Schultze & Leidner/Knowledge Management in IS Research RESEARCH ARTICLE STUDYING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH: DISCOURSES AND THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS1 By: Ulrike Schultze Cox School of Business Southern Methodist University P.O. Box 750333 Dallas‚ TX 75275-0333 U.S.A. uschultz@mail.cox.smu.edu Dorothy E. Leidner Hankamer School of Business Baylor University Waco‚ TX 76798-8005 U.S.A. Dorothy_Leidner@baylor.edu Abstract In information systems‚ most
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CHAPTER 01 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study District secretariat administration system plays a vital role in the decentralized administrative system in Sri Lanka. The district secretariat functions as administrative body of the district. The divisional secretariats are coming under the administration of district secretariat. Batticaloa district secretariat is a major part of the Eastern Province. Vision of Batticaloa district secretariat is “Uplifting the living standard of the people
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THE EFFECTS OF HRM-RELATED MECHANISMS ON COMMUNICATION IN R&D COLLABORATION Author : HEIDI OLANDER‚ PIA HURMELINNA-LAUKKANEN Source : International Journal of Innovation Management. Jun2010‚ Vol. 14 issue 3‚ p415-433‚ 19p‚ 1 diagram‚ 4 images. Abstract : Prior research has shown that the level of communication has an on the learning outcomes in R&D alliances and‚ subsequently‚ on performance. The level of communication depends on issues such as the systems that enhance
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* Ethical obligations * Researchers to their colleagues in the scientific community * Analysis of data and the way the results reported * Researcher familiar than anyone else with study’s technical limits and failures * Obligated to make shortcomings known to readers * Must admit qualifications and mistakes * Negative findings should be reported if they are related to the analysis * Predictive validity * Criterion-related validity * Testing the validity of measures
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Chapter 1 How do we know what we know? Experience Tradition Authority Errors in Inquiry Inaccurate Observation Overgeneralization Selective Observation Illogical Reasoning A Variable Language Variables and Attributes Variables Vs. Attributes (attributes make up the variable) (EX. Education/ high school‚ college‚ vocational‚ post graduate) Causality Specifications or relationships between variables. Independent and Dependent Variables (dependent variable
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While we all tend to generalize from our own personal experience‚ our "common sense" understanding of family life (from experience‚ tradition‚ authority and media) is typically a poor source of accurate and reliable knowledge. If we really want to know about how families work we would be better informed by seeking and acquiring more trustworthy information. A. In order to obtain valid research information‚ researchers and research consumers need to keep in mind the rules of critical (clear and
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advantage: How multinational enterprises cope with the international business environment Deepak Sethi*‚ Stephen Guisinger 1 University of Texas at Dallas‚ P.O. Box 830688‚ Richardson‚ TX 75083-0688‚ USA Abstract An expanded and holistic conceptualization of the liability of foreignness (LOF) is presented that goes beyond the traditional foreign subsidiary – local firm dyad in the host country. Taking the strategy process perspective‚ we contend that this liability is the aggregated effect of
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Ch 3 Conceptualization and Measurement In chapter 3 of The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice there are four areas of focus. They are concepts‚ measurement operations‚ evaluation of measures‚ and levels of measurement. We are going to address conceptualization by using substance abuse and related ideas as examples. For measurement‚ let us review first how measures of substance abuse have been created‚ utilizing procedures as available data‚ questions‚ observations‚ and less
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ROBERT E. SMITH and WILLIAM R. SWINYARD* The role of direct versus indirect experience in the attitude-behavior consistency issue Is reviewed. Using a new communications model‚ the authors extend the direct/ indirect experience paradigm to a common marketing scenario: product trial versus product advertising. The specific contributions of attitude strength and typw of behavior are examined‚ and results show that when ottitudes are based on trial they predict purchase very well. When attitudes
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– Diagnosis on development of oral communication skill in tenth Graders from ¨ Escola de Formação de Profesores “Cor Mariae” – Uíge¨. 1. Characterization of the Subject in tenth Grade 2. Characterization of the Sample 3. Basic Concepts and Operationalization of the Dependent Variable 4. Methods and Techniques Used 5. Pedagogical Test 6. Interpretation of the results of the initial state of the development of speaking in tenth grade from ¨Escola de Formaçao de de Professores Cor Mariae – Secondary
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