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Research methods in the social sciences

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Formative Versus Reflective Indicators in Organizational Measure Development: A Comparison and Empirical Illustration

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison between scale development and index construction procedures is made to trace the implications of adopting a reflective versus formative perspective when creating multi-item measures for organizational research.
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Making sense of implementation theories, models and frameworks

TL;DR: A taxonomy that distinguishes between different categories of theories, models and frameworks in implementation science is proposed to facilitate appropriate selection and application of relevant approaches in implementation research and practice and to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue among implementation researchers.
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Mode of questionnaire administration can have serious effects on data quality

TL;DR: The biasing effects of mode of questionnaire administration has important implications for research methodology, the validity of the results of research, and for the soundness of public policy developed from evidence using questionnaire-based research.
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Research dilemmas: Paradigms, methods and methodology

TL;DR: Mackenzie and Knipe as discussed by the authors discuss issues faced by early career researchers, including the dichotomy which many research textbooks and journal articles create and perpetuate between qualitative and quantitative research methodology despite considerable literature to support the use of mixed methods.
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Internet addiction: a systematic review of epidemiological research for the last decade.

TL;DR: The results indicate that a number of core symptoms of Internet addiction appear relevant for diagnosis, which assimilates Internet addiction and other addictive disorders and also differentiates them, implying a conceptualisation as syndrome with similar etiology and components, but different expressions of addictions.
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Practical and scholarly implications of information behaviour research: a pilot study of research literature

TL;DR: A content analysis of 30 randomly selected refereed research papers on information behaviour published between 2008 and 2012 in the U.S. and Canada found that the impact of information behaviour research encompasses a range of areas.
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Financial sustainability of the water sector in the Sultanate of Oman

TL;DR: In this article, a study was carried out to determine how to achieve financial sustainability in the water sector in the Sultanate of Oman, based on three main issues, improving the water tariff structure, the role of the customer and his expectation to increase the chance of financial sustainability.
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Response strategies of Supermarkets in Nairobi central business District to competition

Lewis Bore
TL;DR: In this paper, a census study was conducted to establish the various response strategies that Supermarkets within the Nairobi Central Business District (NCBD) adopt to address the issue and effects of competition in their industry.

Strategic Cyber-Risk Implications of Cloud Technology Adoption in the U.S. Financial Services Sector

TL;DR: Arowolo et al. as discussed by the authors evaluated the cyber-risk implications of cloud-computing adoption in the U.S. financial services sector using a combination of diffusion of innovation theory and technology-organization environment framework as the foundation, a predictive cybersecurity model was developed to determine the factors that influence the intent to adopt cloud computing in this sector.

AFRICOM's Impact on International and Human Security: A Case Study of Tanzania

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of the U.S. Combatant Command for Africa (AFRICOM) on Tanzanian national security policy is investigated. And the authors find that AFRICOM is more of a traditional combatant command than the whole of government command articulated at its inception and primarily emphasizes military-to-military partner capacity building.