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Book Part Citation - Scopus: 1Web Privacy: Issues, Legislations, and Technological Challenges(IGI Global, 2008) Mishra,A.; Mishra,D.People all over the world increasingly are concerned about the privacy issues surrounding the personal information collected by private organizations, governments and employers. Privacy relates to issues regarding collection, secure transmission, storage, authorized access, usage, and disclosure of personal information. This information is used for commercial gain by many organizations. Individual privacy concerns significantly affects consumer willingness to engage in electronic commerce over the Internet. The increased use of the Internet and Web for everyday activities is bringing new threats to personal privacy. This chapter assessed various issues related to individual privacy on the Web, growing concerns among the Web users, technologies employed for collecting and protecting information on the Web, privacy-enhancing technologies and the legal provisions to curb the Web privacy. This chapter also reported detailed discussion about Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P), its structure, present scenario of its implementation and its future success. Global consistency on Internet privacy protection is important to promote the growth of electronic commerce. To protect consumers in a globally consistent manner, legislation, self-regulation, technical solutions and combination solutions are different ways that can be implemented. © 2008, IGI Global.Book Part Impacts of Economic and Institutional Dynamics on New Media Applications Penetration: Sample Country Analysis(IGI Global, 2020) Benli,H.E.New media applications become vital in order to compete as a country and as human beings. Despite the positive impact and increasing global usage of new media applications, some countries have low new media applications penetration when others have high. This should be analyzed and evaluated within the countries' own macroeconomic and institutional dynamics. Dynamic motives as institutional, macroeconomic, infrastructural, and political factors heavily divined and also easily damage the current and future conditions of the countries. This work conceptually and concretely investigated the role of specific factors. Macroeconomic factors are determined as population, GDP growth rate, and population rate of the countries. Institutional factors are evaluated through political stability index, rule of law index, and civil liberties index of each sample country. Infrastructural factors, business environment, and investments were analyzed with looking at international internet bandwidth per internet users and competitiveness data for countries. © 2021, IGI Global.Book Part Citation - Scopus: 7The Synergy Between Tourism, Aviation, and Digital Transformation: a Path To Seamless Travel Experiences(IGI Global, 2024) Güzel,G.This chapter explores the profound impact of digital transformation on the tourism and aviation sectors, highlighting the necessity for a comprehensive digital strategy in response to global changes. The tourism industry, in particular, is undergoing a paradigm shift, leveraging technological advancements such as mobile applications, social media, and digital platforms to enhance customer satisfaction, experience, and overall competitiveness. Within the aviation sector, digital developments span smart maintenance, risk management, air traffic optimization, and customer relations, all aimed at improving operational efficiency and passenger experience. The interconnectedness of tourism and aviation is evident in the increasing role of air travel, accounting for over 52% of global tourist movements. The chapter delves into the historical evolution of this symbiotic relationship, emphasizing the pivotal role of innovations, increased connectivity, and affordability in fostering tourism growth. © 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved.Book Part Citation - Scopus: 2Exploring Emotional Intelligence at Work: a Review of Current Evidence(IGI Global, 2017) Orta,I.M.; Camgoz,S.M.Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to perceive, understand, regulate, and use emotions. Organizational settings are now considered important arenas for the manifestation of human emotions. In order to establish long-term success, today’s organizations continually emphasize the search for emotionally intelligent employees. This chapter provides a detailed overview of the current literature on emotional intelligence with respect to work-related attitudes, behaviors, and outcomes. In particular, it provides empirical evidence for the associations of emotional intelligence with job satisfaction, work performance, organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior, effective leadership, and well-being. This chapter also provides practical implications and suggestions for future research by addressing plausible moderators and mediators, which are related to emotional intelligence. © 2018 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.Book Part E-mentoring in global software development teams: Success factors to develop a common culture(IGI Global, 2013) Colomo-Palacios,R.; Mishra,A.; Casado-Lumbreras,C.; Soto-Acosta,P.Global Software Development (GSD) teams face communication and coordination problems due to spatial, temporal, and cultural separation between team members. Cultural diversity and cross-cultural management are significant issues among GSD teams. In software development projects, mentoring dramatically reduces the learning curve for novice human resources. Due to the large amount of electronic communication instruments, a remarkable number of different e-Mentoring concepts have emerged, which provides opportunity for mentoring that would not otherwise be possible. This chapter presents key success factors to enable e-Mentoring as a tool to develop a common culture in GSD scenarios. These success factors enable the correct application of mentoring programmes and the use of this to build a common culture in organizations that perform GSD. © 2014, IGI Global.Book Handbook of Research on New Media Applications in Public Relations and Advertising(IGI Global, 2020) Esiyok,E.As competition between companies increases, the need for effective public relations and advertising campaigns becomes imperative to the success of the business. However, with the introduction of new media, the nature of these campaigns has changed. Today's consumers have more awareness and diversified ways to obtain knowledge, and through new media, they can provide feedback. An understanding of how to utilize new media to promote and sustain the reputation of an organization is vital for its continued success. The Handbook of Research on New Media Applications in Public Relations and Advertising is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the application of new media tools for running successful public relations and advertising campaigns. While highlighting topics such as digital advertising, online behavior, and social networking, this book is ideally designed for public relations officers, advertisers, marketers, brand managers, communication directors, social media managers, IT consultants, researchers, academicians, students, and industry practitioners. © 2021 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.Book Part Gender Representation in New Media Through Global Calendar Photographs(IGI Global, 2020) Karabacak,Z.I.; Özgen,Ö.New media that enables access to more people is a preferred platform by Lavazza for bringing together consumers from all around the world within the framework of coffee culture by means of photography. Lavazza calendar photos (1993-2012) have been analysed using Dyer's non-verbal communication means and lines of appeal under the following headings: "Sexually Highlighted Female Body in Lavazza Calendar Photos, ″ "Different Sexual Orientations as Secondary Emphasis of Lavazza Calendar Photos, ″ "Idealized Body Look of Models of Lavazza Calendars, ″ "Roles of Women and Men in Family in Lavazza Calendar Photos, ″ "Queens and Superheroines in Lavazza Calendars, ″ "Widespread Representation of White Race in Lavazza Calendar Photos, ″ "Italian Cities and Italian Local and National Items in Lavazza Calendars, ″ "Signs of Different Geography, Culture and Life Styles in Lavazza Calendar Photos, ″ and "Lines of Appeal in Lavazza Calendar Photos.'' According to the findings, both non-verbal means of communication in terms of gender and lines of appeal in Lavazza calendar photos in new media have changed over the years. © 2021, IGI Global.Book Part Impacts of Economic and Institutional Dynamics on New Media Applications Penetration: Sample Country Analysis(IGI Global, 2022) Benli,H.E.New media applications become vital in order to compete as a country and as human beings. Despite the positive impact and increasing global usage of new media applications, some countries have low new media applications penetration when others have high. This should be analyzed and evaluated within the countries' own macroeconomic and institutional dynamics. Dynamic motives as institutional, macroeconomic, infrastructural, and political factors heavily divined and also easily damage the current and future conditions of the countries. This work conceptually and concretely investigated the role of specific factors. Macroeconomic factors are determined as population, GDP growth rate, and population rate of the countries. Institutional factors are evaluated through political stability index, rule of law index, and civil liberties index of each sample country. Infrastructural factors, business environment, and investments were analyzed with looking at international internet bandwidth per internet users and competitiveness data for countries. © 2023 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.Book Part E-mentoring in global software development teams: Success factors to develop a common culture(IGI Global, 2012) Colomo-Palacios,R.; Mishra,A.; Casado-Lumbreras,C.; Soto-Acosta,P.Global Software Development (GSD) teams face communication and coordination problems due to spatial, temporal, and cultural separation between team members. Cultural diversity and cross-cultural management are significant issues among GSD teams. In software development projects, mentoring dramatically reduces the learning curve for novice human resources. Due to the large amount of electronic communication instruments, a remarkable number of different e-Mentoring concepts have emerged, which provides opportunity for mentoring that would not otherwise be possible. This chapter presents key success factors to enable e-Mentoring as a tool to develop a common culture in GSD scenarios. These success factors enable the correct application of mentoring programmes and the use of this to build a common culture in organizations that perform GSD. © 2013, IGI Global.Book Part Citation - Scopus: 2A Study on Influencers' Role in the Buying-Decision Process Within the Context of Word-Of Marketing: A Comparison Between Usa and Turkey(IGI Global, 2020) Medani,T.A.; Şahin,C.; Esiyok,E.The aim of this study is to explore influencers' role in buying-decision process within the context of word-of-mouth marketing and how it differs among different countries. Therefore, to make a comparison between the two countries, United States of America and Turkey are chosen. In the study, in-depth interview technique was used to obtain the data. Interviews were conducted with 20 participants who used Instagram and followed at least one influencer. Ten participants were from United States of America and 10 were from Turkey. In total, three themes were identified. Following the analysis, it was found that trust is very important. If the followers did not trust influencers, they would not prefer to buy or try the product that they have suggested. © 2021, IGI Global.
