bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Relationships between work values, communication satisfaction, and employee job performance
Authors: Jalalkamali Mohammad , Ali Anees Janee , Hyun Sunghyup Sean , Nikbin Davoud 
Published: May 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between work values (cognitive, instrumental, social, and prestige), communication satisfaction (informational and relational), and employee job performance (task and contextual) in the context of international joint ventures (IJVs) in Iran.Design/methodology/approach– Validated measurement items for study variables were adopted from previous studies. Data were collected through surveys using a random sample of employees and their direct supervisors from the two largest IJVs in Iran’s automobile industry.Findings– According to the results, cognitive, instrumental, and prestige work values had significant effects on informational communication satisfaction. All dimensions of work values (cognitive, instrumental, social, and prestige) were significantly related to relational communication satisfaction. Both dimensions of communication satisfaction (informational and relational) were significantly related to both dimensions of employee job performance (contextual and task).Research limitations/implications– Data were collected from two IJVs in Iran, which may limit the generalization of results to non-IJVs in Iran. The results have important implications for IJV managers by providing valuable insights into adopting various effective tools in the workplace.Originality/value– Previous studies have generally considered work values as a two-dimensional construct. This study extends the literature by conceptualizing work values based on four dimensions (cognitive, instrumental, social, and prestige). No study has taken into consideration social and prestige values in an Asian context. In addition, few studies have investigated the relationships between work values and communication satisfaction.
Configurations and entrepreneurial orientation of young firms
Authors: Balodi Krishna Chandra 
Published: May 2016

Purpose– Extant literature highlights the inadequacy of using just four domains – leadership, strategy, structure, and environment – for identifying firms’ configurations. The purpose of this paper is to answer the questions – what firm-level and external elements should be used to identify young firms’ configurations? Which among these is the core element?Design/methodology/approach– This paper relies on literatures on configuration approach and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) to build the assertions concerning the issue of theoretical specification used for generating young firms’ configurations, and its core element. Crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis (CS-QCA) of the data collected from 70 young firms supports the arguments. Various robustness analyses reaffirm these assertions.Findings– Literature review reveals that EO represents a firm’s decision-making proclivity concerning new entry and proactive risk-taking. CS-QCA supports the assertions that: inclusion of EO improves the configurational explanation of young firms’ performance; EO is the core element of young firms’ configurations; and market orientation or social capital cannot substitute EO in configurational studies of young firms’ performance. CS-QCA serves as a tool to support an alternative theoretical stance that questions the adequacy of extant domains used to identify configurations.Originality/value– This paper theorizes for inclusion of EO as an additional domain for identifying young firms’ configurations, and exploits novel capability of set theoretic methods of CS-QCA to explore the issues of model specification and conjunctural causation, and ascertain the core element of configurations.
Minimizing the cost of emotional dissonance at work: a multi-sample analysis
Authors: Mishra Sushanta Kumar , Kumar Kunal Kamal 
Published: May 2016

Purpose– The present study is based on two samples from two occupational groups (one among medical representatives in pharmaceutical industry and other among frontline employees in hospitality industry). The study found support for the moderation effect of perceived organizational support (POS) on the emotional dissonance-emotional exhaustion as well as the emotional exhaustion-turnover intention relationships. In addition, the purpose of this paper is to examine the mediation of emotional exhaustion on the emotional dissonance-turnover intention relationship. The study concludes with the contributions to the literature and to the practice.Design/methodology/approach– Following the survey research method the study collected the data from two occupational groups.Findings– The study found support for the moderation effect of POS on the emotional dissonance-emotional exhaustion as well as the emotional exhaustion-turnover intention relationships.Originality/value– The study argued the negative effects of dissonance can be minimized if the organization can take actions to ensure employees perceive the organization as supportive.
Examining the association between stakeholder culture, stakeholder salience and stakeholder engagement activities
Authors: Boesso Giacomo , Kumar Kamalesh 
Published: May 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between stakeholder culture, stakeholder salience and firm response to stakeholder demands, based on the stakeholder culture framework.Design/methodology/approach– The study was conducted in a field setting involving 292 mid-level managers who completed measures of stakeholder culture and stakeholder engagement activities (SEAs) in their organizations.Findings– Results show that managers in organizations with different stakeholder cultures differentially ascribe and weigh the three attributes of power, legitimacy, and urgency when determining stakeholder salience. In addition, stakeholder culture is also associated with how managers respond to stakeholder issues in terms of SEAs.Research limitations/implications– Findings of the study justify the need to extend the stakeholder salience theory beyond the values of senior managers to include organization-level factors. This study is largely exploratory and the relationships that have been observed are associational in character.Practical implications– Results show that both ascription of stakeholder salience and the nature of SEAs are associated with stakeholder culture prevalent in an organization. This implies that managers may face constraints in managing stakeholder relationships, regardless of their personal values and beliefs, and may have to make deliberate efforts to modify the culture.Originality/value– Despite the fact that researchers have been urged to examine how organization-level phenomena guide managerial thinking and decision making with respect to stakeholder relationships, empirical research on the topic is lacking. This study contributes to the emerging research on firm-level perspective on stakeholder management.
Stretching the value-satisfaction-loyalty chain by adding value dimensions and cognitive and affective satisfactions
Authors: Gallarza Martina G. , Ruiz-Molina Maria Eugenia , Gil-Saura Irene 
Published: May 2016

Purpose– Consensus on how value dimensions are drivers of overall perceived value is a widespread reality in consumer behaviour literature. But scanty research has been done on which of these value dimensions best predict customer loyalty. The purpose of this paper is to propose a causal model that examines how PERVAL dimensions of value affect customers’ loyalty, through both cognitive and affective satisfaction.Design/methodology/approach– The model is tested on a sample of 820 Spanish retail customers and the findings suggest that product quality and value for money (cognitive) impact customer loyalty through emotional and social value (affective), with significant direct and indirect effects through both cognitive and affective satisfaction.Findings– Notably, the results highlight the mediating role of shoppers’ emotional and social value on the linkages between satisfaction and loyalty. Therefore, this study has proved the embedded impact of value dimensions on overall satisfaction and behavioural intentions in a cognitive-affective-behavioural framework.Practical implications– Managerially, retailers who intend to build long-term relationships with their customers will benefit by investing in emotional factors along with cognitive factors, on the assumption that cognitive factors lead to emotional factors, and that both affect loyalty to the service provider through cognitive and affective satisfaction.Originality/value– This work can be said to have made two substantial contributions to previous literature. First, the old but constantly renewed dichotomy between utilitarian and hedonic attributes in retailing has emerged in the work, in the sense that different value dimensions (two utilitarian, one hedonic and one social) have been proved to be differently related to customer satisfaction (both cognitive and affective), and indirectly to customer loyalty. And second, this work has also proved the existence of a chain of effects between value dimensions: product quality and value for money to emotional value, and this to social value.
The effect of employer brand dimensions on job satisfaction: gender as a moderator
Authors: Tanwar Karnica , Prasad Asha 
Published: May 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to identify key dimensions of employer brand (EB) and empirically examine the impact of different dimensions of EB upon job satisfaction. A six-factor EB model has been tested for reliability and validity through confirmatory factor analysis. The study also addresses the moderating role of gender in the relationship between EB dimensions and job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approach– Structural equation modelling has been adopted to determine the contribution of EB dimensions towards job satisfaction of employees. Key dimensions of EB are identified through literature review. Item generation has been done through literature review and exploratory structured interviews with employees.Findings– The results demonstrate that EB acts as a critical predictor of job satisfaction. All the six dimensions of EB (training and development, reputation, organisation culture and ethics and corporate social responsibility, work-life balance and diversity) were found to be critical predictors of job satisfaction. Also, gender is found to have moderating effect on the relationship between EB dimensions and job satisfaction.Originality/value– This study avers that EB can prove to be an important antecedent of job satisfaction. The construct EB in this study reflects an understanding of EB from a newer lens from the perspective of existing employees of a developing country and also demonstrates the moderating role of gender.
Funerals and families: locating death as a relational issue
Authors: Woodthorpe Kate , Rumble Hannah 
Published: May 2016

AbstractSituated at the intersection of the Sociology of Death and Sociology of the Family, this paper argues that the organization and funding of funerals is an overlooked and available lens through which to examine cultural and political norms of familial obligation. Drawing on interviews with claimants to the Department for Work and Pensions’ Social Fund Funeral Payment, the paper shows how both responsibility for the organization and payment of a funeral is assumed within families, and how at times this can be overridden by the state. In highlighting the tension between reflexive choice and political norms of family espoused in this policy context, it supports Gilding's () assertion that understanding family practice through reflexivity alone neglects the institutions and conventions within which ‘doing’ family takes place. In so doing, the paper further makes a case for families and relational negotiations and tensions to be more explicitly included within sociological understanding(s) of death more generally.
Barriers to accessing termination of pregnancy in a remote and rural setting: a qualitative study
Authors: Heller R , Purcell C , Mackay L , Caird L , Cameron ST 
Published: May 2016

ObjectiveTo explore the experiences of women from a remote and rural setting who had a termination of pregnancy (TOP), in relation to any barriers they may have experienced trying to access TOP.DesignQualitative interview study.SettingScottish Highlands and Western Isles.PopulationWomen who had undergone TOP in the Scottish Highlands National Health Service between October 2014 and May 2015.MethodsSixteen semi‐structured, audio‐recorded telephone interviews were conducted by a researcher with women who had consented to be interviewed at their initial assessment. Six stages of thematic analysis were followed to explore themes in and across participant accounts.Main outcome measuresThemes derived from interview transcripts.ResultsFour themes emerged relating to barriers to access and experience: (1) the impact of travel for TOP, (2) temporal factors unique to this population and how they affected women, (3) the attitude of health professionals, notably general practitioners, as a result of local culture, and (4) stigma surrounding TOP and the expectation that abortion will be traumatising.ConclusionWomen in remote and rural areas experience barriers to accessing TOP. Prompt referrals, more providers of TOP and tackling stigma associated with TOP could make delivery of this service more equitable and improve women's journey through TOP.Tweetable abstractWomen in remote and rural areas of Scotland face multiple barriers to accessing termination of pregnancy.
Toward a Philosophy and Theory of Volumetric Nonthermal Processing
Authors: Sastry Sudhir K. 
Published: May 2016

AbstractNonthermal processes for food preservation have been under intensive investigation for about the past quarter century, with varying degrees of success. We focus this discussion on two volumetrically acting nonthermal processes, high pressure processing (HPP) and pulsed electric fields (PEF), with emphasis on scientific understanding of each, and the research questions that need to be addressed for each to be more successful in the future. We discuss the character or “philosophy” of food preservation, with a question about the nature of the kill step(s), and the sensing challenges that need to be addressed. For HPP, key questions and needs center around whether its nonthermal effectiveness can be increased by increased pressures or pulsing, the theoretical treatment of rates of reaction as influenced by pressure, the assumption of uniform pressure distribution, and the need for (and difficulties involved in) in‐situ measurement. For PEF, the questions include the rationale for pulsing, difficulties involved in continuous flow treatment chambers, the difference between electroporation theory and experimental observations, and the difficulties involved in in‐situ measurement and monitoring of electric field distribution.
Atorvastatin attenuates sympathetic hyperinnervation together with the augmentation of M2 macrophages in rats postmyocardial infarction
Authors: Yang Na , Cheng Wenjuan , Hu Hesheng , Xue Mei , Li Xiaolu , Wang Ye , Xuan Yongli , Li Xinran , Yin Jie , Shi Yugen , Yan Suhua 
Published: May 2016

SummaryObjectivesInflammation after myocardial infarction (MI) causes cardiac nerve sprouting and consequent ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). Macrophages, as major immune cells, are involved in the entire inflammation response process and serve as a link between inflammation and sympathetic hyperinnervation by regulating nerve growth factor (NGF) expression. Accumulating evidence shows that statins possess antiarrhythmogenic properties, and the aim of this study was to explore the mechanism by which atorvastatin ameliorates cardiac sympathetic nerve sprouting via regulating macrophage polarization.MethodsRat models of MI were created by ligating the left coronary artery. MI‐operated rats received either atorvastatin or phosphate‐buffered saline for 7 days. Immunohistochemical analyses and immunofluorescence staining were used to analyze macrophage infiltration after MI and to detect the distribution and density of growth‐associated protein‐43 (GAP‐43) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in nerve fibers in peri‐infarct zones after MI. The polarity of the macrophages that were obtained from the rat peritoneal cavity was examined via flow cytometry. The protein levels of NGF were detected via Western blot analysis, and the concentrations of NGF in the supernatants were determined via enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. The mRNA levels of NGF, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), Arginase‐1 (Arg1), interleukin‐1β (IL‐1β), and tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α) were examined by quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction. The association between VAs and MI was evaluated using programmed electrophysiological stimulation.ResultsMacrophages were successfully induced to the M1 (classically activated) and M2 (alternatively activated) phenotypes by stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and interferon‐γ (LPS + IFN‐γ) and interleukin‐4 (IL‐4), respectively. Atorvastatin markedly downregulated IL‐1β, TNF‐α, iNOS, and NGF and upregulated Arg1, shifting the macrophage phenotype from M1 to M2. Moreover, atorvastatin significantly reduced TH levels and the density of GAP‐43‐positive nerve fibers and decreased inducible VAs.ConclusionAtorvastatin effectively ameliorated cardiac sympathetic nerve remodeling and prevented VAs after MI by significantly downregulating the expression of NGF, IL‐1β, and TNF‐α via together with the augmentation of M2 macrophage.
Predictors of survival in patients who underwent video‐assisted thoracic surgery talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion
Authors: Yoon Dong Woog , Cho Jong Ho , Choi Yong Soo , Kim Jhingook , Kim Hong Kwan , Zo Jae Ill , Shim Young Mog 
Published: May 2016

BackgroundPatients with malignant pleural effusion have a limited life expectancy. An increase in pleural and oncological treatment options and more accurate prognostic evaluation may help individualize treatment strategies. The aim of this study was to identify the prognostic indicators of overall survival (OS) after video‐assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion.MethodsWe examined the medical records of all consecutive patients with malignant pleural effusion who underwent VATS talc pleurodesis from 2006 to 2008 at the Samsung Medical Center. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify predictors of OS after VATS talc pleurodesis.ResultsDuring the study period, 91 patients underwent VATS talc pleurodesis to treat malignant pleural effusion. Early (within 30 days) and late (within 90 days) postoperative mortality rates were 9.9% (9 patients), and 25.3% (23), respectively. Median survival time after VATS talc pleurodesis was 10.5 months. The postoperative respiratory complication rate was 11% (10 patients), and included pneumonia (9) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (4). Multivariate analysis revealed that preoperative chemotherapy (P = 0.012), preoperative radiotherapy (P = 0.003), and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score 3 or 4 (P = 0.013) were independent risk factors of OS after VATS talc pleurodesis.ConclusionsWe identified previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy and poor performance status (ECOG 3 or 4) as significant predictors of OS after VATS talc pleurodesis. These prognostic factors can help surgeons select candidates for VATS pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion.
European Union investment and countries’ involvement in mental health research between 2007 and 2013
Authors: Hazo J.‐B. , Gervaix J. , Gandré C. , Brunn M. , Leboyer M. , Chevreul K. 
Published: May 2016

ObjectivesThis study aimed to estimate the commitment to mental health research by the European Union (EU) through the 7th framework (FP7) and the competitiveness and innovation (CIP) programmes during the 2007–2013 period.MethodsResearch projects dedicated or partially related to mental health were identified using keywords in the CORDIS database that inventories all FP7 and CIP research projects. We then contacted projects’ principal investigators to access the budget breakdown by country and performed an imputation of the distribution of funding between countries based on projects’ and participants’ characteristics where information was missing.ResultsAmong the 25 783 research projects funded by the FP7 and the CIP, 215 (0.8%) were specifically dedicated to mental health and 170 (0.7%) were partially related to mental health. They received €607.1 million representing 1.4% of FP7 total funding. Within the FP7‐Health subprogramme, the projects represented 5.2% of funding. Important variations appeared across EU countries both for raw funding, which varied between €0 and €77M, and for funding per 100 inhabitants, which varied between €0 and €293.ConclusionEU funding of mental health research does not match the burden incurred by mental disorders and must be increased in the next framework programme.
Longitudinal Assessment of Systemic and Genital Tract Inflammatory Markers and Endogenous Genital Tract E. coli Inhibitory Activity in HIV‐Infected and Uninfected Women
Authors: Keller Marla J. , McGinn Aileen P. , Lo Yungtai , Huber Ashley , Espinoza Lilia , Minkoff Howard , Colie Christine , Nowicki Marek J. , D'Souza Gypsyamber , Anastos Kathryn 
Published: May 2016

ProblemStability over time of systemic and mucosal immunity and their associations with bacterial vaginosis (BV) and HIV‐specific parameters were assessed.Method of StudyImmune mediators and HIV viral load in plasma and cervicovaginal lavage (CVL), E. coli inhibition, and Nugent score were measured at three semiannual visits among 94 participants in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. Mixed models identified the factors associated with immune mediators.ResultsThere was higher E. coli inhibition and lower inflammation over time in the genital tract and systemically. BV was consistently associated with higher CVL inflammatory mediators and lower CVL E. coli inhibition. HIV‐infected women with higher CD4 counts had lower systemic and genital inflammatory mediators, and genital HIV shedding was associated with higher CVL inflammatory mediators. Use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) was associated with lower plasma and CVL mediators, but higher E. coli inhibition.ConclusionHIV and BV are linked to inflammation, and ART may be associated with improved vaginal health.
Broken Windows Policing and Constructions of Space and Crime: Flatbush, Brooklyn
Authors: Jefferson Brian Jordan 
Published: May 2016

AbstractWhile broken windows policing has triggered explosive debates about law enforcement and racism across US cities, it has maintained considerable support by racialized urbanites. Focusing on Flatbush, Brooklyn, this paper seeks to understand the striking resilience of broken windows in inner‐city contexts. It uses Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory to analyze dialogue at Precinct Community Council meetings and interviews with attendees. The paper makes the case that the New York Police Department normalizes broken windows through discursive constructions of social space and crime that naturalize the precinct scale, produce spatial meanings, and cast social difference in the mold of broken windows theory. The article illustrates beyond the politics of racialized fearmongering, the normalization of broken windows also occurs through this meticulous production of geographic knowledge. It also emphasizes that deconstructing the way the police portray space and crime provides signposts for substantive reform to broken windows.