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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
The purpose of a sustainable tourism journal
No full textWhat is the purpose of a tourism journal specialising in sustainability, and how does it best serve the needs of knowledge development, academia and wider society? Now that the Journal of Sustainable Tourism (JoST) is over 30 years old, and we’ve recently had a change in the editorial team, we thought it would be timely to consult with the editorial board to refresh and renew our aims and long-term outcomes, and ensure that our activities and use of resources are aligned with delivering outputs that will head us in the right direction. Editorial board members were invited to shape the ambitions and directions of the journal. We agreed that JoST aims to be a leading knowledge vehicle, theoretically rigorous yet solution-oriented, transformational journal, that contributes to solve the sustainability needs of society, with accumulated, developed, rapid and relevant knowledge that reaches beyond academia
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Consumer innovation resistance in the context of Airbnb
No full textAirbnb has frequently been described as a service innovation that has transformed the landscape of the tourism and hospitality industry. By providing an online marketplace which integrates underutilised physical resources (e.g., space) and digital resources to meet heterogeneous market needs, Airbnb has experienced the benefits of indirect network effects and has grown rapidly after its inception. However, it is also facing challenges in engaging in new adopters in emerging markets such as China and maintaining current users in the international market. These challenges need to be overcome since Airbnb is a two-sided platform that relies on a critical mass to improve the quality of matching hosts and guests. Understanding customer resistance to Airbnb in both the pre-adoption and post-adoption phases is important for this purpose, as consumer resistance to a new service is a significant contributor to a slow pace of innovation diffusion.
Consumer resistance to new products/services is a different topic from innovation adoption. Current Airbnb studies have provided significant insights into customer adoption, while few have focused on consumer resistance. This predominant focus on adoption demonstrates “pro-innovation bias” in the Airbnb literature. This thesis, based on innovation resistance literature and innovation diffusion theory, aims to explore and understand why customers resist Airbnb and extend the theoretical understanding of consumer innovation resistance. To fulfil the research aim, this thesis adopts a convergent mixed-methods design. The paradigm of pragmatism serves as the philosophical foundation of this thesis.
This thesis follows a “thesis with publication” format and is structured as a set of four papers. Paper 1, published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change, is a systematic literature review on consumer innovation resistance. A total of 152 articles were systematically extracted from the Scopus dataset. The data were analysed using multiple perspective document co-citation analysis and content analysis. Based on the results of the review and expert interviews, Paper 1 provides six research avenues within which research gaps are discussed. The Papers 2-4 of this thesis strive to address three of these identified gaps: (1) more empirical studies are needed to verify and modify current understandings of resistance from a process-based perspective; (2) there are a lack of studies investigating how individual characteristics shape different resistance behaviours; and (3) little is known about consumer discontinuance as resistance in the post-adoption phase.
Paper 2, which has been submitted to International Journal of Hospitality Management, uncovers customer resistance to Airbnb from a process-based perspective. Using Airbnb in the Chinese market as the research context, a narrative approach suitable for building process theories was employed. Data were collected using retrospective and scenario interviews and analysed using an abductive approach. Three different processes of resistance were observed: pre-persuasion passive resistance; post-persuasion passive resistance; and active resistance. These were driven by individual characteristics, the status quo, external environments, and innovation-specific barriers. This study provides a comprehensive and dynamic understanding of consumer Airbnb resistance and argues that passive resistance can arise after consumers’ consideration of a new product/service, challenging the previous view on passive resistance.
Paper 3, published in Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, uses a quantitative approach to examine the role of individual characteristics in influencing three Airbnb resistance behaviours: unawareness, postponement, and rejection. Adoption was added for comparison. Data were collected from 1010 respondents and analysed using multinomial logistic regression. Results show consumer demographics, travel and social media use experiences, and some individual traits (e.g., resistance to change) predict resistance behaviours. Paper 3 contributes to the literature by thoroughly examining the explanatory power of various individual characteristics in influencing different resistance behaviours. Paper 4, published in Annals of Tourism Research, uses a qualitative approach to investigate factors leading to consumer discontinuance in Airbnb usage. Online reviews were analysed using an inductive qualitative content analysis approach. The findings distinguish between online and offline service issues including 15 sub-categories as key determinants of discontinuance. Paper 4 highlights the importance of discontinuance as a new research stream of resistance in the post-adoption phase which differs from adoption and provides a grounded understanding of its antecedents. The four papers collectively achieve the overarching aim of this thesis. Theoretically, this thesis addresses the pro-innovation bias inherent in the innovation as well as Airbnb literature by providing a comprehensive understanding of consumer resistance to Airbnb in both the pre-adoption and post-adoption phases. Practically, this thesis and its findings provide implications for the Airbnb platform, hosts, and innovation managers to apply appropriate strategies in attracting new adopters and retaining existing customers.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Dept Tourism, Sport & Hot MgmtGriffith Business SchoolFull Tex
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour change at tourist accommodation. How to design and apply a smart service innovation that saves energy and water
No full textThe topic of my thesis is saving energy and water to reduce carbon emissions and waste at self-contained B&B style accommodation. The focus is saving by conserving resource, this compares to the frequently applied strategy of introducing eco-efficient technologies. Conservation of resources involves choosing to use less and enjoying a different experience compared to using efficient systems which deliver a similar level of performance but use less energy and water. Efficiency does not necessarily save resources because of the great entanglement of systems in our everyday lives and the consequential creep of our rising energy and water use. Choosing to conserve resources is thus an alternative way to consume and to change ones routines and methods to enjoy a comfortable temperature inside. Conservation is critically important for tourist accommodation because global tourism growth is outpacing tourist accommodations’ current capacity to reduce its environmental impacts using efficient systems, and need to achieve the Paris Agreement’s target of Net Zero Emissions by 2050. We therefore need to consider a new type of tourist accommodation experience.
Creating new innovative service experiences to achieve sustainable outcomes is perhaps easier said than done. A longitudinal case study analysis of the site used in this thesis, demonstrates the challenges involved, but it also shows the causes of transitions and the benefits of focusing sustainability-oriented behaviour on core expertise to build potential competitive advantage. Further research identified that guests might apply their character strengths to pro-environmental situations and is tested with resource use feedback. Currently guests use resources without knowledge of their consumption or that of other guests or the local community. They have no way of telling from the practices they apply the corresponding impact on overall consumption.
A smart service integrating intelligent technologies and social technologies (the interplay between the host and guest) which apply pro-environmental amenities was designed, developed and installed in four cottages at one site in Australia. Guests were invited to participate through interpersonal communication and indirect feedback stimulates adaptive behaviours. Significant savings were achieved for electricity, gas and water. The use of sustainable firewood offered an alternative energy source and in three cottages guests achieve significant conserving savings. Importantly guests’ satisfaction was not impacted and the intervention was appreciated by most guests. Findings analysis high resolution resource data to show guest use comparing Intervention Group with Control to study different behaviours to save.
Self-contained B&B style accommodation was chosen for the experiment site because a) it represents one of the largest categories; b) compared to hotel rooms, guests are responsible for their own food preparation and other domestic activities, have a larger space to live in and control systems for thermal comfort, thus their actions to conserve have strong potential environmental benefits; and c) it is a category growing fast thanks to new online community style platforms so its impact maybe escalating.
This thesis therefore makes a significant contribution by conducting research using a ‘real world’ site where previously limited research has been conducted. It makes an important contribution to self-contained B&B style accommodation, a largely ignored category of tourist accommodation, by providing the first high resolution study of resource use and innovation opportunities. The thesis also contributes by undertaking the first longitudinal sustainability-oriented innovation study of a service firm and offers a framework for service industries. My thesis proposes an extended theory for resource use, resource saving persuasion, which helps explain the complexities guests have for saving resources. The final contribution is to positive psychology, using an exploratory study – subsequently tested – that applies character strengths to guests’ pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours. Recommendations propose government resource saving policy change focus more on emphasising conservation of resource use, with additional recommendations for local government, building design, peak bodies and NGO strategies.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Dept Tourism, Sport & Hot MgmtGriffith Business SchoolFull Tex
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