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ICTs usage and skills matching at work: some evidence from Spain
Authors: Caparrós Ruiz Antonio 
Published: December 2020

PurposeThis article focuses on the Spanish labour market, and its primary objectives are to analyse the factors determining the ICTs usage at workplace, and examine how the workers' e-skills match with the job tasks requiring ICTs. Furthermore, it will explore whether doing ICTs training activities has a positive effect on the probability of carrying out appropriately the ICTs at work.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology applied is an ordered response model analysing how the workers' e-skills match with the knowledge required to the ICTs usage at the job. This econometric specification will control by the selection bias generated because not all employees use ICTs to perform the job tasks. Data are obtained from the Survey on Equipment and Use of ICTs in Households (ICTS-H Survey).FindingsEducational attainment and the type of ICTs training are the most relevant variables to explain the ICTs usage and the quality of the job match.Research limitations/implicationsData used are cross-sectional, and it excludes the possibility of observing how the workers' careers evolve depending on their ICTs training.Practical implicationsThe methodology applied allows the authors to obtain the marginal effects to the variables explaining the probability of using ICTs at job, and how the workers' knowledge match with the e-skill required by the employers.Social implicationsThe results are a source of information to policymakers about how workers face the introduction of ICTs in the labour market.Originality/valueTo the best of author's knowledge, the article's topic and its methodology are unprecedented in the economic literature and, specially, in the Spanish case.
Do blockchain and circular economy practices improve post COVID-19 supply chains? A resource-based and resource dependence perspective
Authors: Nandi Santosh , Sarkis Joseph , Hervani Aref , Helms Marilyn 
Published: December 2020

PurposeUsing the resource-based and the resource dependence theoretical approaches of the firm, the paper explores firm responses to supply chain disruptions during COVID-19. The paper explores how firms develop localization, agility and digitization (L-A-D) capabilities by applying (or not applying) their critical circular economy (CE) and blockchain technology (BCT)-related resources and capabilities that they either already possess or acquire from external agents.Design/methodology/approachAn abductive approach, applying exploratory qualitative research was conducted over a sample of 24 firms. The sample represented different industries to study their critical BCT and CE resources and capabilities and the L-A-D capabilities. Firm resources and capabilities were classified using the technology, organization and environment (TOE) framework.FindingsFindings show significant patterns on adoption levels of the blockchain-enabled circular economy system (BCES) and L-A-D capability development. The greater the BCES adoption capabilities, the greater the L-A-D capabilities. Organizational size and industry both influence the relationship between BCES and L-A-D. Accordingly, research propositions and a research framework are proposed.Research limitations/implicationsGiven the limited sample size, the generalizability of the findings is limited. Our findings extend supply chain resiliency research. A series of propositions provide opportunities for future research. The resource-based view and resource-dependency theories are useful frameworks to better understanding the relationship between firm resources and supply chain resilience.Practical implicationsThe results and discussion of this study serve as useful guidance for practitioners to create CE and BCT resources and capabilities for improving supply chain resiliency.Social implicationsThe study shows the socio-economic and socio-environmental importance of BCES in the COVID-19 or similar crises.Originality/valueThe study is one of the initial attempts that highlights the possibilities of BCES across multiple industries and their value during pandemics and disruptions.
Collaboration among healthcare professionals at the public hospitals in Gaza: a quantitative study
Authors: Shaqura Iyad Ibrahim , Baroud Radwan , Sari Ali Akbari 
Published: December 2020

PurposeThis study aimed at assessing the current interprofessional collaboration (IPC) among healthcare professionals at the public hospitals in the Gaza Strip in 2016 through measuring the average level, and also examind the influence of professionals' characteristics on their collaboration.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative, cross-sectional study using a valid and reliable self-administered questionnaire on a 5-point Likert scale was conducted. A total of 323 participants from six health professions completed the questionnaire which was analyzed using SPSS version 20 by applying descriptive tests, t-test, ANOVA and inferential analysis (Scheffe test); the statistical significance was considered at p = 0.05.FindingsThe interprofessional collaboration was moderate (71.66%). “General relationships” elicited the highest mean score (3.943) due to participants' belief in its importance, whereas “community linkages and coordination of care” was the lowest (3.181) as a result of the restricted policy in this regard. Gender, age, profession and position have shown statistically significant variables on the overall collaboration. In short, there are differences in the performance of IPC domains and even within items of the same domain.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was conducted at only public hospitals; in addition, it was a cross-sectional study, so the causation relationships are difficult to assess. Moreover, the questionnaire was on self-administered basis which might result in misread or misunderstood bias.Originality/valueThis was the first study in the Palestinian context on collaboration between multiple professions using a comprehensive and reliable assessment tool.
Toward better understanding developmental reflection differences for use in management development research and practice
Authors: Maurer Todd , Dimotakis Nikolaos , Hardt Greg , Corner A.J. 
Published: December 2020

PurposeWe introduce a new approach to developmental reflection in which the focus is on differences in how people reflect. When reflecting on challenging experiences, people achieve better development when they tend to look for causes of what happened within changeable personal characteristics, and they subsequently focus on the improvement of those personal characteristics.Design/methodology/approachSupervisors and subordinates with leadership responsibilities in diverse jobs in varied industries provided survey data (444 individuals in a psychometric testing sample, and 419 paired subordinate/supervisor dyads in a model-testing sample).FindingsThe reflection difference construct had the expected factor structure, reliability, and was distinguishable from eight conceptually related variables in the literature. Reflection differences were predicted by the theoretically relevant job, person, and situational variables and were associated with development and performance outcomes.Practical implicationsThe reflection construct might be used for prediction to identify the individuals who are likely to get the most from challenging experiences and improve. Further, by identifying predictors of reflection, ideas for enhancing reflection are provided. Also, by uncovering specific underlying dimensionality of reflection, this offers specific targets for interventions beyond generally encouraging people to reflect.Originality/valueThis study establishes support for: (1) the new theoretical framing of reflection differences, (2) a new preliminary model of antecedents and outcomes, and (3) an initial scale for future research and practice that can be more explicit about understanding and addressing underlying differences in how people reflect.
Insights from narrative disclosures regarding integrated thinking in integrated reports in South Africa and Japan
Authors: Arul Rayhan , de Villiers Charl , Dimes Ruth 
Published: December 2020

Purpose
This study aims to provide insights into the poorly understood concept of integrated thinking by comparing and contrasting disclosures related to integrated thinking provided in integrated reports in two different institutional settings.

Design/methodology/approach
The study uses content analysis of the narrative sections of integrated reports to explore similarities and differences in the way the concept of integrated thinking is portrayed. It uses a matched sample of financial services companies in two different institutional settings, South Africa (where integrated reporting (IR) is mandatory and IR practices are world-leading) and Japan (where IR is voluntary and interest in IR is still developing). IR adoption is viewed through the lens of institutional theory, focussing on isomorphic forces which affect companies’ structure, policies and practices.

Findings
Even though the conceptualisation of integrated thinking differs between South Africa and Japan, in both settings there is a strong association between integrated thinking disclosures and corporate governance practices, materiality assessments and the pursuit of an industry leadership position, suggesting a link between these concepts and the underlying level of integrated thinking. Japanese disclosures appear to mimic South African disclosures, highlighting South Africa’s leading role in IR, although Japan shows more varied interpretations of integrated thinking.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the growing body of literature on the poorly understood concept of integrated thinking, responding to calls from both academics and practitioners for more research in this area. It shows the potential for integrated thinking to develop through a process of mimicry and highlights South Africa’s leading role in the dissemination of best practice in the field. Its findings relating to the fluid conceptualisation of integrated thinking in different institutional settings will be of interest to regulators and practitioners. To the knowledge this is one of the first studies to consider disclosures relating to integrated thinking in the financial services sector. Focussing on the financial services sector, with its unique features and regulatory frameworks, allows for deeper analysis, free from the potential distortions inherent in studying a broader cross-section of industries. The study also highlights the importance of corporate governance to integrated thinking, suggesting future research avenues.
Governance and risk-taking in conventional and Islamic banks
Authors: Lee Siew Peng , Isa Mansor , Ahmad Rubi , Bacha Obiyathulla Ismath 
Published: December 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of the board and risk committee in respect of risk-taking in conventional and Islamic banks in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses unbalanced panel data for 15 conventional and 14 Islamic banks over the period 2007–2016. The generalised least squares random effects technique is applied.FindingsThe evidence shows that independent directors and frequency of board meetings reduce risk-taking but that the number of directors with finance and banking experience and those with multiple directorships tend to increase risk-taking. The findings also indicate that the size of the risk committee, the number of directors on the risk committee and the appointment of a designated risk officer tends to reduce risk-taking in banks. By comparing conventional and Islamic banks, the findings show that Islamic banks have lower exposure to portfolio risk but higher insolvency risk.Practical implicationsThe findings in this study suggest that the board and risk committee have an impact on bank risk-taking. The implications for management include having more independent directors, fewer directors with multiple board memberships and having an efficient risk committee in order to reduce risks. Regulators should look into the issue of multiple directorships as this is positively related to risk-taking. Islamic banks should expand their operations as our findings indicate that bigger banks are better able to manage risk.Originality/valueThis study covers bank governance and risk committee, which are crucial in influencing the risk-taking behaviour of conventional and Islamic banks.
Quantification of elastic stresses for structurally distorted 90° very thin-walled pipe bends under in-plane bending
Authors: LA Krishna , AR Veerappan , S Shanmugam 
Published: December 2020

PurposeElastic stress solutions are required in the field of fracture mechanics and the analysis of creep failure. The published precise elastic solutions are not addressing the influence of the manufacturing process induced, inevitable cross sectional deviations called ovality and thinning. The influence of ovality on plastic limit and collapse loads are reported in literature. Hence, it is important to study the combined effect of ovality and thinning on elastic stresses of bends.Design/methodology/approachThis paper relies on elastic finite element evolutions of stress components– longitudinal membrane stress, longitudinal bending stress, circumferential membrane stress and circumferential bending stresses. Based on the results, the coefficients for the equations are also obtained through the regression analysis.FindingsNew analytical solutions are prescribed to estimate the elastic stresses at the mid-section of the 90° very thin-walled bend with ovality and thinning, when subjected to in-plane bending moment. The ovality has significant influence on elastic stress whereas the thinning is not so. The proposed equations give an accurate estimation of elastic stresses at the mid-section of the bend with the incorporation of the parameters, namely R/rm, rm/t and ovality.Research limitations/implicationsThe influence of shape imperfections, namely ovality and thinning on elastic stress of 90° very thin-walled bends having rm/t > 20, subject to in-plane bending moment is proposed.Originality/valueThe influence of shape imperfections, namely ovality and thinning, on elastic stress of 90° very thin-walled bends with rm/t > 20, subject to in-plane bending moment is proposed.
Factors influencing tweet purposes and citizen engagement with municipal Twitter accounts
Authors: Stone Jeffrey A. , Can S. Hakan 
Published: December 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to determine the demographic, resource and internal competition factors that influence both the level of citizen engagement provided by municipal Twitter accounts as well as the primary purposes for which those accounts are used.Design/methodology/approachThis research uses a mixed-methods approach. Twitter data were content analyzed and categorized according to their specific purposes (information dissemination, community building or calls to action). Twitter engagement was measured as an index variable constructed from prior research, and multiple regression was used to determine the factors which best predict both account engagement and tweet purposes.FindingsThe results show that two factors (a multiplatform approach and fiscal health) along with the interaction of those factors predict the level of Twitter-based citizen engagement. Median citizen age was found to significantly predict the percentage of municipal tweets with purposes of information dissemination and community building.Originality/valueThis study adds to the literature on public sector social media use by examining the purposes and practices of local government Twitter use, providing a context for examining how Twitter is employed by local governments for citizen engagement.
Gastric motor dysfunction coincides with the onset of obesity in rats fed with high‐fat diet
Authors: Kaya Sabriye Defne , Sinen Osman , Bülbül Mehmet 
Published: December 2020

AbstractExposure to a high‐fat diet (HFD) has been reported to impair central autonomic and enteric neurocircuitries, however, the relevant mechanisms and their time course are inadequately clarified. This study aimed to investigate the effects of HFD consumption through the period of adolescence on gastric motor functions in adulthood. Male Sprague‐Dawley rats consumed a regular diet or HFD (60% kcal by fat) from 4 to 12 weeks of age. Body weight and food intake were monitored weekly. In adult rats, gastric emptying (GE) was measured. Additionally, using in‐vitro organ bath, contractile and relaxant responses of antral and fundic strips were assessed with bethanechol and sodium nitroprusside (SNP), respectively. The expressions of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) were detected by immunofluorescence, whereas, the number of myenteric neurons were evaluated by staining with cuprolinic blue and enteric neuronal marker PGP 9.5. In adulthood, the HFD did not alter food intake, while significantly increasing the body weight. In HFD‐fed adult rats, increased visceral fat mass was accompanied by delayed GE. Moreover, bethanechol‐ and SNP‐induced responses were attenuated in antral and fundic tissues. HFD remarkably decreased the number of myenteric neurons and NOS immunoreactivity both in fundus and antrum. HFD remarkably decreased ChAT expression, while increasing the immunoreactivity for VIP in antrum. In conclusion, consumption of HFD between early adolescence and adulthood results in obesity and impairment of gastric motor functions. Particularly, HFD‐induced gastric dysmotility appears to be predominantly dependent on the modifications in the non‐adrenergic non‐cholinergic inhibitory neurotransmission.
URBAN THEORY BETWEEN POLITICAL ECONOMY AND EVERYDAY URBANISM: Desiring Machine and Power in a Saga of Urbanization
Authors: Qian Junxi , An Ning 
Published: December 2020

AbstractAs human society enters an ‘urban age’, the need to interrogate the nature of cities and urbanization processes has become more imperative. To advance this endeavour, this article suggests that the entrenched epistemological distance between the political economy and everyday urbanism approaches must be addressed and bridged. It furnishes a theoretical approach which examines how political economic changes are shaped and contoured by sensibilities and relations around urban lifestyles, identities and the phenomenology of being urban. Above all, it is interested in how urbanization acts as an organizing logic for people to envision and build everyday projects, meanings and identities. This article illustrates these arguments by developing a reading ofThe Chronicle of Zhalie, a novel that is also a saga of urbanization, authored by the Chinese writer Yan Lianke. Working within the genre of mythical realism, Yan provides important points of entry into theorizing the co‐production, co‐evolution and mutual constitution of urban political economy and the social, cultural and political changes at the scale of the everyday and the local. Our analysis is conducted by way of two analytical registers: the urban desiring machine and a conception of power that is relational, performative and interactive.
Identification with management and the organisation as key mechanisms in explaining employee reactions to talent status
Authors: Wikhamn Wajda , Asplund Kajsa , Dries Nicky 
Published: December 2020

AbstractThis study examines how identification with management and the organization explains the relationship between talent status, organizational citizenship behavior towards the organization (OCB‐O) and the supervisor (OCB‐S), and turnover intention. Using archival and survey data (N = 597), we tested two competing models: a parallel and a serial mediation. Results supported serial mediation of management identification through organizational identification; management identification was the most predictive mediator overall. We also found different exchange dynamics depending on the focus of the identification (management or organization) and their corresponding outcomes (OCB‐S and OCB‐O); OCB‐S was most strongly related to management identification. We contribute to the literature by integrating concepts and assumptions from social identity and social exchange theory, and advancing the understanding about employee reciprocation of symbolic resources such as talent status. Practical implications, in particular about encouraging ‘pre‐identification’ with management in order to ensure talents' continued extra‐role behavior and retention, are spelled out.
Housing Condition Differentially Impacts Escalation of Alcohol Intake, Relapse‐Like Drinking, Anxiety‐Like Behavior, and Stress History Effects by Sex
Authors: Moench Kelly M. , Logrip Marian L. 
Published: December 2020

BackgroundStress triggers alcohol use and relapse to drinking, with different effects by sex. Women are more susceptible to stress‐related alcohol misuse, and most stressors in rodents produce sexually divergent effects. Female rodents are particularly sensitive to the stress produced by solitary housing, yet the impact of housing conditions on the establishment, escalation, and post‐abstinence potentiation of intermittent access alcohol drinking in male and female rats, and the interaction of these factors with stress history are not well described.MethodsMale (n = 62) and female (n = 64) Wistar rats were housed individually or in pairs separated by a perforated divider. Rats were exposed to light‐cued footshock stress (stress history), or cues alone (control), once daily for 3 days, followed by 8 weeks’ drinking under intermittent access to a 2‐bottle choice (IA2BC), with 20% alcohol (v/v in water) available in addition to water for 24 hours on alternate days. After a 2‐week forced abstinence, anxiety‐like behavior was assessed via defensive withdrawal testing; then, IA2BC alcohol access was renewed for 2 weeks to model relapse‐like behavior.ResultsPair‐housed female rats did not increase their alcohol intake across the 8‐week drinking period, unlike all other groups, and stress history did not significantly change alcohol consumption. After abstinence, anxiety‐like behavior was greatest in pair‐housed stress history males, whereas alcohol intake was significantly elevated only in female rats, particularly those in solitary housing.ConclusionsTogether, these findings suggest that paired housing differentially contributes to behavior in male and female rats, blunting alcohol intake in females, and unmasking stress history effects on anxiety‐like behavior in males.
The Side Effects of Central Bank Independence
Authors: Aklin Michaël , Kern Andreas 
Published: December 2020

AbstractCentral bank independence (CBI) solves the time inconsistency problem faced by policymakers with respect to monetary policy. However, it does not solve their underlying incentives to manipulate the economy for political gains. Unable to use monetary policy, and often limited in their ability to use fiscal spending, governments can resort to financial deregulation to generate short‐term political benefits. We show qualitatively and quantitatively that governments systematically weaken financial regulations in the aftermath of CBI, and that the effect of CBI is separate from an ideological shift toward liberalization. Our findings suggest that the growing financialization of the economy experienced by many countries over the last few decades is partly a by‐product of central bank independence.