On-screen characters: their design and influence on consumer trust J.T. Luo Mayfair Artist Ltd, Bolton, UK, and Peter McGoldrick, Susan Beatty and Kathleen A. Keeling Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK Abstract Purpose – Previous research has focused on how trustworthiness can be evoked by the physical design of on-screen characters (OSCs) within the e-commerce interface. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether or not the OSCs representation, along with user differences
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Causes and Prevention of Burnout in Human Services Staff Work-related stress is known to cost the economy of the United States an estimated $300 billion in sick time, long-term disability, and excessive job turnover. According to Isatou (2014), “Jobs that are stressful can be just as harmful to women as smoking and obesity.” This research was also recognized in an article written by the Department of Health and Human Services. When having to take care of someone who is sick or disabled, this can
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Journal of Case Research in Business and Economics Google: searching for value Ronald Kuntze The University of Tampa Erika Matulich The University of Tampa ABSTRACT Google is a company well known for providing a unique work environment for employees that provides plenty of benefits. However, these benefits come at a significantly higher cost structure. Are these costs worth it? How does providing value to the employee also provide value to the firm and to the customer? Can employee value
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Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Theoretical basis and research methods 4 2.1 Theoretical basis and Analysis framework 4 2.1.1 Methods of analysis of variance (ANOVA) 4 2.1.2 Literature review 5 2.2 Research methodology 7 3 Results and discussion 7 3.1 Results 7 3.2 Discussion 9 4 Conclusion 10 Figure 31: The average number of foreign visitors to Ho Chi Minh City per month (2005 - 2013). (Source: Table 3-1). Unit: tourists. 9 Table 31: Foreign Tourists having arrived
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through identifying the process that involving manpower as the main reason and state the time standard in order to achieve the objectives of increasing the production and decreasing the cost. This study is using systematic observation, interview with discussion and stopwatch time study. Statistically Fit and Production Modeler software is used to test the data and make improvements. By stating the time standard for the process involving manpower, production rate increase and the cost will be less. Other
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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 1.1 Research question 2 1.2 Background 2 2.0 Motivation 2 2.1 Definition of Motivation 2 2.2 Theories of Motivation 3 3.0 Reward System in Organizations 3 4.0 Types of pay Scheme’s 4 4.1 Payment by Result 4 4.2 Skills-based pay 4 4.3 Profit sharing 4 4.4 Performance-related pay 5 5.0 Discussion 5 6.0 Empirical Study 6 6.1 Volvo Current Reward System 6 6.2 Employee and Mangers View of Reward system in Volvo 7 7.0 Empirical Study
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Vaccinations: A Practice of Public Safety Vaccinations: A Practice of Public Safety Since their first introduction in the late 1700s, vaccinations have been a controversial topic of discussion. Vaccines are a safe and effective way to prevent the spread of disease. Although we can attribute the eradication and control of many diseases to vaccinations, there are still many Americans who are refusing to vaccinate their children based on their belief in a few unfounded fears. Most of these fears
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Primer for new Institutional Researchers and is reprinted here with permission from the Association for Institutional Research. The bibliographical citation is: Morrison, J. L. (1992). Environmental scanning. In M. A. Whitely, J. D. Porter, and R. H. Fenske (Eds.), A primer for new institutional researchers (pp. 86-99). Tallahassee, Florida: The Association for Institutional Research.] Editor's Note: The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, published by the H.W.Wilson Company, is an index to
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Garvin’s article How Google Sold Its Engineers on Management describes Google’s unique approach to management. Google prides itself with having the best, most highly satisfied employees in the industry. A majority of its employees are engineers that prefer spending time creating and building, which makes it difficult for management to exist. Many of Google’s employees are also highly independent and do not like being micromanaged. Garvin (2013) described a 2002 experiment where Google made their
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dramatically, usually in response to external conditions. Unquestionably we are changing—the issue in front of us is whether we will define that future or simply react to the changes that continue to occur in the economy and in our business models. Human ResouRce Planning 30.3 11 If we do not step forward with compelling HR leadership, the future will be determined for us. When the June 2005 Business Week reports “Why HR Gets No Respect,” the August 2005 Fast Company proclaims “Why We Hate HR
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