Testing the Boundary Conditions of Justice Climate Effects: The Moderating Role of Moral Identity and Corporate Social Responsibility

While the lion\u27s share of organizational justice research focuses on individual perceptions, researchers have recognized the value of group perceptions in understanding justice phenomena. Justice climate (i.e., shared perceptions of fairness among workgroup members) has often been studied using facet-specific and source-specific justice climates (e.g. procedural justice climate, supervisor justice climate) demonstrating the predictive power of group level perceptions of fairness. However, little research has explored the boundary conditions of justice climate effects. In this study, I propose that overall justice climate has a significant impact on group prosocial and deviant behaviors. I also propose that group perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and group moral identity moderate these effects and that these three variables (justice climate perceptions, group CSR perceptions, and group differences in moral identity) interact to impact organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) and deviance. A laboratory study was carried out to test these hypotheses. Results showed a significant effect for overall justice climate and a near marginal three-way interaction effect for overall justice climate, group moral identity, and group CSR perceptions. The implications for justice research are also discussed

Using regression analysis to assist audit judgments in substantive testing

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The Relational Fruit of the Spirit in Youth Ministers: Do Youth Ministers Display Patience, Kindness, and Goodness?

Youth ministry is a crucial part of the church that can help teenagers strengthen their godly beliefs and spiritual formation. Youth ministers’ actions, characters, and behavior should reflect the fruit of the Spirit. This qualitative case study explored whether and how youth leaders displayed the fruit of the Spirit at seven Bible-based, baptistic Christian churches in southeast Georgia. Although seven was the goal, only five churches agreed to participate. A Christian church was defined as one with no more than 500 members that accept the Bible as the sole source and authority of genuine Christian faith. The fruit of the Spirit was defined as the nine specific behaviors Paul lists in Galatians 5:22-23 (Noyes, 2019): love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These can be developed through the work of the Holy Spirit in a Christian’s life (Noyes, 2019). Little research has been done into the fruit of the Spirit and whether it is displayed by youth ministers or other leaders. In this study, the researcher attempted to contribute to the leadership knowledge base. The study used interviews and observations to investigate whether youth ministers’ behaviors demonstrated the fruit of the Spirit. A within-case analysis was conducted on the first case and then replicated on the subsequent four. A cross-case analysis was used to compare the findings, and conclusions were drawn about the connections between the youth pastors and the relational fruit of the Spirit: patience, kindness, and goodness. The youth pastors in this study demonstrated this relational fruit of the Spirit. Although the youth pastors were not perfect, their demonstration of the fruit made a difference in their ministry

The Impact of a Short-Term Fashion Study Abroad Trip on Undergraduates\u27 Cultural Intelligence and Career Perceptions as Future Global Fashion Change Agents

Students had positive perceptions of the fashion industry after studying abroad. These positive perceptions may promote an increased ease during interaction in a diverse global industry due to increased cultural intelligence. Cultural intelligence is important to fashion students’ future careers by helping them to gain better communication and leadership skills. Therefore, this study examines undergraduate students’ cultural intelligence and career perceptions after a short-term fashion study abroad trip. A total of 15 undergraduate students were given a pretest and post-test survey to describe how their travels impacted their perceptions of the fashion industry, future career goals, and cultural awareness. The results of the study show that the students were inspired, gained cultural comparison skills, discovered their career path, and attained better interaction skills. The results of this research indicate that study abroad travel is beneficial for fashion students to experience and enhance their cultural intelligence to attain their career goals

Paper Session II-B - Future Sustainable H2 Infrastructure

The researchers hypothesized that it is possible to efficiently use an alternative ener61Y source, rather than the combustion of hydrocarbons. The researchers found that the most efficient, abundant, environmentally friendly, reusable energy sources is Hydrogen. One of the most efficient methods of utilizing hydrogen was through the use of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. After thorough research into Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, or PEMFC\u27s, the researchers constructed a working prototype of the fuel cell using easily obtainable materials. Many previous designs were studied and discussed. Newer designs were created to compensate for the use of easily obtainable materials. After a series of testing and redesigning, a high efficiency rating was achieved. The research supported the hypothesis made by the researchers and exceeded many of their expectations, despite the simple construction methods

Developing ecosystem accounts for the marine and coastal environment: Limitations, opportunities and lessons learned from the United Kingdom experience.

The marine and coastal environment provides crucial ecosystem services to sustain human activities and wellbeing. Advancing measurement frameworks to record the contribution of marine and coastal ecosystems to national wealth and economies and assess the sustainability of their use is therefore paramount. The recently proposed Ocean Accounting Framework outlined within the System of Environmental Economic Accounting represents a decisive step in this direction and provides a foundation for developing an integrated and standardised set of ecosystem accounts to support decision making and use of the seas. However, the ecological and socio-economic complexities of marine and coastal systems pose several challenges in compiling ecosystem accounts. This paper aims to discuss lessons learned, limitations and opportunities based on experience of developing an initial set of marine and coastal accounts for the United Kingdom. The paper reviews and addresses the challenges encountered and offers potential solutions for improving the measurement of marine and coastal ecosystems within accounting frameworks

Improving Instructional Practices Through Technology Integration: A Mixed Methods Study of ELL Academic Improvement

At Grand Intermediate School, teachers work with a large population of English language learners (ELL). The teachers were all trained to use the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol Model (Echevarría, Vogt, and Short, 2017) to help ELL students increase their English fluency and succeed academically. The instructional strategies in place, while sound, did not sufficiently bridge the language gaps to help students identified as ELL catch up to their native English-speaking peers. The sixth-grade science teachers were provided with professional development (PD) to improve technology integration practices in instruction with the goal being improved academic success of students identified as ELL. An embedded mixed methods design was used in this study. Before the intervention, quantitative data was collected in the form of Likert-scale teacher survey and student test results. The teachers were provided with two cycles of PD, classroom observations, learning walks, and peer coaching to help implement technology in instruction. The data was collected during the intervention phase from the pre and post-tests. Before and after the intervention, the teachers completed the post Likert-scale survey. The student data was analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the results of the pre and post teacher surveys

The impact of green macroalgal mats on benthic invertebrates and overwintering wading birds.

A consequence of increased nutrient levels within an estuarine ecosystem is the development of green macroalgal blooms or ‘mats’. These mats can cover extensive areas of estuarine intertidal habitats and have biomass >1 kg m-2 (wet weight). One of the key metrics for assessment of the ecological condition status of estuarine features in Europe is the extent and biomass of macroalgal mats. The aim of this research is to establish whether the development of green macroalgal mats affects feeding relationships between invertebrate assemblages and overwintering migratory wading birds in Poole Harbour - a temperate estuarine ecosystem on the south coast of England. Poole Harbour is designated for its populations of overwintering migratory wading birds. As such, any decline in wading bird numbers as a result of nutrient enrichment affecting their food supply or altering feeding behaviour, would result in sanctions under current legislation. This field research consisted of three main objectives: 1) Measuring the biomass and extent of the macroalgal mat within Poole Harbour. 2) Analysing any changes to the benthic invertebrate community under varying macroalgal mat densities. 3) Observing and recording the behaviour and feeding success of key wading bird species; in particular how they responded to changes in prey availability and varying levels of macroalgal mat coverage. Samples of macroalgal mat were taken monthly or bi-monthly on mudflats at four locations around the harbour over two years and wet weight biomass was recorded. Wading bird invertebrate prey availability was measured using benthic core samples taken at upper, mid, and lower shore levels at three key sites. Invertebrate size- classes were recorded and converted into available energy (kJ m-2) according to the preferred diet of each of the five wading bird species studied. Observations of wading bird behaviour were recorded over two overwintering periods (September – March). Digital video recordings were taken of different wading bird species’ feeding behaviour and success on varying levels of macroalgal mat coverage. Coverage by macroalgal mats was high (>50%) with dense patches persisting into autumn. Biomass of algae reached 1 kg m-2 at each of the sites during both years with two sites exceeding 2 kg m-2 (wet weight) in 2013; although that level was not maintained throughout the summer growth period. The invertebrate community was transformed under increased algal biomass within an increase in abundance (m-2) of smaller less energy-dense species when algae reached ~800 g m-2 (wet weight). Variation in overall invertebrate community assemblage between benthic samples was best explained by algae biomass; either singularly or in combination with % organic matter. This pattern was repeated with an initial increase in available energy (kJ m-2) within each bird species preferred prey under lower macroalgal mat biomass (~800 g m-2 wet weight) followed by a decline as algae biomass increased. During autumn, when large areas of macroalgal mat were still visible, foraging behaviour by some wading bird species varied under different levels of algae coverage. Some wading bird species’ behaviour also varied in winter on areas which had been covered by algae during the previous growth season. The current macroalgal mat biomass threshold of concern under SSSI Conditions Assessments is 2 kg m-2 (wet weight). Results suggest that the impact from macroalgal mats in Poole Harbour is evident at a biomass lower than 2 kg m-2 (wet weight); supporting a lowering of this threshold to 1 kg m-2. An increase in abundance of smaller invertebrates has resulted in a decline in energy available for the wading birds’ preferred diet. Observations suggest that wading birds may be adapting to these changes with some species appearing to be feeding on smaller, lower-quality prey (i.e. smaller worms/bivalves) and other species feeding on prey found on the surface of the macroalgal mat. Adaptations are site-specific in response to conditions within individual bays but consistent between shore levels within each bay

The richness of designing for eco-social change: creative practice, transformative futures and living within limits

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the influential Club of Rome report Limits to Growth, which used computer modelling to show that, on a finite planet, current human resource use cannot ultimately be sustained. In this paper we use the anniversary as an opportunity to reflect on the framing of limits in HCI. Following recent work in design and social science, we ask whether the idea of limits is an effective way to imagine, prompt and manage cultural change in participatory, sustainable HCI. Drawing from our experiences investigating participatory creative practice in the CreaTures project, we suggest that limits-led framings could be usefully held in tension with ideas of abundance. As researchers and practitioners of sustainable design, our job is often asking others to use less – whether that involves consuming fewer materials, less energy; or indeed even ‘un-making’ particular practices. We argue that directive change can be reconceptualised as ‘eco-social’ transformation: a fusion of care-infused ecological and social sensibilities to create existential change that would impact lifestyle and political choices (and technology use), turning to potentially abundant human resources of imagination, reflection and solidarity. We offer the example of The Hologram, a feminist economist healthcare art project situated online, to illustrate this potential