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Lean manufacturing and operational performance
Authors: Hernandez-Matias Juan Carlos , Ocampo Jared R. , Hidalgo Antonio , Vizan Antonio 
Published: September 2019

PurposeLean manufacturing (LM) constitutes a consolidated alternative that has been successfully used to increase company effectiveness and performance. However, different studies have shown that many companies that attempt to integrate LM into their manufacturing operations fail in their efforts. Recent studies have shown that soft practices are a key factor for a successful LM implementation. The purpose of this paper is to analyze an in-depth review of the different human-related lean practices (HRLP) referenced in the recent literature and to identify which of them are more relevant to a successful LM implementation.Design/methodology/approachThe findings presented in this paper are based on the results of a study about the situation of LM in Spain carried out with lean production managers and frontline supervisors of 202 Spanish companies with a high percent (74 percent) of international firms with factories in different countries. The implemented methodology uses factor analysis and structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results shows statistical evidence of the relationship between management’s HRLP (fostering a lean culture, providing support to lean), employees’ HRLP (employee involvement and employee empowerment) and operational performance (OP) (waste reduction and flexibility).Practical implicationsThe results have academic and practical relevance for clarifying lean phenomena, helping managers to define a sequence in which a company should implement HRLP to successfully implement LM and increase its OP.Originality/valueThis study fills a research gap by exploring the existing causal relationships between a greater number of variables, both dependent and independent in relation to human factors in LM implementations.
“Bring yourself to work”: rewriting the feeling rules in “personalized” social work
Authors: Whitaker Emilie Morwenna 
Published: September 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore how feeling rules are constructed, experienced and contested within personalised social work practice. It considers how organisations seek to shape practitioners towards certain forms of emotional display in increasingly market-oriented conditions. It contributes to our understanding of the place of “backstage” emotional labour in seeking to shape and direct social work practice.

Design/methodology/approach
A single immersive ethnographic case study of an English social work department was undertaken over a period of six months.

Findings
This paper reveals embedded tensions that emerge when practitioners are caught between traditional bureaucratic function, the incursions of the market and feeling rules of relatability, commitment and creativity.

Originality/value
This paper contributes to the scant literature on frontline experiences of personalisation in children’s services and the importance of “backstage” emotional labour for shaping and directing social work practice. Importantly, it considers the complexity of emotional labour within an organisational context, which is neither fully marketised, nor fully welfarised, a position many welfare organisations now find themselves in.
Generation Z talking: transformative experience in educational travel
Authors: Wee Desmond 
Published: September 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to position experience as an immersive process through the documentation of student reflections of place involving the intricacies of embodied learning and experiential mobilities. This study is framed through situational positionalities and placed movements of the tourist, the non-tourist and more specifically, students of Generation Z engaged in educational experiences.Design/methodology/approachThis paper explores a student fieldtrip (on the island of Corfu, Greece) as a medium of expression for situated learning, involving a case study of tourism students learning critical tourism through sensual and haptic dimensions of reflection. The students “experienced” Corfu by participating in an international tourism conference, stayed on a yacht, went on various tours, met with tourism industry representatives and reflected their experiences in a collaborative photo story book.FindingsGeneration Z seemed to have the ability to discern the environment and decipher the role tourism plays. Their critical impressions of place in terms of infrastructure, sustainability, beauty, etc., force a rethink of traditional tourist typologies. It is necessary to reconsider the categorizations of tourism, challenging the need for tourism marketers to encapsulate experiences as both a single, yet multi-varied segment. What remains crucial is a deeper comprehension of this generation through their consumption patterns in relation to the various stakeholders of tourism.Originality/valueThis paper documents an engagement of self through experience as part of the “experience.” Hence, the transformative experiences of place reflections as opposed to linear post-trip representations of experience may be insightful for tourism practitioners dealing with a tourism of the future.
“I’ve found it extremely draining”
Authors: Richards James , Sang Kate , Marks Abigail , Gill Susannah 
Published: September 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to address a significant gap in the line manager, HRM and the diversity management literature, that of exploring the role and significance of emotional labour (EL) in relation to the lived experienced of line managing neurodiversity.

Design/methodology/approach
A qualitative approach was used to explore lived experiences of line managers responsible for managing neurodiverse employees. Interviews were conducted with line managers employed in the UK transport industry.

Findings
The findings provide rich insights into line managing neurodiversity. A key overall finding is reasonable adjustments deemed essential to support neurodiverse employees require a myriad of hidden, complex, time consuming and often emotionally draining interactions with disabled employees, the employee’s wider team, and HRM and occupational health (OH) practitioners.

Research limitations/implications
This is an exploratory study and therefore limited by nature of the research design, industry focus, scope of study and sample size.

Practical implications
The findings have the potential to inform HRM and OH practitioner support for line managers responsible for managing neurodiverse employees.

Social implications
The study contributes to wider societal attempts to make employment more inclusive to a range of historically disadvantaged groups.

Originality/value
The study fills an important gap in the HRM literature on line managing neurodiverse employees. The study makes a specific and unique contribution to extensive literatures on line management, disability and EL.
A moderated-mediated model of youth safety
Authors: McPhee Deborah , Samnani Al-Karim , Schlosser Francine 
Published: September 2019

PurposeWorkplace injury and death of young persons are important concerns. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the mediating role of safety behaviours underpinning the relationship between perceived safety climate (PSC) and injuries, and the moderating roles of safety-specific transformational leadership (SSTL), general transformational leadership (GTL) and training in influencing the mediation, for young workers.Design/methodology/approachAn exploratory, online questionnaire was completed by 367 university students employed in various industries. Data were analysed using moderated mediation.FindingsSafety behaviours mediated the relationship between PSC and injuries. SSTL moderated the relationship between PSC and safety behaviours, but GTL did not. Training did not positively moderate the relationship between safety behaviour and injuries, yet may still inform us on the training by referent others since safety behaviour mediated the relationship between PSC and injuries when SSTL, GTL and training were high.Research limitations/implicationsA student sample was utilised, but was appropriate in this context as it is representative of the type of workers being studied. Longitudinal data with larger diverse data sets should be incorporated.Practical implicationsBusiness owners must utilise both forms of leadership to promote a safe workplace. HR and H&S professionals must continue to encourage this promotion.Social implicationsSafety training and leadership are important for policy makers and regulators to reduce workplace injuries for youth workers.Originality/valueThis study is the first to test youth H&S using moderated mediation. Safety specific and general forms of leadership and training are important predictors.
Effects of informal learning on work engagement
Authors: Susomrith Pattanee , Coetzer Alan 
Published: September 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between task-based and interactional informal learning practices in small professional services firms and the moderating role of proactivity in the relationship.Design/methodology/approachJob demand-resources theory was used to develop theoretical arguments for a link between informal learning and work engagement. Data were collected from 203 employees in professional services firms and analysed using structural equation modelling.FindingsAnalysis of the data showed that opportunities to learn through task-based learning processes and through interactions with supervisors and colleagues were positively related to employees’ levels of work engagement. Furthermore, the strength of relationships between these informal learning practices and work engagement was influenced by employees’ proactivity.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitations pertain to the non-random sampling procedure, cross-sectional nature of the study and the use of self-report measures. These limitations were mitigated by employing rigorous analytical procedures.Practical implicationsThe results suggest that managers are able to influence the quantity and quality of informal workplace learning through strategies such as selecting employees who have a propensity for proactive behaviour, encouraging proactive behaviour, enabling experimentation and reflection and fostering positive interpersonal relations.Originality/valueThe study links two streams of research that have seemingly not been connected previously. The results suggest that small firms are sites with abundant potential for development of employees’ knowledge and skills and the associated experiences of work engagement.
Modelling the barriers of Lean Six Sigma for Indian micro-small medium enterprises
Authors: Singh Mahipal , Kumar Pankaj , Rathi Rajeev 
Published: September 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the barriers of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and develop the interrelationship among them using interpretive structural modelling (ISM) and Matriced Impact Croises Multiplication Appliquee a un Classement (MICMAC).

Design/methodology/approach
Using systematic literature review and expert’s opinions, 26 LSS barriers have been extracted and finalized through statistical analysis, that is importance-index analysis and corrected item minus total correlation methods. The statistical analysis of purified 22 LSS barriers has been carried out and consistency of finalized barriers has been checked through reliability statistical test in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software. Finally, the contextual relationship among finalized LSS barriers is developed using ISM and MICMAC approach.

Findings
The ISM model indicates that insufficient management commitment and involvement, lack of resources, lack of training and education, lack of strategic thinking, lack of training funds are strategic factors; improper project selection, poor selection of employee for belt training, lack of total employee involvement, lack of awareness of about LSS are prudent factors; unclear vision, high implementation cost, resistance to culture change, weak supplier linkage, poor alignment between company’s goal and customer demand are burst factors. Furthermore, MICMAC analysis is splitting the LSSBs in four clusters according to their driving power and dependency. These results provide a clear mind-set to engineering manager for focusing more on LSS barriers according to their driving power and dependency.

Research limitations/implications
There may be biasness in making pairwise comparison matrix of barriers due to involvement of expert’s opinion as human error.

Practical implications
The outcome of this paper provides robust practical implication for LSS researchers and practitioners. The researcher and practitioners must consciously concentrate on the identified LSSBs more conventionally during LSS implementation, and they need to plan strategically to avoid any implementation failure.

Originality/value
For successful implementation of LSS in any organization, it is necessary and permeable to make strategy for controlling LSS barriers at initial stage. So this paper is a leading attempt to highlight main LSS barriers and interrelate them using ISM and MICMAC approach. It provides a clear path for tackling LSS barriers to engineering managers, researchers and consultants.
Habitat and fishing control grazing potential on coral reefs
Authors: Robinson James P. W. , McDevitt‐Irwin Jamie M. , Dajka Jan‐Claas , Hadj‐Hammou Jeneen , Howlett Samantha , Graba‐Landry Alexia , Hoey Andrew S. , Nash Kirsty L. , Wilson Shaun K. , Graham Nicholas A. J. 
Published: September 2019

Abstract

Herbivory is a key process on coral reefs, which, through grazing of algae, can help sustain coral‐dominated states on frequently disturbed reefs and reverse macroalgal regime shifts on degraded ones.

Our understanding of herbivory on reefs is largely founded on feeding observations at small spatial scales, yet the biomass and structure of herbivore populations is more closely linked to processes which can be highly variable across large areas, such as benthic habitat turnover and fishing pressure. Though our understanding of spatiotemporal variation in grazer biomass is well developed, equivalent macroscale approaches to understanding bottom‐up and top‐down controls on herbivory are lacking.

Here, we integrate underwater survey data of fish abundances from four Indo‐Pacific island regions with herbivore feeding observations to estimate grazing rates for two herbivore functions, cropping (which controls turf algae) and scraping (which promotes coral settlement by clearing benthic substrate), for 72 coral reefs. By including a range of reef states, from coral to algal dominance and heavily fished to remote wilderness areas, we evaluate the influences of benthic habitat and fishing on the grazing rates of fish assemblages.

Cropping rates were primarily influenced by benthic condition, with cropping maximized on structurally complex reefs with high substratum availability and low macroalgal cover. Fishing was the primary driver of scraping function, with scraping rates depleted at most reefs relative to remote, unfished reefs, though scraping did increase with substratum availability and structural complexity.

Ultimately, benthic and fishing conditions influenced herbivore functioning through their effect on grazer biomass, which was tightly correlated to grazing rates. For a given level of biomass, we show that grazing rates are higher on reefs dominated by small‐bodied fishes, suggesting that grazing pressure is greatest when grazer size structure is truncated.

Stressors which cause coral declines and clear substrate for turf algae will likely stimulate increases in cropping rates, in both fished and protected areas. In contrast, scraping functions are already impaired at reefs inhabited by people, particularly where structural complexity has collapsed, indicating that restoration of these key processes will require scraper biomass to be rebuilt towards wilderness levels.

A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.
Why leveraging sex differences in immune trade‐offs may illuminate the evolution of senescence
Authors: Metcalf Charlotte Jessica E. , Roth Olivia , Graham Andrea L. 
Published: September 2019

AbstractThe immune system affects senescence (declines in probabilities of survival or reproduction with age), by shaping late age vulnerability to chronic inflammatory diseases and infections. It is also a dynamic interactive system that must balance competing demands across the life course. Thus, immune system function remains an important frontier in understanding the evolution of senescence.Here, we review our expanding mechanistic understanding of immune function over the life course, in the context of theoretical predictions from life‐history evolution. We are especially interested in stage‐ and sex‐dependent costs and benefits of investment in the immune system, given differential life‐history priorities of the life stages and sexes.We introduce the costs likely to govern immune allocation across the life course. We then discuss theoretical expectations for differences between the sexes and their likely consequences in terms of how the immune system is both modulated by and may modulate senescence, building on information from life‐history theory, experimental immunology and demography.We argue that sex differences in immune function provide a potentially powerful probe of selection pressures on the immune system across the life course. In particular, differences in ‘competing’ and ‘caring’ between the sexes have evolved across the tree of life, providing repeated instances of divergent selection pressures on immune function occurring within the same overall bauplan.We conclude by detailing an agenda for future research, including development of theoretical predictions of the differences between the sexes under an array of existing models for sex differences in immunity, and empirical tests of such predictions across the tree of life.A freePlain Language Summarycan be found within the Supporting Information of this article.
Vascular effects of a single bout of electronic cigarette use
Authors: Cossio Ramon , Cerra Zachary A. , Tanaka Hirofumi 
Published: September 2019

AbstractElectronic cigarettes (EC) are commonly marketed as a safe alternative to traditional tobacco cigarettes (TC), but recent studies have observed adverse effects on vascular functions from EC vapours similar to those observed from TC. Currently, it is not clear if differing levels of nicotine and compounds from heating in e‐cigarettes influence vascular functions. Sixteen young, apparently healthy tobacco product naïve participants were studied. Each participant underwent three separate “vaping” trials with menthol‐flavoured quit smoking aid, electronically heated menthol‐flavoured EC with 0% or 5.4% nicotine. During each visit, measurements were performed at baseline, immediately post, 1, and 2 h post‐EC exposure. There were no significant changes in heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, endothelial function (via flow‐mediated dilation), and arterial stiffness (via cardio‐ankle vascular index) throughout the experiments. In conclusion, vaping electronic cigarettes did not produce acute and persistent effects on subclinical vascular functions over the course of a 2‐h trial in young, healthy, tobacco product naïve participants.
Differences in Psychosexual Development Among Child, Peer, and Mixed Juvenile Sex Offenders
Authors: Lillard Colleen M. , Cooper‐Lehki Christi , Fremouw William J. , DiSciullo Victoria A. 
Published: September 2019

AbstractResearchers have examined a number of typologies of juvenile sex offenders, including victim age. Using data from psychological evaluations and the Multiphasic Sex Inventory‐II (MSI‐II; [Psychological assessment of sex offenders, 2010]), this study compared child offenders (i.e., victims were more than 4 years younger), peer offenders (i.e., victims were 4 years younger or less), and mixed offenders (i.e., both child and peer victims) on variables including victim, offender, and offense characteristics, and psychosexual development. Peer offenders had more severe sexual offenses, prior status/nonviolent charges, and issues with sexual functioning. Mixed offenders began offending at a younger age and were indiscriminate in gender and relationship of the victim. Mixed offenders were also more likely than child and peer offenders to have prior sex offender treatment, meaning they had previously failed treatment. As juvenile sex offenders are a heterogeneous group, these research findings suggest that child offenders, peer offenders, and mixed offenders’ treatment needs differ from each other.
You can't ignore millennials: Needed changes and a new way forward in entitlement research
Authors: Brant Katarina K. , Castro Stephanie L. 
Published: September 2019

AbstractAs millennials flood the workplace, both researchers and practitioners agree that entitlement is increasing. Given the increasing number of millennials in the workforce and their high levels of entitlement, HRM must find ways to capitalise on this phenomenon. However, the existing state of the field is problematic. Past entitlement research has overwhelmingly ignored millennials, used a limiting trait conceptualisation, and primarily investigated negative effects for the entitled individuals. This article seeks to provoke that HRM must address the millennial entitlement phenomenon by making needed changes and taking a new way forward in entitlement research. Specifically, we argue that HRM scholars must (a) adopt a new state conceptualisation of entitlement and (b) move beyond the sole focus on negative effects to look for positive effects for individuals, teams, organisations, and society. Millennial entitlement—for better or worse—is a pressing issue for HRM, and we believe it may be for the better.
When can we trust population trends? A method for quantifying the effects of sampling interval and duration
Authors: Wauchope Hannah S. , Amano Tatsuya , Sutherland William J. , Johnston Alison 
Published: September 2019

Abstract

Species’ population trends are fundamental to conservation. They are used to determine the state of nature, and to prioritize species for conservation action, for example through the IUCN red list. It is crucial to be able to quantify the degree to which population trend data can be trusted, yet there is not currently a straightforward way to do so.

We present a method that compares trends derived from various samples of ‘complete’ population time series, to see how often these samples correctly estimate the sign (i.e. direction) and magnitude of the complete trend. We apply our method to a dataset of 29,226 waterbird population time series from across North America.

Our analysis shows that, for waterbirds, if a statistically significant (p < .05) trend is detected, even from only a few years, it is likely to reliably describe the sign (positive or negative) of the complete trend, but is unlikely to accurately match the percentage change in population per year. If no significant trend is detected, a many‐years long sample is required to be confident that the population is truly stable. Furthermore, an insignificant trend is more likely to be missing a decline rather than an increase in the population. Sampling infrequently, but regularly, was surprising reliable in determining trend sign, but poor at determining percentage change per year.

By providing percentage estimates of reliability for combinations of sampling regimes and lengths, we have a means to determine the reliability of species population trends. This will increase the rigour of large‐scale population analyses by allowing users to remove time series that do not meet a reliability cut‐off, or weighting time series by reliability, and could also facilitate planning of future monitoring schemes. While the specific values estimated by our analysis might not be applicable to other taxa or systems, the methods are easily transferable, and we provide the tools to do so.