Interpersonal Discrimination, Gendered Race, and Cardiovascular Disease Inequities: Application of the Emerging Identity Pathology Model

An emerging framework, the Identity Pathology (IP) model, partially addresses persistent uncertainties about the primary causes of disparities in cardiovascular health (CVH) between black and white women and men through outlining how identity beliefs associated with social group membership lead to predictable differences in the health-damaging effects of discrimination exposure. Using data from the CARDIA cohort, this doctoral thesis seeks to: 1) propose a novel psychosocial characteristic, identity pathology, that drives the distribution of reported race and gender discrimination in health-relevant ways, 2) assess whether there are group differences in the effects of multiple versus single forms of discrimination on future CVH, and 3) assess variation between these groups in the relationships of reported racial and gender discrimination in a variety of daily life settings with future CVH. The IP framework suggests that beliefs about identity unique to each gendered race group influence the perception of discrimination and whether reported exposure will be associated with CVH. Simultaneous reports of racial and gender discrimination in multiple settings (compared with no discrimination) were negatively associated with future CVH only among white men. Further, the setting in which discrimination was reported appeared to be a significant indicator of whether experiencing multiple forms of discrimination negatively impacted CVH in each group. Our findings contribute to the literature through introducing a novel framework for assessing the effects of interpersonal discrimination. This work also provides preliminary evidence that compounded experiences of interpersonal racial and gender discrimination may not substantially contribute to poorer CVH among black women

Beyond Internal Corporate Social Responsibility Communication (ICSRC): Creating a Purposeful Organization

This chapter argues that internal CSR communication (ICSRC) can be employed from both functionalist and constitutive perspectives to create a purposeful organization. The chapter discusses concepts such as internal CSR, internal communication, and integrated CSR communication and offers a definition of ICSRC. It reviews literature on ICSRC, defines organizational purpose, connects it to CSR, and highlights changes in employee characteristics that demand a fresh conceptualization of ICSRC. Building on the core concepts of enabling conversations through engagement and involvement strategies, co-creation of meanings, collaborative implementation, ethical organizational and corporate identities, and employee identification, the chapter offers a conceptual framework that leverages ICSRC to build a purposeful organization

Why corporate social responsibility? an analysis of drivers of CSR in India

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Overcoming the Dark Side of CSR Communication and Employee Relations

Adopting a behavioral, micro, employee-centered perspective to corporate social responsibility (CSR), this chapter problematizes the excessive focus on establishing positive associations between CSR communication and employee relations within the predominant stream of functionalist research. Instead, it highlights the dark side of CSR communication and employee relations, including the use of CSR practices by organizations as a tool of aspirational employee identity control; the blurred boundaries among CSR-based employee identification, work meaningfulness, and work addiction; organizational abdication of employees’ technological well-being; and the polyphony of competing, diverse employee interests that are not aligned with monophonic, unified organizational CSR narratives. The chapter concludes with suggestions for future research and research-based principles for CSR communication theory and practice

Putting engagement in its PRoper place: State of the field, definition and model of engagement in public relations

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Although engagement has been a catchword in public relations practice and theory for over a decade, the term has been applied rather loosely to imply any form of communicative interaction between publics and organizations. Despite lack of clarity on the concept of engagement, research has been thriving, propelled by the increasing prevalence of social media and organizations’ consequent rush to digitally engage publics. This paper assesses the use of engagement in the field of public relations and critiques the equation of engagement with communicative interaction, with its foregrounding engagement as collaboration over that of engagement as control. It also builds upon theoretical conceptualizations of public/stakeholder engagement, employee engagement, and digital engagement to propose a practice-relevant and theoretically informed model and definition of engagement: Engagement is an affective, cognitive, and behavioral state wherein publics and organizations who share mutual interests in salient topics interact along continua that range from passive to active and from control to collaboration, and is aimed at goal attainment, adjustment, and adaptation for both publics and organizations

Relationship management through social media influencers: Effects of followers’ awareness of paid endorsement

© 2019 Elsevier Inc. This study aimed to examine the effects of awareness of paid endorsements by social media influencers on followers’ cognitive persuasion knowledge (ad recognition), attitudinal persuasion knowledge (relationships with the influencer), and behavioral intentions, specifically eWOM intention and purchase intention. Employing an online survey (N = 269), this study found that awareness of paid endorsement relates to ad recognition, which is correlated with purchase and eWOM intentions. We also found that awareness of paid endorsement is correlated with influencer-follower relationship, which is associated with purchase and eWOM intentions. However, ad recognition does not affect influencer-follower relationship. Implications for public relations theory, practice, and policy are discussed

The Role of Color in Influencing Trust The Role of Color in Influencing Trust in e-Commerce Web Site

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The role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and internal CSR communication in predicting employee engagement: Perspectives from the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

© 2018 Elsevier Inc. This study examined relationships among employees’ perception of CSR, three models of internal CSR communication and employee engagement. The findings, based on 516 valid survey responses from employees across different sectors in the United Arab Emirates, revealed that internal communication of CSR, both one-way and two-way symmetrical, predicted employee perceptions of CSR, with two-way asymmetrical communication being a negative predictor; perceptions of CSR predicted employee engagement; social and sustainable dimensions of CSR most strongly predicted social and affective dimensions of employee engagement; and both two-way symmetrical communication of CSR and employee perceptions of CSR strongly predicted employee engagement. Implications for theory and practice are discussed

Cloud based Application Development and Various Software Quality Model

A cloud application (or cloud app) can be a hybrid application and can be used for Android, IOS and window, with some characteristics of a pure desktop app and some characteristics of a pure Web app. A desktop app resides entirely on a single device at the user's location (it doesn't necessarily have to be a desktop computer). The quality of a paper can be evaluated on the basis of its complexity, response time and total cost. So that the quality measurement process consumes too much time. There are a number of models already introduced for measuring software quality based on its attributes. Such measurements help developer to improve software in next development. Such models also helps in reducing cost and time in next development. The main characteristics of the cloud models have covered in this paper