{"title":"Social media in state lotteries: Exploring the role of technology in program marketing","authors":"Staci M. Zavattaro, Daniel L. Fay","doi":"10.1108/IJOTB-20-01-2017-B004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-20-01-2017-B004","url":null,"abstract":"State-sponsored lotteries are adopted to raise funds for state programs. As such, there is a public mission within these organizations; however, most operate like private companies, thus shifting the organizational ethos to profit maximization. Much research on social media focuses on federal and local government agencies. In this paper, we explore the role of social media in lottery program marketing. Through an analysis of random lotteries on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram, we find: 1) a focus on aspirational marketing to promote the lottery as a business entity through its products and 2) increased dialogue with followers (i.e. customers) compared to other public agencies. This is a shift in how public organizations traditionally use the social tools, showing there can be a balance between marketing and dialogue.","PeriodicalId":35239,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior","volume":"20 1","pages":"100-122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/IJOTB-20-01-2017-B004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43721097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social media responsiveness in the public sector: A study of social media adoption in three functional areas of local government","authors":"Daniel Seigler","doi":"10.1108/IJOTB-20-01-2017-B003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-20-01-2017-B003","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the importance of citizen participation and the collaborative potential of online social media tools, this study tests four proposed influences on administrators who are deciding whether or not to adopt these tools to engage citizens. A survey of 157 department managers from large U.S. cities shows that 82% report using some form of social media to engage citizens and that perceived organizational influences and administrator preconceptions have the strongest impact on the respondentsʼ decision to adopt social media. Possible explanations for the results are that the use of online social media in the public sector may be following a similar path of adoption as earlier forms of e-government or managers may be operating in a rational environment when deciding whether or not to adopt online social media tools.","PeriodicalId":35239,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior","volume":"20 1","pages":"72-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/IJOTB-20-01-2017-B003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47912893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resistance is overcome in one dialogic OD model (Appreciative Inquiry)","authors":"Anthony H. Schmidt","doi":"10.1108/IJOTB-20-01-2017-B001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-20-01-2017-B001","url":null,"abstract":"This study was launched because practitioners of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) instilled awareness for needed AI outcome research. Therefore, the goal of this research was to identify the salient AI processes and levers and the rate of AI success and failure. This study was specific to U.S. municipalities due to a researcher finding AI failure probability therein. In direct opposition, eight U.S. municipalities were identified from the literature as having utilized AI in 14 projects and all were successful even when resistance was present in three applications. A survey revealed 15 AI initiatives identified as successful even when resistance was present in eight, resulting in validation. This study utilized a mixed methods exploratory case study design, sequentially in the mix, consisting of a literature review and application of two unique instruments applied to three populations.","PeriodicalId":35239,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior","volume":"20 1","pages":"1-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/IJOTB-20-01-2017-B001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46939390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organizational effects of digitalization: A literature review","authors":"Markku Kuusisto","doi":"10.1108/IJOTB-20-03-2017-B003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-20-03-2017-B003","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of digitalization on organizations has been studied separately but there has been very little research done on the overall \"big\" picture of the effects. However, the digitalization of society and business is marching forward at an ever increasing speed, calling for more converged research on the phenomenon. The main areas of effects elicited from the literature are organizational learning, digital innovations, organizational agility, business ecosystems, and organizational structures. More minor influences have been gathered in the framework of digitalization presented in this article. It can be seen as a tool for managers to explore their organizations capabilities on the digitalization front.","PeriodicalId":35239,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior","volume":"20 1","pages":"341-362"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/IJOTB-20-03-2017-B003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42892749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From new town to new governance: The Woodlands, Texas","authors":"J. Thurmond, Robert Yehl","doi":"10.1108/IJOTB-20-03-2017-B001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-20-03-2017-B001","url":null,"abstract":"For a good part of the U.S. system of federalism municipal incorporation has been the formal structure for local communities. Over the last 60 years there has been a shift in this structure to special district government. The Woodlands, Texas presents an interesting case study on the incremental development of a former New Town community, the change in formal government organization and the potential for a different model of local governance structure in the 21st Century. The authors explore the four stages of development for The Woodlands over the past 40 years and assess this development through several model theories including institutional, urban regime, and urban governance. Contrary to some current literature on governance, The Woodlands appears to have transitioned from decentralization to more centralization while at the same time avoiding full incorporation as a municipality. It may be indicative of the new governance.","PeriodicalId":35239,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior","volume":"20 1","pages":"269-310"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/IJOTB-20-03-2017-B001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42625403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sustainable leadership: An empirical investigation of its effect on organizational effectiveness1","authors":"Hyung-Woo Lee","doi":"10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B001","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of sustainable leadership is increasingly gaining popularity among organizational scholars. However, empirical evidences for the effectiveness of sustainable leadership are still lacking. This study investigated whether and how diverse elements of sustainable leadership influence the effectiveness of organization. Analyzing the large data collected from the employees of diverse U.S. federal agencies, this study found that sustainable leadership practices explained a significant variance of diverse aspects of organizational effectiveness. However, the different elements of sustainable leadership influenced the different aspects of organizational effectiveness to a different degree. The results showed that the relative strengths of the effects of each element of sustainable leadership differed across different aspects of organizational effectiveness. For example, promoting work/life balance was the most significant predictors of employee satisfaction, while its effect diminished when investigated against other aspects of organizational effectiveness.","PeriodicalId":35239,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior","volume":"20 1","pages":"419-453"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42076827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does training matter in public organizations? Assessing training effects in the U.S. law enforcement agencies","authors":"Yongbeom Hur","doi":"10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B002","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the consequences of training on organizations. With data collected from 464 U.S. law enforcement agencies, training effects were explored in terms of crime control performance and sworn officers' resignation in regression analysis. According to the findings, training did not significantly improve crime control performance and police officers tended to stay in current organizations when they received a longer training. This study also found that law enforcement agencies in large cities tended to require longer training hours for their police officers.","PeriodicalId":35239,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior","volume":"20 1","pages":"454-478"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42699475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the capacity for public value creation within leadership theories: Raising the argument","authors":"Alex Roman, Thomas G. McWeeney","doi":"10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract \u0000 \u0000In recent years, public administration has been targeted by multiple reform efforts. In multiple instances, such initiatives have been ideologically couched in public-choice perspectives and entrenched beliefs that government is the problem. One unavoidable consequence of this continued bout of criticism is the fact that government currently has a noticeably decreased capacity of boosting creation of public value. Within this context, there certainly is an important need for approaches that would counterbalance the loss of public value induced by market fundamentalism. This article suggests that leadership, as a concept of theory and practice, due to its partial immunity to the private-public dichotomy, can provide a pragmatic avenue for nurturing public interest and public value within the devolution of governance, a declining trust in government and a diminished governmental capacity to propagate the creation of public value. While this article critically examines and assesses the capacity of different leadership perspectives in terms of creating and maximizing public value, its primary scope is not the provision of definite answers but rather the instigation of a much necessary discussion.","PeriodicalId":35239,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior","volume":"20 1","pages":"479-518"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48886649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Goal interdependence, subgroup formation, and conflict in Teams","authors":"Rae Yunzi Tan","doi":"10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B004","url":null,"abstract":"This research investigates subgroup formation as an important mediator in the goal interdependence-intragroup conflict linkage. Specifically, it proposes that subgroup formation will mediate the relationship between cooperative goal interdependence and intragroup conflict, but not for competitive goal interdependence and intragroup conflict. Further, competitive goal interdependence is posited to have direct, positive effects on intragroup conflict. Using structural equation modeling analyses with 79 student project teams, the findings revealed that subgroup formation fully mediated the relationship between cooperative goal interdependence and task and process conflict, but only partially mediated the relationship between cooperative goal interdependence and relationship conflict. As predicted, subgroup formation did not mediate the relationship between competitive goal interdependence and intragroup conflict; however, competitive goal interdependence was negatively, rather than positively, related to intragroup conflict.","PeriodicalId":35239,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior","volume":"20 1","pages":"519-543"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/IJOTB-20-04-2017-B004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48370071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emotions in strategic leadership: A Literature review and theoretical modelling for future research directions","authors":"Alicia Ohlsson, G. Larsson","doi":"10.1108/IJOTB-20-03-2017-B002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-20-03-2017-B002","url":null,"abstract":"The aim was to explore the existing literature on emotion and strategic leadership in a systematic review and to synthesize it into a theoretical model. A literature review on emotion in connection ...","PeriodicalId":35239,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior","volume":"20 1","pages":"311-340"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/IJOTB-20-03-2017-B002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46891402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}