Chih-Yung Chen, Chia-Rong Su, Jih-Fu Tu, Chang-Ching Lin and Ching-Ter Chang
– The purpose of this paper is to use personal fuzzy demand, assisted by system computing to find a job, using job search systems to achieve this goal.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to use personal fuzzy demand, assisted by system computing to find a job, using job search systems to achieve this goal.
Design/methodology/approach
The search system uses the fuzzy goal programming (FGP) method by setting personal preferences as property values and screening the data for comparison and calculation. By presenting information sorted by the inputted property values, the methodology suggests the best job options.
Findings
FGP algorithms make job-searching systems meet the needs of users better, which can really affect jobseekers’ approaches to pursuing work.
Research limitations/implications
As it has only considered the local cultural environment, this paper’s findings are limited by being confined to Taiwanese samples.
Practical implications
The experimental results of the proposed method have been compared with other websites to show their effectiveness.
Originality/value
This paper has assisted personal decision making using FGP applied to the internet which has seldom been studied previously.
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Ruey-Jer Bryan Jean, Daekwan Kim, Yung-Chih Lien and Sangbum Ro
With the growing trend of digital technology in global supply chains, how to manage global supply chain relationships under digital transformation becomes a critical issue…
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Purpose
With the growing trend of digital technology in global supply chains, how to manage global supply chain relationships under digital transformation becomes a critical issue. However, academic research in this area is sparse. This study develops and tests a theoretical framework of the moderating effect of virtual integration on interorganziational governance in international customer supplier relationships.
Design/methodology/approach
We chose to examine the specific cross-border relationships between Taiwanese suppliers and their international OEMs because Taiwanese suppliers tend to be smaller than their international OEM customers, and thus their relationships usually show power asymmetry. Furthermore, the Taiwanese electronics industry offers a valuable empirical context because its industry members have served as pioneers in information technology development, have championed cross-border relationships with US and European industry leaders and are actively participating in the world economy
Findings
Our empirical findings indicate that virtual integration will strengthen the effect contractual governance on relationship performance. However, the moderating effect of virtual integration on relational governance is not significant. The paper discusses the theoretical and managerial implications in the end.
Originality/value
This study contributes to interorganizational governance literature in international contexts. Previous work on international relationship management has focused much on MNE buyers' perspectives and paid little attention to the suppliers' perspectives. This study extends this stream of research by empirically examining how suppliers can govern their MNEs' customers via different governance mechanisms. The findings extend literature on virtual integration and show that virtual integration can complement detailed contract and safeguard opportunism, which in turn, enhance relationship performance in international customer–supplier relationships.
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Ya-Ting Chuang, Hua-Ling Chiang, An-Pan Lin and Yung-Chih Lien
Adopting conservation of resources (COR) theory as a guiding framework, this study proposes that benevolent supervision (BS) is a feasible leadership style for building a positive…
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Purpose
Adopting conservation of resources (COR) theory as a guiding framework, this study proposes that benevolent supervision (BS) is a feasible leadership style for building a positive resource gain process in subordinates' extra-role actions and reducing their exhaustion, and leader-member exchange (LMX) and positive affect (PA) serve as indirect crossover mechanisms.
Design/methodology/approach
Surveys were conducted at three-time points with four-week intervals. A total of 304 subordinates and 55 supervisors at a Taiwanese university participated in the surveys, and a multilevel model was used to test the hypotheses.
Findings
The results showed that prior BS (time 1) was positively associated with subordinates' subsequent LMX and PA (time 2). LMX mediated the relationship between BS and subsequent supervisor-rated contextual performance (time 3), and PA mediated the relationship between BS and subordinate-rated emotional exhaustion (time 3). In addition, supervisors' learning orientation positively moderated the relationship between BS and contextual performance via LMX, whereas supervisors' performance orientation negatively moderated this relationship.
Practical implications
The results of the study encourage leaders to exhibit benevolence toward subordinates, increase subordinates' contextual performance and enhance personal feelings, thereby ultimately benefitting the organization.
Originality/value
This study reveals that BS is a source of resource investment in the process of subordinates' positive job (contextual performance) and personal (emotional exhaustion) resource gains through social exchange (LMX) and affective (PA) crossover mechanisms and that supervisors' goal inclinations impact this process.