Limitations and Future Research Clause Samples
The "Limitations and Future Research" clause serves to acknowledge the boundaries and constraints of the current work while suggesting directions for subsequent studies. It typically outlines factors such as methodological weaknesses, data limitations, or scope restrictions that may affect the interpretation of results, and then proposes areas where further investigation could be valuable, such as exploring different populations or employing alternative methods. This clause is essential for providing transparency about the study's shortcomings and for guiding future researchers toward unresolved questions or improved approaches.
Limitations and Future Research. Although our work was partly inspired by historical precedent, we tested our predictions in stylized experimental contests between two individuals. The strength of this approach lies in its internal validity and enables us to draw causal inference about the effects of transfer opportunities in conflicts between an attacking and defending party. While providing valuable insights, this approach might not fully capture the complexities of real-world situations. Factors to think about when generalizing our findings to other contexts include the involvement of multiple parties, group dynamics, conflicts extending beyond the basic roles of attacker and defender, asymmetries in resources and power, and the impact of long-standing, nuanced histories between conflicting parties. Some of these complexities might be addressed through simple experimental extensions. For example, future studies could look at third-party interventionism (cf. ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2004; ▇▇▇▇ et al., 2011) or extend our design to a group-based contest (cf. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2003; ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ et al., 2016). In addition, future research could further expand our understanding of conflict and appeasement by integrating experimental work with macro-level data (cf. De Dreu et al., 2016; ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ et al., 2022). Our study points to the importance of individual differences, in particular social value orientation, in moderating the response of aggressors towards appeasement. While pro-sociality moderated attackers’ aggression, this effect was limited in scope. Even pro-social attackers still used some or their resources to aggress on defenders. Future research could therefore further investigate the role of individual differences by examining other psychological factors that might influence aggression and the response to appeasement. For instance, future research might investigate how traits such as risk aversion, empathy, guilt sensitivity, or dominance orientation affect how individuals behave in this context. Such work could deepen our understanding of the individual characteristics that shape behavior in conflicts and thus improve our ability to manage and de-escalate real-world conflicts.
Limitations and Future Research. There are some limitations to this research. More influencers with varying levels of follower counts could be studied. This study only researches the top eleven influencers based on follower count. These influencers selected are also only ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ influencers, so other topics influencers are prominent in should be studied. This study focused only on Instagram, so research into Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms should be done. Also, this study was conducted during COVID-19, so this may have impacted engagement levels due to quarantine regulations. This may have caused higher engagement because people are quarantined to their homes and many restaurants and dine in places have restrictions. Future research into influencers should look at the other categories’ influencers are strongly used in. This future research should look into the relationship’s companies develop with influencers and how that impacts the audiences’ view on the influencer and on the organization. Since this study focused on the top eleven influencers, further research into smaller influencers would show how these influencers engage with a smaller audience and maintain their relationships with that audience. This research should also extend to include Facebook and Twitter, as these are also major outlets influencers are potent in.
Limitations and Future Research. ♙ first limitation of this study is that the validity of the conclusions may be re- stricted to a specific Dutch group of Protestant Christians, with members believing in a personal God. ♙ second limitation is that we used only an explicit personality functioning instru- ment for examining the construct validity. Therefore in this particular article, we could not conclude about the association between implicit measures of God representations and implicit measures of personality (mal)functioning. It would be appropriate to also examine associations between the ♙TGR scales and implicit or indirect measures of personality pathology, for example by using the STIP-5, a semi-structured interview for personality functioning (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Kaasenbrood, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2013) and the Structured Interview of Personality Organization (▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Caligor, ▇▇▇▇▇, & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2004; ▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 2010). ♙ third limitation is that the comparison between associations of implicit and ex- plicit God representation scales with personality scales may be obscured because they do not measure exactly the same aspects of God representations. ♙n explicit God rep- resentation measure that is conceptually equivalent to the ♙TGR does not exist. ♙lt- ▇▇▇▇▇ we have considered to use the Spiritual ♙ssessment Inventory (Hall & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1996, 2002) that perhaps is conceptually more related to the ♙TGR, we chose the QGR, an explicit God representation that is well-validated for Dutch believers. When a translated and well-validated Dutch version of the S♙I becomes available, it would be useful to examine its associations with the ♙TGR and to also compare associations of both measures with explicit and implicit measures of personality (mal)functioning. ♙ fourth limitation is the cross-sectional design of this study. ♙lthough it is ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ assumed that differences in implicit representations of self, God and others, and of the self in relationship with God and with important others, underlie and cause differences in interpersonal functioning, results cannot conclude about the direction of the found associations. More research is needed into the influence of biographical factors on ♙TGR scale scores. Finally, validation of the scales could be more strongly undergirded by exam- ining whether, among patients, changes in implicit God representations are related to changes in personality functioning and in, explicitly but preferably also implicitly measured distress/well...
Limitations and Future Research. More empirical research on the topic presented here is needed. First of all, the dataset we used for testing our expectations is very small and it is necessary to test the hypotheses again using a larger dataset. Second, in this paper we investigated and found support for the influence of the different interdependencies on individual outcomes; future research should also examine how the interdependencies might influence group level outcomes. As many authors have argued, the group is not merely the sum of all its parts (e.g., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇, 1993), therefore it is likely that the effect of the interdependency types on group level outcomes appear via different mechanisms than we suggested in this paper for individual effectiveness. Furthermore, although we found significant results associating individuals’ positions in their relational structure and their effectiveness, future research needs to examine the relational aspect of interdependence using more than one group to verify these associations. Because we analyzed only one workgroup we cannot deny nor confirm that the found associations are a coincidence or not. Finally, time is also an interesting variable that future research might want to take into consideration when studying the process of coordination in workgroups. In this study we collected data on one point in time and it is possible that if the data were collected a year earlier or later, results would have been different. Therefore, to get a full understanding of how the interdependencies influence effectiveness, longitudinal research is needed. Also comparing the different interdependencies in groups that already exist for a long time with newly formed groups may give us more information about the process of coordination. Notwithstanding the importance a longitudinal design would have for assessing the causality among the interdependence types and effectiveness. Another aspect that deserves closer examination is the profile of the different interdependency types and its consequences for individual and group outcomes. In this study we presented the main effects of the different interdependency types. However, managing just one interdependence type does not guarantee effective outcomes (▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1999). It may be the profile of interdependencies that can lead to optimal group and individual effectiveness (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1997). With respect to the interrelationship among the interdependencies, it is assumed that functional interdependence is shaped...
Limitations and Future Research. This study is really not without some limitations that have to be taken into account when interpreting the results. First, the empirical analysis is applied to relatively small samples. Since a pre- and post- measurement of each variable has to be available, many observations have to be excluded from the study. This could possibly have a negative impact on the generalization of the empirical findings. In addition, the statistical analyses are carried out on a relatively short panel of 4 years. In follow-up studies, it would be desirable to collect more data and over a longer period of time so that the effect of the B Corp certificate can be investigated on a longer term. Secondly, this study does not take into account the extent to which a CBC meets the requirements of B Lab. It is possible that the impact of the certificate on growth and profitability differs depending on the company's score on the BIA. Also, the separate partial scores on different impact areas, such as workers, community and environment, could possibly influence the impact of the certification on company growth and profitability. The entire BIA score or the individual sub-scores of the BIA could be taken into account in follow-up research. Next, this study focuses solely on the financial performance of the CBCs before and after B Corp certification. However, no attention is paid to the social and environmental impact of these companies. Follow-up research could investigate such social and environmental impact of CBC's in order to better understand such hybrid organizations. Finally, during this study the impact of the B Corp certificate on company growth and profitability was examined. However, follow-up research could also examine the impact of this certificate on other financial parameters such as firm survival, productivity, cost of debt and so on. But also, the impact of the B Corp certification on employee and customer satisfaction would be useful since employees and consumers are important stakeholders of a company. Despite the various limitations associated with this research, it also offers some important contributions. This study could make an important contribution to literature concerning CSR and hybrid organizations such as CBCs. Such hybrid organizations face a number of challenges as they seek to combine profit generation with social objectives. Furthermore, there are already numerous publications in literature investigating the link between CSR and CFP, but the results ar...
Limitations and Future Research. This thesis seeks to identify the inter-organizational critical success factors of an IOS deployment for SCM purposes. As such, technical and intra-organizational factors are not taken into consideration and this thesis does not attempt to provide a complete list of success factors to an IOS deployment or to explain their relationship in-between. Further, this thesis considers only those organizations which in mutual agreement decide to implement and deploy an advanced IOS for collaborative purposes. Hence, IOS of pure transactional or operational nature is not examined. Another issue that should be explicitly mentioned is that this thesis does by no means try to come up with a general or overall merger of the research streams of SCM and IOS. When the research on SCM and IOS in this thesis is merged it is limited to and with the goal of identifying the common denominators within the literature in respect to the deployment of an IOS for SCM purposes. A last concern is that the research combining SCM and IOS is scarce, thus making it a research domain still in its infancy. Research within this “new” domain will most certainly develop, and the initial contributions will probably have several potential aspects of amendment. Consequently, the literature review is restricted to the, pro tempore, fairly small body of research within the interception between SCM and IOS. Future research should seek to further develop this highly current, yet relatively undiscovered, research stream. Last, the propositions developed in this thesis should be tested empirically. Organizations which have deployed IOS for achieving SCM in a successful way could be appropriate to analyze to assess the propositions. References ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇. & ▇▇▇▇, ▇. (2003). Electronic Supply Chain Partnerships: Reconsidering Relationship Attributes in Customer-Supplier Dyads. Information Resources Management Journal, 16(3), 59-84. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇. & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ O. E. M. (2008). IS Success Factors and IS Organizational Impact. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇. & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ S. (2007). Collaborative supply chain management. The most promising practice for building efficient and sustainable supply chains. Business Process Management Journal, 13(3), 390-404. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇., & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, K. (2005). Benefits of IT in supply chain management: an explorative study of progressive companies. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 35(2), 82-100. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇. (1991). A Strategic Analysis of Electronic Marketpl...
Limitations and Future Research. This research is focused on the development of a process model that explains how and why the process of IT dis-integration unfolded. Given its nature, the study of process models does not allow for the identification and development of a hypothesis or a hypothesis test of variables that affect the level of outcome. A follow-up study might be interested in asking specific questions about what factors affect the success of IT dis- integration. For example, does the degree of top management or expert involvement affect success? Do antecedent conditions of the common information technology environment prior to the demerger, like the existence of a common ERP or level of IT architecture modularity have any impact on the outcome (▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Konsynski 2009). Clearly, future research can build upon the findings of this study by examining additional IT dis-integration projects and trying to develop constructs that affect the successful outcome of IT dis-integration projects and allow the use of quantitative measures to test hypothesized relations amongst the constructs. With regard to the limited generalizability of single case studies, an extension of the current process model to explore the IT dis-integration process at other demerger sites can provide further insights and confirmation of the process model for IT dis-integration. In addition, more case studies will allow a cross-case analysis and increase the validity of the model.
Limitations and Future Research. While competitiveness was the closest to being significantly in-line with its hypothesis (H3), it’s important to note that competitiveness was coded solely on verbal cues. It’s possible that this created a bias, if men are more likely to vocalize their competitiveness. In the future, more research would be needed to better code for competitiveness. More research would also help solidify the findings of this research, since less than 3% of Survivor episodes were analyzed. With over 600 episodes, the amount of content to analyze served as a limitation to this research. Twenty randomly selected episodes were used due to time constraints. Time constraints also eliminated the ability to conduct intercoder reliability tests. This is where a possible coding bias could have been intercepted and fixed prior to coding all of the episodes. Additionally, this research is based on the edited version of the events that occur. It’s possible that there is an edit bias, unknown to viewers since there is no access to all of the footage. More occurrences may be happening that are never shown, which affects the data of how prevalent a stereotype is, but not in terms of how they’re portrayed. Interviews with contestants and/or access to the unedited footage would be helpful in further research. This research only focused on four behavioral traits associated with gender stereotypes. Not only are there more gender role traits, but there are also other ways that gender stereotypes may be portrayed, such as through the elimination order. Future research can expand not only on this gender stereotype analysis, but also on other aspects of the microcosm that is Survivor, such as racial, economic, or age stereotypes. Similar research on other ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shows, such as Big Brother, should also be conducted to see if the same findings occur throughout the genre. Further research, of gender portrayal in Survivor and in all of the previously listed areas, should be conducted because of the role television, especially ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, plays in viewers’ lives. England (2018) emphasized the importance of television in learning. Viewers of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ assume that what is portrayed is what real life is. When they view a stereotype, they assume it’s true, which is a dangerous cycle. Season Episode : Includes: touches, hugging, cuddling Male Female Shows affection Includes: appearing upset, crying, talking about feelings Male Female Shows emotional behavior Includes: making dec...
Limitations and Future Research. Where a non-significant result was delivered, the effect size was also small and this is a limitation of the current study, meaning that the sample size may be too small to reasonably report on the relationship between activation and weight loss. Weight management programs typically experience difficulties with low engagement (▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇, 2018) so more effort from the programme into engaging those most at need of the service would be useful. Given that all of the participants were initially classified as overweight or obese, it is clear that the programme did attract and engage some of the right community and understanding what worked for individuals to maintain their participation would support a larger recruitment sample in the future. Further analysis of this T2WMS could include a larger sample size as the program continues to deliver. Future research could also consider measuring and analysing data around specific positive health behaviours that affect weight, such as physical activity, mental wellbeing and healthy eating habits. This would aid understanding about which behaviour(s) in particular contributed towards weight loss and are therefore the most effective in this programme. Measuring the other variables quantitatively using trusted resources such as IPAQ (▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 2003) and analysing the interaction between those components and weight loss; and the interaction between the components themselves, including activation would enhance understanding about the benefits to this programme and how it breeds success in weight loss. The Tier 2 Weight Management Service is a successful multi-component lifestyle intervention that has supported participants to achieve a reduction in weight and an improvement in BMI, which will in turn improve health outcomes and life expectancy. In addition, the programme has shown an increase in patient activation, which is also positively associated with better health outcomes for those with higher activation levels. Further research with participants of the T2WMS will only enhance our understanding and development of future community weight management interventions. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, M., ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇. ▇., ▇▇▇▇, O. K., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇. ▇., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇. ▇., & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, H. P. (2016). Patient activation is inconsistently associated with positive health behaviors among obese safety net patients. Journal of immigrant and minority health, 18, 1489-1497. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇. ▇., ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇., ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇., & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, C. (2016). Examini...
Limitations and Future Research. ♙ first limitation of this study is that results are based on a specific religious group: Dutch Christians from predominantly Protestant denominations. In fact, the cards of the ♙TGR (not the scoring system) are also specifically designed for this group. Find- ings, therefore, cannot be generalised to adherents of other religions or Christian de- nominations. ♙ second limitation of this study, hindering the comparisons of ♙TGR scores be- tween the clinical and nonclinical group, is that the nonclinical group significantly dif- fered from the patient group on potentially confounding biographical factors. ♙lt- ▇▇▇▇▇ most of these variables were not significantly associated with the scores on the ♙TGR scales, church denomination was significantly associated with the ♙ttachment to God-overall scale, an effect that was not found within the clinical group, but only within the nonclinical group. Therefore, further research into the influence of church denomination on this scale is needed. ♙ third limitation is the observational design of the study that does not permit conclusions about causal directions; this means that our results cannot undisputedly confirm the theoretically assumed effect of ♙ttachment to God on distress; and it must be noted that the inverse might also be the case: distress might have caused or triggered more insecure attachment to God representations. ♙ fourth limitation of this study is that most expectations could only be examined in the clinical group, because in the nonclinical group we had no measures for implicit distress. ♙ctually, some may find it even disputable to classify the OQ-clinician meas- ure that we assessed in the clinical group as a purely implicit measure. However, be- cause we asked clinicians to base their ratings on intuitive estimations instead of what they actually heard from their patients, and because patients could not deliberately influence the score, in our opinion this indirect measure qualifies as measuring im- plicit aspects of their functioning. In terms of the Yohari-window for modelling inter- personal awareness, it focuses on information that is unknown to the self, but known to others (▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1955). Further research is needed to examine differences in implicit and explicit distress between persons with and without personality pathology. Moreover, implicit and ex- plicit scores of patients on attachment to God scales before and after treatment should be measured and compared, to see if and how di...