Editorial

Visvizi, Anna; Lytras, Miltiadis D.

doi:10.1108/tg-05-2020-128

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“…Governments and nonprofit entities are facing fiscal challenges . The pandemic is affecting governments across multiple issues including the relationships among government actors within nations (Visvizi and Lytras, 2020). Further, the pandemic has numerous social implications (Holmes et al, 2020) including increased risk of suicide (Gunnell et al, 2020), discrimination (Devakumar et al, 2020Roberto et al, 2020;Matache and Bhabha, 2020), family well-being (e.g.…”

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Policies, politics and pandemics: course delivery method for US higher educational institutions amid COVID-19

Johnson

Roberto

Rauhaus

2021

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Purpose This paper aims to consider decisions by administrators about how to open US campuses for the 2020–2021 academic year during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proposed course delivery method is considered in relation to the political environment of the respective university/college’s state. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected on 451 public institutions. H1 and H3 were tested using multinomial logistic regressions. H2 and H4 were tested using moderated binary logistic regressions with Hayes’s PROCESS model. Findings Results suggest that states with liberal governments were more likely to promote online openings for fall 2020, with the strength of the voting electorate moderating the relationship. Further, state appropriations moderated the relationship between the political party in control of the state legislature and method of opening. Research limitations/implications This paper advances work on the relationship between politics and administration by considering political pressures exerted on decision makers. Practical implications Results suggest that political forces may influence university administrators’ decisions for how higher education institutions may open for the fall 2020 semester. Originality/value This paper addresses one of the numerous social changes caused by COVID-19. It considers the short-term practical implications as well as the long-term theoretical ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic on decision-making in higher education.

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Policies, politics and pandemics: course delivery method for US higher educational institutions amid COVID-19

Johnson

Roberto

Rauhaus

2021

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“…Therefore, the role of information and communications technology (ICT) is undeniably crucial in promoting innovation and strengthening public service delivery (United Nations, 2022). Given the importance of digital service platforms in meeting the needs of citizens and businesses under these circumstances, public organisations have placed great emphasis on accelerating the digitalisation of their business processes (Agostino et al, 2020;United Nations, 2022;Visvizi and Lytras, 2020).…”

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“…Given the importance of digital service platforms in meeting the needs of citizens and businesses under these circumstances, public organisations have placed great emphasis on accelerating the digitalisation of their business processes (Agostino et al. , 2020; United Nations, 2022; Visvizi and Lytras, 2020).…”

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The mediating role of occupational stress: a missing link between organisational intelligence traits and digital government service quality

Ramakrishnan¹,

Wong²,

Chit³

et al. 2023

IJQRM

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PurposeThis paper aims to examine the mediating role of occupational stress in addressing the missing gap between organisational intelligence (OI) traits and digital government service quality.Design/methodology/approachBy employing multistage cluster sampling, a total of 394 responses from the Malaysian service providers at federal government agencies were obtained. For data analysis, the partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach with a disjoint two-stage approach was employed to assess the proposed higher-order model. The analysis was carried out to examine how occupational stress mediates the relationship between OI traits at each component level and digital service quality.FindingsOccupational stress mediates the relationship between OI traits at the third-order component level and digital service quality. At the second-order component level, only the employee-oriented OI traits exhibit a significant indirect effect on the digital government service quality. Narrowing down to the first order component level, two OI traits, namely “Alignment and Congruence”, and “Heart” demonstrate significant indirect effects in the mediation analysis.Originality/valueBy incorporating the organisational model of stress (OMS) with public service-dominant logic (PSDL), this paper takes an approach to revitalise the stressors and individual-level performance used in a traditional work setting. Precisely, it examines how digital service quality is influenced by today's high-performing public organisation stressors (OI traits) along with non-technical element (occupational stress). More importantly, digital government service quality was examined from a less emphasised perspective, namely the supply side or service providers’ standpoint in sustaining the digital government service performance.

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“…Especially when some of the moral or legal issues mentioned above are addressed. Solidarity, thus, seems to play an important role in legal, moral, societal, and public health discussions about CTA and captures a "spotlight" (44) in discussions about the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, authors rarely define how they understand the notion in their discussions, instead assuming that everybody intuitively understands what they mean when using "solidarity".…”

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How is “solidarity” understood in discussions about contact tracing apps? An overview

Tretter

2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundIn the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is much discussion about contact tracing apps, their use to contain the spread of the virus as well as the ethical, legal, and social aspects of their development, implementation, acceptance, and use. In these discussions, authors frequently mention “solidarity” when making key points in arguments. At the same time, authors rarely specify how they understand “solidarity”. This lack of specification about how they understand “solidarity” can lead to misunderstandings in discussions.ObjectiveTo prevent such misunderstandings, it is important to specify how one understands “solidarity” when mentioning it in the discussions on contact tracing apps. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to elaborate how “solidarity” is understood in the context of contact tracing apps, i.e., how different authors understand “solidarity” when using it in discussions about these apps.MethodsIn order to find out how different authors understand “solidarity” when discussing contact tracing apps, I conduct a literature review. I collect papers from several databases, inductively work out central differences and similarities between the different uses of “solidarity”, and use them to code and analyze relevant passages.ResultsIn the final sample, five different understandings of “solidarity” in the context of contact tracing apps can be identified. These understandings differ in how different authors (1) imagine the basic concept of solidarity, i.e., what “solidarity” refers to, (2) how they temporally relate solidarity to contact tracing apps, and (3) how they perceive the causal interactions between solidarity and contact tracing apps, i.e., the different ways in which solidarity and contact tracing apps influence each other.ConclusionsThe five understandings of “solidarity” in the context of contact tracing apps presented here can serve as guidance for how “solidarity” can be understood in discussions—thus contributing to a better mutual understanding and preventing communicative misunderstandings.

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Editorial

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

Policies, politics and pandemics: course delivery method for US higher educational institutions amid COVID-19

Policies, politics and pandemics: course delivery method for US higher educational institutions amid COVID-19

The mediating role of occupational stress: a missing link between organisational intelligence traits and digital government service quality

How is “solidarity” understood in discussions about contact tracing apps? An overview

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