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Boosting Employee Motivation With Loving- Kindness, Jochen Reb, William Tov, Smu Office Of Research

Research@SMU Infographics

New research at SMU, conducted by Professor Jochen Reb and his collaborators, Assosiate Professor William Tov and PhD student Theodore Masters-Waage, shows that loving-kindness can increase employee motivation and cultivate a positive mental state. This can impact job performace and job satisfaction.

Understanding User Satisfaction Of Instant Messaging Usage: An Empirical Study, Wei Wang, J.J. Po-An Hsieh, Baoxiang Song

Computer Information Systems Faculty Publications

The current article examines user satisfaction with instant messaging in building and maintaining social relationships with friends, family members, and others. The research model integrates motivation theory with media capacity theories to explain how the attributes of media capacity (e.g., social presence and media richness) and users' intrinsic and extrinsic motivations toward using instant messaging influence user satisfaction. Data were collected from a sample of 247 Chinese university students via an online survey. The results suggest that perceived enjoyment, perceived social presence, and perceived usefulness are key to user satisfaction. Perceived social presence and perceived media richness are positively associated …

Foresight - "Profiles Of Success" - Fall 1999, Nova Southeastern University

Foresight Magazine

CONTENTS

• Page 3 - Leading SBE into the future: A conversation with Dean Randolph A. Pohlman
• Page 6 - Management in the next millennium: The challenges and the opportunities
• Page 8 - Motivating employees: How will managers boost employee productivity in the 21st century?
• Page 9 - Business success in the year 2000: Three entrepreneurs named to the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame discuss the principles that guide them and how they will apply them in the years ahead.
• Page 16 - Educating managers in the 21st century: The key role for business schools.
• Page 18 - Doctoral highlights
• Page 20 …

Foresight Special Edition - "A Gift Of Learning" - [1999], Nova Southeastern University

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Foresight - "Your Financial Future: Golden Egg Or Goose Egg?" - Fall 1998, Nova Southeastern University

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Foresight - "Sbe's Hall Of Fame" - Spring 1998, Nova Southeastern University

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Foresight - "Executive Education: Building Skills; Building Businesses; Adding Value" - Winter 1998, Nova Southeastern University

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Foresight - "Customer Service" - July 1997 (Vol. 3 Issue 2), Nova Southeastern University

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Foresight - "Business Education And Health Care" - March 1997 (Vol. 3 Issue 1), Nova Southeastern University

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Foresight - "Financial Adjustments: How The Banking Industry Is Adapting To A Changing Society" - September 1996 (Vol. 2 Issue 1), Nova Southeastern University

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Foresight - "Management In The Next Millennium - Fall 1995, Nova Southeastern University

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