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1 – 2 of 2Lara Skelly, Christine Stilwell and Peter G. Underwood
– The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between different aspects of public library use with elements of economic growth and development.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between different aspects of public library use with elements of economic growth and development.
Design/methodology/approach
Statistical correlations were performed to uncover statistically significant relationships.
Findings
Relationships are not uniform: strongly positive relationships exist between education and visits, circulation and library programmes, savings and visits and circulation and programmes, and a strongly negative relationship exists between health and circulation.
Research limitations/implications
Only one proxy variable for each of the economic development indicators was used, including the fact that others might have revealed other information.
Social implications
The revealed relationships should be kept in mind by librarians and policymakers as decisions to change library services that might trickle down to citizens through economic growth and development.
Originality/value
This paper brings together a variety of economic growth and development factors and several aspects of public library use in a single framework.
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Shweta Jaiswal Thakur, Jyotsna Bhatnagar, Elaine Farndale and Prageet Aeron
Based on resource-based and dynamic capabilities theorizing, this study explores how human resource analytics (HRA) can improve human resource management (HRM) performance and…
Abstract
Purpose
Based on resource-based and dynamic capabilities theorizing, this study explores how human resource analytics (HRA) can improve human resource management (HRM) performance and organizational performance, with creative problem-solving capability (CPSC) as an underlying mediator for creating value from HRA. It also explores how data quality and HRA personnel expertise act as moderators in this relationship.
Design/methodology/approach
Hypotheses are tested in an empirical study including 191 firms using partial least square structural equation modeling technique.
Findings
The findings confirm the direct and indirect effect of HRA use and maturity on HRM and organizational performance, as well as the mediating role of CPSC. HRA personnel expertise was found to moderate the relationship between HRA and CPSC, data quality being an important factor.
Originality/value
The findings contribute to the sparse evidence of value creation from HRA use/maturity on HRM and organizational outcomes, providing a theoretical logic of resource-based view and dynamic capabilities view based on the underlying causal mechanism through which HRA creates value. The study identified complementary capabilities which when combined with HRA use/maturity and CPSC result in value creation.
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