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Role incongruity and prejudice: barriers in Malay Muslim women managers’ career experiences
Authors: Rossenkhan Zubeida , Au Wee Chan , Ahmed Pervaiz Khalid 
Published: December 2024

PurposeThe study aims to explore the career experiences of Malay Muslim women (MMW) managers in Malaysia. By applying an intersectionality lens to the role congruity theory of prejudice, we seek to uncover how the interaction of multiple identities influences the career experiences of MMW.Design/methodology/approachIn-depth interviews were conducted with 22 MMW in managerial positions probing their career experiences and progress.FindingsOur findings demonstrate how role incongruities are experienced from multiple intersecting identities, namely ethnicity (Malay), religion (Muslim), gender (woman) and work (manager), which results in unique experiences of prejudice. Most importantly, analysis of the interview transcripts revealed that MMW experience prejudice differently in Malay majority (in-group) and non-Malay majority (out-group) work contexts. Thus, our findings are presented based on these two work contexts. In sum, these findings shed light on the prevailing career blocks of women in management in a developing context.Practical implicationsOur work has theoretical and practical implications for scholars and practitioners on diversity management in understanding the myriads of challenges women experience in their careers. The paper provides a complex account of how intersecting identities, workplace contexts and macro contexts significantly contribute to a unique experience of prejudice hindering women’s progress.Originality/valueOur findings evidence the value of intersectionality and contextual considerations when understanding the nature of role incongruities and prejudice as a socially constructed process. We also illustrate the value of considering workplace contexts to provide a more fine-grained understanding of Muslim women’s career experiences.
Validation of a job satisfaction scale for predicting employee churn in commercial airlines in Portugal
Authors: Pimenta de Brito António , Palma-Moreira Ana , Sousa Maria José 
Published: December 2024

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to validate a job satisfaction scale that can predict employee churn for Portuguese commercial airline companies.

Design/methodology/approach
A total of 369 subjects voluntarily participated in this study, all of whom worked for commercial air transport companies. An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was carried out to test the instrument.

Findings
The results of the psychometric qualities of this instrument indicate that it can be used in future empirical studies. This instrument assesses various dimensions of job satisfaction: leadership, safety, work/life balance, career and pay.

Research limitations/implications
One of the limitations of this study is the small sample size and the data collection process. Another limitation is that the questionnaire is self-administered and consists of closed questions.

Practical implications
This turnover, satisfaction and performance assessment can be critical, especially when companies struggle with high employee turnover like aviation companies. Aviation professionals are a very skilled profession, with high qualification costs.

Social implications
By providing a reliable tool to measure and improve job satisfaction, the research can help reduce employee turnover, leading to more stable employment in the airline industry in Portugal and other countries.

Originality/value
By presenting a validated job satisfaction scale tailored for predicting employee churn specifically within Portuguese commercial aviation companies. This concern benefits employees’ mental health, job security and enhances service quality for passengers.
Instrument development and psychometric testing of the maternity servicescape using user-generated content
Authors: Batra Manik , Rahman Obaidur , Tickoo Yuganshu S. 
Published: December 2024

Purpose
Drawing on trait activation theory, this study aims to develop a servicescape assessment scale, MATSCAPE, specifically designed for Indian maternity hospitals to reflect the unique psychographic characteristics and expectations of Indian consumers. Trait activation theory posits that individuals’ traits are activated by specific environmental cues, making it particularly relevant in examining how the servicescape of maternity hospitals influences customer perceptions of service quality.

Design/methodology/approach
The study uses text analytics (TF-IDF) to analyse customer-generated data to identify factors measuring maternity hospital servicescape (MATSCAPE). The factors were further validated using structural equation modeling on R studio (SEMinR) for scale development.

Findings
The results show that the MATSCAPE scale consists of two primary components: physical and social servicescape. The physical servicescape has five subdimensions, whereas the social servicescape consists of one. Each dimension highlights specific environmental cues that activate customer expectations, aligning with trait activation theory.

Practical implications
The MATSCAPE model provides a tailored framework that maternity hospitals in India can use to improve the servicescape, focusing on both physical and social dimensions to align with customer expectations and drive satisfaction.

Originality/value
Through the application of trait activation theory and analysis of customer feedback from digital health portals, this study provides a culturally tailored framework to improve maternity services in India. This approach uniquely addresses how specific servicescape elements trigger customer expectations and satisfaction in the maternity healthcare context.
E-governance and sustainable human development in Asia: a dynamic institutional path perspective
Authors: Roxas Banjo 
Published: December 2024

PurposeThis study demonstrates the necessary and significant role of national formal institutional frameworks in shaping the quality of e-governance in Asian countries. Moreover, it presents a robust model of e-governance as a necessary and significant driver of sustainable human development.Design/methodology/approachThis study applied the cross-lagged panel method in path modelling and conducted competing model and necessary condition analyses to test the lagged, necessary and positive effects of formal institutions on the level of e-governance and sustainable human development in 45 Asian countries from 2012 to 2022.FindingsFormal governance institutions have necessary direct and indirect (through e-governance development) causal effects on a country’s sustainable human development.Research limitations/implicationsFuture studies should explore how informal institutions such as culture, industry and government norms and practices shape the extent of e-governance development and sustainable socio-economic development in Asia and beyond over time.Practical implicationsA renewed focus on the institutional fundamentals of governance and development should be the legislative priority of policymakers and leaders of Asian countries.Social implicationsProactive digital citizen engagement in institutional building in respective countries is critical to developing sound, human-development-centred institutional governance in Asia.Originality/valueThe study presents robust necessary condition models that offer more nuanced explanations of the institutional imperatives of enabling Asian countries to strengthen their e-governance towards sustainable human development.
Integrating SDGs in EFL curriculum: challenges and perspectives
Authors: Mack Lindsay , Downs Christian 
Published: December 2024

PurposeThis study aims to enrich an understanding of the value of integrating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into an English curriculum and its implications at an international HEI in Japan.Design/methodology/approachThrough an interpretivist framework, a mixed-method approach was employed, which involved conducting surveys for both teachers and students as well as document analysis. Data were gathered from an intermediate EFL course introducing an SDG topic about the impact of dietary choices. The study surveyed 20 EFL teachers, nine teachers of the specific SDG topic-infused course and 179 intermediate English students to gauge their views on the value of ESD curriculum integration in EFL classes. Qualitative open responses and documents were analyzed to determine the teachers’ and students’ opinions about the SDG curriculum in an English class.FindingsData analysis revealed a generational gap: students valued the SDG-focused curriculum more than EFL teachers. This does not imply that EFL teachers did not value it, as both groups found SDGs motivating and consistent with the university’s mission. However, students viewed SDGs as interesting, interdisciplinary and relevant to their future, while teachers expressed concerns about the suitability and difficulty of the SDG topic. Document analysis showed the material to be difficult for students at the Intermediate level.Originality/valueWhile environmental studies are well-researched in Japan, literature still reveals gaps. This paper fills these gaps by presenting the integration of SDGs into a Japanese HEI curriculum and analyzing EFL teachers’ and Japanese students’ perspectives on SDG-focused curricula.
Equal access denied: analyzing gender discrimination in rental housing
Authors: Pietrzak Artur , Richter Thomas Julian , Seiberlich Ruben 
Published: December 2024

PurposeIn this article, we analyze the tenant selection of landlords in the Swiss property rental market, with a particular focus on gender differences. We concentrate on the rental markets in Geneva and Zurich. This topic has gained significance in recent years, as the scarcity of housing supply in these markets leaves room for discriminatory practices.Design/methodology/approachWe collect data through a correspondence testing approach. We focus on two market segments rental apartments and shared flats. Based on this data, we analyze differences in landlord responses between females and males using logistic regression models.FindingsOur analysis reveals evidence for gender differences in the Swiss rental market, however, these gender differences cancel each other out at the aggregated level as we find evidence of discrimination against both men and women, depending on segment and location. Consistent with theories that suggest that women are perceived as less financially strong, they seem to be at a disadvantage for rental apartments. However, they are more popular tenants in shared flats.Originality/valueWhile gender discrimination has been studied extensively in many fields of economics, including labor economics and real estate markets, our study contributes to the real estate literature by covering the market segments of shared flats together with rental apartments, uncovering differences across market segments, and studying a rental housing market with particularly scarce supply.
Organizational justice, turnover intentions and resilience in family and non-family businesses in the Portuguese hotel industry
Authors: Pimentel Duarte , Almeida Pedro , Morais Yuki 
Published: December 2024

PurposeThis paper examines the interplay between organizational justice, turnover intentions and resilience among employees in family and non-family businesses in the Portuguese hotel industry. Specifically, it seeks to (1) compare employees’ perceptions of these constructs across family and non-family businesses, (2) investigate the link between organizational justice and turnover intentions in family businesses and (3) determine whether resilience mediates this relationship.Design/methodology/approachGrounded in the socioemotional wealth paradigm, this paper adopts a cross-sectional design using a sample of 205 employees from small and medium-sized hotels in Portugal. Data were collected using an online questionnaire incorporating validated measures of organizational justice, turnover intentions and resilience. Statistical analyses, including t-tests, regression models and mediation analysis, were performed to test the study's hypotheses.FindingsThe results reveal that employees in family firms exhibit significantly lower turnover intentions and higher resilience levels compared to their counterparts in non-family firms. Organizational justice perceptions negatively correlate with turnover intentions in family firms, with resilience acting as a partial mediator in this relationship. However, organizational justice perceptions do not significantly differ between family and non-family firms.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the limited body of literature on family businesses in the hospitality sector by elucidating the mediating role of resilience in the justice-turnover dynamic. It challenges assumptions of inherent fairness advantages in family businesses and highlights the importance of fostering justice and resilience to improve employee retention in the hospitality sector.
Reflections on public sector accrual accounting and reporting: a post-operative transplant view
Authors: Christensen Mark , Cohen Sandra , Ellwood Sheila , Newberry Susan , Potter Bradley 
Published: December 2024

PurposeThis paper aims to identify thematic issues in public sector accrual accounting and financial reporting that learn from the past and provide lessons for the future by reflecting on the warnings in Olson et al.’s seminal 1998 book Global Warning.Design/methodology/approachMethodologically, this paper takes insights developed by an experienced pool of public sector accounting scholars and refines them via frames of thinking such as accountability, democracy, decision-making and governance. The discussion follows a medical analogy of an organ transplant in which the public sector was diagnosed as an ailing patient and a for-profit accounting system (business accrual accounting and reporting) has been transplanted to it as a cure. We discuss the relation of accrual accounting as a tool of neoliberal policies in the health sector (diagnosis ailment and organ transplant), technical issues regarding accrual accounting and those implementing it (technology of the transplanted organ) and the effects of that accounting on the public sector (the progress of the patient after the transplant).FindingsFrom the topics and examples addressed, we conclude that the transplantation of business accounting and reporting to the public sector carries wider implications for large-scale accounting change and requires vigilance. Transplanting to new fields of accounting technology that is itself undergoing constant change may be more problematic and challenging than previously recognized.Originality/valueCritical challenge and assessment of whether Global Warning’s concerns are still valid today and whether the public sector faces new “warnings” regarding its accounting and reporting.
Transformational leadership addressing team performance: situational challenges in corporate settings
Authors: Pigola Angélica , de Moraes Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes , do Prado Nágela Bianca , Lucas Angela Christina , Sigahi Tiago Fonseca Albuquerque Cavalcanti , Anholon Rosley 
Published: December 2024

PurposeThis study examines situational challenges encountered by transformational leaders that hinder team performance in Brazilian companies, providing insights into the factors affecting optimal team functioning.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 27 decision-makers assessed transformational leadership challenges in various team management scenarios outlined in the literature. The study employed a grey approach as a multi-criteria decision-making model to evaluate the readiness and identification of transformational leadership strategies. The study focused on five challenging situations as decision criteria, leading to a comparative ranking.FindingsPreparation emerged as the most critical criterion for addressing transformational leadership challenges in team environments. Unequal workload distribution, which causes overload for certain team members, was identified as the most pressing issue, making it the most suitable scenario for applying transformational leadership strategies.Research limitations/implicationsThe study’s reliance on expert opinions introduces subjectivity, and the focus on Brazilian companies may limit the generalizability of the findings. Future research should explore these challenges in broader contexts, integrating cross-cultural perspectives and objective criteria. Additionally, combining qualitative methods with the grey approach could provide deeper insights into the complex dynamics of transformational leadership and team performance.Originality/valueThis research contributes to the knowledge base by identifying barriers that impact team performance in Brazilian corporate settings. It offers context-specific strategies to enhance teamwork effectiveness and organizational outcomes, supporting leadership development in Brazil.
Inflationary pressures on India’s domestic food prices: unravelling the impact of global macroeconomic factors
Authors: Nayak Priyanka , Jena Pratap Kumar 
Published: December 2024

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how the rising domestic food price inflation in India is influenced by global macroeconomic factors like crude oil, exchange rate, foreign aid, global food prices and trade openness from January 1993 to December 2022.Design/methodology/approachThe study has employed the structural break, autoregressive distributed lag cointegration tests to assess the stationarity and long-term relationship between the variables and the Toda–Yamamoto Granger causality test to demonstrate the causal relationship between the variables.FindingsThe study highlights the long-term relationships among variables, shedding light on the influence of global macroeconomic factors on domestic food price inflation in India. It reveals that food price inflation in India is positively influenced by crude oil prices and global food prices while being negatively affected by currency rates, foreign direct investment and trade openness.Originality/valueBased on the findings, the study suggests that initiatives to reduce demand for crude oil and imported food products could help mitigate domestic food price inflation in India. Addressing the depreciation of the exchange rate is crucial to combat significant inflation in domestic food prices, calling for specific government interventions. Furthermore, promoting trade liberalization and foreign direct investment in the agricultural sector could help alleviate domestic food price inflation, emphasizing the importance of reducing customary trade barriers to encourage investment and trade openness.
Inflammatory proteins and hidradenitis suppurativa: Insights from genetic correlation and Mendelian randomization
Authors: Luo Hui , Chen Yang , Li Jianrong , Yang Yanmei , Wang Xiujun , Yang Ping , Guo Chuang , Liu Fei 
Published: December 2024

AbstractPrevious research has highlighted a significant association between inflammatory proteins and the development and progression of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). Nevertheless, the potential causative link between these factors remains to be definitively established. To investigate the genetic correlation between inflammatory proteins and HS, linkage disequilibrium score regression (LDSC) was employed. Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis, incorporating inverse variance weighted, MR‐Egger, and weighted median methodologies, was utilized to evaluate the possible causal relationship between circulating inflammatory proteins (CIPs) and HS. Additionally, reverse MR analysis was carried out to explore reverse causality. The data set for 91 CIPs was derived from a genome‐wide protein quantitative trait loci study, while HS‐related data were acquired from the FinnGen study. Moreover, the stability of the causal relationships was assessed via sensitivity analyses, encompassing tests for pleiotropy, heterogeneity, and leave‐one‐out analysis. The LDSC analysis suggested the existence of genetic correlations between the levels of Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF‐21), stem cell factor, and HS. The MR analysis identified a suggestive association of T‐cell surface glycoprotein CD5 and C‐X‐C motif chemokine 11 with an elevated risk of HS. Conversely, C‐C motif chemokine 4, Protein S100‐A12, Interleukin‐10 receptor subunit beta, and Programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 were associated with a diminished risk of HS. Moreover, HS was demonstrated to increase the levels of four CIPs: Interleukin‐20, Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), LIF receptor, and Thymic stromal lymphopoietin. The findings of this investigation offer suggestive evidence for possible genetic correlations and causal links between various genetically predicted inflammatory proteins and HS. There exists a pressing requirement for additional studies to elucidate the fundamental processes driving these associations.
Dynamic Capabilities in Acquisitions: When Acquirer and Target Employees Face Contradictory and Complementary Human Resource Signals
Authors: Strobl Andreas , Bauer Florian , Shepherd Neil G. , Lou Bowen , Tarba Shlomo Yedidia , Dao Mai Anh 
Published: December 2024

AbstractDynamic capabilities are crucial for firm survival and success, but to survive and succeed firms must manage multiple higher‐ and lower‐order dynamic capabilities that can be complementary, but also conflicting. Utilizing human resource (HR) signalling theory, we provide new theoretical insights into the conditions, mechanisms and reasons why merger and acquisition (M&A) capabilities (a lower‐order dynamic capability) and organizational agility (a higher‐order dynamic capability) are sometimes complementary and at other times contradictory during acquisition integration. Our theory disentangles the interaction between these capabilities and explains how they act as a double‐edged sword. We test our theory development using survey data from 91 acquisitions taking place in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Lichtenstein. Our results show that conflicting HR signals from M&A capabilities and organizational agility cause acquirer–target conflict, complicating post‐merger integration and hindering knowledge transfer, while complementary signals enhance knowledge transfer. The findings provide important implications for the M&A, HR management and dynamic capabilities literature, as well as valuable insights for M&A practitioners.
Employee Status, Role Expectation and Performance Evaluation: Evidence from NBA Players
Authors: Wang Pengfei 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThis paper shifts attention from how employee status affects work performance to the role of status in performance evaluation when rewards or penalties for performance are determined. While prior studies have shown that high status enables employees to perform well, we emphasize that it may also elevate role expectations, which then become hard to meet. Building on expectation confirmation theory, we argue especially that high‐status employees may be less rewarded for their performance because high expectations of them have been established. Although low‐status employees are less likely to perform well, they receive greater rewards on attaining success, suggesting a potential advantage to being disadvantaged ex ante. Moreover, while prior literature highlights various benefits of having prestigious peers, we maintain that the presence of high‐status teammates also raises expectations of teamwork. As such, employees will be less rewarded for team performance when they work with high‐status teammates. We test our hypotheses in a sample of NBA players and find general support. Our findings highlight employees’ status as a potential liability in performance evaluation.