232Organizational Listening and Empowered Women in the Workplace A Cross-Cultural Comparison between the United States and South Korea

This chapter aims to explain the importance of organizational listening efforts, characterized by symmetrical and participative communication, in empowering women to voice their workplace discrimination concerns and address injustice issues to cultivate an organizational culture of inclusivity and equality. Findings highlighted the importance of organizational listening regarding diversity, inclusion, and gender equality in the workplace in empowering female employees to address the problems proactively

Photocatalytic activity of attapulgite–TiO2–Ag3PO4 ternary nanocomposite for degradation of Rhodamine B under simulated solar irradiation

Abstract An excellent ternary composite photocatalyst consisting of silver orthophosphate (Ag3PO4), attapulgite (ATP), and TiO2 was synthesized, in which heterojunction was formed between dissimilar semiconductors to promote the separation of photo-generated charges. The ATP/TiO2/Ag3PO4 composite was characterized by SEM, XRD, and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The co-deposition of Ag3PO4 and TiO2 nanoparticles onto the surface of ATP forms a lath-particle structure. Compared with composite photocatalysts consisting of two phases, ATP/TiO2/Ag3PO4 ternary composite exhibits greatly improved photocatalytic activity for degradation of rhodamine B under simulated solar irradiation. Such ternary composite not only improves the stability of Ag3PO4, but also lowers the cost by reducing application amount of Ag3PO4, which provides guidance for the design of Ag3PO4- and Ag-based composites for photocatalytic applications

The observation and prediction of constant quality factors of LnAlO_3 doped Ba_(6-3x)Ln_(8+2x)Ti_(18)O_(54)(Ln = Nd, Sm, La) ceramics

Usually, the quality factor of a binary-phase ceramic will increase if the volume molar ratio of the high quality factor component increases, and vice versa. However, the quality factor of Ba_(6-3x)Ln_(8+2x)Ti_(18)O_(54) (Ln = Nd, Sm, La) ceramics (~ 2500 at 4 GHz) keeps a constant as the volume molar ratio of LnAlO_3 (~ 9000 at 7 GHz) increases. While previous studies reported the importance of microstructure variation, here by fitting the dielectric constant, via definition we derived a quality factor calculation formula that can precisely determine the quality factor variation versus the volume molar ratio, which is of great significance for guiding the ceramic manufacturing

The observation and prediction of constant quality factors of LnAlO_3 doped Ba_(6-3x)Ln_(8+2x)Ti_(18)O_(54)(Ln = Nd, Sm, La) ceramics

Usually, the quality factor of a binary-phase ceramic will increase if the volume molar ratio of the high quality factor component increases, and vice versa. However, the quality factor of Ba_(6-3x)Ln_(8+2x)Ti_(18)O_(54) (Ln = Nd, Sm, La) ceramics (~ 2500 at 4 GHz) keeps a constant as the volume molar ratio of LnAlO_3 (~ 9000 at 7 GHz) increases. While previous studies reported the importance of microstructure variation, here by fitting the dielectric constant, via definition we derived a quality factor calculation formula that can precisely determine the quality factor variation versus the volume molar ratio, which is of great significance for guiding the ceramic manufacturing