Globalization not only affects all dimensions of organizational management, it can also impact IS research and research methods. China and other Eastern cultures are contributing the Oriental traditions to the Occidental lenses of analysis, while also providing interesting contrasts to the historical experiences in the Western world. With this backdrop, the significance of cultural issues is be...

Developments in recent years have placed powerful new tools of diagnosis, therapy, and communication at the disposal of medicine in general, and of critical care in particular. The art of healing requires not only technical proficiency, but also personal connection, multidisciplinary teamwork, and commitment to the venerable traditions of our profession. The latter often seem to be under assaul...

Interactive multimedia might be taught in a number of higher education environments in addition to art and design. This paper discusses the appropriateness (or otherwise) of Art and Design teaching methods to the learning of this subject, and ends by asking how such methods should perhaps be modified, perhaps not only for the study of multimedia. In order to establish the background to this dis...

The computer desktop environment, since its introduction in Xerox’s Star computer and popularization by Apple’s Macintosh computer [1], is the favorite general-purpose computer interface. The desktop provides graphical access to common utilities and important rudimentary tools for organizing the user’s work in windows. Linux distributions recognize the importance of the desktop and provide mult...

Behavioural ecology often makes the assumption that animals can respond flexibly by adopting the optimal behaviour for each circumstance. However, as ethologists have long known, behaviour is determined by mechanisms that are not optimal in every circumstance. As we discuss here, we believe that it is necessary to integrate these separate traditions by considering the evolution of mechanisms, a...

Complementary and supplementary fit represent 2 distinct traditions within the person-environment fit paradigm. However, these traditions have progressed in parallel but separate streams. This article articulates the theoretical underpinnings of the 2 traditions, using psychological need fulfillment and value congruence as prototypes of each tradition. Using a sample of 963 adult employees rang...

The principles and practice of sustainability have gained momentum in the last 15 years and now form a central part of conversations around social praxis and the future. It has been proposed that the theories driving sustainability science are embedded in Indigenous history, and it has been shown that many ancient traditions always concerned themselves with sustainable and ethical living. Among...