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Community tobacco use prevention coalitions: director and staff opinions
Authors: Campbell Catherine , Carver Vivien , Reinert Bonita , Range Lillian M. , Hollimon Matthew T. 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to assess whether differences occurred between directors and staff in community tobacco use prevention coalitions in Mississippi. Community coalitions, which are organizations working together for a common purpose involve representatives of diverse institutions focusing on issues in a local community. Because of their different roles, directors and support staff may view their coalition differently.Design/methodology/approachThirty directors and 14 support staff of tobacco use prevention coalitions anonymously answered a lengthy questionnaire about their coalition personnel and functioning.FindingsBoth coalition directors and support staff agreed that their coalition had formal rules and effective management, reduced tobacco use, and benefited their region. In addition, directors and support staff reported high ownership, and positive opinions of member and personnel expertise. Further, directors and support staff favored taking tobacco industry money for themselves or their coalition. However, directors and support staff were neutral in satisfaction and in difficulty managing their coalition, and slightly negative in ratings of member‐member and member‐personnel communication, directors more negative than support staff on member‐personnel communication.Practical implicationsStrengthening communication seems to be a place where there is room for improvement in the present tobacco use prevention coalitions.Originality/valuePresently, those actually working in a tobacco use prevention coalition were still idealistic about their efforts, but continued frustrations with communication may dampen their enthusiasm in the future.
Brands, artifacts and design theory: a call to action
Authors: Ewing Michael T. 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to emphasize the value of design theory in brand research.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a theoretical essay with illustrative examples.FindingsThe paper finds that the use of brand theory should not be restricted to explanation and prediction. It also finds that brand researchers should also develop theory that can help prescribe and design action.Practical implicationsThe paper broadens the scope of theory in brand research.Originality/valueThe paper points out that the absence of theoretical logic, by definition, precludes theory advancement. It provides a fresh “theoretical lens” for brand researchers.
Cognitive, affective attributes and conative, behavioural responses in retail corporate branding
Authors: Vinhas Da Silva Rui , Faridah Syed Alwi Sharifah 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe main aim of the present study is to empirically test a model of antecedents and consequences of corporate brand image (CBI) in two book retailers, one selling exclusively online, and the other selling exclusively offline in a British context.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed a survey to investigate the relationships of the antecedents and consequences of the CBI. The sample (n=511) comprised experienced customers of these two bookstores (visitors and shoppers of the site or bookstore). The antecedents of CBI which were the functional aspects of brand attributes (such as ease of use, secured web site, interactivity/building relationship, customer care and reliability) were combined with the CBI itself (emotional aspects of the corporate brand or personality traits of the company) and, further, the consequences of these emotional aspects such as customer satisfaction and loyalty were tested using a cross‐sectional study.FindingsUsing two separate structural equation models, the study found an empirical relationship between the brand attributes and the corporate brand image (the emotional values). This relationship in turn influences the customer's responses (loyalty).Research limitations/implicationsBy combining two methodological approaches of brand image evaluation: cognition (assessed through tangible and intangible brand attributes) and affect/emotion (assessed through brand personality scale) this study intends to add to the current understanding of consumer brand knowledge, in particular when the consumer is assessing a company's brand image (the CBI) and also learn how important the effect of cognitive attributes (such as brand attributes of a store and web site) is in explaining the subsequent CBI, and the integration effect on consumer responses such as brand loyalty. Do cognitive evaluations drive conative, behavioural actions in retail buying decision making? Are cognitive evaluations directly related with satisfaction with the retailer and consumer loyalty?Practical implicationsExplicitly, the present study offers practitioners a research framework, aimed at guiding them as to how they could understand their defined or desired brand values (the corporate core values) among their consumers.Originality/valueIn general, the present study adds to the existing literature in cognitive and affective attributes in consumer judgement and corresponding conative or behavioural attitudes in branding and reputation management. It brings together the concept of functional brand attributes, emotional brand attributes (the CBI), and the dependent variables such as customer satisfaction and loyalty in a unique context (internet), and compares this with the bricks and mortar context.
Wowing the millennials: creating brand equity in the wine industry
Authors: Nowak Linda , Thach Liz , Olsen Janeen E. 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to examine the attitudes of millennial wine consumers and determine if positive affect in tasting room situations leads to higher levels of brand equity for the winery.Design/methodology/approachA survey was developed to evaluate winery tasting room experiences based on standardized brand measurement scales. In total 80 millennials visited tasting rooms and then completed the survey to evaluate their experience.FindingsThe results of this research empirically support the anecdotal evidence that, through positive emotions associated with the tasting room experiences, wineries can cultivate relationships with millennial customers that may lead to long‐term, profitable relationships through continued patronage and brand loyalty.Originality/valuePractical application of this study suggests that carefully orchestrating a tasting room experience to create a positive experience for the millennial customer appears to be a critical component of post‐purchase attitudes and building brand equity. In addition, customer commitment, product quality, service quality, and fair pricing are also significant predictors of brand equity.
GridShib and PERMIS integration
Authors: Chadwick D.W. , Novikov A. , Otenko A. 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe paper aims to describe the results of a recent GridShibPERMIS project whose purpose was to provide policy‐driven role‐based access control decision‐making to grid jobs, in which the user's attributes are provided by an external Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP).Design/methodology/approachThis was achieved by integrating the identity‐federation and attribute‐assignment functions of Shibboleth and the policy‐based enforcement functions of PERMIS with the Grid job management functions of Globus Toolkit v4.FindingsCombining the three technologies proved to be relatively easy due to the Policy Information Point (PIP) and Policy Decision Point (PDP) Java interfaces recently introduced into Globus Toolkit v4.Practical implicationsHowever, a number of limitations in the current Grid‐Shib implementation were revealed, namely: the lack of support for pseudonymous access to grid resources; scalability problems because only one issuer scope domain is supported and because name mappings have to be provided for each grid user; and the inability to collect a user's attributes from multiple IdPs for use in authorisation decision‐making.Originality/valueThis paper provides an overview of and describes the benefits of the three technologies (GT4, Shibboleth and PERMIS), shows how they may be combined to good effect via GT4's java interfaces, describes the limitations of the current GridShib implementation and suggests possible solutions and additional research that are needed in the future in order to address the current shortcomings.
Cataloging for the masses
Authors: Fox Robert 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore methods for opening up web content to automated classification using metadata, potentially in the context of library groupware or portals.Design/methodology/approachExamines various web sites and meta‐searching tools which provides a new means of access for users, and allow users to better document and integrate their research findings.FindingsThis paper is exploratory in nature and highlights trends in the area of library groupware, link routing, and personalized metadata usage.Practical implicationsThe vast wealth of information on the web today needs to be exploited by information specialists (librarians) by assisting patrons in organizing, sharing and syndicating content from nearly any information source and empowering patrons via the use of “folksonomies” which are grass roots taxonomies, in conjunction with traditional controlled vocabularies.Originality/valueIn highlighting the as of yet untapped power of technologies such as openURL and link routing, digital librarians can assist patrons by providing services against traditional and non traditional information sources allowing resources to be organized and shared in order to increase utility. This paper examines innovative means by which this could be accomplished.
Towards accessibility to digital cultural materials: a FRBRized approach
Authors: Weng Cathy , Mi Jia 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to address the key components of building good digital collections.Design/methodology/approachDifferent categories of digital collections based on guidelines defined by the authors are presented. Issues related to public access are illustrated. A model using the FRBR entities relationships is proposed to improve the accessibility of digital cultural materials so that scholarly research can be enhanced. The number of digital collections has been increased significantly since the late 1990s, but few studies investigated how these collections were organized and managed. To attain an understanding of the current status of institutional digital collections, various collection sites were examined and analyzed. The study focused on the existence and level of richness of bibliographic descriptions provided for each image; whether a search engine was available or not; how easily the search could be performed; and how search results were organized. The presentation of search results is problematic. Applying the IFLA FRBR model to digital materials can bring a solution.FindingsThe IFLA FRBR model presents the search results hierarchically so that related materials can be easily collocated. This feature meets the end‐users needs. The attributes of work and expression entities presented in the IFLA FRBR model should be applied differently for event‐based digital cultural materials. Defining work‐ or expression‐level entities under the event or theme will be more logical than under author and/or title for cultural materials. Doing expression‐level cataloging might also work for this type of materials.Originality/valueBefore building a digital collection, institutions should have a well‐thought‐out and well‐planned collection management mechanism. Metadata scheme, content standards and content management system are important fundamentals. Much can be done to improve the accessibility of digital collections. The proposed FRBRized approach will make the retrieval of digital cultural objects easier.
The value of participation in virtual consumer communities on brand loyalty
Authors: Shang Rong‐An , Chen Yu‐Chen , Liao Hsueh‐Jung 
Published: September 2006

PurposeTo examine the effects of consumers' lurking and posting behaviors in virtual consumer communities on specific brand loyalty.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey of a virtual community of Apple computer users was conducted to test a model of involvement, participation, loyalty, trust, and attitudes toward the brand exist in messages within the community.FindingsThe causes and effects of lurking and posting differed. Lurking contributed to brand loyalty more than posting did, and the primary purpose of lurking was to look for information regarding product function/performance, instead of satisfying consumers' affective needs.Research limitations/implicationsAs a result of the limitations in a computer mediated communication environment, virtual consumer communities should be perceived as an arena for weak‐tied strangers to communicate for word‐of‐mouth (WOM) behavior, rather than as a brand community.Practical implicationsAlthough negative messages in a community can hurt brand image, companies should encourage the establishment of communities about their products and encourage consumers to participate in them.Originality/valueAlthough the importance of virtual communities has been recognized, few studies have been done to examine the business value of consumer communities. Based on perspectives of brand community and WOM behavior, this paper contributes to virtual community and marketing research by clarifying the effects of consumers' lurking and posting behaviors in a consumer community on brand loyalty.
Beyond constructivism: navigationism in the knowledge era
Authors: Brown Tom H. 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThis paper seeks to discuss past and present paradigm shifts in education and then to explore possible future learning paradigms in the light of the knowledge explosion in the knowledge era that is currently being entered.Design/methodology/approachNew learning paradigms and paradigm shifts are explored.FindingsLearning processes and learning paradigms are still very much founded in a content‐driven and knowledge production paradigm. The rapid developments in information and communication technologies already have and will continue to have a profound impact on information processing, knowledge production and learning paradigms. One needs to acknowledge the increasing role and impact of technology on education and training. One has already experienced enormous challenges in coping with the current overflow of available information. It is difficult to imagine what it will be like when the knowledge economy is in its prime.Practical implicationsInstitutions should move away from providing content per se to learners. It is necessary to focus on how to enable learners to find, identify, manipulate and evaluate information and knowledge, to integrate this knowledge in their world of work and life, to solve problems and to communicate this knowledge to others. Teachers and trainers should become coaches and mentors within the knowledge era – the source of how to navigate in the ocean of available information and knowledge – and learners should acquire navigating skills for a navigationist learning paradigm.Originality/valueThis paper stimulates out‐of‐the‐box thinking about current learning paradigms and educational and training practices. It provides a basis to identify the impact of the new knowledge economy on the way one deals with information and knowledge and how one deals with learning content and content production. It emphasizes that the focus should not be on the creation of knowledge per se, but on how to navigate in the ocean of available knowledge and information. It urges readers to anticipate the on future and to explore alternative and appropriate learning paradigms.
The value(s) of editorial peer review
Authors: Gonzalez Maria E. 
Published: September 2006

PurposeTo explore the status, interests, and intentions of peer reviewers and how editors enlist and muster these factors to enhance the prestige of a scholarly publication.Design/methodology/approachCase study: use of a 30‐year accumulation of editorial office records of one scholarly journal to analyze the contents of peer review comments and correspondence; direct quotes highlight key themes.FindingsPeer reviewers labor to obtain more than the certification, authentication, and quality of individual works. The volume and variety of commentary generated by a double‐blind peer review process reveal concerns behind reviewer comments to authors and effects over time.Research limitations/implicationsThe study centers on one journal, Libraries & Culture, a publication committed to the specialized, interdisciplinary research about the history of libraries and the collection of cultural records.Originality/valueThe strategic nature of the administration and management of the invisible work of peer reviewers becomes more apparent. The interests and intentions of peer reviewers surface in commentary intended only for authors. Commentary relates to a variety of themes including personal interests, pedagogical and disciplinary objectives, field expansion agendas as well as the prestige of the publication. These themes suggest peer review as a potentially effective guiding mechanism for long‐term endeavors that benefit author, reviewer, and editor as interrelated players in arenas where distinction is at stake.
How to combat a culture of excuses and promote accountability
Authors: Grimshaw Jeff , Baron Gregg , Mike Barry , Edwards Neill 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe authors offer a leaders' guide to assess accountability problems, “take away excuses,” and promote a culture of accountability.Design/methodology/approachThe authors believe that attribution error and bias influences much of the existing business literature and conventional wisdom around accountability, which focuses almost exclusively on individual responsibility and character. Under‐emphasized or ignored is the way that informal company practices and habits contribute to the widespread problem that employees are not doing what leadership needs and expects them to do.FindingsThe authors developed a predictive accountability model that asserts that most people in organizations will be accountable – that is, they will do what is needed and expected – if four factors are present: expectations are clear to employees; employees perceive that those expectations are credible and reasonable; employees anticipate that positive consequences will follow performance; and employees anticipate that negative consequences will follow poor performance.Practical implicationsManaging accountability is a process for which leaders have responsibility. Toward that end, the authors' experience has shown the culture of accountability model to be a highly reliable tool capable of diagnosing a wide variety of accountability problems.Originality/valueThe authors offer a program for diagnosing and addressing existing accountability problems and for preventing such problems from becoming endemic.
The golden spur: innovation independence
Authors: Välikangas Liisa , Jett Quintus 
Published: September 2006

PurposeThe authors argue that the “freedom to explore” factor is essential to innovation. And innovation is essential to sustained competitiveness. Today's leadership challenge is learning to manage the independent thinkers who refuse the constraints of professionalism and instead innovate on their own terms – in other words, as amateurs.Design/methodology/approachThe authors believe that only amateurs can move from field to field, finding creativity in the convergence of technology and the combinatorial possibilities found when crossing different industries and professional specialties.FindingsAt a leading nationwide retailer, a group of people has formed an initiative to create a market place of ideas and talent. Anyone can pitch a project and invite others to join it. The hypothesis is that such an avenue for ideas and commitment will increase productivity and address an endemic scarcity of resources. This freedom is facilitated by communications technologies that enable individuals to participate increasingly on their own terms.Practical implicationsCompanies need to unleash their human talent and raise their level of innovation so that they can compete globally. To accomplish this, managers must respect their employees' independence – the very source of innovation.Originality/valueThe authors argue that the case for innovation is the case for the labor of love, that is, the work of passionate amateurs.
Wizard and warrior: neglected leadership roles
Authors: Bolman Lee G. , Deal Terrence E. 
Published: September 2006

PurposeIn many companies, executives function as either the analyst or the caregiver. The authors believe there are two more appropriate leadership roles – wizard and warrior.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conclude that the responsibilities of the analyst and the caregiver could often successfully be delegated to managers below C‐level.FindingsToo many managers are repelled or intimidated by either the warrior or wizard role. Managers who are comfortable in the roles of caregivers and or analysts tend to shy away from the possibilities and powers embodied in the wizard and warrior role.Practical implicationsIn fact, great leaders need to be able to assume both mantels – wizard and warrior – and switch between roles as situations demand. It is a skill that managers can learn through persistence and practice.Originality/valueBy understanding these archetypal roles, leaders can embrace their own potential for both courage and imagination, and develop their capacity to face competitors and to find competitive advantage in possibilities that others have not yet seen.
The use of a research diary as a tool for reflexive practice
Authors: Nadin Sara , Cassell Catherine 
Published: September 2006

PurposeTo provide a practical example of how a research diary can be used to aid reflexivity in the research process. Whilst there have been increasing calls for reflexivity in management research, little has been written about how to “do” reflexivity in practice.Design/methodology/approachQualitative data from the first author's research diary which relate to three distinctive experiences are used as analytical examples.FindingsThe research diary was a valuable tool, prompting insights which informed a variety of methodological and theoretical decisions in relation to the research.Practical implicationsSuggests that all researchers should systematically use a research diary, regardless of epistemological position. However, what is needed first and foremost is a commitment to the pursuit of reflexivity and awareness on ones' own epistemological assumptions.Originality/valueThe paper gives a practical example of how to practice reflexivity, something which is lacking in the current literature. It is intended to be of use to those management researchers interested in pursuing reflexive research.