Suffolk University

About: Suffolk University is a education organization based out in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Sugar beet. The organization has 6462 authors who have published 9321 publications receiving 235328 citations.

Stakeholder Collaboration: Implications for Stakeholder Theory and Practice

Abstract: relationships within these social partnerships Social part? nerships are collectivities of organizations that come together to solve "messy problems" that cannot typically be solved by an organization acting alone Such partner? ships represent "social problem-solving mechanisms among organizations from more than one economic sector" (Waddock 1989, p 79) As an illustrative example, con? sider how the advent of "green" and environmentally friendly products involves the collaboration of organiza? tions across public and private sectors to develop new technologies for the benefit of society These organizations include investors, suppliers, legislators, government agen? cies, environmentalists, retailers, the media, special interest groups, and local, state, and federal governments, among others (see Mendelson and Polonsky 1995; Polonsky 1995; Stafford and Hartman 1996) Similar examples include the development of biotechnology products, satellite cable TV, and the introduction of the electric car (see Cooper 2000) In other words, multi-sector collaborations present far reaching implications throughout industry supply chains New technologies and/or whole industries emerge and firms in the commercial sector create new products for new markets Interorganizational collaboration has been extolled as desirable and even necessary for achieving competitive advance among business organizations (Powell et al 1996; Stuart 2000) Collaboration among firms enables them to pool resources, capitalize on complementary capabilities, achieve economies of scale, and enhance innovativeness Additionally, networks with high closure (Burt 2004; Coleman 1988) because of their extensive interconnections facilitate the exchange of information and the development of common norms among partners, which has a long-term, positive effect on performance (Soda et al 2004) Similar advantages of interorganizational collaboration accrue to partners in not-for-profit and cross-sectoral partnerships (Gray 1989; Huxham 1996; Huxham and Vangen 2005; Provan and Milward 1995; Shortell et al 2002) Three general factors motivate organizations to seek cross sectoral partners (Gray 1989; Huxham 1996) First, col? laboration allows an organization to achieve something that could not be accomplished in any other way Second, collaboration helps organizations tackle social or macro environmental problems, which cannot be solved by any single organization acting alone, ie, the essential reason for social partnerships Third, organizations may gain an adaptive advantage through collaboration That is, organi? zations may engage in collaboration as an adaptive G T Savage (E) Management, Information Systems, and Quantitative Methods Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, BEC 319F, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-4460, USA e-mail: gsavage@uabedu

Parental Rejection Following Sexual Orientation Disclosure: Impact on Internalized Homophobia, Social Support, and Mental Health.

Abstract: Sexual minority individuals face unique stressors because of their sexual identity. We explored associations between parental reactions to children's coming out, internalized homophobia (IH), social support, and mental health in a sample of 257 sexual minority adults. Path analyses revealed that higher IH and lower social support mediated the association between past parental rejection and current psychological distress. Mental health providers may benefit clients by utilizing interventions that challenge internalized stereotypes about homosexuality, increase social support, and process parental rejection, as well as focusing on how certain crucial experiences of rejection may impact clients' IH and mental health.

Invertebrates and vegetation of field margins adjacent to crops subject to contrasting herbicide regimes in the Farm Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops.

Abstract: The effects of management of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) crops on adjacent field margins were assessed for 59 maize, 66 beet and 67 spring oilseed rape sites. Fields were split into halves, one being sown with a GMHT crop and the other with the equivalent conventional non-GMHT crop. Margin vegetation was recorded in three components of the field margins. Most differences were in the tilled area, with fewer smaller effects mirroring them in the verge and boundary. In spring oilseed rape fields, the cover, flowering and seeding of plants were 25%, 44% and 39% lower, respectively, in the GMHT uncropped tilled margins. Similarly, for beet, flowering and seeding were 34% and 39% lower, respectively, in the GMHT margins. For maize, the effect was reversed, with plant cover and flowering 28% and 67% greater, respectively, in the GMHT half. Effects on butterflies mirrored these vegetation effects, with 24% fewer butterflies in margins of GMHT spring oilseed rape. The likely cause is the lower nectar supply in GMHT tilled margins and crop edges. Few large treatment differences were found for bees, gastropods or other invertebrates. Scorching of vegetation by herbicide-spray drift was on average 1.6% on verges beside conventional crops and 3.7% beside GMHT crops, the difference being significant for all three crops.

Principles of sound ecotoxicology.

Abstract: We have become progressively more concerned about the quality of some published ecotoxicology research. Others have also expressed concern. It is not uncommon for basic, but extremely important, factors to apparently be ignored. For example, exposure concentrations in laboratory experiments are sometimes not measured, and hence there is no evidence that the test organisms were actually exposed to the test substance, let alone at the stated concentrations. To try to improve the quality of ecotoxicology research, we suggest 12 basic principles that should be considered, not at the point of publication of the results, but during the experimental design. These principles range from carefully considering essential aspects of experimental design through to accurately defining the exposure, as well as unbiased analysis and reporting of the results. Although not all principles will apply to all studies, we offer these principles in the hope that they will improve the quality of the science that is available to re...