The paper presents intrinsic properties of cross-organizational collaboration in shared information spaces and motivates the concept of ambient communities with particular reference to the tourism sector. Our approach is informed by an ethnographic analysis of assembling innovative information-based products for tourists. Qualitative data collection methods combined with online ‘tells’ reveal t...

Most social support research has examined support from an individual patient perspective and does not model the broader social context of support felt by caregivers. Understanding how social support networks may complement healthcare services is critical, considering the aging population, as social support networks may be a valuable resource to offset some of the demands placed on the healthcar...

With the emergence of positive psychology and the subsequent positive organizational behavior movement, focusing on the employee experience and factors of positive psychological states in employees has come to the forefront. In recent years, several studies have emphasized the practical value of employee engagement and passion (the dualistic model of passion; Vallerand et al., 2003) in predicti...

E-government – the use of information and communication technologies in public administrations, combined with proper organizational change and skills development – has become an explicit component of public sector reform, as an instrument increasing efficiency, strengthen competitiveness and enhance modernization. E-government enhances the delivery of improved public services and supports activ...

The automotive industry in Japan is known for its competitiveness and demanding work environment, which can potentially impact employee engagement organizational culture. Organizational culture refers to the shared values, beliefs, behaviors that mould overall working environment atmosphere within a company. It plays an important role engagement, extent workers are emotionally committed their w...

in a past decade concept of employee enagagement has attracted the attention of human resources and organizational behavior reserachers and practitioners. this research aims to study the role of job resources (autonomy, social support, feedback, supervisory coaching, and opportunities for development) and personal resources (self- efficacy, proactive personality, conscientious trait) on work en...

Objectives. This article examines the extent to which nonprofit organizational foundings are determined by various forms of social capital. Our hypothesis is that, controlling for other relevant social, political, and economic factors, communities with higher levels of social capital should experience more extensive growth in their nonprofit sectors. Methods. Using data derived from the Social ...