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Collectivist values for constructive conflict management in international joint venture effectiveness
Authors: Wong Alfred , Wei Lu , Wang Xinyan , Tjosvold Dean 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThis study aims to identify mechanisms to manage conflicts that occur when organizations with different cultures, habits and experiences try to coordinate effectively in international joint ventures (IJV). This study proposes that partners can promote their joint venture performance to the extent that they rely on cooperative rather than competitive conflict management. This study further hypothesizes that adopting collectivist values strengthens relationships and thereby provides a foundation for cooperative conflict management.Design/methodology/approachThe authors collected data for this study in Shanghai, which is currently the most attractive province in China for FDI (FDI Intelligence, 2014). In all, 75 pairs of foreign and Chinese managers at middle and senior levels, knowledgeable about the joint venture relationships, completed their respective questionnaires.FindingsResults of the structural equation analyses support the hypotheses that collectivist values support cooperative conflict management that in turn facilitates joint venture learning and performance. In contrast, individualistic values promoted competitive conflict management which in turn frustrated IJV performance.Practical implicationsResults suggest that IJV managers can strengthen their venture by developing collective values and training such cooperative conflict management skills as self-expression and demonstrating understanding of opposing views.Originality/valueThis study directly documents that while conflicts may interfere they can also stimulate discussions and decisions that promote coordination and performance of IJVs. This study contributes to conflict management research that has largely focused on investigating the consequences of approaches by examining conditions that promote constructive conflict management approaches.
Towards visual strategic communications
Authors: Goransson Karina , Fagerholm Anna-Sara 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how a visual perspective can be applied to strategic communication research. First, the term visual communication will be examined from various perspectives with an attempt to develop a foundation for this new academic territory. Second, this study summarises how visual approaches are applied in strategic communication research during 2005-2015, this is done by a literature review including an overall content analysis.Design/methodology/approachIn order to explore how visual approaches can be applied to strategic communication research, the study started with a literature review by examining the term visual communication from various perspectives. The second step was to do a brief content analysis in order to provide a detailed pattern of theoretical visual approaches in strategic communication research published in scientific journals in the field of strategic communication 2005-2015. A qualitative coding scheme was developed based on the classification of visual approaches in communication research by Barnhurstet al.(2004) and Martin (2011).FindingsThe findings of this study not only support previous research indicating that visual approaches in communication research are increasing; the study also points in the direction of that visual approaches in the research field of strategic communication has slightly emerged during 2005-2015.Research limitations/implicationsThis study summarises how visual approaches are applied in strategic communication research during 2005-2015.Originality/valueThis study can provide important knowledge about an innovative visual perspective in strategic communication research.
Just mercy through cultural and convict criminology
Authors: King Anna 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore Bryan Stevenson’s (2014, 2015) call to action from within two emergent schools of thought in criminology, “cultural criminology,” and “convict criminology”, which share a special concern with the contributions that criminological research makes to a climate of social control and punishment. The author’s central aim is to explore the capacity of what the author argues is a potentially under-leveraged tool of social change – the philosophies underlying and implemented in cultural and convict criminology.

Design/methodology/approach
To demonstrate the potential impact of this research, the author draws upon a purposive sample of qualitative studies that exemplify the particular emotive, moral, and aesthetic goals central to Stevenson’s call to action. The impact of the production of images of crime, crime control, and criminals that emerge in the development of the paradigms central to cultural and convict criminology is finally discussed in terms of Stevenson’s four prescriptions for social and criminal justice reform.

Findings
The underlying philosophies, theoretical assumptions, and methodological approaches dictated by convict and cultural criminology are uniquely equipped to make visible the forces linked to resistance to penal and social reform.

Research limitations/implications
In synthesizing cultural criminology and the emergent convict criminology as guides to doing empirical research, and identifying each as embodying Stevenson’s call to action, the author hopes – maybe not to extract those easily ignitable, invisible forces away from reform efforts entirely, but at least – to provide those who are interested with a more nuanced map of where they are not likely to live and breathe them. Stimulating and widening the criminological imagination might not satisfy our need to quickly and concretely apply a solution to injustice, but it might be what the problem demands.

Originality/value
Stevenson (2014) argues that the extent of injustice in the US criminal justice system is so pervasive, extraordinary, and long standing, that everyone has a role to play in the course of our everyday lives in turning the tide of indifference and cruelty that feed mass injustice and incarceration. Applying his proposals to the on-the-ground working lives of empirical criminologists holds potential for effecting change from the top-down.
The evolution of facility management business models in supplier-client relationships
Authors: Nardelli Giulia , Rajala Risto 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to improve the current understanding of business model innovation by outlining how business models unfold over time within supplier–client relationships in facilities management (FM) services.Design/methodology/approachThis study of FM services in Denmark consists of an explorative case study and three case studies of FM clients. Both phases, related and overlapping, involved collection and analysis of in-depth, semi-structured interviews and archive data.FindingsFindings show that business model innovation entails interorganisational collaboration across different phases of the innovation process. The research demonstrates that external orientation within FM service ecosystems involves both a reaction to changes in the external environment and the proactive involvement of stakeholders throughout business model innovation.Research limitations/implicationsThe selection of business model innovation processes was limited to the Danish context. The sample, although heterogeneous and representative, represented only a fraction of the total population, which may have excluded processes of business model innovation that contradict the research.Practical implicationsThis paper suggests that by observing the business models of the value network over time, organisations could learn from the interdependencies between intra- and interorganisational stakeholders, thereby supporting the monitoring of risks and uncertainties as well as the anticipation of potential consequences of changes in the ecosystem.Originality/valueThis paper introduces new thinking on the subject of business model innovation to the context of FM. It presents the external orientation of FM business models as a way to combine planned and emergent business model innovation through interorganisational collaboration and value creation in FM ecosystems.
Antecedents and consequences of organizational ambidexterity: the moderating role of networking
Authors: Günsel Ayse , Altındağ Erkut , Kılıç Keçeli Selva , Kitapçı Hakan , Hızıroğlu Mahmut 
Published: December 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop a holistic model regarding the antecedents and consequences of organizational ambidexterity in the context of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly for developing countries such as Turkey. Moreover, this paper also aims to reveal the moderating role of networking between organizational ambidexterity and firm performance.Design/methodology/approachBy studying 105 SMEs engaged in small business and technology development centers (SBTDCs), structural equation modeling through SmartPLS is executed.FindingsThe findings show that: discipline and support positively influence the formation and the maintenance of organizational ambidexterity; organizational ambidexterity significantly contributes to firm performance; and the greater the networking the greater the relationship between exploitation capability and firm performance.Originality/valueTo date, there has been no systematic attempt in the extant literature to develop a holistic manner of organizational ambidexterity, with its antecedents and consequences in the context of SMEs in general, in SMEs of a developing country, Turkey in particular. Moreover, the moderating role of networking between organizational ambidexterity and a firm’s performance has never been examined.
Solving customer insurance coverage sales plan problem using a multi-stage data mining approach
Authors: Abdi Farshid , Khalili-Damghani Kaveh , Abolmakarem Shaghayegh 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
Customer insurance coverage sales plan problem, in which the loyal customers are recognized and offered some special plans, is an essential problem facing insurance companies. On the other hand, the loyal customers who have enough potential to renew their insurance contracts at the end of the contract term should be persuaded to repurchase or renew their contracts. The aim of this paper is to propose a three-stage data-mining approach to recognize high-potential loyal insurance customers and to predict/plan special insurance coverage sales.

Design/methodology/approach
The first stage addresses data cleansing. In the second stage, several filter and wrapper methods are implemented to select proper features. In the third stage, K-nearest neighbor algorithm is used to cluster the customers. The approach aims to select a compact feature subset with the maximal prediction capability. The proposed approach can detect the customers who are more likely to buy a specific insurance coverage at the end of a contract term.

Findings
The proposed approach has been applied in a real case study of insurance company in Iran. On the basis of the findings, the proposed approach is capable of recognizing the customer clusters and planning a suitable insurance coverage sales plans for loyal customers with proper accuracy level. Therefore, the proposed approach can be useful for the insurance company which helps them to identify their potential clients. Consequently, insurance managers can consider appropriate marketing tactics and appropriate resource allocation of the insurance company to their high-potential loyal customers and prevent switching them to competitors.

Originality/value
Despite the importance of recognizing high-potential loyal insurance customers, little study has been done in this area. In this paper, data-mining techniques were developed for the prediction of special insurance coverage sales on the basis of customers’ characteristics. The method allows the insurance company to prioritize their customers and focus their attention on high-potential loyal customers. Using the outputs of the proposed approach, the insurance companies can offer the most productive/economic insurance coverage contracts to their customers. The approach proposed by this study be customized and may be used in other service companies.
Fractional order generalized thermoelastic response in a half space due to a periodically varying heat source
Authors: Tripathi Jitesh , Warbhe Shrikant , Deshmukh K.C. , Verma Jyoti 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The present work is concerned with the solution of a fractional-order thermoelastic problem of a two-dimensional infinite half space under axisymmetric distributions in which lower surface is traction free and subjected to a periodically varying heat source. The thermoelastic displacement, stresses and temperature are determined within the context of fractional-order thermoelastic theory. To observe the variations of displacement, temperature and stress inside the half space, the authors compute the numerical values of the field variables for copper material by utilizing Gaver-Stehfast algorithm for numerical inversion of Laplace transform. The effects of fractional-order parameter on the variations of field variables inside the medium are analyzed graphically. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
Integral transform technique and Gaver-Stehfast algorithm are applied to prepare the mathematical model by considering the periodically varying heat source in cylindrical co-ordinates.

Findings
This paper studies a problem on thermoelastic interactions in an isotropic and homogeneous elastic medium under fractional-order theory of thermoelasticity proposed by Sherief (Ezzat and El-Karamany, 2011b). The analytic solutions are found in Laplace transform domain. Gaver-Stehfast algorithm (Ezzat and El-Karamany, 2011d; Ezzat, 2012; Ezzat, El Karamany, Ezzat, 2012) is used for numerical inversion of the Laplace transform. All the integrals were evaluated using Romberg’s integration technique (El-Karamany et al., 2011) with variable step size. A mathematical model is prepared for copper material and the results are presented graphically with the discussion on the effects of fractional-order parameter.

Research limitations/implications
Constructed purely on theoretical mathematical model by considering different parameters and the functions.

Practical implications
The system of equations in this paper may prove to be useful in studying the thermal characteristics of various bodies in real-life engineering problems by considering the time fractional derivative in the field equations.

Originality/value
In this problem, the authors have used the time fractional-order theory of thermoelasticity to solve the problem for a half space with a periodically varying heat source to control the speed of wave propagation in terms of heat and elastic waves for different conductivity like weak conductivity, moderate conductivity and super conductivity which is a new and novel contribution.
The Curtin Materials Availability Survey 2017
Authors: Wells David 
Published: December 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to extend the principles of earlier print-based availability surveys to the context of today’s electronic library, and explores the question of an appropriate methodology. The ability of clients to find what they want remains a central question, as does the library’s ability to identify and address the reasons that clients fail to find what they are looking for.

Design/methodology/approach
Catalogue users at Curtin University Library were invited to complete an online survey indicating whether they had found the electronic item they were looking for, and if not to nominate the reason why. Responses were then verified and analysed by library staff.

Findings
The survey attracted a low number of usable responses, though the proportion of respondents who stated they were able to find what they were looking for was consistent with the findings of earlier studies. It was possible to identify a small number of cases where the library did not hold the item required, though most failures were either due to technical reasons or could not be fully investigated because not enough information was provided by the respondent.

Research limitations/implications
The survey conducted was inconclusive, partly because the delivery method used was quite cumbersome, and also because it focussed on known item searches rather than topic searches. The paper includes suggestions on how the survey could be broadened and technically improved.

Originality/value
The paper shows the value and limitations of conducting a materials availability survey in the electronic library, and makes suggestions on how the effectiveness of such a survey can be maximised.
Introduction: Labour migration in Europe: Changing policies – changing organizations – changing people
Authors: Laubenthal Barbara 
Published: December 2017

AbstractUnder which circumstances do labour migration policies change? When do organizations become agents of change? And what triggers significant transformation in labour migration flows? We start from the assumption that, during the last years, change in the field of labour migration has intensified. In some countries, paradigmatic changes towards more liberal immigration regimes have taken place; new organizations have emerged; and the profile of intra‐European workers’ mobility has changed. The articles assembled in this volume shed light on developments in the field of labour migration by using the notion of change as their conceptual lens. They show that changes can best be captured with a multi‐level model and an interdisciplinary approach that connects labour migration issues to broader political science and sociological theories. Such an analysis shows that recent changes are paradigmatic, multi‐layered and ambiguous with regard to a further liberalization of the European labour migration regime.
Uptake kinetics and storage capacity of dissolved inorganic phosphorus and corresponding N:P dynamics in Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta)
Authors: Lubsch Alexander , Timmermans Klaas 
Published: December 2017

Dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) is an essential macronutrient for maintaining metabolism and growth in autotrophs. Little is known about DIP uptake kinetics and internal P‐storage capacity in seaweeds, such as Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta). Ulva lactuca is a promising candidate for biofiltration purposes and mass commercial cultivation. We exposed U. lactuca to a wide range of DIP concentrations (1–50 μmol · L−1) and a nonlimiting concentration of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN; 5,000 μmol · L−1) under fully controlled laboratory conditions in a “pulse‐and‐chase” assay over 10 d. Uptake kinetics were standardized per surface area of U. lactuca fronds. Two phases of responses to DIP‐pulses were measured: (i) a surge uptake (VS) of 0.67 ± 0.10 μmol · cm−2 · d−1 and (ii) a steady state uptake (VM) of 0.07 ± 0.03 μmol · cm−2 · d−1. Mean internal storage capacity (ISCP) of 0.73 ± 0.13 μmol · cm−2 was calculated for DIP. DIP uptake did not affect DIN uptake. Parameters of DIN uptake were also calculated: VS = 12.54 ± 1.90 μmol · cm−2 · d−1, VM = 2.26 ± 0.86 μmol · cm−2 · d−1, and ISCN = 22.90 ± 6.99 μmol · cm−2. Combining ISC and VM values of P and N, nutrient storage capacity of U. lactuca was estimated to be sufficient for ~10 d. Both P and N storage capacities were filled within 2 d when exposed to saturating nutrient concentrations, and uptake rates declined thereafter at 90% for DIP and at 80% for DIN. Our results contribute to understanding the ecological aspects of nutrient uptake kinetics in U. lactuca and quantitatively evaluating its potential for bioremediation and/or biomass production for food, feed, and energy.
Molecular classification of autofluorescence excision margins in oral potentially malignant disorders
Authors: Farah C S , Kordbacheh F , John K , Bennett N , Fox S A 
Published: December 2017

ObjectiveTo define molecular differences between autofluorescence and white light defined excision margins in oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) using transcriptome expression profiles.Materials and methodsExcisional biopsy specimens were taken from 11 patients at three different sites for each lesion: centre, white light margin and autofluorescence margin. The lesions were diagnosed histopathologically as oral epithelial dysplasia, oral lichenoid dysplasia, oral lichen planus or other. Transcriptome analysis was performed by RNA sequencing, hierarchical clustering, differential expression and biological pathway analysis.ResultsFor hierarchical clustering, the samples broadly clustered according to histology rather than the margins with lichenoid samples clustering together. Differential expression analysis showed that independent of histology, there was greater molecular dysregulation between the lesion centre and autofluorescence margin compared to the lesion centre and white light margin. Furthermore, the autofluorescence and white light margins were molecularly distinct, indicating the white light margins harboured abnormality.ConclusionOur results indicate that the molecular profile of OPMD changes with divergence away from the centre of the lesion, and that autofluorescence determined margins are superior to the white light margin in achieving a clear molecular margin when excising an OPMD.
Intravenous versus oral paracetamol for acute pain in adults in the emergency department setting: a prospective, double-blind, double-dummy, randomised controlled trial
Authors: Furyk Jeremy , Levas Deahnne , Close Benjamin , Laspina Kathryn , Fitzpatrick Meghan , Robinson Kelvin , Vangaveti Venkat N , Ray Robin 
Published: December 2017

ObjectiveTo determine if intravenous paracetamol was superior to oral paracetamol as an adjunct to opioids in the management of moderate to severe pain in the ED setting.MethodsA prospective, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, controlled trial was conducted at a single academic tertiary care ED. Adult patients with moderate to severe pain were randomly assigned to receive either the intravenous paracetamol or oral paracetamol. The primary outcome was Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pain reduction at 30 min. A clinically significant change in pain was defined as 13 mm.Results87 participants were included in the final analysis, with a median age of 43.5 years and 59.8% were female. Overall mean baseline VAS pain score was 67.9 mm (±16.0). Both formulations achieved a clinically significant mean pain score reduction at 30 min, with no significant difference between the groups with 16.0 mm (SD 19.1 mm) in the intravenous group and 14.6 mm (SD 26.4) in the oral group; difference −1.4 mm (95% CI −11.6 to 8.8, P=0.79). Secondary outcomes, including postintervention intravenous opioid administration, patient satisfaction, side effects and length of stay, did not differ between groups.ConclusionsOverall, there was a small but clinically significant decrease in pain in each group. No superiority was demonstrated in this trial with intravenous paracetamol compared with oral paracetamol in terms of efficacy of analgesia and no difference in length of stay, patient satisfaction, need for rescue analgesia or side effects.