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Summarizes the basic tenets of an object‐oriented database system, including a brief history of object‐oriented programming as well as a discussion of what the object‐oriented approach entails. Includes definitions on key concepts and terminology. Discusses the pros and cons of the object‐oriented model, along with a comparison with relational database systems. Finally, covers a development plan for implementing an object‐oriented database system, with details about what types of costs and concerns are involved.

This paper aims to develop a research model that investigates the probable antecedents and outcomes of psychological capital (PSY-capital). More specifically, high-quality relationships (HQRs) and psychological safety (PSY-safety) are tested as the antecedents and organizational deviant behaviors (ODBs) is tested as the outcome.

Data was gathered from the restaurant staff and their direct supervisors through a 10-day time-lag design in two different rounds. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the direct and mediation.

Drawing upon social identity theory (SIT), the findings reveal that PSY-safety functions as a mediator of the effect of HQRs on PSY-capital. Additionally, the results proved that PSY-capital mediates the relationship between PSY-safety and ODBs.

Considering the results, restaurant managers should pay ample attention to and make every effort to develop HQRs among organizational members. Through this, manager paves the way for PSY-safety which causes employees to develop PSY-capital and eventually display less deviance. Additionally, the authors recommend that company managers serve as role models for their staff, sharing information with and respecting them to create an environment of mutual trust, similar goals and knowledge sharing.

This research contributes significantly to the existing hospitality literature (specifically foodservice) by testing the mechanism through which HQRs lead to PSY-capital and the mediation effect of PSY-capital in the relationship between PSY-safety and ODBs.

The Oman Development Bank (ODB) was established in the year 1976 under the Royal Decree No 31/76. The ODB is the first specialised development bank started in Sultanate for the purpose of contributing to the economic and social development in the country. ODB is attracted by more local and foreign investments created many investment opportunities in development projects by providing the funds, technical support and advice to its clients especially in the establishments of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). The objective of this study is to analyse the role of ODB in financing the small and medium scale industries with the aid of qualitative data. The study analyses the approved loans in region wise. To study the effectiveness of ODB in financing small and medium scale industries in sector wise. The study period is from 2006 to 2009. The analysis and findings of this study provide useful information for bankers, policy makers and to the customers who seek to start SMEs in Sultanate.

In the spirit of the growing Time is Up movement in North America, this paper aims to focus on the human dimension of academic learning environments and delves into the reasons for the continuous oppression, discrimination and bullying (ODB) of faculty members with disabilities in academia, showing the particularly detrimental effect of ODB in the small professionally oriented field of information science.

The conceptualizing of continuous ODB of people with disabilities in academia is done by carefully scrutinizing the state of affairs; presenting a nuanced survey of utilized terminology; providing a new and inclusive definition of everyday oppression; introducing a new model of an oppressive workplace environment experienced by people with disabilities; showing the centrality of information behaviours and phenomena in ODB; highlighting the high relevance of this discussion to learning science; and outlining potential detrimental effects of ODB on the psychological climate in and the process of professional higher education.

The model of an oppressive workplace environment experienced by people with disabilities is presented.

Unlike previous models of ODB at the workplace, the current model puts information phenomena as decisive factors in continuous ODB against people with disabilities; particular attention is paid to information avoidance behaviours; distorted or delayed information messages transmitted by managers to employees; gossip as an informal information-based tactic of ODB; the insufficient protection of privacy and confidentiality of information about disabilities and personal health; and vague information messages that diminish the usefulness of university policies on disabilities.

Current research suggests culture as a driving force of successful digital innovation (DI) that may not only built an organization's capability to digitally innovate but also reduce impeding factors within the organization. Only few empirical accounts support this hypothesis so far. Details of how culture supports DI are yet under-researched. This article aims to investigate the relationship between culture, organizational DI capabilities and DI barriers.

The authors address this issue by using survey data from German municipalities (n = 668), build a structural equation model (SEM) and analyze data using partial least squares SEM.

Results indicate that the business process management (BPM) culture dimensions continuous improvement and process innovation support DI capabilities. Barriers exist that partially mediate the impact of culture on capabilities.

The results of this study show that BPM culture is not a uniform construct and that its dimensions have both positive and negative impact on the building of organizational digitalization capabilities.

Our Daily Bread was a small boutique bakery producing a variety of daily and specialty breads. The company had excess capacity and was considering several options to increase revenues by entering the wholesale bread production business. The case allows students to perform process analysis in a multiproduct setting with seasonal demand and evaluate the impact on capacity, as well as the profitability of, potential wholesale orders. The case also enables analysis of the option to purchase new equipment. A teaching note and video supplement (OM-1018V) are available to registered faculty. The videos highlight the stages in bread making and provide a bird's-eye view of the entire operation. VIEW DEMO

Libraries that provide document delivery services have traditionally adopted new technologies to acquiring documents from or supplying documents to other institutions. Microfilm, photographic reproduction, electro‐mechanical image storage and retrieval, xerography, electronic order transmission, and document facsimile transmission are all examples of new technologies applied over the course of time to document delivery. Currently being considered as being applicable to document delivery is optical disc technology. The characteristics of optical disc‐based systems are discussed and compared to current document delivery systems. The future role of optical disc technology in document delivery systems is predicted.