Researching Writing Program Administration Expertise in Action: A Case Study of Collaborative Problem Solving as Transdisciplinary Practice

Theorizing WPA expertise as problem-oriented, stakeholder-inclusive practice, we apply the twenty-first-century paradigm of transdisciplinarity to a campus WID Initiative to read and argue that data-driven research capturing transdisciplinary WPA methods in action will allow us to better understand, represent, and leverage rhetoric-composition/writing studies’ disciplinary expertise in twenty-first-century higher education

Why Sales Managers Matter: How Supervisory Coaching Affects Salespeople\u27s Job Performance

Today’s business environment is very competitive, forcing companies to make additional efforts to develop and keep sustainable advantages. Thus, research aimed at finding ways to increase company performance has become critical. One specific managerial tool, sales coaching, has been hailed by academics and practitioners alike as vital to improving a salesperson’s job performance. With a company’s survival dependent on the success of their salespeople, research on sales coaching is crucial. The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of the relationship between sales coaching and a salesperson’s work-related attitudes and behaviors. Using self-determination theory, this research examines how a quality coaching relationship with one’s sales manager influences a salesperson’s sale creativity and job performance. This research uses partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to investigate the direct, mediated, and moderated relationships among the variables studied using data from 332-salespeople working in the United States. Results suggest that a quality coaching experience does positively influence a salesperson’s sales creativity and job performance. Theoretical and managerial implications as well as directions for future research are provided

2023 WEST COAST SECURITY CONFERENCE WELCOMING REMARKS DAY 4

On November 16, 2023, Captain Samuel Serviss presented the opening remarks for the fourth day of this year’s West Coast Security Conference. The key points discussed were the contrast between the optimism following the end of the Cold War regarding lasting global peace and the current reality of intra- and inter-state conflicts, as well as the role of events such as the West Coast Security Conference as opportunities for critical reflection and understanding of war as a means of working towards peace.    Received: 01-14-2024 Revised: 01-26-202

Engaging with Customers on Social Media: Insights from Business-to-Business Companies

Social media are an important part of a company’s ability to directly engage with customers. However, the lack of an established definition of engagement creates challenges for scholars and practitioners attempting to assess return on investment derived from social media marketing. In addition, limited scholarly literature exists regarding how B2B customers specifically react to social media. To enhance understanding of how a B2B company’s social media activity affects customer engagement, this manuscript will examine social media utilization and customer response

Experimental Reintroduction of American Hart’s-Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum): Factors Affecting Successful Establishment of Transplants

This study analyzed biological and microclimatic factors affecting the post-reintroduction survival and growth of laboratory-propagated American hart’s-tongue ferns (Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum, AHTF), a rare and threatened fern species with a fragmented distribution across the eastern United States and Canada. In total, 1,925 AHTF transplants, representing four life history stages (protonemata, gametophytes, sporelings, and immature sporophytes) were reintroduced into three sites determined to be ideal habitats within Onondaga County, New York. Factors that resulted in higher rates of survival included more rigorous acclimatization of transplants, better transplant vigor at the time of transplanting, and higher humidity at reintroduction sites. Analysis of wind speed and direction provided implications of low spore dispersal, and therefore low gene flow, between extant AHTF populations. Insights from this research contribute to a growing, yet still understudied, body of knowledge regarding fern species reintroductions and inform best practices for future AHTF reintroductions

The Bountiful Benefit of Bees

Poster presentation on the impact of bees on society and agriculture