In this article, I discuss citizen orientated public management in relation to extant frameworks and theories in public management and organization research, including the role of the public servant, collaborative public management, citizen coproduction, and relational bureaucracy. Following the discussion, I hypothesize about the relationship between public organizations’ citizen orientations ...

Using data collected from 25 interviews with Austrian employees in the European Commission, we explore the conditions under which cultural differences do and do not influence interactions. Previous experience with culturally-determined behaviour and experience working in a foreign language is found to foster norms that reduce conflict based on cross-cultural differences. Time pressure, on the o...

Warpage and shrinkage control are important factors in proving the quality of thin-wall parts in injection modeling process. In the present paper, grey relational analysis was used in order to optimize these two parameters in manufacturing plastic bush of articulated garden tractor. The material used in the plastic bush is Derlin 500. The input parameters in the process were selected according ...

Integration of information retrieval (IR) in database management systems (DBMSs) has proven difficult. Previous attempts to integration suffered from inherent performance problems, or lacked desirable separation between logical and physical data models. To overcome these problems, we discuss a database approach based on structural object-orientation. We implement IR techniques using extensions ...

This study performs a cross-cultural comparison to understand how the drivers of switching intentions differ between countries that vary in their long-term orientation (LTO). The authors hypothesize LTO moderates influence for mobile phone subscription service. Structural invariance tests consumer samples United States (low LTO) and Netherlands (high reveal that, consumers from high nation attr...

Cultural sensitivity is highly relevant but inadequately conceptualized in tourism contexts. This article explores and advances understanding of cultural relation to Arctic where local Indigenous livelihoods environments are tethered dynamics recent growth decline, climate change, colonial power relations. Framing as a subjective orientation towards otherness, the illuminates differences betwee...

With the COVID-19 pandemic, families are having to coordinate their behaviors face new challenges, such as negotiating social distancing measures that family will or not take in daily interaction. This study utilizes Family Communication Patterns Theory examine conversations young adults reported with members about and what factors predicted outcomes of these disagreements. A family’s level con...

Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the relationship between religious orientation of elderly people and their attitudes towards complementary alternative medicine. Material Methods: study, which adopted a descriptive relational screening model, with participation 271 individuals aged 65 over who were registered in Family Health Centers eastern part Turkey October - December 2019. Resu...

the pioneer work of image compression/reconstruction based onfuzzy relational equations (icf) and the related works are introduced. theicf regards an original image as a fuzzy relation by embedding the brightnesslevel into [0,1]. the compression/reconstruction of icf correspond to thecomposition/solving inverse problem formulated on fuzzy relational equations.optimizations of icf can be consequ...

Purpose While the significance of organizational resources and capabilities is widely discussed, little known about their interrelationships as well benefits for firms that are involved in coopetitive relationships. Against this backdrop, purpose paper to investigate performance effects entrepreneurial orientation, strategic intent potential absorptive capacity complementarity on operational in...