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Profile of the Retail and Hospitality Industries, Report prepared for the Office of the Victorian Workplace Rights Advocate
No full textThis report provides a demographic profile of the Victorian retail and hospitality industries, by employment characteristics and economic profile. It also examines union membership and industrial activity, wages, and methods of wage setting within the industries
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
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
A mixed-method investigation of the implementation of diversity and inclusion policy in an Australian workplace
No full textDiversity and inclusion strengthen workplace innovation, change, creativity and employee’s productivity. Therefore, it is important to understand from the employee’s perception to what extent diversity and inclusion policy and practices play an effective role in shaping perceptions of inclusion.
This research focused on investigating non-English speaking background and English speaking background employees’ perceptions of effectiveness of diversity and inclusion policy and practices. Previous research suggested that organisations often fail to implement diversity and inclusion policies effectively, but researchers left employees’ perceptions largely unaddressed.
In this study two theoretical frameworks and one model were used to investigate employees’ perceptions of diversity and inclusion: labour market segmentation and strategic human resource management theories and the multicultural organisation development model. This research is theoretically informed using labour market segmentation theory to conceptualise the effectiveness of diversity and inclusion policy and practices, how employer diversity and inclusion strategies, policy and practices, labour supply and the regulation of the labour market influences labour market segmentation; and as a result, to explain how inequality and exclusion can occur. Strategic human resource management theory explains the effects of diversity and inclusion policy and practices on the internal environment in the workplace and on the external environment including the labour market. Strategic human resource management theory provides a fundamental structure for thinking about and understanding better ways of implementing workplace diversity and inclusion. The multicultural organisation development model is used to explain six stages through which workplaces can move from exclusion (including strategy, policy and practices) towards inclusion. In particular, the model is used to evaluate diversity and inclusion policy and practices as perceived by employees in the workplace.
A case study organisation was selected, and a mixed-method approach was used. The research was conducted in three phases. The first phase was a document analysis of the organisation’s diversity and inclusion policies, processes, and procedures to ii determine the effectiveness of the supporting documents. The second phase used semistructured interviews with line managers and senior managers to assess how they understood policies and practices and whether they were implementing them. In the third phase, an online survey was used to identify the non-English speaking background and English speaking background employees’ perceptions of inclusion.
range of issues were found relating to diversity and inclusion implementation. For example, in phase one of the research, although the organisation’s policies were found to be straightforward, they were generic. There were silences in the policy that had implications for how managers interpreted and practised diversity and inclusion policy, which were reflected in non-English speaking background employees’ perceptions of inclusion.
Managers and employees were interviewed to understand how managers operationalised policies in practice. While many managers embraced diversity and inclusion policies and tried to use them effectively, it was evident that managers sometimes struggled to support their diverse employees. It was found that managers’ interpretations of diversity and inclusion policy and practices were inconsistent.
The online survey explored perceptions of diversity and inclusion of employees from non-English speaking backgrounds and English speaking backgrounds. The data highlighted similarities and differences between the perceptions of the two groups. Supervisory fairness and overqualification were similarly perceived as impacting on inclusion. The groups showed differences in their perceptions pertaining to organisational inclusion, communication of diversity policy, treatment of employees and employment relations issues.
The thesis contributes to the understanding of diversity and inclusion policy and practices as perceived by employees. This thesis builds on prior research to describe the relevant characteristics of NESB skilled employees’ perceptions of inclusion and the impact this has on the workplace, management practices and the labour market. It also recommends implementing effective training in diversity and inclusion for managers.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Dept Empl Rel & Human ResourceGriffith Business SchoolFull Tex
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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