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2021-October-27-Etsu To Celebrate A Return To Fall Homecoming For 2021, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Oct. 27, 2021) – After the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizers to push the 2020-21 academic year Homecoming to spring 2021, East Tennessee State University students and alumni alike are thrilled to have the opportunity to celebrate Homecoming in the fall semester once again.

“I think this Homecoming, coming back from a COVID spring Homecoming, is so exciting for everyone! Students are more eager to get involved and have a sense of normalcy since we have missed out on so many other opportunities,” said Sadie King, Student Government Association secretary of state. “I am so happy that everyone is …

Driving Health Care Results With Authenticity, Kindness, And Vulnerability: A New Model Of Authentic Leadership, John D. Couris

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Current management scholars have defined authentic leadership as consisting of four dimensions: relational transparency, self-awareness, balanced processing, and internalized moral perspective. This research extends the concept of authentic leadership to include kindness and vulnerability. I created two scales to measure kindness and vulnerability within the context of leadership and used them to examine perceptions of authentic leadership and its impact on three organizational outcomes: trust in one’s leader, work engagement, and psychological safety. Using a two-group, pretest-posttest experimental design, 44 Tampa General Hospital managers were either selected to participate in a four-hour authentic leadership training that included instruction on kindness …

The State Of The Hospitality Industry 2021 Employment Report: Covid-19 Labor Force Legacy, Robertico R. Croes, Kelly Semrad, Manuel A. Rivera

Dick Pope Sr. Institute Publications

The purpose of this study is to investigate the COVID-19 pandemic's ongoing impact on the U.S. hospitality industry. The report details the primary economic issues the industry faces as well as provides a unique workforce analysis that anticipates continued labor shortages as the country moves towards an endemic. The research was conducted using a national survey with almost 1,000 U.S. hospitality workers. The survey includes questions pertaining to COVID-19 related hospitality employee topics such as: the impact COVID-19 had on hospitality jobs, employees' intentions to leave the industry, employees likelihood to accept or look for a hospitality job, employees' perceived …

The Longitudinal Effects Of A Family And Sleep Supportive Intervention On Service Member Anger And Resilience, Shalene Joyce Allen

Dissertations and Theses

The vast majority of workplace intervention research on employee anger and resilience primarily focuses on individual-level strategies for mitigating employee anger and resilience outcomes in the workplace, with no studies having examined these outcomes with tangible occupational health interventions utilizing organizational-level techniques. Thus, the current study extends the literature on how to provide improvements in employee anger and resilience using higher system and organizational change mechanisms by providing evidence-based support for the effectiveness of a Total Worker Health® intervention, referred to as the Family and Sleep Supportive Intervention Training (FaSST). This approach employs both health protection and health promotion strategies …

A Test Of Expectancy Theory And Demographic Characteristics As Predictors Of Faking And Honesty In Employment Interviews, Jordan L. Ho, Deborah Powell

Personnel Assessment and Decisions

Job applicants vary in the extent to which they fake or stay honest in employment interviews, yet the contextual and demographic factors underlying these behaviors are unclear. To help answer this question, we drew on Ellingson and McFarland’s (2011) framework of faking based in valence-instrumentality-expectancy theory. Study 1 collected normative data and established baseline distributions for instrumentality-expectancy beliefs from a Canadian municipality. Results indicated that most respondents had low levels of instrumentality-expectancy beliefs for faking, but high levels for honesty. Moreover, income, education, and age were antecedents of instrumentality-expectancy beliefs. Study 2 extended these findings with a United States sample …

An Investigation Of Interviewer Note Taking In The Field, Jacob S. Fischer, James Breaugh

Personnel Assessment and Decisions

Although a key component of a structured interview is note taking, relatively few studies have investigated the effects of note taking. To address this lack of research, we conducted a study that examined the effects of note taking in a work setting. As predicted, we found that the total number of notes taken by interviewers and the level of detail of these notes were positively related to the ratings these interviewers gave to job applicants, that interviewer ratings of applicants who were hired were predictive of their job performance ratings, and that interviewer ratings mediated the relationships between note taking …

Scientific, Legal, And Ethical Concerns About Ai-Based Personnel Selection Tools: A Call To Action, Nancy T. Tippins, Frederick L. Oswald, S. Morton Mcphail

Personnel Assessment and Decisions

Organizations are increasingly turning toward personnel selection tools that rely on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and machine learning algorithms that, together, intend to predict the future success of employees better than traditional tools. These new forms of assessment include online games, video-based interviews, and big data pulled from many sources, including test responses, test-taking behavior, applications, resumes, and social media. Speedy processing, lower costs, convenient access, and applicant engagement are often and rightfully cited as the practical advantages for using these selection tools. At the same time, however, these tools raise serious concerns about their effectiveness in terms of their …

2021-October-26-Enjoy Retirement, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Congratulations to the following members of the East Tennessee State University family who retired in October.  Thank you for your service!

Wilsie Sue Bishop – Senior Vice President for Academics and Interim Provost, Office of the Provost, 43 years of service

Keith Davenport – Business Manager, Information Technology Services, six years of service

Beth Ann Trinkle – Patient Care Specialist, ETSU Health Family Physicians Bristol, 17 years of service

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Published October 26, 2021, as part of the Accent email newsletter for faculty and staff.

2021-October-26-Etsu's Accp Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Team Tops In Tennessee, Nation, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Gatton's ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge Team

The team consists of Dr. Kelly Covert, coach and assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice; Morgan Thomas (’23); Gabe Thompson (’22); and Kaitlyn Phillips (’22).

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 26, 2021) — A team of student pharmacists at East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy recently demonstrated state and national success in an academic competition that included more than 100 other pharmacy school teams across the country.

Gatton College of Pharmacy’s team competed in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s (ACCP) Clinical Pharmacy Challenge, a “quiz bowl” format held virtually this year due …

2021-October-26-Public Health Hosts Lecture On Gross National Happiness By Dasho Karma Ura, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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Dasho Karma Ura

JOHNSON CITY (Oct. 26, 2021) – East Tennessee State University’s College of Public Health is hosting a lecture about Gross National Happiness, featuring Dasho Karma Ura, president of the Centre for Bhutan Studies.

The webinar, which is part of the college’s Leading Voices in Public Health lecture series, will be held on Thursday, Nov. 4 at noon ET. The lecture will be presented via Zoom and is free and open to the public. A link …

2021-October-26-Strike Up The Band, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – (Oct. 26, 2021) East Tennessee State University will host one of 22 Bands of America Regional Championships held across the nation this fall. The event will take place Oct. 30 in the ETSU Ballad Health Athletic Center (Mini Dome).

The box office opens at 10:15 a.m., and gates will open at 10:45 a.m. Sixteen of the top bands in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida will compete throughout the day, and the top 12 bands will advance to finals in the evening. ETSU’s Marching Bucs will perform their 2021 halftime show in exhibition at …

2021-October-26-Going Places, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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Dr. Carlos Gabriel Martel Gora is a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Biological Sciences. He was previously a postdoctoral researcher at Pontifica Universidad Catouca del Peru. He holds a doctoral degree in natural sciences from the University of Ulm in Germany.

Alexander Kemp is an assistant men’s track and cross-country coach in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics after serving as an assistant coach at Frostburg State University. He holds an M.S. in sports administration from Eastern Illinois University. 

Laura Leon is a patient care representative with the Johnson City Community Health Center.

Angela “Jo” Marich-Miller is a custodian with …

Evolution Of Publications, Subjects, And Co-Authorships In Network-On-Chip Research From A Complex Network Perspective, Weilong Chen, Xiaohang Wang, Ye Sun, Qiao Hu, Letian Huang, Yingtao Jiang, Amit Kumar Singh, Terrence Mak, Mei Yang

College of Engineering Faculty Research

The academia and industry have been pursuing network-on-chip (NoC) related research since two decades ago when there was an urgency to respond to the scaling and technological challenges imposed on intra-chip communication in SoC designs. Like any other research topic, NoC inevitably goes through its life cycle: A. it started up (2000-2007) and quickly gained traction in its own right; B. it then entered the phase of growth and shakeout (2008-2013) with the research outcomes peaked in 2010 and remained high for another four/five years; C. NoC research was considered mature and stable (2014-2020), with signs showing a steady slowdown. …

Implementation And Outcomes Of Complementary Therapies In Hospice Care: An Integrative Review, Catherine Dingley, Angela Ruckdeschel, Keshia Kotula, Nirmala Lekhak

Nursing Faculty Research

Complementary therapies are increasingly integrated into hospice care, emphasizing the need to examine the evidence regarding implementation and effects on end-of-life outcomes. This review synthesizes the evidence regarding the implementation of complementary therapies and effects on end-of-life outcomes in hospice care. Whittemore and Knafl’s five-step integrative review process was applied. Using predefined search terms, research-based articles between 2006 and 2020 were reviewed. Twenty-three quantitative/mixed method studies conducted across eight countries met the final review criteria. Most commonly used complementary therapies were music, biofield therapies (reiki, therapeutic touch), and massage therapy. Most studies reported significant findings on physical symptoms (pain, dyspnea, …

Informing Complexity: The Business Case For Managing Digital Twins Of Complex Process Facilities As A Valuable Asset, William Randell Mcnair

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Digital Twins of complex facilities, specifically 3D models created during their design, is a potentially valuable information asset. This three- article dissertation explores the business case for firms in the petrochemical process industry to manage throughout the facility lifecycle. A maturity model is provided to illustrate the stages of digital twin evolution and serves as a tool to help communicate each of the five levels of digital twin maturity achievable in various use cases. An industry analysis reviews existing literature and proposes a model to assess informing or insight value of digital twins from three perspectives. Next, an empirical …

Residential Curbside Recycle Context Analysis, Ntchanang Mpafe

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Curbside recycling as a preferred mode of residential and municipal sustainability goals seems to have an overwhelming acceptance and adoption in the US. About 69.8 million out of 97.3 million (72%) single-family households in the United States have access to curbside recycling services (State of Curbside Recycling Report, 2020). Collectively, the programs divert about nine million tons of recyclables from landfill disposal each year (Cottom, 2019).

For a design that started in the 1980s in the US, its rapid universal adoption seems to have precluded a concerted effort in examining the coproduced nature (Households: service receptors and Municipalities: service providers) …

Branding Kidfluencers: Regulating Content And Advertising On Youtube, Gavin Feller, Benjamin Burroughs

Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies Faculty Research

This paper analyzes emerging shifts in YouTube, advertising, and children’s digital media industries through a case study of Pocket Watch, a digital-first production and distribution studio built exclusively for YouTube child stars. Our analysis reveals the company’s strategic use of legacy media industry power, networks, and expertise to transform YouTube stars into global brands through the creation of toy, clothing, and lifestyle product lines across several industries. We further argue that Pocket Watch’s newly formed advertising division, Clock Work, exploits its child partners through problematic native advertising and host selling practices. The strategies implemented by Pocket Watch and other similar …

2021-October-25-Ballad Health, Etsu Combine To Create Appalachian Highlands Center For Nursing Advancement, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 25, 2021) – Ballad Health announced it has committed a $10 million investment to create the Appalachian Highlands Center for Nursing Advancement at East Tennessee State University.  

The Center will be dedicated to bringing nursing, business, liberal arts, education and other academic and support programs together to increase the pipeline of opportunity and augment the supply of nurses and nursing support in the Appalachian Highlands.

The Center will develop partnerships with other colleges and universities, such as Emory & Henry College, Milligan University, Northeast State Community College, Tusculum University and the University of Virginia’s College at …

2021-October-25-Guest Artist Recital: Christian Howes, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 25, 2021) – Violinist, educator and composer Christian Howes will perform in a Guest Artist Recital at East Tennessee State University on Friday, Oct. 29.

His performance, sponsored by the ETSU Department of Music, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Powell Recital Hall of the Martin Center for the Arts.

The concert will feature original compositions by ETSU jazz piano faculty member Michael Jefry Stevens, who will also perform along with Howes.

Howes was voted No. 1 in the Downbeat Critics Poll (“Rising Stars/Violin”), named among the top three jazz violinists in the JazzTimes critics …

Analyzing The Effect Of Delta Airlines' Fleet Upgrade On Operations At Atlanta-Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, Carlos Alberto Castro, Shlok Misra

Publications

Commercial aviation has seen a growth in terms of passengers traveled and flights operated in the past decade (BTS, 2020). To cope up with this growth, airlines adopt various strategies such as network expansion and fleet upgrades. Airlines adopt fleet upgrade strategies to modernize their fleet, reduce costs, expand network coverage, and improve customer loyalty and experience. Research suggests that change in wake turbulence categorization and aircraft performance can directly impact the movements and delays at an airport. For this study, Delta Airline's fleet upgrade program and its effect on operating parameters at Atlanta-Hartsfield Jackson International Airport were analyzed. The …

Synergistic Effect Of R&D And Exports On Performance In Us Manufacturing Industries: High-Tech Vs Low-Tech, Jooh Lee, He-Boong Kwon

Rohrer College of Business Departmental Research

This study demonstrates the significant and positive effect of R&D and export strategy/activity on the economic performance of leading US manufacturing firms, particularly on their market-based performance (i.e. sustained growth rate or SGR). Furthermore, this study finds that the synergistic effect of R&D and exports on short-term performance (i.e. return on investment) is positive in high-tech firms but negative in low-tech firms. However, the synergistic effect on SGR is increasingly positive regardless of the level of technology. This study aims to explore the strategic impact of R&D and export activity on the diverse dimensions of US manufacturing firms’ performance. It …

Challenges To Maintaining Student Engagement And Student Organizations Activities Faced By Advisors In The Uncertain Environment Of Covid-19., Charlene Baillieul, Cindy L. Crowder

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

Background: Interviews were conducted with Career and Technical Education Student Organizations (CTSOs) advisors from secondary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Purpose: The purpose was to discover the impact COVID-19 pandemic had on CTSO advisors’ personal views and lived experiences. Method: Researchers followed a constant comparative methodology, analyzing the interview transcripts for interconnectivity of the experiences by independently coding data employing open and axial coding techniques and identifying emerging themes. Discussion: The short-term effects of the pandemic were related to access and adequate technology, apathy in both students and advisors, and administrative support. More research will need to be conducted on …

Engagement Under Pressure: The Impact Of Identity On Engagement During Times Of Crisis, E. Kobena Osam, Nicole Dillard, Dennia Palmer

Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development

Background: Whether it is by creating the conditions that lead to maximizing human capital or the outcomes of productivity, increased performance and work ethic (Karatepe & Olugbade, 2016; Zhong et al., 2015), employee engagement has consistently been linked to workforce development. However, this past year we saw this relationship challenged due to the global pandemic of COVID-19. Additionally, amid COVID-19 a second pandemic of racial injustice created twin crises that further complicated the experiences of employee engagement in the workforce. Purpose: As such, the purpose of this study was to explore how identity-based, qualitative research can provide insight to engagement …

Board Of Trustees Minutes, Oct. 22 2021, Indiana State University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees

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Lindenwood’S Top Business Students Selected For Regional Business Council Mentor Program, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Transcending Ball And Ballin': Connecting The Jordan Brand And College Football Fans, C. K. Harrison, K. Babiak, Jacob K. Tingle, J. Dickens, W. Griffin, S. Bukstein

School of Business Faculty Research

Michael Jordan is considered by many to be not only the greatest basketball player, but also the greatest athlete of all time. Fans, sports analysts, and former and current players profess feelings of awe when recollecting his elite performance on the basketball court and when discussing his mystique off the court. Air Jordan, the brand bearing Jordan’s name, image, and likeness, is one of Nike’s most successful business units, and yet has received very little attention in the existing literature. Recently, the athletic departments of four large Division I universities have attempted to leverage the connection between Air Jordan and …

Improvement Of Professional Activity Of Students Of Physical Education Faculties By Means Of Basic Gymnastics, Sultanbek Mukhidovich Toylibaev

Eurasian Journal of Sport Science

Purpose: Improvement of the educational process, professional activity and training of students of the faculties of physical education by means of basic gymnastics .

Methods: Theoretical analysis and generalization of pedagogical and scientific literature data, questionnaires, study of observation results, pedagogical experiment, pedagogical observation, pedagogical testing, mathematical statistics. The obtained data were processed using generally accepted methods of mathematical statistics set out in the special literature in a number of manuals, which provides for the calculation of the following indicators: arithmetic mean; mean square deviation; reliability of differences by Student; average error. The reliability of the differences was considered significant …

Wayfair Sales Tax Nexus: An Illustrative Case Study Of Data Analytics And Data Visualization In An Introductory Tax Course, David Horn, Jacob Enger

The North American Accounting Studies

Data analytics and data visualization technologies are changing the skills needed for future tax accountants. Higher education accrediting bodies have recognized the need for incorporating data analytics and emerging technologies into the curriculum of business schools and accounting programs to meet these changing needs. This paper presents a case study developed to accommodate the need for accounting faculty to incorporate data analytics and data visualization technology into an undergraduate tax course. The case study focuses on the impact of the sales tax economic nexus standards established by the U.S. Supreme Court in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Students must …

Increasing Retention For At-Risk Students, Kc Rakow, Pamela M. Schwer

The North American Accounting Studies

Recognizing both the growing debate on whether the return on investment of a college degree is worth it or not along with the many obstacles that face at-risk students – underrepresented minorities, first-generation college students, and students on Pell grants – we employ a process to attract and retain at-risk students in the accounting program. Our three-pronged approach creates an environment in which the students are not only more informed about the accounting profession but better prepared to be successful once entering the profession. Our efforts proved to be successful, and more importantly, can be utilized and improved by other …

2021-October-21-Sga Fall 2021 Concert, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Updated Oct. 21, 2021) – East Tennessee State University welcomes All Time Low and Swae Lee for the Student Government Association Fall 2021 Outdoor Concert on Monday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m.

Originally planned to take place outdoors, this concert will be held at Freedom Hall Civic Center, with gates opening at 6 p.m. Masks will be required for entry. ETSU requires the use of face coverings indoors for everyone (both …