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Worker representation and temporary employment in Germany
Authors: Addison John T. , Teixeira Paulino , Grunau Philipp , Bellmann Lutz 
Published: October 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of key labor institutions on the occurrence and extent of temporary employment.Design/methodology/approachIn a new departure, this study uses a zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) model given that most establishments are non-users of either fixed-term contracts (FTCs) or temporary agency workers.FindingsThis study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the use and intensity of use of FTCs and temporary agency work. There is a little indication that these variables are correlated with the use/non-use of either type of temporary work, especially in the case of FTCs. Collective bargaining displays different relationships with their intensity of use: a negative association for sectoral bargaining and FTCs and the converse for firm-level bargaining and agency temps. Of more interest, however, is the covariation between the number of temporary employees and the interaction between works councils and product market volatility. The intensity of use of agency temps (FTCs) is predicted to rise (fall) as volatility increases whenever a works council is present. These disparities require further investigation but most likely reflect differences in function, with agency work being more directed toward the protection of an arguably shrinking core and fixed-term contacts encountering resistance to their increased use as a buffer stock. The two types of temporary employment are seemingly non-complementary, an interpretation that receives support from the study’s further analysis of FTC flow data.Research limitations/implicationsThe non-complementarity of the two types of contract is the hallmark of this paper.Originality/valueThe first study to deploy a ZINB model to examine both the occurrence and incidence of temporary work.
Public resources allocation using an uncertain cooperative game among vulnerable groups
Authors: Liang Pei , Hu Junhua , Liu Yongmei , Chen Xiaohong 
Published: October 2018

PurposeThis paper aims to solve the problem of public resource allocation among vulnerable groups by proposing a new method called uncertainα-coordination value based on uncertain cooperative game.Design/methodology/approachFirst, explicit forms of uncertain Shapley value with Chouqet integral form and uncertain centre-of-gravity of imputation-set (CIS) value are defined separately on the basis of uncertainty theory and cooperative game. Then, a convex combination of the two values above called the uncertainα-coordination value is used as the best solution. This study proves that the proposed methods meet the basic properties of cooperative game.FindingsThe uncertainα-coordination value is used to solve a public medical resource allocation problem in fuzzy coalitions and uncertain payoffs. Compared with other methods, theα-coordination value can solve such problem effectively because it balances the worries of vulnerable group’s further development and group fairness.Originality/valueIn this paper, an extension of classical cooperative game called uncertain cooperative game is proposed, in which players choose any level of participation in a game and relate uncertainty with the value of the game. A new function called uncertainα-Coordination value is proposed to allocate public resources amongst vulnerable groups in an uncertain environment, a topic that has not been explored yet. The definitions of uncertain Shapley value with Choquet integral form and uncertainCISvalue are proposed separately to establish uncertainα-Coordination value.
Rehearsing resilience(and beyond)
Authors: Ryland Megan , Scholte Tom 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to demonstrate the value of forum theatre as a means to promote second-order awareness of workplace conflict and to further pragmatise cyber-systemic awareness to a wider public.

Design/methodology/approach
A blended methodology rooted in grounded theory and action research is used to assess the individual learning of participants in a forum theatre intensive studying workplace conflict. The results are then briefly theorised through the lens of second-order cybernetics.

Findings
Data indicate significant growth in self, other and context awareness among participants. All three of these competencies can reasonably be considered components of second-order observation.

Research limitations/implications
The sample size thus far is, because of the time and resource constraints of the project, quite small, but the results strongly suggest a “proof of concept” that invites further study.

Practical implications
Institutions of various types that experience workplace conflict may be inspired to use similar methods. Cyberneticians and system scientists may also wish to avail themselves of these methods to communicate fundamental cyber-systemic concepts to a wider public.

Social implications
Buoyed by an empirical demonstration of its effectiveness in facilitating greater self-reflection and alternative action in situations of conflict, a wider uptake of forum theatre technique (and the cyber-systemic concepts entailed), can make a significant contribution to the resolution/dissolution of a variety of conflicts across society.

Originality/value
This is the only empirical investigation of the outcomes of forum theatre known to the authors. It is certainly unique in its second-order cybernetic framework.
Preparation of the polymerizable titania oriented to 3D printing and the laser-induced crystallization
Authors: Liu Feng , Xie Shaoai , Wang Yan , Yu Jianjun , Meng Qinghua 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
The titania (titanium dioxide) is one of the important functional additives in the photosensitive resin and encounters the problem of stabilization in the photosensitive resin for 3D printing. This study aims to achieve enhancement in stabilization by preparation of the polymerizable titania and in situ laser-induced crystallization during 3D printing.

Design/methodology/approach
A type of polymerizable titania (AAEM@TiO2) was designed and prepared from tetrabutyl titanate (TBT) and 2-(acetoacetoxy)ethyl methacrylate (AAEM) via the sol–gel process, which was characterized by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectra, ultraviolet–visible (UV-Vis) spectra, surface bonding efficiency (SBE) and settling height (H). AAEM acted on both bonding to the titania and polymerization with the monomer in resin for stabilization. The polymerizable titania could be converted to the pigmented titania by means of laser-induced crystallization. The photosensitive resin was then formulated on the basis of optimization and used in a stereolithography apparatus (SLA) for 3D printing.

Findings
The stabilization effect of AAEM on TiO2 was achieved and the mechanism of competition in the light-consuming reactions during photocuring was proposed. The ratio of nAAEM/nTBT in AAEM@TiO2, the concentration of AAEM@TiO2 and photoinitiator (PI) used in the photosensitive resin were optimized. The anatase crystal form was indicated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and clustering of nanocrystals was revealed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) after SLA 3D printing.

Originality/value
This investigation provides a novel method of pigmentation by preparation of the polymerizable titania and in situ laser-induced crystallization for SLA 3D printing.
Direct rapid manufacturing of molds with conformal cooling channels
Authors: Shinde Mahesh S. , Ashtankar Kishor Mahadeorao , Kuthe Abhaykumar M. , Dahake Sandeep W. , Mawale Mahesh B. 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
This review paper aims to provide an overview of applications of direct rapid manufacturing assisted mold with conformal cooling channels (CCCs) and shows the potential of this technique in different manufacturing processes.

Design/methodology/approach
Key publications from the past two decades have been reviewed.

Findings
This study concludes that direct rapid manufacturing technique plays a dominant role in the manufacturing of mold with complicated CCC structure which helps to improve the quality of final part and productivity. The outcome based on literature review and case study strongly suggested that in the near future direct rapid manufacturing method might become standard procedure in various manufacturing processes for fabrication of complex CCCs in the mold.

Practical implications
Advanced techniques such as computer-aided design, computer-aided engineering simulation and direct rapid manufacturing made it possible to easily fabricate the effective CCC in the mold in various manufacturing processes.

Originality/value
This paper is beneficial to study the direct rapid manufacturing technique for development of the mold with CCC and its applications in different manufacturing processes.
An empirical analysis of supply and manufacturing risk and business performance: a Chinese manufacturing supply chain perspective
Authors: Kumar Vikas , Bak Ozlem , Guo Ruizhi , Shaw Sarah Louise , Colicchia Claudia , Garza-Reyes Jose Arturo , Kumari Archana 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
This study aims to explore the importance and impact of supply and manufacturing risk management upon business performance within the context of Chinese manufacturing supply chains.

Design/methodology/approach
A two-phased multi-method approach was adopted, which included a survey questionnaire to practitioners in Chinese manufacturing supply chains followed by semi-structured interviews. The findings included 103 valid survey responses complemented by six semi-structured interviews.

Findings
The results indicate that in Chinese manufacturing context supply risk and manufacturing risk management are both vital for business performance. A high correlation between business and manufacturing risk management performance exists; however, no significant impact of supplier dependency, systematic purchasing, maturity of production and supply chain and human resources was found despite previously these elements being regarded as key influencers for supply and manufacturing risk management performance. The Chinese manufacturing supply chain indicated that elements such as the supplier and customer orientation, flexibility, manufacturing and supply risk highly connotes with business performance.

Practical implications
In the current unpredictable and volatile business environment, the competitiveness of manufacturing supply chains to a large extent depend on their ability to identify, assess and manage the manufacturing and supply risks. The findings of this study will assist supply chain managers in taking decision on manufacturing and supply risk management and reducing the uncertainty upon their business performance.

Originality/value
The supply chain risk has been widely explored within the context of individual case studies, or standalone models focusing on either supply or manufacturing risk in supply chains; however, to what extent this has been applicable to a wider context and its impact upon business process has not been explored. Hence, this study simultaneously has analysed manufacturing risk and supply risk and its impact upon Chinese manufacturing supply chains business performance. Moreover, this study uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, which is often limited in this area. Finally, the institutional theory lens offers novel insights in better understanding the factors that can affect the impact of supply and manufacturing risk management upon business performance in those contexts, such as China, where the institutional aspect presents specific features.
Retooling leadership development
Authors: Couch Michael A. , Citrin Richard 
Published: October 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to describes how properly designed and executed leadership development can make a difference, an approach the authors call intentional development.

Design methodology/approach
By building unique connections among recent advancements in human capital management and neuroscience, this paper proposes the components that any organization can use to significantly improve the return on their investment in leadership development.

Findings
It is estimated that US companies spend over US$13bn annually on leadership development. Match that number to the abundant research that finds most leadership development to be ineffective, and the conclusion is a phenomenal amount of waste. The situation does not need to be that dire.

Originality/value
Following the practices of yesterday are not sufficient to build leaders needed for now and the future. It is time to retool leadership development.
The Quiet Revolution? The Labour Party and Welfare Conditionality
Authors: Sage Daniel 
Published: October 2018

AbstractLabour's 2017 general election manifesto contained a pledge to ‘end the punitive sanctions regime’ in the British welfare state. Whilst the specific implications of this pledge were not elaborated, such a policy would nevertheless constitute a profound break with a welfare consensus spanning over twenty years. The depth of the suggested changes on welfare are also evident in the scale of reform proposed to disability benefits, as well as plans—confirmed in August 2018 by the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell—to pilot universal basic income. Collectively, these policies would seemingly be deeply at odds with public opinion on the benefits system, which over the course of the last two decades has significantly hardened. Yet despite the seemingly radical and controversial nature of the policy, it received very little media or public attention during the election campaign. This article explores Labour's ‘quiet revolution’ on welfare, examining whether Labour's new welfare approach is indeed a bold attempt to reshape public opinion on welfare or, alternatively, a mostly pragmatic reaction to changing social attitudes. The argument presented is that whilst there are persuasive explanations that Labour is responding to a change in the public mood, there is also evidence of a more ambitious goal at stake: the aim of reshaping, not simply responding to, public opinion on the welfare state.
Groups and individuals: conformity and diversity in the performance of gendered identities
Authors: Evans Robert , Collins Harry , Weinel Martin , Lyttleton‐Smith Jennifer , O'Mahoney Hannah , Leonard‐Clarke Willow 
Published: October 2018

AbstractThe nature and role of social groups is a central tension in sociology. On the one hand, the idea of a group enables sociologists to locate and describe individuals in terms of characteristics that are shared with others. On the other, emphasizing the fluidity of categories such as gender or ethnicity undermines their legitimacy as ways of classifying people and, by extension, the legitimacy of categorization as a goal of sociological research. In this paper, we use a new research method known as the Imitation Game to defend the social group as a sociological concept. We show that, despite the diversity of practices that may be consistent with self‐identified membership of a group, there are also shared normative expectations – typically narrower in nature than the diversity displayed by individual group members – that shape the ways in which category membership can be discussed with, and performed to, others. Two claims follow from this. First, the Imitation Game provides a way of simultaneously revealing both the diversity and ‘groupishness’ of social groups. Second, that the social group, in the quasi‐Durkheimian sense of something that transcends the individual, remains an important concept for sociology.
Firm Valuation Over Lifecycle: A Perspective on Growth Option
Authors: Liu Hao , Li Qiang , Zeng Yong 
Published: October 2018

AbstractThis paper investigates the roles of the dynamic of growth options in determining possible change trends of firm valuation over a firm's lifecycle. The theoretical results show that the gradual exercising of endowed growth options will cause a downward trend of firm valuation over lifecycle, while the creating of new growth options can mitigate the downward trend. In particular, there may be an upward trend of firm valuation for firms able to continually create growth options over time. The evidence on 2354 Chinese listed firms during the period of 1998–2015 supports theoretical predictions well.
The evolving role of neuro‐immune interaction in brain repair after cerebral ischemic stroke
Authors: Wang Xin , Xuan Wei , Zhu Zi‐Yu , Li Yan , Zhu Hao , Zhu Ling , Fu Dan‐Yun , Yang Li‐Qun , Li Pei‐Ying , Yu Wei‐Feng 
Published: October 2018

SummaryStroke is the world's leading cause of disability with limited brain repair treatments which effectively improve long‐term neurological deficits. The neuroinflammatory responses persist into the late repair phase of stroke and participate in all brain repair elements, including neurogenesis, angiogenesis, synaptogenesis, remyelination and axonal sprouting, shedding new light on post–stroke brain recovery. Resident brain glial cells, such as astrocytes not only contribute to neuroinflammation after stroke, but also secrete a wide range of trophic factors that can promote post–stroke brain repair. Alternatively, activated microglia, monocytes, and neutrophils in the innate immune system, traditionally considered as major damaging factors after stroke, have been suggested to be extensively involved in brain repair after stroke. The adaptive immune system may also have its bright side during the late regenerative phase, affecting the immune suppressive regulatory T cells and B cells. This review summarizes the recent findings in the evolving role of neuroinflammation in multiple post–stroke brain repair mechanisms and poses unanswered questions that may generate new directions for future research and give rise to novel therapeutic targets to improve stroke recovery.
Governing trade‐offs in ecosystem services and disservices to achieve human–wildlife coexistence
Authors: Ceauşu Silvia , Graves Rose A. , Killion Alexander K. , Svenning Jens‐Christian , Carter Neil H. 
Published: October 2018

AbstractSustaining wildlife populations, which provide both ecosystem services and disservices, represents a worldwide conservation challenge. The ecosystem services and Ostrom's social–ecological systems frameworks have been adopted across natural and social sciences to characterize benefits from nature. Despite their generalizability, individually they do not include explicit tools for addressing the sustainable management of many wildlife populations. For instance, Ostrom's framework does not specifically address competing perspectives on wildlife, whereas the ecosystem services framework provides a limited representation of the social and governance context wherein such competing perspectives are embedded. We developed a unified social–ecological framework of ecosystem disservices and services (SEEDS) that advances both frameworks by explicitly acknowledging the importance of competing wildlife perspectives embedded in the social and governance contexts. The SEEDS framework emulates the hierarchical structure of Ostrom's social–ecological systems, but adds subsystems reflecting heterogeneous stakeholder views and experiences of wildlife‐based services and disservices. To facilitate operationalizing SEEDS and further broader analyses across human–wildlife systems, we devised a list of variables to describe SEEDS subsystems, such as types and level of services and disservices, cost and benefit sharing, and social participation of stakeholders. Steps to implement SEEDS involve engaging local communities and stakeholders to define the subsystems, analyze interactions and outcomes, and identify leverage points and actions to remedy unwanted outcomes. These steps connect SEEDS with other existing approaches in social–ecological research and can guide analyses across systems or within individual systems to provide new insights and management options for sustainable human–wildlife coexistence.
Riddles in the dark: Assessing diversity patterns for cryptic subterranean fauna of the Pilbara
Authors: Mokany Karel , Harwood Thomas D. , Halse Stuart A. , Ferrier Simon 
Published: October 2018

AbstractAimSpatial modelling can provide new understanding of patterns in biodiversity and help inform policy, planning and management decisions. However, for many taxa, in many regions, issues with currently available biological data curtail the application of spatial biodiversity models. Here we develop techniques to model spatial patterns of diverse subterranean invertebrate fauna (troglofauna and stygofauna) in the Pilbara region, to better inform biodiversity planning and management for these groups. In this context, the available data are highly biased in their distribution, with specimens often identified only at coarse taxonomic resolution, and individual community surveys sampling a relatively small proportion of the total assemblage at a location.LocationPilbara bioregion, NW Australia.MethodsTo overcome the challenges presented by the subterranean fauna data sets, we developed a community‐level spatial biodiversity modelling framework, and applied this to model and project patterns in species richness and compositional turnover, for both troglofauna and stygofauna, using fine‐resolution (~30 m) environmental layers.ResultsWhile there was a large amount of inherent noise in the collated data, our spatial models detected potential environmental drivers of community diversity that align with existing knowledge. For troglofauna, species richness was associated with iron‐bearing geologies, while community compositional turnover was most strongly related to geographic distance. For stygofauna, groundwater depth was the primary predictor for richness and turnover, alongside other physicochemical groundwater attributes. We identified areas of high biodiversity significance by combining richness and turnover predictions.Main ConclusionsThe spatial projections from our biodiversity models indicate the importance of the central Hamersley Range in harbouring unique and diverse subterranean assemblages. These models and projections provide an advanced platform for various biodiversity assessments, including identifying priorities for new surveys, and assessing the likely impacts of proposed development activities on the long‐term persistence of subterranean species in the Pilbara.