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While gender and librarianship is a perennially popular topic of research, relatively little has been published on the work experiences of male librarians. What does exist has often been extracted from broader studies. There have only been a handful of instances in which the experiences of male librarians were particularly sought and synthesized. This study is a continuation of research in decades past to capture and describe the work experience of male librarians in a predominantly female profession.

For this study, an anonymous online survey was conducted asking for the experiences of male-identifying reference librarians. In total, 109 responses were received, coded and parsed for trends and useful observations.

In line with previous studies, about three-quarters of male librarians reported that their gender was a not a significant factor in their professional work. This lack of change over several decades is in itself remarkable. Nearly a quarter reported gender-based issues in their work, and many reported a lack of organizational support.

There is a dearth of research particular to male librarianship, and few opportunities or venues for their experiences to be captured in a qualitative manner. It is hoped that this paper will raise the visibility of challenges faces by this sometimes neglected group.

Describes the Merlin Exercise and its use by the authors integrating two models of the future ‐ “forecasted” and “invented” – to educate management in the development of a strategic intent and in implementing such an intent.

The purpose of this paper is to provide context and raise interest for the term hyperdocumentation in the context of document theory.

The origin of the term is established through etymology and bibliographical research. The term is contextualized with conceptual research on the nature of documents and the construction of social reality through documentation. Prominent uses of the term outside of traditional research on documents is investigated.

The authors describe what hyperdocumentation translates to in terms of experience as of today (the different types of hyperdocumentation). Comparison to the initial definition underlines a key issue: the absence of a social contract that would define hyperdocumentality.

This paper presents novel research on the term hyperdocumentation, including its origin before hypertext, its use outside of traditional document science and its implications for document theory.

The paper aims to present the processing pipeline of an assembly immersive simulation application which can manage the interaction between the virtual scene and user using stereoscopic display and haptic devices. A new set of elements are integrated in a Collaborative Virtual Environment (CVE) and validated using an approach based on subjective and objective users’ performance criteria. The developed application is intended for Assembly/Disassembly (A/D) analysis, planning and training.

A mobility module based on contact information is used to handle the assembly components’ movements through real-time management of collision detection and kinematically constraint guidance. Information on CVE architecture, modules and application configuration process are presented. Impact of device type (3 degrees of freedom (DoFs) vs 6 DoFs) over user’s experience is evaluated. Parameters (number of assembled components and components assembly time) are measured for each user and each haptic device, and results are compared and discussed.

Test results proved the efficiency of using a mobility module based on predefined kinematic constraints for reducing the complexity of collision detection algorithms in real-time assembly haptic simulations. Also, experiments showed that, generally, users performed better with 3 DoFs haptic device compared to 6 DoFs haptic equipment.

The proposed immersive application automates the kinematical joints inference from 3D computer-aided design (CAD) assembly models and integrates it within a haptic-based virtual environment, for increasing the efficiency of A/D process simulations.

This article provides a typology of organizational learning styles, examines how organizations really learn, offers a diagnostic managers can use on their own businesses, and presents a new learning model that promotes organizational change.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which collaborative consumption (CC) enthusiasts are significantly more likely to engage into specific forms of socially responsible consumption (SRC), in contrast to regular consumers.

The authors administered an online questionnaire survey to a panel of 1,006 consumers. A cluster analysis combined with analyses of variance then determined the extent to which CC enthusiasts were more likely to engage in the focal SRC behaviors as opposed to others.

CC enthusiasts differ positively from other consumers concerning sustainable transportation, citizen consumption and composting but negatively from other consumers concerning recycling; they do not differ significantly with regard to environmental, animal protection and local consumption.

Conflating CC and SRC remains debatable. This study provides some preliminary evidence about the complex associations that exists between the two constructs.

Based on Greimas' contributions in 2002 and on qualitative research, this paper aims to focus on a semiotic analysis of the meaning of nostalgia related to products and brands.

This paper involves a two‐stage interview process. Informants were interviewed first in T1 (July‐August 2005) about products and brands connected to nostalgic feelings. They were re‐interviewed a year after in T2 (June‐July 2006). Pictures of products and brands evoked in T1 were shown and informants where asked what came to mind when they where exposed to such material. Based on the transcription of the interviews, a three‐step content analysis was performed: a first reading of the corpus made it possible to identify the two dimensions of time that structure the informant's discourse: “continuity” and “discontinuity”. Then a lexical analysis of the vocabulary associated with nostalgic experience was computed. Finally, a semiotic analysis of the texts was performed.

The two opposing dimensions of a semiotic square, “continuity” versus “discontinuity” provide a structure for understanding the most important features of nostalgia: “long‐standing nostalgia” (continuity) and “first‐time nostalgia” (discontinuity). This provides a typology of four nostalgic moments: everyday past, uniqueness, tradition and transition which are linked to specific brands and objects.

Since this typology is qualitative, it must be confirmed on a larger scale in order to be implemented by managers in the marketing decision‐making process.

These four distinct moments enable a researcher to propose a typology of brands, products or objects that when considered in association, can provide a better understanding of emotional attachment.

Current learning models need to change to facilitate learners acquiring and assimilating the competencies required for the future work scenario. The purpose of this paper is to propose a new learning model, ECLECTIC 4.0, comprising elements drawn from various sources, theories, styles, authors, technology and ideas to gain maximum insight.

The ECLECTIC 4.0 learning model is based on Robert J Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, which proposes that varied contexts and tasks require different kinds of analytical, creative and practical intelligence. This paper discusses the interplay between the triarchic theory of intelligence and the ECLECTIC 4.0 learning model, highlighting the model's expected modifications for teaching toolkits, business schools and industry. Examples of current practices in business schools and industry that are paving the way for what is proposed in the model are provided and discussed.

To compete and succeed in the future work scenario, the competencies required (e.g. agility, mindfulness, collaboration, co-creation and design thinking) are different from those prevalent today. To acquire and assimilate these competencies, current business school learning and teaching models needs to change. The proposed model incorporates eight learning characteristics: embedding in business; collaborative learning; linking humanities to management; encouraging non-linear thinking; complementary insight enabling co-creation; technology to solve problems; innovating in response to demands and creating an experience centre.

The new ECLECTIC 4.0 learning model addresses the need for educationalists, especially in management education, to adopt the most appropriate teaching toolkits.

This chapter reconsiders commonly held views on the ownership and management of private property, contrasting capitalist and simple property, particularly in relation to how a firm shareholder governance model has shaped society. This consideration is motivated by the scale and scope of the modern global crisis, which has combined financial, economic, social and cultural dimensions to produce world disenchantment.

By contrasting an exchange value standpoint with a use value perspective, this chapter explicates current conditions in which neither the state nor the market prevail in organising economic activity (i.e. cooperative forms of governance and community-created brand value).

This chapter offers recommendations related to formalised conditions for collective action and definitions of common guiding principles that can facilitate new expressions of the principles of coordination. Such behaviours can support the development of common resources, which then should lead to a re-appropriation of the world.

It is necessary to think of enterprises outside a company or firm context when reflecting on the end purpose and means of collective, citizen action. From a methodological standpoint, current approaches or studies that view an enterprise as an organisation, without differentiating it from a company, create a deadlock in relation to entrepreneurial collective action. The absence of a legal definition of enterprise reduces understanding and evaluations of its performance to simply the performance by a company. The implicit shift thus facilitates the assimilation of one with the other, in a funnel effect that reduces collective projects to the sole projects of capital providers.

Because forsaking society as it stands is a radical response, this historical moment makes it necessary to revisit the ideals on which modern societies build, including the philosophy of freedom for all. This utopian concept has produced an ideology that is limited by capitalist notions of private property.