Outsourcing has assumed an increasingly important role in the hotel industry. It involves a wide range of activities such as laundry, cleaning, spas, security and food and beverage outlets (Espino-Rodriguez and Padron-Robaina, 2004). However, there has been limited previous research into hotel outsourcing and the research undertaken has been geographically restricted mainly to the Canary Island...

Acknowledgments First of all I would like to thank my supervisor Prof. Dr. Hermann Kopetz for his support and advice on my work. As head of the Institute of Computer Engineering he provided me with the fruitful environment of our research group and the resources that were necessary to write this habilitation thesis. for proofreading and comments on the introduction. All remaining mistakes are m...

In each volume of the Journal, the editors select one article for our Beyond the Manuscript post-study interview with the authors. Beyond the Manuscript provides the authors the opportunity to tell listeners what they would want to know about the project beyond what went into the final manuscript. The associate editors who handled the articles conduct our Beyond the Manuscript interviews. This ...

In this paper, we explore how existential aspects of being diagnosed and living with cancer are shared in stories that publicly communicated online. Through a narrative analysis online texts blogs, people deal their experiences, cultural norms about illness expressed why they write publish We found the writers described diagnosis as defining moment lives. They portrayed it crisis was followed b...

About one tenth of the world’s population cannot read and write sufficiently. Cognitive abilities, such as selective attention and crystallized as well as fluid intelligence, have been defined as crucial factors for the acquisition of written language skills. However, it is unclear whether these abilities are necessary also for the alphabetization of adults. Before and after a one-year alphabet...

Few IS studies have examined the phenomenon of cyberloafing, i.e., nonwork-related Internet use by employees during work time. This in-progress research proposes to take an individual trait approach and investigates the impact of general traits, like the “Big Five,” as well as domain-specific ones, such as computer playfulness. It is hypothesized that while the Big Five will be significant pred...

Bilimsel söylem, yazar ile okuyucular arasında etkileşimin gerçekleştirildiği alanlar sağlama eğilimindedir. Üstsöylem, tarafların ilişki kurup etkileşime geçmesini sağlayan araçlar setidir. Metnin tutarlığının korunmasını sağlayan, ve okuyucu arasındaki odaklanan dilsel özelliklerdir. Üstsöylem belirleyicileri yazarlar, metinde kendilerini yansıtarak konumlarını belirleyebilir, iletişimsel niy...

My half-century journey started from synthetic organic chemistry. During the first stage of my journey, my interest in stereochemistry was initiated through the investigation on the participation of steric effects in reactive intermediates, cylophanes, strained heterocycles, and organic compounds for photography. In chemoinformatics as the next stage of the journey, I proposed the concept of im...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The completion of this dissertation would not have been possible without the help and encouragement of many people. First, I would like to sincerely thank my research advisor Professor Amir Mortazawi for his continuous support and encouragement, and for the opportunity he provided for me to conduct independent research. I also sincerely thank my other committee members, Profess...

1 Firstly, I would like to thank Prof. Duncan Steel for all the help and support he has given me during my time at the University of Michigan. He has played a large role in getting me where I am today. I can only hope to have a mentor as good as he is during my time in graduate school and beyond. Also, I am very grateful for all the support from my labmates, and all the knowledge I have gained ...