Journal: Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Found 137 papers in total
An Empirical Study on Critical Factors Affecting Employee Satisfaction
An Empirical Study on Critical Factors Affecting Employee Satisfaction
2014,
With the rapid development of information technology (IT), IT service quality has...
An Empirical Study on the Dynamic Relationship between Higher Educational Investment and Economic Growth using VAR Model
An Empirical Study on the Dynamic Relationship between Higher Educational Investment and Economic Growth using VAR Model
2014,
Previous research has studied the relationship between higher education and economic...
An Analogical Induction Approach to Technology Standardization and Technology Development
An Analogical Induction Approach to Technology Standardization and Technology Development
2014,
Development of technology systems plays important roles in enhancing the market...
Systemic Analysis of Pensions: The Case of the Taiwanese Primary School Teacher Pension Fund
Systemic Analysis of Pensions: The Case of the Taiwanese Primary School Teacher Pension Fund
2016,
The phenomena of population ageing and the declining trend of birth rate have had a...
Low-carbon Reconstruction: A Meta-Synthesis Approach for the Sustainable Development of a Post-Disaster Community
Low-carbon Reconstruction: A Meta-Synthesis Approach for the Sustainable Development of a Post-Disaster Community
2016,
Achieving sustainable development is a major challenge for a post‐disaster...
Group Model-Building to Support Public Policy: Addressing a Conflicted Situation in a Problem Neighbourhood
Group Model-Building to Support Public Policy: Addressing a Conflicted Situation in a Problem Neighbourhood
2016,
This paper evaluates a group model‐building project concerning safety in a city...
Chinese Art in the Social Context: Unfolding the Interplay of the ‘Four Enemies’
Chinese Art in the Social Context: Unfolding the Interplay of the ‘Four Enemies’
2016,
Chinese art has an important status in the world. The aesthetic value of Chinese art...
Institutional Economics and Social Dilemmas: a Systems Theory Perspective
Institutional Economics and Social Dilemmas: a Systems Theory Perspective
2016,
The present paper explains why social dilemmas are endemic to the regime of functional...
Using System Archetypes to Identify Drivers and Barriers for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: A Case Study in Ghana
Using System Archetypes to Identify Drivers and Barriers for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: A Case Study in Ghana
2016,
The African agricultural system is characterized by complex challenges such as famine,...
Institutionalism and the Influence of the Cultural Values of the Family Subsystem on the Management of the Small‐Medium Family Firms
Institutionalism and the Influence of the Cultural Values of the Family Subsystem on the Management of the Small‐Medium Family Firms
2016,
The current work advances and tests an explanation for the flow of values in...
Contested Modelling: a Critical Examination of Expert Modelling in Sustainability
Contested Modelling: a Critical Examination of Expert Modelling in Sustainability
2016,
We discuss the role of expert modelling in sustainability using a framework designed...
Critical Rationalism for Practice and its Relationship to Critical Systems Thinking
Critical Rationalism for Practice and its Relationship to Critical Systems Thinking
2016,
Critical rationalism for practice (CRforP) attempts to provide a framework for...
Modelling the Emergence of Shared Attitudes from Group Dynamics Using an Agent-Based Model of Social Comparison Theory
Modelling the Emergence of Shared Attitudes from Group Dynamics Using an Agent-Based Model of Social Comparison Theory
2016,
We propose a novel agent‐based implementation of Festinger's social comparison...
Mechanisms for Understanding Mental Model Change in Group Model Building
Mechanisms for Understanding Mental Model Change in Group Model Building
2016,
Mental model change and mental model alignment are reported outcomes of group model...
Application of Critical Systems Thinking to Performance Auditing Practice at the Indonesian Supreme Audit Institution: Issues and Challenges
Application of Critical Systems Thinking to Performance Auditing Practice at the Indonesian Supreme Audit Institution: Issues and Challenges
2016,
The paper explores the reframing of performance auditing practice based on a critical...
Governing in the Anthropocene: What Future Systems Thinking in Practice?
Governing in the Anthropocene: What Future Systems Thinking in Practice?
2016,
The revealing and concealing features of the metaphor ‘earth as...
Ecosystem Approaches to Health and Well-Being: Navigating Complexity, Promoting Health in Social‐Ecological Systems
Ecosystem Approaches to Health and Well-Being: Navigating Complexity, Promoting Health in Social‐Ecological Systems
2016,
Ecosystem Approaches to Health (also known as ‘ecohealth’) link population...
Towards a Practice of Systemic Change – Acknowledging Social Complexity in Project Management
Towards a Practice of Systemic Change – Acknowledging Social Complexity in Project Management
2016,
The Anthropocene calls for systemic change which requires much more than good ideas,...
Towards Systemic Evaluation
Towards Systemic Evaluation
2016,
Problems of conventional evaluation models can be understood as an impoverished...
‘Till the Muddle in my Mind Have Cleared Awa’: Can We Help Shape Policy Using Systems Modelling?
‘Till the Muddle in my Mind Have Cleared Awa’: Can We Help Shape Policy Using Systems Modelling?
2016,
This paper considers how some well‐documented deficiencies of mental models...
Educating and Empowering Children for Governing in the Anthropocene: A Case Study of Children's Homes in Sri Lanka
Educating and Empowering Children for Governing in the Anthropocene: A Case Study of Children's Homes in Sri Lanka
2016,
Educating children and young people on how to care for the environment is the focus of...
Soft Systems Methodology and Interdisciplinarity in Management Education
Soft Systems Methodology and Interdisciplinarity in Management Education
2016,
One negative point of management education is the lack of integration between the...
25 Years of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Nursing in Brazil: A Historical‐Social Research
25 Years of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Nursing in Brazil: A Historical‐Social Research
2016,
The aim of this study was to analyse the development of the World Health Organization...
Symbiotic Dynamic: The Strategic Problem from the Perspective of Complexity
Symbiotic Dynamic: The Strategic Problem from the Perspective of Complexity
2016,
Major changes in today's world have made renowned authors recognize that the existing...
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