Papers by Kirstin C. Phelps
We study the parametric controls of self-adjusting systems with numerical models. We investigate ... more We study the parametric controls of self-adjusting systems with numerical models. We investigate the situation where the target dynamics changes slowly and passes through a chaotic region. We find that feedback destabilizes controls if the target is chaotic. If the control is unstable the system migrates to the closest non-chaotic target, i.e. it adapts to the edge of chaos. For weak controls the deviation between system dynamics and target is larger, but the system dynamics is less chaotic and therefore more predictable.
We study the parametric controls of self-adjusting systems with numerical models. We investigate ... more We study the parametric controls of self-adjusting systems with numerical models. We investigate the situation where the target dynamics changes slowly and passes through a chaotic region. We find that feedback destabilizes controls if the target is chaotic. If the control is unstable the system migrates to the closest non-chaotic target, i.e. it adapts to the edge of chaos. For weak controls the deviation between system dynamics and target is larger, but the system dynamics is less chaotic and therefore more predictable. C. P. Brinkworth, 2006 [1]
Proceedings of the 2014 ACM conference on Web science - WebSci '14, 2014
We study the parametric controls of self-adjusting systems with numerical models. We investigate ... more We study the parametric controls of self-adjusting systems with numerical models. We investigate the situation where the target dynamics changes slowly and passes through a chaotic region. We find that feedback destabilizes controls if the target is chaotic. If the control is unstable the system migrates to the closest non-chaotic target, i.e. it adapts to the edge of chaos. For weak controls the deviation between system dynamics and target is larger, but the system dynamics is less chaotic and therefore more predictable.
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... 18 Page 19. Moldoveanu, M. (2004). “A subjective measure of organizational complexity: A new ... more ... 18 Page 19. Moldoveanu, M. (2004). “A subjective measure of organizational complexity: A new ... (2002). Census 2000 Urban and Rural Classification. Retrieved on April 6, 2006, from http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/ua_2k.html. Wakefield, D. (2003, October). ...
Journal of Leadership Studies , Oct 22, 2014
Advanced information and communication technologies are impacting the ways groups and individuals... more Advanced information and communication technologies are impacting the ways groups and individuals collaborate, communicate, and engage. Such changes also have impacts on the leadership process. By reviewing the literature on e-leadership and technology-centered fields, the current article provides recommendations and implications for leading in online environments.
With an increase of online teaching, social media, and use of classroom technology by both locati... more With an increase of online teaching, social media, and use of classroom technology by both location-bound and distance students, how do we teach and learn leadership through online tools? International Leadership Association overarching Teaching and Learning Guiding Question: “What are students' developmental levels and what teaching and learning methods are most appropriate to ensure maximum student learning?”
Modern adolescents are faced with a variety of choices regarding how to spend their free time. As... more Modern adolescents are faced with a variety of choices regarding how to spend their free time. As recruitment and increased student participation continues to be a major priority of the National FFA
Organization, it is essential to explore the reasons why students make the choice to become or not to become a member of FFA. This study was a part of a larger, collective case study of members and non–members in school–based agricultural education programs located in ten small town, rural, and urban fringe schools across Illinois. The purpose of the study was to explore what influences students’ decision to join or not join the National FFA Organization. Students in this collective case study participated in semi–structured focus group interviews, individual interviews, and completed questionnaires. Four themes emerged as reasons to join FFA and three themes emerged as major reasons non–members elected not to participate in the FFA. Implications and recommendations concerning marketing of and recruitment for FFA programs were discussed.
Games, role-playing, and simulations as developmental tools have been used in education since the... more Games, role-playing, and simulations as developmental tools have been used in education since the 1800s. An emerging form of collaborative game play is virtual worlds; however, the use of virtual worlds in leadership education has not been fully investigated. The purpose of this article is to (a) demonstrate how virtual worlds are a viable venue for leadership education, and (b) present a hierarchy of skills sets that can be developed in virtual world settings. In doing so, this article provides evidence that virtual worlds can be used as a new instructional delivery environment for leadership education as the appeal and intrinsic nature of virtual environments aligns well with the experiential framework of leadership education.
The authors studied the parametric controls of self-adjusting systems with numerical models. The ... more The authors studied the parametric controls of self-adjusting systems with numerical models. The authors investigated the situation where the target dynamics changes slowly and passes through a chaotic region. The authors found that feedback destabilizes controls if the target is chaotic. If the control is unstable, the system migrates to the closest nonchaotic target, i.e., it adapts to the edge of chaos. For weak controls, the deviation between system dynamics and target is larger, but the system dynamics is less chaotic and therefore more predictable. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity, 2007
Peer pressure can induce sudden, unexpected changes in the behavior of a group. With agent-based ... more Peer pressure can induce sudden, unexpected changes in the behavior of a group. With agent-based simulations, we study the impact of one individual on the behavior of a social network of people. We find that an individual with the largest benefit dominates the group behavior. If that individual happens to have a leadership role, the impact is particularly strong. The model suggests that even if the average benefit for the group changes slowly, the average participation changes suddenly but with a delay. The delay is shorter if the network is subject to large, unpredictable outside influences. Further, we find that incentives that target leaders are more effective than unspecific incentives. We discuss applications of the model to the dynamics of membership in an agricultural youth organization.
Conference Presentations by Kirstin C. Phelps
The environment within which public libraries are embedded is changing. Infrastructure allowing ... more The environment within which public libraries are embedded is changing. Infrastructure allowing for increased connectivity to the web, as well as opportunities to support new technologies, i.e. makerspaces, have raised questions on how libraries can best respond to the social and technical goals of their communities. Reflected in these questions is a need to explore how libraries can develop effective community partnerships around such opportunities; for example, through the provision of digital literacy education. The Digital Innovation Leadership Program (DILP) provides a framework for developing capacity within libraries to form such partnerships, focused on community identified development goals.
DILP aims for innovative approaches to empower and engage libraries to be successful in dealing with the relationships among socio-technical systems. These issues cannot be fully addressed with traditional models of leadership where a single organization is in charge, or where a single individual is responsible for providing essential services. DILP recognizes this by focusing on a process of collective leadership, which is defined as an informal, distributed process where the responsibility of leadership is shared among team members [1].
This poster will present DILP and its collective leadership process as a way to re-envision the frameworks used within public libraries for community engagement. Outcomes include capacity building and the fostering of sustainable community partnerships responsive to the changing goals of the context in which they are embedded. Additionally, the components of the DILP toolkit will be outlined, which includes collective leadership skills, stakeholder alignment, digital literacy preparedness, and technology needs assessment.
References:
[1] Contractor, N. S., DeChurch, L. A., Carson, J., Carter, D. R., & Keegan, B. (2012). The topology of collective leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 23(6), 994-1011
We present a novel sentiment classifier particularly designed for modeling and analyzing social m... more We present a novel sentiment classifier particularly designed for modeling and analyzing social movements; capturing levels of support (supportive versus non-supportive) and degrees of enthusiasm (enthusiastic versus passive). The resulting computational solution can help organizations involved with social causes to disseminate messages in a more informed and effective fashion; potentially leading to greater impact. Our findings suggest that enthusiastic and supportive tweets are more prevalent in tweets about social causes than other types of tweets on Twitter.
Available sentiment classifiers typically describe statements as either positive or negative. Whi... more Available sentiment classifiers typically describe statements as either positive or negative. While helpful for consumer products or marketing initiatives, this sort of binary classification is
limiting for other types of sentiments, particularly those related to social causes. Our research contribution is the creation of new orthogonal sentiment classifiers unique to social causes. This
new classification helps capture a more nuanced sentiment along level of support (supportive/non-supportive) and the degree of enthusiasm (enthusiastic/passive) toward a cause.
Twitter data is noisy and content specific, making it difficult for any topic-specific approach. However, our findings show that Enthusiastic and Supportive tweets were more densely present in tweets about social causes in Twitter.
Our research takes a computational approach to address how social media data, with a better classification of sentiment analysis for social causes, can be maximized by individuals and agencies. With a more nuanced classifier, users within social networks more receptive to social causes can be more easily identified for collective action and advocacy.
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Papers by Kirstin C. Phelps
Organization, it is essential to explore the reasons why students make the choice to become or not to become a member of FFA. This study was a part of a larger, collective case study of members and non–members in school–based agricultural education programs located in ten small town, rural, and urban fringe schools across Illinois. The purpose of the study was to explore what influences students’ decision to join or not join the National FFA Organization. Students in this collective case study participated in semi–structured focus group interviews, individual interviews, and completed questionnaires. Four themes emerged as reasons to join FFA and three themes emerged as major reasons non–members elected not to participate in the FFA. Implications and recommendations concerning marketing of and recruitment for FFA programs were discussed.
Conference Presentations by Kirstin C. Phelps
DILP aims for innovative approaches to empower and engage libraries to be successful in dealing with the relationships among socio-technical systems. These issues cannot be fully addressed with traditional models of leadership where a single organization is in charge, or where a single individual is responsible for providing essential services. DILP recognizes this by focusing on a process of collective leadership, which is defined as an informal, distributed process where the responsibility of leadership is shared among team members [1].
This poster will present DILP and its collective leadership process as a way to re-envision the frameworks used within public libraries for community engagement. Outcomes include capacity building and the fostering of sustainable community partnerships responsive to the changing goals of the context in which they are embedded. Additionally, the components of the DILP toolkit will be outlined, which includes collective leadership skills, stakeholder alignment, digital literacy preparedness, and technology needs assessment.
References:
[1] Contractor, N. S., DeChurch, L. A., Carson, J., Carter, D. R., & Keegan, B. (2012). The topology of collective leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 23(6), 994-1011
limiting for other types of sentiments, particularly those related to social causes. Our research contribution is the creation of new orthogonal sentiment classifiers unique to social causes. This
new classification helps capture a more nuanced sentiment along level of support (supportive/non-supportive) and the degree of enthusiasm (enthusiastic/passive) toward a cause.
Twitter data is noisy and content specific, making it difficult for any topic-specific approach. However, our findings show that Enthusiastic and Supportive tweets were more densely present in tweets about social causes in Twitter.
Our research takes a computational approach to address how social media data, with a better classification of sentiment analysis for social causes, can be maximized by individuals and agencies. With a more nuanced classifier, users within social networks more receptive to social causes can be more easily identified for collective action and advocacy.
Organization, it is essential to explore the reasons why students make the choice to become or not to become a member of FFA. This study was a part of a larger, collective case study of members and non–members in school–based agricultural education programs located in ten small town, rural, and urban fringe schools across Illinois. The purpose of the study was to explore what influences students’ decision to join or not join the National FFA Organization. Students in this collective case study participated in semi–structured focus group interviews, individual interviews, and completed questionnaires. Four themes emerged as reasons to join FFA and three themes emerged as major reasons non–members elected not to participate in the FFA. Implications and recommendations concerning marketing of and recruitment for FFA programs were discussed.
DILP aims for innovative approaches to empower and engage libraries to be successful in dealing with the relationships among socio-technical systems. These issues cannot be fully addressed with traditional models of leadership where a single organization is in charge, or where a single individual is responsible for providing essential services. DILP recognizes this by focusing on a process of collective leadership, which is defined as an informal, distributed process where the responsibility of leadership is shared among team members [1].
This poster will present DILP and its collective leadership process as a way to re-envision the frameworks used within public libraries for community engagement. Outcomes include capacity building and the fostering of sustainable community partnerships responsive to the changing goals of the context in which they are embedded. Additionally, the components of the DILP toolkit will be outlined, which includes collective leadership skills, stakeholder alignment, digital literacy preparedness, and technology needs assessment.
References:
[1] Contractor, N. S., DeChurch, L. A., Carson, J., Carter, D. R., & Keegan, B. (2012). The topology of collective leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, 23(6), 994-1011
limiting for other types of sentiments, particularly those related to social causes. Our research contribution is the creation of new orthogonal sentiment classifiers unique to social causes. This
new classification helps capture a more nuanced sentiment along level of support (supportive/non-supportive) and the degree of enthusiasm (enthusiastic/passive) toward a cause.
Twitter data is noisy and content specific, making it difficult for any topic-specific approach. However, our findings show that Enthusiastic and Supportive tweets were more densely present in tweets about social causes in Twitter.
Our research takes a computational approach to address how social media data, with a better classification of sentiment analysis for social causes, can be maximized by individuals and agencies. With a more nuanced classifier, users within social networks more receptive to social causes can be more easily identified for collective action and advocacy.