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Studying in a Virtual Mobility Context:An International Pilot in the Domain of Educational Science
2019
Digital advertising around paid spaces, e-advertising industry’s revenue engine : A review and research agenda
2017
We develop and describe a framework for research in a particular segment of digital advertising. Internet Advertising Paid Slots and Spaces (IAPS) is a neologism and work almost like a stock exchange for buying and selling advertising in various formats on designated spaces around web and make a significant contribution to Internet advertising revenues. These paid spaces were found to encompass diverse areas of Internet advertising that include search engine marketing, social media advertising and display advertising. Given the complexity of the modern digital advertising eco system, this literature review seeks to provide clarity, up-to-date knowledge and ongoing insights into Internet adv…
Examining the antecedents and consequences of perceived value : a case study of mobile banking application usage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2022
Recent advancements in information, communications, and mobile technologies have revolutionized banking and payment services as well as consumer behavior. This study examines the continuous usage experience of mobile financial services, and especially mobile banking services, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the context of this study. Data were collected from 300 experienced mobile banking users across the KSA using a pre-tested survey instrument. The partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyze the data. The results supported most of the hypotheses and revealed that e-service quality, e-information quality, and experience flow have a significant an…
Digital Activism in Russia: The Evolution and Forms of Online Participation in an Authoritarian State
2020
AbstractThis chapter describes how digitalization has affected activism in Russia by tracing the evolution, particularity, and the most visible forms of online activism in the context of the increasingly authoritarian Russian state. It discusses online activism in relation to “connective action” and illustrates it with two examples of contentious political activism: the anti-corruption campaign led by Alexei Navalny and the struggle to protect online communication from state surveillance by the Telegram messenger service. In addition, the chapter presents examples of Russian activism, which do not directly challenge the Kremlin.
Hyökkäysmatkoja Pohjanmaalla : kommunistien kulttuuritoiminta ja sen kautta rakentuva vallankäyttö Etsivä Keskuspoliisin Vaasan alaosaston alueella v…
2011
Suomalaista kommunismia 1920-luvulla on tutkittu laajalti, mutta vähemmän kulttuuritoiminnan osalta. Lisäksi Pohjanmaa alueena on lähes jäänyt tutkimuskentän ulkopuolelle. Pohjanmaa on mielletty valkoisten alueeksi sisällissodan vaikutuksesta. Tutkimus on mikrohistoriallinen esitys Etsivän Keskuspoliisin Vaasan alaosastolla toimineiden kommunististen yhdistysten ja järjestöjen kulttuuritoiminnasta. Miten yhdistykset tuottivat kulttuuria ja käyttivät sitä vallanhaltuunotossa aikana, jolloin kommunismi oli Suomessa kiellettyä? Kulttuuritoiminta oli julkista, mikä tekee siitä poikkeuksellisen kommunistien maanalaiseen toimintaan nähden. Kulttuuritoimintaan kuuluvat iltamat, retket ja hyökkäysm…
Förtroende och andra former av symboliskt kapital i fadderskapsstrategier
2012
Visible organisational boundaries and the invisible boundaries of the scholarly profession
2022
The role of universities in knowledge production has changed. Although most higher learning still takes place in universities, knowledge is increasingly produced in collaborative networks comprising partners from different sectors (Välimaa, J., V. Papatsiba, and D. M. Hoffman. 2016. “Higher Education in Networked Knowledge Societies.” In Re-becoming Universities, The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective. Vol. 15, edited by D. M. Hoffman and J. Välimaa, 13–39. Dordrecht: Springer). In addition, the focus of universities’ personnel policies has shifted from supporting professional inclusion and exclusion towards supporting the national d…
Commitment in networks of practice
2006
The development and management of interpersonal trust in a business network in health, exercise, and wellbeing markets
2017
The aim of this dissertation is to explore the development, management and measurement of interpersonal trust in the context of a business network. More specifically, the focus is building and managing trust in the early stages of networking by examining how interpersonal trust forms in business networks and anchors relationships, and in addition, how the level of interpersonal trust could be measured. The data for this study is a qualitative, and collected from the business network that operates in the health, exercise and wellbeing sector. This study consists of three main parts: an introductory essay that consists of the research task, conceptual framework and methodological choices, fou…