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Autism In The Workplace, Gundars Kaupins

Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Autism is a lifelong, genetic disorder that creates communication challenges, including social-emotional reciprocity, nonverbal communicative behavior deficits, and relationship struggles; restricted or repetitive behavior patterns and interests; and sensitivity to sensory inputs.1 This disorder presents a range of conditions, known as the autism spectrum, which spans from “low-functioning” individuals, who have significant speech challenges, to “high-functioning” individuals, who can communicate but have other social and behavioral challenges; high-functioning autism has traditionally been called Asperger’s syndrome. This disorder has become more of a mainstream topic, with television shows and movies, such as The Good Doctor and Rainman, depicting characters on …

Towards A Design Space For Storytelling On The Fashion Technology Runway, Sydney Pratte, Anthony Tang, Shannon Hoover, Maria Elena Hoover, Matt Laprarie, Catherine Larose, Lora Oehlberg

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Fashion is driven by a narrative, i.e. a story or idea that the designer wants to convey to the audience. Fashion-tech now adds another dimension to this narrative through dynamically changing aspects of the garments. Many factors of presentation in a runway show affect how fashion-tech garments communicate a story to the audience. In this pictorial, we review a set of twenty-eight storytelling fashion-tech garments. We identify, catalogue, and categorize the factors designers used to convey stories to the audience from the runway. The design space consists of three levels: (1) the artifact-level, (2) the viewer-level, and (3) the context-level. …

Issue 4, Fire & Ice, Joseph Leszczynski

Thrive

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A Survey Of Barriers/Challenges To Improve Sbir Participation & Commercialization Success, Benjamin L. Berezin

Theses and Dissertations

The composition of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is changing. Within the last decade we have witnessed a decline in the percentage of new entrants, especially among Small Businesses. The Department of Defense’s base of small business participants experienced a drop of 23% from 2015-2021. New entrants provide novel capabilities and increase competition, spurring innovation essential for continued economic and military advantage. Small Businesses represent well over 40% of the Nation’s Gross Domestic Product and have vastly outpaced large firms at a magnitude of 16.5 times as many patents per small firm.

The Air Force deliberately targets funding for …

Time-Phasing Rdt&E In Air Force Acquisitions, Trevor A. Bills

Theses and Dissertations

Time-phasing describes the process of estimating expenditure profiles for multi-year RDT&E acquisition programs. The AFCAH states that one approach to producing a time-phased estimate is with the use of S-curve distributions. These S-curves are most typically modeled as Weibull, Rayleigh, or Beta distributions. Many prior studies have been completed to better understand which of the three distributions is best suited to time-phasing RDT&E programs, and what program characteristics significantly explain variance in the distributional parameters. Those prior studies utilized either contractor-supplied data or SARs, and typically found the Weibull to be the best performing distribution. This paper makes novel use …

Introvert Personality Labor: A Unique Theoretical Construct That Describes The Effects Of Introverts Existing In The Extrovert Idea, Kathleen S. Hendershott

Theses and Dissertations

The Extrovert Ideal led to a society that has a favorable bias toward extroverts. Classrooms, workplaces, and the general public have been designed with extroverts in mind. Introverts, who make up more than half the world’s population, are forced to act in extroverted ways due in part to the extrovert ideal. Previous studies indicate introvert performance declines when working with more extroverted preferences, like open offices that favor group work, but fail to discuss the acting introverts are forced to do in workplaces created for their extroverted counterparts. The purpose of this study is to present a unique theoretical construct, …

Effects Of Level Of Effort Measurement In The Application Of Earned Value Management, James M. Demos

Theses and Dissertations

Major Air Force contracts are subject to overview utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM). EVM is flexible in its application through the adherence of guidelines rather than strict rules. Due to this method, there is concern for potential abuse of application through overuse of Level of Effort (LOE) as a measurement technique. There are current recommended practices and rules of thumb that suggest LOE should be limited to 15% of a program’s budget with no quantitative research to support this claim. This study examines how LOE is currently employed in ACAT I Air Force programs and what LOE’s impact is on …

Rate Effects In Aircraft Learning Curves, Caleb J. Ahern

Theses and Dissertations

Across the Department of Defense (DoD), a wide variety of analytical tools are employed by cost analysts to estimate weapon system costs. One of the techniques widely employed by practitioners is the learning curve (LC). Although learning curves have been widely studied, using rate-adjustments or production rate effects (PRE), their usage have only intermittently been evaluated in place of using the traditional learning curve. Previous studies analyzing production rate found mixed results. This research aims to examine aircraft production data to determine if production rate model is preferrable in United States Air Force programs. Additionally, this PRE research seeks to …

Air Force Cadet To Career Field Matching Problem, Ian P. Macdonald

Theses and Dissertations

This research examines the Cadet to Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) Matching Problem (CAMP). Currently, the matching problem occurs annually at the Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) using an integer program and value focused thinking approach. This paper presents a novel method to match cadets with AFSCs using a generalized structure of the Hospitals Residents problem with special emphasis on lower quotas. This paper also examines the United States Army Matching problem and compares it to the techniques and constraints applied to solve the CAMP. The research culminates in the presentation of three algorithms created to solve the CAMP and …

Will The Reddit Rebellion Take You To The Moon? Evidence From Wallstreetbets, Ryan G. Chacon, Thibaut G. Morillon, Ruixiang Wang

School of Business

In early 2021, several stocks receiving attention from retail traders known as “meme stocks” soared in value. A primary source of information regarding these stocks is from the social media platform Reddit, specifically from a subreddit known as WallStreetBets (WSB).This paper investigates whether a simple and easily implementable trading strategy following the WallStreetBets (WSB) subreddit can produce alpha. We document no evidence this is the case. Though we do observe a positive relation between WSB submissions and abnormal trading volume, we find that a portfolio that goes long buy recommendations and short sell recommendations each day is not profitable on …

Dunites Wine Company: Digital Redesign, Alexandra Messner

Graphic Communication

This project is a digital redesign for Dunites Wine Company, a small San Luis Obispo wine brand. By improving their website usability and consistency, Dunites Wine Co. can generate excitement and awareness about their brand. The end deliverables will include photography, refreshed branding, and an updated website.

2023-March-01-Ben And Jerry's Co-Founder Speaking At Etsu Civility Week, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – East Tennessee State University will soon celebrate Civility Week, an intentional period of connection, conversation and reflection on the university community’s core values.

The event begins Thursday, March 23, and runs through Tuesday, April 4.

Among this year’s speakers is Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. His best-selling book “Ben & Jerry’s Double-Dip: How to Run a Values-Led Business and Make Money, Too,” which he wrote with fellow Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen urges a values-led business that benefits communities.

Greenfield will speak at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, at the ETSU …

2023-March-01-Etsu Will Celebrate Disability Awareness With March Event, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

East Tennessee State University will celebrate disability awareness in a special program on campus this week. 

The event is happening Friday, March 10, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the D.P. Culp Student Center Cave. 

“We are thrilled to host this event as a way to bring awareness to students on campus with differing disabilities, as well as the services available on campus and potential career paths,” said Jacy Sims, president of the Rehabilitative Health Sciences student organization. 

Several organizations will be present to highlight accessibility and share stories. The public is welcome at this free event. 

“Disability awareness is everybody’s …

2023-March-01-Etsu's Center For Cinema Hosting Events, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – The East Tennessee State University Center for Cinema will present “territoriality,” a weekend event consisting of film screenings and workshops. This marks the center’s third time employing film as a catalyst for conversation, education and action. 

On Friday, March 31, there will be three films shown at the Wallace Theatre, located at 215 E. Main St. in Johnson City, starting at 7 p.m. Jami Bennett’s “Ten by Ten,” Patrick Bresnan’s “Rabbit Hunt” and Nick Crockett’s “Timber!” will be screened. A panel discussion will follow the screenings to discuss food, place and culture. The discussion will be moderated …

2023-March-01-Etsu Trio Students Win State Competition, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – Students from East Tennessee State University’s Upward Bound have impressively captured a state competition.  

ETSU students won the Tennessee TRIO Upward Bound Scholars Bowl and will now represent the state in the Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel in late April. They will compete against state champions from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina. 

The ETSU students are:  

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  Abby Rowland (Dobyns-Bennett High and captain)  
• Hope Conover (Hampton High)
• Cooper Curtis (Sullivan East High)
• Simon Eller (Hampton High)
• Aidan Lambert (Hampton High)  
• Tori Casbeer (Hampton High)
• Logan Brochu (Hampton High)  
• Diego Gomes-Ramos (Sullivan …

2023-March-01-Go Beyond Project Earth, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

For more than a decade, the ETSU-Eastman Valleybrook Campus has been home to pioneering public health programs that were featured in a national journal, Wildnerness & Environmental Medicine.

The ETSU-Eastman Valleybrook campus, located on Pickens Road in Kingsport, houses the ETSU College of Public Health’s nationally award-winning Project EARTH curriculum and the Niswonger VILLAGE, the only public health simulation lab of its kind in the country that replicates how people live and work in low-resource settings. 

“When you think of higher education, you think of classrooms and office spaces,” said Harrison Ihrig, a graduate student in the ETSU …

2023-March-01-Etsu's Cybersecurity Team Achieving Success, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY - For years, experts have warned that cybersecurity should be taken seriously. East Tennessee State University students are doing just that.
 
The university’s cybersecurity team has earned a prestigious honor, placing third in the regional round of the 2023 Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The competition featured 33 teams, with only the top eight moving to the regional round.

ETSU's cybersecurity team

“Compliments to Dr. Biju Bajracharya and the team for their success to date. ETSU’s cybersecurity program is preparing students to meet the demands of the contemporary business environment and help organizations secure their valuable resources,” said …

2023-March-01-Meet Ethel Ngene, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

“I’m very invested in rural health, in underserved populations, because I, for one, came from that background,” said Ethel Akuabata Ngene, who found what she was looking for at ETSU’s Gatton College of Pharmacy. “They are very invested in rural education and making sure that we are prepared to take up the challenges involved as pharmacists in rural environments or underserved populations.”

Ngene grew up in the small village of Akwuke, Nigeria, and was inspired by the dedication and sacrifice of her widowed mother, who went back to school to earn a bachelor’s degree and became a teacher to provide …

2023-March-01-In All She Does- Positivity, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – A partnership with Taylor Swift. Producing street art for Super Bowl 2020. Crafting murals and launching a viral #WhatLiftsYou social media campaign following the devastating school shooting in Parkland, Florida.   

Kelsey Montague, one of the best-known illustrators in the world, has taken her creative craft across the globe.  

Add East Tennessee State University and Johnson City to her portfolio.  

Montague finished painting a mural at the university earlier this week. Located near the Ballad Health Athletic Center (Mini-Dome) and the parking garage, the navy and gold mural features design elements unique to both ETSU and the region: …

Is That An Opportunity?: Global Versus Local Processing Of Technological And Socioeconomic Constraints, Eric Shaunn Mattingly, Manju K. Ajuja, Andrew S. Manikas, Trayan N. Kushev

Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Opportunity beliefs lead entrepreneurs to explore or walk away from opportunities. The dominant process for explaining opportunity beliefs is structural alignment theory’s analogical problem solving of information. Information can be conceptualized according to its structure with some information presented as separate pieces of information (local) and others as aggregated information (global). We conducted an experiment with 116 upper-level managers and engineers, and found that structural and procedural similarities between technologies and socioeconomic conditions of markets drive opportunity beliefs. We found that the constraining effects of technological and socioeconomic differences on opportunity beliefs are contingent on individuals’ global versus local processing.

The Semiconductor Industry: A Revolutionary Market In America, Manuel Reyes-Loya, Cecilia Cuellar

Hibbs Brief

In this issue of the Hibbs Brief, we discuss current and expected aspects associated with the semiconductor industry in the world and the United States. Also, we provide reasons why we believe this industry could become a great economic development opportunity for East Texas.

El Vínculo Entre La Literatura Y La Buena Publicidad En Varios Anuncios Del Mundo Hispanohablante (2017 - 2022), Carter Kane

World Languages and Cultures Student Papers and Posters

El anunciante más conocido en todo el país de España, cuyo nombre es Luis Bassat, es el fundador de la agencia más prestigiosa Ogilvy España. Bassat escribió el Libro Rojo de la Publicidad, una guía de la disciplina publicitaria que resume todo de lo que Bassat ha aprendido a través de su carrera distinguida de más de 47 años. Asimismo de muchos otros temas, este libro denota 10 consejos a los anunciantes del día actual para mantener la buena publicidad. Este ensayo va a utilizar esos consejos como una rúbrica para examinar el uso de la literatura en la creación …

A Cross-Cultural Analysis Of Ridesharing Intentions And Compliance With Covid-19 Health Guidelines: The Roles Of Social Trust, Fear Of Covid-19, And Trust-In-God, Md Nazmus Sakib, Fuad Hasan, Md Al-Emran, Reto Felix

Marketing Faculty Publications

Ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft have been substantially affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on social capital theory, the current research investigates how social trust relates to three types of trust in compliance with COVID-19 guidelines and consumers' ridesharing intentions. Analyzing data from two economically and culturally distinct countries, the results suggest that social trust positively affects trust in platform companies' compliance with COVID-19 guidelines (TPC), but not (or to a lesser extent) trust in drivers' (TDC) and other riders (TRC) compliance with COVID-19 guidelines in both the United States and Bangladesh. Importantly, TPC, TDC, and TRC …

Rethinking The "Phillips Curve" In Nigeria: Assessing The Unemployment-Inflation Nexus In A Non-Linear Framework, Oba Efayema Obukohwo, Hilda Enoh Olele

Bullion

The need to boost economic growth through policies that will simultaneously enhance employment and price stability cannot be overemphasized for a developing economy like Nigeria. This study thus seeks to ascertain the nexus between unemployment and inflation in Nigeria utilizing unemployment, and other control variables between 1980 and 2020 within a nonlinear framework, the study invalidated the inverse relationship. The study thus proposed that government should formulate and implement policies that will stimulate growth through an unemployment-inflation decelerating trajectory.

Multi-Resolution Analysis With Visualization To Determine Network Attack Patterns, Dong Hyun Jeong, Bong Keun Jeong, Soo Yeon Ji

Management and Decision Sciences

Analyzing network traffic activities is imperative in network security to detect attack patterns. Due to the complex nature of network traffic event activities caused by continuously changing computing environments and software applications, identifying the patterns is one of the challenging research topics. This study focuses on analyzing the effectiveness of integrating Multi-Resolution Analysis (MRA) and visualization in identifying the attack patterns of network traffic activities. In detail, a Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) is utilized to extract features from network traffic data and investigate their capability of identifying attacks. For extracting features, various sliding windows and step sizes are tested. Then, …

Positioning, Articulating, And Crafting Conceptual Articles On Entrepreneurship, James J. Chrisman, Chevy-Hanqing Fang, Lloyd Steier

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Conceptual Articles Are Important for Theory Building but the Special Challenges of Developing Conceptual Articles on Entrepreneurship Has Not Been Fully Considered. We Begin to Fill This Gap by Discussing the Nature of Conceptual Articles on Entrepreneurship, Particularly Those Geared for Publication in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. We Introduce Three Dimensions of the Entrepreneurship Discipline—uniqueness, Relevance, and Multiplicity—and Discuss How They Can Affect the Positioning of Conceptual Articles and the Articulation of their Contribution. We Also Enumerate Some Basic Principles for Crafting Good Conceptual Articles and Present Guidelines based on Our Discussion.

Forging Ahead: Highlights From The 2023 Asma Conference, Marshall Magnusen

Journal of Applied Sport Management

The 2023 Applied Sport Management Association conference took place in Birmingham, Alabama and saw 200 attendees converge on the city to enjoy sport venues, research, and fellowship. It was hosted by Samford University under the direction of Dr. Patrick Marsh and his incredible students. Several highlights from the most recent conference are included in this article.

Building Upon The Foundation: Mentoring And Service In The Applied Sport Management Association, Jeffrey C. Petersen

Journal of Applied Sport Management

The Applied Sport Management Association’s Distinguished Service & Mentorship Award was initiated in 2022 as a renaming and repurposing of the ASMA Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award presented from 2009 to 2020. This service and mentorship award recognizes an ASMA member who has exhibited continued, exemplary service to ASMA, who connects sport management research with practitioners in an applied manner, and who demonstrates dedication to students and mentorship within the ASMA. Recipients of this award provide a keynote address to the ASMA membership at the annual conference. The content of this address is published in the Journal of Applied Sport Management …

Pakistan's Economy Under Musharraf, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

Economic achievements during President Musharraf's regime are often dismissed outright due to abhorrence of military rule, the imposition of emergency in 2007, Pakistan's involvement in the Afghanistan war, open tussle with the judiciary, and the quest to get elected in uniform. This article is an attempt to provide a first-hand, data-driven account of the economic record of the period 2000-2008, covering macroeconomic stabilization through IMF arrangements, debt re-profiling through Paris Club, aggressive privatization yielding $3 billion, financial sector reforms, fiscal consolidation, and trade liberalization that resulted in GDP growth of approximately 6.3 percent per year, poverty headcount falling from 34 …

Don't Try To Be A Superman, N. Edwin Widjornako

Asian Management Insights

N. Edwin Widjonarko, co-founder and Director of Technology of Xurya, speaks about his entrepreneurial journey in Indonesia’s solar power generation space.