University of Akron

About: University of Akron is a education organization based out in Akron, Ohio, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Polymer & Polymerization. The organization has 17401 authors who have published 29127 publications receiving 702386 citations. The organization is also known as: The University of Akron.

Organizational Web Sites: Web Site Content and Style as Determinants of Organizational Attraction

Abstract: Organizational web sites have become a primary source of information for job seekers. To date, no research has attempted to determine which aspects of organizational web sites most influence job-seeker attraction to an organization. The current paper reports the results of two studies that examined how perceptions of organizational web site content (compensation, organizational culture, and training opportunities) and style (aesthetics and usability) influence organizational attraction. The present findings demonstrate that both the content and style of organizational web sites are important precursors of organizational attraction. These findings are discussed both in terms of their practical implications for designing effective recruitment web sites and their implications for future empirical work on organizational recruitment activities.

Fracture mechanics and cavitation in rubber-like solids

Abstract: Conditions for propagation of a pressurized crack within a rubber-like solid are derived in terms of the elastic properties of rubber, the fracture energyGc and the initial radiusro of the crack. A previously proposed criterion, that the critical internal pressurePc for crack growth is given by 5E/6, whereE is the tensile (Young) modulus of elasticity, is shown to be inadequate both for small cracks, when the stiffening of rubber at high strains must be taken into account, and for large cracks, when the critical degree of inflation is so small that the assumptions leading toPc=5E/6 do not apply. However, this simple criterion is found to remain a useful guide for cracks having initial radii lying in an intermediate range, such thatroE/Gc lies between about 0.0005 and 1. For representative rubber-like solids, this corresponds to the rangero=0.5 μm to 1 mm.

Religious domains and general well-being.

Abstract: With only a few notable exceptions, studies on quality of life or general well-being have failed to deal with religiosity in general, and the development of more refined measures of religious meaning and belonging in particular. Data measuring subjective perceptions of well-being for various domains of life, including neighborhood, employment, work at home, education, friends, household members, marital status, standard of living, health and religion were used to form a number of domain scales. Relationships between the multidimensional concepts of well-being and religiosity are explored and the importance of religiosity in defining well-being is tested. Religious satisfaction was found to be important for general life satisfaction and existential well-being. Among the eight indicators and scales of religiosity, various combinations of religious satisfaction, frequency of prayer, prayer experience, and relationship with God, were important predictors of general life satisfaction, existential well-being, and overall happiness. Under no circumstance did any measure of religosity contribute to negative affect.

Assessing Women's Feminist Identity Development: Studies of Convergent, Discriminant, and Structural Validity

Abstract: Researchers have called for increasing sophistication in the assessment of women's feminist identity development (Enns & Hackett, 1990; Hackett, Enns, & Zetzer, 1992) to understand important psychological processes. This series of studies examined recent efforts to operationalize Downing and Roush's (1985) model of feminist identity development. Specifically, the psychometric properties of two existing measures—the Feminist Identity Development Scale (Bargad & Hyde, 1991) and the Feminist Identity Scale (Rickard, 1987)—were examined in two studies with separate samples of women (total N = 486). Results of Study 1 indicated the strengths and significant limitations associated with each scale (e.g., low internal consistency for some subscales, item-subscale inconsistency). A composite measure (derived from these scales) with better overall psychometric properties is described. In Study 2, we found good support for the composite instrument's internal consistency, as well as convergent, discriminant, and fact...