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Communication Gap (communication + gap)
Selected AbstractsA Study of Corporate Disclosure Practice and Effectiveness in Hong KongJOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & ACCOUNTING, Issue 1 2001Simon S. M. Ho The recent economic turmoil in Asia has led to a wider recognition of the importance of corporate transparency and disclosures in financial dealings. The objective of this study is to provide comprehensive and up-to-date evidence of current practice and perceived effectiveness of corporate disclosure of listed companies in an emerging economy,Hong Kong. The study compares the perceptions of chief financial officers (CFOs) and financial analysts about a variety of information flow, disclosure and capital market efficiency issues. It also seeks to determine whether there is a perceived need for increased financial reporting regulations and to what extent this and other alternative means might improve market functioning. While both subject groups believed that a majority of firms only adopt a conservative one-way disclosure strategy and the existence of a communication gap, analysts perceived a much higher need than CFOs for increased financial reporting regulations. Neither group thought that enhancing disclosure requirements alone would suffice to close this gap. Instead, they suggested an improvement in the quality of the communication and disclosure processes through means such as choosing more appropriate communication media, formulating a more proactive disclosure strategy, enhancing investor relationship, and voluntarily reporting more information desired by users. [source] Identifying the Gaps Between Biodefense Researchers, Public Health, and Clinical Practice in a Rural CommunityTHE JOURNAL OF RURAL HEALTH, Issue 3 2008Jessica M. Van Fleet-Green BS ABSTRACT:,Objective:It is essential for health care professionals to be prepared for a bioterrorist attack or other public health emergency. We sought to determine how well biodefense and emerging infectious disease research information was being disseminated to rural health care providers, first responders, and public health officials. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted at a federally funded research institution and a rural community in Washington state with 10 subjects, including researchers, community physicians and other health care providers, first responders, and public health officials. Results: The interviews suggest there is inadequate information dissemination regarding biodefense and emerging infectious disease research and an overall lack of preparedness for a bioterrorist event among rural clinicians and first responders. Additionally, a significant communication gap exists between public health and clinical practice regarding policies for bioterrorism and emerging infectious disease. There was, however, support and understanding for the research enterprise in bioterrorism. Conclusions: Biodefense preparedness and availability of information about emerging infectious diseases continues to be a problem. Methods for information dissemination and the relationships between public health officials and clinicians in rural communities need to be improved. [source] Sharing Ecological Knowledge: Opportunities and Barriers to UptakeBIOTROPICA, Issue 5 2009Virginie Boreux ABSTRACT Conserving tropical ecosystems is one of the foremost challenges of the 21st century. Lately, conservation efforts have focused on advancing conservation through dialogue and interaction with and among diverse stakeholders. Knowledge sharing, and specifically the transfer of scientific knowledge, can raise ecological awareness among stakeholders and is necessary to facilitate dialogue, yet the communication of tropical scientific research to local stakeholders is rarely effectively implemented. Such a communication gap potentially undermines the conservation and management of natural resources. The papers in this special section highlight the difficulties and benefits of sharing ecological knowledge, as well as the underlying reasons for why a research,implementation gap has arisen. [source] How Cadforce makes quality part of the bottom line for its distributed work teamsGLOBAL BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, Issue 2 2009Cliff Moser When state-of-the-art technology and explicit work processes could not assure the quality of its deliverables, a drafting outsourcing firm turned to other tools to bridge critical learning and communication gaps between project teams on opposite sides of the world, as well as making the client part of the quality equation. Cadforce eliminated a layer of onshore project management and clarified accountabilities for quality; made training a core part of the project work flow; and synchronized onshore and offshore work cycles through a results-oriented work environment that incorporates new media, supplemented with a "human touch," to enhance collaboration and expedite communication between teams. Cadforce also involved clients in trade-off decisions by making the cost of quality an explicit part of its pricing strategy. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source] ORGANIZATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL COMMITMENT: KNOWLEDGE WORKERS IN LARGE CORPORATIONS*JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, Issue 6 2002TAM YEUK-MUI MAY Previous discussion of knowledge work and workers tends to overlook the importance of contextual knowledge in shaping the organizational form of knowledge workers who are employees in large corporations. This paper proposes a model to understand the way knowledge base and organizational form are related to the work commitment, effort and job satisfaction of knowledge workers. The model is derived from (1) a critical examination of the market model of knowledge work organization, and (2) the results of empirical research conducted in two large corporations. We argue that contextual knowledge is important in the relationships between the corporation and knowledge workers. A dualistic model and an enclave organizational form are suggested to examine the relationships between the commitment, work effort and job satisfaction of knowledge workers. We noted from our empirical cases that enclave-like work teams enhanced the expertise and job autonomy of knowledge workers vis-à-vis management. These work teams together with the performance-based pay system, however, led to unmet job expectations including limited employee influence over decision-making and careers, and communication gaps with senior management. Under these circumstances, and in contrast to the impact of occupational commitment, organizational commitment did not contribute to work effort. The study highlights the importance of management's strategy in shaping the organizational form of knowledge work. The paper concludes by noting general implications of our study for the management of expertise and for further research. [source] An Investigation of Racial Partiality in Child Welfare Assessments of AttachmentAMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY, Issue 1 2003Betty C. Surbeck PhD Results of this quantitative study of racial partiality in 249 child welfare assessments of attachment are unsettling because Caucasian caseworkers were found to give Caucasian mothers more positive assessments than African American mothers. It was heartening to find, though, that African American caseworkers' ratings of attachment were not significantly different for African American and Caucasian mothers. There were no differences in how Caucasian caseworkers assessed attachment for African American and Caucasian foster caregivers, and only I variable differed for how African American caseworkers assessed attachment for foster caregivers. Results indicate that the impact of race on assessments of attachment is complicated and may be influenced by communication gaps and negative racial stereotypes. [source] | |||||||||||||