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Scaling up qualitative data: with Professor Ken Benoit
No full textProfessor Benoit is the Principal Investigator in an ERC funded project QUANTESS developing innovative methods for the quantitative analysis of textual data in the social sciences. He is the co-author with Paul Nulty of the R software package for text analysis “quanteda”, and working on a book Quantitative Text Analysis Using R covering methods for managing, processing, and analysing textual data using the R programming language. He has taught quantitative text analysis extensively and has published research in this area targeting both methodology and political science applications
Development and validation of situational judgment tests for evaluating Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Contextual Performance Behavior in a professional context : methodological issues.
No full textStrategic Human Resource Management typically raises appraisal issues (Analoui, 2007;
Jackson, Schuler & Werner, 2009 ; Teo & Crawford, 2005) mostly related to the HRM
relationship with organizational performance (Bowen & Ostroff, 2004 ; Cascio, 1996 ;
Wright, Gardner, Moynihan & Allen, 2005). Hence workforce assessment remains a key
success factor for many organizations. Thus this paper takes place in the early beginning of a
PhD Thesis which aims to the development and validation of an assessment test of
Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) and Contextual Performance (CP) in a
professional selection context.
The managerial concept of OCB refers to “individual behavior that is discretionary, not
directly or explicitly recognized by the formal reward system, and in the aggregate promotes
the efficient and effective functioning of the organization” (Organ, Podsakoff & MacKenzie,
2006, p. 3). CP is a closely related construct, distinct of task performance, that encompasses
behaviors supporting the psychological and social context in which task activities are
performed (Stone-Romero, Alvarez, & Thompson, 2009). If these two frameworks look much
alike, they contrast on several points: conceptual dimensions, discretional characteristics of
behavior, etc. Therefore, it seems interesting to apprehend both commonly. Situational
Judgment Tests (SJTs) show a good validity concerning prediction of job performance in
employment settings (Lievens, Peeters, Schollaert, 2008 ; Whetzel & McDaniel, 2009).
Furthermore, they are a multidimentional measurement method suited to assess different
construct like job knowlege and skills, applied social skills, and some basic personality
tendencies (Christian, Edwards, & Bradley, 2010). Taking into account its characteristics,
SJTs seem to be an appropriate method to enable OCB & CP evaluation.
This communication pursues three goals. The first is a theoretical issue: we need a
straightforward vision of OCB & CP concepts. Accordingly, after a consistent review on the
vast amount of work that have been written on these two concepts, we have to specify what
we seek to appraise and make the inventory of existing measurement tools related to these
focus. We have already worked out a structured methodology to develop and validate SJTs in
selection and career management context (Lothe, Hansez & Bertrand, Submitted). So the
second issue is a methodological one. How to improve and/or to adapt this methodology in
order to create a new SJT measuring OCB & CP ? Thirdly, some research related issues
conclude this paper. Through this PhD project, we should be able to examine several main
issues that will shape the thesis. Are SJTs being able to provide a valid assessment of OCB &
CP in a personnel selection context ? Does the discretionary nature of one behavior impact the
quality of its measurement ? What is the effect of response instructions on OCB/CP
situational judgment test performance ? Each issue will be illustrated and discussed in
connection with the development and validation opportunities and constraints
Thesium philosophicarum fasciculus
No full textquem ... praeside ... Io. Friderico Benoit ... publicè tutabitur Ioh. Rodolphus Kochius, HBernas, phil. stud. author & respondens, ad diem 5. Martii ...Diss. Hohe Schule Bern, 171
Fables de La Fontaine: Une Anthologie proposée par Benoit Marchon
No full textHere are forty-three fables presented by an artist I have enjoyed twice elsewhere. The book's unusual shape (6½ x 10¾) is the first clue that it is going to present traditional material in a fresh way. Almost every presentation involves two pages and clever positioning of a few key images. GA (10-11) presents an ant with a sack of grain on his back marching across the page above a grasshopper moving upwards with a guitar on his back: character, load, and direction are all different. FC presents a cheese with its owner's name struck through and changed from Corbeau to Renard (12-13). WS shows a stork with a scissors for a head beside an x-ray of a wolf's digestive tract with the bone lodged down the throat (22-23). The spilt milk of MM is blotting out drawings of hens, pig, and cow (30-31). The surreal style fits the approach perfectly. Sometimes I have no idea why an object is presented the way Jarrie presents it; other times it is perfect. The bull in OF holds the frog by a tether as though the latter were a helium-filled balloon (32-33). Maybe best of all is The Rat and the Elephant (50-51). The elephant is segmented to make room for the text. Between the elephant's legs, mostly hidden from us, a cat reaches out a paw for the minuscule rat under the elephant's big belly. For sheer fun, try The Lion Defeated by a Man (78-79). The book has a place-holding ribbon, a short life of both La Fontaine and of Jarrie, and a helpful glossary of unusual language in the fables. This book fulfills its rear cover's promise of a fresh entry into a fabulous zoological park. Bravo, Jarrie!This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: FrenchJean de La Fontaine; Benoit Marcho
Het vormgeven van een preventiebeleid psychosociale risico’s – goede leerpraktijken. L'élaboration d'une politique de prévention des risques psychosociaux - bonnes pratiques
No full textDe gids voor de preventie van psychosociale risico’s op het werk (2013) wil organisaties en bedrijven helpen bij het ontwikkelen van een beleid van psychosociale risicopreventie. De gids definieert mogelijke risico’s, geeft de preventieprincipes weer en beschrijft de verschillende stappen die gezet kunnen worden om een preventiebeleid te implementeren. De gids biedt zo een stappenplan naar collectieve maatregelen die rekening houden met de werkorganisatie. Het biedt een kader waarmee elke onderneming en elke organisatie aan de slag kan gaan.
De gerealiseerde publicatie, biedt een aanvulling op deze gids en wil organisaties en ondernemingen nog verder ondersteunen. Na een korte beschrijving van de recente verandering in de wetgeving, biedt deze brochure ook voorbeelden uit de concrete praktijk aan (zowel goede praktijken als leercases), van andere organisaties, die van start gegaan zijn met een preventiebeleid psychosociale risico’s en die graag hun ervaringen delen. Zo hopen wij u en uw medewerkers te kunnen inspireren om zo effectief en efficiënt mogelijk aan de slag te gaan met het voeren van een preventiebeleid psychosociale risico’s binnen uw organisatie.
De vermelde goede praktijken zijn ook gebundeld in een case-boek (Lamberts, Hansez, Lothe & Jemine, Case-boek. Het vormgeven van een preventiebeleid psychosociale risico’s - goede leer-praktijken, 2019) waarin 24 goede praktijken omschreven worden. Dit case-boek kwam tot stand in samenwerking met de Universiteit van Luik.
Naast de collectieve preventiemaatregelen die voortvloeien uit de risicoanalyse dient elke werkgever ook te voorzien in procedures die toegankelijk zijn voor de individuele werknemer. Het betreft procedures met betrekking tot het aanvragen van een informele en formele psychosociale interventie. In deze brochure gaan we echter vooral in op de collectieve preventieprocedures en -maatregelen.status: Publishe
Les tests de jugement situationnel en sélection professionnelle : principes et utilité.
No full textLes tests de jugement situationnel constituent des outils d’évaluation de plus en plus utilisés en sélection professionnelle. Cette méthode, qui consiste à demander aux candidats de répondre à une situation de travail contextualisée et hypothétique, permet une évaluation standardisée de multiples compétences. Cette conférence s’intéresse au fonctionnement et aux caractéristiques et qualités principales de ces outils. Les questions de développement et de mise en œuvre seront discutées en lien avec les avantages et limites qui peuvent être attendues de leur utilisation
L’écriture impliquée: nouvelle forme de l’engagement littéraire chez fatou diome, Léonora Miano et Marie Ndiaye
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Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD systemCette thèse propose d’expliciter les manières dont l’implication se manifeste dans les textes de Fatou Diome, Léonora Miano et Marie NDiaye. Dans un contexte français de résurgence de l’engagement littéraire, elle exprime des manières d’intervenir par l’écriture sur des problèmes sociaux ou politiques qui traversent la société. L’originalité de notre thèse tient à l’intérêt d’avoir privilégié le contexte d’écriture de ces auteures. En effet, la critique des littératures africaines francophones lie l’émergence de nouvelles formes d’écriture, à partir de années quatre-vingt, à la présence des auteurs de cette littérature dans un espace qui n’est plus africain mais essentiellement parisien. Le choix de l’implication nous permet d’inscrire les écrivaines choisies pour notre analyse dans un lieu témoin de pratiques d’écritures nouvelles qui montrent des préoccupations qui ne sont plus uniquement d’ordre esthétique.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2020-05-01The student, Malyoune Benoit, accepted the attached license on 2018-04-18 at 07:03.The student, Malyoune Benoit, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2018-04-18 at 07:11.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2018-04-18 at 17:39.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #12334 on 2018-08-31 at 17:20:24U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 107270 on 2020-09-05T09:15:26Z
L'étude des cadastres antiques : à propos d'Olbia de Provence
No full textThe study of antique cadastres : namely about Olbia in Provence
The knowledge about the way land is occupied, as well in uran as rural areas, gain increasing importance with the actual approach to antique societies. The study of Greek and Roman cadastres in the Mediterrannean contour concern also Southern Gaul, not without arising problems of method about their identification, their restitution and their dating. Starting from his recent cadastral analysis of the territory surrounding the Marseilles foundation at Olbia. J. Benoit remains reserved about the reliability, the limits, even the dangers of the diverse techniques of investigation generally in practice.
Inside a zone where cadastre is established, to the North of Olbia, J. Benoit has dissociated the area situated to the North- North-East of the antique settlement. After a critical interpretation and Mediterranean wide comparaisons, the author delimits an area relatively restricted (750 acres), spreading from the sea to the mountain, regulated by a rectangular module 105x52,5 m. This cadastre most probably established on the basic mesure of a foot of 29,6 cm, could belong to a periode of Greek colonization (middle of the fourth - beginning of the first century B. C).La connaissance des modes de l'occupation des sols, tant urbaine que rurale, prend de plus en plus d'importance dans l'approche actuelle des sociétés antiques. L'étude des cadastrations grecques et romaines du pourtour méditerranéen concerne également le Midi gaulois, non sans poser plusieurs problèmes de méthode pour leur identification, leur restitution et leur datation. Partant de ses récentes analyses sur la cadastration du territoire alentour de la fondation massaliote d'Olbia, J. Benoit s'interroge, en premier lieu, sur la fiabilité, les limites, voire les dangers des diverses techniques d'investigation généralement usitées.
A l'intérieur d'une zone cadastrée au Nord d'Olbia, J. Benoit dissocie celle située au Nord-Nord-Est de l'agglomération antique. Après une interprétation critique et des comparaisons méditerranéennes, l'auteur délimite une aire relativement réduite (305 ha), s'étalant entre mer et montagne, rythmée selon un module rectangulaire de 105 x 52,5 m. Ce cadastre, très probablement édifié sur la mesure d'un pied de 29,6 cm, pourrait se rapporter à l'époque de colonisation grecque (milieu du IVème - début du Ier s. av. J.-C).Benoit Jean. L'étude des cadastres antiques : à propos d'Olbia de Provence. In: Documents d'Archéologie Méridionale, vol. 8, 1985. pp. 25-48
Solving eigenvalue response matrix equations with nonlinear techniques
No full textThis paper presents new algorithms for use in the eigenvalue response matrix method (ERMM) for reactor eigenvalue problems. ERMM spatially decomposes a domain into independent nodes linked via boundary conditions approximated as truncated orthogonal expansions, the coefficients of which are response functions. In its simplest form, ERMM consists of a two-level eigenproblem: an outer Picard iteration updates the k-eigenvalue via balance, while the inner λ -eigenproblem imposes neutron balance between nodes. Efficient methods are developed for solving the inner λ-eigenvalue problem within the outer Picard iteration. Based on results from several diffusion and transport benchmark models, it was found that the Krylov-Schur method applied to the λ -eigenvalue problem reduces Picard solver times (excluding response generation) by a factor of 2–5. Furthermore, alternative methods, including Picard acceleration schemes, Steffensen’s method, and Newton’s method, are developed in this paper. These approaches often yield faster k-convergence and a need for fewer k-dependent response function evaluations, which is important because response generation is often the primary cost for problems using responses computed online (i.e., not from a precomputed database). Accelerated Picard iteration was found to reduce total computational times by 2–3 compared to the unaccelerated case for problems dominated by response generation. In addition, Newton’s method was found to provide nearly the same performance with improved robustness
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