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Theorizing the Effect of Organizational Identification on Vacation Time Usage Among Remote Workers
Get PDFRemote work, a type of flexible work arrangement, has become increasingly common, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shift in the nature of work (Barrero et al., 2023; Shifrin & Michel, 2022). Approximately 35% of U.S. workers who have jobs that can be done remotely are working remotely all of the time, equivalent to approximately 14% of all employed adults, or 22 million individuals (Parker, 2023). Working remotely provides employees more opportunities to balance work and non-work priorities than working in a corporate office (Bowen, 2023). In the conservation of resources model (Hobfoll, 1989) and the personal resources allocation framework (Grawitch et al., 2010), time is a valued resource, which remote workers save by not having to commute. We theorize that employees who work remotely use less vacation time than employees who work in company offices because they have greater control over using their resources in how they see fit, which reduces the likelihood of experiencing related stress. We further theorize that employee organizational identification (OID) influences the use of vacation time for two reasons. Individuals with high levels of OID perceive an overlap between their identities and the identities of their organizations and, therefore, are more willing to continue working for self-esteem reasons. In addition, they are less likely to experience the full benefits of vacation due to their high levels of psychological attachment
Transport for Seniors Within a Community -There Is a Need But Is There a Way?
Get PDFThe Nassau County Office for the Aging (NCOFA) is an agency dedicated to serving the county’s population of adults over the age of 60. Nassau County, New York is working towards becoming an Age-Friendly Community as defined by defined by AARP and the World Health Organization (WHO). One of the eight domains that must be addressed to be considered an Age-Friendly Community is transportation accessibility. Molloy University MBA Capstone students were assigned the consulting project of developing a strategy to increase awareness of existing transportation services as well as develop more programs. Nassau County is a New York City suburb with little public transit intra-county. As seniors mature, their ability and desire to drive to destinations fades, which in turn limits their capacity to age in their own homes and care for themselves. Increasing awareness of existing transportation, combining information to use transportation into one guide, building out training for more van drivers and finding grants to expand travel resources should allow NCOFA to boost intra county travel and achieve their goal of making the region more age friendly
Birth Privilege as White Privilege
Get PDFIn The Pregnancy ≠ Childbearing Project: A Phenomenology of Miscarriage (2017), I argued the need to ‘disentangle the plot’ of pregnancy as it has a naturalised and uncritical access to heteronormative gender privilege. In this paper, with the premise that, ‘whiteness is property,’ as argued by Cheryl Harris in 1993, I extend this work to how birthing is only a story for the white entitled few, and as an entitlement, is tied to the making and preserving of the ‘nuclear family’ and ‘family values.’ As this history of birth privilege as white privilege is also a trauma history, I include an analysis of two documentaries on the preventable deaths for women of colour (and black women in particular), Aftershock (2022) and Nekeshia Wall’s Reclaiming Power: The Black Maternal Crisis (2021). Here, I am compelled to ask: How best to reclaim the pervasive loss of narrative control over when and how to ‘give birth’ and to interrupt dominant narratives over the phenomenon of giving birth? Much of my critique was informed by conversations with my named contributor, Valencia Andrews, a New York–based doula, who provided insight into the birthing experiences of BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of colour) women
Support Vector Machine Classifier
No full textUsing support vector machine, a machine learning algorithm, to find the best evaluation and normalization methods to classify data from Iris Dataset and Toy Dataset. These evaluation methods can be used for data in fields such as biomedicine, finance, and consumer spending
Frameworks for Balancing Care and Excellence in Higher Education (Chapter 2)
Get PDFIn this chapter, we explain our theoretical grounding and provide a framework for what follows. We outline the twin purposes of this book, as we explain our conceptions of care and excellence and the relationship between the two. Like all academic texts our work here stands about other established frameworks, and we diagram this to illustrate where this text fits in the field. Finally, we include an overview of the chapters that follow to serve as a reader guide
Effects of Music on Memory
No full textThe effect of listening to music on studying and memory is unknown. Previous research indicates varied outcomes; some studies suggest music interferes with studying, while others propose potential benefits when factors like genre and IQ are considered. This study extends prior investigations by examining the influence of (a) music type (pop, classical, or silence) and (b) students\u27 habitual music-listening practices on the performance on a memory task. I will be recruiting a sample of 40-80 participants from Molloy University psychology classes, aged 18-25. Classrooms will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: classical music (Nocturne op.9 no.2, Chopin), pop music (Move along, All American Rejects), or no music while memorizing a list of 15 concrete nouns. Results will be measured by each participant\u27s ability to recall the memorized words within a designated time frame. Data collection is underway and will be completed by the scheduled presentation. Through this investigation, the aim is to contribute to the insights of the role of music on recall during studying to help achieve effective study habits among students. Limitations, including small sample size and limited variability in participant demographics, are acknowledged, with implications for future research explaining the complex dynamics between music, studying, and memory
Hands on Learning with CS/DF Standards
No full textOur project aimed to introduce current teachers, our peers (pre-service teachers), and middle school students to the use of hands-on learning to introduce the NY State Computer Science and Digital Fluency (CS/DF) standards. We worked together to learn the fundamentals of coding and the intricacies of the CS/DF standards to create a workshop in which we coached pre-service teachers and teachers on how to incorporate the CS/DF standards into the classroom using LEGO Education. We presented at a Molloy workshop for pre-service teachers in November 2023, the Make Math Count \u27\u27 Conference for current teachers in January 2024, and at the CSTEP Day of Service in early April 2024. Our goal was to inform educators about the CS/DF Standards and provide the opportunity for them and middle schoolers to build and code with LEGOs. Survey results show a growth in understanding of the CS/DF standards and an increased confidence in implementation
Ready to Practice? An Examination of New Graduates’ Feelings of Confidence and Preparedness to Practice as a Registered Nurse
No full textBackground: Competence in nursing practice is multidimensional, encompassing components of knowledge, skills, and attitudes to deliver safe, effective care.
Purpose: To examine a national sample of new graduate nurses’ feelings of confidence and preparedness through the lens of Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1986).
Methods: Quantitative descriptive secondary analysis of data drawn from the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) annual survey data sets representing a sample of 2021-2022 (n = 2824) and 2022-2023 (n = 2120) graduates.
Results: NCLEX pass rates increased by 5% for the 2022-2023 graduates. Feelings of confidence decreased by 14 (range 0-100) for the same year. Many, 44% (2021-2022) and 38% (2022-2023), felt their nursing education did not adequately prepare them for employment.
Conclusions: Although NCLEX pass rates increased, new graduates’ confidence decreased. Individuals are more likely to succeed if they judge themselves as capable. Exploring new graduates\u27 attitudes about practice may prove beneficial and improve outcomes