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Investigation on thermal comfort of the uniform for workers in tropical monsoon climates
Authors: Xu Jingxian , Liu Huijuan , Wang Yunyi , Li Jun 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the heat transfer mechanism of the uniforms used by people working in hot, humid and windy environments. Furthermore, the effectiveness of an opening structure added to the armpit of the uniforms in improving thermal comfort was comparatively examined.Design/methodology/approachA set of uniforms was tested with the opening at the armpit alternatively zipped or unzipped. Thermal manikin and human tests were performed in a climatic chamber simulating the specific environmental conditions, including wind speeds at four levels (0.15, 0.5, 2, 4 m/s) and relative humidities at two levels (50 and 85%). Static and dynamic thermal insulations of clothing (IT) were examined by the thermal manikin tests. The human bodies' thermal responses, including heart rates (HR), eardrum temperatures (Te), skin temperatures (Tsk) and subjective perceptions, were given by the human tests.FindingsSpecial mechanisms of heat transfer in the specific uniforms used in tropical monsoon climates were revealed. Reductions on IT were caused by the movement of the human body and the environmental wind, and the empirical equations would underestimate this reduction. The opening at the armpit was able to prompt more heat transfer under dynamic condition, with reducing the IT by 11.8%, lowering the mean Tsk by 0.92°C, and significantly improving the subjective perceptions (p < 0.05). The heat exhaustion was alleviated with lowering the Te by 0.32°C.Originality/valueThis study managed to improve the thermal performance of uniforms for workers under unforgiving conditions. The evaluation and design methods introduced by this study provided practical guidance for similar products with strict dress codes and cost control requirements based on the findings from thorough product tests and analysis.
Fourth industrial revolution and India's “employment problem”
Authors: Bhattacharyya Sujatra , Mitra Arup 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThis paper aims at assessing the impact of innovation on productivity as sustainable development can be attained primarily through non-resource-driven growth. Secondly, it also proposes to reflect on the rising capital intensity in the Indian industries as technology advancement, particularly in the light of the fourth industrial revolution, is expected to reduce the labour absorbing capacity of the industrial sector.Design/methodology/approachBased on panel data for different Indian firms in various groups of industries, this paper estimates TFPG and TE (following Cornwellet al.methodology) and assesses the impact of R&D expenditure on the performance indices. Secondly, it measures the capital intensity across various groups of industries to reflect on the “employment problem”.FindingsInnovation does not seem to enhance the performance index in a very significant manner across industry groups considered in the study. The lack of extensive evidence on impact of innovation on total factor productivity growth suggests that innovation does not necessarily result in technological progress while the need of the hour is to experience non-resource-driven growth on the one hand and employment growth on the other. The positive impact of innovation on efficiency as seen in the paper can be interpreted as the expenditure incurred to realize the potentiality of the technology which is possibly imported. However, capital accumulation is resulting in rapid productivity growth at the cost of employment.Research limitations/implicationsCapturing technological progress in terms of TFPG can be subjected to criticism.Practical implicationsPolicy implications for employment generation and inclusive growth are derived.Social implicationsThe study cautions us about the adverse implications in terms of employment growth.Originality/valueAssessing the impact of innovation on performance such as TFPG and TE is rather rare in the literature, and this paper tries to reflect on this aspect using the Indian firm-level data. Secondly, the trade-offs between productivity growth and employment growth are brought out distinctly in order to highlight the declining labour absorbing capacity of the industrial sector. This enables us to reflect on the adverse consequences of the fourth industrial revolution.
An integrated model for predicting the probability of adoption of green building in South Africa
Authors: Simpeh Eric Kwame , Smallwood John Julian 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the predictable effect of economic and non-economic factors regarded as the most important to stimulate stakeholders’ behavioural intentions to adopt green building.Design/methodology/approachThe primary data was collected from 106 green building accredited professionals in both the public and private sectors registered with the Green Building Council of South Africa. The data analysis techniques adopted include descriptive and inferential statistics, namely, factor analysis and logistic regression model (LRM).FindingsThe LRM results revealed five predictors and two control variables made a unique statistically signiﬁcant contribution to the model. The strongest predictor to enhance the intention to adopt green building was a financial benefit (FB), recording an odds ratio of 9.1, which indicates that the likelihood to adopt is approximately 9.1 times more if FBs is evident.Practical implicationsIt is anticipated that the most significant facilitators/enablers identified by built environment stakeholders will create an enabling environment to enhance the adoption of green building.Originality/valueThis research has contributed to the existing knowledge by developing a decision support model. The decision support model provides predictive indicators for clients, consultants and contractors to harness their resources and identify significant parameters to improve their decision-making in adopting green building.
Mapping the individual and structural theories of financial crimes
Authors: Lokanan Mark Eshwar , Aujla Indy 
Published: May 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to argue for an integrated explanation of financial fraud. Greater emphasis must be placed on the structural and situational factors that are the elements of fraud risks and fraud.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper is based on a review of the literature on the explanation of financial fraud. Both micro- and macro-theoretical explanations of fraud were analysed to allow for a broader picture of the types of individuals that were involved in fraud, the rules governing their conduct and the types of law they broke.

Findings
The main reason why people commit fraud is that their crime propensity interacts with the elements present in criminogenic environments. Indeed, because most of the research on structural theories of fraud focuses on general criminality, not much has been done in the area of financial fraud. More research needs to be carried out to excavate the subterranean cluster of narrative on fraud risks and fraud.

Research limitations/implications
To address the future contingency of fraud risks, the paper adopted a similar position of prior accounting research on financial crimes. The structural explanation of fraudulent behaviour considers individuals’ actions to be less the result of individual deviance and more the cause of societal forces. Structural theories take into consideration the individual psychology of the offenders and position it to reflect the various realities – institutional, structural and cultural life – they are caught up in. Future research must endeavour to address these concerns.

Originality/value
The manuscript is among a new stream of literature that addresses the structural elements of financial fraud.
Applying anti-oppressive approach to social work practice in Africa: reflections of Nigerian BSW students
Authors: Amadasun Solomon , Omorogiuwa Tracy Beauty Evbayiro 
Published: May 2020

Purpose
As the next generation of social workers in a continent bedecked by oppressive customs, it is cardinal that the voices of social work students be heard. This study aims to share the reflections of Nigerian BSW students about anti-oppressive approach to professional practice.

Design/methodology/approach
Drawing on a qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted among fourth-year social work students at one of the elite universities in the southern region of Nigeria.

Findings
Results reveal that, although willing to challenge oppressive practices, social work students are ill-equipped to apply anti-oppressive approach to social work practice in Nigeria.

Research limitations/implications
This study makes an important contribution to the field and to the existing literature because the findings have broader implications for social work education in Nigeria.

Practical implications
In enforcing the suggestions of this study, it is expected that social work education will become able to produce competently trained students who are only knowledgeable about anti-oppressive social work but are equally prepared to address Nigeria’s myriad oppressive practices that have long undermined the nation’s quest for social development.

Social implications
The application of the anti-oppressive approach to social work practice is integral to ridding society of all forms of overt social injustice and other forms of latent oppressive policies.

Originality/value
Suggestions are offered to Nigerian social work educators toward ensuring that students are not only well equipped in the understanding of anti-oppressive social work but also ready to apply this model to professional social work practice following their graduation.
Overwork and overtime on turnover intention in non-luxury hotels: Do incentives matter?
Authors: Tan Kim-Lim , Sim Pei-Lin , Goh Fu-Quan , Leong Choi-Meng , Ting Hiram 
Published: May 2020

PurposeGiven the intense competition in the hotel industry, this study investigates the effect of overwork (OW) and overtime (OT) on turnover intention (TI) as well as the moderating effect of incentives in the context of non-luxury hotels in an emerging market.Design/methodology/approachUsing a purposive sampling technique, a total of 271 front-line employees who are currently working in non-luxury hotels in Sarawak responded to the study. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to perform latent variable and moderation analyses.FindingsThe findings show that both OW and OT have a direct impact on TI. Contrary to the past studies, incentives do not exert any moderating effect on the relationship between OW, OT and TI among the employees working at non-luxury hotels.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies to explore the effect of incentives between OW and working OT on TI in the context of the non-luxury hotels in an emerging market and show why incentives might not work. It further advances the understanding of the JD-R theory, demonstrating the necessity for organizations to provide matching resources to address job strains.
Tracing criminal proceeds through fungible mixtures in money laundering cases
Authors: Foo Kenny 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the problem of tracing criminal proceeds through fungible mixtures, in the context of money laundering prosecutions and with a specific focus on whether clean withdrawals can be made from tainted mixtures.Design/methodology/approachThe question of withdrawing clean funds from a tainted mixture is framed as a problem of proof rather than a problem of impossibility. The tracing rules are then engaged to overcome evidential difficulties, but the rules are shown to operate very differently in civil proceedings and criminal proceedings. The proper application of the tracing rules in criminal proceedings is then illustrated using the facts ofWilliam v R[2013] EWCA Crim 1262.FindingsBecause evidential uncertainties must be resolved in favour of the accused person in criminal proceedings, the tracing rules – properly applied – limit the range of situations in which the Prosecution can successfully trace criminal proceeds through fungible mixtures.Originality/valueThis paper may be useful to law enforcement, those involved in prosecuting or defending money laundering cases and regulated persons assessing their money laundering risks and disclosure obligations.
Geographical proximity and value of corporate cash holdings
Authors: Palkar Darshana D. , Sims Randi L. , Kuvvet Emre 
Published: May 2020

PurposeIn this paper, the authors examine the association between a firm's geographical location and the value of its cash holdings.Design/methodology/approachFollowing Loughran and Schultz (2005) and Nielsson and Wójcik (2016), the authors define firms as either geographically remote or geographically proximate based on their distance to areas that are either largely populated or concentrated in financial expertise. We also estimate the marginal value of cash using the model developed by Faulkender and Wang (2006).FindingsThe authors find that the marginal value of cash is $0.10–$0.16 lower in remotely located firms than in geographically proximate firms. The lower marginal value of cash is prominent among remotely located firms with greater severity of information asymmetry. Our findings support the view that the inability of shareholders to closely monitor how managers use of firm cash may increase the perceived conflicts of interest associated with managers' cash spending and decrease the value of cash.Originality/valuePrevious studies try to explain the cash holdings puzzle by attributing it to CEO overconfidence, external funding constraints, poor corporate governance, difference in corporate financial policy, poor investor protection, lack of firm diversification and large operating losses. This study contributes to the extant literature by offering new evidence of the role of geographic location on the value of cash holdings.
Populism and domestic/international politics: theory and practice
Authors: Metawe Mohamed 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThis paper aims to contend that populism is damaging to both domestic and international politics; not only does it erode liberal democracy in established democracies but also fuels authoritarianism in despotic regimes and aggravates conflicts and crises in international system.Design/methodology/approachThe research is divided into two main sections. First, it examines how populist mobilization affects liberal democracy, and refutes the claims that populism is beneficial and reinforcing to democracy. Second, it attempts to demonstrate how populism is damaging to domestic politics (by undermining liberal democracy and supporting authoritarianism) as well as international relations (by making interstate conflicts more likely to materialize). Theoretically, populism is assumed to be a strategy used by politicians to maximize their interest. Hence, populism is a strategy used by politicians to mobilize constituents using the main features of populist discourse.FindingsThe research argues that populism has detrimental consequences on both domestic and international politics; it undermines liberal democracy in democratic countries, upsurges authoritarianism in autocratic regimes and heightens the level of conflict and crises in international politics. Populism can lead to authoritarianism. There is one major undemocratic trait shared by all populist waves around the world, particularly democracies; that is anti-pluralism/anti-institutions. Populist leaders perceive foreign policy as the continuation of domestic politics, because they consider themselves as the only true representatives of the people. Therefore, populist actors abandon any political opposition as necessarily illegitimate, with repercussions on foreign policy.Originality/valueSome scholars argue that populism reinforces democracy by underpinning its ability to include marginalized sectors of the society and to decrease voter apathy, the research refuted these arguments. Populism is destructive to world democracy; populists are reluctant to embrace the idea of full integration with other nations. Populists reject the idea of open borders, and reckon it an apparent threat to their national security. The research concludes that populists consider maximizing their national interests on the international level by following confrontational policies instead of cooperative ones.
A weighted Fama-MacBeth two-step panel regression procedure: asymptotic properties, finite-sample adjustment, and performance
Authors: Lee Kyuseok 
Published: May 2020

Purpose
In a recent paper, Yoon and Lee (2019) (YL hereafter) propose a weighted Fama and MacBeth (FMB hereafter) two-step panel regression procedure and provide evidence that their weighted FMB procedure produces more efficient coefficient estimators than the usual unweighted FMB procedure. The purpose of this study is to supplement and improve their weighted FMB procedure, as they provide neither asymptotic results (i.e. consistency and asymptotic distribution) nor evidence on how close their standard error estimator is to the true standard error.

Design/methodology/approach
First, asymptotic results for the weighted FMB coefficient estimator are provided. Second, a finite-sample-adjusted standard error estimator is provided. Finally, the performance of the adjusted standard error estimator compared to the true standard error is assessed.

Findings
It is found that the standard error estimator proposed by Yoon and Lee (2019) is asymptotically consistent, although the finite-sample-adjusted standard error estimator proposed in this study works better and helps to reduce bias. The findings of Yoon and Lee (2019) are confirmed even when the average R2 over time is very small with about 1% or 0.1%.

Originality/value
The findings of this study strongly suggest that the weighted FMB regression procedure, in particular the finite-sample-adjusted procedure proposed here, is a computationally simple but more powerful alternative to the usual unweighted FMB procedure. In addition, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that presents a formal proof of the asymptotic distribution for the FMB coefficient estimator.
Global e-government development: besides the relative wealth of countries, do policies matter?
Authors: Dias Gonçalo Paiva 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThis study aims to investigate whether, discounting the effect of the relative wealth of countries, it is possible to observe the relevance of policies for e-government development.Design/methodology/approachThe deviations of countries' results from what could be expected, considering their relative wealth is calculated by using the residuals of a linear regression using the Gross Domestic Product per capita as the independent variable and the UN E-Government Development Index as the dependent variable. The countries that achieve better and worse results than expected are then identified and their cases are analyzed by resorting to secondary sources, namely, published research referring to their cases. Those research documents were identified by successively searching the Scopus database, the Google Scholar database and the Web of Science.FindingsThe existence of formal e-government strategies and plans and the capacity to implement them can make a difference, allowing countries to achieve better results than expected or, in their absence, to perform worse than expected.Research limitations/implicationsThe proposed methodology can be useful to e-government researchers, particularly as a basis for deeper and more detailed studies.Practical implicationsCountries should invest in well-developed and focused strategies and continuity of public policies and their capacity to deliver results. For that purpose, political commitment and high-level coordination are key factors. For low-income countries, long-lasting cooperation with external experienced partners is crucial. For high-income countries, innovative thinking is a key enabler.Originality/valueThis study uses an innovative method to look beyond the effect of the relative wealth of countries and investigate the relevance of public policies for e-government development.
Effects of anesthetics on post‐operative 3‐month neuroendocrine function after endoscopic transsphenoidal non‐functional pituitary adenoma surgery
Authors: Oh Hyongmin , Yhim Hyung‐Been , Yoon Hyun‐Kyu , Lee Hyung‐Chul , Hee Kim Jung , Hwy Kim Yong , Park Hee‐Pyoung 
Published: May 2020

BackgroundAnesthetic techniques can affect perioperative neuroendocrine function. The objective of this study was to compare 3‐month post‐operative neuroendocrine functional outcomes between sevoflurane and propofol anesthesia in patients undergoing endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (ETS) for removal of non‐functional pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) retrospectively.MethodsAmong 356 patients who underwent ETS for removal of NFPAs under sevoflurane‐remifentanil anesthesia (sevoflurane group, n = 103) or propofol‐remifentanil anesthesia (propofol group, n = 253), 92 patients in each group were selected and their 3‐month post‐operative neuroendocrine functional outcomes (primary outcome measure) were compared after propensity score matching.ResultsOverall changes in post‐operative 3‐month neuroendocrine function compared to pre‐operative baseline did not differ between the sevoflurane and propofol groups (worsened: 32.6% vs 29.3%, persistently decreased: 9.8% vs 12.0%, improved: 12.0% vs 20.7%, normalized: 9.8% vs 12.0%, persistently normal: 18.5% vs 19.6%; P = .400). The incidence of pituitary hormone deficiency at 3 months post‐operatively did not differ between the sevoflurane and propofol groups (adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency: 18.5% vs 17.4%, P = 1.000; thyroid‐stimulating hormone deficiency: 10.9% vs 3.3%, P = .081; gonadotropin deficiency: 54.3% vs 48.9%, P = .555; growth hormone deficiency: 45.7% vs 48.9%, P = .768; panhypopituitarism: 1.1% vs 1.1%, P = 1.000).ConclusionIn patients undergoing ETS for removal of NFPAs, the effects of both sevoflurane‐remifentanil and propofol‐remifentanil anesthetic techniques on post‐operative 3‐month neuroendocrine functional outcomes were similar, suggesting that propofol and sevoflurane can be freely used in such patients in terms of post‐operative intermediate‐term neuroendocrine functional outcome.
Electrocardiogram and left atrial abnormality: Design of an observational study to clarify diagnostic criteria
Authors: Lacalzada‐Almeida Juan , Izquierdo‐Gómez María Manuela , Laynez‐Cerdeña Ignacio , García‐Niebla Javier , Bruña Vanesa , Bayés de Luna Antonio , Martínez‐Sellés Manuel 
Published: May 2020

AbstractBackgroundThe criteria applied for diagnosis of left atrial (LA) abnormality using electrocardiogram (ECG) have high specificity but low sensitivity. In fact, some authors have suggested classifying P‐wave anomalies associated with LA abnormality and interatrial block as “atrial abnormalities.” The most widely known ECG criteria for LA abnormality include P‐wave duration, morphology and voltage of P wave in inferior leads, presence of P‐wave terminal force in V1 (PtfV1), and P‐wave axis and area. PtfV1 has also been reported to vary according to misplacement of the V1 and V2 electrodes.MethodsThe objective of this observational cohort study is to determine the degree of correlation between ECG criteria for LA abnormality and left atrium volume and functionality, as determined by speckle tracking echocardiography. The study also aims to investigate the correlation between these echocardiographic parameters and PtfV1 value by placing the V1 and V2 electrodes in the second, third, and fourth intercostal spaces.Results and ConclusionsOur results could help to clarify whether the decrease in left atrial deformity, which is currently considered a surrogate target of fibrosis, correlates better with ECG criteria for LA abnormality than atrial volumes.