privacy issues for fog computing.
Analysis of Identity-Based Cryptography in Internet of Things (IoT)
Authors: Karrothu Aravind , Norman Jasmine
Published: August 2019

Fog networking supports the internet of things (IoT) concept, in which most of the devices used by humans on a daily basis will be connected to each other. Security issues in fog architecture are still a major research area as the number of security threats increases every day. Identity-based encryption (IBE) has a wide range of new cryptographic schemes and protocols that are particularly found to be suitable for lightweight architecture such as IoT and wireless sensor networks. This chapter focuses on these schemes and protocols in the background of wireless sensor networks. Also, this chapter analyses identity-based encryption schemes and the various attacks they are prone to.
Multiple Intelligence Theory in the Digital Age of Learning
Authors: Statti Aubrey L. C. , Torres Kelly M.
Published: August 2019

The understanding of how individuals learn is continually changing. With the tremendous influence of technology in the classroom, it is vital that educators integrate the use of technology with specific attention and profound thought with respect to the needs of learners, including the role of multiple intelligences. Moreover, learning environments are now customizable due to new communication and information technology tools that are revolutionizing education. Research indicates the need to coordinate the use of technology with the style in which students learn. With the tremendous options and continual transformations available, educators must appraise instructional techniques, specifically the use of technology, with consideration to various learning styles and intelligences in order to engage students in their learning and also to reinforce learning in various ways. This article seeks to explore the concepts of multiple intelligence theory through technology applications.
Multiple Intelligences and Digital Learning Game Design
Authors: Sajjadi Pejman , De Troyer Olga
Published: August 2019

Empirical research that draws a framework on how the theory of MI could be incorporated in (learning) games is non-existent. Furthermore, the theory of MI fits well into the concept of individualization, as it distinguishes between individuals in terms of their abilities. In light of this, the chapter reports on the first evidence-based set of mappings between this theory and fundamental constructs of games known as mechanics. These mappings can be utilized by designers in the individualization paradigm of player-centered game design as guidelines on what mechanics to include in their design when targeting an audience with specific MI profiles. Such individualization can potentially positively affect the game experience of players while establishing the proper frame for affecting learning. As such, these mappings, available in form of a recommendation tool, act as guidelines on how to design (learning) games while considering the intelligences of the target audience.
Game Development-Based Learning
Authors: Al-Makhzoomy Alaa Khalaf , Zhang Ke , Spannaus Timothy
Published: August 2019

This chapter presents the findings from a quasi-experimental study analyzing the effect of Game Development-Based Learning on students' academic performance in programming courses in Jordan. The study tested an argument proposing a positive significant association between GDBL instruction and students' performance. The analysis of variance results investigating the effect of enrollment and completion of a concurrent GDBL course to normal courses found that the treatment group outperformed two other groups: the control and the comparison group. The positive gains in the post-assessment scores, were consistent across the two programming courses: C++ and Object-Oriented Programming. This finding confirms the earlier results across countries and contexts documenting the salubrious effect of GDBL on students' academic performance in Computer Science and Information Technology courses. Findings also support the overarching constructionist approach where the use of scaffolding and technology in instruction and assessment yield better academic outcomes for learners.
A Framework for Human-Technology Social Systems
Authors: Lohani Monika , Poitras Eric G. , Stokes Charlene
Published: August 2019

Advancements in semi- and fully-autonomous systems have made human-technology interaction a dynamic and social process. In this chapter, the authors highlight the importance of interpersonal interactions between human and technology and how they can be modeled, tracked, and fostered in the context of adaptive instructional systems. They will first introduce a human-technology social systems framework, which integrates individual factors (human and technology), situational factors (e.g., stress), and team interaction-relevant factors (e.g., communication and team cognition) that contribute to various team-related outcomes (e.g., learning and performance). Using examples from interactive virtual agents and educational technology, they discuss attributes of technology that should be considered to optimize joint learning and performance in applied contexts. The proposed framework points to novel research directions and is likely to offer an understanding of mechanisms that could enhance learning opportunities in diverse socioemotional contexts.
Modeling the Role of Government, Firm, and Civil Society for Environmental Sustainability
Authors: Yasmeen Humaira , Wang Ying , Zameer Hashim , Ismail Hina
Published: August 2019

The objective of this article is to design a game theory-based model to outline the role of the government, firm and civil society for environmental sustainability. The study used the dynamic game theory of complete information. Based upon the equilibrium analysis, the study highlights that when the punishment for non-compliance with environmental responsibility is smaller, the role of civil society would be higher for environmental sustainability. On the other hand, when the environmental responsibility cost is higher, then the role of a government is also higher for the implementation of environmental responsibility and to ensure the punishment. However, the authors found from model analysis that if the cost is low, the probability of firm to fulfill environmental responsibility is higher. In real life, the high cost of environmental responsibility is the main reason that the firm does not fulfill environmental responsibility. Under the high cost, the firm often has the phenomenon of bribery to the government and other means to avoid environmental responsibility. This article is a valuable policy guide for policy makers to cope with global environmental challenges.
Leveraging Internet of Things to Revolutionize Waste Management
Authors: Maksimovic Mirjana
Published: August 2019

A continuously growing population and their migration to urban centers consequently leads to waste expansion. The rapidly increasing quantities of waste generated in the cities affect way of human life, environment and planet. Hence, the necessity for smarter, safer, and greener places have never been more urgent. The novel technologies, Internet of Things (IoT) particularly, holds the potential to better manage waste and recycling. The IoT-driven waste management systems positively influence achieving the vision of smart green cities. This article analyzes the role of smart and safe IoT-powered waste management system, highlights its benefits, and possibilities of implementation and evaluation. It is expected that the IoT-based waste management system will deal successfully with an increasing amount of diverse types of waste and through the realization of a smart green city vision will resolve numerous problems related to human health and environmental contamination.
Analysis of the Nexus Between Smart Grid, Sustainable Energy Consumption, and the Smart City
Authors: Amadi Luke A. , Igwe Prince I.
Published: August 2019

Since the 1990s, the field of smart grid has attempted to remedy some of the core development deficiencies associated with power supply in the smart city. While it seemingly succeeds in provision of electricity, it fails to fully resolve the difficulties associated with sustainable energy consumption. This suggests that the future of smart grid analytics in the smart city largely depends on efficiency in energy consumption which integrates sustainability in the overall energy use. This chapter analyzes the nexus between smart grid, sustainable energy consumption, and the smart city.
Developing a Sustainable Eco-City in Pre-Olympic Tokyo
Authors: Ikeda Mariko
Published: August 2019

This chapter intends to elucidate the emergence of sustainable urban development in Tokyo in light of the upcoming 2020 Olympics by exploring various administrative and commercial practices, such as urban development plan with rooftop and wall greening or river projects in the inner city. The research methods involved a review of the empirical literature, an analysis of existing statistical data, and a detailed examination of case-specific data collected in a field survey. This chapter concludes that since Tokyo Metropolitan Government encourages urban greening projects as a solution of urban heat island from 2000s, utilization of “green spaces” in the landscape design of commercial and office facilities is gaining attention. This chapter concludes that various practices for sustainable urban development in Tokyo, which faces a restructuring process in light of the 2020 Summer Olympics, exist and that some of these could be further developed by the private sector.
The Role of Urban Green Spaces in the Transformation of Community Ecosystem in Developing Countries
Authors: Vargas-Hernández José G. , Zdunek-Wielgołaska Justyna Anna , Pallaggst Karina
Published: August 2019

This chapter aims to analyze the review the existing literature on some important features of urban green spaces such as the components, functions, services, community involvement, initiatives, and actions from an ecosystem perspective. The analysis begins from the assumption that urban green spaces are ecosystems of vital importance in enhancing the quality of life in an urban environment and supplying ecosystem services such as biodiversity and climate regulation. Meeting the needs of users is related with the functions and services that urban green spaces provide to communities. The methods employed in this analysis are the empirical literature and documents review, analysis of existing data on uses and users, interviews with authorities, and more detailed examination of a case specific data. Also, as some concluding remarks, some wider environmental, economic, and social initiatives for local authorities and communities are suggested that can justify initiatives by all represented and involved stakeholders. Finally, the study advances some opportunities, challenges, and further research.
Introduction
Authors: Ling Peter , Ling Lorraine
Published: August 2019

Methods and paradigms in scholarship and education research are addressed in this book. Boyer's scholarships of discovery, integration, application, and teaching, along with Boyer's later addition of the scholarship of engagement, and their multifaceted relationship to education research, form a starting point. From there, in addressing methods and paradigm in scholarship and education research, the paradigm is placed front of stage. Paradigm, as used here, refers to a set of concepts that reflect a world view underpinning a particular subject or pursuit. The paradigms applying to education research and scholarship addressed in this book include the traditional positivist and post-positivist - here labelled neo-positivist - paradigms and the interpretivist, transformative, and pragmatic research paradigms, which have been nominated in existing literature. In acknowledgement of the “supercomplex” environment in which education now operates, a novel paradigm, supercomplexity, emerges.
Denouement
Authors: Ling Lorraine , Ling Peter
Published: August 2019

Research is generally regarded as falling within the scholarship of discovery. However, here authors and editors also explore the application of the paradigms to the scholarships more broadly, including the application of the paradigms to the scholarships of integration, application, teaching, and engagement. We have closely linked the concept of scholarship to policy directions in universities and in other bodies and agencies that influence or govern them. We conclude that the range of paradigms and scholarships available to academics provides a rich array of possibilities for the creation of new understandings and new approaches to scholarly work. The challenge we pose, however, is to encourage academics to be bold enough to work in different paradigms and scholarships from those that are “traditionally” associated with specific disciplines. We also discuss forces that militate against academics daring to be different.
Presentation of Visual Culture Elements in Digital Environments With Special Effect Technologies
Authors: Elitaş Türker
Published: August 2019

This chapter is important in terms of the visualization of the meaningful relationships of the digital media which emerge with the integration of technology into the communication processes and the special effects applications which are the other technology that consecrate it. In addition, visual culture is a phenomenon that is shaped by vision-based elements in the attitudes and behaviors that arise from a simple point of view through evaluation and reception process. In this process, there is a dialectical relationship between perceiver and perceived. The most important argument of this dialectical relationship is the images. In this context, this chapter is important in terms of revealing the fact that special effects applications, which are the constituent element of the image in the digital media, which presents the relationship between perceiver and perceived, are presented with simulaks and the individual determines the cultural attitudes and behaviors in these digital environments with these unrealistic images.
A Critical Appraisal of Crime Over Social Networking Sites in the Context of India
Authors: Gulzar Unanza
Published: August 2019

An inescapable part of our everyday lives, visual communication is a key driver of engagement on social media. These are redesigned their news feed to allow greater emphasis on visual content, resulting in greater interaction. This chapter discusses the current scenario of cyber and social media crime in India and how the government has incorporated the necessities to fight against it. It will also include the types of social media crime enumerating the provisions of Information Technology Act, Indian Penal Code. Through this chapter, the author discusses the various types of cybercrimes, which are cyber defamation, cyber pornography, cyber stalking, fraudulent transaction and misrepresentation, hacking. The author laid emphasis on what legislations are in action to deal with such crimes and how strictly the offenders are punished. The author also discusses the competency of the present legislation and how the loopholes, if any, can be filled to make the virtual world a better place for everyone.
Identity Design and Identities Exhibited in Social Networks
Authors: Sönmez Mehmet Ferhat
Published: August 2019

Identity emerges as a flexible, multidimensional, variable, and slippery concept that cannot be defined through the processes of discussion and understanding. The new construction area of this concept, which is regarded as a process constructed on the social plane, is the social networking platforms. This is because these platforms are the most common communication environments where people and their lifestyles are presented to the outside world, in addition to the cheap and rapid satisfaction of their needs for information and entertainment. Face-to-face communication and language practices are not sufficient enough in the identity presentation anymore. Individuals choose to design and update their identities through social networks and to perform an image-based identity manifestation. This chapter examines how identity was established and manifested through social networks, and analyzes the identities the popular people in these networks designed and exhibited.
Rise of Facebook in the USA and WeChat in China
Authors: Choudhury Naziat
Published: August 2019

The owners of Facebook and WeChat repeatedly promote their media as the preferred platform for people to connect. Improving social relationships was marketed as the reason for their innovation. But users' urge to unite on these OSN services alone cannot explain the success of these media in the US and China. There is a different or rather new business approach underpinning these OSN services that contribute to their success. The author argues that there is an implication of owners' profit-based interest in ensuring the popularity of their online platforms. Audience commodity analysis as discussed by Dallas W. Smythe and Christian Fuchs is employed in the contexts of the US and China to comprehend the complex factors related to online social media owners' interest and their negotiation with the government in online media's prosperity. Through archival research including examination of newspapers, policy documents from OSN-based companies, and survey results from 2015 to mid-2018, this chapter demonstrates the political economy of Facebook and WeChat.
Voyeurism in Social Networks and Changing the Perception of Privacy on the Example of Instagram
Authors: Kır Serpil
Published: August 2019

With the development of communication technologies and changing perceptions of privacy in Turkey, it has emerged to problematize as concept voyeurism. The basic element that framed the intimate place over the body is the place. In social networks, the reset function of the place transforms the private body into a public domain for consumption. The notion of voyeurism, which means watching, is also related to place as of origin. The pleasure of peeping the place belonging to others is also related to the pleasure of penetrating the boundaries of place. Social networks threaten privacy/space as a voyeur environment in the context of establishing this system of pleasure. In the context of social networks, place, and body, a conceptual framework will be discussed, as well as privacy and voyeurism. Also, the selected social network activities will be examined by Instagram's photo and video sharing content analysis method.
Smart Phone Security Practices
Authors: Mensch Scott E , Wilkie LeAnn
Published: August 2019

Hand-held cell phone technology has been around for quite some time, however when Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, the widespread adoption of smartphones took off. Smartphones allow users to communicate via talk, text and video; access personal and work e-mail and the Internet; run applications; make purchases; manage bank accounts; take pictures - and for many of us are an integral part of our everyday (The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, 2018). Smartphones are “essentially tiny computers, we reach for these devices when we first wake up, bring them with us into the car, and often keep them with us during our most private moments (The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, 2018). Many users rarely turn off their smart phones.
Performance Optimization of Tridiagonal Matrix Algorithm [TDMA] on Multicore Architectures
Authors: Chathalingath Anishchandran , Manoharan Arun
Published: August 2019

Fast and efficient tridiagonal solvers are highly appreciated in scientific and engineering domain, but challenging optimization task for computer engineers. The state-of-the-art developments in multi-core computing paves the way to meet this challenge to an extent. The technical advances in multi-core computing provide opportunities to exploit lower levels of parallelism and concurrency for inherently sequential algorithms. In this article, the authors present an optimal performance pipelined parallel variant of the conventional Tridiagonal Matrix Algorithm (TDMA), aka the Thomas algorithm, on a multi-core CPU platform. The implementation, analysis and performance comparison of the proposed pipelined parallel TDMA and the conventional version are performed on an Intel SIMD multi-core architecture. The results are compared in terms of elapsed time, speedup, cache miss rate. For a system of ‘n' linear equations where n = 2^36 in presented pipelined parallel TDMA achieves speedup of 1.294X with a parallel efficiency of 43% initially and inclines towards linear speed up as the system grows.
Avian Based Intelligent Algorithm to Provide Zero Tolerance Load Balancer for Cloud Based Computing Platforms
Authors: Sivashanmugam G.  , Shantharajah SP , Iyengar N.Ch.Sriman Narayana
Published: August 2019

Artificial intelligence changes the art of solving the computational problems from defined computing structures into disorganized computing structures with the interference of naturally-inspired activities. On this basis, many algorithms were proposed and applied successfully, those results give complete as well as partial solutions for their applications. In this article, the authors consider the same phenomena and the investigation area is a load balancer. The legitimate aim is to bring a zero-tolerance load balancer by applying artificial intelligence techniques. For this, the authors introduced an algorithm named the Eagle Fly algorithm, which is a natural inspired algorithm, completely based on eagle characteristic behavior. From this, the authors examine how tasks are fetched, computed, and server on-demands are supported. This article proves performance metrics received from eagle fly algorithm is good and the results were compared with other existing natural inspired algorithms.
Heuristic Approach to Temporal Assignments of Spatial Grid Points for Vegetation Monitoring
Authors: Miori Virginia M. , Clements Nicolle , Segulin Brian W.
Published: August 2019

In this research, vegetation trends are studied to give valuable information toward effective land use in the East African region, based on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). Previously, testing procedures controlling the rate of false discoveries were used to detect areas with significant changes based on square regions of land. This article improves the assignment of grid points (pixels) to regions by formulating the spatial problem as a multidimensional temporal assignment problem. Lagrangian relaxation is applied to the problem allowing reformulation as a dynamic programming problem. A recursive heuristic approach with a penalty/reward function for pixel reassignment is proposed. This combined methodology not only controls an overall measure of combined directional false discoveries and nondirectional false discoveries, but make them as powerful as possible by adequately capturing spatial dependency present in the data. A larger number of regions are detected, while maintaining control of the mdFDR under certain assumptions.
Strategic Decision Making Using Waiting Line Models
Authors: Croucher John S , Hon Stephnie
Published: August 2019

This article considers issues facing management and their decision processes to deal with them effectively. The first develops an optimal strategy for leasing equipment in which there are three available management options, the criterion being to minimize the total cost of use. The first option is to stay with the status quo, the second to lease faster equipment, and the third to lease multiple pieces of equipment. Two scenarios are discussed, one where the waiting time in the queue is taken into account while the other includes the time spent using the equipment itself. A second problem deals with the sharing of resources and optimal configurations, using first a mathematical solution and then a discussion of the practicalities of implementation. The final case involves the optimal times to employ a faster server as a function of how busy the queueing system is.
A Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach for ranking Business Schools
Authors: Sharma Dheeraj P. , Srivastava Praveen Ranjan , Panigrahi Ritanjali , Kumar Patanjal , Joshi Smita
Published: August 2019

The proliferation of management institutes along with the establishment of new business school (B-School) has caused a dilemma among students while choosing the management institutes because of a plethora of options. To address the issue, this article provides a ranking framework which first identifies the criteria important for students while selecting a business school using NVivo software on the semi-structured survey. Further, the multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) technique ranks the business schools based on the selected criteria using fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and evaluation based on distance from average solution (EDAS). The study has found that the ranking obtained is different from the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) and other ranking systems for selecting a business school by students based on student-centered criteria. The rankings of business schools are obtained based on eight criteria: placement, location, infrastructure, industry-institute interaction, NIRF ranking, fee, innovativeness, and student-faculty ratio. The results of the study are validated using comparative analysis with different MCDM methods and sensitivity analysis with respect to change in weights of criteria. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Barriers to the Success of Total Quality Management Implementation in Vietnam's Textile and Garment Companies
Authors: Kalargiros Emmanuel (Manos) , Strickler Cindy , Pham Long , DeNardin Thomas , Coomer Tatyana N
Published: August 2019

Vietnam is classified as one of the five largest textile and garment exporters in the world. With its ambition to engage more effectively in the global textile and garment supply chains, Vietnam's textile and garment enterprises have been implementing total quality management (TQM) programs in order to improve their product and service quality. However, many of Vietnam's textile and garment enterprises are facing barriers to successful TQM implementation. The objective of this study is to empirically examine these barriers to TQM faced by Vietnam's textile and garment enterprises and to compare the results with previous studies conducted with U.S. and Mexican businesses. The results of this study indicate five barriers to Vietnam's textile and garment enterprises' successful TQM implementation. Among these five barriers, the common barrier shared by Vietnamese, US and Mexican businesses is that employees are resistant to change. Managerial implications and future research directions are discussed.
New Dual Parameter Quasi-Newton Methods for Unconstrained Nonlinear Programs
Authors: Moughrabi Issam A.R. , Askary Saeed
Published: August 2019

A framework model of multi-step quasi-Newton methods developed which utilizes values of the objective function. The model is constructed using iteration genereted data from the m+1 most recent iterates/gradient evaluations. It hosts double free parameters which introduce a certain degree of flexibility. This permits the interpolating polynomials to exploit available computed function values which are otherwise discarded and left unused. Two new algorithms are derived for those function values incorporated in the update of the inverse Hessian approximation at each iteration to accelerate convergence. The idea of incorporating function values configure quasi-Newton methods, but the presentation constitutes a new approach for such algorithms. Several earlier works only include function values data in the update of the Hessian approximation numerically to improve the convergence of Secant-like methods. The methods are a useful tool for solving nonlinear problems arising in engineering, physics, machine learning, decision science, approximations techniques to Bayesian Regressors and a variety of numerical analysis applications.
The Impact of Social Capital, Managerial Human Capital and Managerial Knowledge Structure on Firm Performance
Authors: Awwad Abdulkareem Salameh , Akroush Mamoun Nadim , Zuriekat Majdy Issa , Al Masoudi Yassir Yahya
Published: August 2019

This article aims to examine the relationships between external and internal social capital, managerial human capital, and managerial knowledge structures, respectively. It also examines the effect of managerial human capital and managerial knowledge structures on firm performance in the telecommunications sector in Jordan. A questionnaire was distributed to 250 managers in the telecommunications sector in Jordan. Utilizing structural equation modeling, it was found that external social capital has a positive significant effect on internal social capital and managerial human capital. Internal social capital has positively and significantly affected managerial knowledge structures. Furthermore, both managerial human capital and managerial knowledge structure had affected firm performance positively. As technology is expanding in this sector, relevant knowledge and information is becoming a source of competitive advantage, thus managers in this sector should build beneficial ties that might enhance human resources' capabilities that benefit the decision-making processes.
Peer Effect on Corporate Social Responsibility
Authors: Singh Shaili , Guha Mahua
Published: August 2019

This study explores a firm's response to institutional pressure from industry peers on their Social community spending. Social community spending is symbolic of the fulfillment of a firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR). The authors hypothesize that mimetic isomorphism occurs among firms in an industry and organizational characteristics, i.e., business group affiliation, ownership status (state-owned versus private), and firm size strengthen or weaken the influence of industry peers. The authors test the propositions on a pooled time-series cross-sectional data of firms in India, with 3,307 observations from 2009-2017 using Generalized Least Squares (GLS) random-effects model. The findings suggest industry peers have a positive influence on a firm's SCS, and this effect is stronger for state-owned enterprises and large firms and weaker for a business group affiliated firms which further aggravates with group size. This article establishes the positive role of the industry association in driving its member firm's SCS and offers an understanding of the contingencies in the above relationship.
Approximate Algorithm for Solving the General Problem of Scheduling Theory With High Accuracy
Authors: Mkrttchian Vardan , Al Salaimeh Safwan
Published: August 2019

An approximate iterative algorithm is described, allowing the solving of general problems in the theory of schedules. The theoretical and experimental characteristic of the new algorithm are given, as well as ways of finding out its variable indicators by using parallelization computing and the implementation of a parallel version of the algorithm microprocessor. In this way, the authors have described a practical approximate algorithm for time, to solve the general problem of scheduling theory with an average error of 8% less.
Abstract Retrieval over Wikipedia Articles Using Neural Network
Authors: Falah Hassan Ali Al-akashi
Published: August 2019

In this article, we propose a neural network model to create a Wikipedia article summarization for each query to allow users to find summary of the topic without going through the whole content in the article. Often, Wikipedia returns the articles related to a search query that makes obvious finding the relevant topic for the user. Text summarization is generated by extracting all those important sentences that are most significant in its topics and have a strong match in its content. Experimentally, each sentence in the article content is encoded as a set of features and presented as an input to the network. The proposed neural network is trained using a set of randomly selected typical articles from Wikipedia. The network output is then used to predict the sentences as a summary of content from the searched query. The results showed that the proposed approach is robust and efficient at finding relevant summaries for most searched queries. Evaluation of the proposal yields accuracy scores of 0.10317 in ROUGE-N and 0.13998 in ROUGE–L.
The Adoption of Security Control Apps among Smartphone Users in Tanzania
Authors: Koloseni Daniel , Sedoyeka Eliamani Mathew
Published: August 2019

Threats to mobile devices and smartphones, in particular, are on the rise, suggesting that data and information residing in the mobile device such as smartphones are in danger of being attacked. The current study employs an extended TBP as a theoretical framework to investigate the adoption of security control apps (i.e. antivirus) to safeguard against the attacks. A theoretical framework was tested using structural equation modelling (SEM) with data collected from 233 respondents. The study found that social influence, attitude and security awareness have an influence on the intention to adopt antivirus software while perceived behavioral control and individual risk propensity have no influence. Further security awareness has an influence on the attitude of smartphone users towards using antivirus software.
Exploring the Determinants of ERP Adoption Intention
Authors: Bhattacharya Mithu , Wamba Samuel Fosso , Kamdjoug Jean Robert Kala
Published: August 2019

Using data collected from 193 ERP users collected through a web-based survey within an Australian state emergency service organization, we will develop and test a research model taking relevant constructs from TAM and others social factors such as subjective norm, top management involvement, user involvement along with perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and attitude into account. We will specifically apply the REBUS-PLS method to detect two distinctive groups of users. In fact, this analysis highlights different groups of users on these links: user involvement and attitude; user involvement and perceived ease of use; top management involvement and user involvement; top management involvement and attitude; top management involvement and perceived usefulness; subjective norm and perceived usefulness.