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A study of the impact of oil and gas development on the Dene First Nations of the Sahtu (Great Bear Lake) Region of the Canadian Northwest Territories (NWT)
Authors: Paul Dana Leo , Brent Anderson Robert , Meis‐Mason Aldene 
Published: March 2009

PurposeBeneath Canada's Northwest Territories lies a potential of 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Will a $16 billion gas‐pipeline bring prosperity or gloom? Will this bring employment opportunities for local people or will more qualified people be brought in from southern communities? The purpose of this paper is to give an account of what Dene residents of the Sahtu Region have to say about oil and gas development.Design/methodology/approachStarting in 2005, in‐depth interviews with people across the Sahtu Region are conducted.FindingsRespondents recognise the short‐term advantages of building a pipeline, but they are concerned about the long‐term impact on the environment that currently ensures their livelihood.Research limitations/implicationsThis study begs for a longitudinal follow‐up.Practical implicationsPolicy‐makers may benefit from knowing the feelings of their constituents.Originality/valueThis timely study reveals long‐term environmental and social impacts of short‐term development. This is especially important in a region where people believe that they have an obligation to the land upon which they live.
Work‐related health attributions: their impact on work attitudes
Authors: Göransson Sara , Näswall Katharina , Sverke Magnus 
Published: March 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to introduce the concept of work‐related health attributions and investigate the effects of such perceptions as well as of health status on work‐related attitudes and turnover intentions.Design/methodology/approachBuilding on attribution theory, the study tests the assumption that negative work‐related health attributions impair employee work‐related attitudes and intentions, and moderate the relation between health status and work‐related attitudes. Cross‐sectional questionnaire data from 785 Swedish retail white‐collar workers are collected to test these assumptions by utilizing moderated regression analyses.FindingsThe results show that negative work‐related health attributions are related to lower levels of job satisfaction and organizational commitment as well as higher levels of turnover intention, even after controlling for demographics, work climate variables, and mental distress. Further, the significant interaction between attributions and mental distress indicates that it makes a difference for employees' turnover intentions if an individual with high mental distress attributes it to work or not.Practical implicationsWork‐related health attributions should be taken into account in order to avoid impaired levels of employee work motivation. The measure introduced renders it possible to identify and help those individuals who believe that work affects their health negatively.Originality/valueThe results underscore the relevance of how individuals think their health is affected by their work, and contributes to the understanding of how health status relates to work‐related attitudes. Since the measure of work‐related health attributions is easily administered it is also valuable for practitioners working with employee health and attitudes.
Crossover of workplace aggression on to partner's alcohol intake
Authors: Marchand Alain , Harvey Steve , Haines Victor 
Published: March 2009

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the crossover of workplace aggression experienced by members of dual‐earner couples on alcohol intake of the partnerDesign/methodology/approachCross‐sectional community data come from the 1998 Quebec Health and Social Survey containing a sub‐sample of 5,778 individuals nested in 2,889 dual‐earner couples. Data on alcohol intake, workplace aggression (physical, psychological, sexual), decision authority, working hours, irregular work schedule, marital strains, gender and age are gathered from self‐report questionnaires. Each member of the couple will answer the questionnaire.FindingsThe results show that being the target of workplace aggression is associated with low‐risk (OR=1.27, 95%CI=1.10‐1.46) and high‐risk drinking (OR=1.78, 95%CI=1.44‐2.20). Indicative of a crossover effect, partner workplace aggression victimization (OR=1.30, 95%CI=1.05‐1.62) is associated with high‐risk drinkingResearch limitations/implicationsVictims of workplace aggression and their immediate relatives might be supported to avoid adverse alcohol‐related problems. Organizations need to pay more attention to the problem of workplace aggression in their occupational health and safety programsOriginality/valueUsing multilevel multinomial regression models, this study highlights the complexities of work‐family dynamics and of the crossover effect of workplace aggression into the lives and alcohol intake behavior of dual‐earner partners.
Workplace bullying risk assessment in 12 Italian organizations
Authors: Giorgi Gabriele 
Published: March 2009

PurposeThis paper aims to propose an organizing framework of a possible relationship between working environment and bullying at work.Design/methodology/approachA total of 926 Italian employees completed the Majer D'Amato Organizational Questionnaire 10 (MDOQ10) and the Negative Acts Questionnaire Revised (NAQ‐R) in order to test the relationship between climate and bullying.FindingsThe study finds that organizational climate is a critical antecedent of bullying at work. Organizational climate dimensions at a singular level, and interaction among them, impact on bullying at work.Originality/valueThe impact of working environment on bullying at work is supported.
Poor bullying prevention and employee health: some implications
Authors: Bryant Melanie , Buttigieg Donna , Hanley Glennis 
Published: March 2009

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate employee reports of workplace bullying in which participants argue that poor management of bullying led to a range of health problems, both physical and mental.Design/methodology/approachA constructivist approach is adopted to develop an understanding of individual experiences of bullying. Qualitative research interviews are used as the method of data collection and focus is on individual participants as the unit of analysis. Data are analyzed using thematic analysis in which both deductive and inductive themes are developed.FindingsFindings suggest that lack of or poor workplace bullying policies impacts are used negatively on employee health. Specifically, analysis of employee reports suggest that the inability to successfully report bullying, or have bullying complaints taken seriously leads to ongoing implications for the individual.Research implicationsFuture research needs to focus further on examining reasons why some organizations do not develop and implement anti‐bullying policies, as well as further investigate the characteristics of bullying cultures so that effective interventions can be developed and health issues associated with bullying minimized.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to workplace health practice by providing insight into the risks that poor bullying management can have on the health of employees. It is proposed that such consequences could lead to an increase in litigations in the event that employees demonstrate that organizations have not provided a duty of care. Finally, the paper argues that organizations that do not attempt to prevent bullying may inadvertently contribute to the long‐term development of organizational cultures that tolerate harassment and abuse.
A combination of work environment factors and individual difference variables in work interfering with family
Authors: Blanchard Céline M. , Tremblay Maxime A. , Mask Lisa , Perras Mélanie G.M. 
Published: March 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to test the relative contribution of work environment factors as well as individual difference variables on the degree of work interfering with family (WIF) and other mental health outcomes, namely, emotional exhaustion, life satisfaction, and family interfering with work (FIW).Design/methodology/approachSelf‐report measures of the constructs of interest will be completed by a random sample of 539 health care professionals (Study 1: n=314; Study 2: n=128). In Study 1, it is hypothesized that work environment factors namely, work stressors and a supportive work environment characterized by perceived support from the supervisor, the organization, and co‐workers' supportive behaviors will be positively and negatively associated with WIF, respectively.FindingsFindings document positive links between task‐related stressors and WIF and negative links between perceived support from the organization and WIF. In addition, both task‐related stressors and WIF are positive predictors of emotional exhaustion. In Study 2, the relative impact of two individual difference variables (i.e. time management and global self‐determination) on WIF and other mental health outcomes are examined, above and beyond the impact of the work environment factors. Task‐related stressors remainean important predictor of WIF and global self‐determination accounts for additional variance in this outcome variable.Research limitations/implicationsTheoretical and practical implications that may guide future theory and research in this domain are discussed.Originality/valueFindings from both studies provide insight as to potential sources, namely work environment factors and individual difference variables, which may accentuate or mitigate the degree of WIF.
High‐dimensional real‐parameter optimization using the differential ant‐stigmergy algorithm
Authors: Korošec Peter , Šilc Jurij 
Published: March 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present an algorithm for global optimization of high‐dimensional real‐parameter cost functions.Design/methodology/approachThis optimization algorithm, called differential ant‐stigmergy algorithm (DASA), based on a stigmergy observed in colonies of real ants. Stigmergy is a method of communication in decentralized systems in which the individual parts of the system communicate with one another by modifying their local environment.FindingsThe DASA outperformed the included differential evolution type algorithm in convergence on all test functions and also obtained better solutions on some test functions.Practical implicationsThe DASA may find applications in challenging real‐life optimization problems such as maximizing the empirical area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of glycomics mass spectrometry data and minimizing the logistic leave‐one‐out calculation measure for the gene‐selection criterion.Originality/valueThe DASA is one of the first ant‐colony optimization‐based algorithms proposed for global optimization of the high‐dimensional real‐parameter problems.
Circuits form‐valued classical, reversible and quantum optical computing with application to regular logic design
Authors: Al‐Rabadi Anas N. 
Published: March 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to introduce an approach form‐valued classical and non‐classical (reversible and quantum) optical computing. The developed approach utilizes new multiplexer‐based optical devices and circuits within switch logic to perform the required optical computing. The implementation of the new optical devices and circuits in the optical regular logic synthesis using new lattice and systolic architectures is introduced, and the extensions to quantum optical computing are also presented.Design/methodology/approachThe new linear optical circuits and systems utilize coherent light beams to perform the functionality of the basic logic multiplexer. The 2‐to‐1 multiplexer is a basic building block in switch logic, where in switch logic a logic circuit is implemented as a combination of switches rather than a combination of logic gates as in the gate logic, which proves to be less‐costly in synthesizing wide variety of logic circuits and systems. The extensions to quantum optical computing using photon spins and the collision of Manakov solitons are also presented.FindingsNew circuits for the optical realizations ofm‐valued classical and reversible logic functions are introduced. Optical computing extensions to linear quantum computing using photon spins and nonlinear quantum computing using Manakov solitons are also presented. Three new multiplexer‐based linear optical devices are introduced that utilize the properties of frequency, polarization and incident angle that are associated with any light‐matter interaction. The hierarchical implementation of the new optical primitives is used to synthesize regular optical reversible circuits such as them‐valued regular optical reversible lattice and systolic circuits. The concept of parallel optical processing of an array of input laser beams using the new multiplexer‐based optical devices is also introduced. The design of regular quantum optical systems using regular quantum lattice and systolic circuits is introduced. New graph‐based quantum optical representations using various types of quantum decision trees are also presented to efficiently represent quantum optical circuits and systems.Originality/valueThe introduced methods for classical and non‐classical (reversible and quantum) optical regular circuits and systems are new and interesting for the design of several future technologies that require optimal design specifications such as super‐high speed, minimum power consumption and minimum size such as in quantum computing and nanotechnology.
Intelligent controller design with UUB stability using Gaussian wavelet neural networks
Authors: Hsu Chun‐Fei , Hsu Chia‐Yu , Lin Chih‐Min , Lee Tsu‐Tian 
Published: March 2009

PurposeA chaotic system is a nonlinear deterministic system that displays complex, noisy‐like and unpredictable behavior. The interest in chaotic systems lies mostly upon their complex, unpredictable behavior, and extreme sensitivity to initial conditions as well as parameter variations. Based on wavelet neural network's (WNN) online approximation ability, the purpose of this paper is to propose an adaptive Gaussian wavelet neural control (AGWNC) system to control a chaotic system.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed AGWNC system is composed of a wavelet neural controller and a compensation tangent controller. The wavelet neural controller utilizes a Gaussian WNN to mimic an ideal controller, and the compensation tangent controller is designed to compensate the approximation error between the ideal and the wavelet neural controllers. The controller parameters of the proposed AGWNC can online tune in the Lyapunov sense, thus the uniformly ultimately bounded stability of closed‐loop system can be guaranteed.FindingsThe proposed AGWNC system is applied to a chaotic system. Simulation results are used to demonstrate the effectiveness and performance of the proposed AGWNC scheme. Simulation results show that not only the favorable control performance can be achieved but also the control efforts without any chattering phenomena. Moreover, all controller parameters can be online tuning by the derived adaptive laws based on the Lyapunov function.Originality/valueThe proposed AGWNC approach is interesting for the design of an intelligent control scheme. The main contributions of this paper are: the overall closed‐loop control system is globally stable in uniform ultimate boundedness; the tracking error can be asymptotically attenuated to a desired small level around zero by appropriate chosen parameters and learning rates; and the AGWNC system can achieve favorable tracking performance.
An improved pattern matching technique for lossy/lossless compression of binary printed Farsi and Arabic textual images
Authors: Grailu Hadi , Lotfizad Mojtaba , Sadoghi‐Yazdi Hadi 
Published: March 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose a lossy/lossless binary textual image compression method based on an improved pattern matching (PM) technique.Design/methodology/approachIn the Farsi/Arabic script, contrary to the printed Latin script, letters usually attach together and produce various patterns. Hence, some patterns are fully or partially subsets of some others. Two new ideas are proposed here. First, the number of library prototypes is reduced by detecting and then removing the fully or partially similar prototypes. Second, a new effective pattern encoding scheme is proposed for all types of patterns including text and graphics. The new encoding scheme has two operation modes of chain coding and soft PM, depending on the ratio of the pattern area to its chain code effective length. In order to encode the number sequences, the authors have modified the multi‐symbol QM‐coder. The proposed method has three levels for the lossy compression. Each level, in its turn, further increases the compression ratio. The first level includes applying some processing in the chain code domain such as omission of small patterns and holes, omission of inner holes of characters, and smoothing the boundaries of the patterns. The second level includes the selective pixel reversal technique, and the third level includes using the proposed method of prioritizing the residual patterns for encoding, with respect to their degree of compactness.FindingsExperimental results show that the compression performance of the proposed method is considerably better than that of the best existing binary textual image compression methods as high as 1.6‐3 times in the lossy case and 1.3‐2.4 times in the lossless case at 300 dpi. The maximum compression ratios are achieved for Farsi and Arabic textual images.Research limitations/implicationsOnly the binary printed typeset textual images are considered.Practical implicationsThe proposed method has a high‐compression ratio for archiving and storage applications.Originality/valueTo the authors' best knowledge, the existing textual image compression methods or standards have not so far exploited the property of full or partial similarity of prototypes for increasing the compression ratio for any scripts. Also, the idea of combining the boundary description methods with the run‐length and arithmetic coding techniques has not so far been used.
Non‐fragile observer design for nonlinear switched systems with time delay
Authors: Xiang Zhengrong , Wang Ronghao 
Published: March 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the non‐fragile observer design method for nonlinear switched systems with time delay.Design/methodology/approachBased on dwell time approach and linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) technology, an exponential stability criterion for the delay switched system with Lipschitz nonlinearity is presented. By using the key technical lemma, the observer design problem can be transferred to the problem of solving a set of LMIs. Moreover, non‐fragile observer is designed by the Schur complement lemma, and the result is also transferred to LMIs, which can be easily realized by MATLAB toolbox.FindingsNon‐fragile observer design is more effective than the common one and is robust to the observer gain variations.Originality/valueThe proposed non‐fragile observer guarantees the estimated state error dynamics can be exponentially convergent for observer gain perturbations.
Unscripted and interconnected: what happens to some of us affects us all
Authors: DiPadova‐Stocks Laurie N. , Kenworthy Amy L. 
Published: March 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the International Journal of Organizational Analysis special issue, “Shaping our unscripted future with service‐learning: when technology, globalism, and community engagement collide.”Design/methodology/approachThe authors of this paper are the Guest Editors for the special issue. In this paper, they provide a brief history of why the special issue was created – what questions it was designed to address, what issues it was designed to highlight, and what future work it was hoped would arise from this collection.FindingsThe four papers that are published in this special issue are described and contextualized in terms of the issue's theme. The three commentary pieces that are included are also briefly summarized, as are their respective contributions to the issue.Practical implicationsThe practical implications of this paper are those that relate to future service‐learning research and practice, as it is extended into the world of global and technological interconnectedness that it faces as part of our unscripted future.Originality/valueAs an introductory piece, this paper is unique in that it provides an overview of the entire special issue.
Global sustainability and service‐learning: paradigms for the future
Authors: Stuteville Rebekkah , Ikerd John 
Published: March 2009

PurposeStarting with the premise that the industrial age has ended, the paper seeks to examine how the underlying principles of sustainability will guide the creation of new economic and educational paradigms.Design/methodology/approachThe paper utilizes classical economics, the principles of sustainability, and social capital as its theoretical framework.FindingsBased on the neoclassical economic concept of free‐market capitalism, it does not make economic sense to invest in economic, environmental, or social renewal. However, social and environmental indicators demonstrate that a neoclassical capitalist model simply is not sustainable. There is a need for a new paradigm for a sustainable future that is based on biological, living systems as opposed to mechanistic systems. The new paradigm will also rely on the principles of classical economics, civic and social responsibility for its foundation. Service‐learning, as an educational model that is intimately integrated with society, is poised to respond to the global transformations that are taking place. It is a responsive and responsible pedagogy that promotes the core values that will be essential for success in the future.Originality/valueThis paper provides guidance on how the principles of sustainability will affect future economic development and will inform education in the field of service‐learning.
Project‐based service‐learning for an unscripted world: the WPI IQP experience
Authors: Elmes Michael , Loiacono Eleanor T. 
Published: March 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) interactive qualifying project (IQP) as a unique, project‐based service‐learning opportunity that offers teams of undergraduate students the opportunity to frame and investigate complex, unscripted problems with social and technological dimensions for non‐profit organizations and government agency sponsors.Design/methodology/approachThe paper discusses the relationship of the IQP to the service‐learning literature, describes the proposal and delivery phases of the IQP, and then offers two short illustrative cases.FindingsThe paper concludes that IQPs teach students how to frame and use background research to investigate unscripted, real world problems. It teaches students to think critically, to improve their presentation skills, and to become more aware of the social and cultural dimensions of technology. For faculty, IQP advising enriches their relationships with undergraduate students and can sometimes lead to co‐authored publications. For the university, the IQP program is a source of positive publicity and good will from project center communities around the world.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study might be useful to those schools and faculty interested in starting a service‐learning project program with a technological focus.Originality/valueProjects can provide a unique service‐learning experience for undergraduate students. By focusing on problems at the intersection of society and technology, the WPI IQP sensitizes engineering and science students to the human dimensions of technology. It teaches students to grapple with unscripted problems that require an extensive background research, rigorous data collection, and thoughtful analysis.