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Managers’ experiences as recipients: impact on organizational change
Authors: Ozawa Kazuhiko 
Published: January 2020

PurposeDrawing on insights from change experience research, the purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of managers’ experiences, as change recipients, on organizational change implemented by the managers.Design/methodology/approachSince the Japanese sports context fits well with the aims of this research, longitudinal data of Japanese baseball are used to test the hypotheses. The data set was created using resources such as books published by Japanese baseball institutions. Following previous research, teams are regarded as organizations, and the number of changed players in teams per year is considered. The hypotheses have been tested using regression analysis on a yearly basis.FindingsManagers’ experiences as change recipients are an essential determinant of organizational change. The findings show that the amount of change these managers experience is associated with the magnitude of organizational change they implement. Past change experiences in each organization positively moderates this relationship.Originality/valuePrevious studies examined managers’ experience after their appointment, and showed its influence on organizational change. However, scarce research examines the effect of managers’ experiences as change recipients on the organizational change they implement. Thus, this is the first study to analyze and test the effects of such experiences on organizational change.
Narratives: the rhetoric of intentional action
Authors: Bonet Eduard 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to clarify that narratives have a rhetorical dimension, whose study has to be considered an important part of rhetoric (this claim is not accepted by important scholars). The arguments are based on the properties that narratives are very persuasive and that they are implicitly involved in the three species of rhetoric (deliberative, judicial and celebrative) introduced by Aristotle in his Rhetoric. Second, narratives are strongly related to the concept of intentional action or human action that has a purpose, a mental project and the execution of the act, such it is defined in the classical paper by Alfred Schutz common-sense and scientific interpretation of human action (1953). This property relates narratives with phenomenology, epistemology of social sciences and management research and practice.

Design/methodology/approach
This research is a theoretical work based on the study of central concepts of rhetoric, narratives, historiography and epistemology of social sciences and it uncovers the narrative aspects involved in intentional action. As a theoretical study, it does not include empirical studies, but it points out some kinds of management activities, such as creating projects and case studies.

Findings
It uncovers the relationships between rhetoric and narratives, and between narratives and intentional action. If offers a new conceptual frame that can be very productive.

Originality/value
This conceptual approach is new. It clarifies important misunderstandings about narrativity, facts, meanings and interpretations.
Leading from the middle: its nature, origins and importance
Authors: Hargreaves Andy , Shirley Dennis 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to cover a 10-year period in ten of Ontario’s 72 school districts on the nature, origins and importance of “leading from the middle” (LfM) within and across the districts.

Design/methodology/approach
The research uses a self-selected but also representative sample of ten Ontario school districts. It undertook three-day site visits in each of the districts, transcribed all the interviews and compiled an analysis into detailed case studies.

Findings
LfM is defined by a philosophy, structure and culture that promotes collaboration, initiative and responsiveness to the needs of each district along with collective responsibility for all students’ success.

Research limitations/implications
To be sustainable in Ontario, LfM needs support and resourcing from the top. The current environment of economic austerity therefore threatens sustainability. Globally, examples of LfM are emerging in at least three other systems. The analysis does not have identical questions or respondents in phases 1 and 2. Ontario’s version of LfM may differ from others. The collaborative design may downplay criticisms of LfM.

Practical implications
LfM provides a clear design for leading in complex times. Compared to top-down leadership the whole system can address the whole of students’ learning and well-being. LfM is suited to systems and cultures that support local democracy, community responsiveness and professional empowerment and engagement.

Originality/value
LfM is an inclusive, democratic and professionally empowering and responsive process that differs from other middle level strategies which treat the middle merely as a way of connecting the top and bottom to get government policies implemented more efficiently and coherently.
Learning is a social activity
Authors: Goodhart Charles 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
Learning often requires little or no expenditure in income; its real cost is that it takes time. The paper aims to discuss this issue.

Design/methodology/approach
Since time is scarce, most people normally decide not to learn about many aspects of modern life, but rather to specialise on certain limited areas. When a matter arises outside our specialisation, we tend to follow others whose narratives we trust.

Findings
So, learning in many cases arises from social interaction, not from individual study. Consequently, informational contagion is baked into our social and economic systems.

Originality/value
Treating time, not income or wealth, as the ultimate constraint improves analysis of the learning process, clarifying its essential social nature.
Export behavior and corporate governance
Authors: Lukason Oliver , Vissak Tiia 
Published: January 2020

PurposeThis paper aims to study how firms’ export behavior is associated with their corporate governance.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses whole population data of Estonian small and medium-sized enterprises: 9,530 exporters and 73,619 non-exporters. Several theory-driven corporate governance variables and exporting variables (based on previous studies) are used. Binary logistic regression is applied to study how exporters’ corporate governance differs from that of non-exporters. Eight additional continuous dependent variables are used to portray exporters’ internationalization with ordinary least squares regression. The robustness of the obtained base results is checked for younger/older and smaller/larger firms.FindingsHaving female board members did not lead to a higher likelihood of export activities. Experience – tenure’s length, board members’ age and other board memberships – provided mixed results. Having a larger board was associated with a higher export propensity and larger exports but a lower export share. A larger share of a chief executive officer’s shareholding was associated with lower export propensity, exporting less overall and activities on a smaller number of markets. The presence of a majority owner was associated with larger export share and export turnover, but more focus on the main export market. Firm age and size affected the results.Originality/valuePrevious studies about the interconnection of corporate governance and exporting have relied on varied theoretical explanations and limited sets of variables. This paper provides an extensive insight by using corporate governance variables emergent from various theoretical explanations accompanied by a large set of dependent exporting variables. The latter enables obtaining a more holistic view of the interconnection between the two phenomena.
Rationales for integrated reporting adoption and factors impacting on the extent of adoption
Authors: Robertson Fiona Ann , Samy Martin 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate rationales for integrated reporting (<IR>) adoption and factors that impact on the extent of adoption in the UK early adopter organisations. Diffusion of innovation theory was used as a guiding theoretical lens

Design/methodology/approach
The study was based on in-depth semi-structured interviews with 36 senior executives actively involved in IR in finance, sustainability, communications and legal functions within seventeen organisations. A content analysis of the interviews was undertaken using qualitative coding techniques within Nvivo 11 software.

Findings
Organisations drew on a wide range of rationales for adoption, with a predominance of sociological over economic rationales, both of which offered organisations a relative advantage over existing practices. Economically, <IR> emerged as an incremental process, which filled a performance gap is predominantly manufacturing and utility industries with significant impacts on the environment/society. Predominant sociological rationales were: external pressures, primarily due to perceptions of shifts in societal expectations; and internal aspirations relating to enhancing reputation. Findings also revealed that the <IR> framework was not fully adopted by the majority of organisations, primarily due to incompatibility with organisational requirements and/or perceived complexity of the framework.

Research limitations/implications
This research study was limited by the small sample of organisations that participated, although significant efforts were made to ensure that the sample incorporated the majority of early adopter UK organisations who demonstrated best practice in <IR>.

Practical implications
Recommendations on how the adoption of <IR> may be further enhanced in the future are outlined.

Social implications
Research that provides recommendations to inform policy and practice regarding how <IR> could be more widely adopted, and its practices further diffused, within organisations is important given <IR> has the potential to contribute to societal and environmental well-being.

Originality/value
This study is significant as research into <IR> adoption decision motivations and subsequent extent of adoption is scant, particularly in the UK. It responds to the call by Dumay et al. (2016) for <IR> researchers to engage more with practice. It further enriches prior research on the adoption of management innovations where an extensive body of innovation literature has focussed on the rationale for organisational adoption of management innovations but has neglected the subsequent extent of adoption.
Pulse plated Sn-Cu solder coatings from stannate bath
Authors: Sharma Ashutosh , Ahn Byungmin 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of pulse plating current density on the morphology and solderability of Pb-free Sn-Cu solder coatings prepared from alkaline stannate baths.

Design/methodology/approach
Sn-Cu solder coatings were produced from a plating solution containing sodium stannate, copper stannate, sodium hydroxide and sorbitol additive on copper substrates. The pulse plating experiments were conducted in galvanostatic mode. The plating current density was varied from 5 to 25 mA/cm2, and the morphology of the coatings was studied. The solderability of the coatings was assessed by spread ratio measurement after reflowing the solder coatings at 250°C.

Findings
The composition control of eutectic solders is always a challenge in plating. The findings show that Sn-Cu coatings prepared by pulse plating are composed of tetragonal ß-Sn structure and Cu6Sn5 compounds irrespective of bath composition and conditions. The final coatings were very dense and smooth with nodular morphology. It was shown that a eutectic composition can be achieved if we apply a current density of ∼15-20 mA/cm2. The solderability studies suggest that solder coatings plated at and beyond 15 mA/cm2 are more suitable for solder finish applications.

Originality/value
The work presents key issues in pulse electroplating of Sn-Cu solder coatings from an alkaline bath. Possible strategies to control the eutectic Sn-Cu composition by plating process are recommended.
The journey of team learning since “The Fifth Discipline”
Authors: Rebelo Teresa , Lourenço Paulo Renato , Dimas Isabel Dórdio 
Published: January 2020

PurposeThis paper is focused on team learning, the fourth discipline proposed by Senge (1990) in his seminal book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. This paper aims to provide a reflection upon the journey that this construct has made since this book’s publication, in terms of conceptualization, research and its link to organizational learning and learning organizations.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is based on a review of Senge’s (1990) conceptualization of team learning and on a literature review of team learning research that has been produced since then.FindingsSince the first edition of Senge’s book in 1990, team learning has been growing as an autonomous research topic with numerous papers centered on learning at this level of analysis. Senge’s proposals concerning team learning remain present in the way team learning is now conceptualized, but this research stream has led to advancements in its conceptualization and on the understanding of its antecedents and consequences. Nevertheless, the authors observed a lack of research centered on the link between team learning and organizational learning, as well as between team learning and the concept of the learning organization.Originality/valueThis paper offers a review of research on team learning, suggesting some avenues for further research on this topic and its contribution to learning organizations. As teams are nowadays the building blocks of most organizational structures, and learning is a key process for effectiveness, research on learning at this level of analysis will remain valuable.
Residents’ destination image: a perspective article
Authors: Stylidis Dimitrios 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to discuss the development up to now in the field of residents’ destination image and propose new avenues for research that will help the field to mature.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper is based on a thorough review of the relevant academic literature. However, owing to the very tight word limit (1,000), only few representatives studies were mentioned in the manuscript.

Findings
In spite of its contribution, the restricted and descriptive nature of much of the research calls for a more theoretically informed approach. A lack of consensus is also apparent with regard to the conceptualization and operationalization of the resident destination image construct. Most studies did not commonly provide a definition, and an interchangeable use of “place image” and “destination image” is noted. Equally, great variation is observed in the measurement items used to capture image – the scales used are often readily adopted from tourist studies – while there is limited attempt for scale development. Within this realm, the vast majority of previous research used quantitative methods. Next, despite the strong theoretical rationale, there is limited empirical evidence documenting the importance of residents’ destination image on tourists’ own image formulation. Little is also known about the inner motives that lead some residents to act as ambassadors of their place.

Originality/value
The need to expand our knowledge and understanding of residents’ destination image in the future is established. The paper also briefly presented the first era of research on residents’ destination image and critiqued its predominantly descriptive nature. Areas that seek further attention have been highlighted along with directions for future research.
Differences in sex expression and mating systems in three pollination morphs of Cimicifuga simplex
Authors: Toji Tsubasa , Itino Takao 
Published: January 2020

AbstractCimicifuga simplex (Ranunculaceae) has three genetically distinct pollination morphs. Here, we report that each of the three pollination morphs of C. simplex differs from the others with regard to sex expression and mating system: morph I consists mostly of ramets with hermaphroditic flowers and ramets with only female flowers, morph II consists of ramets with hermaphroditic flowers and ramets with hermaphroditic and male flowers, and morph III consists mostly of ramets with hermaphroditic flowers. A microsatellite analysis of seed DNA showed that morph III has a high self‐fertilization rate. Flowering season and flower visitor assemblages, which also differ among the three morphs, may influence the evolution and maintenance of the differences in sex expression and mating systems in the morphs.
With or without the camera running: the work of Inuit film‐making
Authors: Wachowich Nancy 
Published: January 2020

AbstractThis article argues for the critical evaluation of indigenous media, art, and aesthetic practices within local trajectories of meaning‐making. Drawing on ethnographic research in Arctic Canada with a notable Inuit video and film production company, Igloolik Isuma Productions, I emphasize the value of focusing on locally defined processes of filmic production and on relational bounties accrued outside the camera's field of vision. Indigenous media‐making emerges as a collaborative, adaptive, intercultural, and improvisational practice, one akin to Inuit traditions of hunting, carving, garment‐sewing, tool‐making, and story‐telling, and celebrated for its ability to foster unique environmental relationships, material practices, and perceptual orientations. Exploring the compound and relational workings of indigenous media invites critical reconsideration of the generative potentials it holds for the practitioner‐inhabitants of indigenous communities, anthropologists, and mainstream audiences more broadly.
Analysis of Environmental Total Factor Productivity Evolution in European Agricultural Sector
Authors: Baležentis Tomas , Blancard Stéphane , Shen Zhiyang , Štreimikienė Dalia 
Published: January 2020

ABSTRACTProductivity analysis has been an important avenue for economic research. Therefore, medleys of quantitative techniques have been proposed to operationalize productivity analysis. In this article, an extended by‐production model is discussed and applied to ensure a link between the production and the pollution‐generating subtechnologies. The corresponding dual formulations are provided to interpret the economic role of pollution‐generating inputs in the subtechnologies. Finally, we integrate the proposed model with the environmental Luenberger–Hicks–Moorsteen productivity indicator based upon input and output directional distance functions. The proposed model is applied to measure the green economic growth of agricultural sectors of the selected European countries.
Subclinical involvement of the heart and its associated factors in patients with sarcoidosis with normal systolic function using 2D speckle tracking
Authors: Bayat Fariba , Fahimi Asieh , Tavana Sasan , Tabary Mohammadreza , Khaheshi Isa 
Published: January 2020

AbstractBackgroundCardiac involvement by sarcoidosis may affect any part of the heart such as the pericardium, atriums, ventricles, and papillary muscles. In this regard, the use of two‐dimensional speckle‐tracking strain has been reported to be valuable in detecting heart sarcoidosis and its distinction from cardiomyopathy. The aim of this study was to investigate subclinical cardiac involvement using 2D speckle tracking and its associated factors in patients with normal systolic function by 2D transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).MethodsIn this study, 55 patients with extra‐cardiac sarcoidosis and 21 normal people were evaluated by 2D speckle tracking. The mean longitudinal global strain for the left ventricle was calculated as an average of 16 segments per patient.ResultsThe comparison of the mean 2D speckle‐tracking indices including GCS (global circumferential strain) SAXA, GCSSAXM, Average GCS, AP2LS, AP3LS, AP4LS, and also Average GLS (global longitudinal strain) showed a significant difference between the two groups. Also, the evaluation of each of the above indices with a specific cutoff point as well as a high sensitivity and acceptable specificity predicted the presence of sarcoidosis. The occurrence of changes in the above indices was independent of ventricular function by 2D echocardiography in these patients.ConclusionsThe marked changes in the 2D speckle‐tracking parameters in patients with extra‐cardiac sarcoidosis can be of great value in the prediction of cardiac involvement. The occurrence of the abovementioned cardiac changes can be completely independent of the involvement of left ventricular function and is therefore predictable in patients with normal ventricular function.
Frayme: Building the structure to support the international spread of integrated youth services
Authors: Halsall Tanya , Manion Ian , Mathias Steve , Robeson Paula , Benlamri Meriem , Helfrich Warren , Iyer Srividya N. , Purcell Rosie , Henderson Joanna 
Published: January 2020

AbstractAimFrayme is a Canadian‐based international network designed to accelerate the adoption and scaling up of integrated youth services (IYS). This is done through the synthesis of evidence from a variety of sources and a commitment to integrated knowledge mobilization (KMb) to inform research policy and practice. Frayme is utilizing innovative approaches to stakeholder engagement (youth, families, policy makers, funders, researchers and practitioners) and KMb in order to co‐design system change. The purpose of this article describes the overall Frayme strategy and presents findings from a participatory needs assessment implemented to inform policy‐related priorities.MethodsThe Frayme leadership team facilitated a participatory needs assessment with major stakeholder groups that applied a modified problem‐solving activity. The needs assessment was on a designed to support diverse stakeholder perspectives on ways to improve knowledge mobilization of IYS. Qualitative data were analysed using a thematic analysis.ResultsThe four themes identified through the needs assessment were: (a) traditional scientific practices, (b) organizational obstacles, (c) change aversion, and (d) pre‐established stakeholder hierarchies.ConclusionsThrough the recognition of these challenges, Frayme has developed a set of major objectives to inform projects, opportunities for knowledge sharing, implementation of evidence and scaling up of efforts. The Frayme integrated KMb model represents a unique applied example of an evidence‐informed approach to practice collaboration in KMb to promote system change. The findings from this research also contribute to the expanding knowledge base with regard to complex evaluation and system transformation.