General Organization Research Articles

20 years of workplace diversity research in hospitality and tourism: a bibliometric analysis

PurposeThis paper charts the development of diversity research in hospitality and tourism (H&T) as a field of study. The authors are interested in how diversity has been studied, where diversity scholarship has been published, who are the leading diversity scholars and whether the scholars work has been influential. In addition, the authors identified the institutions and countries that contribute significantly to diversity scholarship in H&T.Design/methodology/approachThe authors draw from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection, Scopus and Australian Business Dean's Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List covering 109 journals to identify the relevant articles on workplace diversity in H&T. The authors conducted evaluative and relational bibliometric techniques to assess the prominence of diversity scholarship in the field.FindingsDiversity research in H&T did not gain traction until 2005. Using Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal as a benchmark, the authors found that diversity research in H&T closely tracked the diversity topics in general organization and management literature. However, H&T lagged in race and ethnic, as well as gender identity research. A majority of diversity research is published in leading (top-ranked) journals, signifying the value of diversity scholarship in H&T. Hospitality journals published the most articles, while tourism journals reported the highest impact. Scholars based in the USA, China and the United Kingdom (UK) contributed the most diversity articles, but one researcher, Osman M. Karatepe (Turkey), stood out as the most productive and influential diversity scholar in H&T.Practical implicationsThe insights from this study aid H&T scholars in identifying trends and opportunities in diversity research, assessing the productivity and impact of various journals and databases, locating collaborative opportunities (through co-citations and highly productive and influential institutions and scholars) and benchmarking the scholars’ own work.Originality/valueGiven an absence of prior review and diversity research has only gained ground in the H&T literature since 2005, this bibliometric study offers a fossil record and documents the trajectory of diversity scholarship in H&T, identifies the scholars who are active in this area of research and highlights institutions and countries where diversity research is conducted.

The Marginalization of the Mizrahim: Jewish Syndicalism in the Context of Settler-Colonial Zionism in Palestine before 1948

This article investigates the institutional attitudes of the Histadrut (the General Organization of Workers in the Land of Israel) toward Palestine’s Middle Eastern Jews (Mizrahim) between 1920 and the late 1940s. Based on archival evidence and secondary sources, it argues that what Mizrahi workers experienced in their dealings with the Histadrut was not the result of random or unintended abuse but of a political culture that promoted social fragmentation and inequality. The corollary of this argument is that the Mizrahim who arrived immediately after 1948 found themselves thrown into a racial binary mold that had been in the making for about fifty years, beginning with the first waves of Zionist immigration to Palestine.

Forming the readiness of future teachers to implement strategies for stagingmulticultural interaction

Introduction. At the present stage, the value-target guidelines for the modernization of the Russian education system are aimed at the multicultural upbringing of schoolchildren. The effectiveness of the process of multicultural upbringing of schoolchildren in the conditions of a general educational organization is determined by the professionalism of the teacher, therefore, the most important task for the education system is to form multicultural competence in future teachers. In our opinion, the scenario approach to the formation of multicultural competencies is one of the tools for effectively updating the content of education. To implement the staging technology, the teacher needs to create special teaching-learning situations that are aimed at transmitting information and developing the multicultural skills of students. In this regard, one of the important tasks of preparing a future teacher is the formation of his readiness to implement strategies for staging multicultural interaction. Materials and Methods. Theoretical research methods: analysis of psychological, pedagogical and regulatory documents; pedagogical experiment (questionnaire, ranking, content analysis), methodsof data processing. Results. Pedagogical diagnostics was carried out in order to determine the readiness of the future teacher to implement the strategies of multicultural interaction. To identify the level of formation of cognitive, motivational-value and performance-based components, specific diagnostic methods were used (questionnaire by S. A. Khazova, F. R. Khatit; ranking of values according to their degree of significance by S. A. Khazova, F. R. Khatit; content analysis) that meet the characteristics of this particular component. Discussion and Conclusions. The organization of work on the formation of the readiness of future teachers for the implementation of strategies for stagingmulticultural interaction must be carried out in the context of the implementation of interdisciplinary integration, which ensures the productivity of the process of forming the readiness of future teachers for the implementation of strategies for stagingmulticultural interaction; inclusion of students in a variety of (individual, socially significant, project activities) extracurricular activities of a multicultural orientation.

A transit map for micro-scale urban development in Alexandria, Egypt

Background: Due to Egypt's strategic location among countries, transportation is one of the most significant development sectors because it plays a major part in today's economy and society and has a large influence on growth and employment. Over the years, the Egyptian General Organisation of Physical Planning (GOPP) has prepared strategic general urban plans in collaboration with local and foreign organisations, including transportation plans. The constant focus of authorities on strategic plans and their inability to implement them on schedule are a major issue. In other words, they always take development from a distant perspective and do not deal with the main problem that exists within cities, as the existing micro-scale transit built environments (MSTBEs) of cities are not ready due to a lack of transit-oriented communities (TOCs), sustainably developed transit supply systems, and mobility hubs. Methods: The "Enhanced MSTBE Phases" methodology is used for the key elements of the study design used in this research, depending on data collection, approvals, techniques, and analysis methods. As a case study, these key elements are in the documentation, analysis, and development of the Muharram Bek El Mowkaf El Gedid Mobility Hub (MBMH) and the 800 m radius around it. Results: The results indicate that Enhanced MSTBE Phases led to the establishment of the MBMH and the 800 m radius surrounding it as a sustainable MSTBE in Alexandria, Egypt, which is chosen as the case study. Conclusions: The development of this MSTBE is a catalyst for future effects that will have a long-term impact on meso-scale and, ultimately, macro-scale transit built environments.

Effective doses for common paediatric diagnostic general radiography examinations at a major Australian paediatric hospital and the communication of associated radiation risks.

Health professionals in paediatric medical imaging are routinely required to communicate radiation risks to carers and patients. Effective dose alone cannot be used to specify and communicate the radiation risk for an individual as risks are dependent on many factors including age and patient sex. In this study, we estimated typical effective doses for 20 commonly performed paediatric general radiography examinations using the weight-based imaging protocols employed at a major Australian specialist paediatric hospital. Effective doses were used to estimate and categorise associated age-based stochastic risks with commonly used risk terminology to facilitate communication of risk. Paediatric protocols for common general radiography examinations and World Health Organization 50th percentile weight-for-age data for females and males aged up to 18 years were used to estimate typical effective doses using Monte Carlo software and lifetime risk of cancer incidence using published data. Results were used to determine standardised levels of risk using the Calman risk model. Effective doses, corresponding lifetime risk of cancer incidence and level of risk category from 20 general radiography examinations for paediatric patients were calculated and presented for ease of communication. Doses ranged from <0.001 mSv (negligible risk) to 1.6 mSv (low risk). Typical effective doses from common paediatric general radiography examinations, the associated lifetime risk of cancer incidence and level of risk have been established for our institution. This can be used to convey risks to health professionals, patients and carers in ways that are easy to understand and compare with other everyday risks.

Teodicea kantiana. Un processo a Dio e il trionfo della sincerità

The question of the status of God and the role he occupies in the general organization of the world or in the life of man is an ancient one. From Antiquity, when Plato tries to defend the gods from the various accusations brought against them, until Leibniz’s famous Theodicy, philosophers have used their reason in a trial defending God. Apparently, the possibility of such a kind of discourse comes to be suspended by Kant’s critique of the tribunal of reason. However, the very process in which the classic arguments of God’s existence are analyzed, instead of becoming the end point of a road, becomes another kind of theodicy. The intention of this article is to highlight how the category of sincerity (Aufrichtigkeit) brings with it a new hermeneutical key to Kantian writings.

상호작용 공정성이 일탈행동에 미치는 영향

This study aims to examine the effects of organizational factor(interactional justice) that alleviate deviant behavior, and investigate the mediating effects of personal factors (psychological ownership and work engagement) in the relationship between interactional justice and deviant behavior. A survey was conducted of members with a working tenure of 6 months or longer in general business organization, and 292 responses were analyzed. Prior to hypothesis testing, descriptive statistics, correlation, and reliability were verified through SPSS 21.0, and the fitness of the research model was confirmed with AMOS 21.0. Lastly, to verify the hypothesis, analysis was performed through structural equation modeling and bootstrapping. The results of the study were as follows. First, it was confirmed that interactional justice had a positive effect on psychological ownership. Second, psychological ownership had a positive effect on work engagement. Third, work engagement was not significantly related to counterfeit, withdrawal, verbally hostile behavior, but had a negative effect on production deviance. Finally, psychological ownership and work engagement partially mediated the relationship between interactional justice and deviant behavior.&#x0D; Specifically, psychological ownership and work engagement only mediated the relationship between interactional justice and production deviance. Based on the results, the practical implications such as organizational support and HRD program were offered.

Response regulator PorX coordinates oligonucleotide signalling and gene expression to control the secretion of virulence factors.

The PglZ family of proteins belongs to the alkaline phosphatase superfamily, which consists of metallohydrolases with limited sequence identity but similar metal-coordination architectures in otherwise divergent active sites. Proteins with a well-defined PglZ domain are ubiquitous among prokaryotes as essential components of BREX phage defence systems and two-component systems (TCSs). Whereas other members of the alkaline phosphatase superfamily are well characterized, the activity, structure and biological function of PglZ family proteins remain unclear. We therefore investigated the structure and function of PorX, an orphan response regulator of the Porphyromonas gingivalis TCS containing a putative PglZ effector domain. The crystal structure of PorX revealed a canonical receiver domain, a helical bundle, and an unprecedented PglZ domain, similar to the general organization of the phylogenetically related BREX-PglZ proteins. The PglZ domain of PorX features an active site cleft suitable for large substrates. An extensive search for substrates revealed that PorX is a phosphodiesterase that acts on cyclic and linear oligonucleotides, including signalling molecules such as cyclic oligoadenylates. These results, combined with mutagenesis, biophysical and enzymatic analysis, suggest that PorX coordinates oligonucleotide signalling pathways and indirectly regulates gene expression to control the secretion of virulence factors.

Lessons learned from water-scarce cities: Proposed policies toward an integrated urban water management in Egypt

Water scarcity is one of the main challenges facing countries in arid or semi-arid zones. As an example, Egypt needs to deal with both insufficient quantity and quality of water for residents. Here, we propose actions and policies to promote an integrated water management approach to respond to water challenges in Egypt. Based on a literature review, we have selected a set of criteria concerning the environmental, economic, social, governmental, and physical dimensions of urban water management. We studied approaches from Peru, Namibia, and South Australia as these countries have similar climatic conditions and water issues and have made substantial advances toward sustainable water management. Key criteria are state or municipal ownership of water and related infrastructure, agreement on master plans for sustainable water management, improvement of water sanitation and overall infrastructure, and reduction of water demand. Participatory, and educational campaigns put water issues at the center of public debates. We evaluated which elements of water management approaches can be adapted and used in Egypt, which faces limited freshwater resources, and which faces a highly increasing population. Proposed actions included directing water fees to ecosystem projects, treatment of wastewater to be potable, participatory approaches that engage the community in water management, educational campaigns that lead to change of public perception and knowledge dissemination. We interviewed key stakeholders in the water sector in Egypt to validate our proposed approaches. The stakeholders supported knowledge dissemination, suggested using water fees in implementing environmental projects and criticized converting wastewater into drinking water. Finally, we drafted specific recommendations at the organizational and urban levels of water management. We recommended establishing a General Organization for Water Management to oversee water-related organizations and ministries. We also recommended prioritizing the economic conditions to support alleviation of water subsidy, increasing public awareness, and creating a public database for water knowledge. In addition, we recommended decentralized water management and water sensitive urban design. The value of these approaches is their applicability, with minor adaptations, to countries with similar or close climatic and socio-economic conditions to Egypt, such as the MENA region.

Features of the Blended Learning Technique in a General Educational Organization to Reduce Pedagogical Risks

Blended learning involves working in an electronic educational environment, which carries additional pedagogical risks for students. In this paper, we assessed the main pedagogical risks and proposed options for their elimination by improving the methodology of blended learning. The purpose of the article is to find solutions to improve the methods of blended learning to eliminate pedagogical risks that affect the health of the subjects of the educational process. Methodology. The methodological basis of this study was the assessment of the pedagogical results of the use of E-learning in the educational process, as well as the likely pedagogical risks. Methods of theoretical research, analysis of regulatory documents in force on the territory of Russia, in the field of education, as well as electromagnetic, informational, personal security were used. Conclusion: thus, when planning classes in the blended learning format, it is necessary to take into account pedagogical risks for participants in educational relations, which for the most part are not taken into account. There is a need to conduct research aimed at determining the maximum permissible level of EMF for children of different age groups and choosing the safest electronic learning tools. It is important to pay special attention to the expertise of digital educational content. Ideally, training should be carried out only on electronic educational platforms that have passed the examination of digital educational content for compliance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation.

CLASSIFICATION OF MALPRACTICES OF MICROFINANCIAL ORANIZATIONS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The idea of regulating financial institutions in general and microfinancial organization in particular lies in finding the balance in following the economic interests of all the sides involved. For the individual this implies keeping their well-being while for the state this means to ensure the well-being of all the different strata of the society. One of the functions of the microfinancial organizations is to give small businesses access to legal money for further development. Having said that, ideally microcredits should lead to growth of individual’s wealth, growth of the middle class, growth of the income of the region and the country. However, microfinancial organizations historically have been surrounded by a negative image, and malpractices only make it worse for them. By understanding deviant practices and their classification there is space for preventing their spread and for forming an environment that would work for the society development. Literature analysis has shown that there is no common classification, and the result proposes a model that takes into account the specifics of the Russian market and takes into consideration the most of malpractices applied there.

Информационно-управленческая культура руководителя как фактор совершенствования процесса управления общеобразовательной организацией в условиях цифровой трансформации образования

The study aims to formulate an idea about the essence of the information and management culture of the head and its place regarding the improvement of the management process of a general education organisation in the context of digital transformation of education. The paper examines the impact of the information and management culture of the head on the development of a general education organisation in terms of identifying alternatives, choosing a variant of development strategies, analysing achievements in the innovation field. Scientific novelty of the study lies in defining the notion of the information and management culture of the head of a general education organisation and providing the basic recommendations for its successful improvement within the activities of a general education organisation. As a result, it has been proved that the formation and then improvement of the information and management culture of the head contributes to the development of a unified information space and the introduction of digitalisation elements in the activities of a general education organisation.

Upon an un-identified Schmidtea species from SW Romania (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae)

This paper presents the general organization of a Dugesiidae population from Dăbuleni locality (SW Romania) with emphasis on the anatomy of the copulatory apparatus. The copulatory apparatus is characterized by intermingled bursal canal musculature and two distinct penis bulbs with two large seminal vesicles. The copulatory apparatus is also characterised by the presence of an atrial fold, feature typical of Schmidtea mediterranea (Benazzi, Baguñà, Ballester, Puccinelli, Del Papa 1975). The characteristics of the copulatory apparatus of the investigated population are comparatively discussed with all the other Schmidtea species. Data on the reproductive biology are also given. The presence of Schmidtea mediterranea in SW Romania is discussed in relation with the paleogeographic evolution of land and aquatic basins of Europe. The possibility that the Schmidtea population from Dăbuleni (SW Romania) be a candidate for a new species is also considered.

An Accessible Communication System for Population-Based Genetic Testing: Development and Usability Study.

Genetic testing uptake is low, despite the well-established connection between pathogenic variants in certain cancer-linked susceptibility genes and ovarian cancer risk. Given that most major insurers cover genetic testing for those with a family history suggestive of hereditary cancer, the issue may lie in access to genetic testing. Remotely accessible web-based communication systems may improve awareness, and uptake, of genetic testing services. This study aims to present the development and formative evaluation of the multistep web-based communication system required to support the implementation of, and access to, genetic testing. While designing the multistep web-based communication system, we considered various barriers and facilitators to genetic testing, guided by dimensions of accessibility. In addition to conducting usability testing, we performed ongoing assessments focusing on the function of the web-based system and participant response rates, with the goal of continuing to make modifications to the web-based communication system as it is in use. The combined approach of usability testing and expert user experience consultation resulted in several modifications to the multistep web-based communication system, including changes that related to imagery and content, web accessibility, and general organization of the web-based system. All recommendations were made with the goal of improving the overall accessibility of the web-based communication system. A multistep web-based communication system appears to be an effective way to address many potential barriers to access, which may otherwise make genetic testing difficult for at-risk individuals to participate in. Importantly, some dimensions of access were easy to assess before study recruitment, but other aspects of the communication system required ongoing assessment during the implementation process of the Making Genetic Testing Accessible study.

Prevalence of Overweight and Obese Prepregnancy BMI and Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Using Asian-Specific Cutoffs Among Asian and Mixed-Asian Women Living in Hawaii: A Retrospective Cohort Study

IntroductionThe use of Asian-specific Body Mass Index (aBMI) cutoffs may be more appropriate than general World Health Organization BMI (gBMI) cutoffs in determining recommended gestational weight gain (GWG) for Asian women. Since aBMI cutoffs are lower than gBMI, more Asian women will be reclassified into higher aBMI categories from gBMI. The prevalence of reclassification and its impact on GWG are not known.MethodsWe utilized the electronic health records of 8886 Kaiser Permanente Hawaii members aged ≥ 18 with a singleton live birth. Prepregnancy BMI was first classified using gBMI criteria, then aBMI criteria. BMI categories were “underweight”, “normal”, “overweight” and “obese”; GWG was classified into lower (“lGWG”), met (“mGWG”), and exceed (“eGWG”) GWG per WHO recommendations. Self-reported race/ethnicity include Asian, Asian + Pacific Islander, and Asian + white. Multiple logistic regression was used to estimate adjusted odds of reclassification. The Cochran-Mantel–Haenszel test was used to evaluate associations between race/ethnicity and GWG.Results > 40% of women in each racial/ethnic group were reclassified. Asian + Pacific Islander women had significantly higher odds of being reclassified (p < .0001). In the normal gBMI and aBMI category, Asian + Pacific Islander women had the largest eGWG group. In the overweight gBMI category, Asian + Pacific Islander women had the largest eGWG group; in the overweight aBMI category, Asian + white women had the largest eGWG group.DiscussionA sizable percent of women were reclassified into higher BMI categories when aBMI was applied. Mixed-race Asian women were more likely to exceed GWG recommendations than Asian women.

Professional growth of teachers of a general education organization

The professional growth of a teacher of a general education organization as a socio-psychological phenomenon is considered. The stages of professional growth of a teacher are described. The article presents a fragment of the human resources development program of one of the educational organizations of the city of Nizhnevartovsk, as one of the key conditions affecting the construction of an individual trajectory of successful professional growth of a teacher of a general education organization. The success of professional growth as a result of joint activities depends on the existing qualities of the interacting subjects and on the existing ideas about the qualities of each other. The formation of the phenomenon of an associated professional career is carried out in the process of interaction of a wide range of determinants, for example, the consistency of the psychophysiological characteristics of people, the similarity of their styles of activity / behavior / communication, etc. of the key conditions influencing the construction of an individual trajectory of successful professional growth of a teacher of a general education organization. In conclusion, the author deduces the conditions that ensure the effectiveness of the implementation of the program for the formation and increase of the personnel potential of a general educational organization. The author comes to the conclusion that the professional growth of a teacher is a purposeful two-way process, the effectiveness of which depends on many factors.

Methodological approaches to creating conditions for successful professional growth of teachers of a general education organization

The article devoted to the actual problem of professional development of teachers of a general education organization presents a meaningful analysis of methodological approaches to creating conditions for successful professional growth of teachers of a general education organization. The approaches to the formation and development of human resources as one of the conditions contributing to the construction of an individual trajectory of successful professional growth of a school teacher are considered. The technology of team interaction of subjects of the intra-school system is disclosed. The conditions for the formation of the personnel potential of an educational organization are described. The most important task of the modern education system is the development of teaching staff. The leadership of an educational organization should be aimed at providing opportunities for professional growth and development. The choice depends on the learning objectives. Particular attention is paid to the conditions for the formation of human resources. The authors give a generalized description of these conditions. The effectiveness of the formation of personnel potential is influenced by personality. The authors propose to consider the personnel potential of an educational organization as a qualitative characteristic of the teaching staff.

Subcellular Localization Prediction of Human Proteins Using Multifeature Selection Methods.

Subcellular localization attempts to assign proteins to one of the cell compartments that performs specific biological functions. Finding the link between proteins, biological functions, and subcellular localization is an effective way to investigate the general organization of living cells in a systematic manner. However, determining the subcellular localization of proteins by traditional experimental approaches is difficult. Here, protein–protein interaction networks, functional enrichment on gene ontology and pathway, and a set of proteins having confirmed subcellular localization were applied to build prediction models for human protein subcellular localizations. To build an effective predictive model, we employed a variety of robust machine learning algorithms, including Boruta feature selection, minimum redundancy maximum relevance, Monte Carlo feature selection, and LightGBM. Then, the incremental feature selection method with random forest and support vector machine was used to discover the essential features. Furthermore, 38 key features were determined by integrating results of different feature selection methods, which may provide critical insights into the subcellular location of proteins. Their biological functions of subcellular localizations were discussed according to recent publications. In summary, our computational framework can help advance the understanding of subcellular localization prediction techniques and provide a new perspective to investigate the patterns of protein subcellular localization and their biological importance.

The anatomy of the head muscles in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): Variation in relation to phylogeny and ecology?

In limbless fossorial vertebrates such as caecilians (Gymnophiona), head-first burrowing imposes severe constraints on the morphology and overall size of the head. As such, caecilians developed a unique jaw-closing system involving the large and well-developed m. interhyoideus posterior, which is positioned in such a way that it does not significantly increase head diameter. Caecilians also possess unique muscles among amphibians. Understanding the diversity in the architecture and size of the cranial muscles may provide insights into how a typical amphibian system was adapted for a head-first burrowing lifestyle. In this study, we use dissection and non-destructive contrast-enhanced micro-computed tomography (μCT) scanning to describe and compare the cranial musculature of 13 species of caecilians. Our results show that the general organization of the head musculature is rather constant across extant caecilians. However, the early-diverging Rhinatrema bivittatum mainly relies on the 'ancestral' amphibian jaw-closing mechanism dominated by the m. adductores mandibulae, whereas other caecilians switched to the use of the derived dual jaw-closing mechanism involving the additional recruitment of the m. interhyoideus posterior. Additionally, the aquatic Typhlonectes show a greater investment in hyoid musculature than terrestrial caecilians, which is likely related to greater demands for ventilating their large lungs, and perhaps also an increased use of suction feeding. In addition to three-dimensional interactive models, our study provides the required quantitative data to permit the generation of accurate biomechanical models allowing the testing of further functional hypotheses.

The distribution of public equipments and its impact on the public service: case of the city of ammi Moussa, department of Relizane in Algeria

The city constitutes a center of human activity, and a base for a set of equipments and structures, which contribute in one way or another to the organization and creation of a population dynamic between it and surrounding centers and hence to the organization of the city itself. The needs and requirements of society vary from primary needs (education and health) to administrative, cultural and economic needs for an organized social life. Each category of needs is linked to social and economic norms, in particular the spatial characteristics, the scale of land consumption and the principles of sedentarization.This research aims to know the distribution of public equipments and its consistency with the demographic and urban growth of the city, and to show the quality of the public service of the facilities and its impact on the population, this is how the State strives to create equipment and distribute it in accordance with laws and decrees, including the theoretical equipment grid. The origin of the city of Ammi Moussa dates back to French colonialism, where it was founded as a prefecture in 1850, affiliated with the province of Oran, it is since 1984 that it has become the prefecture of the city by Relizane. The study included the different public facilities of the city, which were created and distributed under certain political, economic and social conditions, and in different periods. By comparing it with the theoretical standards of network equipment, it was found that they were incompatible, which led to an attack on the public service and the general organization of the city. , where it has experienced increasing population growth and difficulty in resisting the increasing pressure on the urban center, which contains most of the public amenities and facilities, which has caused a clear imbalance in its spatial organization. Therefore, the following question can be asked: how can the distribution of public facilities in the city play a role in the organization of its general urban space?