Group Discrimination in Organizational Membership Selection

1959 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
James G. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Membership

STRUCTURED DESIGN OF A KNOWLEDGE-BASED MESSAGE DISSEMINATION SYSTEM

1994 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 61-80
Author(s):  
KUNIHIKO HIGA ◽  
MILAM W. AIKEN ◽  
OLIVIA R. LIU SHENG
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Mail ◽  
Organizational Productivity ◽  
Message Routing ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Structured Design ◽  
Organizational Membership ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Message Dissemination ◽  
Intractable Problem ◽  
Dissemination System

Electronic Mail Systems (EMSs) have been a boon to organizational productivity, but these systems may not receive greater acceptance due in part to their general lack of robust system features. Particularly, the intractable problem of effective electronic mail dissemination management has largely eluded solution. This paper first provides a brief survey of several existing intelligent EMSs which seek to address the conundrum of mail management and then proposes an alternative solution which takes advantage of the unique characteristics of a knowledge base/database coupling to facilitate effective information sharing among members of an organization. This approach improves on prior Knowledge-Based Mail System (KMS) designs by (1) focusing on message dissemination management rather than on message receipt management, (2) separating the relatively static knowledge of message routing from the relatively dynamic knowledge of the organizational membership, and (3) incorporating a more comprehensive view of the semantic constraints involved in configuring distribution lists of message receivers through the use of the Structured Object Model (SOM) Methodology. The design concepts are illustrated by a prototype KMS, the Message Dissemination System (MDS).

scholarly journals The Structuration of Identification on Organizational Members’ Social Media

2020 ◽  
pp. 232948842095521
Author(s):  
Cameron W. Piercy ◽  
Caleb T. Carr
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Organizational Membership ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Organizational Affiliation

The structurational model of identification is applied to test structures that may lead to sharing organizational membership on social media and increased organizational identification. We propose and test how antecedents (e.g., social media use, organizational prestige) relate to acts of identification on social media and promote organizational identification. United States working adults ( N = 303) responded to an online survey about hypothesized motivational structures, online disclosures of organizational affiliation, and organizational identification. Results show three specific structures significantly predicted one’s willingness to share her or his organizational affiliation across social media: personae overlap, social media use, and organizational prestige. Commitment and turnover intentions were, surprisingly, not direct predictors of organizational affiliation disclosure. Implications for individuals, organizations, and both organizational and computer-mediated theory are presented.

scholarly journals Political consumerism: A meta-analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 019251212090504
Author(s):  
Lauren Copeland ◽  
Shelley Boulianne
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Political Consumerism ◽  
Organizational Membership ◽  
Liberal Ideology ◽  
Political Distrust ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Political Opinions

Political consumerism refers to the deliberate purchase or avoidance of products, goods, or services for political reasons. For decades, researchers have studied the micro-level predictors of political consumerism in many countries and across a variety of contexts. However, many questions remain. Do resource-based models of political participation or theories of lifestyle politics best explain why some people are more likely to engage in political consumerism? To answer this question, we conduct a meta-analysis of 66 studies with more than 1000 tests. We find more support for theories of lifestyle politics. Political consumerism is associated with political distrust, liberal ideology, and media use, as well as education, political interest, and organizational membership. The findings help us understand the subset of people who are using their purchasing power to express political opinions. They also help us identify gaps in existing research.

Flextime

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATHLEEN E. CHRISTENSEN ◽  
GRAHAM L. STAINES
Keyword(s):  
Partial Solution ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Family Time ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Organizational Membership ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Research And Policy

Flextime, a work schedule that permits flexible starting and quitting times, has gained wide currency as a partial solution to conflicts between work and family life. This article aims to review the existing research regarding the advantages and disadvantages of flextime to both employers and employees; to evaluate the effects of flextime on resolving work/family conflicts; and to establish future programmatic, research, and policy directions regarding flextime. Research indicates that no compelling case can be made for flextime solely on the grounds of employers' conventional concerns with organizational effectiveness, organizational membership, or job attitudes. Research reveals, further, that flextime is beneficial in resolving work/family conflicts, but not as beneficial as often hoped. Future research should include the following: (a) greater sensitivity than is currently available regarding the use of, not just access to, flextime; (b) more attention to the needs of different subgroups as defined by stage in life cycle and family type; and (c) the use of dependent measures that would assess the effect of flextime in terms of quality as well as quantity of family time. We think it likely that the better the research, the more compelling will be the evidence for the effectiveness of flextime.

Reassessing and Reconceptualizing the Multidimensional Nature of Organizational Commitment

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 1379-1390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Akhtar ◽  
Doreen Tan
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Organizational Membership ◽  
Attitude Theory ◽  
Retail Banks ◽  
Promax Rotation

This study was designed to reassess and reconceptualize the multidimensional nature of organizational commitment. The Organizational Commitment Questionnaire of Porter, Steers, Mowday, and Boulian was administered to 259 employees representing five retail banks. Factor analysis (principal factor, promax rotation) yielded the three dimensions proposed by Porter, et al. in 1974. This conceptualization was inadequate because one dimension, i.e., desire to maintain organizational membership, overlaps the withdrawal construct. A similar criticism has been levelled against Meyer and Allen's 1991 model. Consistent with the three-dimensional attitude theory, organizational commitment was reconceptualized in terms of cognitive, emotive, and conative meanings. The proposed dimensions include normative commitment (amount of cognitive consonance with organizational norms), affective commitment (intensity of emotional attachment to the organization), and volitive commitment (extent of conative orientation towards organizational goals).

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