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Publication date: 13 May 2019

About time: A motivation-based complementary framework for temporal dynamics in Web personalization

Ville Salonen and Heikki Karjaluoto

The purpose of this paper seeks to develop a motivation-based complementary framework for temporally dynamic user preferences to facilitate optimal timing in web…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper seeks to develop a motivation-based complementary framework for temporally dynamic user preferences to facilitate optimal timing in web personalisation. It also aims to highlight the benefits of considering user motivation when addressing issues in temporal dynamics.

Design/methodology/approach

Through theory, a complementary framework and propositions for motivation-based temporal dynamics for further testing are created. The framework is validated by feeding back findings, whereas some of the propositions are validated through an experiment.

Findings

The suggested framework distinguishes two ways (identifying/learning and shifting) of using a motive-based approach to temporal dynamics in web personalisation. The suggested outcomes include enhanced timing in matching current preferences and improved conversion. Validation measures predominantly support both the framework and the tested propositions. The theoretical basis for the approach paves a path towards refined psychological user models; however, currently on a complementary level.

Research limitations/implications

While the framework is validated through feeding back findings, and some of the propositions are validated through basic experimentation, further empirical testing is required.

Practical implications

A generalised approach for complementing personalisation procedures with motivation-based temporal dynamics is offered, with implications for both user modelling and preference matching.

Originality/value

This paper offers novel insights to web personalisation by considering the in-depth effects of user motivation.

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Journal of Systems and Information Technology, vol. 21 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSIT-06-2017-0042
ISSN: 1328-7265

Keywords

  • Timing
  • Temporal dynamics
  • Fundamental motives framework
  • Preference matching
  • Web personalization

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Publication date: 21 August 2017

Spatio-temporal dynamics of web pages diffused in WeChat

Liang Liu, Bin Chen, Wangchun Jiang, Lingnan He and Xiaogang Qiu

WeChat is the largest acquaintance social networking platform in China, in which users can view and reshare web pages shared by friends. This paper aims to analyze the…

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Purpose

WeChat is the largest acquaintance social networking platform in China, in which users can view and reshare web pages shared by friends. This paper aims to analyze the spatio-temporal dynamics of web pages diffused in WeChat and advice on commercials.

Design/methodology/approach

A large number of web pages diffused in WeChat are collected and exclusively divided into four categories according to their titles, including advertisements, news bulletins, holiday greetings and emotional essays. For each web page, an information cascade (tree structure) is constructed to describe the diffusion trace. Based on the categories, the spatio-temporal popularity is characterized; the topological, temporal and spatial properties are examined; and the spatio-temporal diffusion velocity is explored.

Findings

Through comparative analysis, different categories of pages show diversity. For spatio-temporal popularity, there is no significant difference in cascade size; holiday greetings usually last for a relatively short time on average; emotional essays are more likely to spread to more provinces. For topological, temporal and spatial characteristics, the diffusion process of advertisements is more likely to be broadcasting than other categories; news bulletins and holiday greetings have an obvious bursty; the number of viewing behavior decreases from east to west in general. For spatio-temporal diffusion velocity, emotional essays diffuse the fastest in topological and spatio-temporal dimensions.

Originality/value

These findings contribute to promoting products and providing support for data driven modeling of information diffusion and human activity in spatio-temporal dimensions.

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Information Discovery and Delivery, vol. 45 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IDD-05-2017-0044
ISSN: 2398-6247

Keywords

  • WeChat
  • Diffusion velocity
  • Geo-spatio dynamics
  • Spatio-temporal popularity
  • Temporal dynamics
  • Topological analysis

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Publication date: 6 August 2018

The Impact of Health Practitioners’ Use of Communication Technologies on Temporal Capital and Autonomy

Cynthia Wang

Purpose: This chapter examines how healthcare technologies (electronic medical records, personal cell phones, and pagers) help manage patient care work to accelerate…

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Purpose: This chapter examines how healthcare technologies (electronic medical records, personal cell phones, and pagers) help manage patient care work to accelerate processes of communication and blur boundaries between work time and non-work time, thereby revealing dynamics of power as indicated through temporal capital, or the amount of time under an individual’s control.

Method: The data were collected from 35 in-depth semistructured interviews of health practitioners, which included 26 physicians, 7 nurses, and 2 administrators.

Findings: Communication technologies fulfill promises of temporal autonomy and efficiency, but not without cost, particularly as it intersects with organizational/institutional power structures and non-work-related social factors such as pre-existing technological literacy and proficiency. The blurring of work and non-work time gives practitioners perceived higher quality of life while also increasing temporal flexibility and autonomy. The higher up one is in the relevant hierarchy, the more control one has over one’s own time, resulting in higher levels of temporal capital. The power hierarchies serve to complicate the potential recuperation of temporal capital by communication technologies.

Implications: This study uses a critical cultural perspective that takes into consideration structures of institutional power hierarches impact temporal organization through the use of communication technologies by health practitioners. Practitioner-facing research is particularly crucial given the high rates of burnout within the profession and concerns around the well-being of health practitioners, and autonomy and control over one’s time is a factor in work and life satisfaction.

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eHealth: Current Evidence, Promises, Perils and Future Directions
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S2050-206020180000015009
ISBN: 978-1-78754-322-5

Keywords

  • Information and communication technologies
  • ICT
  • health practitioners
  • temporal autonomy
  • mobile technologies
  • healthcare profession
  • work–life balance

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Publication date: 4 August 2017

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Team Dynamics Over Time
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1534-085620160000018017
ISBN: 978-1-78635-403-7

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Publication date: 5 April 2019

Machina Ex Deus? From Distributed to Orchestrated Agency

Daniel Semper

In this chapter, the author draws on a historical case study of the Australian wine industry to explore variations in collective agency. The inductively derived process…

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In this chapter, the author draws on a historical case study of the Australian wine industry to explore variations in collective agency. The inductively derived process model illustrates the emergence of a new profession of scientific winemaking, which unfolds in three phases. Each phase is characterized by a distinct form of agency: distributed agency during the earliest phase, coordinated agency during later phases, and orchestrated agency during consolidation. In addition to exploring the temporal shifts in agency, the study includes a detailed analysis of the early stages of distributed agency, examining how collective agency is achieved in the absence of shared intentions.

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Agents, Actors, Actorhood: Institutional Perspectives on the Nature of Agency, Action, and Authority
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20190000058011
ISBN: 978-1-78756-081-9

Keywords

  • Multi-level analysis
  • forms of agency
  • longitudinal research
  • Australian wine industry
  • distributed agency institutional work

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Publication date: 6 June 2016

Negotiating diasporic culture: festival collaborations and production networks

Alison Booth

Within New Zealand, cultural festivals play a vital role in the local representation of diasporic cultures. By analysing the production design of festivals, in Auckland…

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Within New Zealand, cultural festivals play a vital role in the local representation of diasporic cultures. By analysing the production design of festivals, in Auckland, New Zealand representing Indian culture between 1995 and 2015, the purpose of this paper is to create a deeper understanding of collaborative networks and power relationships. Using Richard’s pulsar/iterative network theory and Booth’s notion of cultural production networks, a new theoretical model is proposed to visually track the collaborative networks that sustain and bridge cultures, empower communities and fulfil political agendas.

Design/methodology/approach

This ethnographic research draws upon event management studies, industry practice, ethnomusicology and sociology to take a multi-disciplinary approach to an applied research project. Using Richards’ pulsar and iterative event framework Castells’ network theory, combined with qualitative data, this research considers critical collaborative relationships clusters and how they might impact on the temporal nature of festivals.

Findings

The 1997 Festival of Asia and the subsequent Lantern Festival in 2000 and Diwali: Festival of Lights in 2002 were pulsar events that played a significant role in collaborative networks that expand across cultures, countries and traditions. The subsequent iterative events have played a vital role in the representation of Asian cultural identity in general and, more specifically, representing of the city’s growing – in both size and cultural diversity – Indian diaspora.

Originality/value

This research proposes a new conceptual model on festival management and diasporic communities in the Asia-Pacific region. Richards’ and Booth’s conceptual models are used, as a starting point, to offer a new way of considering the importance of looking at collaborative relationships through historical perspectives. The framework explored contributes a new approach to cultural festival network theory and a means to understand the complexity of networks required that engage actors from inside and outside both local and global communities.

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International Journal of Event and Festival Management, vol. 7 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-02-2016-0016
ISSN: 1758-2954

Keywords

  • New Zealand
  • Production networks
  • Cultural festivals
  • Indian diaspora
  • Pulsar and iterative events

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Publication date: 17 March 2017

Categorical Anarchy in the UK? The British Media’s Classification of Bitcoin and the Limits of Categorization

J. P. Vergne and Gautam Swain

Bitcoin is difficult to categorize and indeed has been associated with 112 different labels in the British media (e.g., “private money,” “commodity”) – most of which…

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Bitcoin is difficult to categorize and indeed has been associated with 112 different labels in the British media (e.g., “private money,” “commodity”) – most of which poorly describe bitcoin. Specifically, our analyses of 674 media articles, focusing on the relationship between labeling and categorization, identify classification inconsistencies at three levels: within clusters of labels, between labels and categories, and between category attributes. These inconsistencies hamper categorization based on attribute similarity, audience goals, and causal models, respectively. We identify four factors that nurture this categorical anarchy and conclude with a call for research on the socioeconomic revolution heralded by blockchain technology.

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From Categories to Categorization: Studies in Sociology, Organizations and Strategy at the Crossroads
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20170000051005
ISBN: 978-1-78714-238-1

Keywords

  • Bitcoin
  • categorization
  • innovation
  • media
  • expertise

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Publication date: 1 March 2006

Opportunities for marketing researchers in international entrepreneurship

Chris Styles and Richard G. Seymour

Entrepreneurship is a growing phenomenon in world markets. In response, the past two decades have seen increasing attention given to research and theory development in the…

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Entrepreneurship is a growing phenomenon in world markets. In response, the past two decades have seen increasing attention given to research and theory development in the area of international entrepreneurship. However, contributions from marketing scholars have been minimal. The purpose of this paper is to define the emerging research field of international entrepreneurship and to explore opportunities for contribution to that field from marketing scholars.

Design/methodology/approach

An overview of the field of entrepreneurship highlights the central notions of opportunity, human action, learning, and creativity and innovation. To this is added value exchange, a core focus of marketing theory. These concepts are then used to define international entrepreneurship and highlight opportunities for marketing researchers.

Findings

There is considerable scope for marketing academics to contribute to the nascent field of international entrepreneurship which would, in turn, advance marketing theory.

Originality/value

The paper encourages scholars in marketing to join with colleagues from other disciplines and countries to add to these international resources.

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International Marketing Review, vol. 23 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/02651330610660056
ISSN: 0265-1335

Keywords

  • Entrepreneurialism
  • Globalization
  • Marketing theory

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Publication date: 12 August 2019

Work group diversity dynamics: a novel approach to diversity research

Dimitrios Karolidis and Fotis Vouzas

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of work group diversity dynamics as a novel approach for studying diverse work groups. The authors profile the…

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of work group diversity dynamics as a novel approach for studying diverse work groups. The authors profile the dynamic processes within diverse work-groups and provide an overview of main objectives.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper draws on years of accumulated diversity research to cast a temporal and dynamic lens on the processes taking place within diverse work groups. After outlining the state of the art in work group diversity research, the definition, overall framework and profile of work group diversity dynamics is offered.

Findings

The paper argues that by adopting a temporal and dynamic perspective for studying diverse work groups, one can shift focus from the traditional perspective of “what is diversity” to “what happens within diverse work groups”. The paper disentangles the activities taking place within diverse work groups, defines the actual team processes and finally highlights how these processes might be affected by time and dynamism.

Originality/value

After almost 30 years of diversity research the mechanisms and processes through which diversity is translated into individual and organizational outcomes are not yet sufficiently understood and studied. This paper highlights a temporal and dynamic perspective for studying work group diversity, a view that is yet uncharted in diversity literature.

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Team Performance Management: An International Journal, vol. 25 no. 5/6
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/TPM-07-2018-0043
ISSN: 1352-7592

Keywords

  • Teams
  • Group dynamics
  • Team processes
  • Emergent states
  • Work group diversity
  • Work group diversity dynamics

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Publication date: 17 September 2020

Who’s Got The Time? Temporary Organising Under Temporal Institutional Complexity

Sofia Pemsel and Jonas Söderlund

This chapter addresses the challenges associated with temporary organising under conditions of institutional complexity. The authors draw on findings from an in-depth case…

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This chapter addresses the challenges associated with temporary organising under conditions of institutional complexity. The authors draw on findings from an in-depth case study of a megaproject initiated to reshape healthcare in Sweden. At the centre of this transformation was the construction of a new, ‘world-class’ hospital to replace the former (historical and renowned) university hospital. The authors posit that organising such projects is largely a matter of creating, responding to, and re-creating temporal institutional complexity. Thus, their study identifies four distinct response strategies – innovating, partial decoupling, avoiding, and surfing – on which project actors relied when dealing with the multiplicity of temporal institutional requirements. The authors propose a model for explaining how these strategies affected the temporal institutional complexity faced by the project. Their chapter adds to the literature on temporary organisations by highlighting the nature and dynamics of temporal institutional complexity and by revealing how inter-institutional temporary organisations cope with such complexity.

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Tensions and paradoxes in temporary organizing
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20200000067012
ISBN: 978-1-83909-348-7

Keywords

  • Institutions
  • institutional work
  • response strategy
  • temporal complexity
  • institutional complexity
  • time

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