Olga V Smirnova

Biographic Data

ID3826632
NAMEOlga V Smirnova
GIVEN NAMESOlga V
FAMILY NAMESmirnova
SIGNATURESMIRNOVA O V
AFFILIATIONSEast Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • Semantic shift in conflict terminology in contemporary Russian socio-cultural media discourse

    Open AccessAlina S Antipova, Maria D Rabeson et al.ARTICLETraining, Language and Culture2021

    Current socio-cultural means of communication stand no comparison to the ones that existed even a decade ago. Media have introduced new information exchange practices, provided novel areas for communication, triggered wider civic participation in social life worldwide. The increase of digitalised texts available to the public on an everyday basis on the Internet have created media-focused space whose main characteristic is constant content change…

  • The Role of Power and Competition in Contracting Out

    Open AccessOlga Smirnova, Olga V Smirnova et al.ARTICLEAdministration & Society2016Cited by: 1References: 21

    Market forces provide a foundation for the expectations of efficiency in contracting out. However, often the lack of competition in particular industries creates powerful companies that are able to negotiate contracts in their favor, reducing improved performance for government agencies. To study how market power influences performance in service delivery in the transit industry, we examine individual contracts as our unit of analysis. We hypothe…

  • The Cambridge BEC as an Academic Context Model of Problematic Situations in Professional Intercultural Communication

    Open AccessOlga Marina, Olga A Marina et al.ARTICLEJournal of Siberian Federal…2016

    The article aims at finding appropriate measurement instruments for the assessment of communication \nmobility (CM) development as an important component of professional intercultural communicative \ncompetence. The comparative analysis of the BEC speaking exam paper and communication mobility \nstrategies and tactics shows that the exam format covers the components of CM model to a large \nextent and consequently may be used to measure the level…

  • Meeting the Public Administration Goals

    Open AccessOlga Smirnova, Olga V SmirnovaARTICLEPublic Works Management & Policy2014References: 3

    Public policy has multiple trade-offs between equity and efficiency, or liberty and security. This article discusses the emerging empirical evidence that in the case of effectiveness and efficiency, there is certain complementarity. The empirical evidence shows that multiple goals can be achieved simultaneously. In the public transit, there is also certain order to how the goals could be achieved, which requires prioritization of the goals

  • Public Transportation and Contracting Out

    Open AccessOlga Smirnova, Olga V Smirnova et al.ARTICLEPublic Works Management & Policy2014References: 9

    Contracting is often discussed as a cutback mechanism for public managers. The empirical evidence indicates that there are little savings in contracting out due to transaction costs. Public transit agencies exhibit path-dependent behavior; there are tangible conversion costs that may preclude changing the provision of services. As such, public managers should consider the provision of services very carefully as it may set an agency on a long-term…