Ryan Cox’s scientific contributions

We performed a qualitative study to explore the experiences of millennials regarding workplace onboarding programs in their health care organizations. Action research and quasi-appreciative inquiry were used to examines millennial experiences in corporate on boarding as well as to determine which elements millennials ideally want to see in onboarding programs. The results suggest that current corporate onboarding programs in health care organizations are generally inadequate for the growing talent pool, that this inadequacy likely affects retention of millennial talent, and that health care organizations appear to be behind the curve regarding current onboarding trends and needs in industry. The qualitative research data also suggests a potential concern of poor organizational culture in organizations with inadequate onboarding programs.

In the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, and an environment of emerging technologies and the evolving ways of doing work, novel tech related to communications has made it possible for people to have meetings, hold classes, and socialize virtually, even if they are spread around the globe. A new technology, holoportation, which has emerged and continues to develop over the past several years, has become available, marketed, and is being used in some locations for communications. Dominant to its 2-D cousins of Zoom, GoToMeeting, and other commonly used platforms, holoportation brings the capability of 3-dimensional viewing, utilizing VR and AR (VR/AR) and complex video-computing to place parties in virtual environments that appear as though they are present in the same room as each other, creating an environment of real-time telepresence. This technology, and the new versions of it being developed currently, has many advantages in numerous industries, professions, and locations, including in the practice of conflict analysis and negotiation. This article describes the use of these technologies, as well as some current challenges, with respect to doing conflict work.