An examination of daily information needs and sharing opportunities

Dearman, David; Kellar, Melanie; Truong, Khai N.

doi:10.1145/1460563.1460668

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“…These categories have been individually used by other researchers O'relly and Helen [55,57]. This action, the grouping of information behaviour dimensions, is consistent with the practice of other researchers [60][61][62].…”

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The Impact of Information Behaviour Dimensions on Decision-Making Stages: Evidence for Kuwaiti Public Organisations

Almutairi¹,

Alsarraf²

2017

J Bus Fin Aff

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to this view, organisational members 'think and act in terms of decision making ' [6].Due to the high importance of decision-making, as illustrated by the previous literature, and the fact that decisions do not only affect the organisation but also the wider society, the decision-making process has been heavily studied, and researchers such as Barrett et al. [12] argued for 'a paradigm shift in decision-making', in terms of making better decisions in response to today's challenges.A good decision, however, is not produced by chance; rather, it is the output of a highly intelligent process that includes, among others, good empirical research.However, in the research field, Nooraie [9] noted that empirical studies that focused on factors influencing the decision-making process are either limited or have produced contradictory results. In the same vein, Papadakis et al. [8] argued that in spite of the crucial role of decision-making, research has not departed significantly from the stage it was based on.Consequently, research on the decision-making process and factors affecting this process remains of great importance for both organisation theorists and management practitioners. Thus, much more empirical work is necessary before any solid conclusion can be reached.It is the purpose of this study to advance our knowledge on how to make good decisions by investigating the impact of managers' information behaviour on the decision-making process. Keywords: Information behaviour; Decision-making; Public organisations; Data analysis Introduction Decision-making is the heart of administrationThe study of decision-making is not new in the literature [1]. The root of interest goes back as far as Barnard and his book the Functions of the Executive [2]. However, the great momentum in decision-making emerged in Simon's writings. Simon [3] in his article in PAR's The Proverbs of Administrations argued that the essence of management activity is decision-making, and organisations should seek ways to improve managers' decision-making capabilities rather than trying to find the ideal organisational structure. Further, Simon [4] believed that decision-making by its nature plays a vital role in organisations; He argued '…any practical activity involves both "deciding" and "doing". Consequently, Simon took an unprecedented and important decisionmaking position when he called for a science of administration and positing decision-making as the unit of analysis in this science.In preceding years, other writers have echoed Simon interest and such view of decision-making [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. For example, Nooraie [9] argued that the world is witnessing large scale changes in all levels, which thus increases the complexity and rate of change in business environments. Therefore, there is frequently a need to make too many decisions too quickly on a range of unfamiliar problems. As a result, managers, who are already nervous in an unpredictable environment, are forced to make further decisions at an increasingly quicker pace. Similarly, Ma...

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Section: Measurementmentioning

confidence: 62%

The Impact of Information Behaviour Dimensions on Decision-Making Stages: Evidence for Kuwaiti Public Organisations

Almutairi¹,

Alsarraf²

2017

J Bus Fin Aff

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“…Some of the contextual needs that we found are covered by the topical list of information needs generated by prior work [21,6,11,3]. The larger overlap falls within the spatiotemporal category.…”

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“…Participants indicated that 72% of their reported information needs were prompted by some contextual factor. In the same year, Dearman et al [6] published the results of a 4-weeks diary study on how information needs can be supported by individuals in the social network. They found that the timeliness of the message and the trust relationship with the source of the answer were variables that participants took into account to evaluate the usefulness of the received information.…”

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Barriers and bridges in the adoption of today's mobile phone contextual services

Cherubini

Oliveira

Hiltunen

et al. 2011

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction With Mobile Devices and Services

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This paper presents ethnographic observations, a diary study and a large-scale quantitative questionnaire (n=395) designed to study the reasons for adoption and refusal of contextaware mobile applications. Through a qualitative study we identify 24 user needs that these applications fulfill and 9 barriers for adoption. We found that for many of the identified needs the end-goal is not that of receiving information, thus complementing work on mobile information needs. Also, this work offers an actionable list of obstacles that prevent contextual services to reach a larger audience. Finally, our findings suggest the opportunity to develop novel mobile applications that fulfill needs in the activity and personal contextual dimensions, and that of developing an application store for feature phones.

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Estratégias para melhorar a experiência de jogo do jogador idoso

Silva

Ishitani

2017

RBCA

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Resumo: Os idosos, uma parcela da população que tem aumentado no decorrer dos anos, estão apresentando interesse crescente por jogos digitais. Entretanto, quase não existem jogos desenvolvidos para esse público. Este trabalho baseia-se na experiência de fluxo como fator significativo a ser considerado na criação de jogos dirigidosà terceira idade. Dessa forma, o objetivoé propor estratégias para melhorar a experiência do jogador idoso. Para cumprir o objetivo foi analisada a experiência de dois grupos de idosos durante a utilização de jogos digitais por meio de diários, entrevistas, observações e questionários, baseando a metodologia na abordagem de estudo de caso e usando a teoria fundamentada e técnicas estatísticas para as análises. Os resultados indicaram que a experiência de fluxoé importante para os jogadores idosos e permitiram identificar dois novos elementos considerados significativos, além de confirmar a importância da Teoria da Diversão para este público. As principais contribuições são possibilitar a criação de jogos voltados para a terceira idade capazes de aumentar qualitativamente e quantitativamente experiências como a diversão e o envolvimento, e permitir-lhes o contato com uma opção de lazer, aprendizado e de aproximação com a tecnologia.Palavras-chave: Experiência de fluxo. Fluxo. Idosos. Jogos digitais. Terceira idade. Abstract:The elderly, which is a group of people that has been worldwide growing over the years, have been showing interest in digital games, though there are hardly any games developed for them. This work is based on the flow of experience as a significant factor to be considered in creating games aimed at them. Thus, the goal is to propose strategies for enhancing the experience of the old player. In order to fulfill this objective we analyzed the experience of two groups of elderly people when using digital games, through diaries, interviews, observations and questionnaires, based on the case study methodology and by using grounded theory and statistical analysis. The results indicated that the flow experience is important for the older players, elicited two newly significant elements and found the importance of Fun Theory for this audience. The main contributions are to enable the design of games focused on old people and able to increase qualitatively and quantitatively experiences like fun and involvement, besides being an option for leisure, learning and promoting the use of technology.

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An examination of daily information needs and sharing opportunities

Cited by 56 publications

References 26 publications

The Impact of Information Behaviour Dimensions on Decision-Making Stages: Evidence for Kuwaiti Public Organisations

The Impact of Information Behaviour Dimensions on Decision-Making Stages: Evidence for Kuwaiti Public Organisations

Barriers and bridges in the adoption of today's mobile phone contextual services

Estratégias para melhorar a experiência de jogo do jogador idoso

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