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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
Shaping the Shift: Unpacking Uncertainties in change management for service delivery of Selected Commercial Banks in Nairobi City County, Kenya
Full text linkDue to evolving technologies, the banking industry faces increased pressure to meet corporate objectives, enhance productivity and profitability, control operational costs, reduce waste, and improve service delivery. Prolonged inadequate service delivery could be the reason behind the declining customer numbers and performance of Kenyan commercial banks, which have remained unchanged for the past five years. The primary goal of this study was to examine how various change management approaches affect service delivery at selected commercial banks in Nairobi City County, Kenya. This study aimed to examine a sample of commercial banks in Nairobi City County, Kenya, to find out how different methods affected their service delivery. These methods include leadership strategy, stakeholder participation strategy, communication strategy and planning strategy. The study was guided by three theories: stakeholder theory, path-goal leadership theory, and service quality theory. This study used a descriptive research design. The unit of observation consisted of the seven commercial banks in Kenya, together with the 314 individuals employed by these banks in the areas of finance, credit, marketing, and risk management. The approach of simple random sampling was used by the researcher to choose the respondents from each stratum. The total number of individuals sampled in the study was 176. To find out whether the questionnaires are reliable, comprehensive and easy to understand, a pilot test was carried out on 18 bank managers at SBM Bank. The investigation instrument's ultimate dependability was determined using Cronbach's alpha, which fell between the range of 0.7 and 1. Following the completion of the descriptive statistical analysis, tables were generated that displayed the frequency, mean, percentage, and standard deviation distributions. To assess the relationships and the impact of each independent variable on change management strategy, multiple linear regression was employed. The results indicated a strong positive significant correlation between leadership strategy, stakeholder engagement strategy, communication strategy, planning strategy and service delivery. The study concludes that effective leadership strategies enhance employee satisfaction and engagement, leading to improved service delivery, engaging customers through feedback mechanisms, surveys, and focus groups allows banks to understand their needs and preferences, effective communication strategies foster better engagement with customers, allowing banks to understand their needs and preferences and planning strategy aids in the optimal allocation of resources, including human, financial, and technological resources. The study recommends that banks should develop systems for collecting and analysing customer feedback to understand their needs and expectations. The banks should regularly gather feedback from customers, employees, and other stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations. The banks should recognize the various stakeholders involved, including customers, employees, regulators, and community members. The banks should conduct regular surveys and focus groups to understand customer needs, preferences, and pain points
Shaping the Shift: Unpacking Uncertainties in change management for service delivery of Selected Commercial Banks in Nairobi City County, Kenya
Full text linkDue to evolving technologies, the banking industry faces increased pressure to meet corporate objectives, enhance productivity and profitability, control operational costs, reduce waste, and improve service delivery. Prolonged inadequate service delivery could be the reason behind the declining customer numbers and performance of Kenyan commercial banks, which have remained unchanged for the past five years. The primary goal of this study was to examine how various change management approaches affect service delivery at selected commercial banks in Nairobi City County, Kenya. This study aimed to examine a sample of commercial banks in Nairobi City County, Kenya, to find out how different methods affected their service delivery. These methods include leadership strategy, stakeholder participation strategy, communication strategy and planning strategy. The study was guided by three theories: stakeholder theory, path-goal leadership theory, and service quality theory. This study used a descriptive research design. The unit of observation consisted of the seven commercial banks in Kenya, together with the 314 individuals employed by these banks in the areas of finance, credit, marketing, and risk management. The approach of simple random sampling was used by the researcher to choose the respondents from each stratum. The total number of individuals sampled in the study was 176. To find out whether the questionnaires are reliable, comprehensive and easy to understand, a pilot test was carried out on 18 bank managers at SBM Bank. The investigation instrument's ultimate dependability was determined using Cronbach's alpha, which fell between the range of 0.7 and 1. Following the completion of the descriptive statistical analysis, tables were generated that displayed the frequency, mean, percentage, and standard deviation distributions. To assess the relationships and the impact of each independent variable on change management strategy, multiple linear regression was employed. The results indicated a strong positive significant correlation between leadership strategy, stakeholder engagement strategy, communication strategy, planning strategy and service delivery. The study concludes that effective leadership strategies enhance employee satisfaction and engagement, leading to improved service delivery, engaging customers through feedback mechanisms, surveys, and focus groups allows banks to understand their needs and preferences, effective communication strategies foster better engagement with customers, allowing banks to understand their needs and preferences and planning strategy aids in the optimal allocation of resources, including human, financial, and technological resources. The study recommends that banks should develop systems for collecting and analysing customer feedback to understand their needs and expectations. The banks should regularly gather feedback from customers, employees, and other stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations. The banks should recognize the various stakeholders involved, including customers, employees, regulators, and community members. The banks should conduct regular surveys and focus groups to understand customer needs, preferences, and pain points
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
Challenges faced by Kenyatta University in implementing its competitive strategies
No full textThe objective of the study was to determine the various challenges faced by Kenyatta University in implementing its competitive strategies. A case study approach was used to have an in-depth on the challenges faced by the University in the process of implementing its competitive strategies. Primary and secondary data were used. The respondents were drawn from the top level management who are involved on corporate strategic management issues. Interview guide was used to collect primary data from the correspondents. The results of the study indicated that there were several challenges facing Kenyatta University in its bid to implement its competitive strategies. The findings of the study indicate that Kenyatta University is on track in implementing its strategies. This has been made possible through having staff who are committed, having annual plans, sound leadership, supportive organization structure, supportive systems and procedure, and resources/budget allocation. However, the shortcomings came from lack of training for staff and inadequate communication in the organization. The findings of the study should be understood in light of the limitations of the study. This study is helpful to Kenyatta University as they engage in monitoring and evaluation of the already implemented strategies on a yearly basis and plan towards implementing those that have not been implemented. The study should also be useful to other universities to gauge their challenges they face in implementing their competitive strategies
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
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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