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Data competence maturity: developing data-driven decision making
Authors: Cech Thomas G. , Spaulding Trent J. , Cazier Joseph A. 
Published: November 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to lay out the data competence maturity model (DCMM) and discuss how the application of the model can serve as a foundation for a measured and deliberate use of data in secondary education.Design/methodology/approachAlthough the model is new, its implications, and its application are derived from key findings and best practices from the software development, data analytics and secondary education performance literature. These principles can guide educators to better manage student and operational outcomes. This work builds and applies the DCMM model to secondary education.FindingsThe conceptual model reveals significant opportunities to improve data-driven decision making in schools and local education agencies (LEAs). Moving past the first and second stages of the data competency maturity model should allow educators to better incorporate data into the regular decision-making process.Practical implicationsMoving up the DCMM to better integrate data into their decision-making process has the potential to produce profound improvements for schools and LEAs. Data science is about making better decisions. Understanding the path laid out in the DCMM to helping an organization move to a more mature data-driven decision-making process will help improve both student and operational outcomes.Originality/valueThis paper brings a new concept, the DCMM, to the educational literature and discusses how these principles can be applied to improve decision making by integrating them into their decision-making process and trying to help the organization mature within this framework.
Exploring the individual, social and organizational predictors of knowledge-sharing behaviours among communities of practice of SMEs in Malaysia
Authors: Tan Christine Nya-Ling , Ramayah T. 
Published: November 2018

Purpose
To compete in a globally challenging environment, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly pressured to leverage their relational capital to stay competitive. The purpose of this study is to model the KS behaviour of SMEs in an increasingly networked world through communities of practice (CoP).

Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected using a survey instrument developed based on prior literature from SMEs operating only in the electronic manufacturing industry. A total of 120 responses were received of which only 100 were valid. SmartPLS, a second-generation analysis software, was used to analyse the model developed.

Findings
The findings indicated that affect, reward, perceived consequences and social factor were all positive predictors of KS behaviour of SMEs in communities of practice. Interestingly, the facilitating conditions were found to negatively influence KS behaviour.

Practical implications
The findings are helpful to SMEs who are embarking on knowledge management (KM) practices in their respective companies and may be used to leverage the drivers of KM to improve more sharing behaviour that keeps SMEs competitive.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors' knowledge, few studies have explored the individual (i.e. perceived consequences, affect), social (i.e. social factor) and organisational (i.e. facilitating condition, reward) predictors of KS behaviour among CoP’s in Malaysian SMEs.
Relationship-specificity and real activities manipulation
Authors: Park KoEun 
Published: November 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine whether and how product market relationships are related to firms’ real activities manipulation (RAM), which refers to managers’ aggressive operating practices. Given the importance of suppliers’ relationship-specific investments to a firm’s competitiveness, the need for suppliers’ relationship-specific investments is expected to influence a firm’s RAM.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper adopts Nunn’s (2007) proxy for relationship-specificity and four proxies for RAM. It employs an ordinary least squares regression model to test whether a firm decreases RAM when it has greater need for supplier relationship-specific investments. It also uses an instrumental variable approach to address endogeneity and conducts cross-sectional analyses.

Findings
This study finds that, with the exception of RAM through sales manipulation, the importance of relationship-specific investments by suppliers is negatively associated with firms’ aggressive operating decisions. It also finds that the association between relationship-specificity and RAM is less pronounced for firms that have a greater market share but more pronounced for firms that are relatively young, consistent with the notion that a firm is more likely to be under pressure from its suppliers to reduce RAM when it has less competitive advantages. The results suggest that product market relationships play an important role in influencing managers’ aggressive operating decisions.

Practical implications
This study complements earlier work on earnings quality and has important implications for investors, regulators and other stakeholders who are concerned with corporate earnings quality.

Originality/value
This paper contributes to the literature on product market relationships and earnings quality and on financial reporting quality and investment efficiency.
Leading toward new horizons with soft skills
Authors: AbuJbara Nida’a K. , Worley Jody A. 
Published: November 2018

PurposeThis paper aims to highlight the importance of soft skills for leadership and offers recommendations for soft skill development training for the next generation of leaders.Design/methodology/approachAn integrated review of current research literature was conducted on management, leadership and soft skills to develop recommendations for integrating the development of soft skills in leadership development training protocol.FindingsA one-size-fits-all approach does not work for soft skills development or measurement. Each soft skill is defined differently and should be assessed based on different behavioral actions. Progress in this area of measurement development will make a great impact on the use of soft skills. The development of assessment tools for the different soft skills across professional disciplines is assumed to enhance other aspects of transformational leadership such as coaching and mentoring.Research limitations/implicationsCurrent strategies for the assessment and measurement of soft skills present an obstacle for including these skills in current leadership training models.Practical implicationsThe paper includes implications for the development of soft skills for the next generation of leaders and offers recommendations for integrating the development of soft skills in leadership training programs.Originality/valueThis paper fulfills an identified need to study how soft skills can be measured and assessed. This is important given that specific skills vary across professional disciplines and organizational contexts.
Suspicious preoperational activities and law enforcement interdiction of terrorist plots
Authors: Gruenewald Jeff , Klein Brent R. , Drawve Grant , Smith Brent L. , Ratcliff Katie 
Published: November 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a metric for validating the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative’s (NSI) sixteen-category instrument, which is designed to guide law enforcement in the collection and analysis of suspicious behaviors preceding serious crimes, including terrorist attacks.

Design/methodology/approach
Data on suspicious preoperational activities and terrorism incident outcomes in the USA between 1972 and 2013 come from the American Terrorism Study (ATS). Using a mixed-method approach, the authors conduct descriptive and multivariate analyses to examine the frequencies of the least and most prevalent suspicious activities (or SAR indicators) and how they predict the likelihood of terrorism prevention. In addition, the authors contextualize how configurations of SAR indicators are associated with the successful thwarting of terrorism incidents by law enforcement using an analytical method known as conjunctive analysis of case configurations (CACC).

Findings
The study reveals several key findings. First, certain behaviors categorized as suspicious, such as making threats, occur more frequently than others. Second, making threats, conducting surveillance and terrorist recruitment/financing predict law enforcement interdiction in terrorism plots, while misrepresentation (or the manufacturing and use of false documents) is more associated with terrorist success. Third, prevalent SAR indicators operate differently in the context of various combinations of suspicious activities to shape the likelihood for law enforcement interdiction.

Research limitations/implications
The current study’s findings may not be generalizable to other forms of violent extremism and terrorism outside of the USA.

Practical implications
This study illuminates opportunities for the NSI to provide law enforcement with the necessary tools to reduce terrorism risk and prevent future attacks.

Originality/value
To our knowledge, no scholarly work to date has assessed how observable behavioral indicators of suspicious preoperational activities affect the outcomes of terrorist plots.
Crystallite size and microstrain: XRD line broadening analysis of AgSiN thin films
Authors: Mohamad Zaidi Umi Zalilah , Bushroa A.R. , Ghahnavyeh Reza Rahbari , Mahmoodian Reza 
Published: November 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to determine the crystallite size and microstrain values of AgSiN thin films using potential approach called approximation method. This method can be used as a replacement for other determination methods such as Williamson-Hall (W-H) plot and Warren-Averbach analysis.

Design/methodology/approach
The monolayer AgSiN thin films on Ti6Al4V alloy were fabricated using magnetron sputtering technique. To evaluate the crystallite size and microstrain values, the thin films were deposited under different bias voltage (−75, −150 and −200 V). X-ray diffraction (XRD) broadening profile along with approximation method were used to determine the crystallite size and microstrain values. The reliability of the method was proved by comparing it with scanning electron microscopy graph and W-H plot method. The second parameters’ microstrain obtained was used to project the residual stress present in the thin films. Further discussion on the thin films was done by relating the residual stress with the adhesion strength and the thickness of the films.

Findings
XRD-approximation method results revealed that the crystallite size values obtained from the method were in a good agreement when it is compared with Scherer formula and W-H method. Meanwhile, the calculations for thin films corresponding residual stresses were correlated well with scratch adhesion critical loads with the lowest residual stress was noted for sample with lowest microstrain and has thickest thickness among the three samples.

Practical implications
The fabricated thin films were intended to be used in antibacterial applications.

Originality/value
Up to the knowledge from literature review, there are no reports on depositing AgSiN on Ti6Al4V alloy via magnetron sputtering to elucidate the crystallite size and microstrain properties using the approximation method.
Exercising professional autonomy: Doctoral students’ preparation for academic careers
Authors: Coso Strong Alexandra , Sekayi Dia 
Published: November 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine how doctoral students navigate preparing for an academic career, particularly through instructional professional development, in the context of the entire doctoral program. For doctoral students pursuing an academic position, the dissertation process provides one avenue for developing their skills and identities as independent researchers. Yet, research shows a need to provide support for student’ instructional professional development and to understand how they are shaped into educators and researchers.Design/methodology/approachA multiple case study methodology was designed to capture the perceptions and experiences of 21 alumni of an academic career preparation program at a large, public university. In this exploratory, qualitative study, semi-structured interviews and final reports from program coursework were analyzed using a modified analytic induction methodology.FindingsThis study employs elements of self-determination theory and transition theory to interpret doctoral students’ transitions into and through the instructional professional development program under study. The participants sought competence in their teaching by participating in this voluntary and supplemental program. These students exercised autonomy in the pursuit of this professional development and in overcoming challenges to relatedness in the form of non-supportive program structures, including curriculum and faculty.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the graduate education literature on the experiences of doctoral students as they prepare for and transition into their future academic careers.
A systematic literature review of the organisational arrangements of primary school‐based reading interventions for struggling readers
Authors: Stentiford Lauren , Koutsouris George , Norwich Brahm 
Published: November 2018

This paper presents findings from a systematic literature review that explored the delivery arrangements of school‐based reading interventions for struggling readers aged 5–8 years. Databases were searched for published and unpublished studies from 1970 to 2017, which employed a randomised controlled trial or quasi‐experimental design. Sixty‐four texts that met the inclusion criteria were categorised according to targeted tier based on the response‐to‐intervention model. Findings showed that tier 2/3 interventions targeting pupils who did not respond to whole class teaching (tier 1) were almost exclusively delivered in pull‐out sessions by people other than the classroom teacher. At present, certain delivery arrangements appear to be used more than others in reading interventions conducted with young pupils in schools. This could to some extent reflect practices already used in primary schools and suggests that pupils who are identified for tier 2/3 support might have less access to their teacher's time and expertise.
Contextual Framing and Monetary Incentives in Field Experiments on Risk Preferences: Evidence from German Farmers
Authors: Rommel Jens , Hermann Daniel , Müller Malte , Mußhoff Oliver 
Published: November 2018

AbstractRecent studies cast doubt on the ability of abstract experiments to predict decision‐making in the field. Thus, scholars have argued for more ‘realism’ by introducing context to field experiments. Yet, such realism may work against the induced values of monetary incentives in economic experiments. It is an open question whether contextual framing works best with or without inducing values, through methods such as the use of monetary incentives. Using a sample of 146 German farmers, we compare experimentally the predictive power of a framed lottery in an agricultural context vs. using an abstract version. For one half of the sample, lotteries are incentivised; for the other half, they are hypothetical. Although risk preferences differ between treatments, all four lottery tasks correlate poorly with farmers’ real‐world use of risk management instruments such as harvest or hail insurance. Subjects who start with an agricultural framing are willing to take significantly greater risks in the lotteries. More generally, our findings cast doubt on the ability of lottery tasks to predict risk‐taking in the field.
RNA interference of a trehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase gene reveals its roles in the biosynthesis of chitin and lipids in Heortia vitessoides (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Authors: Chen Jing‐Xiang , Lyu Zi‐Hao , Wang Chun‐Yan , Cheng Jie , Lin Tong 
Published: November 2018

AbstractTrehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase (TPS), an enzyme that hydrolyzes two glucose molecules to yield trehalose, plays a pivotal role in various physiological processes. In this study, we cloned the trehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase gene (HvTPS) and investigated its expression patterns in various tissues and developmental stages in Heortia vitessoides Moore (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). HvTPS was highly expressed in the fat body and after pupation or before molting. We knocked down TPS in H. vitessoides by RNA interference and found that 3.0 μg of dsHvTPS resulted in optimal interference at 24 h and 36 h post‐injection and caused a sharp decline in the survival rate during the 5th instar larval–pupal stage and obviously abnormal or lethal phenotypes. Additionally, compared to the controls, TPS activity and trehalose contents were significantly lower and the glucose content was significantly higher 24 h or 36 h after injection with 3.0 μg of dsHvTPS. Furthermore, the silencing of HvTPS suppressed the expression of six key genes in the chitin biosynthesis pathway and one key gene related to lipid catabolism. The expression levels of two genes associated with lipid biosynthesis were upregulated. These results strongly suggest that HvTPS is essential for the normal growth and development of H. vitessoides and provide a reference for further studies of the utility of key genes involved in chitin and lipid biosynthesis for controlling insect development.
Aquifer Responses to Rainfall through Spectral and Correlation Analysis
Authors: Gómez Derly , Melo Davi C.D. , Rodrigues Dulce B.B. , Xavier Alexandre C. , Guido Rodrigo C. , Wendland Edson 
Published: November 2018

AbstractThe response time of hydrological components is an important feature for establishing the connections within a hydrological system and for characterizing it. This study proposes a quantitative and qualitative assessment on the response times of river discharge components, especially the baseflow, regarding the impulse provided by precipitation, using time series analyses of time and frequency domains. To this end, a set of complementary methods including correlation and spectral approaches was used, which are: autocorrelation, cross correlation, continuous wavelet transform, and cross wavelet transform. Such framework was applied in multiple and nested basin scales (53, 1,867, and 3,519 km2), located in the Jacaré‐Guaçu River Basin (Southeastern Brazil). Based on a digital filtering technique, it was found the baseflow contributes more than 80% of the annual streamflow, revealing a major role of the aquifer in regulating the river discharge in all three studied basins. In addition, we found baseflow represents a range of 24%–27% of the annual precipitation. The uniform results are mainly due to the similar physical characteristics found in those areas. Overall, our framework indicates a baseflow response time for a precipitation of approximately two years for the smaller basins and three years for the biggest one. Such results can support the water allocation in conjunctive water management, by providing estimates of future surface water availability.
An evaluation of depression, anxiety and fatigue in patients with Behçet’s disease
Authors: Can Sandikci Sevinc , Colak Seda , Omma Ahmet , Enecik Mehmet E. 
Published: November 2018

AbstractObjectivesBehçet's disease (BD) is a type of systemic vasculitis and inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, which is associated with fatigue and lower quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between Behçet's Disease Current Activity Form (BDCAF) and Behçet's Disease Quality of Life (BDQoL), depression, anxiety and fatigue in Behçet's disease.MethodsWe conducted a cross‐sectional study of 155 BD patients and 107 healthy subjects in a single center over a 1 year period. All participants completed the Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue (MAF) questionnaire, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HADS) scale. Disease activity in the BD patients was assessed using the BDCAF, and the physician's global assessment (PGA). BD patients also completed the BDQoL questionnaire.ResultsThere was no significant difference in age and gender between the groups. BD patients had significantly higher HADS‐anxiety (HADS‐A), HADS‐depression (HADS‐D) and MAF scores than the healthy control group (P < 0.05). BD patients with active disease had significantly higher MAF and HADS‐A scores compared to inactive BD patients (P < 0.05). MAF scores showed positive correlations with HADS‐A, HADS‐D, BDCAF and BDQoL.ConclusionsFatigue and anxiety are common in clinically active BD patients compared with healthy control subjects and inactive BD patients.
Cross‐cultural adaptation and validation of the Korean Version of the Functional Index for Hand Osteoarthritis (FIHOA)
Authors: Ahn Ga Young , Cho Soo‐Kyung , Cha Sung Joo , Nam Eunwoo , Lee Jung‐Eun , Dreiser Renée Liliane , Maheu Emmanuel , Sung Yoon‐Kyoung 
Published: November 2018

AbstractAimThis study aimed to translate the Functional Index for Hand Osteoarthritis (FIHOA) into Korean, and establish its reliability and validity in Korean patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA).MethodThe FIHOA was translated into Korean (K‐FIHOA) following cross‐cultural adaptation guidelines. The K‐FIHOA was pretested on 40 patients with hand OA. The adapted K‐FIHOA was then administered to 100 consecutive hand OA patients together with the modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (mHAQ) and visual analog scale (VAS) for hand pain. The test‐retest reliability of each item and total scores were assessed using Spearman's correlation coefficient and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). The internal consistency reliability was evaluated as Cronbach's alpha. The external construct validity was assessed using the correlation between K‐FIHOA, mHAQ and hand pain VAS.ResultsThe test‐retest reliability for the total score was strong (r = 0.87 and ICC = 0.83). Cronbach's alpha was also high (0.88), which suggests that there is strong internal coherence in the test items. We identified significant correlations between K‐FIHOA and mHAQ (r = 0.52, P < 0.01), mHAQ hand function score, (r = 0.57, P < 0.01) and hand pain VAS (r = 0.53, P < 0.01).ConclusionThe K‐FIHOA is a reliable and valid instrument for evaluating functional disability in Korean hand OA patients.