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Do markets react to dividend announcements and sharia compliance? Evidence from organisation of Islamic cooperation countries
Authors: Taufik Muhammad , Handayani Wuri 
Published: November 2024

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the market reaction to dividend announcements and sharia compliance based on the Islamic stock indexes of Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan by scrutinising investors’ interpretations, behaviour (traditional, rational, religious or ethical) and preferences.

Design/methodology/approach
Event study methodology (ESM) was used to analyse 31 days around the event date. The research period spanned 2011–2018, during which 282 observed dividend announcements were tested using a t-test, and there were 4,960 cases of sharia compliance in the data panel.

Findings
Indonesian investors react to earnings surprises as bad news while bypassing dividend announcements, thus classifying their behaviour as rational. Meanwhile, investors in Malaysia and Pakistan respond to dividend announcements as bad news while bypassing earnings surprises, thus classifying their behaviour as traditional. Surprisingly, sharia compliance does not affect abnormal returns. These results imply that investors prefer a profit motive rather than sharia compliance.

Practical implications
To perpetrate positive reactions, companies need to increase earnings (Indonesia), nominal dividends (Malaysia) and delay dividend announcements (Pakistan). Also, tax regulators need to evaluate dividend tax and capital gains tax.

Social implications
Investors cannot solely rely on Islamic stock lists, while regulators and firms must be transparent and accountable regarding sharia compliance ratio.

Originality/value
There is a dearth of research on market reaction in Islamic stock indexes. This study adheres to critical assumptions of ESM: controlling the confounding effects and ensuring market efficiency. These assumptions lead to the proposal of mandatory and advisory sharia compliance, evaluation of ratios using a staple scale and examination of differences in dividend tax rates. An extended tax preference theory is also proposed to contribute to the body of knowledge.
AI-empowered KM processes for decision-making: empirical evidence from worldwide organisations
Authors: Leoni Luna , Gueli Ginetta , Ardolino Marco , Panizzon Mateus , Gupta Shivam 
Published: November 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to provide empirical evidence on adopting artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, in knowledge management (KM) processes and its impact on organisational decision-making. Specifically, the study addresses three key research questions: RQ1: How is (generative) AI adopted within KM processes in organisations? RQ2: What factors influence the adoption of AI in these processes, either facilitating or inhibiting it? RQ3: How does AI adoption in KM processes affect organisational decision-making?

Design/methodology/approach
An explorative investigation has been conducted through semi-structured interviews with KM and AI experts from a worldwide sample of 52 mostly private, large and for-profit organisations. Interviews have been analysed through a mixed thematic analysis.

Findings
The study provides an original framework in which the three investigated concepts are interconnected according to a dual relationship: linear and retroactive and 20 factors affecting AI adoption within KM processes.

Practical implications
The provided model guides managers in improving their organisational decision-making through AI adoption in KM processes. Moreover, according to the rational decision-making model, the authors propose a six-step systematic procedure for managers.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that simultaneously addresses AI, KM and decision-making and provides an integrated framework showing the relationships between them, allowing organisations to better and practically understand how to ameliorate their decision-making through AI adoption in KM processes.
Exploring tourists’ pro-environmental behavior: a bibliometric analysis over two decades (1999–2023)
Authors: Carvajal-Trujillo Elena , Pérez-Gálvez Jesús Claudio , Orts-Cardador Jaime Jose 
Published: November 2024

PurposeThe main objective of this article is to visualize the structure and trends of pro-environmental behavior (PEB) between 1999 and 2023 through mapping and in-depth analysis. The aim is to analyze PEB, which has received considerable academic attention in recent years due to its key role in the conservation of the environment and the protection of local communities in tourist destinations. This paper provides an important summary of the recent research that has explored the role that tourists have in protecting the environment through PEB.Design/methodology/approachThis study presents a visual analysis of 2005 scholarly articles between the years 1999 and 2023 related to PEB. Using the knowledge mapping based on VOSviewer it presents the current status of research, which includes the analysis of citation analysis, co-citation analysis, co-citation network and longitudinal analysis.FindingsPEB is an emerging topic due to its relevance to protecting the environment in the context of travel. The citation and co-citation analysis show the relevance of the behavior of tourists with regard to protecting the environment. The co-word analysis highlights the current significance of research concerning green hotels and the destination image of environmentally responsible destinations.Originality/valueThis study sheds light on the current research progress of PEB in the context of tourism through a comprehensive analysis (citation, co-citation and co-word). In addition, we provide theories and factors that have been previously used to study PEB in the context of tourism. The findings contribute to a broad and diverse understanding of the concept of PEB, which can provide important insights for policymakers in formulating management strategies and policies aimed at reducing environmental impacts in destinations.
Sustainability in the chocolate industry: a scoping review of accounting journals and the development of a research agenda
Authors: Harris Claire , Perkiss Stephanie , Tanima Farzana Aman 
Published: November 2024

Purpose
Chocolate production and cocoa supply chains are rife with social and environmental challenges. Chocolate companies commonly make claims that their products are “sustainable”, giving little guidance on what this means. The aim of this paper is to conduct a scoping review to synthesise the accounting literature related to the chocolate industry and sustainability and develop a research agenda for accounting scholarship.

Design/methodology/approach
The scoping review followed Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) five-stage framework for a scoping review. Nineteen accounting journals were searched for literature on “chocolate OR cocoa AND sustainability” from 2000 to 2023. A total of 171 papers were identified through the search, of which 18 were deemed relevant and included for thematic analysis. The themes are analysed using a conceptual framework on accountability.

Findings
Analysis of the relevant literature revealed three distinct perspectives on sustainability in the chocolate industry. These include critique on the problems related to top-down accountability approaches in the chocolate industry; that accountability mechanisms have fallen short in managing sustainability challenges; and that sustainability interventions are driven by profit motives. The themes further reveal a lack of accountability in the industry for marginalised voices.

Originality/value
The scoping review methodology used in this study offers insights into the diverse perspectives on sustainability in the chocolate industry. This research adds valuable knowledge to the field by uncovering nuanced issues around accountability and sustainability and highlighting the need for future research for accountability for sustainable chocolate production.
Political legitimacy after the pits: Corruption narratives and labour power in a former coalmining town in England
Authors: Hilhorst Sacha 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThis article examines the erosion of political legitimacy in ex‐mining towns in England. Political sociologists and political scientists have long taken an interest in the politics of coalmining areas, which were characterised by high strike rates and militant left values. More recently, the question of legitimacy in these areas has resurfaced, as now‐deindustrialised pit towns register unusually high levels of political discontent and disengagement compared to areas with similar economic and demographic profiles. In interviews and group discussions with 93 residents of the former mining town of Mansfield, England, I find that many express ideas that profoundly challenge the system of representative democracy in its current form, with almost one in three participants understanding politics primarily through the frame of corruption. Drawing on an emergent literature which casts corruption talk as a moralised discourse of political in/exclusion, I argue that the corruption frame is best understood as the inversion of a now‐defunct symbolic economy. As workers in pit towns no longer received the same tokens of care from their representatives, reflecting their reduced power, many came to understand the political system as corrupt and illegitimate.
Perceived Employer Psychological Contract Fulfillment of New‐Generation Employees in China: Scale Development and Validity
Authors: Gu Qinxuan , Gao Han 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTExisting psychological contract (PC) research has paid inadequate attention to specific cohorts like new‐generation employees and their perceptions of employers' psychological contract fulfillment (PCF). Individuals' expectations and perceptions of employer obligations may differ contingent on age and life experience in different societal contexts. We explore the construct of perceived employer PCF among new‐generation employees in China through one pilot study and two formal studies. The pilot study shows that new‐generation employees' PCF generally differs from that of previous generations. In Study 1, we use qualitative and quantitative methods to develop a perceived employer PCF scale and find five dimensions: Employee care, positive culture and climate, empowering employees, salary and benefit satisfaction, growth and development. In Study 2, establishment of validity confirms the factor structure of Study 1, indicating the proposed measurement is valid. Our findings have significant implications for research and practice for new‐generation employees in China.
Responding to nonemergency calls for service via video: A randomized controlled trial
Authors: Gates Stewart , Ariel Barak , Assaraf Noy 
Published: November 2024

AbstractResearch summaryWe tested the effectiveness of virtual response in policing as an alternative to the traditional physical presence of officers to nonemergency calls for service. We randomly assigned 1059 eligible calls to either virtual or in‐person responses. We estimated the results in terms of waiting time, criminal justice outcomes, cost efficiency, and victim satisfaction based on a representative sample of telephone interviews. We found significant improvements across all measures when using a virtual response, including reduced victim waiting times, greater odds of arrest and charges, and enhanced perceptions of procedural justice, satisfaction, trust, and confidence in the police service. We found no adverse effects on victims due to the lack of physical presence.Research implicationsThese findings suggest that, as with e‐health services, law enforcement can benefit from a cost–beneficial virtual response to nonemergency calls for service. We encourage its consideration as a mass deployment option in policing, as well as a basis for future experimental replications.
Long‐term follow‐up of anti‐TNF treatment in adult and pediatric DADA2 patients: Insights from real‐world data
Authors: Ayan Gizem , Basaran Ozge , Firlatan Busra , Kilic Levent , Bilginer Yelda , Alikasifoglu Mehmet , Karadag Omer , Ozen Seza 
Published: November 2024

AbstractBackground/PurposeOur objective was to investigate real‐world outcomes and treatment strategies in individuals affected by DADA2 using over 10‐year period real‐life experience.MethodsThis descriptive analysis encompassed all adult/pediatric patients with DADA2 from our Vasculitis Research Center prospective database. Patients on anti‐TNF therapy have been specifically examined, analyzing the treatment's duration, indications, and outcomes. Treatment responses were based on physicians' assessments and categorized as full response (symptom‐free with normal acute phase reactants) or partial/no response.ResultsTotally 32 patients (Adult/Childhood age: 19/13) were analyzed. Anti‐TNF agents were prescribed to 27 of the 32 patients. Over a median follow‐up of 58 months on anti‐TNF therapy, 10 patients (35.7%) exhibited a complete response, predominantly in cases with nervous system or skin involvement. Partial responses were observed in the other 10 patients (35.7%). Currently, 20/ 27 patients remain on anti‐TNF treatment. Among the seven who are not on anti‐TNF now: five died (four of them with a late diagnosis, one could not continue due to cardiomyopathy), one refused treatment and one had a cure after bone marrow transplantation. We have become aware that four patients increased their dose interval and one returned to the normal interval after an increase in CRP. The first patient was diagnosed in 2013 and over the last 10 years, 6/32 (18.8%) of the patients died.ConclusionAnti‐TNF treatment is beneficial for vasculitic and inflammatory lesions. The clinical course of patients is diverse, especially if the diagnosis is delayed, with a mortality rate of up to 20% over a 10‐year period.
Optical sensor for fast and accurate lung cancer detection with tissue autofluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy
Authors: Yang Xianbei , Chen Anzhi , U Kaicheng , Zhang Sophia Meixuan , Wang Peihao , Li Zheng , Luo Yi , Cui Yong 
Published: November 2024

AbstractBackgroundCancer is a severe threat to human health, and surgery is a major method of cancer treatment. This study aimed to develop an optical sensor for fast cancer tissue.MethodsThe tissue autofluorescence spectrum and diffuse reflectance spectrum were obtained by using a laboratory‐developed optical sensor system. A total of 151 lung tissue samples were used in this ex vivo study.ResultsExperimental results demonstrate that tissue autofluorescence spectroscopy with a 365‐nm excitation has better performance than diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and 63 of 64 test samples (98.4% accuracy) were correctly classified with tissue autofluorescence spectroscopy and our developed data analysis method.ConclusionsOur promising ex vivo study results show that the developed optical sensor system has great promise for future clinical translation for intraoperative lung cancer detection and other applications.
A narrative analysis of the justifications and excuses of serious employee fraud offenders
Authors: Andon Paul , Free Clinton 
Published: November 2024

AbstractMost fraud research in accounting has focused on controls rather than offenders' subjective experience, meaning that our understanding of motive in fraud (defined as linguistic devices employed to justify, interpret, or excuse actions) remains underexplored. This is particularly the case for employee fraud, which has been largely neglected relative to top management fraud or financial statement fraud. To provide a richer understanding of how fraud offenders make sense of their offending, we interviewed 30 serious employee fraud offenders to better investigate their typal vocabularies of motive. We focus on holistic narrative accounts to provide insights into the common justifications and excuses presented by employee fraud offenders. We develop a taxonomy of narrative constructions based on the explanatory locus of the accounts offered by offenders. We identify three common justifications, (1) inconsequentiality motives, (2) permission motives, and (3) unfair treatment motives, and three common excuses, (4) personal crisis motives, (5) addiction motives, and (6) appeasement motives. We draw implications for researching fraud, organizational control, and ethics in accounting education.
Increased white blood cell in young adults with family histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders
Authors: Mithaiwala Mustafa N. , Phillips Nikki S. , Nguyen Dylan H. , Beehler Melanie S. , Ballard Harrison S. , Vincent Andrea S. , Lovallo William R. , Kochunov Peter , Hong L. Elliot , O'Connor Jason C. , Cole Steve , Acheson Ashley 
Published: November 2024

AbstractIndividuals with a family history of alcohol or other substance use disorders (FH+) are at increased risk for developing alcohol and other substance use disorders (AUD/SUD) compared to individuals with no such family histories (FH−). FH+ young adults have blunted stress reactivity, lower cognitive performance and altered frontal white matter microstructure compared to FH− controls. We hypothesized that family history of AUD/SUD disrupts neuroendocrine regulation of the immune system in FH+ individuals, resulting in altered blood immune cell composition, inflammation and neurocognitive alterations that, ultimately, increases risk for AUD/SUD and associated psychopathology. We examined white blood cell (WBC) parameters derived from complete blood counts in FH+ (n = 37) and FH− (n = 77) young adults without AUD/SUD to test if immune system dysregulation is present in FH+ individuals. The total WBC count, number of neutrophils and number of monocytes and associated systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI) were significantly increased in the FH+ group. Further, WBC, neutrophil, monocyte counts and SIRI values were all positively correlated with FH density (number of biological parents and grandparents with AUD/SUD). These novel data are the first to identify an association between family history of AUD/SUD and increased circulating leukocytes, which is likely indicative of immune dysregulation in FH+ young adults prior to onset of AUD/SUD. Additional studies are warranted to characterize the functional relevance of the observed immune cell composition in FH+ individuals, but the notion that inexpensive and widely available blood tests may help identify addiction risk could be transformative.
CEO Ability and ESG Responsibility Fulfillment
Authors: Liang Lin , Li Yan 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTDrawing on the upper echelon theory, this paper explores the relationship between CEO ability and ESG responsibility fulfillment. Based on this, it further explores the mediating role of organizational resilience and the moderating role of environmental uncertainty. Using data from Chinese A‐share‐listed manufacturing companies from 2010 to 2020, we find that CEO ability promotes ESG responsibility fulfillment, and organizational resilience mediates this relationship. Furthermore, the promotion effect of CEO ability on ESG responsibility fulfillment through organizational resilience is stronger under high environmental uncertainty. Additionally, the influence of CEO ability on ESG responsibility fulfillment is more pronounced in non‐state‐owned enterprises and low environmental sensitivity industries. Our study opens the “black box” of the mechanism between CEO ability and ESG responsibility fulfillment and provides practical implications for organizations, managers, and policymakers to promote ESG responsibility fulfillment.
An enemy's enemy is an ally: Competitive indirect interactions mediate coexistence of trees, grasses, and subshrubs in neotropical savanna
Authors: Giroldo A. B. , Scariot A. , Ferreira J. B. , Moser P. , Lima I. L. P. , Hoffmann W. A. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractSavannas are complex ecosystems where multiple growth forms, including grasses, trees, and subshrubs, coexist through intricate ecological interactions. Understanding the mechanisms that promote this coexistence is key to conserving savanna biodiversity. This study investigated the effects of grass competition on the survival and growth of trees and subshrubs, as well as the interactions between these two growth forms. Using three species of trees and three species of subshrubs, we conducted a greenhouse experiment to assess how competition between trees and subshrubs is influenced by the presence of grass. We found that grass competition significantly reduced the survival of tree seedlings, while subshrubs were unaffected. When trees and subshrubs competed directly, subshrub biomass was reduced, but only in the absence of grass. Tree seedling biomass was not affected by subshrubs, but was negatively impacted by grass in the absence of subshrubs. Both root and stem biomass of trees and subshrubs were reduced by grass competition; however, this effect was mitigated when grasses, subshrubs, and trees competed simultaneously. These results indicate that when grasses, subshrubs, and trees compete together, the intensity of competition is reduced, promoting coexistence and contributing to the balance of growth forms in savanna ecosystems. While fire is an important factor in savanna dynamics, our study emphasizes the critical role of competition in maintaining this balance. Future studies should explore how fire and competition interact to further our understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem function in Neotropical savannas.Abstract in Portuguese is available with online material.
Effects of forest conversion into cashew orchards on seed‐ and fruit‐animal interaction rates in West Africa
Authors: Nhassé Isnaba , Oliveira Raquel , Mone Daniel Na , Soares João , Lopes‐Lima Manuel , Palmeirim Ana Filipa 
Published: November 2024

AbstractWe quantified seed removal and artificial fruit‐animal interaction rates in forests and cashew orchards, in Guinea‐Bissau, to understand whether the effects of land‐use change extend into ecosystem functions. We found higher removal rates of pumpkin seeds in the forests, where rodents were more often involved in the seed removal events.
Current status and future direction of cancer research using artificial intelligence for clinical application
Authors: Hamamoto Ryuji , Komatsu Masaaki , Yamada Masayoshi , Kobayashi Kazuma , Takahashi Masamichi , Miyake Mototaka , Jinnai Shunichi , Koyama Takafumi , Kouno Nobuji , Machino Hidenori , Takahashi Satoshi , Asada Ken , Ueda Naonori , Kaneko Syuzo 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe expectations for artificial intelligence (AI) technology have increased considerably in recent years, mainly due to the emergence of deep learning. At present, AI technology is being used for various purposes and has brought about change in society. In particular, the rapid development of generative AI technology, exemplified by ChatGPT, has amplified the societal impact of AI. The medical field is no exception, with a wide range of AI technologies being introduced for basic and applied research. Further, AI‐equipped software as a medical device (AI‐SaMD) is also being approved by regulatory bodies. Combined with the advent of big data, data‐driven research utilizing AI is actively pursued. Nevertheless, while AI technology has great potential, it also presents many challenges that require careful consideration. In this review, we introduce the current status of AI‐based cancer research, especially from the perspective of clinical application, and discuss the associated challenges and future directions, with the aim of helping to promote cancer research that utilizes effective AI technology.