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<p> Organizations spend billions of dollars on information and data security, and most of this expenditure is directed externally; however, there is ample evidence in the literature that employees account for most security breaches. For information security (IS) measures to work, employees need to adopt the organization&rsquo;s information system security measures. To understand employees&rsquo; adoption of security systems in the manufacturing industry in the US, this empirical study tested the extended Technology Acceptance model and Theory of Planned behavior in relation to employees&rsquo; perceptions of the IS measures usefulness, ease of use, and subjective norms and how these perceptions predicted their intention to use the security measures. Additionally, under investigation was whether age and employees&rsquo; perception of managerial support moderated the aforementioned perceptions to affect employees&rsquo; intention to use the security measures. Results of a standard multiple regression and a hierarchical regression indicated that the TAM and the TBP explained variances in the DV; however, contrary to extant literature, employees&rsquo; perceived usefulness of IS measures did not statistically significantly predict their intention to use IS measures. Implications of these findings are discussed, as well as recommendations for future research.</p>

<p> Tragic, life-changing, and fatal incidents are a reality on large-scale, civil construction projects. Despite a decline following the enforcement of the 1971 Occupational Safety and Health Act, serious and fatal incidents on heavy construction projects remain higher than that of the active military and have not declined in any notable way in the past decade. Industrial-organizational literature suggested a lack of applied testing for the well-developed theory of authentic leadership (AL) to impact safety outcomes. This quasi-experiment combined the constructs of authentic leadership with safety climate perception as quantifiable measurement of potential safety outcomes in the workplace. The research question focused on whether AL would impact safety climate, thus, reducing injury and fatalities on the job. The researcher examined 1 of the 4 segments that comprised a $1 billion freeway improvement project. Perceptions of 108 field craft personnel were collected on a Likert-type instrument before and after their supervisors attended a brief AL workshop. Utilizing an ordinal scale, statistical significance was calculated pre- and postintervention by computing a Mann-Whitney <i>U</i> for independent samples. Significant improvement was found following the supervisor workshop. The reduction in incidents, when compared to the jobsite&rsquo;s history and the other 3 jobsite segments associated with the highway improvement project, suggests a potential for this framework to support positive social change, that is, to reduce the human cost and suffering associated with industrial accidents.</p><p>

<p> High employee turnover in the apartment rental housing management industry is a critical issue. Employee turnover is very costly to organizations in all industries. One factor, which may lead to employee turnover, is an employee&rsquo;s perception of training benefits. The purpose of this quantitative, explanatory, nonexperimental, cross-sectional, survey study was to analyze employee turnover in the rental housing management industry by assessing the relationship between employees&rsquo; commitment to the organization and employee training. The research literature on the theory of organizational commitment indicates a gap in organizational and management research regarding the research problem in this study concerning the turnover rate of employees in the apartment rental housing industry. The research literature has identified a relationship between organizational commitment and employee training, but the research literature was nonexistent for Meyer and Allen&rsquo;s (1984) conceptualization of organizational commitment modeled for apartment rental housing professionals. Therefore, a direct comparison of findings from the current study with findings from the literature was not possible. Through multiple linear regression, the goal of this study was to examine the relationship between employees&rsquo; commitment to the organization, employees&rsquo; perception of the benefits of training, and demographic characteristics. The findings of the study are indicative that a relationship exists between training and organizational commitment in the rental housing management industry. The only employees&rsquo; perception of training variable that was a significant predictor of employee commitment was personal related benefits of training. One recommendation for future research is to investigate a possible connection between employees&rsquo; organizational commitment to the organization and other variables, such as salary, job satisfaction, and supervisory support.</p><p>

<p> Digital clay is a virtual material that exists currently in many 3D design software applications. Coupled with the rapid development of 3D printing technology, clay forms designed with a computer can now be externalized into the physical world as 3D prints or, vice versa, as digital scans. Recently, advanced tools have become available to artists and designers as affordable systems marketed to the professional consumer. As a response to these developments, my research examines the learning that occurs for eight artists who have been asked to play with physical and digital clay. This research employs a multiple case study methodology to understand the challenges of learning to work with digital clay and the supporting role of physical material engagement in this process. By interviewing participants and thematically analyzing their responses, I presented the subjective experience of the artists through portraiture showcasing the educational role play assumes when engaging across physical and digital media. Findings of the study suggest that engaging physical and digital materials calls upon a broad scope of cognitive processes including recollection and mental wanderings that contributed to reflection and discovery of novel ideas. Details from unstructured interviews were presented through narrative reporting as this research also strives to make sense of the participants' experience and situate the details of the study&rsquo;s context.</p><p>

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