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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
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
Improving employee wellbeing from the top down: the importance of organisational culture in the planning and delivery of workplace health programmes
No full textBACKGROUND:
According to the World Health Organisation, the workplace is a key setting for health promotion. Workplaces offer practical opportunities for promoting health and health behaviours, especially as working hours represent a large portion of the week, for a substantial proportion of the population. In 2023, the UK labour force included approximately 33 million individuals (76% of the UK’s working age population), with the majority working over 36 hours per week.
In the same year, over 1.2 million workers were employed in contact (call) centres. Contact centre-based organisations are frequently cited as having sub-optimal working conditions, often resulting in poor health outcomes and increased turnover. Contact centre workers sit more, move less and are at higher risk for negative occupational health outcomes such as depression and anxiety compared to desk-based workers in other types of organisations. Organisational culture factors, such as strict work schedules and pressure to maintain productivity often create barriers to participation in health behaviours and health programmes to reduce these risks.
Health promotion programmes (interventions) are often implemented in the workplace to improve employee health, and subsequently business outcomes (e.g., reducing absence). However, they are seldom designed in a manner that is compatible with the organisational context, and therefore do not account for factors tied to organisational culture. This can lead to poor implementation and limited effectiveness and sustainability, particularly in organisations such as contact centres whereby such factors present significant barriers.
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought about significant changes to the work context (both positive and negative) as well as widespread mental and physical health challenges for workers. The pandemic further complicated organisational culture-related associations to workplace health programmes in contact centres. These changes resulted in increased prioritisation of health promotion efforts in contact centres, and many other organisations across the UK. Methods that facilitate the development or modification of health programmes in settings such as contact centres, while considering an organisation’s unique
organisational culture barriers (both pre and post-pandemic) are needed to address these knowledge gaps.
AIM:
To explore and explain how organisational culture impacts the implementation, effectiveness and sustainability of workplace programmes aimed at improving the health of employees, using contact centres as case studies.
METHODS AND RESULTS:
This interdisciplinary PhD involved three studies, which were guided by the first five (of six) steps of the 6SQuID intervention development framework. Studies were theoretically underpinned by Schein’s model of organisational culture in conjunction with the ecological model in order to understand factors related to health programmes and health behaviours from different ecological levels in the context of an organisation’s unique culture. Study 1 aimed to identify and understand how organisational culture influences the existence and effectiveness of workplace health programmes in contact centres and if/how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted these associations.
This study involved qualitative interviews with 16 contact centre managers from organisations of varying size and sector and workplace health experts. The study identified problems associated with the implementation and sustainability of health programmes in contact centres, as well as the barriers (e.g., prioritisation of targets) and conduits (e.g., management role modelling) to such problems. Study 1 highlighted the need for an investigation of organisational-level workplace health interventions. Therefore, Study 2 was a rapid review, which aimed to understand the specific intervention characteristics of organisational-level workplace health interventions. The review included 17 studies and found that: involving stakeholders in the intervention development and evaluation process; understanding organisational culture; and measuring intervention adherence, fidelity and engagement are key factors involved in successful implementation and sustainability of organisational-level workplace health interventions.
Study 3 built on findings from Study 1 and Study 2 in order to co-produce and test organisation-specific interventions which focused on improving implementation, effectiveness and sustainability of health programmes in two contact centre-based organisations. To accomplish this, a mixed methods design was used involving workshops (with managers), and focus groups and surveys (with managers and staff). Across four workshops, managers from each organisation co-produced a problem statement and a list of causal factors related to their problem, as well as a theory of change, a theory of action and an action plan which focused on addressing the causal factors to help alleviate their problem. The first organisation tested their action plan which resulted in several positive wellbeing and business-related outcomes (e.g., increased morale and productivity). Although the second organisation could not test their action plan due to bureaucratic challenges, learnings from the study contributed to a pre-existing organisation-wide wellbeing review. Focus groups and surveys indicated that both organisations benefitted from workshop participation and action plan development through learning about how organisational culture impacted employee wellbeing in their organisations and how such factors could be addressed.
DISCUSSION:
Key findings across the three studies include: 1) Workplace health programmes should be viewed through the lens of organisational culture using a multi-level approach to increase relevance and effectiveness, 2) Organisational culture can enhance wellbeing, 3) Co-production is essential for workplace health intervention development, and 4) 6SQuID is an effective method for workplace health intervention development.
The interdisciplinary, systems-based nature of the PhD, and the use of 6SQuID enabled the generation of new knowledge on how organisational culture impacts workplace health programmes. This knowledge was then applied to the real world by co-producing theoretically-grounded, evidence-based solutions with contact centre organisations, thus exemplifying research translation for end-user impact.
CONCLUSION:
Although organisational culture is challenging to assess and change, it plays a key role in shaping the implementation, effectiveness and sustainability of health programmes and employee wellbeing on the whole. This thesis presents evidence and possible solutions for how to develop and improve workplace health programmes in contact centres through the lens of organisational culture. It has several implications for policy, practice and research, all of which have the potential for application to other types of organisations, especially those with similar organisational culture-related barriers.
Overall, researchers, policymakers and practitioners must work together to establish data-driven links between employee wellbeing, wellbeing programmes and business outcomes such as productivity and turnover. Researchers looking to develop workplace health interventions or improve employee health should consider and use organisational culture to do so in order to simultaneously maintain or improve business performance. They should also consider using the 6SQuID framework and co-production as a practical and effective means of developing such interventions
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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