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Dynamics of the ideal self
Authors: Boyatzis Richard , Dhar Udayan 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe ideal self has had a place in management literature in recent years with reference to identity and role change. However, except for a JMD article in 2006, there has been little theorizing on the ideal self, which is often treated as a static construct. The purpose of this article is to update and refine the concept and explain the dynamic nature of the construct.Design/methodology/approachThis conceptual paper is based on a review of the recent management and psychology literature related to the ideal self and its components.FindingsThe authors propose a dynamic theory of the emerging ideal self and delineate how its components evolve over time.Research limitations/implicationsThe ideal self, or one's personal vision, is a major motivator of learning and change and the sustainability of such efforts. The time dynamic theory would encourage and guide longitudinal research using better variables and measures as well as help in conceptualizing the role of socialization, social identity and life/career stages.Practical implicationsWith a better theory of the ideal self, trainers, consultants, coaches and teachers can help people update their deep sense of purpose and the sustaining driver of learning and change the ideal self. It could help people and organizations address a major determinant of engagement.Originality/valueThis theory offers a temporal understanding of how the ideal self can motivate learning and change at different life and career eras, which can help in designing future research on identity-related transitions.
Organizational creativity and sustainability-oriented innovation as drivers of sustainable development: overcoming firms' economic, environmental and social sustainability challenges
Authors: Souto Jaime E. 
Published: December 2021

PurposeSustainable development is key to firms' competitiveness, survival, growth and profitability, although sustainability emerges as a great challenge. The aim of this study is to analyze the links between organizational creativity (which integrates sustainability orientation), sustainability-oriented innovation and the multidimensionality of firms' sustainability performance.Design/methodology/approachA total of 417 valid responses from manufacturing SMEs were collected through a questionnaire. PLS-SEM is the statistical technique used in the hypothesis testing.Findings Organizational creativity (which integrates sustainability orientation) and sustainability-oriented innovation are positively associated with economic sustainability performance, environmental sustainability performance and social sustainability performance; sustainability-oriented innovation has a partial mediation effect on the relationship between organizational creativity and economic, environmental, and social sustainability performance; and organizational creativity (which integrates sustainability orientation) has a positive effect on sustainability-oriented innovation.Originality/valueSustainability orientation is integrated into organizational creativity without limiting it, sustainability-oriented innovation encompasses innovation and sustainability in all its breadth without forgetting the innovation process openness, and firm's sustainability performance has a multidimensional approach. Such innovation and creativity contribute – in an interconnected way – to sustainable development, as well as overcoming sustainability challenges and firms' barriers to sustainability. Likewise, the aforementioned creativity must be implemented throughout the company, even beyond its contribution to the innovation process. Thus, the implementation of new ideas, thoughts, perspectives, views, and mental models – fruit of the described creative process – will generate new models and paths in which firms' profitability, growth and survival are related with overcoming environmental and social problems.
Performance management and hybridization of healthcare – case of the accountable care organization
Authors: Kokko Petra , Laihonen Harri 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe article seeks to explain whether and how value-based healthcare principles lead to hybridization. The public management literature has been increasingly interested in hybrid forms of governance and hybrid performance management, but empirical studies are still rare. Further, the article studies the design of performance management and accounting systems as healthcare organizations reorganize their care processes applying value-based healthcare principles.Design/methodology/approachThis article first connects the theoretical discussions on value-based healthcare and performance management for hybrids. The conceptual understanding of performance management in hybrid healthcare uses a case study of a Finnish healthcare organization with documentary data and transcribed interviews with healthcare professionals from both the strategic and operative levels of healthcare.FindingsThe article illustrates and analyses how new policy-level objectives and principles of value-based healthcare led to hybridity in healthcare, manifest in mixed ownership of a particular care path and new forms of social and financial control. Further, the article provides empirical evidence of how increased hybridity necessitated new organizational modes and roles, new managerial tools for performance management and created a need to develop the capability to account and measure entire integrated care processes. Important enabling factors for the integration of care and hybrid performance management were commitment created in dialogue, voluntary-based trust and technology to generate factual shared information.Practical implicationsThe study is informative for stakeholders, funders and managers of healthcare organizations, namely new knowledge for the discussion of hybrid governance in healthcare, including a critical account of the applicability and impact of a hybrid service model in healthcare management. Moreover, the article illustrates what needs to be reconsidered in performance management and accounting practices when reorganizing care processes according to the principles of value-based healthcare.Originality/valueThe article extends the analysis of performance management in hybrids and sheds new light on hybridization in healthcare. It also provides much-needed empirical evidence on the processes and practices of accounting and performance management after implementing a value-based healthcare strategy.
Study on the law of aging in Library and Information Science
Authors: Song Yanhui , Shen Xukang , Qiu Junping 
Published: December 2021

PurposeAging research has traditionally been an important research topic in the field of Library and Information Science(LIS). The study of aging enables us to grasp the extent of development and the status of aging in LIS. The purpose of this paper is to explore the current law of aging in LIS and to research the impact of interdisciplinary citations on the aging of the discipline.Design/methodology/approachBy using citation analysis methods and fitting them using the Barnett aging model, the aging law of LIS is explored with the help of aging indicators such as citing half-life and Price Index. For interdisciplinary study, the authors explore the pattern of interdisciplinary citations distribution by distinguishing LIS and non-LIS citations by journal name.FindingsThe results show that LIS is currently aging slowly and has reached a relatively mature stage. It has a high reliance on archival literature. The interdisciplinary citations distribution is broadly consistent with the overall citation distribution, and interdisciplinary citations can increase the age of applicability of the literature.Originality/valueBased on LIS journal citation data, the paper validates the rationality of Barnett model applied in the field of literature aging research using nonlinear regression analysis, which can effectively reflect the aging law of literature and enable scholars to predict its development trend more accurately. In addition, according to the current trend of interdisciplinary citation, this paper explores the impact of interdisciplinary citations on the aging of the literature and provides a new idea for future aging research.
The mediating role of relational capital for the academic performance effect of IC: the influence of digital technologies
Authors: Arena Claudia , Catuogno Simona , Crisci Anna , Naciti Valeria 
Published: December 2021

Purpose
Different mechanisms allow intellectual capital (IC) to affect performance. This paper aims to analyze the value of relations for the academic performance effect of IC and explore how the university’s reliance on digital technologies facilitates the contribution of IC to the overall academic performance.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors develop a model linking elements of IC to academic performance in the form of teaching, research and entrepreneurial activity. The model is centered on relational capital (RC) that is supposed to directly fuel performance and mediate the link between the other two IC dimensions and performance. From a methodological point of view, the authors base the empirical investigation on a sample of Italian public universities and applied structural equation modeling to test the mediation and a group comparison to disentangle the effect of universities’ digitalization.

Findings
The authors find a significant and positive effect of RC on performance. RC fully mediates the relationship between structural capital and academic performance, whereas it only partially mediates the link between human capital and academic performance. The authors also suggest that digital technologies guide the prominence of the relationship in the university’s ability to fulfill teaching, research and entrepreneurship missions through IC.

Originality/value
This study offers a representation of how the relational dimension of IC is the mean through which the stock of knowledge inside IC can be translated into entrepreneurial, education and research achievements and how digital technologies are essential for the exploitation of the performance effect of IC in the digital era.
Job satisfaction of women employees of the public sector of Afghanistan
Authors: Mehrzad Arezo , Rostan Pierre 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThis paper focuses on job satisfaction of women employees in the public sector of Afghanistan and identifies factors and challenges influencing women's job satisfaction in their workplace.Design/methodology/approachThe survey data were gathered from 92 employees working at the Ministry of Finance at different position levels.FindingsThe findings indicate that women employees highly prioritize salary increment and job promotion as their main job satisfaction factors while mentioning low salary, delay in salary payment and unsuitable workplace as the biggest challenges. Among recommendations, the research suggests to launch workshops for male employees to improve their behavior with women employees in the workplace, to promote employees based on their merit regardless of gender, to standardize salary scales, to develop a chart of female rights highlighting how they should be treated in their workplace and to support the female employees by eliminating gender discrimination and providing a secure work environment free of gender bias.Social implicationsThe findings and recommendations may help public sector organizations as well as the private sector of Afghanistan to improve women employees' job satisfaction.Originality/valueThis article represents an added value for the literature which lacks references about the satisfaction of women working in the public sector of Afghanistan.
Career stages in management studies: a systematic review of scientific production from 2011 to 2020
Authors: Vilela Nágila Giovanna Silva , Casado Tania 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to present a systematic review of scientific production on career stages in the last decade (2011–2020). More specifically, it seeks to understand the methodological approaches, how career stages have been operationalized in research in the Management field, and the main results of these researches.Design/methodology/approachThe authors searched articles about career stages on the Web of Science database published between 2011 and 2020. The final portfolio for the systematic review included 20 article based on pre-established criteria for the selection.FindingsThe results present an overview of these articles, as well as the methodological approaches used. The authors confirmed that there is no consensus on the operationalization of the career stage. Five topics associated with career stages were discussed: workers' attitudes and behaviors; training and mentoring; intentions; perception of success and work-life balance; and work values.Originality/valueThe authors found no other studies concerning the review of scientific production on career stages and divergences in the operationalization of the theme. However, considering the large number of research studies that deal with careers and their stages, it is relevant to discuss how the career stages can be operationalized and whether their operationalization is valid.
Added value for sponsors: a study of network in football 2011–2018
Authors: Erichsen Morten , Stiklestad Trond , Holum Marthe , Jakobsen Tor Georg 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThis study identifies the outcomes prioritised by the sponsors of a sport, specifically football. The authors’ novel thesis is that the network collaboration between sponsors as well as with the sponsorship object (i.e. the football club) is a significant determinant of sponsor satisfaction and the likelihood of renewing the sponsorship deal. This perspective has not been adequately addressed in existing sponsorship research.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use an original dataset to empirically analyse networks and their business value for football sponsors. Our data covers sponsors of the Norwegian football club Rosenborg Ballklub (RBK) from 2011 to 2018, which we analyse using regression models.FindingsThe results indicate that network effects are extremely important for sponsors in the RBK network. The authors’ analyses also indicate that network effects are more important than exposure.Practical implicationsWhen planning, sponsors must analyse their motives for being a sponsor and assess how well their network functions by exploring its cohesiveness and scope. It is also very important that the sponsorship object be aware of the value of the network and enable interaction between the sponsors.Originality/valueThis study confirms that functioning networks contribute to the satisfaction and renewal of sponsorships and can attract a growing number of sponsors for sports clubs, thus serving as an important source of income.
Children’s consumption culture development through Christmas myths: ethical implications
Authors: Kennedy Ann-Marie , Waiguny Martin K.J. , Lockie Maree Alice 
Published: December 2021

Purpose
This paper seeks to explore the functions of Christmas mythemes for children’s consumption culture development. In addition, the purpose of this study is to provide an insight on the development of Central European Children into customers and how mythemes are associated with the wishing behaviour.

Design/methodology/approach
Levi-Strauss’ (1955) structural analysis was used to uncover the mythemes of the Christmas story for Austrian children. These mythemes then informed a thematic analysis of 283 Austrian children’s Christmas letters. Campbell’s (1970) functions of myths were used to reflect on the findings.

Findings
The Christmas mythemes uncovered were found to encourage materialism by linking self-enhancement (good acquirement) with self-transcendent (good behaviour) values. The role of myths to relieve the tension between the incongruent values of collective/other-oriented and materialistic values is expanded upon. Such sanctification of selfish good acquisition is aided by the mythemes related especially to the Christkind and baby Jesus. Instead, marketers should use Christmas mythemes which emphasise family and collective/other-centred values.

Originality/value
By first uncovering the “mythemes” related to Christmas, the authors contribute to the academic understanding of Christmas, going beyond origin or single myth understandings and acknowledging the multifaceted components of Christmas. The second contribution is in exploring mytheme’s representation in children’s Christmas letters and reflecting on their functions. This differs from previous literature because it looks at one of the main cultural vehicles for Christmas socialisation and its intersection with the mythemes that feed children’s consumption culture formation. Through the authors’ presentation of a conceptual framework that links mytheme functions with proximal processes using a socioecological viewpoint, the authors demonstrate the guidance of mythemes in children’s development. The third contribution is a reflection on the potential ethical implications for children’s formation of their consumer culture based on the functions of the mythemes. Furthermore, the authors add to the existing body of research by investigating a Central European context.
Topography in tropical forests enhances growth and survival differences within and among species via water availability and biotic interactions
Authors: O'Brien Michael J. , Escudero Adrián 
Published: December 2021

Abstract

Topography is associated with variation in soil water, biogeochemical properties and climate, which drive diversity by filtering species and promoting niche differences. However, the potential for topography to promote fitness differences and diversity among tree species and populations remains poorly tested in tropical rainforests, especially at small spatial scales in everwet climates.

We reciprocally transplanted tree seedlings between ridge and riparian sites and manipulated neighbour abundance and water availability to assess growth and survival differences both among species and between populations within species in response to changes in biotic interactions and soil water gradients associated with topographic heterogeneity.

Seedling growth rates were higher on the ridge, but probability of survival was lower on the ridge than the riparian site. Topography also altered growth and survival responses to water availability such that seedlings in the inundated soils in the riparian site had the lowest growth and survival but increased rapidly with moderate soil drying. By contrast, growth and survival on the ridge were generally unresponsive to drying, although severe drought on the ridge reinforced differences among species in growth rates and probability of survival.

The patterns of growth and survival within species did not provide evidence of local adaptation between seedlings from lowland and upslope origins. However, within species, topographic seed‐origin determined the response of seedling growth and survival to increasing neighbour abundance, indicative of divergent selective pressures between individuals growing in different topographic environments.

Combined, these results suggest that topographic heterogeneity promotes tropical forest diversity both at the species level via environmental filtering due to water availability and at the population level via functional responses to the density of neighbouring vegetation.

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The active mouse rests within: Energy management among and within individuals
Authors: Abdeen Aly , Agnani Paul , Careau Vincent 
Published: December 2021

Abstract

The relationship between daily energy expenditure (DEE) and resting metabolic rate (RMR) provides insight into how organisms allocate energy to maintenance versus energetically expensive activities such as locomotor activity.

Three models have been devised to describe energy management: the allocation, independent and performance models, which, respectively, predict a DEE–RMR slope of b < 1, b = 1 and b > 1.

Here, we took paired repeated metabolic and behavioural measurements in 51 female white‐footed mice to (a) evaluate which energy management models apply at the among‐ and within‐individual levels and to (b) quantify the relationship between metabolic traits and two energetically expensive behaviours.

The DEE–RMR slope was different at the among‐ versus within‐individual levels, with values supporting the performance and allocation models at the among‐ and within‐individual levels, respectively. Accordingly, the relationship between voluntary wheel running and RMR was positive at the among‐individual level (r = 0.40 ± 0.21), but negative at the within‐individual level (r = −0.23 ± 0.10).

To our knowledge, this is the first study to simultaneously partition the relationship between RMR and behaviour at the among‐ versus within‐individuals levels while determining which energy management models apply at each of these levels. In doing so, we have identified a mechanism through which compensation occurs at the within‐individual level.

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Precipitation temporal repackaging into fewer, larger storms delayed seasonal timing of peak photosynthesis in a semi‐arid grassland
Authors: Zhang Fangyue , Biederman Joel A. , Pierce Nathan A. , Potts Daniel L. , Devine Charles John , Hao Yanbin , Smith William K. 
Published: December 2021

Abstract

Against a backdrop of rising temperature, large portions of the western United States are experiencing fewer, larger and less frequent precipitation events. How such temporal ‘repackaging’ of precipitation alters the magnitude and timing of seasonal maximum gross primary productivity (GPPmax) remains unknown. Addressing this knowledge gap is critical, since changes to GPPmax magnitude and timing can impact a range of ecosystem services and management decisions.

Here we used a field‐based precipitation manipulation experiment in a semi‐arid mixed annual/perennial bunchgrass ecosystem with mean annual precipitation ~384 mm to investigate how temporal repackaging of a fixed total seasonal precipitation amount impacts seasonal GPPmax and its timing.

We found that temporal repackaging of precipitation profoundly influenced the seasonal timing of GPPmax. Many/small precipitation events advanced the seasonal timing of GPPmax by ~13 days in comparison with climatic normal precipitation. Conversely, few/large events led to deeper soil water infiltration, which delayed the timing of GPPmax by up to 16 days in comparison with climatic normal precipitation, and altered end‐of‐season community composition by increasing the diversity of shallow‐rooted annual plants. While GPPmax magnitude did not differ across precipitation treatments, it was positively correlated with the abundance and biomass of deeper‐rooted perennial bunchgrasses. The sensitivity of plant growth, biomass accumulation and plant life histories to the timing and magnitude of precipitation events and the resulting temporal patterns of soil moisture regulated ecosystem responses to altered precipitation patterns.

Our results highlight the sensitivity of semi‐arid grassland ecosystem to the temporal repackaging of precipitation. We find that already‐observed and model‐forecasted shifts toward few/large precipitation events could drive significant delays in the timing of peak productivity for this ecosystem. Adaptive land management frameworks should consider these findings since shifts in peak ecosystem productivity would have major implications for multiple land user communities. Additional research is needed to better understand the role of climate, community composition and soil properties in mediating variability in the seasonal timing of maximum ecosystem productivity.

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