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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
Global career mobility, repatriation and career success of Dutch and Indian professionals
No full textThis PhD research explores global career mobility of Dutch and Indian professionals categorized in three groups: 1) Company-Assigned Expatriates (CAEs);2) Independent Internationally Mobile Professionals (IIMPs) / Self-Initiated Expatriates (SIEs); 3) Repatriates.The purpose was to:- explore the motives for undertaking international career endeavours;- gain insight into repatriation reasons and experiences;- examine the influence of the individual, organisational, socio-cultural and economicfactors of the host and home country on repatriation distress and repatriate turnover intention; - explore the meaning of career success and the influence of career capital and organisational capital on career success. The first qualitative study explored repatriation experiences, repatriate turnover intention and boundaryless career success. The results of interviews with 25 Dutch and 30 Indian CAEs showed that the following factors influenced repatriation experiences and repatriate turnover intention: cultural identity changes, repatriation expectations of career advancement opportunities, labour marketability and knowledge transfer; economic circumstances and alternative employment opportunities in the home. This resulted in three forms of boundaryless career mobility:1) intra-organisational mobility, apparent among most Indian respondents who opted to remain with the organisation due to good career prospects within the organisation, in part based on the knowledge and skills that Indian respondents had acquired in The Netherlands.2) geographical boundary-crossing, encompassing consecutive international assignments for the same global organisation to escape the economic recession and resulting downsizing and unemployment in the Netherlands during 2008-2013;3) organisational boundary-crossing, primarily from employment to self-employment, evident among several Dutch and Indian repatriates who started their own businesses or NGOs designing and implementing new, innovative technologies and products in India to improve the living standards of the economically less advantageous people, and to contribute to the wealth of Indian society and the Indian economy. The second qualitative study among 30 Indian women in Science & Technology showed that their motives for global career mobility were personal and professional development, economic independence and increasing the family income and status.Women acknowledged the importance of the career capital competencies ‘knowing-why’, ‘knowing-whom’ and ‘knowing-how’ for career success and they conceptualized their career success in the realms of work–family balance, and contribution to the family, the science community and the sustainable societal and economic development of India. The third study investigated repatriation distress and repatriate turnover intention of Indian CAEs repatriated from the USA, generating 240 responses to an online questionnaire. Results showed that career activism had a significant effect on repatriation distress. Interestingly, a large cultural distance between the host (USA) and the home (India) country resulted in significantly less repatriation distress. Results further showed that career activism, global cultural identity change, organisational repatriation support, repatriation practices and alternative external employment opportunities significantly influenced repatriate turnover intention. In conclusion, this PhD research shows that individual motives for global career mobility, organisational practices, social networks and labour market factors influence repatriation experiences, repatriate turnover intention and career success of Dutch and Indian professionals
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
De invloed van sekse-rol incongruent gedrag op de evaluatie van mannelijke en vrouwelijke politieagenten
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