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- Creator:
- Dyck, Joshua J., Lascher, Edward L., and Hussey, Wesley
- Description:
- Some have argued that the ballot initiative process prevalent in many American states might lower inequality. We contend this is improbable based on what is known about whether expansion of democracy leads to redistribution, the attitudes of citizens, and the characteristics of the initiative process. Nevertheless, the proposition needs testing. We examine three types of evidence. First, we analyze the content and passage of all post-World War II initiatives going to voters in California, a state that makes heavy use of ballot propositions. Second, we model institutional factors influencing differences in inequality at the state-level from 1976–2014 to test the aggregate-level effect of ballot initiatives on income inequality. Third, we use individual level data to evaluate the claim that frequent initiative use makes lower income people happier because it helps to reduce inequality. Our analyses consistently indicate that the ballot initiative process fails to reduce income inequality.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2183-2463
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Creator:
- Zhou, Linying, Chang, Janie C., and Luo, Yan
- Description:
- Purpose − This study examines the impact of workloads at public accounting firms on the likelihood of an audit deficiency being identified during a triennial inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Design/methodology/approach – Using the human resource information disclosed in PCAOB inspection reports, this study constructs two firm-specific workload measures: 1) the ratio of issuer clients to audit partners; and 2) the ratio of issuer clients to professional staff. Firm-level audit deficiency is measured at three levels of severity: 1) Do any of the audit engagements inspected by the PCAOB reveal an audit deficiency?; 2) Are any of the identified audit deficiencies directly related to the auditors’ failure to identify a departure from GAAP in the client’s financial statement?; and 3) Are any of the identified audit deficiencies associated with a significant adjustment or restatement in the client’s subsequent period financial statements? This study uses logistic regression to examine the association between audit deficiency and the workload of public accounting firms. Findings − The empirical evidence suggests that the workload of public accounting firms is positively associated with the likelihood of a deficient audit, auditor’s failure to identify client’s GAAP departure, and/or an audit deficiency resulting in a significant adjustment or even a restatement of the client’s financial statements in the subsequent period. Originality/value – This study is among the first to investigate the impact of firm workload on deficient audits.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1475-7702
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Zhou, Linying and Luo, Yan
- Description:
- Purpose − This study examines the effect of managerial ability on the tone of earnings announcements and on the market response to the tone. Design/methodology/approach − This study constructs a model of the determinants of earnings announcement tone in order to examine whether managerial ability plays a significant role in determining earnings announcement tone. Further, to test whether the market response to the tone of earnings announcements is affected by managerial ability, this study also examines the interactive term between earnings announcement tone and managerial ability. The tone of earnings announcements is measured using the spread in the proportion of positive and negative words. Managerial ability is measured using the managerial ability rank developed by Demerjian et al. (2012). Findings − More able management teams use a more positive tone in their earnings announcements. Stock markets have more pronounced positive reactions to positive tones in the earnings announcements issued by companies with more able management teams. Originality/value – This study identifies managerial ability as a previously unrecognized determinant of tone in earnings announcements and of the stock price reaction to earnings announcements.
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- Article
- Identifier:
- 1321-7348
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Paz, Veronica and Zaidi, Syed
- Description:
- Globalization of capital markets has increased the need for harmonized accounting standards all over the world. Regulators believe that International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) developed by International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) provide harmonized financial statements. Although, a large number of empirical studies examined the aftermath of IFRS adoption, these studies were limited in scope. This paper reviews the extant literature, which deals with harmonization of accounting standards and presents the overall consequences of IFRS adoption. The paper then provides some future research options.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Farkas, Maia and Keshk, Walied
- Description:
- The use of social networking web sites by companies to disclose corporate news and by investors to collect information for investment purposes is increasing rapidly. However, the influence of Facebook, the largest social networking web site, on investors’ judgments is under-researched. We conduct an experiment to examine how the disclosure platform (disclosing news on a company’s Facebook web page or the corporate investor relations web page) and news valence (positive or negative) jointly influence investors’ affective reactions to corporate news and stock price change judgments. Results show that the disclosure platform influences investors’ affective reactions and stock price change judgments when the corporate news is negative, but not when the corporate news is positive. In addition, investors’ affective reactions mediate the influence of the disclosure platform on investors’ stock price change judgments when the corporate news is negative rather than positive. Our theory and findings are timely and important for researchers, investors, and firms given the increasing use of Facebook and other social networking web sites as venues for disclosing corporate news.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1985-2517
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Udo, Godwin, Gupta, Gaurav, Zaidi, Syed K., and Bagchi, Kallol
- Description:
- Adoption studies on electronic tax-filing system using data from emerging nations are rare. The present paper studies the influence of perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and user satisfaction on taxpayers’ behavioral intentions to adopt electronic tax filing services in an emerging economy. For this study, constructs from Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1985, 1991), Technology Acceptance Model (Davis, 1989), and Information System Success Model (DeLone & McLean, 1992) are used. In order to test the impact of perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and user satisfaction on behavioral intentions to adopt online tax filing system, we develop several hypotheses. The data is collected from 201 respondents who filed taxes using government or private vendor websites. A structural equation modelling scheme using PLS is used to analyse the model. The measurement model not only shows structural validity but also demonstrates adequate predictive and explanatory quality. A strong support for a majority of hypotheses is found. Article is uploaded with a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2340-5058
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Huerta, Esperanza and Zaidi, Syed
- Description:
- This paper assesses the impact of IFRS adoption on the economic growth of adopting countries taking into consideration the level of enforcement of the adopting countries. We hypothesize that the adoption of IFRS increases the economic growth of the adopting countries. This effect is to be moderated by the level of enforcement. That is, we hypothesize a positive interaction between enforcement level and IFRS adoption on the economic growth rate of a country. Using several statistical procedures and models to estimate regression, we find partial support for our hypotheses. "Article uploaded with Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0"
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2162-3082
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
8. The Effect of Espoused Culture on Acceptance of Online Tax Tiling Services in an Emerging Economy
- Creator:
- Gupta, Gaurav, Zaidi, Syed K., Bagchi, Kallol K., and Udo, Godwin J.
- Description:
- This paper investigates the impact of espoused national culture on the individuals’ acceptance of online tax filing services in an emerging economy. This study integrates the theory of planned behavior and incorporates the impact of taxpayers’ trust and skepticism on their intentions to adopt online tax filing. This paper studies the moderating effect of espoused national culture on taxpayers’ intentions to e-file taxes using either government or private vendor tax filing portals. The results indicate that higher subjective norm, positive attitude, higher perceived behavioral control, and higher perceived trust are linked to higher intentions of adopting online tax filing. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2641-5208
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Fujioka, K., Han, P., Taylor, K., Costanzo, A., Jameson, J.M., and Dutt, S.
- Description:
- Obese patients are susceptible to increased morbidity and mortality associated with infec-tious diseases such as influenza A virus. γδ T cells and memory αβ T cells play key roles in reducing viral load by rapidly producing IFN-γ and lysing infected cells. In this article we an-alyze the impact of obesity on T lymphocyte antiviral immunity. Obese donors exhibit a re-duction in γδ T cells in the peripheral blood. The severity of obesity negatively correlates with the number of γδ T cells. The remaining γδ T cells have a skewed maturation similar to that observed in aged populations. This skewed γδ T cell population exhibits a blunted anti-viral IFN-γ response. Full γδ T cell function can be restored by potent stimulation with 1-Hy-droxy-2-methyl-buten-4yl 4-diphosphate (HDMAPP), suggesting that γδ T cells retain the ability to produce IFN-γ. Additionally, γδ T cells from obese donors have reduced levels of IL-2Rα. IL-2 is able to restore γδ T cell antiviral cytokine production, which suggests that γδ T cells lack key T cell specific growth factor signals. These studies make the novel finding that the γδ T cell antiviral immune response to influenza is compromised by obesity. This has important implications for the development of therapeutic strategies to improve vaccination and antiviral responses in obese patients.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1932-6203
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Teyton, L., Witherden, D.A., Kelly, R., Komori, K., Havran, W.L., Jameson, J.M., and Sendaydiego, K.
- Description:
- TCR specific activation is pivotal to dendritic epidermal T cell (DETC) function during cutaneous wound repair. However, DETC TCR ligands are uncharacterized and little is known about their expression patterns and kinetics. Using soluble DETC TCR tetramers, we demonstrate that DETC TCR ligands are not constitutively expressed in healthy tissue, but are rapidly upregulated following wounding on keratinocytes bordering wound edges. Ligand expression is tightly regulated with down-modulation following DETC activation. Early inhibition of TCR-ligand interactions using DETC TCR tetramers delays wound repair in vivo, highlighting DETC as rapid responders to injury. This first visualization of DETC TCR ligand expression provides novel information about how ligand expression impacts early stages of DETC activation and wound repair. Published in final edited form as: J Immunol. 2012 April 1; 188(7): 2972–2976. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1100887.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 0022-1767
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
11. High Fat Diet Causes Depletion of Intestinal Eosinophils Associated With Intestinal Permeability
- Creator:
- Gareau, M., Johnson, J., Armando, A., Costanzo, A., Olefsky, J., Jameson, J.M., and Quehenberger, O.
- Description:
- The development of intestinal permeability and the penetration of microbial products are key factors associated with the onset of metabolic disease. However, the mechanisms un-derlying this remain unclear. Here we show that, unlike liver or adipose tissue, high fat diet (HFD)/obesity in mice does not cause monocyte/macrophage infiltration into the intestine or pro-inflammatory changes in gene expression. Rather HFD causes depletion of intestinal eosinophils associated with the onset of intestinal permeability. Intestinal eosinophil num-bers were restored by returning HFD fed mice to normal chow and were unchanged in lep-tin-deficient (Ob/Ob) mice, indicating that eosinophil depletion is caused specifically by a high fat diet and not obesity per se. Analysis of different aspects of intestinal permeability in HFD fed and Ob/Ob mice shows an association between eosinophil depletion and ileal paracelullar permeability, as well as leakage of albumin into the feces, but not overall per-meability to FITC dextran. These findings provide the first evidence that a high fat diet causes intestinal eosinophil depletion, rather than inflammation, which may contribute to de-fective barrier integrity and the onset of metabolic disease.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1932-6203
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Rauterkus, Andreas, Munchus, George, and Ramamonjiavelo, Zo
- Description:
- This study examines the impact of credit union risk characteristics and macroeconomic events on deposits. Looking at a sample of credit unions from 2004-2008 we find that credit union depositors do not consistently punish credit union for risky behavior by deposit withdrawal, which could be explained by the existence of deposit insurance and the role of credit union depositors as shareholders. Furthermore, we find that credit union deposits increase in times of economic uncertainty. This indicates that there is a group of people that consider credit unions a safe haven during an economic crisis. If credit unions are considered safe in times of economic crises their role among financial institutions receives a whole new dimension. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Kang, Eun, Li, Ying, and Chang, Kiyoung
- Description:
- We provide empirical evidence that support both ‘outcome’ and ‘substitute’ models of agency theories related to cash holding. Local long-term institutional investors are associated with lower excess cash in firms with less growth and easier access to external financing, and with higher excess cash in firms with higher growth in our US sample.This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Applied Economics Letters on 8 Jan 2014, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504851.2013.861581.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1350-4851
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sun, Qi
- Description:
- In this study, I examine the use of internally generated cash flows by oil and gas companies, and whether oil and gas companies over-invest in the presence of free cash flow. I find that oil and gas companies with positive free cash flow (FCF) tend to over-invest: over-investment by these companies amounts to 2% of their asset base and accounts for 33% of their FCF. In comparison, companies with negative FCF on average do not over-invest. In fact, these companies under-invest to help cover free cash flow shortfall. On average, 7% of cash shortfall is covered by investing less than what is needed for maintaining future growth. A regression investigation of the interaction of free cash flow and over-investment indicates that over-investment is not concentrated in companies with positive FCF. Among companies that over-invest, 66% companies have negative FCF. The average over-investment by these negative FCF companies amounts to 11% of their asset base, exceeding the 9% for over-investing companies with positive FCF. The over-investment by companies with negative FCF is mainly financed with capital raised from shareholders. Received permission to include on 3/21/19, but no other info as to DIO, embargo, or permissions going forward.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- Almost two hundred years after his death, Napoleon remains a larger-than-life figure, one whose historical activities have been eclipsed by numerous legends. One version considers Napoleon the world’s first Zionist for reportedly seeking to restore Jews to the Holy Land during his 1799 military campaign in the Middle East.1 The evidence for this interpretation is nebulous, and a number of scholars consider the recently discovered proclamation supposedly proving it to be a forgery. Even if Napoleon was not a proto-Zionist, he has retained a place in the popular imagination as a great friend of the Jews. This idea has been reinforced by the images that Napoleon commissioned during his reign, portraying himself as Moses bringing law and justice to the Jews, and by his revival in 1807 of the ancient rabbinical institution of the Sanhedrin.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- This article revisits the history of the Metz contest of 1785-8, commonly seen as a seminal event in the story of Jewish emancipation in France. Using newly discovered documents, it highlights a contest on Jews held even earlier: that of the Société des Philantropes of Strasbourg in 1778. Furthermore, this essay offers a new perspective on the abbé Grégoire’s participation in the Metz contest by analyzing his comments on the Strasbourg competition (which he also entered) as well as the manuscript of Grégoire’s original Metz entry, long thought lost by scholars. While Grégoire is widely reputed to have co-written his Metz entry with Jewish friends, in the interest of helping them, the manuscript suggests that Grégoire wrote his first entry on his own, motivated more by a desire to protect his Emberménil parishioners from Jewish usury than to aid the Jews themselves. Indeed, Grégoire seems to have befriended individual Jews only during his revisions for the second phase of the contest, as he sought to make his entry more appealing to the Academy’s prize committee. This new information helps us to better understand Grégoire’s motivations in becoming involved with Jews and his later frustrations with them. It also gives us a more complicated picture of the relationship between Grégoire and his Jewish associates than that of assistants who embraced his ideas uncritically. All digital publishing is through PDF
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 0484-8616
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- In the last twenty years, transnational and Atlantic histories have become popular paradigms among historians in the United States as scholars have seen the benefits of looking across national borders when studying topics from slavery to the international effects of revolutions. Although these models descend in no small part from the work of Annales historians, recent generations of historians in France have been less interested in pursuing transnational work. In this essay, I will discuss one manifestation of the resistance to transnational and Atlantic models in France: the treatment of the Haitian Revolution in the 2004-2006 CAPES/Agrégation early modern history examination. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.0642292.0034.019
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- The author writes about her doctoral thesis, a biography of French Revolution-era Catholic priest Henir Gregoire. She discusses some of the advantages of the biographical approach to history, as well as some of the advantages to studying certain non-Jewish figures in order better to understand Jewish history.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1529-6423
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- It has become a commonplace of scholarship on the French Revolution that the Jacobins sought to exclude women from political and intellectual life. Even as recent work has noted that the Revolution improved women's status in areas such as divorce,' the enduring image of the Jacobins' attitude toward gender is their dismissal of women's intellectual abilities and their emphasis on mothering roles. Histories of the Revolution often include the claim made by the deputy Amar during the debate on women's political clubs that womenwere "ill-suited for elevated thoughts and serious meditations."2 Scholars generally depict this declaration either as emblematic of Jacobin misogyny or as representing the simple continuation of eighteenth-century prejudices about women, whether derived from Christianity or Rousseau ism. Against Rousseau and his followers, Condorcet has loomed as an isolated male feminist of the era for his support of expanded opportunities for women.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 0022-2801
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- Somewhat surprisingly, no films deal directly with the Haitian Revolution – although a biopic on Toussaint Louverture is in the works. All the same Burn! transparently alludes to it, and Les caprices d’un fleuve, set in a slave-trading port in Africa, potently displays French racial prejudices in the age of the French Revolution. Neither film is new, and they would surely be markedly different if made today. But that is why showing an historical film – in both senses of the adjective – can be so helpful to students. In an old cliché, the context becomes the text. The time and place in which the story takes place is doubled by the time and place in which the film was made. And as our reviewer points out, showing such movies alongside ones of a similar genre creates a third layer of contextualization. Pretty soon nothing is just black and white – not the characters, not the prejudices, not even the older films themselves. http://h-france.net/fffh/classics/les-caprices-dun-fleuve/
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- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- Before his untimely death in July 2012, Michel-Rolph Trouillot was one of the most original and thoughtful voices in academia. His writings influenced scholars worldwide in many fields, from anthropology to history to Caribbean studies. He also wrote profoundly important works in three languages, from his 1977 Kreyòl work Ti difé boulé sou istoua Ayiti and his 1986 French classic Les Racines historiques de l’État duvaliérien to more recent English-language studies like 2003’s Global Transformations: Anthropology and the Modern World.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- In recent decades, scholars have paid increasing attention to the Haitian Revolution. Yet while numerous films have been made on other revolutions, the Haitian Revolution still suffers from neglect. The American actor/director Danny Glover has sought to fill this lacuna with an epic production on Toussaint Louverture, the Revolution’s leading general. http://h-france.net/fffh/maybe-missed/happy-as-a-slave-the-toussaint-louverture-miniseries/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- "Haiti lies only six hundred miles from Florida. . . .Considering its neighborhood, its strategic location, and its unique character as the only self-constituted negro republic in the world, it is remarkable that the land and its people should be so little known to Americans. Although Haitian history has been closely related to that of the United States for more than two centuries, to the American mind Haiti remains a land of foreboding and mystery—terra incognita." —Ludwell Lee Montague, Haiti and the United States, 1714–1938 (1940) These words, penned seven decades ago, could almost have been written today. Despite Haiti's centrality to many key themes of modern world history, Haiti barely registers in the historical consciousness of most foreigners (including Americans, despite Haiti's proximity and the two countries' long and entangled history of relations). http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/10.2/sepinwall.html
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- http://h-france.net/fffh/classics/if-this-is-a-woman-evelyne-trouillots-the-infamous-rosalie-and-the-lost-stories-of-new-world-slavery/ How then can scholars learn about slaves’ everyday life in the French colonies? Slavery offers an extreme example of what Michel-Rolph Trouillot has observed about archives in general, that they are filled with silences and imbalances because it is the victors who leave records.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- When the general public thinks of the Enlightenment, they often imagine it as the source of the liberating ideas of les droits de l’homme. In this classic view, there is a direct line between the development of Enlightenment thinking in the middle of the eighteenth century and the explosion of revolutionary attitudes at the century’s end..... Such a view of the Enlightenment and slavery is too one-dimensional, however, as David Brion Davis has made clear.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 0003-4436
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sepinwall, Alyssa
- Description:
- http://h-france.net/fffh/maybe-missed/jewish-muslim-romance-with-a-french-twist-jean-jacques-zilbermanns-hes-my-girl/ A recent wave of scholarship has challenged the idea that French Jews and Muslims are natural enemies. In her 2014 study Muslims and Jews in France: History of a Conflict, Maud Mandel vigorously disputed the widespread notion that “Muslims and Jews in France are on an explosive collision course.” Without ignoring the history of conflicts between members of these communities, she maintained that Muslim-Jewish relations in France have been much more varied. Similarly, in The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France (winner of the 2016 Society for French Historical Studies Pinkney Prize for best book in French history published by a North American scholar), Ethan Katz has nuanced the history of Jewish-Muslim relations in France and highlighted moments of cooperation. Several Jewish scholars in France, together with Muslim colleagues, have engaged in similar work
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Lantzy, Tricia and Matlin, Talitha
- Description:
- Objective – This article aims to assess student achievement of higher-order information literacy learning outcomes from online tutorials as compared to in-person instruction in science and health science courses. Methods – Information literacy instruction via online tutorials or an in-person one-shot session was implemented in multiple sections of a biology (n=100) and a kinesiology course (n=54). After instruction, students in both instructional environments completed an identical library assignment to measure the achievement of higher-order learning outcomes and an anonymous student survey to measure the student experience of instruction. Results – The data collected from library assignments revealed no statistically significant differences between the two instructional groups in total assignment scores or scores on specific questions related to higher-order learning outcomes. Student survey results indicated the student experience is comparable between instruction groups in terms of clarity of instruction, student confidence in completing the course assignment after library instruction, and comfort in asking a librarian for help after instruction. Conclusions – This study demonstrates that it is possible to replace one-shot information literacy instruction sessions with asynchronous online tutorials with no significant reduction in student learning in undergraduate science and health science courses. Replacing in-person instruction with online tutorials will allow librarians at this university to reach a greater number of students and maintain contact with certain courses that are transitioning to completely online environments. While the creation of online tutorials is initially time-intensive, over time implementing online instruction could free up librarian time to allow for the strategic integration of information literacy instruction into other courses. Additional time savings could be realized by incorporating auto-grading into the online tutorials.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1715-720X
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Ly, Pearl, Carr, Allison, and Meulemans, Yvonne Nalani
- Description:
- Reference service via instant messaging (IM) has significant potential to benefit distance learners. There has been wide experimentation with IM to expand reference services in libraries across the US, with mixed results. Concern has been expressed that IM cannot provide the same reference experience as face-to-face interactions. One academic library, California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM) has provided local reference service via IM since 2007 and the authors will present evidence that IM can provide distance learners, as well as other library users, with greater access to librarians, while fostering high user satisfaction.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1533-290X
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Lantzy, Tricia
- Description:
- Purpose This article examines the integration of librarian-led health literacy instruction into an undergraduate course, focusing specifically on how the method of instruction impacts learning outcomes and self-reported confidence levels in completing a course assignment. Undergraduate students struggle to critically evaluate online health information in an increasingly diffuse information landscape. Assessing the success of different instructional techniques aimed at building these abilities can guide pedagogical choices and provide new opportunities to increase health literacy skills in a variety of library user populations. Design/methodology/approach A quasi-experimental research design with pre- and post-tests and a participant survey was used to compare one-shot information literacy instruction techniques in two hybrid sections of a kinesiology course. One class received a traditional, face-to-face librarian-led session and the other a synchronous online instructional session through web conferencing. Findings There were no significant differences in student learning between the in-person and online groups. Students in both conditions demonstrated an extremely significant increase from pre-test to post-test scores, suggesting that librarian-led instruction in either format can lead to substantial learning of online health literacy skills. Survey results showed no significant differences in confidence levels following instruction and suggest both methods of instruction provide a positive learning experience for students. Originality/value This study provides evidence that synchronous online instruction can be as effective as face-to-face instruction in teaching students to evaluate health-related information resources. These findings are valuable for librarians in a variety of settings who are considering providing health literacy education in an online environment.
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- Article
- Identifier:
- 0090-7324
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Downie, J.A.
- Description:
- Information literacy (IL) has been a focus of attention for many library organizations, most notably by the Association of College and Research Libraries' Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Standards (Standards).1Discipline-focused organizations have become involved, as well, in IL either directly or indirectly as seen in the National Science Education Standards.2 Librarians develop instruction sessions to be more than learning a technique (bibliographic instruction) but to instill concepts that can be applied to a variety of information need situations (information literacy). GODORT has begun examining how government document resources fit into the information literacy movement.
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- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Chan, I. and Olivas, A.P.
- Description:
- Many of our reference interactions are face-to-face at a desk or in our offices. Unfortunately, not all of our students are on campus. Whether a non-traditional student or a traditional undergraduate, more of our patrons are attending online classes or attending satellite campuses with no librarians on site. It’s difficult to reach these students, but it’s even more difficult to reach them when libraries are facing tremendous financial hardships and have limited their technology budgets. Fortunately technological advances such as programs that offer free virtual “face-to-face” time with our patrons are becoming more available. Programs such as Skype, Jing, Moodle and Spark offer librarians and patrons the freedom to interact with each other at low or no costs. Sadly many librarians are either uncomfortable with the new technology or don’t feel the quality of service is as good as high-priced tools. This paper will share the basic set-up of various free or low cost online programs, outline the bene- fits and drawbacks of some of those programs, and provide effective interaction techniques to use with distance learners to help make the reference interview and information literacy sessions a more positive and comfortable experience for librarians and students.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1533-290X
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Downie, J.A.
- Description:
- The following article continues the article in DttP 32, no. 2, "The Current Information Literacy Instruction Environment for Government Documents." The previous article discussed the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Standards and commonly-perceived barriers to faculty, student, and reference staff using documents in research.1 This article examines the barriers to including documents' use in instruction and proposes solutions, some of which can be easily integrated into daily work and others that will call for more collaborative effort among librarians, meaning those who teach in the classroom, those who do not, and those who wear many hats, including that of government documents specialist. Breaking down these barriers is part of increasing information literacy skills for all concerned.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 0091-2085
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Downie, J.A.
- Description:
- Library instruction is on the increase, due in part to the information literacy movement, the acceptance of course- integrated instruction and the increasing complexity of research tools. Library instruction has become an accepted facet of the academic instruction environment. As demand for instruction grows, instruction librarians balance the dilemmas of demand and staffing with the purpose to serve all comers. Such demand is certainly a marker of success, but this leads to scheduling conflicts as library instruction generally falls within several optimal time periods throughout a semester or quarter and in a limited number of time slots. Filling instruction requests as a priority impacts the librarian’s time for library service and campus responsibilities, collection development time, reference hours and professional development. Early solutions consisted of print-based handouts and workbooks and have progressed to electronic versions of the same handouts, but the increase in technologies in recent times provides a new set of solutions to academic instructional needs using various applications. One of these solutions is to clone the librarian through virtually-delivered asynchronous instruction.
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- Article
- Identifier:
- 0981727913
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
34. Instruction design collaborations with government information specialists: Opening the conversation.
- Creator:
- Downie, Judith
- Description:
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to foster discussion of the role of government information librarians in the design and implementation of information literacy instruction. Increased accessibility to government information through the internet is bringing all librarians into increased contact with government information, thereby becoming ad hoc documents librarians. Through collaboration with experts in government information, shared knowledge results in opportunities for richer and more comprehensive information literacy instruction. Design/methodology/approach – This review examines evidence of commonality and collaboration between librarians through content analysis of both general and specialized library publications. Findings – Collaboration is a common practice in library instruction to share workload and expertise, yet most literature on this practice focuses on librarian-faculty collaborative efforts. Limited evidence exists for collaboration between librarians and a severely limited body of literature exists when examining instructional design collaboration to include government information in information literacy instruction. Practical implications – Collaborative instruction proactively addresses resolving perceived barriers and expands instruction resource repertoires and shares workloads. Originality/value – Examination of the collaborative process between librarians is infrequent. This adds to the body of literature and increases awareness of additional resources in the provision of information literacy instruction. Keywords: Government, Information literacy, Instructions, Librarians, Academic staff, Competences. Paper type: General review
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- Article
- Identifier:
- 0090-7324
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Olivas, Antonia
- Description:
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the decision of former traditional K-12 teachers in the USA who chose a new career path in academic libraries. It focuses on their successes and challenges in higher education settings. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses a qualitative-methods approach which includes a brief questionnaire. Findings – Findings indicate that former K-12 teachers leave their traditional teaching professions due to bureaucracy but because they enjoy teaching, they seek other opportunities in education. The research also reveals that many of the participants continue to use their K-12 training in their current instruction positions as academic librarians. Research limitations/implications – Future research on this topic should look into more proactive ways of recruiting K-12 teachers into positions of information literacy instructor in academic libraries. Practical implications – Those responsible for hiring information literacy instruction librarians will learn the benefits of hiring former K-12 teachers. The paper will also help encourage academic library leaders to help fund more training opportunities for information literacy librarians. Social implications – All around the USA, academic libraries are fostering opportunities for their students to become information literate in the hopes of helping students succeed in college-level research. As more former K-12 teachers are hired in higher education academic instruction librarian positions, it could help students make a smoother transition from high school to college-level researchers. Originality/value – This research shows that former K-12 teachers could be a valuable asset to higher education academic libraries. Keywords: Academic libraries, Library instruction, Information literacy, Instruction librarian, Teachers, K-12, Career change, United States of America Paper type: Research paper
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- Article
- Identifier:
- 0307-4803
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Olivas, Antonia
- Description:
- Recruitment of minority librarians has been at the forefront of library literature for decades. However, what happens to those librarians after they graduate from library school and get their first library jobs? Do they stay in the profession for long? Is there a support system to help them maintain the excitement and novelty of their career choice after they've been wooed by scholarships and residency programs? This article will discuss the results of a study conducted by librarians new to the field, which indicates that minority librarians who have had constant interactions with mentors, regardless of distance, tend to have better job satisfaction and go on to become mentors and leaders themselves. It also gives a full account of a successful mentoring relationship that is promoting minority leadership in academic libraries.
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- Article
- Identifier:
- 1704-8532
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Matlin, Talitha R. and Carr, Allison
- Description:
- Teaching librarians are always seeking opportunities to improve their professional practice. Traditional forms of professional and personal development -- attending workshops and conferences and reading the scholarly and practitioner literature -- are valuable and useful, but often ignore the powerful personal connections we have between colleagues. Using a narrative approach, this article will provide two teacher librarians' stories about their experiences with team teaching as a method of professional development. Turning the traditional mentorship model on its head, each librarian contributed equally to the relationship and took the risk of being vulnerable in order to learn from one another. A newer librarian, looking to expand her teaching toolkit, become acculturated to her new institution, and develop her teacher identity, taught alongside an experienced librarian looking for new teaching techniques, a way to prevent "burnout," and a more intentional and reflective approach to teaching. In addition, the authors will discuss the theoretical underpinnings of the benefits of team teaching and will provide recommendations for others through an account of how they planned, managed the classroom, and assessed student work.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1943-7528
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Mitchell, Carmen and Chu, Melanie
- Description:
- Academic library budgets are contracting while library usage is increasing. How can academic libraries best help campuses reduce costs and better serve their communities? One strategy is collecting campus-created content online and making it available through the campus Institutional Repository. All faculty, including tenure track and adjuncts, at California State University San Marcos were invited to participate in a brief Web-based survey with both quantitative and qualitative questions. With an 18% response rate, the survey results indicate a strong interest in free or reduced cost educational materials, as well as a high level of concern about the cost of educational materials. Faculty responses indicate they are looking for alternatives to high priced curriculum materials, and are looking to the library for assistance. The crisis in scholarly communication and educational budgets is coming together to create a surge of support for free or low cost educational resources. Many campuses across the country have created programs to support open educational resources, with the main push coming from campus libraries or librarians. The data from this survey and examination of current campus climate, combined with the analysis of implementation factors by other organizations, will bolster the argument for libraries to create open repositories for campus scholarship.
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- Article
- Identifier:
- 1947-525X
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Mitchell, Carmen and Suchy, Daniel
- Description:
- One of the recent dominant topics in library technology has been the development of library mobile websites and services tailored to mobile users. While much has been written and discussed on the subject, very little of the conversation has focused on mobile access to digital collections. Libraries and museums spend significant resources in an effort to identify, digitize, ingest, describe, store, and display items in their digital asset management systems (DAMs). Creating user interfaces that provide online access is just one component of building a digital collection, and represents a continual challenge to stay abreast of evolving technology and user expectations. The latest challenge for libraries and museums is to adapt and grow our digital collections to meet the needs of an increasingly mobile user. We present the findings from in-depth case studies of four selected institutions and university libraries. These institutions were chosen because they already offer mobile services built around their digital collections, and are thus leading the effort to present them in uniquely mobile-centric ways. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january12/mitchell/01mitchell.html
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Ratiu, Catalin and Molz, Rick
- Description:
- Purpose - In this paper we develop a theoretical explanation of conflicts and incompatible interpretations of events between agents of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) and actors present in certain host countries. We situate the argument in comparative economic systems as a part of a broader social system. The socio-economic system can be modeled using institutional theory, particularly using Scott’s (2001) three pillars and the concept of formal and informal institutions. Within different socio- economic systems a dominant logic is developed, and this becomes internalized among actors and agents as behavioral scripts. Design/ methodology/approach - We use a multi-level and multi-disciplinary conceptual analysis, developing a model of dominant logic and behavioral scripts with MNC agents and traditional emerging economy actors. Findings - MNC agents and traditional emerging economy actors have difficulty comprehending the logic of the other, creating a fertile context for conflict. Research implications - An ideal type template is developed that can be used for empirical investigations focusing on situations where disagreement and conflict occur when MNCs operate in traditional emerging economies. Practical implications – By integrating our conceptualization into training for expatriate managers, the potential for conflict can be reduced. Originality/value – This multi-level and multi-disciplinary model allows grounded development of our understanding of conflicts or potential conflicts in the MNC agent – traditional emerging economy actor context.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1742-2043
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- LePine, Marcie A., Crawford, Eean R., Rich, Bruce L., and Zhang, Yiwen
- Description:
- We develop and test a theoretical model that explores how individuals appraise different types of stressful job demands and how these cognitive appraisals impact job performance. The model also explores how charismatic leaders influence such appraisal and reaction processes, and, by virtue of these effects, how leaders can influence the impact of stressful demands on their followers’ job performance. In Study 1 (n = 74 U.S. Marines), our model was largely supported in hierarchical linear modeling analyses. Marines whose leaders were judged by superiors to exhibit charismatic leader behaviors appraised challenge stressors as being more challenging, and were more likely to respond to this appraisal with higher performance. Although charismatic leader behaviors did not influence how hindrance stressors were appraised, they negated the strong negative effect of hindrance appraisals on job performance. In Study 2 (n = 270 U.S. Marines), charismatic leader behaviors were measured through the eyes of the focal Marines, and the interactions found in Study 1 were replicated. Results from multilevel structural equation modeling analyses also indicate that charismatic leader behaviors moderate both the mediating role of challenge appraisals in transmitting the effect of challenge stressors to job performance and the mediating role of hindrance appraisals in transmitting the effect of hindrance stressors to job performance. Implications of our results to theory and practice are discussed. This article is posted with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 0001-4273
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Mc Carthy, Kimberly
- Description:
- The presence of trust between employees and organizational actors is crucial on account of the high transaction costs and impracticality associated with formally contracting all aspects of workplace relationships (Arrow, 1973). However, despite the benefits provided by trust in professional interactions, trust violations are very common (Tomlinson, Dineen and Lewicki, 2004). Even more troubling, according to Robinson and Rousseau (1994), is that violations of trust at work are associated with reduced organizational commitment, lower citizenship behavior, and an increased likelihood of turnover (Robinson, 1996). They can also generate resentment, anger, and hostility that may linger well beyond the transgression and manifest as anxiety and stress that interferes with employee performance and productivity (Gillespie & Dietz, 2009; Dutton, Ashford, Wierba, O’Neill & Hayes, 1997; Heimer, 1992). Therefore, due to the serious consequences that damaged trust, negative affect and the resulting negative interpersonal exchanges have on work outcomes, there is growing scholarly interest in understanding when and how trust is restored after a transgression or negative interaction (Barclay, Skarlicki & Pugh, 2005; Tomlinson & Mayer, 2009; Kim, Dirks & Cooper, 2009; Kramer & Lewicki, 2010). Management scholars have only recently begun to examine the processes of relationship repair (Ren & Gray, 2009; Kim, Dirks & Cooper, 2009), trust repair (Ferrin, Kim, Cooper & Dirks, 2007; Kim, Ferrin, Cooper & Dirks, 2004; Nakayachi & Watabe, 2005) and forgiveness (Fehr & Gelfand, 2010; Bradfield & Aquino, 1999; Tomlinson, Dineen & Lewicki, 2004). However, due to the growing awareness of its importance, as well as the relative lack of theoretical and empirical work in the domain (Ferrin, 2002; Gillespie & Dietz, 2009; Petriglieri, 2015 for exceptions), the amount of research on trust repair and forgiveness in recent years has increased dramatically (van der Werff & Buckley, 2017; Bachmann, Gillespie & Priem, 2015; Dirks, Lewicki & Zaheer, 2009; Kramer & Lewicki, 2010). However, despite that it is gaining momentum, a number of unanswered questions still remain. Specifically, the development of a conceptual model which articulates the factors that affect relationship repair and accurately describes the process of forgiveness after a transgression is needed. To date there has been little conceptual or theoretical work done on trust repair and only a few proposed conceptual frameworks that organize and categorize organizational and institutional trust repair. Therefore, in this paper, I seek to extend existing work by proposing a model of relationship repair that integrates our knowledge of forgiveness and includes an explanation of the proposed interplay between repair mechanisms and how these mechanisms can be combined to reestablish trust after a transgression.
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- Article
- Identifier:
- 1544-0508
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Fang, Fang, Parameswaran, Manoj, and Whinston, Andrew B.
- Description:
- As organizations increasingly deploy Inter-organizational Information Systems (IOS), the interdependent security risk they add is a problem affecting market efficiency. Connected organizations become part of entire networks, and are subject to threats from the entire network; but members’ security profile information is private, members lack incentives to minimize impact on peers and are not accountable. We model the problem as a signaling-screening game, and outline an incentive mechanism that addresses these problems. Our mechanism proposes formation of secure communities of organizations anchored by Security Compliance Consortium (SCC), with members held accountable to the community for security failures. We study the interconnection decisions with and without the mechanism, and characterize conditions where the mechanism plays roles of addressing moral hazard and hidden information issues by screening the organizations’ security types and/or by providing them incentives to improve. We also discuss the welfare gains and the broad impact of the mechanism. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-012-9348-y
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1387-3326
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Anderson, Beverlee B., Brodowsky, Glen, and Schuster, Camille P.
- Description:
- Marketing managers need to analyze markets, competitors, and consumers to create, monitor, and adapt marketing strategy. The amount of data available for these analyses is increasing exponentially. Much of the data to be analyzed is secondary data. This article presents two classroom activities designed to facilitate the collection of appropriate secondary data in one activity and analyze secondary data in the second activity. Assessment demonstrates that these activities resulted in increased learning and understanding by students. Given the requirements of marketing managers in today's marketplace, this topic needs more attention.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2156-5155
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Sciglimpaglia, Don and Raafa, Feraidoon
- Description:
- This paper discusses a marketing strategy plan for a firm that sought to manufacture and distribute a new product to be used as a substitute to concrete masonry in Saudi Arabia. This new product has similar installation characteristics but is made up of superior insulating material and, therefore, is more suitable for harsh weather conditions of extreme temperature changes. The paper addresses some of the issues that this company had to consider for it to be a viable competitor in the new market.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Anderson, Beverlee B.
- Description:
- Purpose: The Purpose of the paper is to explore the relationships of different types of corruption and selected economic measures that appear to contribute to a country’s sustainable economic development. Design: The research used selected data from the World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey on corruption activities (Irregular Payments and Bribes, the Diversion of Public Funds, Organized Crime, and Favoritism in Decisions of Government Officials) and Ethical Behavior of Firms. The economic data (FDI, GDP, GDP Growth and Capital Formation among others) is from the World Bank database. A series of statistical models were developed to examine the relationships among different types of corruption and a country’s economic development. Research Limitations: The research is limited by the availability of data from reliable sources and the availability of data on a limited number of corruption activities. Only four aspects of corruption are examined in this paper. Only selected aspects of a country’s economy were examined. The variables analyzed in the study were not available for each of the 179 countries. Findings: The findings are mixed, showing that some types of corruption have greater negative impact on specific aspects of economic development. Originality: This Study builds on previous work by Anderson (2013, 2012) that used Transparency International’s corruption perception index (CPI) as a global measure of corruption. This study, in contrast, uses the results of the World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey, to indicate the perceived level of different types of (components) corruption. By using more specific measures of corruption, there is a better understanding of the relationships between corruption and economic development. Implications: Corruption may have a beneficial as well as a negative impact on economic growth and development.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2042-5961
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Anderson, Beverlee B.
- Description:
- Purpose: The Purpose of the paper is to explore the relationships of selected measures of environmental sustainability and the level of corruption within countries. Design: The design uses secondary data from Transparency International on perception of corruption within countries. The World Economic Forum’s Environmental Sustainability assessment is one measure of environmental sustainability used in the study. World Bank data on CPIA Policies and Institutes for Environmental Sustainability that foster and protect sustainable use of natural resources and manage pollution and its data on the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of the % of population with access to improved drinking water were two specific measures used to indicate environmental sustainability. A series of statistical tests were used to examine the relationships among perceptions of corruption and a country’s policies and reported improvements in Environmental Sustainability. Research Limitations: The research is limited by the availability of data from reliable sources over a period of time. The corruption data, while the best available, are based on opinions and perceptions. Only selected aspects of a country’s environmental sustainability were examined; these included the Environmental Sustainability Index, evaluations of selected countries’ policies and institutions, and the improvement in the percent of the population with access to safe drinking water. Findings: The findings are mixed; the level of corruption does not appear to always be negatively associated with environmental sustainability as was expected. Originality: This Study examines selected aspects of the potential relationships between corruption and environmental sustainability measures. Implications: In general, the less corruption, the better the record of environmental sustainability. However, corruption may not be a negative influence on specific selected aspects of environmental sustainability as would be anticipated.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2042-5945
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Ratiu, Catalin and Anderson, Beverlee B.
- Description:
- Purpose: There are many different conceptualizations sustainable development and these different approaches to conceptualization may have led to confusion among the public. The paper explores identities of the term and how the confused identity may be leading to problems for sustainable development efforts. Design: The design is exploratory in nature that used both secondary and primary data to understand the different sustainable development concepts. Findings: There is not a consistent understanding or use of the term sustainable development among various groups. Research Implications: Future research should include a larger sample that is more representative of people from different backgrounds and geographical areas. Practical Implications: The public is generally willing to support only projects that it understands. Without a clear understanding of sustainable development the public will be less inclined to support these efforts. Originality: The study that examines the perceptions and understandings of the term by the general public representing different generations.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2042-5945
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Dalakas, Vassilis and Melancon, Joanna Phillips
- Description:
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore potential negative outcomes of high fan identification as well as to identify the causal mechanism or mediator by which high identification may result in such negative responses. Design/methodology/approach – A scale development process was used to develop a new mediating construct for the fan identification literature, the Importance of Winning Index (IWIN). Structural equations modeling was used to analyze the surveys. Findings – The IWIN construct represents a new and distinct construct from fan identification. Additionally, IWIN mediates the relationship between fan identification and negative outcome behaviors, thus serving as an explanatory mechanism of when fan identification can produce negative behaviors (in this study Schadenfreude, or wishing ill/harm on rivals). Research limitations/implications – A student sample and limitation to one context of negative outcomes leaves opportunities for future research to assess the generalizability of these results across various populations and contexts. Practical implications – Schadenfreude is manifested toward a variety of targets associated with a rival team, including the team's sponsors. Companies should be cautious when selecting what teams they sponsor so that they do not alienate potential consumers who are fans of rival teams. Moreover, the study raises important ethical and social responsibility issues with broader implications suggesting that sports organizations need to promote strong identification among their fans in a responsible manner. Originality/value – This article is one of few studies that addresses the adverse effects of a highly identified fan/customer base and extends the identification literature by introducing a new variable (IWIN) that mediates the relationship between identification and negative outcomes.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 0887-6045
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Creator:
- Ratiu, Catalin and Anderson, Beverlee B.
- Description:
- Guest editorial Introduction of the special issue of the World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development entitled, “The multiple identities of sustainable development: towards a convergent definition.”
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 2042-5945
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos