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Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Antti Surma-aho, Katja Holtta-Otto
Summary: By reviewing literature and borrowing from related fields, we propose the core concepts and potential operationalizations of empathy in design research, providing an operational framework for future research on empathy in design.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Merette Khalil, Hamid Ravaghi, Dalia Samhouri, John Abo, Ahmed Ali, Hala Sakr, Alex Camacho
Summary: This article explores the conceptualization, operationalization, and evaluation of hospital resilience, emphasizing its importance in crisis response and providing continuous services. Strengthening hospital resilience requires considering various capacities and evolving risks, and is closely linked with improving health systems and community resilience.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Business
Ryan Krause, Joseph Roh, Kimberly A. Whitler
Summary: This study reviews the literature on top management teams (TMTs) and finds discrepancies and lack of consistency in conceptual definitions and operationalizations. The researchers propose a definition of the TMT that integrates insights from the academic and practitioner communities, and provide a roadmap for future research.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Bastian Kindermann, Sebastian Beutel, Gonzalo Garcia de Lomana, Steffen Strese, David Bendig, Malte Brettel
Summary: This study introduces a new concept of digital orientation, which fills the gap in the existing literature that lacks holistic concepts capturing an organization's strategic orientation towards digital innovation and transformation initiatives. The construct is validated through a study of 6498 shareholder letters from large US firms over 16 years, and the findings advance the literature on strategic orientations and bridge the domains of strategy and information systems. The novel digital orientation construct and validated measurement instrument open up numerous new research opportunities.
EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Business
Sepehr Ghazinoory, Shohreh Nasri, Masoud Afshari-Mofrad, Negin Taghizadeh Moghadam
Summary: This paper introduces a new metaphor called the National Innovation Biome, which aims to investigate the similarities between the development of the innovation process at the national level and the evolution of a natural biome. This metaphor is more relevant to the context of developing countries and provides an appropriate framework to converge innovation policies with industrial and technological innovations.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Liru Hu
Summary: Peer talk plays a crucial role in shaping group thinking, and understanding the sustainability of productive peer talk can help predict and differentiate group outcomes. The concept of group thinking sustainability (GTS) serves as a model for characterizing a group's capacity in engaging in high-order collective thinking. Through experiments with students, researchers found that GTS can explain why some groups are more successful than others and provide insights into sustainable group thinking in collaborative peer talk.
THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Astrid Wirth, Matthias Stadler, Efsun Birtwistle, Frank Niklas
Summary: The study found that the Home Learning Environment (HLE) significantly impacts children's mathematical and linguistic competencies in kindergarten, even when controlling for child and family characteristics. Understanding the conceptualization and suitable assessment methods of the HLE is crucial for investigating these associations as precisely as possible.
JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Communication
Karen Elizabeth McIntyre, Kyser Lough
Summary: Solutions journalism is a form of news reporting that focuses on how people are responding to social problems, promoting accurate and balanced coverage while inspiring readers to contribute to societal change. Research findings highlight the importance of defining and measuring this practice, distinguishing it from advocacy journalism and offering guidelines for future research.
Article
Social Issues
Fanny Dethier, Cecile Delcourt, Laurence Dessart
Summary: This study proposes a conceptualization of transparency in nonprofit organizations, which includes information accessibility, completeness, and accuracy, and establishes a reliable, valid measure through a scale development procedure.
NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR QUARTERLY
(2023)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Rae Anne M. Martinez, Nafeesa Andrabi, Andrea N. Goodwin, Rachel E. Wilbur, Natalie R. Smith, Paul N. Zivich
Summary: Despite scholars' calls for critical engagement with race and ethnicity concepts in US epidemiologic research, the inclusion of these social constructs in scholarship has been inadequate. This study examines how race and ethnicity are conceptualized, operationalized, and utilized in US research published in leading epidemiology journals. A systematic review of 1,050 articles revealed that the practices have remained largely unchanged between 1995 and 2018, indicating the need for improvement.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Fleur Souverein, Eva Mulder, Lieke van Domburgh, Arne Popma
Summary: This study explores relational security and its working mechanisms, finding that it promotes a safe and therapeutic environment through staff's basic attitude, a constructive alliance between staff and youth, and staff presence. Relational security is not only a way of working, but also a way of being, which includes a vision about security and a mentality towards justice-involved youth.
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Business
Alison Legood, Lisa van der Werff, Allan Lee, Deanne den Hartog, Daan van Knippenberg
Summary: This paper offers a critical review of the conceptualization and operationalization of cognition-based and affect-based trust. The findings reveal that current trust theory and measurement fail to fully capture cognition and affect in trust. Resolving these issues is crucial for advancing our understanding of the differentiating roles of these two important bases of trust.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Manel Arribas-Ibar, Petra A. Nylund, Alexander Brem
Summary: In line with sustainability and deglobalization trends, economies worldwide are increasingly relying on circular business models. This research combines theories on circular business models, dominant designs, and user experience to analyze the case of resale in the luxury fashion industry. The study finds that a complex dominant design is necessary for the growth of secondhand luxury fashion, emphasizing its importance in circular economies.
CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Francesco Loreggian, Laura Secco, Davide Pettenella
Summary: The forest sector has faced changes and challenges in recent decades, leading governments and foresters to seek innovative solutions. Research has focused on product, process, business systems, and social innovation. However, organizational innovation in forestry remains less defined, lacking a clear framework to describe it. This work proposes a conceptualization of the organizational model in the forestry sector and tests it through a literature review on forest management organizations in Europe.
Article
Business
Bethan Alexander, Anthony Kent
Summary: This research explores the innovation in fashion retailing through a long-term perspective, examining the adoption strategies, in-store technologies, and adopters of fashion retail innovation. The study provides new insights on retail innovation and change, specifically focusing on the integration of in-store technology and offering practical implications for technology innovation management.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT
(2021)