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Racial Diversity in Hiring for the City of Saint Paul
Get PDFTack, Peter; Mishra, Sandeep; Bill, Robert; Agarwal, Puneet. (2015). Racial Diversity in Hiring for the City of Saint Paul. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/173963
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
What shapes our Ideal Workplaces? The Roles of Psychological Need, Personality, and Parenthood
Get PDFOrganizational culture has been the subject of much inquiry in Organizational Studies. Yet, there is little research examining the correlates of individual preferences for organizational cultures. These preferences are important to consider to gain a broader understanding of person-organization fit. This thesis explores psychological correlates of organizational culture preferences using Tinbergen’s levels of explanation as a framework. In Chapter Two, I explore the proximate level, examining the relationships between fundamental social motives, workplace needs, and organizational culture preferences. In a series of cross-sectional surveys, I find that fundamental social motives and workplace needs are positively associated with organizational culture preferences in a domain-specific manner, and that the relationship between fundamental social motives and organizational culture preferences are mediated by workplace needs. In Chapter Three, I explore the developmental level, exploring how the interactions between Five Factor personality traits and fundamental social motives impact organizational culture preferences. While some moderating evidence of personality on the relationships between fundamental social motives and organizational culture preferences is presented, these interactions are non-significant. In Chapter Four, I explore the functional level, examining the role of parenthood in the relationships between fundamental social motives and organizational culture preferences. I find that, while these associations do not differ between parents and child-free individuals, there are positive associations between fundamental social motives and organizational culture aversions in parents. These results indicate that parents may be more attuned to the downsides of organizational cultures compared to their child-free counterparts. In Chapter Five, I conclude by summarizing results, highlighting the importance of considering the psychological correlates of organizational culture preferences, and suggesting avenues for future research. I also highlight the practical implications of this thesis’ results, suggesting that managers and recruiters be attuned to the psychological makeup of employees to facilitate organizational change and cement organizational cultures
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe 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
Selection Map for PV Module Installation Based on Shading Tolerability and Temperature Coefficient
No full textPhotovoltaic (PV) systems have provided the world with a renewable and environment friendly energy solution. However, PV systems face various loss mechanisms at the module level as well as power electronics level which need to be addressed for further growth of the technology. Power generation from PV modules suffer from heat losses that are a function of the temperature coefficient of maximum power (γ) of the PV module. Another loss mechanism is the shading of PV module where the power output of a module and ultimately the system can be severely compromised. Although various approaches such as bypass diodes and module level power electronics have been employed to minimize the effects of shading on a PV module, so far, the performance of a PV module under shading had only been addressed vaguely and was generally described qualitatively. Therefore, a parameter called Shading Tolerability (ST) was recently developed to quantify the behavior of PV modules under all kinds of shade. However, the observations pertaining to Shading Tolerability were only carried out under Standard Test Conditions (STC). Hence, this thesis aims to investigate whether ST is an innate property of a PV module by formulating a correlation, if there’s any, between ST and ambient temperature, classify various PV technologies based on ST and γ and develop a selection map so that an optimal selection of PV modules can be made for the design of PV systems simply by knowing the specifications of the module along with the meteorological conditions of the installation location. Furthermore, different interpolation techniques were evaluated to achieve a comprehensive picture of the meteorological conditions of The Netherlands to determine the most optimal PV technology for The Netherlands using the PV selection map. Finally, Performance Ratios of various existing PV systems were calculated using suitable irradiation decomposition and transposition models as a proof for the validity of the selection map. The obtained results showed that PV systems using CIGS technologies exhibited higher performance ratios on average as was suggested by the selection map
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
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