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Open Materials Discourse: Enhancement of Recall within Technology-Mediated Teams Through the Use of Online Visual Artifacts
No full textThis paper provides the materials used to conduct the Basoglu, Fuller, and Valacich (2012) study of individuals’ recall of information within technology-mediated teams (i.e., virtual teams). In the Basoglu et al. (2012) study, three input factors—visual artifacts (i.e., a computer-generated image of each team member), team size, and work interruptions—were manipulated to assess their influence on a person’s ability to recall important characteristics of their virtual team members. In the current paper, we provide step-by-step instructions for the experimental design, procedures, consent form, and the questionnaire administered by Basoglu et al. (2012). Our objectives are to provide researchers with the necessary materials to replicate the Basoglu et al. (2012) study and use its methodological techniques to guide their own research
Taking a tiny step back: The impact of planning on a bumpy goal pursuit
No full textThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bayuk, J., & Basoglu, K. A. (2024). Taking a tiny step back: The impact of planning on a bumpy goal pursuit. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2407, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2407. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
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This article will be embargoed until 09/26/2026.Across varied domains, prior research has examined the impact of setbacks and goal-inconsistent behaviors on goal pursuit. A large setback, whether a result of an external hurdle or an internally-driven goal-inconsistent behavior, may suggest that the goal is not really feasible and goal disengagement is ideal. Yet, a minor setback or a goal-deviation may just be a bump in the road that can, and often should, be overcome, especially for important, long-term goals. So, not all setbacks signal that failure is inevitable and goal pursuit should be put on hold. Forming a goal-directed plan shifts individuals from a deliberative to an implemental mindset and is commonly recommended by both academics and practitioners to help individuals pursue important goals and disengage from unachievable goals. But are plans beneficial when small, goal-related setbacks occur? Specifically, this article examines the impact of minor bumps in the road (experiencing small setbacks, engaging in minor goal-inconsistent behaviors) on continued goal pursuit. In three studies, field and lab, and across two different domains (eating healthy and saving money), we (1) show that small, seemingly acceptable setbacks can negatively influence goal pursuit when one has formed a plan, and (2) empirically demonstrate that when small setbacks occur, having a plan may increase feeling of action crisis and ultimately decrease interest in continued goal pursuit
Technology Mediated Interruptions: Attention Analysis and Impact on Task Performance
No full textInformation systems that provide easier access to information and enhanced communication channels to help manage these tasks (e.g. through emails, instant messages, and calls via mobile devices) can cause workers to temporarily lose focus on his or her current activity (defined as interruptions) (O’Conaill and Frohlich, 1995). Even though some research has concentrated on explaining the effects of interruptions (Speier, Valacich, & Vessey, 1999; Gillie and Broadbent, 1989; Cellier & Eyrolle, 1992), they fall short of explaining the complex set of relationships that help us understand how and why an individual attends to new tasks, and how this task fragmentation and taskswitching process influences performance. The purpose of this dissertation is to explain the effect of TMI and taskswitching on performance using the Stimulus Value Role Model (Murstein, 1970) as a theoretical basis and to use working memory to investigate how task-switching and task-fragmentation influence task performance. Controlled laboratory experiments will be conducted to test the hypotheses
The development of financial services and financial regulation in Angola
No full textThis dissertation examines developments in financial services in Angola, looking particularly at the role of the Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA) in achieving greater competence in the banking division, growth, and well organized financial regulation and corporate governance. The author considers the work of BNA, the government of Angola (GOA), and investors in providing more financial services and increased competence of the banking service, with reference to international models
Regulatory tradeoffs in designing concession contracts for infrastructure networks
No full textNetwork activities typically involve collecting a good or service (such as electric utilities, phone services, and rail transportation) from many producers or distributing them to many users. Producers and users are often widely scattered, geographically. Close financial integration of networks is justified on the basis of economies of scope and scale and the benefits from pooling and coordinating. In many countries, network operators are completely integrated publicly-owned firms (private firms being deemed insufficiently efficient or equitable). Challengers of this practice contend that the inefficiency resulting from lack of competition outweighs the gain from economic integration. With reform, some competitive mechanisms can be introduced even when monopoly seems the best option for delivering a service. But conflicts between policymakers'objectives -including efficiency, equity, speed, speed of reform, and signaling- influence the design of concession contracts for infrastructure network services (including communications and transportation services). Competition begins with the unbundling of various stages of delivery. Then competitive bidding is popular, with the public authority keeping property rights on productive assets but conceding their operation to a private firm. The winner gets the right to maximize profits, within limits (having to provide universal services, for example, and avoid price discrimination). In liberalizing the delivery of a service, policymakers must consider not only efficiency but also social and fiscal feasibility. The authors discuss how relevant information asymmetry is in contract design and the award and regulatory processes. They also discuss how to design pricing to accommodate the obligation to provide universal service. To illustrate, they describe Argentina's experiment in liberalization, which is increasingly viewed as a model for changing private sector and government involvement in infrastructure services. Beginning in 1989, Argentina began privatizing utilities and transport services, because the government had decided that it could no longer afford to subsidize those services or finance the investments needed for their effective operation. To introduce competition, the government unbundled services and introduced competitive bidding. It also created sector-specific regulatory agencies to protect consumers from private monopolies and to protect the private concessionaires from government micromanagement. Making concession-based reform and contracted-based regulation of private monopolists sustainable will require strengthening regulatory agencies, clarifying their terms of reference and accountability, and better separating the responsibilities of sector ministers and regulators.Health Economics&Finance,Environmental Economics&Policies,Economic Theory&Research,Labor Policies,International Terrorism&Counterterrorism,Environmental Economics&Policies,Health Economics&Finance,Education for the Knowledge Economy,Knowledge Economy,Economic Theory&Research
Order and disorder in proteins
No full textIn contrast to the general view that proteins should have a specific 3D structure in solution for their activity, there are many proteins which do not have a folded “native” structure for a big portion of their sequence. While these intrinsically disordered regions are essential for protein function, they cause problems in efforts for determining the 3D structures for the folded domains. It has been shown that the removal of the disordered domains improved the structure determination success both by X-ray crystallography and by NMR. As part of Northeast Structural Genomics (NESG) effort I worked on identifying the disordered and flexible parts of the protein using Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange with Mass Spectroscopy (HDX-MS) analysis for construct optimization for high-throughput structure determination. Using this method I also studied human Smad3, which is an important part of the TGF-β-signaling pathway; and provided the first experimental data on structural features of the linker domain. During my training, I also studied human Deleted in Oral Cancer (DOC-1) protein, which was one of the proteins I studied by HDX-MS for construct optimization. We determined the solution structure of the folded region of DOC-1, which was shown to be important in cell-cycle regulation and cancer biology; and I also studied structure-function relations. Additionally, we studied the solution structure of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase B from Bacillus subtilis, an important protein for reversing oxidative damage in cells, by NMR as a part of methods development studies for NMR for large proteins.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Asli Erteki
Mobile payments for remittances in Africa: Benchmarking with Latin America
No full textIn this article the author seeks to explain the reasons backing the success of mobile technology in money transfers comparing Africa and Latin America.Remittances, Africa, Latin America, mobile phones
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