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Employers’ perspectives on disability inclusion: exploring the dynamics between professed beliefs and actual practices
Authors: Alammar Fahad M. , Alfayez Nourah , Fallatah Mahmoud 
Published: December 2024

PurposeTo examine the gap between employers’ espoused theories and theories-in-use regarding PwD inclusion in the Saudi Arabian workforce and identify factors that can bridge this gap.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative grounded theory approach was employed, involving in-depth interviews with 24 employers in various industries in Saudi Arabia. Data were analyzed using open coding, followed by the identification of second-order themes and aggregate dimensions.FindingsThe research reveals a significant gap between employers’ espoused beliefs, such as the value of diversity and social responsibility, and their theories-in-use, which reflect concerns about costs, accessibility and the competence of PwD. The study also highlights transformative incidents – education, leadership, cultural shifts, breaking of misconceptions and exposure to PwD – that can bridge this gap.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that merely creating policies is insufficient for meaningful change. Organizations and policymakers should adopt double-loop learning to challenge underlying assumptions and integrate practical, culturally informed strategies to support PwD inclusion in the workplace.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the limited research on employer attitudes toward PwD in Saudi Arabia and the broader Middle Eastern context. It offers actionable insights through transformative incidents that help organizations align their stated values with actual practices, promoting a more inclusive and innovative work environment.
The influence of peer-to-peer accommodation platforms’ green marketing on consumers’ pro-environmental behavioural intention
Authors: Huang Songshan (Sam) , Wang Xuequn , Qu Hua 
Published: December 2024

Purpose
This study aims to examine the impact of peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation platforms’ green marketing on consumers’ pro-environmental behavioural intention through the mediation of consumer trust and engagement, following the social influence theory and the stimulus–organism–response model.

Design/methodology/approach
A questionnaire survey was designed to collect data from American P2P accommodation consumers. Data collection was conducted through an outsourced survey company. Partial least squares structural equation modelling was used to analyse the data.

Findings
The study reveals that P2P accommodation platforms’ green marketing orientation was positively associated with consumer trust in the platform and consumer engagement with the platform. Both consumer trust and consumer engagement positively enhanced consumers’ pro-environmental behavioural intention in the P2P accommodation consumption, serving as effective mediators between consumers’ perceptions of green marketing orientation and pro-environmental behavioural intention.

Practical implications
The study offers practical insights for P2P accommodation platforms and operators in engaging in green marketing and fostering consumers’ pro-environmental consumption behaviours in P2P accommodations.

Originality/value
The study addresses the grand question of whether business operators’ responsible production behaviour can possibly lead to consumers’ responsible consumption behaviour in the P2P accommodation sector. It contributes to the literature on P2P accommodation by providing evidence to show green marketing practices of P2P accommodation platforms can lead to consumers’ pro-environmental behavioural intention. It provides both theoretical value for knowledge advancement and practical value to guide more sustainable industry practices.
Numerical simulation study on the forming process of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer riveting structure
Authors: Niu Chunliang , Bai Chunfei , Guo Liming , Liu BingZhuo , Chen Lei 
Published: December 2024

PurposeIn order to improve the rationality of the design of carbon fiber composite riveting structures in engineering products and reduce physical tests, the stress changes of various parts during the carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) riveting process, the influence area of hole edge stress and the damage of CFRP plates were studied from the perspective of numerical simulation. The reasonable arrangement requirements of composite riveted structures, installation speed and damage characteristics of CFRP plates in engineering applications are obtained. The research results provide technical references for the design and installation of composite riveting structures in engineering products.Design/methodology/approachTaking the forming process of the riveted structure between countersunk blind rivets and CFRP plates as the research object, the forming principle of countersunk blind rivets and the damage characteristics of CFRP plates were analyzed. Using contact nonlinearity theory, the anisotropic material modeling method and the Hashin failure criterion, the stress changes in various parts during the riveted joint forming process, the influence area of stress at the hole edge of the rivet holes and the damage of the CFRP plates were analyzed.FindingsReasonable rivet layout spacing was obtained; the peak stress of the rivet assembly increases with the increase of the rivet installation speed, and the influence area of the hole edge on the CFRP plate is a circular area with an outward extension radius of 0∼6 mm. Therefore, the arrangement distance between rivets is greater than the ring area, the damage law and installation speed of CFRP plates are given, the damage extends inward from the first layer of the laminates and the installation speed of 15 mm/s can satisfy the requirement of riveting installation better.Originality/valueThe riveting and forming process under different speeds is analyzed from the perspective of numerical simulation, and the stress variation rule of each part of the rivet and the damage of the CFRP plate under each speed are obtained. Reasonable rivet arrangement requirements and installation speed were given. This study provides technical support for the rivet arrangement method and mechanical property analysis of CFRP riveted structures in complex engineering products.
The political economy of banks’ cash holdings
Authors: Leite Rodrigo de Oliveira , Mendes Layla , Nascimento Icaro 
Published: December 2024

PurposeOur paper explores the political determinants of bank cash holdings. We selected as our sample banks from G7 (to proxy developed economies) and BRICS (to proxy emerging markets).Design/methodology/approachWe collected data on banks' financial information from 2009 to 2019, totaling 5,438 banks. We employ regressions, two-staged least squares and matching to assess the impact of political determinants on bank cash holdings.FindingsWe find that banks in countries with higher corruption levels tend to accumulate more cash. Additionally, our paper shows that state-owned banks generally hoard more cash, except in election years, highlighting the political nature of these banks. We present further results regarding banks in G7 countries versus BRICS, the effects of the common law legal system, as well as the interplay between election years and unstable sources of funding.Originality/valueUp to this point, no paper has analyzed the political determinants of banks' cash holdings. Our paper improves our current understanding on how legal systems, corruption levels, state ownership and elections play a role in bank cash holdings.
Who works! from fragmentation to coherence through collaborative, constructive communication
Authors: Olaitan Paul 
Published: December 2024

PurposeThe paper seeks to assist public sector leaders to take a balanced and impactful approach to transformation programmes which aim to deliver integrated healthcare. The paper highlights the balance of attention paid in these programmes across elements of leadership, strategy, structure and people, and aims to highlight where this balance can sit to encourage more successful and sustainable transformations, with an increased focus on interpersonal and inter-professional engagement and interaction across workforce and service users.Design/methodology/approachThe project involved a literature review which identified themes that were in turn used to inform an approach to a desk review of journal articles written about past integration programmes in healthcare. A coding framework was developed to assess the articles in the desk review to identify where the focus of attention lay in the approaches to integration.FindingsThere is a spread of activity across all four themes (leadership, strategy, structure and people) in the assessed cases, but the emphasis tends to be towards static, short-term approaches, with a noticeable lack of focus on the aspects required to deliver long-term sustained transformation. There is a need for improved balance between structural and relational approaches to transformation.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper focuses on nine examples of transformation programmes and would benefit from further development and use of the coding framework.Practical implicationsThe framework that emerges from this project can contribute to the development of a proactive model to assist transformation leads and decision makers bring a more balanced, thoughtful and impactful approach to integrating health and care services. In particular, the findings point to an overuse of structural approaches to change and transformation, which could include project management methods, for example, which become the product of the initiatives, rather than enablers of leaders’ visions and people’s interpersonal and interprofessional engagement and interactions.Originality/valueBuilding on existing research, this paper makes a valuable contribution to the discourse on how to deliver the required health and care integration agenda in a more accessible way and sustainably, moving away from short-term, quick-fix approaches and considers how to accommodate the role of interpersonal interaction as the vehicle for change.
Precipitation anomalies may affect productivity resilience by shifting plant community properties
Authors: Perez Sierra , Hammond Mark , Lau Jennifer 
Published: December 2024

Abstract

Climate change is causing marked shifts to historic environmental regimes, including increases in precipitation events (droughts and highly wet periods). Relative to droughts, the impacts of wet events have received less attention, despite heavy rainfall events increasing over the past century. Further, impacts of wet and dry events are often evaluated independently; yet, to persist and maintain their ecosystem functions, plant communities must be resilient to both precipitation events. This is particularly critical because while community properties can modulate the resilience (resistance, recovery, and invariability) of ecosystem functions to precipitation events, community properties can also respond to precipitation events. As a result, community responses to wet and dry years may impact the community's resilience to future events.

Using two decades (2000–2020) of annual net primary productivity data from early successional grassland communities, we evaluated the plant community properties regulating primary productivity resistance and recovery to contrasting precipitation events and invariability (i.e. long‐term stability). We then explored how resilience‐modulating community properties responded to precipitation.

We found that community properties—specifically, evenness, dominant species (Solidago altissima) relative abundance, and species richness—strongly regulate productivity resistance to drought and predict productivity invariability and tended to promote resistance to wet years. These community properties also responded to both wet and dry precipitation extremes and exhibited lagged responses that lasted into the next growing season. We infer that these connections between precipitation events, community properties, and resilience may lead to feedbacks impacting a plant community's resilience to subsequent precipitation events.

Synthesis. By exploring the impacts of both drought and wet extremes, our work uncovers how precipitation events, which may not necessarily impact productivity directly, could still cryptically influence resilience via shifts in resilience‐promoting properties of the plant community. We conclude that these precipitation event‐driven community shifts may feedback to impact long‐term productivity resilience under climate change.
Associations between rural hospital closures and acute and post‐acute care access and outcomes
Authors: Hoffman Geoffrey J. , Ha Jinkyung , Fan Zhaohui , Li Jun 
Published: December 2024

AbstractObjectiveTo determine whether rural hospital closures affected hospital and post‐acute care (PAC) use and outcomes.Study Setting and DesignUsing a staggered difference‐in‐differences design, we evaluated associations between 32 rural hospital closures and changes in county‐level: (1) travel distances to and lengths of stay at hospitals; (2) functional limitations at and time from hospital discharge to start of PAC episode; (3) 30‐day readmissions and mortality and hospitalizations for a fall‐related injury; and (4) population‐level hospitalization and death rates.Data Sources and Analytic Sample100% Medicare claims and home health and skilled nursing facility clinical data to identify approximately 3 million discharges for older fee‐for‐service Medicare beneficiaries.Principal FindingsWe found that hospitals that closed compared to those remaining open served more minoritized, lower‐income populations, including more Medicaid and fewer commercial patients, and had lower profit margins. Following a closure, quarterly hospitalization rates (111.6 quarterly hospitalizations per 10,000 older adults; 95% CI: 53.4, 170.9) and average hospital lengths of stay increased (0.34 days; 95% CI: 0.13, 0.56 days). We observed no change in the average distance between patients' residential ZIP code and the hospital used (0.29 miles; 95% CI: −1.06, 1.64 miles); average number of standardized ADL limitations at PAC (0.08 SDs from the pre‐closure average; 95% CI: −0.12, 0.28 SDs); or PAC time to start (0.02 days; 95% CI: −1.2, 1.2 days). Among more isolated hospitals, closures were associated with an increase in the likelihood of readmission (0.10 percentage‐points; 95% CI: 0.00, 0.19).ConclusionsClosures were not associated with notably worsened health care access, function, or health, potentially because closures triggered care delivery adjustments involving increased numbers of patients seeking out higher quality care.
Recent advances in examining the factors influencing the efficacy of biocides against Listeria monocytogenes biofilms in the food industry: A systematic review
Authors: Arthur Michael , Afari Edmund Larbi , Alexa Elena‐Alexandra , Zhu Mei‐Jun , Gaffney Michael T. , Celayeta Jesus Maria Frias , Burgess Catherine M. 
Published: December 2024

AbstractControlling Listeria monocytogenes and its associated biofilms in the food industry requires various disinfection techniques, including physical, chemical, and biological treatments. Biocides, owing to their ease of use, cost‐effectiveness, dissolvability in water, and efficacy against a wide range of microorganisms, are frequently selected options. Nonetheless, concerns have been raised about their efficacy in controlling L. monocytogenes biofilm, as laboratory‐based and commercial studies have reported the persistence of this bacterium after cleaning and disinfection. This review systematically examined scientific studies, sourced from the Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed databases between January 2010 and May 2024, that investigated the effectiveness of the most commonly used biocides in the food industry against L. monocytogenes biofilms. A total of 92 articles which met the screening criteria, were included, with studies utilizing biocides containing sodium hypochlorite, quaternary ammonium compounds, and peroxyacetic acid being predominant. Studies indicated that several key factors may potentially influence biocides’ efficacy against L. monocytogenes biofilms. These factors included strain type (persistent, sporadic), serotype, strain origin (clinical, environmental, or food), surface type (biotic or abiotic), surface material (stainless steel, polystyrene, etc.), incubation time (biofilm age) and temperature, presence of organic matter, biocide's active agent, and the co‐culture of L. monocytogenes with other bacteria. The induction of the viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state following disinfection is also a critical concern. This review aims to provide a global understanding of how L. monocytogenes biofilms respond to biocides under different treatment conditions, facilitating the development of effective cleaning and disinfection strategies in the food industry.
Thermal‐assisted pressure processing: effects of marination, temperature, and pressure level on physicochemical, color and textural parameters of Superficial pectoralis beef muscle
Authors: Silva Paz Reynaldo Justino , Sancho Ana Maria , Vaudagna Sergio Ramón , Szerman Natalia 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThis study aimed to evaluate the effects of salt addition and different thermal‐assisted pressure processing (TAPP) conditions (temperature and pressure levels) on technological, chromatic, and textural parameters and lipid oxidation of Superficial pectoralis beef muscle. A factorial design with three factors was applied: KCl/NaCl marination (marinated samples MS; non‐marinated samples, NMS), temperature during high‐pressure processing (50, 70°C), and pressure level (0.1, 200, and 300 MPa). All factors affect the water‐holding capacity of beef, which is important to ensure both high yields and optimal tenderness and juiciness in the final product. MS treated at 50°C had the highest yield values, regardless of applied pressure level. TAPP modified the color parameter values of raw samples, resulting in brighter and less reddish. After cooking, color differences remained, indicating that this process did not fully reverse the changes induced by TAPP treatments. MS had lower shear force values than NMS. The presence of salts slightly diminished shear force values. A similar texture profile was obtained for NMS treated at 70°C and 300 MPa and MS treated at 50°C and 200 MPa. NMS and MS treated at 70°C and 0.1 MPa had the highest thiobarbituric acid reactive substance values. Based on the results, marinated samples treated at 200 MPa and 50°C were selected for treatment. TAPP could be an innovative technology for the development of value‐added beef products with assured texture.Practical ApplicationBeef tenderness is an essential attribute in consumer satisfaction and purchase decisions. However, several factors affect tenderness, such as the amount of connective tissue, muscle contraction in rigor mortis, and proteolysis. The development of ready‐to‐cook products with guaranteed tenderness by applying thermally assisted pressure processing would benefit both the industry and consumers.
Diminished relational energy: How and when LMX ambivalence leads to leader‐directed counterproductive work behavior
Authors: Chen Lixin , Weng Qingxiong , Popelnukha Anastasiia , Jiang Hui , Wang Yanfen 
Published: December 2024

AbstractResearchers have often examined the leader‐member exchange (LMX) relationship from a univalent perspective, using a continuum from low to high exchange quality. This perspective has overlooked the possibility that employees may perceive their LMX relationships as both high and low quality (known as LMX ambivalence). In the present study, we draw on the transactional theory of stress and coping to examine how LMX ambivalence influences employees' interpersonal behaviors toward their leaders. In Study 1, a three‐wave field study with 338 Chinese employees, we found that the experience of LMX ambivalence can decrease relational energy and lead to an increase in avoidance‐ and approach‐oriented counterproductive work behaviors towards leaders (CWBs‐L). Furthermore, LMX importance intensifies the negative effects of LMX ambivalence on relational energy. Study 2 employed a scenario‐based method to compare the effects of ambivalent LMX relationships with positive and negative LMX relationships and provided additional evidence for our hypotheses. This research contributes to a broader understanding of behavioral responses to LMX ambivalence.
Agriculturally developed areas reduce genetic connectivity for a keystone Neotropical ungulate
Authors: Baptista Mozart Sávio Pires , Keuroghlian Alexine , Tambosi Leandro Reverberi , Côrtes Marina Corrêa , de Góes Maciel Fernanda , Cirino Douglas William , Schmaedecke Gabriela , Biondo Cibele 
Published: December 2024

AbstractModified landscapes can restrict the movement of organisms, leading to isolation and reduced population viability, particularly for species with extensive home ranges and long‐distance travel, such as white‐lipped peccaries (WLPs, Tayassu pecari). Previous studies have indicated that forested areas favor WLP herd movements, but the impact of the non‐forested areas on their genetic connectivity is unknown. In this study, we used land use and land cover maps and population genetic data to investigate the impact of non‐forested matrices on WLP's genetic connectivity in the Pantanal floodplain and surrounding Cerrado plateau of central‐west Brazil. We compared isolation‐by‐distance (IBD), isolation‐by‐barrier, and isolation‐by‐resistance models and tested 39 hypotheses within a modeling framework. Finally, we identified the optimal areas for ecological corridors based on the most effective landscape model. Barrier and landscape resistance were more strongly correlated with genetic relatedness than the IBD model. The model that received the most robust support considered only forest as habitat. All other classes formed a matrix that impeded gene flow, including agriculture, grassland, savannah, and paved and unpaved roads. WLP herds living in landscapes with reduced forest cover are more vulnerable to the effects of genetic isolation. To maintain gene flow, conservation programs should prioritize strategies that strengthen connections between habitats, including facilitating wildlife road‐crossing structures and creating/restoring ecological corridors to link isolated habitat fragments.Abstract in Portuguese is available with online material.