NEW ADVANCES IN THE SCIENCE OF DECISION MAKING: Practical and relevant research from DSI, the field’s leading organization 14 OUTSTANDING PAPERS APPLYING RIGOROUS RESEARCH METHODS TO IMPORTANT SOCIETAL AND BUSINESS DECISION ENVIRONMENTS NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE IN STRATEGY, TACTICS, AND OPERATIONS FOR ALL DECISION MAKERS, AND ALL DECISION SCIENCE RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS More than 1,000 papers were submitted to the Decision Science Institute’s 2015 annual conference. This book presents the 14 papers chosen as most insightful and useful.   This peer-reviewed research addresses a richly diverse set of business topics, illuminating opportunities to improve decision making at strategic, tactical, and operational levels. Spanning analytics, information systems and technology, supply chain operations management, and other disciplines, these papers identify multiple opportunities for immediate and long-term performance improvement.   The authors address challenges ranging from talent management to lean transformation, mobile app marketing to corporate ethics, driving change to predicting stock prices. Their work reflects both the intellectual vibrancy of the discipline of decision science and its immense practical value.   Decision sciences research leads to improved decision outcomes. This volume brings together peer-reviewed papers chosen as “best of the best” by the field’s leading organization, the Decision Sciences Institute.   Authored by respected researchers worldwide, these papers were presented at DSI’s 46th Annual Meeting in Seattle. They describe new methods and approaches in the decision sciences, with a special focus on translating theoretical impact into practical relevance to improve decision making within business, public policy, non-profit organizations, and beyond. Assess willingness to learn ERP systems based on knowledge update and other factors Exploit application integration to improve ERP’s value after implementation Discover how mobile users decide whether to search for and adopt a new app Quantify links between absenteeism and hostile environment/sexual harassment Assess correlations between employee development and worker outcomes Explore perceptions of change, intentions to leave, and the role of cynicism Promote lean transformation by evolving HR performance management systems Understand how links between corporate ethical values and firm performance are mediated Bring a global sourcing perspective to issues of ethical consumption Improve quality by choosing practices with the best cultural fit Use Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and Bayesian Networks (BN) to predict diabetes Apply a comprehensive empirical framework for assessing patient care quality Promote sharing of clinical knowledge among a practice group’s physicians Forecast variable impacts in S&P 500 equity prices  

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Foreword xiii Acknowledgments xv About the Author xvii Introduction xxi Research Related to IT Design and Use Chapter 1: Central Role of Knowledge Update in the ERP Training 1 mehdi darban, hongyan liang, dong-heon (austin) kwak, and mark srite Abstract 1 Introduction 1 Theoretical Background 3 Expectation-Confirmation Model 4 Perceived Knowledge Update 4 Research Model and Hypotheses 5 Method 9 Discussion and Conclusion 13 References 15 About the Authors 19 Chapter 2: An Evaluation of the Relationship Between ERP-enabled Integration and ERP Benefit 21 joseph k. nwankpa and yaman roumani Abstract 21 Introduction 21 Theoretical Development 23 Research Model and Hypotheses Development 26 Research Methods 31 Discussion and Implications 38 References 42 Appendix A    46 About the Authors 48 Chapter 3: Adopter-based Determinants of Effort in Mobile App Information Search 49 fengkun liu, alan a. brandyberry, mary hogue, greta polites, and tuo wang Abstract 49 Background 49 Research Question and Motivation 54 Research Model 55 Hypothesis Development 55 Method 58 Results 60 Conclusions 64 References 65 About the Authors 67 Human Resource Management Research Chapter 4: Absenteeism Outcomes in Rapport with Hostile Environment:Sexual Harassment 69 albi alikaj, prity patel, jacqueline mayfield and milton mayfield Abstract 69 Introduction 69 Literature Review 71 Effect of Hostile Environment:Sexual Harassment on Absenteeism 74 Methodology 77 Results 81 Discussion 83 Research and Managerial Implications 83 Limitations and Areas for Future Research 84 Conclusion 84 Appendix 1: Scale Measures 84 References 88 About the Authors 89 Chapter 5: The Rapport Between Perceived Organizational Support for Development and Worker Outcomes 91 cau ngoc nguyen, jacqueline mayfield and milton mayfield Abstract 91 Introduction 91 Literature Review 92 Methodology 96 Results 100 Discussion and Conclusions 101 Appendix 1 103 References 105 About the Authors 109 Chapter 6: Employee Change Perceptions and Turnover Intentions: Is Cynicism the Culprit? 111 anju mehta Abstract 111 Introduction 111 Theoretical Background and Hypotheses Development 113 Method 117 Results 119 Discussion 120 Implications for Research and Practice 121 Scope and Boundary Conditions 122 References 123 About the Author 127 Chapter 7: Exploring Human Resource Management Systems and Lean Transformation 129 david a. marshall and thomas j. goldsby Abstract 129 Introduction 129 Theoretical Background and Hypotheses Development 130 Methodology 132 Discussion and Conclusion 139 References 140 About the Authors 144 Ethics and Culture Chapter 8: Corporate Ethical Values and Firm Performance 145 kuo-ting hung, chanchai tangpong and jin li Abstract 145 Introduction 145 Theoretical Arguments and Hypotheses 146 Research Methods 148 Data Analyses and Results 149 Discussion and Conclusion 150 References 151 About the Authors 153 Chapter 9: A Global Sourcing Perspective of Ethical Consumption in the United States 155 robert l. bregman and xiaosong (david) peng Abstract 155 Introduction 155 Research Foundations 156 Research Proposition and Hypotheses 157 Research Design 160 Discussion of Results 162 Conclusions and Directions for Future Research 166 References 167 About the Authors 170 Chapter 10: Quality Management Practices Must Culturally Fit 171 canchu lin and anand s. kunnathur Abstract 171 Introduction 171 Literature Review 172 Propositions 176 Conclusion 179 References 180 About the Authors 185 Healthcare Management Chapter 11: Predicting the Occurrence of Diabetes using Analytics 187 ravi s. behara, ankur agarwal, vinaya rao, and christopher baechle Abstract 187 Introduction 187 Literature Review 188 Model Development 190 Results and Discussion 190 Conclusions 192 References 192 About the Authors 193 Chapter 12: Dimensions of Patient Care Quality: An Empirical Framework 195 subhajit chakraborty and hale kaynak Abstract 195 Introduction 195 Literature Review 196 Methods 197 Results 200 Discussion and Conclusions 205 References 207 About the Authors 210 Chapter 13: Sharing Clinical Knowledge Among Physicians in the Same Specialty Practice Group 213 yulong li and john lowe Abstract 213 Introduction 213 Theoretical Development and Research Model 216 Planned Research Method 220 Conclusion 220 References 220 About the Authors 221 Forecasting Chapter 14: Variable Impact in S&P 500 Forecasts: 2004 to 2015 223 mary malliaris Abstract 223 Introduction 223 Data 224 Models and Results 226 Discussion and Conclusions 234 References 236 About the Author 236 Index 237