Previous studies have scrutinized the decision-making process of physicians involved in the civil commitment of mentally ill persons, but few have examined the process used by probate judges when deciding to issue orders of detention and when conducting commitment hearings. This study consisted of a written survey sent to all probate court judges (n = 68) in South Carolina. Factors examined in ...

This study addresses two questions: (1) which Information Technology (IT) project manager competencies influence team commitment? and (2) how much these competencies impact team commitment? The main objective is to propose and evaluate a measuring instrument to identify the IT project manager competencies that are necessary to build and sustain team commitment in IT projects. We adopted mixed m...

Understanding how users learn and become committed to a new information system helps developers design better implementation methods and academics identify the factors influencing that commitment. The authors propose the idea of a user continuum, in which ‘learning’ and ‘use’ increase commitment over time and are influenced by a variety of change events. We develop a model of commitment and exa...

Human resources and knowledge management are considered to be one of the most important factors within organizations that help them to achieve a competitive advantage. However, organizations should take care of the human factor and increase their commitment within organizations to take advantage of the knowledge within them. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship betwee...

Ask a room full of dedicated emergency physicians why they chose Emergency Medicine (EM) as a career, and many will mention a great EM role model or teacher. As a young, dynamic specialty, EM needs more great educators to inspire future generations. Not only do effective teachers motivate others to choose their specialty; they better stimulate learning in trainees. All physicians can benefit fr...