This study seeks to determine the impact of IT co-workers on individual deviance behavior in organizations. Using data collected from 322 IT employees and their supervisors in Chinese software companies, we also examine the impact of the Confucian work ethic on deviant behavior. The results suggest that both co-workers’ production deviance and the Confucian work ethic have impacts on individual...

The chemical industry plays a key role in sustaining the world economy and underpinning future technologies, yet is under unprecedented pressure from the effects of globalization and change in many of its traditional markets. Against this background, what will be needed for the industry to embrace efforts to make it "greener"? We explore some of the issues raised by the development of "green ch...

Wissensmanagement gewinnt in der Industrie zunehmend an Bedeutung. Informationen sollen schichtübergreifend verfügbar sein, Mitarbeiter effizient für neue Tätigkeiten qualifiziert und Wissen über Generationen hinweg vermittelt werden. Der Beitrag zeigt hierzu Konzepte und konkrete Umsetzungen basierend auf mobilen Technologien auf, die im Rahmen des Förderprojekts Assist 4.0 entwickelt und eval...

Developing product software is getting increasing attention from both academics and practitioners. Organizations are recognizing the benefits and importance of developing a product for a market. Also, several software companies that develop customer-specific software have identified a need to change to developing and selling product software. Since few studies are available in this domain, it i...

Aktuell wird in Industrieunternehmen die zunehmende Digitalisierung, Vernetzung und IT-Durchdringung der Produktion unter dem Begriff Industrie 4.0 diskutiert. Aus der Umsetzung von Industrie 4.0 resultieren Änderungen, von denen die Prozessund Produktionsplanung (PPP) betroffen ist. Die Veränderungen werden anhand eines innovativen Use Case in der Motorenproduktion eines international agierend...

The health consequences of tobacco use are well known, but less recognized are the significant environmental impacts of tobacco production and use. The environmental impacts of tobacco include tobacco growing and curing; product manufacturing and distribution; product consumption; and post-consumption waste. The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control addresses envir...

This paper aims to advocate the application of CAT technology in the traditional translation teaching class in universities. Based on the introduction of the development of CAT technology and its wide application in modern translation industry, the necessity of applying CAT technology in translation teaching is convincingly proven, which is followed by an elaboration on the design of CAT teachi...