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Influence of coping, self-esteem and social support on undergraduate students’ emotional distress
Authors: Wongtongkam Nualnong 
Published: June 2019

PurposeEmotional distress, which includes stress, anxiety and depression, is considered a substantial mental health problem among university students because of its effects on academic achievement and well-being. The purpose of this paper is to examine levels of emotional distress, self-esteem, social support and coping methods and predicted emotional distress in undergraduate students across year levels in two semesters.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional study was conducted in a regional university with 117 and 118 students, respectively, the majority of whom were from the Faculty of Science. Announcements posted on the university website in two semesters were used to recruit convenience samples of participants who completed a battery of four self-administered questionnaires online.FindingsFindings showed significant differences across year levels for emotional distress total (F(2, 107)=3.90,p=0.02), and social support total (F(2, 107)=3.57,p=0.03), especially in semester 1. Almost all maladaptive coping approaches led to risk of heightened emotional distress in both semester cohorts, ranging from using self-distraction (adjusted OR=4.54) to denial (adjusted OR=32.05). Interestingly, the use of active coping and high self-esteem appeared as risk factors rather than protective factors for mental distress, adjusted ORs=11.27 and 8.46, respectively.Originality/valueAlthough adaptive coping skills did not alleviate students’ mental distress, encouraging students to use adaptive coping and social support may help students face the challenges of university life.
Materials consumption, indoor thermal comfort and associated energy flows of urban residential buildings
Authors: Peng Zhen , Deng Wu , Hong Yuanda 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
From the 2000s onward, construction practices of urban residential buildings in China have shown a material transformation from clay brick to aerated concrete block. Moreover, the consumption of insulating materials for buildings has been increasing due to the new requirements in building energy-saving standards. This transformation and the increased consumption of insulating materials might have a vital impact on a building’s thermal comfort and its associated energy flows. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the indoor thermal performance of urban residential buildings built with different materials and further discuss the correlations between indoor thermal comfort and the associated energy input.

Design/methodology/approach
This study investigated four residential buildings selected from four residential communities located in the cold climate zone of China. The Integrated Environment Solutions program was used to evaluate the thermal comfort levels and to quantify the operational energy consumption of the case study buildings. Additionally, the University of Bath’s Inventory of Carbon and Energy database was used to estimate the embodied energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

Findings
The study found that materials transition and increasing consumption did not necessarily improve indoor thermal comfort. However, the materials transition has significantly decreased the embodied energy consumption of urban residential buildings. Furthermore, the increased utilization of insulating materials has also decreased the heating and cooling energy consumption. Therefore, overall, the environmental impacts of urban residential buildings have been reduced significantly.

Practical implications
In the future, residential buildings completed in the 1990s will need regular maintenance, such as adding insulation. Residential buildings completed based on the latest energy-saving requirements should optimize their ventilation design, for example, by increasing the ventilation rate and by reducing solar heat gains in the summer.

Originality/value
This paper investigates the effects of the materials change on thermal comfort levels and the environmental impacts of urban residential buildings in the cold climate zone of China, as these have not been the focus of many previous studies.
Hotel profitability: a multilayer neural network approach
Authors: Lado-Sestayo Rubén , Vivel-Búa Milagros 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to design an algorithm to predict hotel profitability by means of deep learning techniques.

Design/methodology/approach
The methodology consists of a multi-layered neural network that includes a lag of profitability as the input. Furthermore, other input variables are related to hotel and tourist destinations; the raw data for hotel and tourist destinations were collected from multiple public access data sources.

Findings
The results show that the proposed model has a high predictive capacity of hotel profitability in all the years studied (2005-2011), according to the performance metrics evaluated within the sample. Thus, the authors can conclude that deep learning algorithms can be a useful tool to evaluate hotel performance.

Practical implications
The algorithm designed in this research could be of interest to improve decision-making processes related to profitability, for example, in evaluating the creation of new hotels. Moreover, the model provides a quick and efficient analyses that could be of interest to investors and lenders. In particular, they could compare investment alternatives in the hotel sector. Also, according to the results, the location variables are important determinants of hotel profitability, and consequently, hotel managers should collaborate with the tourist destination managers to improve profitability. From an internal perspective, hotel managers should focus on the management of human resources.

Originality/value
This paper is the first empirical study that predicts hotel profitability using deep learning techniques. In addition, this methodology is applied to analyse hotel profitability, for the first time, in the Spanish market. This market is an ideal analytical framework because of its heterogeneity with respect to hotel supply in terms of seasonality and coastal characteristics, among others.
Relationship between leader’s empathic disposition and authorization of idiosyncratic deals
Authors: Rao Bramhani , Kunja Sambashiva Rao 
Published: June 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between two sub-dimensions of a leader’s empathy (perspective-taking and empathic-concern) and successful authorization of idiosyncratic deals (developmental, location flexibility and schedule flexibility i-deals).Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling was conducted on the cross-sectional data collected from 307 managers working in software development and support companies located in major cities in India.FindingsWhile empathic-concern is positively related to successful authorization of both developmental and flexibility i-deals, perspective-taking related positively to authorization of developmental i-deals and showed no significant relationship with flexibility i-deals.Research limitations/implicationsThe study reiterates the importance of empathy in modern workplaces and encourages managers to be conscious of their intelligence, as well as emotions, while participating in negotiations at the workplace.Originality/valueThe paper relates i-deals to sub-dimensions of empathy which is a previously unexplored antecedent to i-deals.
Brand identification, cause-brand alliances and perceived cause controversy
Authors: Vahdati Yasamin , Voss Kevin E. 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which a cause-brand alliance (CBA) leads to improved attitude toward cause-brand alliance, which in turn leads to improved brand identification.

Design/methodology/approach
The approach uses a 2 × 2 × 2 between-subjects experimental design to examine the interaction effect of the brand ally, the non-profit ally, and the perception of cause controversy on a customer’s attitude toward the CBA, which in turn affects identification with the brand ally.

Findings
On average, customers’ perception of cause controversy influences attitude toward the CBA and subsequently the level of identification with the brand ally. When a non-profit organization is connected to a controversial issue, managerial options for building a successful CBA are more limited than when the non-profit is noncontroversial.

Research limitations/implications
We contribute to consumer learning theory in the context of CBA research by identifying an important boundary condition – perceived cause controversy. Perceived cause controversy impedes the customer’s learning about partners in CBA. Moreover, fit and cue consistency are separate constructs.

Practical implications
CBAs help build customer brand identification. Brand managers must include the customer’s perceived cause controversy, the ally’s unique information, and the customer’s attitude toward the nonprofit in the decision calculus. Brands have an opportunity to demonstrate corporate social responsibility and build identification by helping a less well-established nonprofit to build positive customer attitudes. If the non-profit is linked to controversy, this opportunity is constrained.

Originality/value
A boundary condition-perceived cause controversy influences how the partners in a CBA differentially influence the customer’s attitude toward the CBA and, ultimately, brand identification.
Email is evil!
Authors: Mahmoud Ali Bassam , Grigoriou Nicholas , Fuxman Leonora , Hack-Polay Dieu , Mahmoud Fatina Bassam , Yafi Eiad , Tehseen Shehnaz 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
This study aims to assess consumers’ beliefs in three Middle Eastern Arab countries regarding attitudinal and behavioural responses towards permission-based direct email marketing (hereafter DEM) and the moderating role of gender in the hypothesised path model.

Design/methodology/approach
Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypothesised path model by using data collected from 829 respondents.

Findings
The findings show that attitude was found to fully mediate the relationship between beliefs and behavioural responses towards permission-based DEM. Gender moderates the relationship between beliefs and attitudes and responses to permission-based DEM. Notably, female respondents were found to react more actively when exposed to permission-based DEM.

Research limitations/implications
Further qualitative research is needed to learn more about how and why individuals develop behavioural intentions in certain ways towards opt-in DEM. In addition, neuropsychology approaches such as eye-tracking are endorsed for future research to gain more insights and conquer biases associated with self-reporting procedures in countries where such technologies are deemed as legal and ethical to be used with human subjects.

Practical implications
Advertisers promoting products and services in the Middle Eastern Arab context should take further steps to enhance the quality of information (including cultural sensitiveness) and the perceived entertainment value that could be delivered to consumers through permission-based DEM, especially for female internet users. Additionally, this study highly recommends the double opt-in approach to permission-based DEM.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first attempt to address the gender role as a moderator of the path depicting the effectiveness of permission-based DEM approach in the Middle East (Arab counties) from beliefs to behavioural responses via attitudes.
Rethinking behaviour change: a dynamic approach in social marketing
Authors: David Patricia , Rundle-Thiele Sharyn 
Published: June 2019

PurposeWhile awareness of social, health and environmental consequences of our collective action are growing, additional efforts are required to deliver the changes needed to affect the greater good. A review of the literature indicates that research efforts may be misdirected. Drawing from empirical data where a total of 161 caregivers reported changes in their child’s walking behaviour following a month long social marketing program, the purpose of this paper is to illustrate differences between behaviour and behaviour change.Design/methodology/approachData analyses involved use of multiple linear regression on static followed by dynamic measures of behaviour and behavioural change and their respective determinants. The static model used variables reported by caregivers after program participation, while the dynamic measures used change scores for all variables reported (T2-T1).FindingsResults from the static model showed that only intentions and barriers explained behaviour at Time point 2. In contrast, findings from the dynamic data analysis indicated that a change in injunctive norms (important others’ approval of the child walking to school) explained a change in walking to and from school behaviour. Taken together, the results of the current paper suggest research attention needs to be directed towards dynamic methodologies to re-centre research attention on behavioural change and not behaviour, which dominates current practice.Originality/valueThis paper offers a foundational step to support the research community to redirect research efforts from understanding behaviour to focussing research design and theoretical development on behavioural change. Theories of behaviour change are needed to affect the greater good.
Re-examining a model for measuring Facebook interaction and relationship quality
Authors: Achen Rebecca M. 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
Research in sport has examined the use of social media by organizations and athletes, but little research has assessed the effectiveness of social media marketing, especially in terms of relationship-building. When relationship marketing is used as a framework for using social media, it should also be used to guide assessment. The purpose of this paper is to re-examine a model for measuring the impact of fans’ Facebook interactions with their favorite sport team on relationship quality, purchase intentions and referral intentions.

Design/methodology/approach
After conducting a survey of professional sport fans through Amazon Mechanical Turk, data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The total sample size was 425.

Findings
Results indicated the more a fan interacts with their favorite team on Facebook, the higher their relationship quality and intentions to purchase. There was no significant effect on referral intentions. Additionally, the indirect effect of Facebook interaction on purchase intention as mediated by relationship quality was positive and significant.

Research limitations/implications
Based on results, it appears that relationship marketing can be used as a framework for assessing social media marketing effectiveness in sport, and that as suggested by relationship marketing theory, social media interaction does improve relationships between fans and teams. Researchers should continue to explore this model and include other variables, such as team identification, to gain a thorough understanding of social media marketing effectiveness.

Practical implications
Sport marketers should focus strategy on Facebook on building relationships through content that encourages interactions between the team and fans.

Originality/value
While research in sport has suggested social media be used to build relationships, little research measuring whether it actually does so exists. This study extends social media research in sport by modeling and testing the relationships between social media interaction, relationship quality and consumer behavioral intentions.
360° recruitment: a holistic recruitment process
Authors: Vincent Vinod 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
This paper aims to introduce the concept of 360° recruitment, which is a systematic, practical and holistic recruitment process that provides a reliable employee-selection structure for an organization of any size.

Design/methodology/approach
The recruitment process, which begins with establishing the correct selection criteria, provides a 360° view of a candidate by combining assessments, job interviews, reference checks and job previews.

Findings
Hiring the right employees is critical for the growth and success of an organization. However, many companies do not have an effective and reliable recruitment process that enables them to hire top-notch talent who are highly compatible with the firm. The 360° recruiting process is a practical technique that enables organizations to evaluate job applicants from multiple angles while reducing the uncertainty and the biases that are inherent in a typical recruiting process.

Originality/value
The 360° recruitment process is comprehensive yet practical and can be used by an organization of any size. The technique, if properly administered, will optimize recruiting and ensure that qualified and compatible employees are hired into the organization.
Motion in the ocean—Paradigm shift in movement ecology requires “sedentary” organisms to be redefined
Authors: Sheehan Emma V. 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
In Focus: Hamel, J.‐F., Sun, J., Gianasi, B. L., et al. (2019). . Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12943
Effective ecosystem‐based fisheries and conservation management relies on the accuracy of population structure and connectivity models. The majority of sedentary marine species are pelago‐benthic, meaning the pelagic larval stages disperse using ocean currents, and the adults are stationary or crawl slowly over the seabed. Adult movement was, until recently, thought to be insignificant due to the limited spatial range. In this issue, a novel method of translocation for adults that may far exceed the dispersion capability of the juveniles is presented, providing evidence for important effects of adult dispersal. Active buoyancy adjustment (ABA) is a behavioural response to environmental stressors or water currents that enables echinoderm Asteroidea (sea stars) and Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers) to efficiently relocate. Adult relocation using tides could explain mass spawning aggregations that increase population and individual fitness, and less advantageous mass stranding events. Implications of ABA for future marine management and policy are discussed.
Biocontrol in insecticide sprayed crops does not benefit from semi‐natural habitats and recovers slowly after spraying
Authors: Gagic Vesna , Hulthen Andrew D. , Marcora Anna , Wang Xiaobei , Jones Laura , Schellhorn Nancy A. 
Published: June 2019

Abstract

To enhance biological pest control in crop fields, it is recommended to increase semi‐natural area on farm and decrease insecticide spraying. While the benefits of semi‐natural area for biocontrol in unsprayed fields are often demonstrated, it remains largely unknown if there are any benefits in real‐world, commonly sprayed crops.

Here, we explored the combined effects of semi‐natural field margins and insecticide spraying on pest (cotton bollworm) egg predation in 53 Australian cotton fields and semi‐natural field margins across 2 years. We used predation experiments close to field edges to exclude functional groups of predators depending on their spatio‐temporal activity (diurnal vs. nocturnal and ground vs. canopy dwelling) and digital cameras to record natural enemy taxa responsible for predation.

Ground predation was substantially higher than canopy predation and its magnitude in unsprayed crops with semi‐natural margins was similar to that within semi‐natural areas. In contrast, semi‐natural field margins did not benefit biocontrol in sprayed crop fields and did not influence recovery rate of biocontrol after spraying.

Within ground‐dwelling predators, one dominant taxon contributed the most to biocontrol at a particular time and place. However, the dominant predator–prey interactions changed between day and night and fields with and without margins, thus indicating increased importance of additional predator taxa with increasing spatio‐temporal scales.

Synthesis and applications. Our results show that semi‐natural margins benefit pest control only in unsprayed fields. Spraying at different time (e.g. during night) would not reduce the negative effects of insecticides because it would affect complementary group of nocturnal natural enemies that exert equally high biocontrol as diurnal ground‐dwelling predators. We highlight the need for management recommendations to simultaneously consider pros and cons of within‐field spraying and surrounding semi‐natural habitats to maximize their benefits in high‐input conventional production systems.
Within‐City Spatial Distribution, Heterogeneity and Diffusion of House Price: Evidence from a Spatiotemporal Index for Beijing
Authors: Zhu Enwei , Wu Jing , Liu Hongyu , Li Xindian 
Published: June 2019

AbstractWithin‐city house prices can be a very complicated system, in which the local prices may significantly differ in both levels and changes and diffuse across locations. These issues are essential for understanding and interpreting the dynamics of city‐level housing markets. In this study, we construct a constant‐quality spatiotemporal price index for Beijing's resale housing market between 2011 and 2015, which serves as a common basis for our multi‐perspective and comprehensive analysis on within‐city house price patterns. As suggested by the spatial distribution and local structures, the local price levels are not homogeneous or fully amenable to a simple structure. The local price changes, likewise, are not synchronized in terms of either price trend or structural breakpoint. However, the within‐city house prices still display clear patterns. The local price levels, trends and breakpoints can be partially explained by local amenities or socioeconomic factors and the local price changes diffuse between neighboring areas. These findings deliver deep insights into within‐city housing markets and have important implications for urban planning and housing investment.
Preparation, Bioavailability, and Mechanism of Emerging Activities of Ile‐Pro‐Pro and Val‐Pro‐Pro
Authors: Li Shanshan , Bu Tingting , Zheng Jiexia , Liu Ling , He Guoqing , Wu Jianping 
Published: June 2019

AbstractIle‐Pro‐Pro and Val‐Pro‐Pro are two most well‐known food‐derived bioactive peptides, initially identified as inhibitors of angiotensin I‐converting enzyme (ACE) from a sample of sour milk. These two peptides were identified in fermented and enzymatic hydrolyzed cow and non‐cow (that is, goat, sheep, buffalo, yak, camel, mare, and donkey) milk, as well as sourdough prepared from wheat, rye, and malt. Similar to other bioactive peptides, bioavailability of these peptides is low (about 0.1%), reaching picomolar concentration in human plasma; they showed blood pressure lowering activity in animals and in human, via improved endothelial function, activation of ACE2, and anti‐inflammatory property. Emerging bioactivities of these two peptides toward against metabolic syndrome and bone‐protection received limited attention, but may open up new applications of these peptides as functional food ingredients. Further studies are warranted to determine the best source as well as to identify novel enzymes (particularly from traditional fermented milk products) to improve the efficiency of production, to characterize possible peptide receptors using a combination of omics technology with molecular methods to understand if these two peptides act as signal‐like molecules, to improve their bioavailability, and to explore new applications based on emerging bioactivities.