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NEW ADVANCES IN THE SCIENCE OF DECISION MAKING:Practical and relevant research from DSI, the field's leading organizationFOR ALL DECISION MAKERS, AND ALL DECISION SCIENCE RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTSMore than 1,000 papers were submitted to the Decision Science Institute's 2015 annual conference. This book presents the 14 papers chosen as most insightful and useful.This peer-reviewed research addresses a richly diverse set of business topics, illuminating opportunities to improve decision making at strategic, tactical, and operational levels. Spanning analytics, information systems and technology, supply chain operations management, and other disciplines, these papers identify multiple opportunities for immediate and long-term performance improvement.The authors address challenges ranging from talent management to lean transformation, mobile app marketing to corporate ethics, driving change to predicting stock prices. Their work reflects both the intellectual vibrancy of the discipline of decision science and its immense practical value.Decision sciences research leads to improved decision outcomes. This volume brings together peer-reviewed papers chosen as "best of the best" by the field's leading organization, the Decision Sciences Institute. Authored by respected researchers worldwide, these papers were presented at DSI's 46th Annual Meeting in Seattle. They describe new methods and approaches in the decision sciences, with a special focus on translating theoretical impact into practical relevance to improve decision making within business, public policy, non-profit organizations, and beyond. Assess willingness to learn ERP systems based on knowledge update and other factors Exploit application integration to improve ERP's value after implementation Discover how mobile users decide whether to search for and adopt a new app Quantify links between absenteeism and hostile environment/sexual harassment Assess correlations between employee development and worker outcomes Explore perceptions of change, intentions to leave, and the role of cynicism Promote lean transformation by evolving HR performance management systems Understand how links between corporate ethical values and firm performance are mediated Bring a global sourcing perspective to issues of ethical consumption Improve quality by choosing practices with the best cultural fit Use Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and Bayesian Networks (BN) to predict diabetes Apply a comprehensive empirical framework for assessing patient care quality Promote sharing of clinical knowledge among a practice group's physicians Forecast variable impacts in S&P 500 equity prices
Contents
Foreword xiiiAcknowledgments xvAbout the Author xviiIntroduction xxiResearch Related to IT Design and UseChapter 1: Central Role of Knowledge Update in the ERP Training 1mehdi darban, hongyan liang, dong-heon (austin) kwak, and mark sriteAbstract 1Introduction 1Theoretical Background 3Expectation-Confirmation Model 4Perceived Knowledge Update 4Research Model and Hypotheses 5Method 9Discussion and Conclusion 13References 15About the Authors 19Chapter 2: An Evaluation of the Relationship Between ERP-enabled Integration and ERP Benefit 21joseph k. nwankpa and yaman roumaniAbstract 21Introduction 21Theoretical Development 23Research Model and Hypotheses Development 26Research Methods 31Discussion and Implications 38References 42Appendix A 46About the Authors 48Chapter 3: Adopter-based Determinants of Effort in Mobile App Information Search 49fengkun liu, alan a. brandyberry, mary hogue, greta polites, and tuo wangAbstract 49Background 49Research Question and Motivation 54Research Model 55Hypothesis Development 55Method 58Results 60Conclusions 64References 65About the Authors 67Human Resource Management ResearchChapter 4: Absenteeism Outcomes in Rapport with Hostile Environment:Sexual Harassment 69albi alikaj, prity patel, jacqueline mayfield and milton mayfieldAbstract 69Introduction 69Literature Review 71Effect of Hostile Environment:Sexual Harassment on Absenteeism 74Methodology 77Results 81Discussion 83Research and Managerial Implications 83Limitations and Areas for Future Research 84Conclusion 84Appendix 1: Scale Measures 84References 88About the Authors 89Chapter 5: The Rapport Between Perceived Organizational Support for Development and Worker Outcomes 91cau ngoc nguyen, jacqueline mayfield and milton mayfieldAbstract 91Introduction 91Literature Review 92Methodology 96Results 100Discussion and Conclusions 101Appendix 1 103References 105About the Authors 109Chapter 6: Employee Change Perceptions and Turnover Intentions: Is Cynicism the Culprit? 111anju mehtaAbstract 111Introduction 111Theoretical Background and Hypotheses Development 113Method 117Results 119Discussion 120Implications for Research and Practice 121Scope and Boundary Conditions 122References 123About the Author 127Chapter 7: Exploring Human Resource Management Systems and Lean Transformation 129david a. marshall and thomas j. goldsbyAbstract 129Introduction 129Theoretical Background and Hypotheses Development 130Methodology 132Discussion and Conclusion 139References 140About the Authors 144Ethics and CultureChapter 8: Corporate Ethical Values and Firm Performance 145kuo-ting hung, chanchai tangpong and jin liAbstract 145Introduction 145Theoretical Arguments and Hypotheses 146Research Methods 148Data Analyses and Results 149Discussion and Conclusion 150References 151About the Authors 153Chapter 9: A Global Sourcing Perspective of Ethical Consumption in the United States 155robert l. bregman and xiaosong (david) pengAbstract 155Introduction 155Research Foundations 156Research Proposition and Hypotheses 157Research Design 160Discussion of Results 162Conclusions and Directions for Future Research 166References 167About the Authors 170Chapter 10: Quality Management Practices Must Culturally Fit 171canchu lin and anand s. kunnathurAbstract 171Introduction 171Literature Review 172Propositions 176Conclusion 179References 180About the Authors 185Healthcare ManagementChapter 11: Predicting the Occurrence of Diabetes using Analytics 187ravi s. behara, ankur agarwal, vinaya rao, and christopher baechleAbstract 187Introduction 187Literature Review 188Model Development 190Results and Discussion 190Conclusions 192References 192About the Authors 193Chapter 12: Dimensions of Patient Care Quality: An Empirical Framework 195subhajit chakraborty and hale kaynakAbstract 195Introduction 195Literature Review 196Methods 197Results 200Discussion and Conclusions 205References 207About the Authors 210Chapter 13: Sharing Clinical Knowledge Among Physicians in the Same Specialty Practice Group 213yulong li and john loweAbstract 213Introduction 213Theoretical Development and Research Model 216Planned Research Method 220Conclusion 220References 220About the Authors 221ForecastingChapter 14: Variable Impact in S&P 500 Forecasts: 2004 to 2015 223mary malliarisAbstract 223Introduction 223Data 224Models and Results 226Discussion and Conclusions 234References 236About the Author 236Index 237
