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The story of project-based action learning (PAL)
Authors: Law Kris M.Y. , Chuah K.B. 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
Since the late 1980s, the concepts of organizational learning (OL) and learning organization (LO) has prospered and been advocated as an effective strategy for organizational excellence. However, there was a lack of systematic documentation or cases reported proving the sustaining effect of OL. The purpose of this paper is to present a successful 15-year OL case in China, with which to prove PAL is a sustainable vehicle for OL.

Design/methodology/approach
This study documents a 15-year successful journey of a project-based action learning (PAL) driven OL setting in a multinational high-tech manufacturing company in China. The case study has been focusing on the progress of the four pillars in the PAL framework (i.e. policy and strategy; learning facilitation; resources and technology; and performance management) throughout the 15-year journey. Besides secondary data collection, on-site interviews with participants and the management of the company were carried out.

Findings
From this longitudinal case study, it can be seen that the four pillars form a very robust infrastructure supporting PAL for driving OL within the company. Each pillar is indispensable and evolves according to the needs of the others. Both management and learning team members perceived that PAL is an effective tool to drive OL within the case company.

Originality/value
This paper presents a unique15-year longitudinal examination of a successful OL story in a high-tech company in China, through the adoption of the PAL driven framework and the evolutionary road of the associated parts. While successful, this paper is considered as a “stage” summary of the long range road of OL adoption, with PAL proven to be a sustainable OL vehicle.
Integrating internal branding antecedents, customer and job satisfaction in the public sector
Authors: Eid Riyad , Al Zaabi Amna , Alzahmi Rashed , Elsantil Yasmeen 
Published: July 2019

PurposeThe implementation of marketing concepts to the public sector is still a relatively new topic for researchers and practitioners. Moreover, although branding has become more prominent in the public sector, its role with employees is under explored. Following a review of internal branding and marketing literature in the private sector, the purpose of this study is enrich and contribute to the internal branding concept and the literature by expanding its insightful knowledge beyond that of the Western school of thought to the UAE government sector.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on a quantitative survey conducted among 304 public sector employees. These were measured on a five-point Likert scale. To test the model and the hypothesized relationships among the constructs of the model, structural equation modeling was used.FindingsThe strength of the relationship between the constructs indicates that features of the suggested internal branding model are crucial to achieving both employee and customer satisfaction in the public sector.Originality/valueThis study provides new theoretical grounds for studying internal branding in the public sector. It also supplies public sector organizations with a number of operative factors that may be essential if they are to provide enhanced satisfaction to public needs. It further contributes to the existing body of knowledge by expanding its knowledge beyond the Western school of thoughts as the study is about a non-Western government culture. Finally, it is probably the first to provide an integrative perspective of internal branding constructs in the public sector.
Does humility facilitate knowledge sharing? Investigating the role of humble knowledge inquiry and response
Authors: Anand Amitabh , Walsh Isabelle , Moffett Sandra 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
Despite the strong focus on virtues in firms, humility is little recognized in the management literature and, more particularly in the literature about knowledge sharing (KS). Despite efforts to foster KS among employees in firms, the effectiveness of this process narrows down to the dyadic relationship between the knowledge seeker and provider within firm. This paper aims to investigate the role of humility in the KS process in dyadic activity.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors undertake an exploratory investigation to fill some of the gaps found in the literature. The paper draws insights from psychology, history, religion, current events and management literature.

Findings
The authors identify several individual propensities that help predict humility towards sharing knowledge from seeker (humble knowledge-inquiry) and provider perspectives (humble response). They propose a new conceptual process model of KS with humility as an important variable to consider. This work highlights several promising directions for future research.

Originality/value
As per the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper that investigates the role of humility in knowledge sharing from dyadic perspective. The authors also introduce concepts of humble knowledge inquiry and humble response in a dyadic context for effective knowledge sharing process.
Fraud interpretation and disclaimer audit opinion
Authors: Malau Walter Cameron , Ohalehi Paschal , Badr Eldin Soha , Yekini Kemi 
Published: July 2019

PurposeFinancial transactions fraud (FTF) and financial statements fraud (FSF) grew exponentially during the past decades coupled with complex and sophisticated technological developments. This study aims to investigate the practitioners’ interpretation of fraud with recurring audit issues in the disclaimer audit opinions (DAOs) reports within the Solomon Islands public sector (SIPS).Design/methodology/approachThe empirical study involves qualitative data analysis. The analysis alongside theoretical developments is informed by the “fraud triangle” theory.FindingsThe research results revealed the practitioners’ acknowledgement of FSF, FTF and fraud in the SIPS, as generally prevalent and aligned to some components of the fraud triangle theory. This study is sceptic about the good intentions of the International Public-Sector Accounting Standards –Cash-basis framework and favours the Provincial Government Act 1997 and the Public Finance Management Act 2013 requirements. It further suggests that fraud is positively linked to repeated audited report issues and the executive management when DAOs issues appear repeatedly in annual audit reports.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on fraud and attempts to link the interpretation of fraud with recurring audit issues in the DAOs reports in the SIPS. It views fraud awareness and knowledge from the perspective of the audit practitioner. There is an increasing need to understand how fraud knowledge impacts decision making and the actions of auditors and others, an area that is underdeveloped.
Cybersecurity in accounting research
Authors: Haapamäki Elina , Sihvonen Jukka 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
This paper aims to update the cybersecurity-related accounting literature by synthesizing 39 recent theoretical and empirical studies on the topic. Furthermore, the paper provides a set of categories into which the studies fit.

Design/methodology/approach
This is a synthesis paper that summarizes the research literature on cybersecurity, introducing knowledge from the extant research and revealing areas requiring further examination.

Findings
This synthesis identifies a research framework that consists of the following research themes: cybersecurity and information sharing, cybersecurity investments, internal auditing and controls related to cybersecurity, disclosure of cybersecurity activities and security threats and security breaches.

Practical implications
Academics, practitioners and the public would benefit from a research framework that categorizes the research topics related to cybersecurity in the accounting field. This type of analysis is vital to enhance the understanding of the academic research on cybersecurity and can be used to support the identification of new lines for future research.

Originality/value
This is the first literature analysis of cybersecurity in the accounting field, and it has significant implications for research and practice by detailing, for example, the benefits of and obstacles to information sharing. This synthesis also highlights the importance of the model for cybersecurity investments. Further, the review emphasizes the role of internal auditing and controls to improve cybersecurity.
Appreciating collaborative service improvement – a case study on using appreciative inquiry methodology in co-production in mental health
Authors: Dent Nicholas 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the value of appreciative inquiry (AI) methodology in enabling co-productive work within mental health service development.

Design/methodology/approach
The methodology of AI is described and observations on its use in mental health service improvement are considered.

Findings
AI is a really helpful tool in supporting service improvement and is particularly applicable in mental health discussions involving service users and carers. Many service users and carers engaging with service development discussions have had adverse past experiences which can inhibit their successful contribution to planning discussions. AI allows a more positive reflection on how services can be improved which can help achieve positive results.

Research limitations/implications
AI methodology is a really useful tool in supporting improvement discussions across health, and other public, services, and is particularly valuable in engaging mental health service users and carers in such activity.

Practical implications
The method is useful across service development needs and could be developed to support mental health service improvement locally, regionally and nationally. Developing the use of this method could make a real contribution to improving relations between service users, carers and health staff and support meaningful and positive change in the delivery of mental health services.

Social implications
Helping to overcome dissonance between service users and carers, and health staff and commissioners; and developing the use of appreciative enquiry could enhance the value of co-production as a key driver for service improvement.

Originality/value
The author is aware of little discussion of the value of appreciative enquiry in the growing literature around co-production in mental health.
Degree of free cash flow leverage
Authors: Aharon David Yecham , Kroll Yoram , Riff Sivan 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
This paper aims to forgo the conventional (degree of operating leverage) risk measure by replacing elasticity of operating profits with respect to output with elasticity of free cash flow (FCF) with respect to optimal output and by considering exogenous random demand shocks for the firm’s products as a source of risk.

Design/methodology/approach
The elasticity risk measure accounts for corporate taxes and the cost of bankruptcy. The methodology is selecting optimal level of production investment and capital structure to generate efficient frontier of expected FCF and its risk in terms of its elasticity with respect to output.

Findings
The risk measure leads to efficient frontier between expected FCF and its idiosyncratic managerial risk. The model also resolves the empirical debate on the tradeoff between operating and financial leverages.

Originality/value
It is the first elasticity risk measure that embodied the impact of future level of capital expenditure, total level of assets and their sensitivity to random shocks in the product market.
Investigations of tribodynamic characteristics of chrome steel pin against plain and textured surface cast iron discs in lubricated conditions
Authors: Lal Roop , Singh R.C. 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper was to carry out an experimental study to investigate tribodynamics at the interface of chrome steel pin with the plain and textured surface cast iron discs in a fully flooded condition.

Design/methodology/approach
A friction and wear tester (tribometer) was used for conducting the experiment at different operating parameters. Lubricating oil used in this experiment was SAE-15W40, which directly supplied at the interface and ensured a fully flooded lubricating condition. Measurements of different parameters, such as friction coefficient, the rate of wear, the amplitude of vibration, rise in temperature and intensity of sound, were considered at different loads. The input parameters were taken in a range viz. Loads from 1.9 MPa to 3.1 MPa, sliding speeds from 2 to 10 m/s and distance travelled ranged from 1000 to 5000 m.

Findings
In the investigation, it was found that there was a decrease in friction coefficient and wear rate at the interface formed by the chrome steel pin with textured surface cast iron disc when compared with friction coefficient and wear rate at the interface formed by the chrome steel pin and the plain surface disc of cast iron.

Originality/value
Also, it was inferred that temperature, vibration and noise level, at the interface formed by the chrome steel pin and plain surface cast iron disc, increased, which governed the interface stability. The novelty of this investigation lies in the identification of the parameters on which interface stability depends.
Long‐Term Safety and Efficacy of JR‐131, a Biosimilar of Darbepoetin Alfa, in Japanese Patients With Renal Anemia Undergoing Hemodialysis: Phase 3 Prospective Study
Authors: Nishi Shinichi , Yamada Masayuki , Tsuruya Kazuhiko , Masakane Ikuto , Nakamoto Hidetomo 
Published: July 2019

AbstractThe objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of JR‐131, a biosimilar of darbepoetin alfa, for long‐term treatment of renal anemia patients undergoing hemodialysis. In this multicenter, single‐arm, phase 3 study, 159 patients with renal anemia who had been receiving darbepoetin alfa or recombinant human erythropoietins were treated with intravenous JR‐131 for 52 weeks. In patients receiving darbepoetin alfa, JR‐131 was administered at the same dose, while in patients receiving recombinant human erythropoietin the dose was determined based on the 1:200 conversion ratio following the Japanese darbepoetin alfa package insert. No notable adverse drug reactions were reported, and no anti‐JR‐131 antibodies were detected. The hemoglobin levels were maintained in the range of 10.0–12.0 g/dL throughout the study. JR‐131 proved to be a useful and lower‐cost alternative to darbepoetin alfa in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing hemodialysis.
Identifying the spatiotemporal clusters of plague occurrences in China during the Third Pandemic
Authors: SUN Zhe , ZHANG Zhibin , LIU Qiyong , LYU Baolei , FANG Xiye , WANG Shuchun , XU Jianguo , XU Lei , XU Bing 
Published: July 2019

AbstractPlague, a devastating infectious disease caused by Yersinia pestis, has killed millions of people in the past and is still active in the natural foci of the world today. Understanding the spatiotemporal patterns of plague outbreaks in history is critically important, as it may help to facilitate prevention and control of potential future outbreaks. In this study, we explored spatiotemporal clusters of human plague occurrences in China using a machine‐learning clustering method and reconstructed the potential transmission pattern during the Third Pandemic (1772–1964). We succeeded in identifying 6 clusters in the space domain (2D) and 13 clusters in the spatiotemporal domain (3D). Our results suggest that there were several temporal outbreaks and transmissions of plague in different spatial clusters. Together with the spatiotemporal nearest neighbor approach (ST‐NNA), this method could allow us to have a clearer look at the spatiotemporal patterns of plague.
Adaptive Management and Climate Change Adaptation: Two Mutually Beneficial Areas of Practice
Authors: Marmorek David , Nelitz Marc , Eyzaguirre Jimena , Murray Carol , Alexander Clint 
Published: July 2019

AbstractAdaptive management (AM) is a rigorous approach to implementing, monitoring, and evaluating actions, so as to learn and adjust those actions. Existing AM projects are at risk from climate change, and current AM guidance does not provide adequate methods to deal with this risk. Climate change adaptation (CCA) is an approach to plan and implement actions to reduce risks from climate variability and climate change, and to exploit beneficial opportunities. AM projects could be made more resilient to extreme climate events by applying the principles and procedures of CCA. To test this idea, we analyze the effects of extreme climatic events on five existing AM projects focused on ecosystem restoration and species recovery, in the Russian, Trinity, Okanagan, Platte, and Missouri River Basins. We examine these five case studies together to generate insights on how integrating CCA principles and practices into their design and implementation could improve their sustainability, despite significant technical and institutional challenges, particularly at larger scales. Although climate change brings substantial risks to AM projects, it may also provide opportunities, including creating new habitats, increasing the ability to quickly test flow‐habitat hypotheses, stimulating improvements in watershed management and water conservation, expanding the use of real‐time tools for flow management, and catalyzing creative application of CCA principles and procedures.
Context and technology use: Opportunities and challenges of the situated perspective in technology acceptance research
Authors: Lemay David John , Doleck Tenzin , Bazelais Paul 
Published: July 2019

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of the situative perspective in understanding technology acceptance. Briefly, this is the position that holds technology acceptance is influenced by the context of use, which determines the situations and activities in which the technology is employed. Specifically, we review the literature studying the relationship between political engagement and social media use. We examine the link between individuals' political beliefs and political engagement on their acceptance and use of social media extending the core factors of the technology acceptance model. Using a sample drawn from a pre‐university college physics program, we test a structural path model, using WarpPLS, and reproduce the oft‐reported link between social media use and political engagement and showing that social media use for political engagement influences individuals' perceptions of social media technology. These results are interpreted with respect to the situative perspective, specifically, we employ the ecological psychology notion of affordances to understand how social media technology is disrupting traditional political discourse and creating new forum for public discourse and political engagement. Our study demonstrates the value of considering the social dimension in understanding individuals' technology acceptance decisions and behaviors. Understanding the social dimension pf technology acceptance is necessary for modeling user technology acceptance and key to successful implementation initiatives and life cycle management of educational technologies.
Practitioner NotesWhat is already known about this topic

Using social media varies by individual characteristics and by instrumental use, creating different contexts of use, such as online political engagement.
What this paper adds

Using social media for political engagement influences perceptions of usefulness and ease of use.
A fuller account of technology acceptance must include social and affective determinants in addition to cognitive factors.
Implications for practice and/or policy

Understanding technology acceptance as a social process requires an account of the purposes and functions of technology within spheres of activity.
Thus, understanding the social dimension of technology acceptance appears key area of research for educational technologists working on implementation and life‐cycle management of educational technologies.
Escape from the Skinner Box: The case for contemporary intelligent learning environments
Authors: du Boulay Benedict 
Published: July 2019

AbstractIntelligent Tutoring systems (ITSs) and Intelligent Learning Environments (ILEs) have been developed and evaluated over the last 40 years. Recent meta‐analyses show that they perform well enough to act as effective classroom assistants under the guidance of a human teacher. Despite this success, they have been criticised as embodying a retrograde behaviourist technology. They have also been caught up in broader controversies about the role of Artificial Intelligence in society and about the entry of big data companies into the education market and the harvesting of learner data. This paper concentrates on rebutting the criticisms of the pedagogy of ITSs and ILEs. It offers examples of how a much wider range of pedagogies are available than their critics claim. These wider pedagogies operate at both the screen level of individual systems, as well as at the classroom level within which the systems are orchestrated by the teacher. It argues that there are many ways that such systems can be integrated by the teacher into the overall experience of a class. Taken together, the screen‐level and orchestration‐level dramatically enlarge the range of pedagogies beyond what was possible with the “Skinner Box.”
Round‐knit or flat‐knit compression garments for maintenance therapy of lymphedema of the leg? – Review of the literature and technical data
Authors: Reich‐Schupke Stefanie , Stücker Markus 
Published: July 2019

SummaryTo date, there have been no studies comparing flat‐knit and round‐knit compression garments for maintenance therapy of lymphedema of the leg. According to expert opinion, flat‐knit fabrics are generally recommended for this purpose. Given the differences in the clinical presentation of lymphedema in terms of disease stage and location as well as patient adherence, and, last but not least, for economic reasons, it seems questionable whether all patients with lymphedema of the leg actually do require flat‐knit compression garments.Considering technical aspects, published data and our own clinical experience, it seems reasonable that the choice of compression stockings be based on clinical findings and not on the diagnosis. Typical indications for flat‐knit garments include significant differences in leg circumference as well as deep skin folds and edema of the toes/forefoot. However, there are also patients with lymphedema who benefit from round‐knit fabrics with a high degree of stiffness. In any case, prior to maintenance therapy, it is essential to adequately decongest the legs using compression bandages and/or adaptive compression systems.
Fatigue and fracture analysis of a seven‐wire stainless steel strand under axial and bending loads
Authors: Erena Diego , Vázquez Valeo Jesús , Navarro Carlos , Domínguez Jaime 
Published: July 2019

AbstractFatigue failure of cables and strands is a common and complex problem. Failure is typically caused by different combinations of time‐variable bending and axial forces. In addition to these loads, contact stresses between wires may play an important role in the fatigue failure of cables. The present work aims to provide deep insight into the fatigue failure of a seven‐wire stainless steel strand subjected to a combination of variable axial and bending loads. To avoid side effects in the analysis, fatigue failure of the strand close to the clamps is prevented. Several tests were performed with a new device specifically designed to avoid failure near the clamps. Thus, failure is always produced at the middle length of the specimen. Test simulations were performed by employing the finite element method. The numerical results were validated via comparisons with experimental data. Finally, life prediction curves were obtained.