Dissertations / Theses: 'Work platforms'

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Bilus, Tina. "Usability of Different Features in Communication Tools and Platforms : A Qualitative Research in Remote Work Settings." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-99078.

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This qualitative study is constructive in its nature and it aims to find how remote workers perceive usability of communication features across different tools and platforms. Answering two main research questions; How do remote users perceive usability of communication features across different communication tools and platforms? and How, according to users, that features can be improved?, this research aims to link them with scholarly literature, find potential knowledge gaps and highlight improvement areas. Learnability, efficiency, universality and general satisfaction are researched within five participants, coming from different sectors and occupations. Usability in IS context connects ICT with HCI. Trends, challenges and solutions in remote work field lead us to different practices in work and knowledge sharing. Thematic analysis brings seven main themes that show satisfactory results in general. However, dissatisfaction is addressed to efficiency and universality with functionality of communication tools and platforms which falls within ICT, and learnability within its human component, HCI. Furthermore, three step solution is proposed: organizational readiness, standards in communication practice and soft skills. Contributions of this research confirm importance of human component that defines usability in remote field. General usability and satisfaction with ICT and its components is confirmed and improvement areas are addressed within HCI. This research serves as a good base for research of usability of same communication features across different channels however, comparing on-site and remote workers within specific fields.

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Sieker, Felix [Verfasser], Anke [Akademischer Betreuer] Hassel, Christian Lyhne [Akademischer Betreuer] Ibsen, and Markus [Akademischer Betreuer] Helfen. "Disruption or continuation? The role of platforms in transforming work / Felix Sieker ; Anke Hassel, Christian Lyhne Ibsen, Markus Helfen." Berlin : Hertie School, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1240826125/34.

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Fahed, Nour. "The Dilemmal Socialization on Social Media Platforms : A Qualitative Study on the Experience of Online Socialization and the Infrastructure of Social Media Platforms." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-46523.

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Social media effects may affect self-perception and the way media users live their offline lives. The purpose of this essay was to examine the phenomenon of social media saturation in order to understand the possible risks to the development of human identity during the adolescent period. Hence, these risks may be generated by being exposed to social comparison, cyberbullying, self-validation, and self-perception in a sensitive age when self-image is still fragile and being formed. The purpose of this essay is to examine the psychological tendencies of human beings while interacting with their peers on social media platforms. Hence, this will give us a clearer view of what would be achieved by conducting interviews. Moreover, a selection of theories will be applied to those interviews in order to associate those theories with what has been said by respondents. Hence, Meyrowitz’s theory will be used in relation to understanding the identity adaptation to online connection and linked to Goffman’s discussions of “onstage” and “backstage” (Meyrowitz, 1985: 5). After this, the essay will investigate how users’ self-perception and social comparison are enacted while socializing on social media platforms. Furthermore, this essay sheds the light on how identity is constructed online in the sense of belonging to a community on a social media platform as well as of gratification coming from peer validation in a virtual community. To be able to explain this, the “Social Identity Theory” will, therefore, be discussed (Teo, Matti, et al, 2017: 23). This will be discussed by mentioning theories like “Mediatization” (Couldry & Hepp, 2013). And lastly, the sociological concept of Habitus, minted by Pierre Bourdieu will demonstrate the process of adaptation towards unspoken social codes existing in virtual communities (Markham, 2017: 55). As found in the four qualitative semi-structured interviews with social media users, respondents are surrounding themselves with like-minded social groups which provide them with confidence about their own system of beliefs. Nevertheless, their perspectives are often marked by notable social pessimism and a lack of incentive to engage in conflictual interactions with others on social media. The results pointed out the perception among the interviewees that the impact of social media on identity formation is largely confined to adolescent users. Many users self-report significant daily screen time and are aware of the risks of social bubbles. Most of the respondents denied being subjected to cyberbullying, while they were surfing on social media, so the respondents’ physical lives were not affected by cyberbullying even for those who mentioned their exposure to cyberbullying. All the respondents expressed a sense of jealousy to some extent, even though some of them showed awareness of the thought that people post their lives from a perfect angle while hiding the flaws and not showing the imperfections of their lives on social media. Lastly, social comparison was an incentive feeling affected most of the respondents, and in their own experience, social media affected their character development and self-perception since they were exposed to social media at an adolescent age.

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Daniel, Camila. "Mulheres embarcadas: gênero, família e trabalho na percepção de mulheres em espaços masculinos." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2009. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1379.

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Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Esta dissertação teve como objetivo examinar a relação entre a participação de mulheres em ambientes de trabalho masculinos e gênero. Como estudo de caso, focamos nossa pesquisa nos relatos das embarcadas, mulheres que trabalham em plataformas de petróleo. Nesta situação de trabalho, elas deixam o cotidiano que costumam ter em terra, para passar uma temporada de 14 dias na plataforma, lugar onde casa e trabalho se confundem. Para tanto, optou-se por uma análise qualitativa, fundamentada no ponto de vista das próprias embarcadas a respeito da relação entre sua vida dentro e fora da plataforma. Desta maneira, empreendemos, inicialmente, uma discussão cujas temáticas principais foram as imbricações entre gênero e trabalho e, assumimos como referenciais teórico-conceituais os conceitos de trajetória e habitus, formulados por Pierre Bourdieu. Por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas e conversas via internet e pessoalmente, foram colhidos depoimentos das embarcadas, o que permitiu a análise das percepções, significados e representações que envolvem os relatos contados. Assim, constatamos que existe uma estreita relação entre trabalho remunerado e vida familiar nas suas escolhas e opiniões. Elas vêem a presença da mulher como fundamental para a vida familiar, por isso, percebem o trabalho embarcado como incompatível com as responsabilidades que as mulheres assumem na família, principalmente com a maternidade. As embarcadas acreditam que esposa e marido conseguem encontrar alternativas para que elas continuem a embarcar, mas tais alternativas se mostram inviáveis quando da chegada dos filhos. Elas valorizam o trabalho remunerado, e não estão dispostas a deixá-lo em nenhum momento de suas trajetórias: o que elas desejam é trabalhar em terra e, assim conciliar maternidade e trabalho. Neste sentido, a entrada das mulheres no mercado de trabalho e sua participação num ambiente predominantemente masculino não as levam a uma total adesão a valores igualitários entre os gêneros, mas a uma (re)atualização dos papéis tradicionais atribuídos a homens e mulheres. This dissertation had as objective to examine the relation between women participation in masculine work ambient and gender. Our case study is focused on the research of offshore women, women whose work is executed on petroleum platforms. In this work situation, they leave the daily routine they use to have onshore to spend fourteen days onboard, a place where home and work are mingled. For such purposes, we selected a qualitative analysis, based on offshore womens point of view about the relation of their lives in and outside the platform. Therefore, we firstly undertook a discussion which main themes were the imbrications between gender and work, and we assumed as conceptual-theoretic references trajectory and habitus concepts, formulated by Pierre Bourdieu. Through semi-structured interviews and internet and personal talks, we collected offshore women testimonial, which permitted us to analyze perceptions, meanings and representations in their speech. Thus, we observed that there is a close relation between paid work and family life in offshore womens choices and opinions. They see woman presence in family life as fundamental; hence, they perceive offshore work as incompatible to the responsibilities they take in family, particularly in motherhood. Offshore women believe wife and husband can find alternatives in case the woman doesnt leave the platform, but such alternatives are shown as unviable when children come. They value paid work, and are not willing to leave it any time during their trajectories: what they desire is stopping embarking in order to conciliate motherhood and work. In these terms, the entrance of women in labor market and their participation in male dominant ambient dont lead them into a total adhesion to more egalitarian gender values, but into a (re)actualization of male and female traditional roles, based on the experiences they have been facing.

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Ihl, Andreas [Verfasser], Marina [Akademischer Betreuer] Fiedler, and Rodrigo [Akademischer Betreuer] Isidor. "Four investigations of arising phenomena in contemporary work settings: the cases of mindfulness practices and crowdworking online platforms / Andreas Ihl ; Marina Fiedler, Rodrigo Isidor." Passau : Universität Passau, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1225555949/34.

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Wahlberg, Niklas, and Alexander Olsson. "Impacting Information Asymmetry within the Swedish Equity Crowdfunding Market : An aggregated approach on how equity crowdfunding platforms work to govern, control and reduce information asymmetry." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-354377.

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The equity crowdfunding market has since the financial crisis in 2008 become an important source of alternative financing in Sweden. The equity crowdfunding platforms constitute the market and are responsible for governing the investment relationships. However, the market is not regulated, and in the spring of 2018 the Swedish government proposed regulatory changes for the platforms to impact the problem of information asymmetry. There are different approaches on how to impact the problem, and therefore the thesis sets out to understand how the equity crowdfunding platforms within the Swedish market work to impact information asymmetry. Empirical data has been collected from five different Swedish equity crowdfunding platforms. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with individuals whose work is connected to governing and impacting information asymmetry. The analysis of the empirical findings identifies five main reasons for the arise of information asymmetry and the platforms work to control and reduce information asymmetry by mitigation strategies, investor communication and effective signaling. The findings indicate that there is a trade-off between controlling information asymmetry and making the financing method accessible within the market. This study contributes to the understanding of how equity crowdfunding platforms work to impact information asymmetry within the Swedish market.

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Näsholm, Johansen Johanna, and Amin Noor Al. "E-loyalty in digital platforms : How do the employees in banks experience their work with customer e-loyalty, individually and in relation to each other?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-354624.

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This thesis aims to study how the top management and employees in banks experience their work with customer e-loyalty in digital settings, both individually and in relation to each other. Today's bank customers desire freedom in where they conduct their business and do at the same time require a deeper personal relationship with their bank advisors. The adjustments to balance these two requirements have been a challenge for many banks. While satisfied customers often create loyalty, banks in Sweden have during the recent years experienced decreasing customer satisfaction. The digitalization within the banking sector will continue to have a big impact on the relationship between banks and their customers. By adapting a qualitative approach, the thesis aims to contribute with knowledge of how the top management and employees work with and perceive the impact digitalization has on e-loyalty. The thesis provides academic contributions, such as the insight in how top management and employees in two of Sweden’s biggest banks perceive their work with customer e-loyalty. The second contribution to the literature is a suggestion to development of the 8C model. The practical contribution is what the top management in banks should consider when mediating e-loyalty strategies to employees

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Quintin, Jean-Noël. "Equilibrage de charge dynamique sur plates-formes hiérarchiques." Thesis, Grenoble, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011GRENM066/document.

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La course à l'augmentation de la puissance de calcul qui se déroule depuis de nombreuses années entre les différents producteurs de matériel a depuis quelques années changé de visage: nous assistons en effet désormais à une véritable démocratisation des machines parallèles avec une complexification sans cesse croissante de la structure des processeurs. À terme, il est tout à fait envisageable de voir apparaître pour le grand public des architecture pleinement hétérogènes composées d'un ensemble de cœurs reliés par un réseau sur puce. La parallélisation et l'exécution parallèle d'applications sur les machines à venir soulèvent ainsi de nombreux problèmes. Parmi ceux-ci, nous nous intéressons ici au problème de l'ordonnancement d'un ensemble de tâches sur un ensemble de cœurs, c'est à dire le choix de l'affectation du travail à réaliser sur les ressources disponibles. Parmi les méthodes existantes, on distingue deux types d'algorithmes: en-ligne et hors-ligne. Les algorithmes en-ligne comme le vol de travail présentent l'avantage de fonctionner en l'absence d'informations sur le matériel ou la durée des tâches mais ne permettent généralement pas une gestion efficace des communications. Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons à l'ordonnancement de tâches en-ligne sur des plates-formes complexes pour lesquelles le réseau peut, par des problèmes de congestion, limiter les performances. Plus précisément, nous proposons de nouveaux algorithmes d'ordonnancement en-ligne, basés sur le vol de travail, ciblant deux configurations différentes. D'une part, nous considérons des applications pour lesquelles le graphe de dépendance est connu à priori. L'utilisation de cette information nous permet ainsi de limiter les quantités de données transférées et d'obtenir des performances supérieures aux meilleurs algorithmes hors-ligne connus. D'autre part, nous étudions les optimisations possibles lorsque l'algorithme d'ordonnancement connaît la topologie de la plate-forme. Encore une fois, nous montrons qu'il est possible de tirer parti de cette information pour réaliser un gain non-négligeable en performance. Nos travaux permettent ainsi d'étendre le champ d'application des algorithmes d'ordonnancement vers des architectures plus complexes et permettront peut-être une meilleure utilisation des machines de demain The race towards more processing power between all different hardware manufacturers has in recent years faced deep changes. We see nowadays a huge development in the use of parallel machines with more and more cores and increasingly complex architectures. It seems now clear that we will witness in a near future the development of cheap Network On Chip computers. Executing parallel applications on such machines raises several problems. Amongst them we take in this work interest in the problem of scheduling a set of tasks on a set of computing resources. Between all existing methods we can generally distinguish on-line or off-line algorithms. On-line algorithms like work-stealing present the advantage to work without informations on hardware or tasks durations but do not generally achieve an efficient control of communications. In this book we take interest in on-line tasks scheduling on complex platforms where networking can impact (through congestion) performance. More precisely, we propose several new scheduling algorithms based on work-stealing targeting two different configurations. In a first study, we consider applications whose dependency graph is known in advance. By taking advantage of this information we manage to limit the amount of data transfered and thus to achieve high performance and even outperform the best known off-line algorithms. Concurrently to that, we also study possible optimisations in the case where knowledge of platform topology is available. We show again that it is possible to use this information to enhance performance. Our work allows therefore to extend the application field of scheduling algorithms towards more complex architectures and we hope will allow a better use of tomorrow's machine

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Кантаровський, Юрій, та Ольга Цундер. "Онлайн-платформи для дистанційної роботи в сфері дизайну". Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2021. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/18183.

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Надано результати дослідження онлайн-платформ для дистанційної роботи в сфері дизайну та інших творчих напрямах. Метою дослідження став пошук зрозумілих та логічно-чітких у користуванні майданчиках для заробітку з можливістю як повної, так і часткової зайнятості. На основі аналізу платформ для фрілансу було виділено три найбільш зручні та найпопулярніші серед дизайнерів сайти. Охарактеризовано основні принципи роботи таких платформ, як Freelancer.com, Behance.net та Patreon.com. The results of research of online platforms for remote work in the field of design and other creative directions are given. The aim of the study was to find clear and easy-to-use areas for earning with the possibility of both full and part-time employment. Based on the analysis of freelance platforms, the three most convenient and most popular sites among designers were identified. The basic principles of operation of such platforms as Freelancer.com, Behance.net and Patreon.com were described.

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Campos, Tito Laucas de. "Enfermagem de bordo: análise da legislação e normatização de proteção à saúde do trabalhador de enfermagem aquaviário." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2007. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=681.

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Este estudo tem como objetivo introduzir um debate sobre as questões relacionadas à legislação voltada para o trabalhador de enfermagem aquaviário, com ênfase na proteção da saúde deste trabalhador de enfermagem inserido em plataformas e navios de exploração de petróleo da costa brasileira. O método utilizado é a análise documental. É característica da pesquisa documental definir a fonte de coleta de dados, que deve estar restrita a documentos, escritos ou não, constituindo o que se denomina de fontes primárias. Analisou-se, inicialmente, como fonte primária, os seguintes documentos jurídicos da legislação trabalhista: as Normas Regulamentadoras do Trabalho Urbano (NR 30 e NR 32), a Resolução COFEN-146 e o Decreto N 2.671, DE 15 DE JULHO DE 1998 do COFEN e a NORMAM. Ainda, como fontes internacionais, destacam-se as Convenções 164 e 147 da OIT. Constatou-se que dezesseis das normas estudadas (72,7%) têm sua vigência definida a partir dos anos noventa, embora existam desde 1910, conforme a Convenção Internacional para Unificação de Certas Regras em Matéria de Abalroamento, Assistência e Salvamento Marítimo Bruxelas (23 de setembro de 1910). Contudo, a maioria absoluta destes dispositivos não se refere ao trabalhador de enfermagem aquaviário, à exceção do Código Brasileiro de Ocupações, uma norma complementar que define apenas algumas competências do enfermeiro de bordo. Concluiu-se que existe escassez de instrumentos legais para este setor e a necessidade de mobilização para a criação de normas mais específicas para o enfermeiro aquaviário e, conseqüentemente, relativas à proteção da saúde deste profissional. This study aims to introduce a debate on issues related to legislation focused on the worker of nursing aquaviário, with emphasis on the protection of the health of workers in nursing inserted into platforms and ships of oil exploration of the Brazilian coast. The method used is the document analysis. It is characteristic of desk research to define the source of collecting data, which should be limited to documents, written or not, is what is called primary sources. Examined is, initially, as primary source, the following legal documents labor legislation: the Rules Regulamentadoras Labor Urban (NR-30 and NR-32), the resolution COFEN-146 and Decree No. 2671, of 15 July 1998 of COFEN and NORMAM. Still, as international sources, it is the Conventions 164 and 147 of the ILO. It was noted that sixteen of the standards studied (72.7%) have defined his life from the nineties, although there since 1910, according to the International Convention for Unification of Certain Rules in Respect of Abalroamento, Assistance and Rescue Marine-Brussels ( on September 23, 1910). However, the absolute majority of these devices does not refer to the worker of nursing aquaviário, with the exception of the Brazilian Code of Occupations, a standard that defines only a few complementary skills of the nurses board. It is concluded that there is a shortage of legal instruments to this sector and the need to call for the creation of more specific rules for the nurses aquaviário and, consequently, on the protection of the health of this training.

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Åkerblom, Victor. "The Digital Workplace - Integrating Chaotic Knowledge Processes." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20741.

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Genom fallet QlikTech ger denna uppsats en aktuell inblick i hur kunskapshantering kan hanteras i en kunskapsintensiv kontext. Medarbetare har i dag möjligheter att samarbeta inom olika interaktiva digitala miljöer för att hitta och dela med sig av kunskap och erfarenheter. Denna uppsats fokuserar på att undersöka hur digitala Communitys uppkommer, växer fram och integreras för att uppnå global kunskapsdelning inom organisationer. Detta ses som en framgångsfaktor för att ta vara på kunskapsintensiva utvecklingsföretags kretivitet och innovationskraft.Genom ett tolkande tillvägagångssätt, analyseras åtta semistrukturerade kvalitativa intervjuer med medarbetare på QlikTech för att undersöka hur olika informationssystem används för att stödja olika kunskaps- och kollaborationsprocesser. Intervjuerna kompletteras med observationer and dokumentanalyser för att nå djupare insikter.Resultaten tyder på att användare använder system med fördefinierade strukturer för att dokumentera officiell kunskap, och system med framväxande strukturer för informell dialog och samarbete. Olika system kompletterar varandra, då kunskap förs över mellan system. Gräsrotsinitierande informationssystem kompenserar för glappet mellan officiella IT-implementationer och sociala kommunikationsbehov.Teknologi och praktik utvecklas hand-i-hand. Då diskussioner, idéer, perspektiv och kontext kan upprätthålls i emergent social software platforms, t.ex. Salesforce.com, kan komplext problemlösande underlättas i datorstött samarbete. Dessa plattformar minimerar glappet mellan den formella och sociala kommunikationen inom communities of practice, vilket ger förutsättningar för organisatorisk lärande.På QlikTech växer digitala communitys fram organiskt över tid. Organisationer använder data- och text mining och relaterade teknologier för att brygga fragmenterade communitys för att uppnå kapacitet att nå isolerade kunskapskällor genom sökning. Organisationer kan lägga till sociala lager över dessa fragmenterade back-end-system, designade för att bilda övergripande gränssnitt mot användare som underlättar samarbete och driver på innovation inom arbetsplatsen. This thesis provides contemporary insights how knowledge management can be approached by a knowledge-intensive organisation. Knowledge workers today have unprecedented means to collaborate in different spaces of knowledge sharing. By analysing the case of QlikTech, results indicate that knowledge management is an integral part of knowledge-intensive organisations.By adapting an interpretive approach, eight semi-structured qualitative interviews with employees at QlikTech are analysed to find out how different information systems support different knowledge and collaboration processes. The interviews are complemented by on-the-job observations and analysis of documents to reach deeper understanding.Results indicate that users use systems with predefined structures to document official knowledge, and systems with emergent structures for informal dialogue and collaboration. Different systems complement each other, as knowledge is transferred between systems. Grass root initiated information systems compensate for the gap between official technology implementations and the social communication needs.Technology and practice co-evolve. As discussions, ideas, perspectives and context can be sustained in emergent social software platforms, such as Salesforce.com, complex problem-solving can be enabled in computer-supported cooperative work. These platforms minimise the gap between the formal and social communication within communities of practice, which facilitates organisational learning.At QlikTech, digital communities emerge organically over time. Organisations can use data and text mining, natural language processing and information extraction technologies to bridge fragmented communities to gain the capabilities to access dispersed knowledge sources through search. Organisations can add a social layer of these fragmented back-end systems, designed for building cross-functional employee-facing communities that drive collaboration and accelerate innovation in the workplace.

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Cerf, Gomez Stephanie, Noriega Alejandra Luna, Paz Paola Carolina Paredes, Morales Andrés Antonio Villena, and Pacheco Maria Paz Zegarra. "Creación de plataforma virtual para empleabilidad: Get Work." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/626520.

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GetWork nace para atender tres segmentos de mercado enlazados entre sí. En primer lugar, empresas que necesiten cubrir plazas dentro de su equipo de trabajo y buscan a los profesionales más capacitados y sobretodo que les aseguren la creación de valor con su permanencia, atendiendo una problemática como la rotación de personal, y crecimiento dentro de la empresa. Por otro lado, profesionales con dificultades para encontrar el trabajo soñado, o simplemente con dificultades para integrarse al mercado laboral. Ante ello, GetWork garantiza apoyo y asesoría completa, inducción en diversos temas, consejos para la elaboración de CVs y presentación personal, etc. La meta final es que los profesionales se unan a empresas en las que puedan establecerse en una relación de beneficio mutuo. Por último, empresas dedicadas a la educación y capacitaciones para profesionales que se encuentran en la búsqueda de empleo, o que desean mejorar sus habilidades y aptitudes para alcanzar mayores rendimientos en sus centros de trabajo. Para ello, GetWork le sirve de ventana a estas instituciones para darse a conocer por medio de publicidad y conseguir nuevos clientes que eventualmente crearán valor no solo para las empresas en las que laboran, sino también para nosotros incrementado las posibilidades de nuestro servicio. GetWork was created to serve the three following market segments: companies, users and institutions dedicated to education and training. First place, companies, with open jobs openings who look for the most qualified professionals and above all to ensure the creation of value with their retention. Also, GetWork helps professionals with difficulties to find jobs, land an adequate job opportunity. GetWork guarantees full support and advice, induction on various topics, advices for the preparation of resume and personal presentation, etc. The ultimate goal is for professionals to join companies in which they can establish a mutually beneficial relationship. Finally, GetWork aids companies dedicated to education and training professionals who want to improve their skills and abilities to achieve higher performance in their workplaces. For this, GetWork serves as a link to these institutions to become known through advertising and increase their posibilities for networking. Trabajo de investigación

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Gulesserian, Lisa. "Rideshare fathers, flexible work, gender roles." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29967.

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The platform economy has attracted interest from policy makers and academics regarding its regulation, job quality, the future of work and the impact of technology on employment. Yet, two key research gaps are the lack of research on the relationship between the platform economy and gender roles, and on the work–life balance of platform workers. This thesis responds to calls for more research in these areas by examining the nature of the relationship between fathers working in the platform economy, flexible work and gender equality. It also explores if and how the work provides fathers with flexibility to meet their paid work and unpaid care demands. The thesis answers the research question: What is the nature of the relationship between men who are fathers working in the platform economy, flexible work and gender equality? It is a case study of male rideshare drivers in Australia, specifically those who are driving Uber, and who are also fathers. It used a mixed-methods approach of document analysis, an online survey of 304 drivers and one- on-one semi-structured interviews with 39 drivers to investigate why fathers have turned to driving Uber, how they are balancing their paid and unpaid work, the subsequent impact on gender roles in their households, and how they are experiencing the work flexibility of rideshare driving. Four main findings emerge. First, the fathers in this study were driving Uber for two main reasons: work flexibility and earning flexibility. Second, in line with sociological theories that gender roles are dynamic this study also proposes that the platform economy may impact gender roles. Third, rideshare driving is providing fathers with a form of relative flexibility, which comes with constraints yet provides more work flexibility than their other labour market options. Last, that driving Uber provides an earning flexibility which enables fathers to adjust their hours driving Uber to meet their income needs and is unique to rideshare driving

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Alamyar, Fiona Maree. "Future of Work: Formal rights, collective action and experiences of work within the platform economy." Thesis, Department of Political Economy, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17724.

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Tai, Chih-Che. "Two Collaborative Education Projects: Web-based platforms and Green Course." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3293.

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Carruthers, Jean Catherine. "Performance as a platform for critical pedagogy in social work education." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/205094/1/Jean_Carruthers_Thesis.pdf.

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The aim of this research is to discover whether and how 'critical performance pedagogy' (CPP) is a strategy for students to think critically about the ways they link theory and practice in social work using theatrical performance as a platform. Using critical thematic and critical discourse analysis of qualitative interviews, video recorded performances and corresponding texts, this research has uncovered the various ways CPP supports critical and collaborative engagement in social work. The research indicates, students initially develop social and political analysis, make relevant links between theory and practice (praxis) and foster skills in democratic leadership and social action.

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Hale, Kimberly D. "Oral Language and Literacy Development: The Pediatrician’s Platform." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7031.

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Bhatnagar, Saumya. "Developing a web platform to strategically evolve Corporate Social Responsibility." Thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10169272.

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an integral component of many companies especially technology companies. A huge percentage of technology companies want to engage their employees through corporate social responsibility as well; leading to the evolution of a new kind term- “Employee Community Engagement”. With 80% job seekers preferring to work for companies that are socially responsible and employee engagement reducing the staff turnover, CSR and employee engagement has become something not just preferable, but a need of the hour to affect the bottom line of companies. The current method of doing CSR and employee engagement for companies is to manage the process manually, using spreadsheets, emails and calls. This process is extremely time consuming, allows companies no analytics and insights into their engagement process. My main contributions include interviewing five companies to find the problems, building a technical solution and implement it with users and finally recording the results and trends. To create a technology solution for this problem, I interviewed the head of community and government relations for five different companies ranging for 50 to 10,000 employees & analyzed their requirements based on their answers. The top problems were analyzed to be too much work as overhead, no tracking of employee data, lack of employee engagement, less employee turn out and skill and cause matching. I built an MVP in core PHP was build to solve these problems first for company heads, nonprofits as well as employee volunteers before moving on to solve for other issues to see if using a technology platform may help solve the problem. A smooth user registration and onboarding was created for each of the user types so that everyone in a company can be engaged easily on the platform, a twitter like networking community was created so that users can interact about their philanthropy, administrators were given traceability regarding the engagement levels of their employees, an opportunity to create events and send out invitations through the portal was allowed, the creation of specific events was allowed for a nonprofit and an opportunity for closed team events for employees was allowed after the creation of the proposal by a nonprofit. Implementing this saw an increase in engagement of employees from 4% to an average of 25% with a shift in the usage of CSR for team and culture building by the company as well. With increase in usage, requirements for grant management and workplace donations surfaced as well which would be a future leap for the product to become an end to end corporate social responsibility solution.

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Russell, Michelle. "Är appen min arbetsgivare? : En studie om plattformsarbete ur ett arbetsrättsligt perspektiv." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-90047.

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The labour law includes the legal regulation between employees and employers. However, new forms of work have been developed the last decade, as perform work through a digital platform. Considerable of modern working life with new forms of labour organisations, do not fit in the labour law. Platform work is based in temporary assignments instead of determined working hours. This results in a flexible work form, but with less stability and regularity. This can engender a lack of rights and social security and an increased uncertainty regarding their work situation. The purpose of this study is to illustrate the phenomenon platform work from a labour law perspective. To fulfil this purpose and answer the research questions it has been relevant to investigate legal material to interpret, systemise and determine applicable law. The study has placed great emphasises on practice and doctrine. The result of this study shows that it is complex to applicate the labour law on platform workers and it is difficult to determine if they should be identified as workers in a legal sense. Platform work still brings several questions about how such a labour organisation stands in the labour market. In some respects the relation between the platform and the platform workers is equivalent to the relation between an employer and an employee, and in some respect’s relationships differ. More legal sources on the subject may be required to understand the relationship between platform work and the employer and employee concept.

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Stroshal, K., P. Robinson, and Jodi Polaha. "Promoting Psychological Flexibility in Primary Care: A Dissemination Platform and Therapeutic Approach." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6573.

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Burdulis, Arvydas. "Internetinė platforma interaktyviam komandiniam darbui realiu laiku." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20131105_094325-18022.

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Informacinių technologijų panaudojimas žmonių gyvenime vis didėja, taip pat didėja ir jų pritaikymas mokymo procese. Deja, kompiuterinės mokomosios priemonės beveik neišnaudoja komandinio darbo galimybės, nors tai laikoma viena daugiausiai žadančių inovacijų ugdymo procese. Šiai spragai užpildyti sukurta platforma, įgalinanti mokomiesiems žaidimams suteikti interaktyvaus komandinio darbo realiu laiku galimybę. Platforma skirta praktiniam pritaikymui mokomajame portale http://mokinukai.lt. Siekiama, kad platforma atitiktų šiuos reikalavimus: būtų universali ir pritaikoma įvairioms sritims, lengvai plečiama, mokomųjų žaidimų įtraukimas į platformą būtų kuo paprastesnis. Platformos veikimui pasirinktas mišrus kliento/serverio ir tiesioginio sujungimo modelis, kurio savybės geriausiai atitinka išsikeltus reikalavimus. Platforma geriausiai veikia su mokomaisiais žaidimais, turinčiais mažai žaidėjų ir nedidėlį duomenų srautą, tad tinkama pritaikymui praktikoje. Usage of information technologies in people‘s lives is increasing, as well as increasing their application in the learning process. Unfortunately, those applications don‘t take advantage of team-work opportunity, although it is considered one of the most promising innovations in education. To fill this gap, a platform, enabling educational games to integrate interactive real-time team-work, was created. This platform is intended to be adopted to educational portal http://mokinukai.lt. The aim is that the platform has the following characteristics: a versatile and adaptable to various areas, not only education, easily expandable, creating new games to work on the platform is as easy as possible. For platform‘s architecture a mix of client/server and peer-to-peer models was chosen, it‘s characteristics suits the requirements best. The platform works best with educational games, having a few players and little traffic, so it is suitable for application in practice.

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Bosman, Dirk Johannes. "The perceived credibility of electronic word-of-mouth communicaton on e-commerce platforms." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71818.

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Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Enterprises and more specifically, marketing departments, function in a complex global market, while trying to deliver products and services to satisfy the needs of consumers. It is estimated that by 2013, enterprises will be spending $4.75 trillion and consumers $330 billion by means of commercial transactions over the Internet, and that by 2050 most transactions – if not all transactions – will be e-commerce based (Laudon and Traver, 2010:1-7). The 24-hour access to a global network of markets has brought about two major challenges for most enterprises. Firstly, the Internet as a publishing platform has exponentially increased the creation and sharing of information, which has significantly increased consumers’ search cost; and secondly, as more electronic word-of-mouth (EWOM) is being generated online, a significant amount of power and influence over enterprises has shifted to consumers (Chen, Wu and Yoon, 2004:716-722; Tapscott and Williams, 2008:52-53). Ultimately, enterprises are challenged to harness the power of EWOM for more successful e-commerce strategies and increased market share. Given previous studies, it was possible to extend the theoretical framework of EWOM communication in the fields of Internet marketing and online consumer behaviour. The purpose of this study was to create two models that could measure, over time, the impact of EWOM review communication on an e-commerce platform, specifically with regard to review credibility and sales levels. In using a non-probability judgement sampling procedure, it emerged that EWOM reviews do indeed influence the sales levels of e-commerce platform Amazon.com, and that certain review factors (platform, text length, time and star ratings) significantly influenced the credibility of Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com reviews. Furthermore, it was concluded that the overall credibility of reviews increases over time as more and more online users have the ability to scrutinise it. When Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com’s reviews were compared to each other, the results indicated that Amazon.com had more reviews than Barnesandnoble.com, and that the reviews posted at Amazon.com had on average longer text lengths and were found to be more helpful than the reviews at Barnesandnoble.com. The study's major contribution is that it provides wide-ranging guidelines for usability and user experience design, sales and inventory forecasting, as well as benchmark statistics for marketing campaigns. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Ondernemings, en in die besonder bemarkingsafdelings, funksioneer in ‘n komplekse globale mark, in hulle strewe om voortdurend produkte en dienste te lewer wat voldoen aan verbruikersbehoeftes. Na raming sal ondernemings teen die jaar 2013 $4.75 triljoen en verbruikers $330 biljoen spandeer aan kommersiële transaksies oor die Internet, terwyl die meeste, indien nie alle transaksies, teen die jaar 2050 gebaseer gaan wees op e-handel (Laudon en Traver, 2010:1-7). Die 24-uur toegang tot ‘n globale netwerk van markte het twee hoofuitdagings vir die meeste ondernemings tot gevolg. In die eerste plek het die Internet as uitgewersplatform die skep en verspreiding van inligting eksponensieel laat toeneem, wat verbruikers se soekkoste noemenswaardig verhoog het; en tweedens, namate elektroniese hoorsê aanlyn gegenereer word, het ‘n beduidende hoeveelheid mag en invloed van ondernemings na die verbruiker verskuif (Chen, Wu en Yoon, 2004:716-722; Tapscott en Williams, 2008:52-53). Ondernemings word dus uitgedaag om die impak van elektroniese hoorsê (electronic word-of-mouth) te ontgin om meer suksesvolle e-handelstrategieë en verhoogde winste te verkry. In die lig van vorige studies was dit moontlik om die tradisionele teoretiese raamwerk van hoorsêkommunikasie uit te brei na die veld van Internet-bemarking en verbruikersgedrag. Die doel van hierdie studie was om twee modelle te ontwikkel wat, met verloop van tyd, die impak van elektroniese hoorsêkommunikasie op ‘n e-handelplatform kon meet, met spesifieke verwysing na resensiegeloofwaardigheid en verkoopsvlakke van boeke. Deur die gebruik van ‘n nie-waarskynlikheidsoordeel steekproefprosedure, het die studie bevind dat elektroniese hoorsêresensies inderdaad ‘n invloed het op die verkoopsvlakke van elektroniese e-handelplatforms en dat sekere resensiefaktore (platform, teks, lengte, tyd en stergradering) die geloofwaardigheid van elektroniese e-handelplatforms se resensies beduidend beïnvloed het. Verder is die gevolgtrekking gemaak dat die oorhoofse geloofwaardigheid van resensies toeneem namate al hoe meer aanlynverbruikers die vermoë het om dit onder oë te kry. In ‘n vergelyking tussen die resensies van twee e-handel platforms Amazon.com en Barnesandnoble.com, is bevind dat Amazon.com meer resensies as Barnesandnoble.com het, dat die resensies op Amazon.com gemiddeld langer tekste het, en ook meer behulpsaam uit ‘n verbruikersoogpunt is as die resensies op Barnesandnoble.com. Die hoofbydrae van hierdie studie is dat dit riglyne bied aan e-handelplatforms om hul kliënte se verbruikerservaring beter te verstaan, en om sodoende beter verkope- en voorraadvooruitskattings te kan maak. Verder bied die studie ook riglyne t.o.v. doeltreffende bemarkingsveldtogte vir e-handelplatforms.

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Nwabueze, Christian, Adekunle Oke, Michelle McNabb, et al. "The Influence of Social Media Platforms on the Use of E-Cigarettes Among School-Going Youths in Rural Appalachia." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7676.

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Background: Electronic nicotine products (ENPs) such as e-cigarettes have emerged as the most commonly used tobacco products among middle and high school students in the United States (U.S.). In 2019, almost 1 in 10 and 1 in 4 middle and high school students used e-cigarettes, respectively. Although familial relations and access to ENPs continue to play a major role in the uptake of e-cigarettes among adolescents, little is known about the role of social media in this phenomenon. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the role of social media in the uptake of e-cigarettes among students in Appalachian Tennessee. Methods: In March 2019, data involving high school students in an Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)-designated distressed county in Appalachian Tennessee were collected (N=399). We ascertained the study’s outcomes (current e-cigarette use), the exposure (use of social media and the type of social media used to discuss e-cigarette) and covariates using validated questions. Descriptive statistics, bi-variate and multi-variable analyses were performed. The Odds Ratios (ORs), confidence intervals (CI), and the significance level (p ≤ 0.05) have been reported. Results: About 15.5% of the population were current e-cigarette users, with 9.8% of them ever discussed electronic cigarettes/JUUL on social media, more commonly with snap-chat (8.33%) and Instagram (4.31%). Use of social media (OR = 0.56, CI = 0.37 - 0.83, p = 0.0042) and type of social media used (OR = 0.80, CI = 0.65 - 0.99, p =0.0375) were significantly associated with decreased number of days of e-cigarette use in the last 30 days, after controlling for the covariates. Conclusion: The use of social media was associated with current e-cigarettes users. As such, there is need for more in-depth examination of social media contents as it relates to ENPs, to understand the mechanism of reduced ENP use among school-going youths in rural Appalachia.

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Dunlavy, Jennifer K., William A. Sands, Jeni R. McNeal, et al. "Strength Performance Assessment in a Simulated Men’s Gymnastics Still Rings Cross." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4609.

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Athletes in sports such as the gymnastics who perform the still rings cross position are disadvantaged due to a lack of objective and convenient measurement methods. The gymnastics “cross ”is a held isometric strength position considered fundamental to all still rings athletes. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if two small force platforms (FPs) placed on supports to simulate a cross position could demonstrate the fidelity necessary to differentiate between athletes who could perform a cross from those who could not. Ten gymnasts (5 USA Gymnastics, Senior National Team, and 5 Age Group Level Gymnasts) agreed to participate. The five Senior National Team athletes were grouped as cross Performers; the Age Group Gymnasts could not successfully perform the cross position and were grouped as cross Non- Performers. The two small FPs were first tested for reliability and validity and were then used to obtain a force-time record of a simulated cross position. The simulated cross test consisted of standing between two small force platforms placed on top of large solid gymnastics spotting blocks. The gymnasts attempted to perform a cross position by placing their hands at the center of the FPs and pressing downward with sufficient force that they could remove the support of their feet from the floor. Force-time curves (100 Hz) were obtained and analyzed for the sum of peak and mean arm ground reaction forces. The summed arm forces, mean and peak, were compared to body weight to determine how close the gymnasts came to achieving forces equal to body weight and thus the ability to perform the cross. The mean and peak summed arm forces were able to statistically differentiate between athletes who could perform the cross from those who could not (p < 0.05). The force-time curves and small FPs showed sufficient fidelity to differentiate between Performer and Non- Performer groups. This experiment showed that small and inexpensive force platforms may serve as useful adjuncts to athlete performance measurement such as the gymnastics still rings cross.

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Sole, Christopher J., Satoshi Mizuguchi, Kimitake Sato, Gavin L. Moir, and Michael H. Stone. "Phase Characteristics of the Countermovement Jump Force-Time Curve: A Comparison of Athletes by Jumping Ability." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4664.

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The purpose of this study was to compare the phase characteristics of the countermovement jump (CMJ) force-time (F-t) curve between athletes based on jumping ability. An initial sample of one-hundred fifty Division-I collegiate athletes were ranked based on CMJ height. Three performance groups were then formed by taking the top, middle, and lower 30 athletes (15 men and 15 women) from the sample. Phases of the CMJ F-t curve were determined and then characterized by their duration, magnitude, area (impulse), and shape (shape factor). A series of 3-way mixed analysis of variance were used to determine statistical differences in phase characteristics between performance groups as well as between male and female athletes. Statistically significant phase-by-performance group interactions were observed for relative phase magnitude (p < 0.001), relative phase impulse (p < 0.001), and shape factor (p = 0.002). Phase-by-sex interactions were statistically significant for both relative phase magnitude (p < 0.001) and relative phase impulse (p < 0.001). Post hoc comparisons indicated that higher jumpers exhibited larger relative magnitude and impulse in the phases contained within the positive area of the F-t curve. Similarly, relative phase magnitude and impulse were the only phase characteristics to be statically different between men and women. Finally, the relative shape of the phase representing the initial rise in force was found to relate to jump height. These results provide some information regarding the diagnostic value of qualitative analysis of the CMJ F-t curve.

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Jonsson, Maria, and Petra Hertzberg. "Ditt uppdrag är mitt uppdrag : Lärares tankar kring att få till stånd ett gemensamt synsätt." Thesis, University of Skövde, School of Humanities and Informatics, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-1052.

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Syftet med den här studien var att ur ett lärarperspektiv synliggöra problematiken med att få till stånd ett gemensamt synsätt vad gäller barns utveckling, kunskap och lärande mellan lärare i förskoleklassen och grunskolans år ett. Frågeställningen var: Vilka faktorer anser lärare främjar respektive hindrar utvecklingen av ett gemensamt synsätt?Studien var kvaltitativ och genomfördes med hjälp av inspelade intervjuer av sex lärare varav tre är verksamma i förskoleklass och de andra tre i årskurs ett.I studiens resultat framkom en mängd faktorer som anses utgöra hinder och/eller möjligheter för att främja en gemensam syn. Det mest primära var att lärarna i arbetslaget för en dialog om verksamheten. Andra viktiga faktorer var till exempel arbetslagets sammansättning, samt att tid avsätts för att kunna föra diskussioner kring barnen, deras kunskap och utveckling. Det visade sig också att det inte räcker med att en faktor uppfylls- om exempelvis tid finns men viljan till smatal inte finns nås inget resultat i sig. Det visade sig att den ena faktorn inte utesluter den andra, samt att de faktorer som ses som hinder även kan framsrå som möjligheter. The purpose of this study is to present the complexity of creating a shared platform around the work among teachers in pre-school and the first year of school concerning promoting the children´s development, knowledge and learning. The subject for our study is: What "tool" contribute or hinder the process of creating a shared plarform around the work accordning to teachers?This qualitative study is based on taped interviews with pre-school teachers and three teachers in firts year of compulsory school.The result of the study revaels a number of tools either contributing or hindering reaching a shared plarform around the work. The single most imprtant tool in implementing the curriculum is the joint reflection but also tools like the make-up of the work team and the setting aside of time for planning and reflection are of great importance.The result also shows that different approaches and various working experience among the members of the work team create different interpretations which might either contribute or hinder the development towards a shared platform.

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Magrum, Eric D., John P. Wagle, Brad H. DeWeese, Kimitake Sato, and Michael H. Stone. "The Use of an Optical Measurement System to Monitor Sports Performance." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4660.

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The purpose of this study was to compare ground contact time between an optical measurement system and a force platform. Participants in this study included six collegiate level athletes who performed drop jumps and sprint strike steps for a total of 15 repetitions each. Ground contact data was simultaneously collected from an optical measurement system and a force platform, at a sampling frequency of 1000 Hz. Data was then analyzed with Pearson’s correlation and paired sample t-tests. The measures from the optical measurement system were found to be significantly higher (p < 0.001) than measures from the force platform in both conditions. Although significantly different, the extremely large relationships (0.979, 0.993) found between the two devices suggest the optical sensor is able to detect similar changes in performance to that of a force platform. Practitioners may continue to utilize optical sensors to monitor performance as it may provide a superior user-friendly alternative to more traditional based monitoring procedures, but must comprehend the inherent limitations due to the design of the optical sensors.

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Mattiasson, Madelene. "Online kommunikation mellan fritidshem, skola och hem : Kommunikation på platformen SchoolSoft." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-154357.

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Syftet med studien var att ta reda på hur personalen använder sig av SchoolSoft i sin kommunikation med hemmen. Undersökningen består av kvalitativa intervjuer med klasslärare och fritidshemspersonal på två skolor i en kommun, genom enskilda intervjuer och gruppintervjuer. Under intervjuerna delger informanterna hur de använder de olika funktionerna beroende på ärende och arbetsuppgift. De beskriver också vilka funktioner som används mer frekvent och vad som skiljer sig mellan klasslärarnas och fritidshemspersonalens arbete på SchoolSoft. Det framgår bland annat att närvarohanteringen är det som arbetas med mest frekvent då det sker varje dag. De lyfter även att dialogen som sker på SchoolSoft, via meddelanden, handlar mer om elevernas sociala relationer än om skolarbetet. Lärarna har olika strategier för hur de hanterar känsliga ärenden. Personalen förmedlar vad som är planerat och vad som skett genom olika kanaler, som till stor del består av att delge information till hemmen. Personalen utgår ifrån tidigare rutiner och vad vårdnadshavarna är vana vid när de väljer kanaler och om de ska skriva veckobrev, för att skapa en så givande kommunikation som möjligt. Analysen gjordes med hjälp av media ritchness theory (MRT) och kommunikationsteori.

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Nilsson, Mikael. "Open-source Workflow Evaluation : An evaluation of the Activiti BPM Platform." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi och medier, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-17033.

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Sole, Christopher J., Timothy J. Suchomel, and Michael H. Stone. "Preliminary Scale of Reference Values for Evaluating Reactive Strength Index-Modified in Male and Female NCAA Division I Athletes." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6285.

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The purpose of this analysis was to construct a preliminary scale of reference values for reactive strength index-modified (RSImod). Countermovement jump data from 151 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletes (male n = 76; female n = 75) were analyzed. Using percentiles, scales for both male and female samples were constructed. For further analysis, athletes were separated into four performance groups based on RSImod and comparisons of jump height (JH), and time to takeoff (TTT) were performed. RSImod values ranged from 0.208 to 0.704 and 0.135 to 0.553 in males and females, respectively. Males had greater RSImod (p < 0.001, d = 1.15) and JH (p < 0.001, d = 1.41) as compared to females. No statistically significant difference was observed for TTT between males and females (p = 0.909, d = 0.02). Only JH was found to be statistically different between all performance groups. For TTT no statistical differences were observed when comparing the top two and middle two groups for males and top two, bottom two, and middle two groups for females. Similarities in TTT between sexes and across performance groups suggests JH is a primary factor contributing to differences in RSImod. The results of this analysis provide practitioners with additional insight as well as a scale of reference values for evaluating RSImod scores in collegiate athletes.

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Attoff, Tove. "Encouraging knowledge sharing in a web- based platform : A study concerning how to encourage engineers to share knowledge in a web-based platform for knowledge sharing and to use the platform as a tool for measuring the performance of work procedures." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-170451.

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A design department in the company Sandvik AB in Kista, Stockholm, has built a web-based platform for knowledge sharing that allows the employees to share knowledge, regardless of their role and position in the hierarchical structure of the organization. The web-based platform gathers disseminated information and provides a way of finding needed information in an easy way and thus enables increasing productivity and efficiency of the employees. The purpose of the research was to find out what the potential users find encouraging and motivating in order to use a web-based platform for knowledge sharing and a functionality for performance measurement. Compared to what technically is possible today, there is lack of transparency in the company. The knowledge that exists within the company is dispersed and difficult to access for the employees in the organization. By gathering the knowledge and information and enabling the employees to share knowledge, they could potentially increase their performance of work assignments. The problem that this report addresses is that currently there are not good enough ways of measuring and keeping track of the performance of work assignments or routines in some departments in the company. The qualitative method of semi-structured interviews has been used for gathering data in this research. The data have been analyzed with the method of content analysis. The result of the research is that there are several aspects that need to be considered when encouraging and motivating users to share knowledge in a web-based platform for knowledge sharing and to use it as a tool for performance measurement. The main aspects identified in this research are corporate culture, choice of performance measures, managers’ responsibility, visibility and usage of the performance data and availability of the web-based platform. These aspects concern the attitude of the company and how to encourage and motivate the users to want to use the web-based platform.

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Khammash, Marwan. "Electronic word-of-mouth : antecedents of reading customer reviews in online opinion platforms : a case from the UK market." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492217.

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The Internet facilitates access to online product reviews and comments written by consumers. These reviews and comments are available to a large number of other customers and consequently, it can be predicted that these have a considerable impact on the success of goods and services. Therefore it is essential for businesses to understand the rationale of these online articulations. This thesis describes an elaborate research project, conducted to investigate and to derive motives and antecedents of the reading behaviour of consumer reviews in online opinion platforms. The thesis was carried out in two sequential phases of qualitative and quantitative methods. The first phase (N==25) employed asynchronous online interview method, synchronous online interview method and participant validity checks, all of which explored and investigated the motives. Results from the first phase showed four different types of motives that drive customers to read online reviews: Decision-illvolvement, Product-involvement, Social-involvement and Economic-involvement motives. The outcomes also demonstrated four different new types of motives: Self-involvement motives, Consumer empowerment motives, New social-involvement motives and Site-administration motives. Several related themes were also investigated, such as the preference for reading or writing and the reasons for choosing one over the other. The second phase (N==lOlO) tested the relevance of the online reading motives and their influence on consumer buying and communication behaviour in a large-scale quantitative questionnaire. The thesis concluded a necessity for opinion portal providers and commercial providers of consumer goods and services to understand the complex relationship that links motives of the online reading behaviour to the various consumer behavioural constructs. The main managerial implication is to develop strategies that allow organisations to benefit effectively from such online opinions. Further research ought to draw on a variety of research methods to create a clearer picture of online reading behaviour, in particular considering that this is an emerging area of research. Future studies could also investigate the antecedents of online writing behaviour to provide a better understanding of the full equation of eWOM.

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Kandhari, Akhil. "Control and Analysis of Soft Body Locomotion on a Robotic Platform." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1579793861351961.

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Sirithanaphonchai, Jutarat. "Identifying consumers' information adoption criteria on various online consumer review platforms : a case of Thai hospitality factor." Thesis, Brunel University, 2017. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/15644.

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The dynamics of use and adoption of information on various online review platforms remain elusive and complex, indicating the importance of more research on electronic word of mouth (eWOM) and online consumer reviews (OCRs). Existing theoretical models do not fully explicate the role of the influential factors and their interrelations in information adoption. This research offers a more holistic model of information adoption. The Information Adoption Model (IAM) and the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) are utilised as the theoretical foundations for the conceptual model while examining the factors that influence consumers' perceptions of and information adoption decisions from Independent and E-merchants' websites. Information usefulness is employed as a mediator. This research examines various COPs (consumer opinion platforms) by categorising consumers into four groups on the basis of their engagement behaviour and investigating their information adoption decisions. The research undertook quantitative methodology and conducted a survey on 635 respondents from Thailand. All hypotheses were developed and tested using data collected via an online questionnaire and were analysed with Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), with multigroup analysis techniques. Additionally, the research used two step cluster analysis and identified four groups of consumers on the basis of their engagement behaviour Quicker, Explorer, Confidant and Passionate. The findings are 1) A positively significant relationship between information usefulness and information adoption has been approved 2) Consumer adopt different information adoption criteria for different types of COPs 3) Consumers' assessment of different factors of OCRs varies due to the difference in the level of online engagement. The results offer useful implications for marketers by identifying and analysing the criteria that consumers adopt from specific platforms and underlining the effect of the level of consumer engagement on information adoption of OCRs.

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Nielsen, Ryler Jay. "Japanese Vocabulary Learning Through an Interactive Video Platform: Comparative Effects of L1 Versus L2 Definitions and Kana Versus Kanji Presentation." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6096.

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Advances in digital technology have recently allowed for richer text annotation in combination with authentic second language video media. As a result, many educational researchers are focusing increased attention on the effect this application of technology can have on second language acquisition. This study examines the comparative effectiveness of target vocabulary treatments with either native language (L1) definitions or target language (L2) definitions when target vocabulary is presented in either kana or kanji as a part of the subtitles of an L2 film based on participant performance on vocabulary assessments. This study also examines the participants' perceived levels of helpfulness of the varying word treatments. The results of the study suggest that providing annotations for target words in the L2 increases learning of that word more than L1 annotations for intermediate learners of Japanese. On the other hand, learners rated access to definitions in L1 as more helpful than L2 definitions, and they expressed their preference for understanding the story more than learning the target vocabulary.

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Martins, Luís Filipe Ribeiro. "A influência do conteúdo gerado pelo utilizador nas plataformas online para a escolha de um restaurante?" Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20759.

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Mestrado em Gestão e Estratégia Industrial Os social media apresentam uma tendência crescente e estão cada vez mais presentes no quotidiano. Através dos social media, são publicados e divulgados conteúdos gerados por utilizadores (UGC). Esses conteúdos exercem uma elevada influência no comportamento de compra do consumidor, nomeadamente no setor dos serviços, uma vez que a sua natureza experiencial e qualidade não podem ser determinadas antes do seu consumo. Sendo a restauração uma atividade económica do setor dos serviços, os gestores e profissionais tem de adaptar as suas estratégias de comunicação de modo a poderem beneficiar do UGC. O presente estudo tem como objetivo introduzir o UGC no contexto da restauração e analisar a sua influência na escolha de um restaurante. Os resultados do presente estudo evidenciam que o UGC tem um efeito positivo na perceção de credibilidade, utilidade e adequação ao risco, bem como que a utilidade percebida prediz a atitude do consumidor perante o UGC. Esta atitude irá instigar um efeito positivo na intenção de seleção de um restaurante. Os resultados foram obtidos através da análise estatística, em SPSS, dos questionários disponibilizados através da plataforma online Qualtrics. Para concluir, o UGC apresenta uma tendência crescente no contexto da restauração e como tal os gestores e profissionais de marketing precisam de compreender a influência do UGC, por forma a promover nos consumidores uma atitude mais positiva que, por sua vez, instigará o aumento da intenção de seleção do restaurante por parte dos consumidores. Online social media is a growing trend and is increasingly present in everyday life. Through online social media, user-generated content (UGC) is posted and communicated. This type of content has a high influence on the consumer's buying behaviour, particularly in services due to its intangible nature which implies that quality cannot be determined before consumption. As restaurants are an economic activity in the services sector, managers and marketing professionals must adapt their communication strategies to benefit from the user-generated content. This study aims to study the role and influence of user-generated content in choosing a restaurant. Results from this study show that user-generated content has a positive effect on the perception of credibility, usefulness and suitability to risk. Results also show that the perceived usefulness predicts the consumer's attitude towards the UGC. Ultimately this attitude will prompt a positive effect on the selection of a restaurant. Results were obtained by statistically analysing with SPSS the answers to the questionnaires carried out on via the Qualtrics online platform. To conclude, user-generated content is an increasing trend in the context of the selection of a restaurant and as such managers and marketeers need to understand the role of UGC, in order to maximize its impact on social media. This will help to promote a more positive attitude on consumers, which, in turn, will encourage them to increase their selection of a restaurant. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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Yu, Xiaoting. "Inclusive creativity: Wanghong economy and the Chinese social media entertainment industry." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235385/1/Xiaoting%2BYu%2Bthesis%284%29.pdf.

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This thesis analyses the development trajectory and implications of China’s online creative industry (known as wanghong) and examines both empowerment and precarity of labor in the specific context of China. Focusing on major platforms and media intermediaries, the study explores how the industry facilitates and regulates the production of mass cultural creativity within the datafication and commodification logic of platforms. The thesis considers platform governance, platform affordances, and creative labor management, serving as an extended case study of the global social media entertainment industry.

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Pereirinha, Joana Garcês. "A influência das plataformas digitais na gestão do relacionamento com o cliente : caso Zomato no setor da restauração português." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19457.

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Mestrado em Gestão e Estratégia Industrial O setor da restauração em Portugal, devido à forte cultura gastronómica, apresenta uma acentuada expressão no mercado nacional. Este, a par dos outros setores, tem-se vindo a desenvolver e, embora a cultura se marque por tradições, tem-se sentido uma digitalização que tem vindo a alterar alguns processos desta área, especialmente na forma como se estabelecem relacionamentos com os clientes. Assim sendo, torna-se importante perceber a situação de marketing por detrás dos processos de gestão de relacionamento com o cliente, pelo que o objetivo da presente investigação é compreender de que forma as plataformas digitais têm impacto nestes processos. Para tal, e aplicando o estudo ao setor da restauração, a plataforma usada foi o Zomato. Foi feito um estudo qualitativo com recurso a entrevistas semiestruturadas, usando uma amostra não probabilística, escolhida por conveniência, junto de responsáveis de marketing de restaurantes utilizadores da plataforma em estudo. Através da amostra conseguida (nove entrevistados) foi possível retirar algumas conclusões sobre a importância das plataformas digitais bem como as vantagens que esta oferece. A sua utilidade em termos de acesso a dados, o profissionalismo que o caracteriza, a visibilidade que dá aos restaurantes e a possibilidade de estabelecer contato direto com o consumidor de forma a perceber as suas preferências, opiniões e críticas são alguns dos benefícios reconhecidos pelos proprietários dos restaurantes. Esta é uma plataforma que, embora tenha lugar para se expandir mais, tem-se vindo a revelar uma poderosa ferramenta em termos de gerir relacionamentos com o cliente e promover o efeito do WOM. The sector of restaurants in Portugal, due to the strong gastronomic culture, has a strong expression in the national market. This one, along with the other sectors, has been developing and, although culture is marked by traditions, there has been a digitalization that has changed some processes in this area, especially in the way relationships are established with each other. Therefore, it is important to understand the marketing situation behind customer relationship management processes, so the aim of this research is to understand how digital platforms impact these processes. To this end, and applying the study to the Portuguese sector of restaurants, the platform used was Zomato. A qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews, using a non-probabilistic sample, chosen for convenience, from restaurant Zomato users. Through the sample obtained (nine respondents) it was possible to draw some conclusions about the importance of digital platforms as well as the advantages it offers. Its usefulness in terms of access to data, the professionalism that characterizes it, the visibility it gives to restaurants and the ability to establish direct contact with consumers in order to understand their preferences, opinions and criticisms are some of the benefits recognized by the owners of the restaurants. This is a platform that, while expanding further, is proving to be a powerful tool in terms of managing customer relationships and promoting the WOM effect. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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Sozgen, Burak. "Neural Network And Regression Models To Decide Whether Or Not To Bid For A Tender In Offshore Petroleum Platform Fabrication Industry." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610820/index.pdf.

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In this thesis, three methods are presented to model the decision process of whether or not to bid for a tender in offshore petroleum platform fabrication. A sample data and the assessment based on this data are gathered from an offshore petroleum platform fabrication company and this information is analyzed to understand the significant parameters in the industry. The alternative methods, &ldquo Regression Analysis&rdquo , &ldquo Neural Network Method&rdquo and &ldquo Fuzzy Neural Network Method&rdquo , are used for modeling of the bidding decision process. The regression analysis examines the data statistically where the neural network method and fuzzy neural network method are based on artificial intelligence. The models are developed using the bidding data compiled from the offshore petroleum platform fabrication projects. In order to compare the prediction performance of these methods &ldquo Cross Validation Method&rdquo is utilized. The models developed in this study are compared with the bidding decision method used by the company. The results of the analyses show that regression analysis and neural network method manage to have a prediction performance of 80% and fuzzy neural network has a prediction performance of 77,5% whereas the method used by the company has a prediction performance of 47,5%. The results reveal that the suggested models achieve significant improvement over the existing method for making the correct bidding decision.

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Gautrey, Charlotte. "The biomechanics of the dynamic defence mechanism." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/13905.

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Context: It has been suggested that muscle fatigue can lead to injury, however, research investigating this phenomenon in functional ankle instability (FAI) subjects is lacking. Aim: The purpose of this thesis was to research postural sway and muscular latency in FAI subjects and healthy controls, both before and immediately after localised and globalised fatigue protocols. Subjects: All subjects used in this project were males, between the ages of 18 and 25 years, and participated in regular (>2 x week) aerobic exercise. Subjects were categorised into healthy subjects, or subjects with a history of FAI using the FAI questionnaire. Methods: Neuromuscular control was analysed in FAI subjects and healthy controls through measures of muscular latency and postural sway. These measures were repeated both before and immediately after localised and globalised fatigue protocols. Results: The induction of localised and globalised fatigue had no effect on muscle latency in the FAI or healthy subjects. However, postural sway was significantly increased in the FAI subjects, following localised and globalised fatigue, with globalised fatigue also significantly increasing postural sway in the healthy subjects. The globalised football-specific fatigue protocol caused the greatest deficits in the FAI subjects, but also the healthy controls. Conclusions: In terms of muscle latency individuals that participate in sports, as well as sports clinicians and coaches, should not be concerned about the theorised relationship between the onset of fatigue and an increased injury risk at the ankle. However, in terms of postural sway the globalised football-specific fatigue protocol caused the greatest deficits. This highlights that the fatigued individual may be at greater risk of musculoskeletal injury during prolonged exercise that involves multiple joints, such as a football match.

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Khreiche, Mario. "Milieus in the Gig Economy." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86205.

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The present project provides a survey of contemporary work relations in the context of the so-called gig economy (also known as the sharing, collaborative, platform, and on-demand economy). Against the background of recent concerns over automation replacing work at a large scale, the project argues instead that the displacement of work warrants more critical attention. The project examines how the gig economy presents their services as automating technologies while downplaying the ways that workers' employment, not to mention lives, are made increasingly precarious by these alleged improvements. Specifically, the project surveys three gig-economies, the ride-hailing service Uber, the home-sharing service Airbnb, and the online labor marketplace Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT). Methodologically, the project employs an interdisciplinary approach, integrating insights from political economy, critical theory, discourse analysis, and ethnographic research. A qualitative assessment of the respective work environments shifts a relatively apolitical discourse on the future of work not only toward a more pronounced critique of the gig economy, but also toward a renewed discussion on the kinds of jobs that earn the labels of freelance and entrepreneurship. Professionals and scholars concerned with the future of work stand to benefit from the findings of the research, particularly as it challenges some commonplace assumptions in the discourse of what has been termed postcapitalism. Ph. D. The present project provides a survey of contemporary work relations in the context of the so-called gig economy (also known as the sharing, collaborative, platform, and ondemand economy). Against the background of recent concerns over automation replacing work at a large scale, the project argues instead that the displacement of work warrants more critical attention. The project examines how the gig economy presents their services as automating technologies while downplaying the ways that workers’ employment, not to mention lives, are made increasingly precarious by these alleged improvements. Specifically, the project surveys three gig economies, the ride-hailing service Uber, the home-sharing service Airbnb, and the online labor marketplace Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT). Methodologically, the project employs an interdisciplinary approach, integrating insights from political economy, critical theory, discourse analysis, and ethnographic research. A qualitative assessment of the respective work environments shifts a relatively apolitical discourse on the future of work not only toward a more pronounced critique of the gig economy, but also toward a renewed discussion on the kinds of jobs that earn the labels of freelance and entrepreneurship. Professionals and scholars concerned with the future of work stand to benefit from the findings of the research, particularly as it challenges some commonplace assumptions in the discourse of what has been termed postcapitalism.

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Thajudeen, Shamnath. "Supporting the design phase of industrialised house building using a product platform approach : A case study of a timber based post and beam building system." Licentiate thesis, Jönköping University, JTH, Konstruktion och produktutveckling, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-48266.

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In recent years, industrialised house building has gained shares on the Swedish house building market. The market demands for industrialised house building are exceeding the available supply of housing and experiencing a substantial increase in the housing production costs. For industrialised house building, the design has been identified as a critical phase with the systematization of the design a necessary part of industrialisation. Therefore, companies strive towards the inclusion of standardization and controlled processes in the design phase. Product platforms have proved to be related to the standardization of processes and products. Introducing a product platform approach in the design phase of house building could be a way to improve the design and ensure value creation in entire processes. Thus, the aim of this research is to outline means to support and improve the design phase of industrialised house building by using a product platform approach. A Swedish multi-storey house building company that uses glulam post and beam building system with a focus on platform development was used as the single case study in this research. The company intends to achieve increased efficiency by moving towards industrialized approaches. Empirical data were mainly gathered from interviews, observations, workshops, and document analysis. The findings present the existing challenges in the housing building industry and outlines twenty critical success factors that need to be considered in the design phase. Also, the result outlines support methods and tools that can be used for the improvement of the design phase when applying a product platform approach. Moreover, a flexible product platform can be developed with the support of parametric modelling and used to design building components having an engineer-to-order characteristic. Finally, the results show that a building system can be considered as part of a product platform in light of the necessity of an adequate support in the design process to maintain a sustainable platform. Thus, the contribution includes the addition of knowledge to platform theory in general and its application on the design phase of industrialised house building. Under de senaste åren har det industriella husbyggandet tagit andelar på den svenska husbyggnadsmarknaden. Behovet av bostäder på marknaden överstiger tillgången och med ökning av bostadsproduktionskostnaderna som konsekvens. För det industriella husbyggandet har projekteringen identifierats som en avgörande fas och dess systematisering är en nödvändig för industrialiseringen. Som en följd strävar företag i segmentet efter att inkludera standardisering och kontrollerade processer i projekteringen. Produktplattformar har kunnat kopplas till standardisering av processer och produkter. Införandet av produktplattformar i projekteringen kan vara ett sätt att förbättra designen och säkra värdeskapandet igenom hela processen. Således är syftet i denna avhandling att ta fram medel för att stödja och förbättra projekteringen för industriellt husbyggande genom att tillämpa en ansats med produktplattformar. Ett svenskt byggnadsföretag med flera våningar som använder limträ- och balksystem med fokus på plattformsutveckling användes som en enda fallstudie i denna forskning. En fallstudie har genomförts på ett företag som bygger flervåningshus med ett pelar-balksystem i limträ med fokus på plattformsutveckling. Företaget har ambitionen att nå högre effektivitet genom att röra sig mot ett mer industriellt tillvägagångssätt. Data samlades in från intervjuer, observationer, workshops och dokumentanalyser. Resultaten visar vilka de befintliga utmaningarna är för husbyggandet och presenterar tjugo kritiska framgångsfaktorer som ska beaktas i projekteringen. Studien har även tagit fram supportmetoder och verktyg som kan användas för att förbättra projekteringen vid tillämpning av produktplattformar. Vidare, en flexibel produktplattform kan utvecklas med stöd av parametrisk modellering och användas för att projektera byggnads-komponenter med engineer-to-orderegenskaper. Slutligen, resultaten pekar mot att ett byggsystem kan betraktas som en del av en produktplattform ur perspektivet att tillräckligt med stöd i projekteringen krävs för att underhålla en hållbar plattform. Således, arbetet har bidragit med kunskap till teori om plattformar i allmänhet och dess tillämpning på projekteringen för industriellt husbyggande.

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Tan, Hailun Computer Science &amp Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "Secure network programming in wireless sensor networks." Awarded By:University of New South Wales. Computer Science & Engineering, 2010. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/44835.

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Network programming is one of the most important applications in Wireless Sensor Networks as It provides an efficient way to update program Images running on sensor nodes without physical access to them. Securing these updates, however, remains a challenging and important issue, given the open deployment environment of sensor nodes. Though several security schemes have been proposed to impose the authenticity and Integrity protection on network programming applications, they are either energy Inefficient as they tend to use digital signature or lacks the data confidentiality. In addition, due to the absence of secure memory management in the current sensor hardware, the attacker could inject malicious code into the program flash by exploiting buffer overflow In the memory despite the secure code dissemination. The contribution of this thesis Is to provide two software-based security protocols and one hardware-based remote attestation protocol for network programming application. Our first protocol deploys multiple one-way key chains for a multi-hop sensor network. The scheme Is shown to be lower In computational, power consumption and communication costs yet still able to secure multi??hop propagation of program images. Our second protocol utilizes an Iterative hash structure to the data packets in network programming application, ensuring the data confidentiality and authenticity. In addition, we Integrated confidentiality and DoS-attack-resistance in a multi??hop code dissemination protocol. Our final solution is a hardware-based remote attestation protocol for verification of running codes on sensor nodes. An additional piece of tamper-proof hardware, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), is imposed into the sensor nodes. It secures the sensitive information (e.g., the session key) from attackers and monitors any platform environment changes with the Internal registers. With these features of TPM, the code Injection attack could be detected and removed when the contaminated nodes are challenged in our remote attestation protocol. We implement the first two software-based protocols with Deluge as the reference network programming protocol in TinyOS, evaluate them with the extensive simulation using TOSSIM and validate the simulation results with experiments using Tmote. We implement the remote attestation protocol on Fleck, a sensor platform developed by CSIRO that Integrates an Atmel TPM chip.

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Axelsson, Emma, and Madeleine Wikström. "eWOM-kommunikation på Facebook & Prisjakt : En studie av skillnader i konsumenters uppfattning om eWOM." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-21342.

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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to identify and describe how consumer perceptions regarding information quality, sender credibility and effect of eWOM-communication differ between Facebook and Prisjakt. Approach – Based on previous research an analytical model was designed. The parts in the model were the aspects of the problem which the present study aimed to examine. An experimental design was applied in which ten students at Örebro University were exposed to a scenario where they took part of eWOM-communication concerning a specific product on Facebook and Prisjakt and then had to answer questions in an interview. The analytical model formed the base of the interview guide used in the interview and the specific product was chosen with help from a focus group. Implication – The study illustrates that consumers may perceive the quality higher on Prisjakt while the sender credibility can be perceived higher on Facebook. Despite this conclusion the effect of eWOM-communication in this study is that the information on Facebook is adopted to a greater degree than the information on Prisjakt. The reason for this is that the sender credibility appeared to be more important in the process of information adoption. Syfte – Syftet med denna studie är att identifiera och beskriva hur konsumenters uppfattning skiljer sig mellan Facebook och Prisjakt gällande informationens kvalitet, avsändarens trovärdighet och effekten av eWOM-kommunikation. Tillvägagångssätt – Utifrån tidigare forskning utformades en analysmodell vars delar var de aspekter av problemet som studien syftade till att undersöka. En experimentell design tillämpades där tio studenter vid Örebro universitet fick sätta sig in i ett scenario där de tog del av eWOM-kommunikation gällande en specifik produkt på Facebook respektive Prisjakt och sedan fick svara på frågor i en intervju. Analysmodellen låg till grund för en intervjuguide som användes vid intervjun och den specifika produkten diskuterades fram med hjälp av en fokusgrupp. Slutsats – Studien illustrerar att konsumenter kan uppfatta informationens kvalitet högre på Prisjakt medan avsändarens trovärdighet kan uppfattas högre på Facebook. Trots detta är slutsatsen gällande effekten av eWOM-kommunikation i studien att informationen på Facebook tenderar att anammas till en större grad än informationen på Prisjakt. Anledningen till detta är att avsändarens trovärdighet visade sig vara av större betydelse i processen av informationsanammande.

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Andersson, Jonathan, and Johan Hällgård. "7 visioner för framtidens BIM : En studie kring vilka förändringar som krävs för att skapa ett branschvägledande arbetssätt för användandet av BIM." Thesis, KTH, Byggvetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-174189.

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Molnlagring, kommunikationsplattformar med interaktiva funktioner, virtuella modeller som sammanfogas med fysiska omgivningar, datorsimuleringar, livscykelperspektiv. Så diskuteras det i BIM-världens korridorer. Men om detta nu är framtiden: varför går implementeringen så långsamt, och vad är det egentligen som ska implementeras? Processen att hantera och förstå vad BIM är har blivit för komplex, och med denna rapport vill vi hitta åtgärder för att göra arbetssättet begripligt och användbart för fler. Vi har i samarbete med Vianova Systems undersökt hur användningen av BIM ser ut idag och vilka förbättringsåtgärder som behövs för en bredare framtida implementering i samhällsbyggnadsbranschen. Våra undersökningar visar att nästan 80 % tror att ett arbete som drar nytta av en digital modell skulle vara effektivare: samtidigt är osäkerheten kring mjukvaror och oklarhet kring implementeringen av arbetsmetoderna begränsande faktorer. Som lösning på detta har ett användarinterface för projektsamordning och kommunikation arbetats fram. Dessa undersökningar har genomförts med hjälp av en enkätstudie samt intervjuer och sammanställts i två delar: dels denna rapport, samt en slutprodukt av visionär karaktär kallad ”7 visions for the future of BIM”. Cloud storage, communication platforms with interactive functions, virtual models that are merged with physical surroundings, computer simulations, life cycle perspective. This is what is being discussed in the corridors of the BIM-world. But if this is the future: why is the implementation so slow, and what exactly is to be implemented? The process of handling and understanding what BIM is has become too complex, and in this report we want to find solutions for making the way of working intelligible and useful for a wider audience. In collaboration with Vianova Systems, we have investigated what the use of BIM looks like today and what improvements are needed for a wider future implementation in the AEC industry. Our investigations show that almost 80 % believe that work which utilizes a digital model would be more effective: at the same time the insecurity concerning software and uncertainties regarding the implementation of the work methodologies are limiting factors. As a solution for this a user interface for project management and communication has been developed. These investigations have been carried out with the aid of a questionnaire and interviews and compiled into two parts: partly this report, as well as an end product of visionairy nature called ”7 visions for the future of BIM”.

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Snape, Marine. "Une insertion par le jobbing ? : du travail de plateforme aux usages sociaux d'un petit boulot." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris, EHESS, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023EHES0103.

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Cette thèse traite des plateformes de petits services entre particuliers, couramment désignées sous le terme "jobbing" et en particulier Jobbycat, une entreprise d'insertion par le travail indépendant opérant dans le secteur de l'économie sociale et solidaire. Notre recherche repose sur l'hypothèse selon laquelle pour comprendre pourquoi les acteurs participent aux activités des plateformes il est essentiel d'analyser à la fois le parcours individuel mais aussi le contexte organisationnel. En effet, le travail de plateforme est souvent perçu comme une forme de "petits boulots" ou de travail temporaire, caractérisé par son incertitude, sa courte durée et ses faibles revenus. Cependant, les jobbers que nous avons rencontrés développent un discours positif de ces activités et mettent en avant la flexibilité, l'autonomie et l'esprit d'entraide. Afin d’interroger le rôle de la plateforme dans l'organisation du travail et la manière dont les acteurs le perçoivent nous adoptons une approche par cas en trois parties. La première partie de la thèse explore les différentes acceptions du terme jobbing et décrit la méthodologie que nous avons employée, en mettant en avant les particularités de notre cas et de notre rapport au terrain. Cette partie montre comment l'hétérogénéité des secteurs et des services auxquels se rattache le jobbing n’implique pas seulement des difficultés pratiques pour le chercheur mais participe à l'usage d’une définition volontairement floue et large de ce qu’est le jobbing, permettant aux acteurs de mobiliser des registres théoriques variés et convaincre le plus grand nombre d’y participer. Les diverses justifications mobilisées par les plateformes contribuent à élargir les frontières du travail à une forme d’halo de l’activité en légitimant des activités ponctuelles et délaissées en tant que sources de revenus. La deuxième partie repose sur l’observation au sein de plateforme et se concentre sur le travail concret accompli par les salariés de Jobbycat et la manière dont le consentement des acteurs est produit et construit au sein de et par l’organisation. Elle met en lumière la capacité de la plateforme à valoriser le travail à la tâche en intégrant le statut de micro-entrepreneur dans un processus d'insertion. Cela s'opère à travers la promotion d’un capitalisme de plateforme social et solidaire analysé comme une forme de travestissement solidaire du lien marchand, mêlant autonomie et contrôle. Cette partie est également l’occasion de mettre en évidence la manière dont cette plateforme s’inscrit dans la dynamique plus globale de privatisation du placement et de l’insertion. La troisième partie de la thèse repose sur une quarantaine d’entretiens biographiques réalisés avec les jobbers, mettant en lumière leurs représentations et expériences à travers trois formes de jobbing : cumul, rupture et exclusion. Elle met en lumière les attentes professionnelles qui émergent de cette activité tout en soulignant les inégalités de genre et de classe qu'elle reconduit. Notre étude révèle que l'engagement dans le jobbing se comprend comme un attrait pour l'indépendance au quotidien tout en soulignant le fait que le salariat joue un rôle central dans le parcours des jobbers, les incitant à s'engager, à persévérer ou à quitter le jobbing. Notre enquête ethnographique nous a amené à rencontrer des individus aux multiples étiquettes, des travailleurs pluriels pour qui la pratique d’activité de plateforme vient s’ajouter à des revenus, un travail ou encore des statuts antérieurs. Pour décrire ces différents mécanismes nous proposons d’élargir la notion de pluri-activité au profit du concept de travail pluriel. In fine, notre travail met en lumière la manière dont les acteurs de la plateforme, les jobbers et les institutions s'approprient cette organisation dans un contexte de complexification croissante des parcours individuels, de cumul d'activités et de superposition des statuts et des zones grises de l'emploi et du travail This thesis delves into the world of peer-to-peer service platforms, commonly known as "jobbing", with a specific focus on Jobbycat, a company that promotes independent work within the social and solidarity economy sector.Our research is built on the premise that to truly understand why individuals engage in platform-based activities, it's crucial to examine both individual journeys and the organizational context. Platform work is often perceived as a form of "odd jobs" or temporary employment, characterized by its unpredictability, short-term nature, and modest income. However, the jobbers we've had the opportunity to interact with convey a positive narrative about these activities, highlighting the flexibility, independence, and spirit of collaboration that they offer. To explore the role of these platforms in shaping work dynamics and the way participants perceive work, we've adopted a three-part, case-by-case approach.The first part of our thesis delves into the various interpretations of the term jobbing and outlines the methodology we've employed, emphasizing the unique aspects of our case and our approach to fieldwork. This section illustrates how the diversity of sectors and services associated with jobbing presents not only practical challenges for researchers but also fosters the use of intentionally vague and all-encompassing definitions of what constitutes jobbing. This flexibility allows participants to draw on a range of theoretical frameworks and attract a broader base of involvement. Diverse justifications offered by these platforms serve to expand the boundaries of work, effectively legitimizing sporadic and often overlooked tasks as legitimate sources of income.The second part of our study is grounded in observations made within the platform itself and spotlights the tangible work undertaken by Jobbycat's employees. It also delves into how the consent of participants is cultivated and structured within the organization. This section underscores the platform's knack for valuing task-specific work by integrating the status of "micro-entrepreneurs" into an integration process. This is achieved by promoting a brand of social and solidarity-based platform capitalism, which we analyze as a way to disguise market relationship under a "social and solidarity" fashion, that blend autonomy and control. Additionally, this section underscores how this platform fits into the broader trend of privatizing job placement and integration.The third part of our thesis relies on roughly forty biographical interviews conducted with jobbers. These interviews shed light on the participants' perceptions and experiences through the lens of three forms of jobbing: accumulation, disruption, and exclusion. It also underscores the professional expectations that arise from this activity while highlighting the gender and class disparities that persist. Our study reveals that engagement in jobbing is motivated by a yearning for daily independence, all while underscoring the crucial role of salaried employment in jobbers' life journeys. This role influences them to engage, persevere, or ultimately step away from the world of jobbing. Our ethnographic inquiry led us to meet individuals who wear multiple hats, plural workers for whom participating in platform activities adds to pre-existing income, jobs or employment status. To elucidate these diverse mechanisms, we propose broadening the concept of pluri-activity in favor of the concept of plural work.In conclusion, our work casts light on how platform participants, jobbers, and institutions embrace this model in an era of increasingly intricate individual journeys, the blending of multiple jobs, and the intertwining of various employment statuses, all within the grey areas of employment and work

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Guardati, Simone. "Realizzazione di una infrastruttura di Opinion Mining per commenti testuali." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019.

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Milioni di commenti ogni giorno vengono scritti ed aggiunti su internet da migliaia di utenti, essi riguardano ristoranti, hotel, acquisti, luoghi da visitare e molto altro. Quotidianamente moltissime persone fano affidamento su tali opinioni, ad esempio preferendo l’acquisto di un prodotto rispetto ad un altro su un sito di e-commerce, rendendo così il valore di questi dati molto elevato ed una loro analisi un processo molto importante da effettuare. Estrarre le informazioni di interesse da essi è un procedimento difficilmente eseguibile da operatori umani data la loro enorme quantità, di conseguenza sarà necessario trovare dei sistemi informatici in grado di eseguire questo processo. Questo elaborato propone un’infrastruttura per eseguire il processo comunemente chiamato Aspect Based Sentiment Analysis (ABSA), il cui scopo finale sarà, dato un commento, estrarne le categorie da esso affrontate con le relative polarità. Ad esempio dal commento “buona la pizza ma il conto era alto” le categorie da estrarre potrebbero essere “gusto” e “prezzo” aventi rispettivamente polarità “positiva” e “negativa”. La nostra infrastruttura permetterà di personalizzare agilmente le sue componenti interne, lasciando all’utente la possibilità di aggiungere soluzioni proprie o di utilizzare quelle già implementate. Verranno inoltre sfruttati attivamente diversi servizi della Google Cloud Platform (GCP) grazie anche alla collaborazione con Injenia S.r.l., l’azienda dove è stato svolto il lavoro per questo elaborato. Il sistema è stato testato su due data set, uno dei quali preso dalla competizione italiana ABSITA, conclusa nel dicembre 2018. Le prestazioni su quest’ultimo data set hanno fornito un punteggio di F1-Score pari a 0.694, senza l’utilizzo di tecnologie specifiche al data set e ottimizzazione dei parametri. Tale punteggio avrebbe rappresentato un quinto posto alla competizione ABSITA.

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Selník, Petr. "Stavebně technologický projekt dvoulodní haly ve Fulneku." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-226507.

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The subject of this diploma thesis are chosen parts of building technological project of pursuance of the factory building Massag in Fulnek based on the metal bearing structure. This diploma thesis contents study of realization of main technological process of the hall, financial and time plan of building, project of construction site installation, budget of the construction, time planning of works, inspection and test plan, the project of safety and protection of health at work, technological regulation of building metal bearing structure.

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Olsson, Fredrik, and Maribel Cruz. "Molntjänster : en studie av tekniska möjligheter." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-10490.

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Datormoln, även kallat molnet, är teknik baserad på användande av applikationer och data över Internet. Molnet erbjuder olika typer av tjänster och resurser som t.ex. applikationer och datorkraft. Molntjänster kan underlätta för företag då de kan sänka den annars höga kostnaden för saker som personal, hårdvara, mjukvara och det utrymme detta kräver. Denna rapport kommer svara på frågan ”Vad är moln?” och grundläggande beskriva molnets struktur och funktion, samt olika typer av moln. Rapporten kommer även beskriva ett par olika molntjänster.

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PENG, YUNG-HSIEN, and 彭永賢. "The Exploration of Work Platforms for Career Choice." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84588804718418110697.

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碩士 國立臺灣科技大學 資訊管理系 102 With the rapid development of information networks and mobile technology, "connection economy" has changed the operational relationship among enterprise, customers and the third-party vendors. "Network organization" formed by the relationship changes subvert human work patterns. From the job seeker’s perspective, this study investigates the application of the work platforms using the "new working relationship" between the organizations and people. Location-based Service opened the called car service of American Uber and China "Di Di Da Che". The passengers instantly link with the cab drivers through the mobile phones. Once a user requests UberRUSH, a courier will arrive either on bike or on foot to deliver a package elsewhere. American Kickstart, Taiwan FlyingV enable everyone to sell their plan and raise funds from the masses, and then manufacture a product or execute project plan. Quirky let the public participate in the new product idea or post conception. If the conception got approval by the platform committee, the benefits will be distributed among the initiator, participants and platform. With the help of 99designs, employer post a design request like holding a competition, then pick his favorite from numerous design works. Sweden Crowding allows enterprises to issue a challenge to the public to seek solutions to various problems. Japan "Creek &; River" connects the creative professionals and production companies. Via LinkedIn, users can create a professional network of contacts, join the professional communities, identify talent, and find jobs or business transaction opportunities. In the "connection economy" generations, the platform develops mutually beneficial ecosystem and create new value chain by linking people, companies, a number of groups and resources. Many occupations have new "working style" such as cab drivers, writers, designers, entrepreneurs and so on. There are many aspects of these new changes, this study focus are as follows. When a person graduates, unemployed or want to change job, he needs to think about the following questions: 1. What are the factors and process flow of a career choice? What tools are available to use? 2. How to classify those existing work platforms? What are their business models? How to use them? 3. How will the work platform evolve with PEST trends, enterprise development and the needs of the new generation people? The study results as follows. 1. According to career choice theory, collate and analyze the processes and factors that influence career choice. 2. By entrepreneurs, self-employed, principal, atypical four kinds of practitioners of identity, coupled with “other comprehensive” of five to classify and enumerate the working platforms, then select multiple model cases to illustrate their business models, and summarizes their evolution. 3. With competition and social development, the two-way evolvement between “enterprise networking” and “network enterprising” will form a “networking teams”. The enterprise or organization becomes a dynamic link to a gathering of network nodes. This research expects that the job seekers could efficiently utilize the work platforms and two summarized career choice diagrams- the factors and the process flow. And I suggest that more in-depth follow-up studies can develop work platforms and create "personal values".

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