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As organizations shift their work space from more traditional tethered locations to geographically dispersed spaces, virtual work is emerging as a critical feature of contemporary organizational life. Virtual Work and Human Interaction Research uses humanistic and social scientific inquiry from interdisciplinary and international perspectives to explore how individuals engage in the new virtual work paradigm. This book explores a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, boundary management in virtual work, shadowing virtual work practices, creative workers' attitudes in virtual work, high-touch interactivity in virtual experiences, surveys, interviews experimental, ethnography grounded-theory, and phenomenology in virtual work contexts.

As organizations shift their work space from more traditional tethered locations to geographically dispersed spaces, virtual work is emerging as a critical feature of contemporary organizational life. Virtual Work and Human Interaction Research uses humanistic and social scientific inquiry from interdisciplinary and international perspectives to explore how individuals engage in the new virtual work paradigm. This book explores a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, boundary management in virtual work, shadowing virtual work practices, creative workers' attitudes in virtual work, high-touch interactivity in virtual experiences, surveys, interviews experimental, ethnography grounded-theory, and phenomenology in virtual work contexts.

Digital technology plays a vital role in today's need for instant information access. The simplicity of acquiring and publishing online information presents new challenges in establishing and evaluating online credibility. Online Credibility and Digital Ethos: Evaluating Computer-Mediated Communication highlights important approaches to evaluating the credibility of digital sources and techniques used for various digital fields. This book brings together research in computer mediated communication along with the affects digital culture and online credibility.

Digital technology plays a vital role in today's need for instant information access. The simplicity of acquiring and publishing online information presents new challenges in establishing and evaluating online credibility. Online Credibility and Digital Ethos: Evaluating Computer-Mediated Communication highlights important approaches to evaluating the credibility of digital sources and techniques used for various digital fields. This book brings together research in computer mediated communication along with the affects digital culture and online credibility.

Leaders represent a necessary part of any organizational structure, and leadership styles can vary greatly between individuals. Servant leadership is one such leadership style which is helping individuals guide and encourage others within their organization. Servant Leadership: Research and Practice explores the concept of rethinking the leader-subordinate relationship structure through the dissolution of an authoritarian leadership style. This book supports current and future leaders through relevant discussions on methodologies and tools in support of servant leadership, and is designed for use by business managers, executives, scholars, and upper-level students.

With the wealth of information that you can find on the internet today, it is easy to find answers and details quickly by entering a simple query into a search engine. While this easy access to information is convenient, it is often difficult to separate fallacy from reality when dealing with digital sources. Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility features strategies and insight on how to determine the reliability of internet sources. Highlighting case studies and best practices on establishing protocols when utilizing digital sources for research, this publication is a critical reference source for academics, students, information literacy specialists, journalists, researchers, web designers, and writing instructors.

This collection of short stories explores the harsh realities teens face today, including drugs, human trafficking, and gun violence. Each story delivers a clear message about the dangers of risky choices and the lasting consequences they can bring, inspiring young readers to make smarter decisions.

A Story About Anger, Choices, and ConsequencesIn Gun In My Hand, one split-second decision turns an ordinary day into a life-changing nightmare.The narrator is trying to live right—working hard, staying out of trouble, and building a better future after leaving his past in the streets behind. Life finally seems stable… until violence from his old world shows up without warning.When an unexpected attack leaves his girlfriend injured and his unborn child at risk, anger takes over. Revenge starts to feel like the only answer. Friends from his old neighborhood quickly push him back toward the same environment he worked hard to escape, and a gun is placed in his hand.Now standing at a crossroads between revenge and responsibility, he must make a decision that will determine everything—his freedom, his future, and his family.Gun In My Hand is a powerful urban drama that explores anger, peer pressure, and the dangerous speed at which emotions can take control. Through intense storytelling and real-life lessons after each chapter, the book shows how one choice can destroy everything—or become the moment someone finally grows up.This is not just a story about violence. It's a story about control, consequences, and learning when to walk away.

Story About Addiction, Choices, and ConsequencesThe Cost of One Pill is a powerful and emotional story about how one moment, one prescription, and one bad decision can completely change a life forever.Ben starts his journey living a comfortable life, far removed from drugs and crime. After a motorcycle accident leaves him injured, he is prescribed pain medication that initially seems harmless. The pills take away his pain—but they also open the door to something much darker.What begins as medical treatment slowly turns into dependence. As the need for pills grows stronger, Ben's life spirals out of control. Money disappears, relationships change, and his decisions become driven by addiction rather than logic. The search for relief leads him deeper into dangerous environments, where the line between survival and crime begins to fade.Eventually, desperation takes over. One choice leads to another, and a decision made in chaos results in irreversible consequences that end in violence, arrest, and a 65-year prison sentence.Told in a raw, first-person style with powerful learning reflections throughout, The Cost of One Pill shows how addiction doesn't just affect the body—it changes thinking, behavior, and destiny.This is more than a story about drugs. It is a warning about how quickly control can be lost when pain, addiction, and poor choices collide.One pill. One path. A lifetime of consequences.