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The Adoption and Implementation of Lean and Six Sigma in State Governments and its Impact on Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Equity
Get PDFThis research explores the contextualized use of Lean and Six Sigma (LSS) practices in the state governments in the United States. It analyzes LSS’s capacity to innovate public service administration to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and equity in government.This study employed the Grounded Theory Method to analyze 2,048 LSS project reports from 32 state governments between 2003 and 2024, aiming to identify systematic patterns in the adjustment and application of LSS within state service administration and its outcomes.Thirty-two states applied LSS across 24 service areas, adapting it in five ways: strategic programming, production efficiency, customer focus, internal accountability, and equity and service expansion. LSS projects primarily reported financial and managerial improvements, with some citing equity and service expansion as project success.The use of self-reported results likely underrepresented LSS failures, making empirical validation essential for confirming inductively generated propositions in future research.Findings imply that managerial motivations and project goals affect how LSS\u27s methods and principles can be adjusted to address competing values in the public sector. It offers insights into effectively applying LSS to optimize public service administration and achieve better outcomes for citizens.Findings expand the literature on LSS for public service mission, offering implications for its strategic application in the public sector. The large-scale multiple case study enhances the credibility of these findings beyond what single case studies or literature reviews can provide
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Mindfulness and Psychological Adjustment in International Students: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Strategies
Get PDFThis study examined the relationship between mindfulness and psychological adjustment among international students, focusing on the mediating roles of two emotion regulation strategies: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. Specifically, it explored whether mindfulness is associated with lower acculturative stress and higher coping self-efficacy, and whether using the emotion regulation strategies of cognitive appraisal and expressive suppression mediate these relationships. Eighty-nine international students from mid-sized U.S. universities participated in an online survey assessing mindfulness, emotion regulation, acculturative stress, and coping self-efficacy. Mediation analyses using bootstrapping showed that cognitive reappraisal partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and coping self-efficacy, but not between mindfulness and acculturative stress. Expressive suppression did not emerge as a significant mediator. These findings suggest that mindfulness may enhance the psychological resilience of international students by promoting adaptive emotion regulation, particularly through cognitive reappraisal. However, the complex nature of acculturative stress may require additional research into broader or alternative mechanisms beyond reappraisal. Implications for culturally sensitive mindfulness-based interventions are discussed
Escape Room
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Escape Room
No full textJoin Booth Library in an adventure to foil the plot of Dr. Chaos who has trapped our hero, the Blue Panther, in the library. Solve a series of diabolical puzzles in the ultimate fight of good versus evil. 50% action! 50% adventure! 100% comical