91 research outputs found
Coordination Dynamics in Technology Adoption: Lessons From an Evolutionary Game Theoretical Analysis
No full textThe adoption of new technologies by firms is a fundamental driver of technological change, enhancing competitiveness across various industries. Recent advancements in information technologies have amplified the strategic significance of technology in the competitive landscape, reshaping global markets and the workplace. Technological innovation continues at a swift pace, but its success hinges on effective adoption. Embracing new technologies sets businesses apart, fostering innovation, and attracting customers and investors. However, the decision to adopt technology poses challenges, especially regarding which technologies to choose in a dynamical market. Firms often invest in technology to gain a competitive edge, potentially neglecting broader social benefits in the process. This chapter summarises the authors' research on evolutionary dynamics of decision making regarding technology adoption. They employ methods from Evolutionary Game Theory (EGT), exploring scenarios with well-mixed populations and distributed networked environments.<br/
Leadership strategies for managing technostress
No full textThis chapter aims to provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the concept of technostress. It will delve into the sub-factors of technostress, present explanatory theories, offer management strategies for leaders to mitigate technostress, and conduct evaluations. The study also includes tips for future research and limitations. The study endeavors to furnish valuable insights to academics specializing in the field, leaders that need to perform in today's competitive work environments and other interested readers. The strategies are developed mainly through J D-R and transactional model of stress, and it will validate the theory and contribute literature.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio
Estigmas y oportunidades limitadas de los doctorados universitarios en línea y con fines de lucro en Tecnología, Salud y Negocios
No full textIntroduction: Walden, Capella, and the University of Phoenix universities generate many African-American doctoral graduates, according to Diverse Problems in Higher Education.
Problem: While these universities graduate many minority students with doctoral degrees, they contribute significantly to student loan debt. These universities are for-profit, on-line, or owned by for-profits. Because of that classification, these universities and their doctoral degrees have stigmas in higher education that may hinder African American and other minority faculty chances at elite, state flagship, and prestigious research universities.
Objective: The research aims to formulate strategies to help African-Americans be more knowledgeable about non-traditional doctoral program selection and the current stigmas of graduating with a doctorate from a totally online or for-profit university. The purpose is not to diminish the accomplishment of anyone with the intellect, courage, and talent to get a regionally accredited doctoral degree. This research intends to educate and empower African-American and other students of color in their doctoral decision-making and discuss the stigmas against doctorates from for-profit universities and totally on-line universities in the U.S.
Methodology: The approach used was a content analysis of the literature and qualitative interviews using a phenomenological research approach. The purpose is not to diminish or demonize graduates and degrees from regionally accredited on-line doctorate programs offered by for-profit universities, because they have provided opportunities and access to doctoral education. The goal is to share the realities of the current stigmas of those degrees from those universities in academic communities at the most highly ranked universities. The ultimate aim would be to educate them on the importance of school choice, even if the only viable option for doctoral completion is an on-line or hybrid doctoral program.
Results: Academic careers often depend on having a doctorate and the university that awards that doctorate. So, African-Americans and other students of color should investigate and choose brick-and-mortar universities with online and hybrid doctoral programs, which are often viewed more favorably. This study offers an accurate world understanding of the challenges and stigmas of African American doctoral graduates driven by where they pursue their doctorate degrees.
Conclusion: This project seeks to change the behavior of doctoral program selection and modification practices that would make graduates more successful and favorable for full-time faculty jobs after graduation.
Originality: The gap in the literature explored is the limited academic discussion about how attending and completing a doctorate from one of these universities can be detrimental to African-Americans, especially if they are interested in full-time tenure-track faculty careers at non profit research universities.
Limitations: More current research is needed on the stigmas and challenges of getting a doctorate from a for profit or totally online university. More scholarly dialogues from the literature could have enriched the study.Introducción: las universidades Walden, Capella y la Universidad de Phoenix generan muchos graduados de doctorado afroamericanos, según Problemas diversos en educación superior.
Problema: si bien estas universidades gradúan a muchos estudiantes minoritarios con títulos de doctorado, contribuyen significativamente a la deuda por préstamos estudiantiles. Estas universidades con grados en línea son propiedad de organizaciones con fines de lucro. Debido a esa clasificación, estas universidades y sus títulos de doctorado tienen estigmas en la educación superior que pueden obstaculizar las oportunidades de los profesores afroamericanos y otras minorías en universidades de investigación de élite, emblemáticas estatales y prestigiosas.
Objetivo: la investigación tiene como objetivo formular estrategias para ayudar a los afroamericanos a tener más conocimientos sobre la selección de programas de doctorado no tradicionales y los estigmas actuales de graduarse con un doctorado de una universidad totalmente en línea o con fines de lucro. El propósito no es disminuir los logros de cualquier persona con el intelecto, el coraje y el talento para obtener un título de doctorado acreditado regionalmente. Esta investigación pretende educar y empoderar a los estudiantes afroamericanos y otros estudiantes de color en su toma de decisiones doctorales y discutir los estigmas contra los doctorados de universidades con fines de lucro y universidades totalmente en línea en los EE. UU.
Método: el enfoque utilizado fue un análisis de contenido de la literatura y entrevistas cualitativas utilizando un enfoque de investigación fenomenológico. El propósito no es menospreciar ni demonizar a los graduados y títulos de programas de doctorado en línea acreditados regionalmente y ofrecidos por universidades con fines de lucro, porque han brindado oportunidades y acceso a la educación doctoral. El objetivo es compartir las realidades de los estigmas actuales de esos títulos de esas universidades en las comunidades académicas de las universidades mejor clasificadas. El objetivo final sería educarlos sobre la importancia de la elección de escuela, incluso si la única opción viable para completar el doctorado es un programa de doctorado en línea o híbrido.
Resultados: las carreras académicas a menudo dependen de tener un doctorado y de la universidad que otorga ese doctorado. Por lo tanto, los afroamericanos y otros estudiantes de color deberían investigar y elegir universidades físicas con programas de doctorado híbridos y en línea, que a menudo se ven más favorablemente. Este estudio ofrece una comprensión mundial precisa de los desafíos y estigmas de los graduados de doctorado afroamericanos impulsados por el lugar donde obtienen sus títulos de doctorado.
Conclusión: este proyecto busca cambiar el comportamiento de las prácticas de selección y modificación de programas de doctorado que harían que los graduados fueran más exitosos y favorables para puestos docentes de tiempo completo después de graduarse.
Originalidad: la brecha en la literatura explorada es la discusión académica limitada sobre cómo asistir y completar un doctorado en una de estas universidades puede ser perjudicial para los afroamericanos, especialmente si están interesados en carreras docentes permanentes a tiempo completo en universidad sin fines de lucro.
Limitaciones: se necesitan más investigaciones actuales sobre los estigmas y los desafíos de obtener un doctorado en una universidad con fines de lucro o totalmente en línea. Más diálogos académicos de la literatura podrían haber enriquecido el estudi
The development of Xavier university under the presidency of Norman C. Francis: 1968 - 2005, 2011
No full textThis study examines the factors that led Xavier University from a small, struggling, regional entity to a national university. This growth did not take place until Norman C. Francis was appointed president in 1968. This study was based on the premise that from the time Xavier University was founded in 1915 until Norman C. Francis became president in 1968, the university relatively stagnant in terms of growth. A case study analysis approach was used to analyze data gathered on the growth of the university. Specifically, the following areas were examined: enrollment, endowment, physical plant, alumni advanced degree attainment, faculty quality, quality of students admitted and retained, and the condition of the university prior to the Francis administration. The researcher found that Xavier University has experienced significant growth in the areas examined. The conclusions drawn from the findings suggest that the leadership of Norman C. Francis was the catalyst that caused the positive changes in Xavier University found by the researcher
Innovations from Academia around Cybersecurity Workforce and Faculty Development
No full textEvery year in the U.S., 40,000 jobs for information security analysts go unfilled, and employers are struggling to fill 200,000 other cybersecurity related roles. Colleges and universities have created certificates, undergraduate, and graduate programs to train professionals in these job roles. The challenge to meeting the cybersecurity workforce shortage through degree programs is intensified by the reality of the limited number of cybersecurity experts and faculty at colleges and universities based on the qualifications outlined by regionally accredited and state accrediting bodies. Before 2005 doctoral degrees in cybersecurity did not exist, so many faculty that have been teaching computer science and management information systems that completed their doctoral degree before 2005 could need significant re-education on the academic level in cybersecurity. This paper explores the essential need to develop more doctorate faculty in cybersecurity and to create an 18-credit hour post-doctoral diploma bridge programs in cybersecurity. The conceptual paper uses a review of the literature and previous research to make the argument for these programs
Developing more Women in Managerial Roles in Information Technology and Cybersecurity
No full textWith significant shortages of employees and managers are cybersecurity and technology management, the need for more professionals in the field has never been more critical and necessary. Meeting these workforce development shortfalls and developing innovative business strategies requires leaders from all genders and backgrounds. To effectively achieve the most challenging concerns related to organizational technology management strategy will require the contributions of women. This paper explores the barriers, complexities, and innovative approaches related to developing more women in executive and supervisory roles in information technology and cybersecurity
An Exploration of the Critical Need for Formal Training in Leadership for Cybersecurity and Technology Management Professionals
No full textAn Exploration of the Critical Need for Formal Training in Leadership for Cybersecurity and Technology Management Professionals
No full textExploring the Cyberpsychology of Social Media Addiction and Public Health Risks among Black American Women in the USA
No full textThis study is a pioneering effort to address the under-researched intersection of Black American women, social media addiction, and associated health risks due to their significant engagement with these platforms. It delves into aspects of cyberpsychology concerning how social media serves as a tool for empowerment among Black women, yet simultaneously poses risks of addiction and potential public health consequences. By drawing on established addiction theories, frameworks, and a thorough review of existing literature, this research offers a critical analysis of a demographic that has been traditionally overlooked in scholarly discourse. The article analyses the risks associated with social media and the specifics of their manifestation during the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies the forms of social media addiction. The paper examines the problem from the perspective of various scientific theories and research schools. In particular, that deals with the theory of social comparison, the theory of symbolic interactionism, the theory of positive reinforcement, the theory of behavioural dependence, the theory of operant conditioning, the theory of attachment, the theory of social construction of technologies (SCOT), the health belief model (HBM). Also, it concerns concepts that study addiction to social networks due to the need for attention and fear of missing out (FOMO) through the analysis of reflective and impulsive cognitive processes and the reward deficiency syndrome (RDS). The main signs of psychological dependence on social networks are identified, including excessive time on the Internet, constant checking, neglect of duties, lack of sleep, social isolation, mood swings, comparison and envy, unsuccessful attempts to reduce online time, negative impact on well-being, secrecy, or defensiveness. Based on the inquiry’s results, several recommendations have been developed to reduce psychological dependence on social media, specifically for black American women, namely digital literacy, prevention, and intervention. Cognitive behavioural therapy, support groups, mobile health apps, etc. are discussed as well
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