bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Re-examining corruption and economic growth nexus in oil dependent economy: Nigeria’s case
Authors: Rotimi Mathew Ekundayo , IseOlorunkanmi Ojo Joseph , Rotimi Gift Grace , Doorasamy Mishelle 
Published: July 2021

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to empirically examine how corruption impacts economic output growth in Nigeria. This is because of the recent trend in the level of corruption.

Design/methodology/approach
Using time series data ranging from 1995 to 2019, this study used the Johansen cointegration estimating approach and vector error correction mechanism to show an equilibrium relationship between output growth and other variables (oil revenue and corruption). To conduct the integration test, this study in the preliminary, used unit root test.

Findings
This study finds unidirectional and bidirectional causal relationships among variables. Contrary to a few studies, this study shows an equilibrium relationship between output growth and other variables (oil revenue and corruption). Thus, an increase in corruption at equilibrium would weaken output growth. Nonetheless, this study finds a gradual return of the deviation from the long-run stability over an arrangement of imperfect short-run adjustments. Based on the findings, to enhance economic growth, this study recommends zero tolerance for corruption. It also recommends that governments should further strengthen anti-corruption institutions and incorporate anti-corruption movements into decision-making processes.

Originality/value
This study adds to the literature by re-examining for the first time the relationship between corruption and economic growth in Nigeria. This study also deals with some econometrics issues which are found to be appropriate estimation to determine the equilibrium and stability in this study.
Trusting in indigenous institutions: exporting SMEs in Nigeria
Authors: Omeihe Kingsley Obi , Simba Amon , Rae David , Gustafsson Veronika , Khan Mohammad Saud 
Published: July 2021

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to develop new insights into the interplay between trust, indigenous institutions and weak/dysfunctional formal institutions using the Nigerian context – a developing country in Western Africa. It advances new understanding on how Nigerian entrepreneurs trust in their indigenous institutions such as family ties, kinship, chieftaincy, religion, cooperatives and trade associations to resolve disputes arising from their exporting activities as opposed to dormant formal institutions in their country.Design/methodology/approachThis exploratory study adopts an interpretive research paradigm, and it utilises a case study strategy. Data collected through observations, archival records and qualitative conversations with 36 exporting Nigerian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is analysed by utilising a combination of within and cross-case analysis techniques. Doing so enabled an in-depth study of the methods their owner-managers use in order to take advantage of the relationships they established through their long-standing cultural institutions in the place of weak formal institutions in their country.FindingsIndigenous institutions have evolved to replace formalised institutions within the business environment in Nigeria. They have developed to become an alternative and trusted arbiter for solving SMEs' export issues because of weak/dysfunctional formal institutions in the Western African country. The owner-managers of exporting SMEs perceive formal institutions as representing a fragmented system that does not benefit their export businesses.Practical implicationsThe findings demonstrate that there is need for policymakers to consider the role of informal institutions in the Nigerian context. Such an approach is essential given the economic importance and increasing number of SMEs that trade and export their goods through informal structures in Nigeria.Originality/valueThe study indicates that it is not just the void or absence of institutions that exist in a developing country such as Nigeria, but weak/dysfunctional formal institutions have been replaced by culturally embedded informal institutions. Thus, the study provides a new theoretical avenue depicting the concept of trusting in indigenous institutions.
An insight into the associations between environmental activity management, environmental management systems and performance
Authors: Baird Kevin , Su Sophia Xia , Tung Amy 
Published: July 2021

Purpose
This study uses the survey method to examine the associations between the three levels of environmental activity management (EAM) (environmental activity analysis, environmental activity cost analysis and environmental activity based costing) with environmental management systems (EMSs), and assesses the effectiveness of these EAM practices and EMSs by examining their associations with both environmental and financial performance. While this study is unable to assert causality, the findings provide an important insight into the need to integrate EMSs and EMA practices, specifically EAM. In addition, the findings provide an initial insight into the relationship between the extent of use of these practices and organisational performance (environmental and financial).

Design/methodology/approach
Data was collected using a mail survey of 659 manufacturing organisations identified from the Onesource on-line database. A total of 140 completed questionnaires were returned (21.2%), 72 (10.9%) following the initial mail-out, and a further 68 (10.3%) from the follow-up mail-out.

Findings
In respect to the association between EAM and EMSs, this study provides empirical evidence to support the integration of EAM practices with the use of EMSs, suggesting the relationships between the two is bi-directional. In respect to the association between EMSs with environmental and financial performance, while the extent of use of EMSs is not associated with financial performance, there is strong evidence supporting the positive association between EMSs with environmental performance. Further, while there are minimal results regarding the direct association between the three EAM practices and environmental performance, a cyclical relationship between EAM and financial performance is identified.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the literature by providing an empirical insight into the relationship between the extent of adoption of EMSs and the use of EMA. The focus on the relationship between EMSs and EMA is pertinent owing to the sparse research on EMA practices and the “importance of using such [EAM] practices and integrating them within the organisation rather than using them on an ad hoc basis” (Phan et al., 2018, p. 657). This study also contributes to the literature by examining the effectiveness of both practices in respect to their association with environmental and financial performance.
Political connection, family ownership and corporate risk disclosure: empirical evidence from Jordan
Authors: Alshirah Malek Hamed , Alshira’h Ahmad Farhan , Lutfi Abdalwali 
Published: July 2021

Purpose
This study aims to empirically examine whether the political connection is related to risk disclosure practices. The study also seeks to contribute to the existent risk disclosure literature by investigating the moderator effect of family ownership on this relationship.

Design/methodology/approach
The content analysis approach was used to collect data and determine the level of risk disclosure over the non-financial Jordanian firms listed on 1Amman Stock Exchange. The sample of this study contains 376 annual reports over four years from 2014 to 2017. It used the random effect regressions to examine the hypothesis of the study.

Findings
The results show that politically connected companies disclose less risk information than the unconnected ones in Jordan. The results also refer that family ownership contributes in mitigating the negative effect of the political connection on the level of corporate risk.

Practical implications
The results have implications for regulatory institutions such as the Jordan Securities Commission to take the negative effect of political connection in their consideration and impose further regulations to monitor this board’s attribute and control politicians’ domination on the board decisions.

Originality/value
The current study also contributes to the body of literature by investigating the effects of the political connections on the level of risk disclosure in the financial reports. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the current study is the first to examine the effect of the political connection on the risk disclosure practices. Moreover, the study is among the first studies that examine the moderating role of family ownership on such relationship.
Trauma-informed servant leadership in health and social care settings
Authors: Mahon Daryl 
Published: July 2021

Purpose
Practitioners, organisations and policy makers in health and social care settings are increasingly recognising the need for trauma-informed approaches in organisational settings, with morbidity and financial burdens a growing concern over the past few years. Servant leadership has a unique focus on emotional healing, service to others as the first priority, in addition to the growth, well-being and personal and professional development of key stakeholders. This paper aims to discuss Trauma Informed Servant Leadership (TISL).

Design/methodology/approach
A targeted review of the servant leadership and trauma-informed care literature was conducted. Relevant studies, including systematic review and meta-analysis, were sourced, with the resulting interpretation informing the conceptual model.

Findings
Although there are general guidelines regarding how to go about instituting trauma-informed approaches, with calls for organisational leadership to adapt the often cited six trauma-informed principles, to date there has not been a leadership approach elucidated which takes as its starting point and core feature to be trauma informed. At the same time, there is a paucity of research elucidating trauma outcomes for service users or employees in the literature when a trauma-informed approach is used. However, there is a large body of evidence indicating that servant leadership has many of the outcomes at the employee level that trauma-informed approaches are attempting to attain. Thus, the author builds on a previous conceptual paper in which a model of servant leadership and servant leadership supervision are proposed to mitigate against compassion fatigue and secondary trauma in the health and social care sector. The author extends that research to this paper by recasting servant leadership as a trauma-informed model of leadership that naturally operationalises trauma-informed principles.

Research limitations/implications
A lack of primary data limits the extent to which conclusions can be drawn on the effectiveness of this conceptual model. However, the model is based on robust research across the differential components used; therefore, it can act as a framework for future empirical research designs to be studies at the organisational level. Both the servant leadership and trauma-informed literatures have been extended with the addition of this model.

Practical implications
TISL can complement the trauma-informed approach and may also be viable as an alternative to trauma-informed approaches. This paper offers guidelines to practitioners and organisations in health and social care on how to operationalise important trauma-informed principles through leadership.

Social implications
This conceptual model may help reduce the burden of trauma and re-traumatisation encountered by practitioners and service users in health and social care settings, impacting on morbidity.

Originality/value
To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is a novel approach, the first of its kind.
Are business and management journals anti-replication? An analysis of editorial policies
Authors: Tipu Syed Awais Ahmad , Ryan James Christopher 
Published: July 2021

PurposeThis study aims to explore the degree to which the editorial policies of business and management journals explicitly or implicitly discourage replication studies.Design/methodology/approachThe paper examines differences in editorial policy toward replication studies relative to journal quality, age and sub-discipline area. A total of 600 journals (listed as Q1 and Q2 in Scopus) were selected for the current study.FindingsThe results reveal that out of 600 selected journals, only 28 (4.7%) were explicitly open to considering replication studies, while 331 (55.2%) were neutral, being neither explicitly nor implicitly dismissive of replication studies. A further 238 (39.7%) were implicitly dismissive of replication studies, and the remaining 3 (0.5%) journals were explicitly disinterested in considering replication studies for publication. CiteScore and Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) of neutral journals were significantly lower than those of journals, which were implicitly discouraging replication research. With regard to the journals implicitly discouraging replications (238), journals in the subcategory of business and international management (51) had the highest percentage (21.4%) followed by strategy and management 30 (12.6%) and Organizational Behavior (OB) and Human Resource (HR) 25 (10.5%).Originality/valueThe available literature does not explore the degree to which the editorial policies of business and management journals explicitly or implicitly discourage replication studies. The current study attempts to address this gap in the literature. Given the lack of support for replications among business and management journals, the current paper sets forth the suggested steps which are deemed crucial for moving beyond the replication crisis in the business and management field.
Accurate composition dependent thermo mechanical lifetime estimation of hour glass type solder joint in electronic assemblies
Authors: Olenev Leonid Anatolevich , Zakieva Rafina Rafkatovna , Smirnova Nina Nikolaevna , Shichiyakh Rustem Adamovich , Ershov Kirill Aleksandrovich , Geetha Nisith 
Published: July 2021

Purpose
This study aims to present a more accurate lifetime prediction model considering solder chemical composition.

Design/methodology/approach
Thermal cycling and standard creep tests as well as finite element simulation were used.

Findings
The study found lower error in the solder joint lifetime evaluation. The higher the Ag content is, the higher the lifetime is achieved.

Originality/value
It is confirmed.
Patterns of thyroid dysfunctions in adolescent patients suffering from severe acne during isotretinoin treatment
Authors: Salem Hareedy Mohammad , Mahmoud Waleed Ahmed , Tawfik Khaled Mohamed 
Published: July 2021

AbstractAlthough oral isotretinoin has been widely used as a basic treatment of acne in adolescents, several studies have noted some alterations in thyroid functions during oral isotretinoin therapy. Therefore, the present study aims at evaluating the possible changes in thyroid‐stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxin (fT4) and free triiodothyronine (fT3) levels during isotretinoin treatment and analyzing the possible factors which may contribute to such changes. In the present study, 47 patients received (0.5 mg/kg oral isotretinoin) for treatment of severe acne. TSH, fT4 and fT3 were measured at baseline, after 3 and 6 months. ANOVA tests were used for statistical analyses. The levels of fT4 and fT3 decreased significantly during isotretinoin treatment (from 0.85 ± 0.04 and 3.1 ± 0.26 at baseline to 0.81 ± 0.023 and 2.76 ± 0.2 after 6 months, respectively). The decrease was accompanied by significant elevation of TSH (0.66 ± 0.05 at baseline to 0.695 ± 0.05 after 6 months). The duration of therapy (but not the dose) has significantly affected all the hormonal changes. Previous incomplete or intermittent isotretinoin treatment had significantly influenced the changes in fT4 only, while gender affected the changes of TSH. Isotretinoin treatment can decrease fT4, fT3 and increase TSH. The pattern of these changes was affected by gender and previous isotretinoin therapy. Different doses of isotretinoin did not affect the hormonal changes, but the duration has been the major influencing factor.
Do Mandatory Disclosure Requirements for Private Firms Increase the Propensity of Going Public?
Authors: AGHAMOLLA CYRUS , THAKOR RICHARD T. 
Published: July 2021

ABSTRACTThis paper investigates the effect of mandatory disclosure requirements for private firms on their decision to go public. Using detailed project‐level data for biopharmaceutical firms, we explore the effects of a legal reform that exogenously required firms to publicly disclose information regarding clinical trials. Exploiting cross‐sectional heterogeneity in firms' exposure to the regulation based on their internal development portfolios, we find that affected firms are significantly more likely to transition to public equity markets following the reform. Moreover, firms that go public because of the increased disclosure requirements subsequently reduce the size of their project portfolios while shifting to safer investments acquired externally. We provide additional evidence for the main hypothesis using a second setting: a 2006 German reform which enhanced the enforcement of mandatory disclosure requirements for private firms. The results suggest that private firms' general information environment and disclosure requirements influence the propensity of going public.
Clinical management of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Authors: Day Ed , Daly Chris 
Published: July 2021

AbstractUp to half of individuals with a history of long‐term, heavy alcohol consumption will experience the alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) when consumption is significantly decreased or stopped. In its most severe form, AWS can be life‐threatening. Medically assisted withdrawal (MAW) often forms the first part of a treatment pathway. This clinical review discusses key elements of the clinical management of MAW, necessary adjustments for pregnancy and older adults, likely outcome of an episode of MAW, factors that might prevent completion of the MAW process and ways of overcoming barriers to ongoing treatment of alcohol use disorder. The review also discusses the use of benzodiazepines in MAW. Although there is clear evidence for their use, benzodiazepines have been associated with abuse liability, blunting of cognition, interactions with depressant drugs, craving, delirium, dementia and disrupted sleep patterns. Because glutamatergic activation and glutamate receptor upregulation contribute to alcohol withdrawal, anti‐glutamatergic strategies for MAW and other potential treatment innovations are also considered.
When State Building Backfires: Elite Coordination and Popular Grievance in Rebellion
Authors: Garfias Francisco , Sellars Emily A. 
Published: July 2021

AbstractWe examine the complementary influence of elite politics, popular grievances, and central government weakness on rebellion. Efforts to strengthen the central state often come at the expense of the elite intermediaries charged with maintaining local political control. By driving a wedge between local elites and the central government, centralizing reforms can reduce intermediaries' willingness to repress mobilization, providing an opening for popular rebellion during both localized and national crises. For a given level of commoner grievance, revolts from below are thus more likely to be attempted and more likely to spread where elites' incentives to enforce order have been diminished. We formalize these ideas and provide supportive evidence using subnational data on rebellion, tax centralization, and drought in colonial Mexico from the late seventeenth century to the War of Independence.
Health effects of exposure to chlorination by‐products in swimming pools
Authors: Couto Mariana , Bernard Alfred , Delgado Luís , Drobnic Franchek , Kurowski Marcin , Moreira André , Rodrigues‐Alves Rodrigo , Rukhadze Maia , Seys Sven , Wiszniewska Marta , Quirce Santiago 
Published: July 2021

AbstractConcerns have been raised regarding the potential negative effects on human health of water disinfectants used in swimming pools. Among the disinfection options, the approaches using chlorine‐based products have been typically preferred. Chlorine readily reacts with natural organic matter that are introduced in the water mainly through the bathers, leading to the formation of potentially harmful chlorination by‐products (CBPs). The formation of CBPs is of particular concern since some have been epidemiologically associated with the development of various clinical manifestations. The higher the concentration of volatile CBPs in the water, the higher their concentration in the air above the pool, and different routes of exposure to chemicals in swimming pools (water ingestion, skin absorption, and inhalation) contribute to the individual exposome. Some CBPs may affect the respiratory and skin health of those who stay indoor for long periods, such as swimming instructors, pool staff, and competitive swimmers. Whether those who use chlorinated pools as customers, particularly children, may also be affected has been a matter of debate. In this article, we discuss the current evidence regarding the health effects of both acute and chronic exposures in different populations (work‐related exposures, intensive sports, and recreational attendance) and identify the main recommendations and unmet needs for research in this area.
Food immunotherapy practice: Nation differences across Europe, the FIND project
Authors: Rodríguez del Río Pablo , Alvarez‐Perea Alberto , Blumchen Katharina , Caimmi Davide , Caubet Jean Christoph , Konstantinopoulos Anastasios Panagiotis , Riggioni Carmen , Fassio Filippo , Karakoc‐Aydiner Elif , Le Thuy May , Patel Nandinee , Savolainen Johannes , Vazquez‐Ortiz Marta , Alvaro Lozano Montserrat 
Published: July 2021

AbstractBackgroundFood allergen immunotherapy (FA‐AIT) practice is known to vary globally. This project aims to identify and characterize European centres performing FA‐AIT.MethodsAn EAACI task force conducted an online survey to gather relevant information regarding FA‐AIT practice and setting‐specific resources after reviewing the published literature and congress abstracts throughout Europe.ResultsWe identified 102 FA‐AIT centres in 18 countries; only Spain (n = 39) and France (n = 16) had ≥10 such centres. Overall, most facilities were hospital‐based (77.5%), publicly funded (80.4%) and delivered FA‐AIT as routine clinical care (80.4%). On average, departments had 3 allergists/paediatric allergists and 2 nurses. Surveyed centres had provided FA‐AIT for a median of 9 years [1–24] to a median of 105 [5–2415] patients. The estimated total number of treated patients was 24875, of whom 41.3% received AIT for milk, 34.2% egg, 12.8% peanut and 11.7% other foods. Anaphylaxis to AIT doses requiring over 4–6 h of observation was reported by 70.6% of centres, ICU admissions by 10.8% and eosinophilic esophagitis by 45.1%. Quality of life and sustained unresponsiveness were evaluated in 20.6% and 54.9% of centres, respectively. The main contraindications for food AIT were severe asthma (57%‐63%), eosinophilic esophagitis (56%‐48%) and age below 5 years (47%‐41%).ConclusionsIn Europe, FA‐AIT is provided mostly in clinical practice. Significant variation is seen in the number of centres per country, facility characteristics and inclusion/exclusion criteria, and in certain aspects of protocols. Potential inequality in access to AIT has been identified as well as the need for education and guidance for treatment standardization.