bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
An integrated e‐recruitment system for automated personality mining and applicant ranking
Authors: Faliagka Evanthia , Tsakalidis Athanasios , Tzimas Giannis 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a novel approach for recruiting and ranking job applicants in online recruitment systems, with the objective to automate applicant pre‐screening. An integrated, company‐oriented, e‐recruitment system was implemented based on the proposed scheme and its functionality was showcased and evaluated in a real‐world recruitment scenario.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed system implements automated candidate ranking, based on objective criteria that can be extracted from the applicant's LinkedIn profile. What is more, candidate personality traits are automatically extracted from his/her social presence using linguistic analysis. The applicant's rank is derived from individual selection criteria using analytical hierarchy process (AHP), while their relative significance (weight) is controlled by the recruiter.FindingsThe proposed e‐recruitment system was deployed in a real‐world recruitment scenario, and its output was validated by expert recruiters. It was found that with the exception of senior positions that required domain experience and specific qualifications, automated pre‐screening performed consistently compared to human recruiters.Research limitations/implicationsIt was found that companies can increase the efficiency of the recruitment process if they integrate an e‐recruitment system in their human resources management infrastructure that automates the candidate pre‐screening process. Interviewing and background investigation of applicants can then be limited to the top candidates identified from the system.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first e‐recruitment system that supports automated extraction of candidate personality traits using linguistic analysis and ranks candidates with the AHP.
Sense of virtual community and knowledge contribution in a P3 virtual community
Authors: Chen Guan‐Lin , Yang Shu‐Chen , Tang Shung‐Ming 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to employ the perspectives of uses and gratification theory and experiential marketing to investigate the antecedents of virtual community (VC) members’ attitude formation and knowledge‐contribution intention through the sense of virtual community (SOVC) and the interaction between their motivations and experiences in a peer‐to‐peer problem solving (P3) VC.Design/methodology/approachThis study chose a well‐known professional IT VC in Taiwan, the ITHelp community, as the target for data collection. An online survey linked from the homepage of this community was used through the cooperation of the vendor of this community. This study employs the partial least squares (PLS) method to examine the research model.FindingsThe results show that members’ attitudes toward their VCs are determined by the interaction between their motivations for and experiences with P3 VC usages. Moreover, SOVC plays full mediating roles in the relationship between attitude toward P3 VC and knowledge‐contribution intention.Research limitations/implicationsVC managers need to aim at creating pleasant experiences for their members and foster their belongingness and consciousness to form higher SOVC. The conclusions are restricted to a VC that involves IT‐related issues, which focuses problem solving rather than being socially oriented. Members of IT P3 VCs are usually highly innovative and enthusiastic about new IT products, which is quite different from the membership of other P3 VCs.Originality/valueExtant studies seldom considered the effects of SOVC and members’ experiences on knowledge‐contribution behavior. The mediating role of SOVC and the interaction between motivations and experience can enhance our understanding about online knowledge‐contribution behavior.
Recommending quality book reviews from heterogeneous websites
Authors: Liu Duen‐Ren , Chen Wei‐Hsiao , Chiu Po‐Huan 
Published: March 2013

PurposeIn recent years, readers have limited amounts of time to pick the right books to read from a market that is filled with similar types of books. Aiming to read only good books, readers tend to check book reviews written by others. However, it is very difficult to find good book reviews. The aim of this paper is to present a book review recommendation system that collects reviews from heterogeneous sources on the Internet and performs quality judgments automatically. Users can then read the top‐ranked reviews suggested by this recommendation system.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, a book review recommendation system is constructed to collect, process, and judge the quality of book reviews from various heterogeneous sources. The quality measurement of book reviews uses review‐evaluation techniques. The prediction results were validated with a ranking list produced by experts.FindingsThe proposed system is effective and suitable for recommending quality book reviews from heterogeneous sources. The proposed quality measurement method is more effective than other more commonly used methods.Originality/valueThis paper is one of the first to apply review evaluation techniques to the process of book review recommendation. The proposed system can collect and recognize book reviews from different websites with various forms of presentation. This evaluation shows that the quality measurement method produces better results than do other methods, such as ranking by rating score or by the date that the review was posted. Those methods are primarily used by commercial websites.
Consumer reviews: reviewer avatar facial expression and review valence
Authors: Lee Mira , Kim Mikyoung , Peng Wei 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how the facial expression of the reviewer's avatar interacts with the valence of the consumer review to influence consumer purchase decisions.Design/methodology/approachA 2 (facial expression of the reviewer's avatar)× 2 (valence of the consumer review) between‐subjects online experimental design was used.FindingsIt was found that when the consumer review was positive, participants exposed to the reviewer's angry‐looking avatar were more likely to attribute the review to the product's performance than those exposed to the happy‐looking avatar. The causal attribution toward product performance, in turn, influenced the strength of intention to purchase the brand positively. When the consumer review was negative, however, there were no differential effects between the happy‐looking and the angry‐looking avatars.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on consumer reviews by identifying an important source characteristic that consumers consider when processing consumer reviews – the facial expression of the reviewer's avatar.
The influence of the components of storytelling blogs on readers’ travel intentions
Authors: Hsiao Kuo‐Lun , Lu Hsi‐Peng , Lan Wan‐Chin 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to determine how storytelling blogs affect readers’ intention to adopt travel products.Design/methodology/approachThe present study proposes a storytelling framework based on heuristic theory for examining the characteristics and key components of a story that can affect the reader’s potential future behavior. An empirical study involving 368 subjects was conducted to test this model.FindingsThe results indicated that the elements of storytelling blogs, “perceived aesthetics”, “narrative structure”, and “self‐reference”, can indirectly influence readers’ intention through empathy and attitude. In particular, “perceived aesthetics” had the strongest direct effect on attitude and total effect on intention. Nevertheless, the control variables, age, gender, and frequency of searching for information about travel online, did not influence the intention.Practical implicationsThe proposed framework can be used by enterprises to develop storytelling blogs for marketing their products. Blog design needs to consider aesthetics, narrative structure, and relevance to readers.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to a deeper understanding of the influence of storytelling blogs from a heuristic perspective.
The impact of team empowerment on proactivity
Authors: Erkutlu Hakan , Chafra Jamel 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between team empowerment and team proactivity and the moderating roles of a team leader's emotional intelligence (EI) and a team member's proactive personality.Design/methodology/approachTo provide a rigorous test of the hypotheses, a field study from a sample of 910 certified nurses in 82 teams from 12 university hospitals in Turkey was conducted.FindingsThe results reveal that proactivity is positively associated with team empowerment. In addition, team leader's EI and team members' proactive personality influence the relationship between team empowerment and team proactivity. Specifically, teams exhibit the highest proactivity when team leaders' EI and team members' proactive personality are high.Research limitations/implicationsThe main strength of the investigation in this study was its multilevel research design. Most research on proactivity and empowerment has been conducted within single organizations, precluding an assessment of the way in which individual difference variables influence empowerment or proactivity. The multilevel design incorporated in this study, however, was capable of capturing the complexity of individual behaviors by considering different contexts.Practical implicationsIn encouraging team proactivity, leadership and team members' personality characteristics do matter. Identifying individual difference variables such as team leader's EI, leader‐member exchange, locus of control or team members' personality help to advance the theoretical understanding of the team proactivity. This study provides evidence of the positive relationship between team empowerment and team proactivity. Such knowledge may help to search for continuous improvement and innovative solutions to work problems employed by healthcare administrators and potentially reduce the costs associated with losing high‐potential nurses.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies to provide evidence of the moderating roles of the team leader's EI and team members' proactive personality levels on the relationship between team empowerment and team proactivity in university hospitals that formally implement work teams.
Strategic groups and outcomes in the US hospice care industry
Authors: Kirby Eric G. 
Published: March 2013

PurposeAs a result of a drastic increase in new patients, two major shifts are occurring in the US hospice care industry: an increase in the number of for‐profit providers, and hospices are increasing in size through acquisitions and mergers. Hospices are trying to both increase the number of innovative programs they offer and decrease their operating expenses to improve their margins and attract more patients. This study seeks to investigate if strategic groups exist within the industry as hospices try to become more innovative and efficient, which grouping factors are most significant, and to determine whether there is a relationship between group membership and performance.Design/methodology/approachCluster analysis and ANOVA are used to analyze data from 93 California hospices.FindingsThree strategic groups exist within the market, innovative practices significantly affect group membership, and innovation‐oriented groups outperform others in terms of quality of care.Practical implicationsMany hospices focus on innovation, and evidence suggests that continued pursuit of innovative practices is critical, whereas efficiency does not appear to have a significant impact on quality of care. Focus on such evidence‐based practices is important for long‐term success.Originality/valueThis is the first study to investigate strategic group formation in the hospice care industry.
Who do we think we are?
Authors: McDermott Imelda , Checkland Kath , Harrison Stephen , Snow Stephanie , Coleman Anna 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe language used by National Health Service (NHS) “commissioning” managers when discussing their roles and responsibilities can be seen as a manifestation of “identity work”, defined as a process of identifying. This paper aims to offer a novel approach to analysing “identity work” by triangulation of multiple analytical methods, combining analysis of the content of text with analysis of its form.Design/methodology/approachFairclough's discourse analytic methodology is used as a framework. Following Fairclough, the authors use analytical methods associated with Halliday's systemic functional linguistics.FindingsWhile analysis of the content of interviews provides some information about NHS Commissioners' perceptions of their roles and responsibilities, analysis of the form of discourse that they use provides a more detailed and nuanced view. Overall, the authors found that commissioning managers have a higher level of certainty about what commissioning is not rather than what commissioning is; GP managers have a high level of certainty of their identity as a GP rather than as a manager; and both GP managers and non‐GP managers oscillate between multiple identities depending on the different situations they are in.Originality/valueThis paper offers a novel approach to triangulation, based not on the usual comparison of multiple data sources, but rather based on the application of multiple analytical methods to a single source of data. This paper also shows the latent uncertainty about the nature of commissioning enterprise in the English NHS.
Thinking about the emotional labour of nursing – supporting nurses to care
Authors: Sawbridge Yvonne , Hewison Alistair 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe aim of this article is to report some of the work undertaken by a nursing “think tank”, focussed on examining the causes of poor nursing care in hospitals, and potential solutions.Design/methodology/approachA “think tank” was convened which incorporated widespread discussion with national, regional and local stakeholders, a critical literature review, and a focus group of senior nurses.FindingsIt was found that there are no widespread systems of staff support that help nurses working in hospitals to cope with the emotional component of their work. This is one element that contributes to nurses providing poor care. A number of approaches to staff support have been developed that warrant further study.Practical implicationsIf episodes of poor care are to be prevented it is necessary for hospital boards to recognise the importance of supporting nurses in managing the emotional labour of caring. The introduction of routine systems of staff support should be considered.Originality/valueIn addition to highlighting and condemning poor care, it is important to seek solutions. This article offers a new perspective on an enduring problem and identifies approaches that can be part of the solution.
Fire variability, as well as frequency, can explain coexistence between seeder and resprouter life histories
Authors: Tucker Caroline M. , Cadotte Marc W. 
Published: March 2013

Summary

Studies in fire‐prone Mediterranean ecosystems have repeatedly shown that the mean values of fire regimes (particularly frequency, but also size and intensity) are important for managing sensitive species and maintaining diversity. However, recent studies suggest that invariant fire regimes – that is, those with no variation about the mean value – may not be sufficient to maintain the coexistence mechanisms which could help explain the high levels of species diversity. However, there has been a little examination of the potential mechanisms by which variability in fire regimes might foster coexistence.

In these species‐diverse ecosystems, fluctuations in fire regimes promote the coexistence of competitively unequal species, thus providing a potential mechanism of coexistence. We examine the role of variability in the length of the interfire interval and ask whether this variability can allow a fluctuation‐dependent mechanism, namely the storage effect, to promote the coexistence of species. We focus on dominant trade‐offs in fire regeneration strategies (i.e. obligate resprouting vs. obligate seeding) common among Mediterranean plant species and use simulations to explore the inter‐relationship between variability in the time between fires and the coexistence of species.

Several empirical studies have found that variability in the length of the interfire interval improved diversity – our simulations suggested one mechanism that could explain this result. Variability can greatly increase the regions over which coexistence between two species – a fire obligate seeder and a resprouter – occurs.

Synthesis and applications. Mediterranean ecosystems tend to have high plant diversity, and yet the mechanisms maintaining this diversity are often incompletely understood, and thus management actions that aim to promote coexistence may be relying on imprecise information. In general, fire events drive the evolution and maintenance of diversity and are an important management tool. It is high likely that fluctuations or variability in fire are also important, and this suggests that invariant regimes of prescribed burning or fire suppression could be detrimental to the mechanisms that play a role in the maintenance of diversity in these Mediterranean ecosystems. As a result, attention should be paid to historical fire regimes and the variation in fire return times they displayed when developing prescribed burning regimes.
Hunting for fear: innovating management of human–wildlife conflicts
Authors: Cromsigt Joris P.G.M. , Kuijper Dries P.J. , Adam Marius , Beschta Robert L. , Churski Marcin , Eycott Amy , Kerley Graham I.H. , Mysterud Atle , Schmidt Krzysztof , West Kate 
Published: March 2013

Summary

There is a growing theoretical basis for the role of predation risk as a driver of trophic interactions, conceptualized as the ‘ecology of fear’. However, current ungulate management ignores the role of nonlethal risk effects of predation.

We introduce the concept of ‘hunting for fear’ as an extension of the more classical ‘hunting to kill’ that is typically used in large herbivore management. Hunting for fear aims to induce a behavioural response in ungulates, for example, as a way of diverting them from areas where their impact is undesired.

Synthesis and applications. Hunting for fear asks for novel, potentially controversial, ways of hunting to induce strong enough risk effects, including more hunting on foot and with dogs, extended hunting seasons (ideally year‐round) and increased hunting of calves. Hunting for fear may offer novel opportunities to help manage the growing human–wildlife conflicts that we experience globally.
Drospirenone‐containing oral contraceptive pills and the risk of venous and arterial thrombosis: a systematic review
Authors: Wu CQ , Grandi SM , Filion KB , Abenhaim HA , Joseph L , Eisenberg MJ 
Published: March 2013

BackgroundPrevious studies have provided conflicting results regarding the effect of drospirenone‐containing oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) on the risk of venous and arterial thrombosis.ObjectivesTo conduct a systematic review to assess the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke in individuals taking drospirenone‐containing OCPs.Search strategyWe systematically searched CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, Dissertation & Abstracts, EMBASE, HealthStar, Medline, and the Science Citation Index from inception to November 2012.Selection criteriaWe included all case reports, observational studies, and experimental studies assessing the risk of venous and arterial thrombosis of drospirenone‐containing OCPs.Data collection and analysisData were collected independently by two reviewers.Main resultsA total of 22 studies [six case reports, three case series (including 26 cases), and 13 comparative studies] were included in our systematic review. The 32 identified cases suggest a possible link between drospirenone‐containing OCPs and venous and arterial thrombosis. Incidence rates of VTE among drospirenone‐containing OCP users ranged from 23.0 to 136.7 per 100 000 woman‐years, whereas those among levonorgestrel‐containing OCP users ranged from 6.64 to 92.1 per 100 000 woman‐years. The rate ratio for VTE among drospirenone‐containing OCP users ranged from 4.0 to 6.3 compared with non‐users of OCPs, and from 1.0 to 3.3 compared with levonorgestrel‐containing OCP users. The arterial effects of drospirenone‐containing OCPs were inconclusive.Author's conclusionsOur systematic review suggests that drospirenone‐containing OCP use is associated with a higher risk for VTE than both no OCP use and levonorgestrel‐containing OCP use.
The risk of congenital malformations, perinatal mortality and neonatal hospitalisation among pregnant women with asthma: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Murphy VE , Wang G , Namazy JA , Powell H , Gibson PG , Chambers C , Schatz M 
Published: March 2013

BackgroundThere is conflicting literature on the effect of maternal asthma on congenital malformations and neonatal outcomes.ObjectivesThis review and meta‐analysis sought to determine if maternal asthma is associated with an increased risk of adverse neonatal outcomes.Search strategyWe searched electronic databases for: (asthma or wheeze) and (pregnan* or perinat* or obstet*).Selection criteriaCohort studies published between 1975 and March 2012 reporting at least one perinatal outcome of interest (congenital malformations, neonatal complications, perinatal mortality).Data collection and analysisIn all, 21 studies met inclusion criteria in pregnant women with and without asthma. Further analysis was conducted on 16 studies where asthmatic women were stratified by exacerbation history, corticosteroid use, bronchodilator use or asthma severity.Main resultsMaternal asthma was associated with a significantly increased risk of congenital malformations (relative risk [RR] 1.11, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.02–1.21, I2 = 59.5%), cleft lip with or without cleft palate (RR 1.30, 95% CI 1.01–1.68, I2 = 65.6%), neonatal death (RR 1.49, 95% CI 1.11–2.00, I2 = 0%), and neonatal hospitalisation (RR 1.50, 95% CI 1.03–2.20, I2 = 64.5%). There was no significant effect of asthma on major malformations (RR 1.31, 95% CI 0.57–3.02, I2 = 70.9%) or stillbirth (RR 1.06, 95% CI 0.9–1.25, I2 = 35%). Exacerbations and use of bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids were not associated with congenital malformation risk.Authors’ conclusionsDespite limitations related to the observational nature of the primary studies, this review demonstrates a small increased risk of neonatal complications among pregnant women with asthma. Further investigations into mechanisms and potential preventive interventions to improve infant outcomes are required.