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Wayfinding: Notes on the ‘Public’ as Interactive
“Public” is here treated by its three extensions: most broadly, from the merely extrasomatic, where users of representations are initially distinguished from makers, through ‘published’ or for the general public, to the governmental, official—where the discussion begins, before turning in its second half to the more common, middle meaning. What is public in these ways, “spatial representation”, also has the different meanings of representation of space or representation by spatial means, and there are several kinds of space to be considered. The styles of the two halves contrast, that of the first being an inductive mapping of neglected conceptual terrain of
directive
representations, that of the second linear: a continuous argument in answer to a question regarding
descriptive
spatial representation in the digital age. The common thread is the public as users of all such cognitive artifacts, and this use as interactive, with a range of implications for social collectivity.
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Arts, Agents, Artifacts: Photography's Automatisms
By the time photography was introduced to the public at the end of the 1830s, the fine arts idea was already exhibiting resilience through shifts of both extension and meaning. It was therefore not surprising when, in recent decades, so-called conceptual arts reintroduced the idea of mental expression after a dominant period of aesthetic formalism--if only, on exhibition, to assume characteristic looks, thereby reintroducing aesthetic factors. That within photography large format work would of late emphasize representation is likewise not surprising. Here, Maynard talks about photography and the fine arts idea's normative dimension.
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The role of felt obligation to mentor in mentor performance
Purpose
The authors introduce a new measure of felt obligation to mentor in order to explore generalized reciprocity in mentoring. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether felt obligation to mentor adds prediction to mentor job performance in combination with mentoring functions provided and mentor-assessed benefits and costs of mentoring.
Design/methodology/approach
Hypotheses were tested in a sample of firefighters in the Southwestern USA using moderated regression analysis.
Findings
Protégé reported mentoring functions provided predicted mentor performance, but neither mentoring benefits nor costs predicted mentor performance. Felt obligation to mentor interacted with mentoring functions reported such that mentor performance was highest when both mentoring functions provided and felt obligation to mentor were high.
Research limitations/implications
The results indicate that the new measure may prove to be of value for exploring generalized reciprocity in mentoring. Further, more research using mentoring benefits and costs is merited. Findings are limited by use of a new measure of felt obligation to mentor as well as the fact that the research was conducted in a setting in which employees were expected to serve as mentors.
Practical implications
Organizations may leverage felt obligation to mentor in order to support effective informal or formal mentoring relationships, whereas focusing on the benefits of mentoring may be a less valuable strategy.
Originality/value
The research offers a new measure to help to understand generalized reciprocity as a motivation to mentor as well as suggesting that more empirical attention should be given to the perceived benefits and costs of mentoring.
Journal Article
The role of felt obligation to mentor in mentor performance
PurposeThe authors introduce a new measure of felt obligation to mentor in order to explore generalized reciprocity in mentoring. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether felt obligation to mentor adds prediction to mentor job performance in combination with mentoring functions provided and mentor-assessed benefits and costs of mentoring.Design/methodology/approachHypotheses were tested in a sample of firefighters in the Southwestern USA using moderated regression analysis.FindingsProtégé reported mentoring functions provided predicted mentor performance, but neither mentoring benefits nor costs predicted mentor performance. Felt obligation to mentor interacted with mentoring functions reported such that mentor performance was highest when both mentoring functions provided and felt obligation to mentor were high.Research limitations/implicationsThe results indicate that the new measure may prove to be of value for exploring generalized reciprocity in mentoring. Further, more research using mentoring benefits and costs is merited. Findings are limited by use of a new measure of felt obligation to mentor as well as the fact that the research was conducted in a setting in which employees were expected to serve as mentors.Practical implicationsOrganizations may leverage felt obligation to mentor in order to support effective informal or formal mentoring relationships, whereas focusing on the benefits of mentoring may be a less valuable strategy.Originality/valueThe research offers a new measure to help to understand generalized reciprocity as a motivation to mentor as well as suggesting that more empirical attention should be given to the perceived benefits and costs of mentoring.
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OnAIR: Applications of the NASA on‐board artificial intelligence research platform
Infusing artificial intelligence algorithms into production aerospace systems can be challenging due to costs, timelines, and a risk‐averse industry. We introduce the Onboard Artificial Intelligence Research (OnAIR) platform, an open‐source software pipeline and cognitive architecture tool that enables full life cycle AI research for on‐board intelligent systems. We begin with a description and user walk‐through of the OnAIR tool. Next, we describe four use cases of OnAIR for both research and deployed onboard applications, detailing their use of OnAIR and the benefits it provided to the development and function of each respective scenario. Lastly, we describe two upcoming planned deployments which will leverage OnAIR for crucial mission outcomes. We conclude with remarks on future work and goals for the forward progression of OnAIR as a tool to enable a larger AI and aerospace research community.
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Failing to Align Conceptual Definitions with Operational Definitions in Organizational Commitment Research: Truth and Consequences
Confidence in academic research can only be had when researchers strictly adhere to the tenets of the scientific method. One important tenant is to clearly articulate the conceptual definitions of the constructs of interest and correctly pair them with the operational definitions developed to measure them (Jaccard and Jacoby, 2020). In the case of organizational commitment (OC) this tenet is violated when (1) OC is defined using the conceptual definition from Mowday et al. (1982) and is subsequently measured with the operational definition developed by Meyer and Allen (1984), or (2) when OC is defined using the Meyer and Allen (1984) conceptual definition and then measured by the operational definition developed by Mowday et al. (1982). A content analysis of both conceptual definitions confirms that they differ in substantial ways. A factor analysis of the items that made up the operational definitions (scales) demonstrated strong discriminant validity. Analysis of a nomological network yielded different results from the two scales. Further, one scale fully mediated the perceived organizational support, intent to quit relationship, while the other partially mediated the same relationship, thus leading researchers to different substantive conclusions depending upon which scale is used. These analyses provide strong evidence that the operational definitions do not measure the same construct and should not be used interchangeably.
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Portraits as Displays
Cynthia Freeland's investigation of four kinds of 'fidelity' in portraiture is cut across by more general philosophical concerns. One is about what might be called the expression of persons-the persons or ' inner selves' of portrait subjects and of portrait artist: whether either is possible across each of the four kinds of fidelity, and whether these two kinds of expression are in tension. More fundamental is the problem of telling how selfexpression is at all possible in any of these forms. Finally, she wonders how photography affects all these questions. This comment addresses portraiture not so much in terms of the four fidelities, but with another quartet of concepts: four ordinary types of 'display', in terms of which we see how artists' self-expression is possible in all these forms, also including photography. Its key idea is that portraits are displays simply by being pictures or sculptures, which are kinds of artifacts, hence things that we perceive as having intentional affordance: that is, as being intentionally made 'for' something.
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Embracing a new reality
[...]businesses can continue to thrive in the face of crisis by embracing change with clients and customers, and prioritizing communication with employees. Leaning into these tactics helped our organization launch a first-of-its-kind in Ohio health care center and nearly double the number of counties offering our services during the pandemic. When the pandemic hit and many in-person services were put on pause, existing virtual platforms were able to offer a host of programs previously only available in person.
Trade Publication Article
Paying it forward: Mentor's past mentoring experiences influence on performance as a mentor and on protégé behavior
Previous experience as a protégé has been shown to have a positive relationship with intention to mentor (Allen, 2003; Ragins & Kram, 2007; Ragins & Scandura, 1998). However, research has yet to explore the psychological and attitudinal mechanisms through which the previous experience impacts later performance as a mentor. This gap in the literature is problematic because little is known about what influences a mentor to provide mentoring to their protégés (Allen, 2007) yet investments in organizational mentoring programs are growing (Raabe & Beehr, 2003). In addition, the results of mentoring on protégé performance is mixed. This dissertation attempts to address this gap by developing and testing of theory on how experience as a protégé is related to performance as a mentor through the development of felt obligation to pay it forward as a mentor and perceived costs of mentoring. Then it tests the relationship between individual's performance as a mentor on subsequent protégé performance. Data collected from 88 protégés-turned-mentor, current protégés, and supervisors from a firefighting organization found that protégés do choose to develop feelings of obligation to pay forward the benefits received by serving as a mentor but the relationship between felt obligation to pay it forward and mentor performance was nonsignificant. In addition, the relationship between experience as a protégé and the costs of being a mentor was also support, though the relationship between costs of mentoring and mentor performance was not significant. Further, this dissertation tested the relationship between mentor performance and protégé in-role and organization citizenship behaviors and did not find a significant relationship. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
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