bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Comparison of Two Debriefing Rubrics to Assess Facilitator Adherence to the PEARLS Debriefing Framework
Authors: Guimbarda Nick , Boghani Faizan , Tews Matthew , Kleinheksel A. J.
Published: April 2024

Introduction

Many educators have adopted the Promoting Excellence and Reflective Learning in Simulation (PEARLS) model to guide debriefing sessions in simulation-based learning. The PEARLS Debriefing Checklist (PDC), a 28-item instrument, and the PEARLS Debriefing Adherence Rubric (PDAR), a 13-item instrument, assess facilitator adherence to the model. The aims of this study were to collect evidence of concurrent validity and to evaluate their unique strengths.

Methods

A review of 130 video recorded debriefings from a synchronous high-fidelity mannequin simulation event involving third-year medical students was undertaken. Each debriefing was scored utilizing both instruments. Internal consistency was determined by calculating a Cronbach's α. A Pearson correlation was used to evaluate concurrent validity. Discrimination indices were also calculated.

Results

Cronbach's α values were 0.515 and 0.714 for the PDAR and PDC, respectively, with ≥0.70 to ≤0.90 considered to be an acceptable range. The Pearson correlation coefficient for the total sum of the scores of both instruments was 0.648, with a values between ±0.60 and ±0.80 considered strong correlations. All items on the PDAR had positive discrimination indices; 3 items on the PDC had indices ≤0, with values between −0.2 and 0.2 considered unsatisfactory. Four items on both instruments had indices >0.4, indicating only fair discrimination between high and low performers.

Conclusions

Both instruments exhibit unique strengths and limitations. The PDC demonstrated greater internal consistency, likely secondary to having more items, with the tradeoff of redundant items and laborious implementation. Both had concurrent validity in nearly all subdomains. The PDAR had proportionally more items with high discrimination and no items with indices ≤0. A revised instrument incorporating PDC items with high reliability and validity and removing those identified as redundant or poor discriminators, the PDAR 2, is proposed.
Telemedicine in geriatric oncology – lessons learned from the COVID-19 experience
Authors: Cabrera Chien Leana , Uranga Carolina , Katheria Vani
Published: April 2024

Purpose of review

Telemedicine quickly became integrated into healthcare caused by the Coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. Rapid use of telemedicine into healthcare systems was supported by the World Health Organization and other prominent national organizations to reduce transmission of the virus while continuing to provide access to care. In this review, we explored the effect of this swift change in care and its impact on older adults with cancer.

Recent findings

Older adults are susceptible to the COVID-19 virus caused by various risk factors, such as comorbidity, frailty, decreased immunity, and cancer increases vulnerability to infection, hospitalization, and mortality. We found three major themes emerged in the literature published in the past 18 months, including access to care, telemedicine modes of communication, and the use of technology by older adults with cancer. These findings have brought insight into issues regarding healthcare disparities.

The utilization of telemedicine by older adults with cancer has potential future benefits with the integration of technology preparation prior to the patient’s initial visit and addressing known health disparities. The hybrid model of care provides in-person and or remote access to clinicians which may allow older adults with cancer the flexibility needed to obtain quality cancer care.
Improving supportive, palliative and end of life care for teenagers and young adults with cancer in adult haematology services
Authors: Lewis-Norman Claire , Vidrine Jennifer , Thistlethwayte Emma
Published: April 2024

Purpose of review

Adolescents with haematological malignancies within adult services, in the UK from 16 years old, have unique needs and require developmentally targeted services and approaches to care delivery. High-risk intensive treatments are common for this cohort and a better understanding of what individualised supportive and palliative care means in this context is required.

Recent findings

Being known and understood as an emerging adult, with particular recognition of developmental stage, is an essential component of quality measures and underpins the adolescent, and caregiver, experience when faced with an uncertain or poor cancer prognosis (UPCP). Healthcare professionals (HCPs) can experience increased emotional labour and feelings of professional inadequacy when caring for adolescents with UPCP. Therapeutic alliance improves HCPs understanding of optimum individualised care by improving communication and supported decision making. Access to training and support for HCPs is required to address the emotional impact of therapeutic alliance with teenage/adolescent and young adults (T/AYAs) with advanced cancer.

Investment in therapeutic alliance, alongside robust support mechanisms and targeted training, can improve the skills, confidence and wellbeing for HCPs, and can also ensure optimum individualised care for T/AYAs with UPCP. Evidence for optimum care for adolescents with advanced cancer is relatively scarce, especially for younger T/AYAs (16–24) in the UK who sit within adult services. Further evaluation of the impact of current UK expertise, services and programs are needed to inform future development.
Supportive care measures for bispecific T-cell engager therapies in haematological malignancies
Authors: Chen Lucia Y. , Kothari Jaimal
Published: April 2024

Purpose of review

Bispecific T-cell engager (TCE) therapies are revolutionising the treatment of several haematological malignancies, including B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, various subtypes of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. Due to their unique mode of action in activating endogenous T cells, they are associated with several important early side effects, including cytokine release syndrome and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome. In addition, TCEs can cause target-specific toxicities and carry a significant risk of infection.

Recent findings

Currently, supportive care measures for TCEs have largely been inferred from other T-cell therapies, such as CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor) therapy. Further research into TCE-specific supportive care measures is needed to improve the tolerability of these therapies for patients. A key question moving forward is understanding how to predict and minimise early toxicity (cytokine release syndrome and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome). Associated infection risk is a significant cause of patient morbidity, therefore a better understanding of how to optimise TCE-dosing and prophylactic measures, such as intravenous immunoglobulin and antimicrobials, will be crucial to achieving an improved balance of toxicity and efficacy. Enabling early outpatient delivery of these therapies to select patients at lower risk of toxicity may also help to improve patient experience and quality of life.

Here we review up-to-date guidance and literature on existing supportive care measures for bispecific TCE therapy-related toxicities. We highlight both unique and serious side effects of TCE therapies that require improved management strategies to enable more patients to benefit from these efficacious drugs.
Gastrointestinal mucositis: a sign of a (systemic) inflammatory response
Authors: Blijlevens Nicole M.A. , Reijnders Björn , Molendijk Eva
Published: April 2024

Purpose of review

Gastrointestinal mucositis (GIM) is a significant complication of cancer therapy. Whilst inflammation is a central feature of GIM, studies attempting to mitigate mucosal damage via this mechanism are scarce. This review describes the relation between GIM, local and systemic inflammation, and the microbiome and its metabolites, and explores recent research on therapeutics that target this relationship.

Recent findings

Recent literature underscores the pivotal role of inflammation in GIM, elucidating its bidirectional relation with disturbance of the gut microbiota composition and intestinal permeability. These events cause a heightened risk of bloodstream infections and lead to systemic inflammation. While studies investigating risk prediction models or therapeutics targeting GIM-related inflammation remain scarce, results have shown promise in finding biomarkers and alleviating GIM and its accompanying clinical symptoms.

The findings underscore the important role of inflammation and the microbiome in GIM. Understanding the inflammatory pathways driving GIM is crucial for developing effective treatments. Further research is needed using genomics, epigenomics, and microbiomics to explore better risk prediction models or therapeutic strategies aimed at mitigating GIM-related inflammation.
Julian Hart Lewis. 12 August 1946—30 April 2014
Authors: Martin Paul , Ish-Horowicz FRS David
Published: April 2024

Julian Hart Lewis was an outstanding embryologist and mathematical biologist whose breadth of interests and skills helped re-establish the importance of quantitative thinking to modern molecular developmental biology. He was most interested in the fundamental question of how the single-celled fertilized egg generates many different types of cells (e.g. nerves, skin, muscle) at the correct time and arranged in the right place. This remarkable generation of complexity is fundamental to an understanding of how animals develop and how this is orchestrated by their genes. Julian was exceptional in combining a ‘feel’ for biological questions and the ability to utilize rigorous and revealing mathematical models. He was also an outstanding mentor, writer and polymath, who was ahead of his time in breaching historical barriers between different scientific disciplines.
Mary Frances Lyon. 15 May 1925—25 December 2014
Authors: Fisher Elizabeth , Rastan Sohaila
Published: April 2024

Mary Lyon was a central figure in twentieth-century mouse genetics. She is best known for the phenomenon that bears her name, ‘Lyonization’ or X chromosome inactivation, the process whereby one of the two X chromosomes in female mammals becomes heterochromatic and genetically inert, resulting in dosage compensation for X-linked genes between XX females and XY males. Her work on the
t
-complex, developing the concept of responder and distorter loci in the mouse, led to fundamental insights into non-Mendelian inheritance in mammals and exemplifies her exceptionally clear thinking. Her broader work in mouse genetics helped to lay the foundations for the widespread use of the mouse as an essential model organism in molecular medicine, cell and developmental biology and deciphering the function of the human genome.
The gatekeeper to gastric cancer; gastric microbiota invade the lamina propria inHelicobacter pylori-associated gastric carcinogenesis
Authors: Giddings Harriet J. , Teodósio Ana , McMurray Jack L. , Hunter Kelly , Abdawn Zainab , Cole Jeffrey A. , Shannon-Lowe Claire D. , Rossiter-Pearson Amanda E.
Published: April 2024

Stomach cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.Helicobacter pyloriis the main risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC), yet the mechanism underpinning this association remains uncharacterised. Gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) represents the pre-cancerous stage and followsH. pylori-associated chronic gastritis (CG). Sequencing studies have revealed fewerH. pyloriand more non-H. pyloribacteria in GAC. However, the spatial organisation of the gastric microbiota in health and disease is unknown. Here, we have combined RNAin situhybridisation and immunohistochemistry to detectH. pylori, non-H. pyloribacteria and host cell markers (E-cadherin, Mucins 5AC and 2) from patients with CG (n=9), GIM (n=12), GAC and normal tissue adjacent to tumours (NATs) (n=3). Quantitative analysis of whole slide scans revealed significant correlations ofH. pyloriand other bacteria in CG and GIM samples. In contrast to sequencing studies, significantly fewer non-H. pyloribacteria were detected inH. pylori-negative patients. Importantly, whilstH. pyloriexclusively colonised the gastric glands, non-H. pyloribacteria invaded the lamina propria in 3/4 CG and 5/6 GIMH. pylori-positive patients. Bacterial invasion was observed in 3/3 GAC samples and at higher levels than matched NATs. We propose thatH. pylori‘holds the keys’ to disrupt the gastric epithelial barrier, facilitating the opportunistic invasion of non-H. pyloribacteria to the lamina propria. Bacterial invasion could be a significant driver of inflammation inH. pylori-associated carcinogenesis. This proposed mechanism would both explain the synergistic roles ofH. pyloriand other bacteria and redirect attempts to prevent, diagnose and treat GAC.
Enhanced magnon transport through an amorphous magnetic insulator
Authors: Cheshire D. M. , Nascimento J. A. D. , Lazarov V. K. , Cavill S. A.
Published: April 2024

Conduction of spin currents in disordered insulating antiferromagnets has recently been at the center of scientific debate with both long-range spin transport or no spin transport at all observed experimentally. In this study, ferromagnetic resonance has been used to probe the transmission of ac spin current through thin amorphous yttrium iron garnet (YIG) layers. The spin current is found to be mediated by evanescent spin waves with a penetration length four times larger than that of previous studies of amorphous YIG, even exceeding the spin penetration length of crystalline NiO.

Published by the American Physical Society
2024
Reduced cross sections of electron and neutrino charged current quasielastic scattering on nuclei
Authors: Butkevich A. V.
Published: April 2024

The semiexclusive averaged reduced cross sections for (anti)neutrino charged current quasielastic scattering on carbon, oxygen, and argon are analyzed within the relativistic distorted wave impulse approximation. One finds that these cross sections as functions of missing nucleon energy are similar to those of electron scattering and are in agreement with electron scattering data for the three nuclei. The difference between the electron and neutrino cross sections can be attributed to Coulomb distortion on the electron wave function. The averaged reduced cross sections depend slowly upon incoming lepton energy. The approach presented in this paper provides novel constraints on nuclear models of quasielastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and can be easily applied to test spectral functions and final state interactions employed in neutrino event generators.

Published by the American Physical Society
2024
Quantum Jamming Brings Quantum Mechanics to Macroscopic Scales
Authors: Fagotti Maurizio
Published: April 2024

A quantum spin-12 chain with an axial symmetry is normally described by quasiparticles associated with the spins oriented along the axis of rotation. Kinetic constraints can enrich such a description by setting apart different species of quasiparticles, which can get stuck at high enough density, realizing the quantum analog of jamming. We identify a family of interactions satisfying simple kinetic constraints and consider generic translationally invariant models built up from them. We study dynamics following a local unjamming perturbation in a jammed state. We show that they can be mapped into dynamics of ordinary unconstrained systems, but the nonlocality of the mapping changes the scales at which the phenomena manifest themselves. Scattering of quasiparticles, formation of bound states, and eigenstate localization become all visible at macroscopic scales. Depending on whether a symmetry is present or not, the microscopic details of the jammed state turn out to have either a marginal or a strong effect. In the former case or when the initial state is almost homogeneous, we show that even a product state is turned into a macroscopic quantum state.

Published by the American Physical Society
2024
Synthesis and crystal structure of (NH4)[Ni3(HAsO4)(AsO4)(OH)2]
Authors: Eder Felix , Weil Matthias
Published: April 2024

The title compound, ammonium trinickel(II) hydrogen arsenate arsenate dihydroxide, was synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. Its crystal structure is isotypic with that of K[Cu3(HAsO4)(AsO4)(OH)2] and is characterized by pseudo-hexagonal (001) 2
∞[Ni3As2O18/3(OH)6/3O1/1(OH)1/1]− layers formed from vertex- and edge-sharing [NiO4(OH)2] octahedra and [AsO3.5(OH)0.5] tetrahedra as the building units. The hydrogen atom of the OH group shows occupational disorder and was refined with a site occupation factor of 1/2, indicating the equal presence of [HAsO4]2– and [AsO4]3– groups. Strong asymmetric hydrogen bonds between symmetry-related (O,OH) groups of the arsenate units [O...O = 2.588 (18) Å] as well as hydrogen bonds accepted by these (O,OH) groups from OH groups bonded to the NiII atoms [O...O = 2.848 (12) Å] link adjacent layers. Additional consolidation of the packing is achieved through N—H...O hydrogen bonds from the ammonium ion, which is sandwiched between adjacent layers [N...O = 2.930 (7) Å] although the H atoms could not be located in the present study. The presence of the pseudo-hexagonal 2
∞[Ni3As2O18/3(OH)6/3O1/1(OH)1/1]− layers may be the reason for the systematic threefold twinning of (NH4)[Ni3(HAsO4)(AsO4)(OH)2] crystals. Significant overlaps of the reflections of the respective twin domains complicated the structure solution and refinement.
Autonomous flight performance maximization for slung load carrying rotary wing mini unmanned aerial vehicle
Authors: Uzun Metin
Published: April 2024

Purpose

This research study aims to minimize autonomous flight cost and maximize autonomous flight performance of a slung load carrying rotary wing mini unmanned aerial vehicle (i.e. UAV) by stochastically optimizing autonomous flight control system (AFCS) parameters. For minimizing autonomous flight cost and maximizing autonomous flight performance, a stochastic design approach is benefitted over certain parameters (i.e. gains of longitudinal PID controller of a hierarchical autopilot system) meanwhile lower and upper constraints exist on these design parameters.

Design/methodology/approach

A rotary wing mini UAV is produced in drone Laboratory of Iskenderun Technical University. This rotary wing UAV has three blades main rotor, fuselage, landing gear and tail rotor. It is also able to carry slung loads. AFCS variables (i.e. gains of longitudinal PID controller of hierarchical autopilot system) are stochastically optimized to minimize autonomous flight cost capturing rise time, settling time and overshoot during longitudinal flight and to maximize autonomous flight performance. Found outcomes are applied during composing rotary wing mini UAV autonomous flight simulations.

Findings

By using stochastic optimization of AFCS for rotary wing mini UAVs carrying slung loads over previously mentioned gains longitudinal PID controller when there are lower and upper constraints on these variables, a high autonomous performance having rotary wing mini UAV is obtained.

Research limitations/implications

Approval of Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Republic of Türkiye is essential for real-time rotary wing mini UAV autonomous flights.

Practical implications

Stochastic optimization of AFCS for rotary wing mini UAVs carrying slung loads is properly valuable for recovering autonomous flight performance cost of any rotary wing mini UAV.

Originality/value

Establishing a novel procedure for improving autonomous flight performance cost of a rotary wing mini UAV carrying slung loads and introducing a new process performing stochastic optimization of AFCS for rotary wing mini UAVs carrying slung loads meanwhile there exists upper and lower bounds on design variables.
Evaluation of innovation efficiency of high-tech enterprise based on DEA and Malmquist index under the background of sustainable development
Authors: Wang Liwei , Tang Tianbo
Published: April 2024

Purpose

This paper aims to promote the higher quality development of high-tech enterprises in China. While science and technology have greatly promoted human civilization, resources have been excessively consumed and the environment has been sharply polluted. Therefore, it is particularly important for current enterprises to make use of scientific and technological innovation to maximize the benefits of mankind, minimize the loss of nature, and promote the sustainable development of our country.

Design/methodology/approach

By using DEA-Banker-Charnes-Cooper (BCC) model and DEA-Malmquist model, this paper comprehensively examines the innovation efficiency of high-tech enterprises from both static and dynamic perspectives, and conducts a provincial comparative study with the panel data of ten representative provinces from 2011 to 2020.

Findings

The research findings are as follows: the rapid number increase of high-tech enterprises in most provinces (cities) is accompanied by an ineffective input–output efficiency; the quality of high-tech enterprises needs to comprehensively examine both input–output efficiency and total factor productivity; and there is not a positive correlation between element investment and innovation performance.

Research limitations/implications

Because the DEA model used in this paper assumes that the improvement direction of invalid units is to ensure that the input ratio of various production factors remains unchanged but sometimes the proportion of scientific and technological activities personnel and the total research and development investment is not constant. In the future, the nonradial DEA model can be considered for further research. Due to historical data statistics, more provinces, cities and longer panel data are difficult to obtain. The samples studied in this paper mainly refer to the provinces and cities that ranked first in the number of national high-tech enterprises in 2020. Limited by the number of samples, DEA analysis failed to select more input and output indicators. In the future, with the accumulation of statistical data, the existing efficiency analysis will be further optimized.

Originality/value

Aiming at the misunderstanding of emphasizing quantity and neglecting quality in the cultivation of high-tech enterprises, this paper comprehensively uses DEA-BCC model and DEA Malmquist index decomposition method to make a comprehensive comparative study on the development of high-tech enterprises in ten representative provinces (cities) from two aspects of static efficiency evaluation and dynamic efficiency evaluation.
Revolutionizing performance measures and criteria for the facilities management industry in the UAE
Authors: Mawed Mahmoud
Published: April 2024

Purpose

Amidst the complicated nature of the UAE’s facilities management (FM) industry, the need to recalibrate the existing performance measurement (PM) system measures and criteria has been resonating to ensure their ability to capture the FM industry trends and dynamics, thus enhancing organizational excellence. Therefore, this research aimed to propose a specific PM tool to the country’s FM industry to accurately assess performance and establish strategic enhancements.

Design/methodology/approach

The study reviewed literature on the available PM systems to gather the available measures, which were presented to a focus group of seven participants, who were purposively selected based on their expertise in FM and PM implementation in the UAE to adjust them and add ones relevant to the UAE’s FM industry.

Findings

The focus group conducted various changes, from retaining certain measures and criteria, renaming them to simplify or make them more representative of the industry, ranking them based on their importance to limit their numbers, to finally categorizing them as enablers or results. Consequently, the final proposed tool was composed of nine dimensions with 51 measures as performance enablers and three dimensions with 11 measures as performance results. Seven measures were added by the experts, who highlighted their increasing popularity in the UAE’s FM industry.

Originality/value

Through addressing the critical void in literature, this paper develops a specific PM tool aligning with the intricacy of the UAE’s FM industry, thus providing proactive contribution to the industry’s effective and sustainable growth.
David's Bridal: Customer Relationship Management in the Digital Age
Authors: Whitler Kimberly A. , Farris Paul W. , Thompson Sylvie
Published: April 2024

This case replaces UVA-M-0837. It can be used in a variety of marketing and strategy classes to understand how (1) at a macro level, a shift in consumer and environmental factors can impact firm strategy and (2) at a micro level, an e-mail-based marketing campaign designed to address these changes can impact firm-level performance.

The case puts the students in the position of CEO Robert Huth as he is preparing for a board meeting. He had taken David's Bridal from a loss in 1996 to sales of over $1 billion by 2011, but he was concerned about future growth. People were waiting longer and longer to get married and, once they decided to, were spending much less than in the past, so the industry had seen year-over-year declines since 2007. How would David's Bridal establish its brand in the minds of a new generation of brides who shopped, purchased, and decided differently than had brides in past generations?
The first modern health communication campaign in Europe: explicit and implicit strategic intents
Authors: Dahlen Øystein Pedersen
Published: April 2024

Purpose

The main aim of this article is to broaden the notion of strategic intent in public relations. It also develops an understanding of the social value of what can be defined as the first modern health communication campaign in Europe based on strategic intents and the development of modernity.

Design/methodology/approach

The study is based on both historical research and empirical material from the Norwegian tuberculosis campaign from 1889 up to 1913, when Norwegian women achieved suffrage. The campaign is analysed in the framework of modernity and social theory. The literature on lobbying and social movements is also used to develop a theoretical framework for the notion of strategic intent.

Findings

The study shows that strategic intent can be divided into two layers: (1) the implicit strategic intent is the real purpose behind the communication efforts, whereas (2) the explicit intent is found directly in the communication efforts. The explicit intent may be presented as a solution for the good of society at the right political moment, giving an organisation the possibility to mobilise for long-term social changes, in which could be the implicit intent.

Originality/value

The distinction between explicit and implicit strategic intent broadens our understanding on how to make long-term social changes as well as how social and political changes occur in modern societies. The article also gives a historical account of what is here defined as the first modern health communication campaign in Europe and its social value.
Digital finance: a developing country perspective with special focus on gender and regional disparity
Authors: Chatterjee Amrita
Published: April 2024

Purpose

Even if digital financial services have a positive impact on financial inclusion, it creates a digital as well as gender divide within and across countries, creating regional disparity even within developing nations. Though pandemic has initiated digitalization of various services, there has been scanty research on whether digital transfer of income can improve digital financial inclusion in post-pandemic era, especially in developing countries. The purpose of the current study is to explain the regional disparity within developing countries from three regions East Asia Pacific, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, using latest World Findex data, 2021.

Design/methodology/approach

The author takes an instrumental variable approach to run bivariate probit model to find the factors that motivate the users to make digital payments.

Findings

The study observes that electronic transfer of wages, government transfers and remittances can motivate individuals to make use of digital mode of transactions and mobile. The practice of formal saving and borrowings are the prerequisites. However, this mechanism holds good for East Asia Pacific and not for South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, which are poor in information and communication technology infrastructure. Women are lagging behind men, but digital transfer of wages motivate them to make digital transaction.

Practical implications

Digitalization of all government services and provision of affordable mobile network and internet services are necessary for regions like South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In East Asia Pacific region, data protection, data governance and better regulatory framework are required. Higher female labor force participation with digital transfer of wages and empowerment with smartphones are key to reducing the Gender gap.

Originality/value

The current study corrects for the possible endogeneity issue, which the extant literature has not paid attention to, and provides region-specific and gender-specific policy recommendations for an improved digital inclusion.
Antecedents of subjective well-being at work – the case of French permanent employees
Authors: Orsini Philippe , Uchida Toru , Magnier-Watanabe Remy , Benton Caroline , Nagata Kimihiko
Published: April 2024

Purpose

We empirically assessed the antecedents of subjective well-being at work for French permanent employees.

Design/methodology/approach

The methodology includes qualitative and quantitative data analyses. In the first phase, interviews elicited the antecedents of subjective well-being at work among permanent French employees. In the second phase, a questionnaire survey was used to confirm the relevance of the antecedents uncovered in the first phase.

Findings

We found 14 distinct elements that influence French employees’ subjective well-being at work: corporate culture, job dissonance, relationships with colleagues, achievement, professional development, relationships with superiors, status, workload, perks, feedback, workspace, diversity and pay. Moreover, we identified discrete antecedents for the three components of subjective well-being at work: work achievement and relationships with superiors and colleagues for positive emotions at work, job dissonance and workload for negative emotions at work and organizational culture and professional development for satisfaction with one’s work.

Originality/value

The original contribution of this study is to have unpacked the black box of the antecedents of subjective well-being in the French workplace and to have uncovered discriminant predictors for each of the three components of subjective well-being at work. Furthermore, we specifically linked each of these three components with their most significant antecedents.
Lesson study in science teacher preparation programs: a literature review
Authors: Kraft Tammy , Hernández Rodríguez Omar
Published: April 2024

Purpose

This article aims to identify and describe the research outcomes of studies that have employed the theoretical framework of lesson study (LS) in initial science teacher preparation programs. The focus is on the impact of LS on preservice teachers’ (PST) pedagogical and content knowledge, beliefs, routines and norms for professional learning and instructional practices.

Design/methodology/approach

A systematic approach was employed to compile pertinent literature by initially searching scholarly databases using specific keywords and phrases related to prospective science teacher preparation. Seventeen studies, encompassing both qualitative research and mixed-methods research, met the inclusion criteria and significantly contributed to the study’s findings. The authors independently conducted a coding process, applying a predefined code scheme based on Lewis et al.'s (2019) theoretical framework. The outcomes of the coding process were compared, and reliability tests were conducted to ensure the consistency of the coding.

Findings

In preservice science teacher (PSST) education, LS proves transformative, enriching pedagogical and content knowledge, shaping beliefs, fostering collaboration and influencing instructional practices. Its collaborative, reflective and iterative nature significantly contributes to the professional growth of preservice science teachers, preparing them for effective, student-centered teaching practices. Further investigation is warranted in the realm of LS, particularly concerning preservice science teachers and their beliefs.

Originality/value

This literature review on science PSTs is one of the pioneering efforts to employ the professional development framework crafted by Lewis et al. (2019).
Stock repurchases, ownership structure and board composition: evidence from Thailand
Authors: Kumpamool Chamaiporn
Published: April 2024

Purpose

This study aims to examine the influence of ownership structure and board composition on the probability and intensity of stock repurchases. The study’s sample comprises 3,744 firm-year observations, consisting of 53 repurchasing firms with 96 firm-year observations from 2008 to 2019.

Design/methodology/approach

Probit and fixed-effects regression models are used to obtain empirical results. Moreover, a probit model with a continuous endogenous regressor (IV-probit) and an instrumental variable method with two-stage least squares (IV-2SLS) estimation are used to address endogeneity.

Findings

Corporations with high family or state ownership tend to inhibit stock repurchases to hoard excess free cash flow, supporting agency theory. Conversely, firms with high board independence tend to repurchase their stocks at least once to distribute free cash flows to shareholders, confirming agency theory. Nonetheless, corporations with more female directors on the board or CEO duality tend to conduct stock repurchases at least once but do not repurchase stocks with high values. Interestingly, more female directors on the board may send false signals about undervalued stocks.

Originality/value

This is the first study to reveal that firms with CEO duality repurchase their stocks at least once but avoid repurchasing shares with high values. It is also the first study to explore whether women on a board may cause false signaling about undervalued stocks. Furthermore, this study reveals that family and state ownership are potential determinants of stock repurchases in countries with high ownership concentration. This is the first study to address this issue in Thailand.
Adopting fraud diamond theory to predict factors of asset misappropriation fraud among police officers
Authors: Mohd Razmin Mohd Azril Rezza , Mohamad Amri , Zakaria Maheran
Published: April 2024

Purpose

This study aims to investigate the factors that influence asset misappropriation fraud among police officers in the Internal Security and Public Order (Malay: Keselamatan Dalam Negeri dan Ketenteraman Awam [KDNKA]) Department, Royal Malaysian Police (RMP).

Design/methodology/approach

Primary data were collected from a questionnaire-based survey and the data were analysed using descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and multiregression.

Findings

The element of pressure was found to have a negative relationship with asset misappropriation fraud. This result shows the uniqueness of the KDNKA Department in the RMP. The other three elements are found to have a significant positive relationship with asset misappropriation fraud.

Practical implications

This study’s findings can aid academicians in gaining a better understanding of the literature surrounding fraud diamond theory and aid the policymakers in recognizing the signs and possibilities of asset misappropriation fraud in public agencies.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that uses the KDNKA Department which is the second largest department in RMP as a population in fraud study.
Impact of a consortium-based student mobility programme: The case of AIMS (Asian International Mobility for students)
Authors: Umemiya Naoki , Sugimura Miki , Kosaikanont Romyen , Nordin Nordiana Mohd , Ahmad Abdul Latiff
Published: April 2024

Purpose

This paper discusses the effectiveness of a consortium-based student mobility programme by investigating the impact of the Asian International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Programme. AIMS is a regional multilateral large-scale student mobility programme based on a consortium of 10 member countries and 87 member universities with the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Higher Education and Development (SEAMEO RIHED) as a facilitator. Over 6,000 students have participated in a semester-long intra-regional student exchange under AIMS since 2010.

Design/methodology/approach

The study employed questionnaire surveys and semi-structured interviews to investigate the impact of AIMS and its advantages as a consortium-based student mobility programme.

Findings

It was found that AIMS significantly impacted member universities by accelerating their internationalisation processes through increasing the number of inbound and outbound students and courses offered in English and so on. AIMS has promoted harmonisation among the members by developing common procedures and guidelines, providing platforms for mutual sharing of experiences and good practices and capacity building of international relations offices. AIMS has also had a significant impact on students by enhancing their regional identity and knowledge about the region of Asia, contributing to their development as future regional and global citizens. As advantages of AIMS, member universities efficiently built a foundation for international collaboration with common procedures and guidelines and shared their experiences through such venues as Annual Review Meetings. Students also feel supported by having clear guidance and find programmes prepared by host universities and SEAMEO RIHED useful.

Originality/value

This study is unique in that it empirically studies the impact of one of Asia’s largest student mobility programmes for the first time by analysing large-scale qualitative and quantitative data.
The emergence of mobile payment acceptance in Saudi Arabia: the role of reimbursement condition
Authors: Albarq Abbas
Published: April 2024

Purpose

This study aims to scrutinize existing end-user comprehension regarding e-wallet technology through an examination of apparent usefulness, ease of use and levels of trust, and how these factors may influence a consumer’s attitudes toward the adoption of this new payment method.

Design/methodology/approach

The quota sampling method was used, and residents over the age of 22 years were targeted in online and offline questionnaires, and partial least squares-structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data.

Findings

This study indicates that existing consumer mindsets and intentions to adopt new technology, such as the e-wallet, are greatly influenced by their perception of the practicality of the product, its ease of use and their levels of trust in the technology to protect their online safety, privacy and economic affairs. Contrastingly, those participants who were offered deferred reimbursements and those given no information were demonstrably less likely to adopt the new service.

Research limitations/implications

The study sample was from a developing nation – Saudi Arabia. Similar cohorts from developing and developed countries could provide a unique cross-nation comparison.

Practical implications

This study stresses the importance of thoroughly explaining and demonstrating an innovative technology to customers while simultaneously promoting the product. Consumers can be encouraged to use and evaluate the new technology by providing inducements, such as effective reimbursement policies.

Originality/value

This paper contributes to literature by critically reflecting on the question: What are the factors influencing customer intentions to adopt the e-wallet, and how do the guarantee of reimbursement and the time frame following unauthorized use influence consumer adoption intentions when deciding to use the new payment technology?
A model of senior Indigenous leadership in Australian higher education: An Indigenous academic perspective
Authors: Coates Stacey Kim , Trudgett Michelle , Page Susan
Published: April 2024

Purpose

Senior Indigenous leadership positions across the Australian higher education sector has increased over the past decade. Despite this advancement, there is limited understanding in terms of how to best integrate Indigenous leadership into existing governance structures of Australian universities. In 2018 the Walan Mayiny: Indigenous Leadership in Higher Education project commenced, aimed at establishing a model of best practice for the inclusivity of Indigenous leadership in higher education governance structures. This article presents key findings from the project, namely, a model of senior Indigenous leadership within the Australian universities based on the perceptions of a group of Indigenous academics.

Design/methodology/approach

Through qualitative semi-structured interviews with Indigenous academic staff, the perceived value, characteristics and challenges of senior Indigenous leadership were examined. The varying opinions held by Indigenous academics in relation to the qualifications and experience required to fulfil a senior Indigenous leadership position were also highlighted. In doing so, a model of senior Indigenous leadership within the Australian higher education system is presented. The model of best practice presented in this article is underpinned by Indigenous Institutional Theory (Coates et al., 2022), a theoretical framework developed from the Walan Mayiny study.

Findings

The research findings highlight the diverse opinions of Indigenous academics in relation to the qualifications and experience required to fulfil a senior Indigenous leadership position. The six essential components are built upon the core characteristics, values and behaviours that senior Indigenous leaders need to have according to Indigenous academics, in order to advance Indigenous success within the academy.

Originality/value

Given Australian universities are being called upon to ensure that senior Indigenous leaders are in the best position possible to forge institutional change, senior Indigenous leaders within the academy may find the contextual Indigenous leadership model beneficial. The model allows one to uphold cultural integrity and fulfil the responsibilities and obligations of their higher education institution, while being able to serve their Indigenous colleagues and communities, leading to the advancement of Indigenous higher education outcomes. Importantly, the model can be adapted to suit all First Nations Peoples globally, who also find themselves working within the shackles of Western institutions.
Customer experience (CX), employee experience (EX) and human experience (HX): introductions, interactions and interdisciplinary implications
Authors: Gustafsson Anders , Caruelle Delphine , Bowen David E.
Published: April 2024

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of what (service) experience is and examine it using three distinct perspectives: customer experience (CX), employee experience (EX) and human experience (HX).

Design/methodology/approach

The present conceptualization blends the marketing and organizational behavior/human resources management (OB/HRM) disciplines to clarify and reflect over the meaning of (service) experience. The marketing discipline illuminates the concept of CX, whereas the OB/HRM discipline illuminates the concept of EX. The concept of HX, which transcends CX and EX, is examined in light of its recent development in service research. For each of the three concepts, key themes are identified, and future research directions are proposed.

Findings

Because the goal that individuals seek to achieve depends on the role they are enacting, each of the three perspectives on experience (CX, EX and HX) should have a different focal point. CX requires to focus on the process of solving customer goals. EX necessitates to think in terms of organizational context and job content that support employees. Finally, the focus of HX should be on well-being via enhanced gratification, and reduced violation, of basic human needs.

Originality/value

This paper offers an interdisciplinary perspective on (service) experience and simultaneously addresses CX, EX and HX in order to reconcile the different perspectives on experience in service research.
Supplier diversity journey: an empirical investigation
Authors: Miguel Priscila Laczynski de Souza , Lago da Silva Andrea
Published: April 2024

Purpose

This paper aims to investigate how purchasing organizations implement supplier diversity (SD) initiatives over time.

Design/methodology/approach

A multiple case study approach was conducted. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with participants from purchasing organizations, intermediary organizations and diverse suppliers.

Findings

The research suggests that the SD journey encompasses three different, but interrelated stages before full implementation is achieved: structuring, operation and adaptation. The findings also provide evidence that SD implementation in Brazil is highly influenced by the lack of a consistent knowledge base and the lack of legitimized intermediary organizations.

Research limitations/implications

Using a temporal approach to understand how different practices suggested by the literature have been managed by practitioners over time, this study contributes to the understanding of the path to effective SD implementation and how intra- and interorganizational context influences this journey.

Practical implications

By identifying which practices should be adopted during different phases of SD implementation and proposing ways to overcome some of the inherent challenges, managers can better plan and allocate resources for the adoption of a successful SD initiative.

Social implications

This research demonstrates how organizations can promote diversity and reduce social and economic inequalities by buying from diverse suppliers.

Originality/value

Using a temporal approach, the research empirically investigates how different purchasing organizations have implemented and managed the known practices and dealt with the challenges faced when trying to adopt SD.