The purpose of this paper is to present enterprise social networking and gamification as two potential tools to help organizations engage Millennial employees in collaboration and…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present enterprise social networking and gamification as two potential tools to help organizations engage Millennial employees in collaboration and learning.
Design/methodology/approach
The research provides general descriptions of enterprise social networking and gamification approaches, shares data on adoption of these approaches from APQC’s “2015 Knowledge Management Priorities Data Report” (based on a January 2015 survey of 524 knowledge management professionals) and includes four company examples adapted from APQC’s Connecting People to Content and Transferring and Applying Critical Knowledge best practices studies. The methodology for APQC’s best practices studies involves screening 50 or more organizations with potential best practices in a given research scope area and identifying five or six with proven best practices. APQC then conducts detailed site visits with the selected organizations and publishes case studies based on those site visits.
Findings
Enterprise social networking platforms are in place at 50 per cent of organizations, with another 25 per cent planning to implement them by the end of 2015. By providing near-immediate access to information and answers, enterprise social networking helps Millennials learn the ropes at their new workplaces, gives them direct access to more knowledgeable colleagues who can assist and mentor them, and helps them improve their business outcomes by reusing knowledge and lessons learned across projects. Younger workers can also harness the power of social networking to create a sense of belonging and build their reputations in large, dispersed firms, where it is particularly difficult for them to gain visibility. A recent APQC survey indicates that 54 per cent of organizations either currently employ gamification to encourage collaboration or expect to implement it within the next three years. The rush to gamify the enterprise is, at least in part, a reflection of employers’ desire to satisfy Millennials and make them feel connected to a community of co-workers. Although games appeal to a wide range of age groups, Millennials grew up with digital interaction and tend to prefer environments that emphasize teamwork, social learning and frequent feedback – all of which can be delivered through gamification.
Originality/value
The value of this paper is to introduce the value of and relationship between enterprise social networking and gamification platforms to human resource (HR) professionals looking to increase engagement and retention rates for Millennial employees.
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This paper furthers the analysis of patterns regulating capitalist accumulation based on a historical anthropology of economic activities revolving around and within the Mauritian…
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Purpose
This paper furthers the analysis of patterns regulating capitalist accumulation based on a historical anthropology of economic activities revolving around and within the Mauritian Export Processing Zone (EPZ).
Design/methodology/approach
This paper uses fieldwork in Mauritius to interrogate and critique two important concepts in contemporary social theory – “embeddedness” and “the informal economy.” These are viewed in the wider frame of social anthropology’s engagement with (neoliberal) capitalism.
Findings
A process-oriented revision of Polanyi’s work on embeddedness and the “double movement” is proposed to help us situate EPZs within ongoing power struggles found throughout the history of capitalism. This helps us to challenge the notion of economic informality as supplied by Hart and others.
Social implications
Scholars and policymakers have tended to see economic informality as a force from below, able to disrupt the legal-rational nature of capitalism as practiced from on high. Similarly, there is a view that a precapitalist embeddedness, a “human economy,” has many good things to offer. However, this paper shows that the practices of the state and multinational capitalism, in EPZs and elsewhere, exactly match the practices that are envisioned as the cure to the pitfalls of capitalism.
Value of the paper
Setting aside the formal-informal distinction in favor of a process-oriented analysis of embeddedness allows us better to understand the shifting struggles among the state, capital, and labor.
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Lauren Nixon and Gemma Goldie-Chaplin
Improving prison safety by reducing self-harm and suicidal behaviour remains a government priority (Ministry of Justice, 2021). This involves developing a better understanding of…
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Purpose
Improving prison safety by reducing self-harm and suicidal behaviour remains a government priority (Ministry of Justice, 2021). This involves developing a better understanding of the relationship between prison environments, self-harm/suicidal behaviour and the prison conditions supporting a reduction in such behaviour. Through interpretive phenomenological analysis, the authors aim to explore prisoners’ perceptions of one prison environment, considering if/how the environment has impacted prisoners need for support via the assessment, care in custody and teamwork (ACCT) process.
Design/methodology/approach
Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with seven prisoners at an adult male establishment who had not been on an ACCT since arriving there but had at least two active ACCT documents in the 12 months prior to transfer.
Findings
Analysis identified four superordinate themes: facilities, population, mentality and interaction with staff. This research increases understanding of specific factors contributing to prisoner’s lack of need for support via an ACCT document.
Research limitations/implications
A small sample within one prison for those convicted of sexual offences was used. Therefore, the findings are not fully generalisable to all establishments. The authors did not control for factors beyond the environment that could have contributed to prisoner’s lack of need for support via an ACCT document.
Practical implications
By conducting research, Forensic Psychologists are uniquely placed to increase research evidence to support the improvement of prison safety, whilst promoting its application in practice. Several recommendations about enhancing prison environments are made.
Originality/value
The findings provide insight into specific aspects of a prison environment that impacts prisoners’ level of self-harm and suicidal behaviour.
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Lingjing Zhan, Piyush Sharma and Ricky Y. K. Chan
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how counterfeit users estimate the probability of being detected and how this probability affects their counterfeit consumption…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how counterfeit users estimate the probability of being detected and how this probability affects their counterfeit consumption behaviour. Specifically, it addresses three questions: do perceived social consequences influence counterfeit users’ probability estimate of being detected? What is the psychological mechanism underlying the estimation of this probability? And how does this probability estimate affect counterfeit purchase and usage intentions?
Design/methodology/approach
The authors used three scenario-based experimental studies with university students in Hong Kong, a place where counterfeit products are widely available. First study used a factitious brand of jeans as the stimulus and the other two studies used a Ralph Lauren polo shirt. In each study, the authors measured participants’ responses towards counterfeit purchase and the probability of being detected after they read the relevant brand information and had a close-up view of the attributes in the genuine and counterfeit versions.
Findings
The authors found that counterfeit users are susceptible to a pessimism bias such that they estimate a higher probability of being detected when they judge the outcome of being detected as more severe and this bias is driven by the spotlight effect in that counterfeit users judging the outcome as more severe tend to perceive that others pay more attention to their counterfeit usage. Moreover, this pessimism bias is mitigated when the target user is another person instead of oneself, thus suggesting the egocentric nature of the bias.
Research limitations/implications
The authors used undergraduate students and scenario-based experimental approach in all the studies that may limit the generalisability of the findings.
Practical implications
The results suggest that brand managers should emphasise the importance of negative social consequences and highlight the role of outcome severity and egocentric bias in their advertising and communication programmes in order to curb counterfeit consumption.
Originality/value
The research contributes to the growing literature on counterfeit consumption by studying the process underlying estimation of the probability of being detected by others, an important but often neglected factor that influences counterfeit purchase decision. The authors also highlight the role of outcome severity and egocentric bias in this process.
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Sarah E. Montgomery and Lauren Hanzelka
After reading Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, students will discuss the life of Dave and the issues he faced growing up as a slave and an artist. Students will practice…
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After reading Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, students will discuss the life of Dave and the issues he faced growing up as a slave and an artist. Students will practice using descriptive language to create their own interpretation of the illustrations of Dave’s experiences. Discussion of Dave’s powerful poetry and his active citizenship during a time of struggle allows students to dig deeper into the life of this inspiring individual. To conclude the lesson, students are encouraged to design and create an arts-based service-learning project based on the question, “How can we use our artistic talents to take action and help our community?”
Purpose – This paper aims to describe a product innovation and management approach that is in use by one small enterprise that may be of value to others. …
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Purpose – This paper aims to describe a product innovation and management approach that is in use by one small enterprise that may be of value to others. Design/methodology/approach – The case describes an approach to new product development and management. The organization's original name as well as individual managers' names have been changed at its request. Findings – The paper provides information and action approaches to new product developers in small organizations. Often smaller organizations lack the resources to approach product innovation and management in a systemized way. The small organization featured was able to innovate systematically despite a very small level of resources. In addition, it was in a position to perform product management when the situation warranted. Their results offer implications for new product development and management teams in other small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Research limitations/implications – As in all case studies, the specific conditions found in one organization may not be found more generally in others. Readers are cautioned that the conclusions drawn in the case may have limited applicability. Practical implications – The case depicts the process that one small firm used to innovate. It lacked frills and complexity but worked effectively. Originality/value – The case describes an intuitive approach to innovation born of great experience with the benefits of a product. It illustrates that the truest description of the voice of the customer comes from the customer himself.