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A little gratitude goes a long way: how customer gratitude promotes employee customer-oriented organizational citizenship behavior
Authors: Zhang Hui , Zhou Zhiqing E. , Xiao Jian , Liu Yanjun , Shi Yanwei 
Published: October 2024

PurposeDrawing upon affective events theory and regulatory focus theory, the current study examines the relationship between customer gratitude and customer-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (customer-oriented OCB), and the mediating role of positive affect and the moderating role of trait promotion focus.Design/methodology/approachThree-wave time-lagged data from 674 nurses nested within 125 department supervisors was collected. Multilevel modeling and Monte Carlo simulation were performed using Mplus 7.1 software to test all hypotheses.FindingsCustomer gratitude was positively associated with nurses’ customer-oriented OCB, and the relationship was mediated by positive affect. Nurse trait promotion focus strengthened the positive relationship between patient gratitude and positive affect, such that the relationship was stronger for those with a higher level of trait promotion focus.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper extends research on the effects of customer gratitude by extending our understanding of customer gratitude as a positive workplace event that can potentially promote employees’ positive behaviors toward customers, especially those with a stronger promotion focus.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first to examine the relationship between customer gratitude and employee customer-oriented OCB and uncover potential mechanisms to understand how this relationship unfolds and to whom this relationship is stronger. These findings can inform practices for service organizations.
Organizational purpose and employee motivation: an fsQCA analysis
Authors: Porfírio José António Ferreira , Rodrigues Ricardo , Magalhães Filipa , Carrilho Tiago 
Published: October 2024

PurposeOrganizational Purpose (OP) has become increasingly important in the organizational context. This research focuses on how OP can contribute to employee motivation, using personal and institutional OP factors and considering the importance of employee motivation toward organizational success.Design/methodology/approachTo conduct the research, we selected a branch of a leading multinational company in the chemical sector. Based on data collected through a questionnaire sent out to employees and using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), we identified combinations of individual and institutional OP factors leading to high (or low) employee motivation.FindingsThe results reveal that individual and institutional OP factors synergistically promote high employee motivation. The employees' contribution to the OP and the integrity of the organization’s leadership are two key motivating factors.Practical implicationsOrganizations struggle to develop sustainable competitive advantages in an ever-competitive environment. Focusing on the “why” instead of the “how” may help organizations differentiate and achieve higher employee motivation. This research clarifies how to turn purpose into an asset to improve employee motivation.Originality/valueThe conclusions highlight the need to share the OP through leadership actions and the importance of helping workers recognize the OP and its values, integrate them into their actions and feel how they contribute to its achievement.
Environmental greenwashing in Japan: the roles of corporate governance and assurance
Authors: Frendy  , Oshika Tomoki , Koike Masayuki 
Published: October 2024

Purpose
Greenwashing is defined as the overstatement of companies’ environmental disclosures relative to their performance. This paper aims to develop a greenwashing measure, examines its relationship with environmental performance and investigates the mitigating effects of Japanese firm-level corporate governance characteristics (corporate structure, board leadership, foreign share ownership, ratio of independent directors and ratio of directors’ variable compensation) and third-party assurance of environmental information on the extent of greenwashing.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper analyzes a sample of 420 firm-year observations from the period between 2018 and 2019 from Japanese listed companies that responded to the CDP Climate Change survey via probit/logit and multivariate panel data regression models.

Findings
This paper finds that the probability of engaging in greenwashing is negatively associated with environmental performance, which supports the reliability of the study’s greenwashing measure. Japanese firm-level corporate governance characteristics are ineffective at mitigating greenwashing. This paper also finds that assurance carries a significant risk of being exploited by companies involved in greenwashing to increase the degree of their overstatement.

Practical implications
The findings have significant implications for investors, who should increase scrutiny and skepticism of environmental disclosures, particularly from companies with poor environmental track records. Japanese companies should consider strengthening their corporate governance to ensure the effective oversight of environmental disclosure and performance. Regulators and standard setters should implement stricter guidelines for and oversight of environmental information assurance.

Originality/value
No empirical study has examined the effectiveness of Japanese corporate governance characteristics and environmental disclosure assurance on the mitigation of greenwashing.
The Nature of Taboo within Cultural Complexes: Theoretical and Clinical Applications1
Authors: Brodersen Elizabeth 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThe symbolic nature of taboo is examined as a container that differentiates developmental stages between the social values order/disorder through a ritual, liminal process of separating order as clean/blessed/safety and disorder as polluted/disassociated/risky. Unconscious/conscious taboos embody that perilous journey across margins in rites of passage and their emotional value and intensity in the form of symptomology varies cross‐culturally. Two clinical cases are presented to illustrate the influence of taboo on obsessive compulsions and anorexia nervosa. Particular attention is given as to whether dirt as disorder/rubbish can be recycled at the margins between safety and risk and value redistributed to the intrapsychic and psychosocial anomalous bits and pieces that are discarded as rubbish.
Fostering Work Engagement: The Effects of Reverse Mentoring and Knowledge Sharing
Authors: Harshani Marage Done Rasika , Jayawardana Ananda Karuna Liyana , Atapattu Atapattu Wijekoon Menike Mayuri 
Published: October 2024

ABSTRACTWork engagement is crucial for organisational success, yet many organisations struggle with low engagement rates. Previous research hints at a potential link between reverse mentoring and work engagement, prompting a deeper investigation into this relationship. Drawing from the Job Demands‐Resources (JD‐R) framework and Social Exchange Theory (SET), this study examines the impact of reverse mentoring on work engagement, with knowledge sharing as a mediating factor and self‐efficacy and perceived organisational support as moderators. Through a survey of 340 middle managers across 10 multinational corporations in Sri Lanka, the study reveals significant effects between reverse mentoring and work engagement, with knowledge sharing playing a crucial mediating role. Additionally, the study demonstrates the moderating influences of self‐efficacy and perceived organisational support on work engagement and knowledge sharing, thus contributing novel insights to the existing literature in the shade of JD‐R and SET perspectives.
The translation initiation factor eIF2α regulates lipid homeostasis and metabolic aging
Authors: Huang Haipeng , Liao Yilie , Li Ning , Qu Xingfan , Li Chaocan , Hou Jiaqi 
Published: October 2024

AbstractAging is usually accompanied by excessive body fat gain, leading to increased susceptibility to comorbidities. This study aimed to explore an unexpected function for the eukaryotic initiation factor‐2α (eIF2α) during aging. Reducing the eIF2α dose led to a reconfiguration of the metabolic equilibrium, promoting catabolism, facilitating lipolysis, and decreasing body fat accumulation while maintaining healthy glucose and lipid metabolism during aging. Specifically, eIF2α enhanced the expression of distinct messenger RNAs encoding mitochondrial electron transport chain proteins at the translation level. The mitochondrial respiration increased in eIF2α heterozygotes, even during aging. Deceleration of translation was demonstrated as a conserved mechanism for promoting longevity across various species. Our findings demonstrated that the restriction of translation by reducing eIF2α expression could fend off multiple tissue damage and improve metabolic homeostasis during aging. Hence, eIF2α was a crucial target for benefiting mammalian aging achieving delayed mammalian aging.
The N6‐methyladenosine landscape of ovarian development and aging highlights the regulation by RNA stability and chromatin state
Authors: Hu Xiujuan , Lu Jiafeng , Ding Chenyue , Li Jincheng , Zou Qinyan , Xia Wenjuan , Qian Chunfeng , Li Hong , Huang Boxian 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThe versatile epigenetic modification known as N6‐methyladenosine (m6A) has been demonstrated to be pivotal in numerous physiological and pathological contexts. Nonetheless, the precise regulatory mechanisms linking m6A to histone modifications and the involvement of transposable elements (TEs) in ovarian development and aging are still not completely understood. First, we discovered that m6A modifications are highly expressed during ovarian aging (OA), with significant contributions from decreased m6A demethylase FTO and overexpressed m6A methyltransferase METTL16. Then, using FTO knockout mouse model and KGN cell line, we also observed that FTO deletion and METTL16 overexpression significantly increased m6A levels. This led to the downregulation of the methyltransferase SUV39H1, resulting in reduced H3K9me3 expression. The downregulation of SUV39H1 and H3K9me3 primarily activated LTR7 and LTR12, subsequently activating ERV1. This resulted in a decrease in cell proliferation, while the levels of apoptosis, cellular aging markers, and autophagy markers significantly increased in OA. In summary, our study offers intriguing insights into the role of m6A in regulating DNA epigenetics, including H3K9me3 and TEs, as well as autophagy, thereby accelerating OA.
Methamphetamine‐related working memory difficulties underpinned by reduced frontoparietal responses
Authors: Roy Robert J. , Parvaz Muhammad A. , Wakabayashi Ken T. , Blair Robert J. R. , Hubbard Nicholas A. 
Published: October 2024

AbstractWorking memory difficulties are common, debilitating, and may pose barriers to recovery for people who use methamphetamine. Yet, little is known regarding the neural dysfunctions accompanying these difficulties. Here, we acquired cross‐sectional, functional magnetic resonance imaging while people with problematic methamphetamine‐use experience (MA+, n = 65) and people without methamphetamine‐use experience (MA−, n = 44) performed a parametric n‐back task (0‐back through 2‐back). Performance on tasks administered outside of the scanner, together with n‐back performance, afforded to determine a latent dimension of participants' working memory ability. Behavioural results indicated that MA+ participants exhibited lower scores on this dimension compared to MA− participants (d = −1.39, p < .001). Whole‐brain imaging results also revealed that MA+ participants exhibited alterations in load‐induced responses predominantly in frontoparietal and default‐mode areas. Specifically, while the MA− group exhibited monotonic activation increases within frontoparietal areas and monotonic decreases within default‐mode areas from 0‐back to 2‐back, MA+ participants showed a relative attenuation of these load‐induced activation patterns (d = −1.55, p < .001). Moreover, increased activations in frontoparietal areas from 0‐ to 2‐back were related to greater working memory ability among MA+ participants (r = .560, p = .004). No such effects were observed for default‐mode areas. In sum, reductions in working memory ability were observed alongside load‐induced dysfunctions in frontoparietal and default‐mode areas for people with problematic methamphetamine‐use experience. Among them, load‐induced activations within frontoparietal areas were found to have a strong and specific relationship to individual differences in working memory ability, indicating a putative neural signature of the working memory difficulties associated with chronic methamphetamine use.
The initial impact of a predator exclosure sanctuary on small vertebrates in semi‐arid Western Australia
Authors: Hungerford Joshua , Kark Salit 
Published: October 2024

AbstractPredator exclosure reserves have become pivotal to conserving some threatened Australian mammalian fauna. However, the impact of predator exclosure reserves on resident (non‐target) small vertebrates is less understood. Given the potential ecological consequences of fencing, and the contribution of small vertebrates to ecosystem processes, we investigated species' occupancy, and site colonization and extinction dynamics, inside and outside of a predator exclosure fenced area for nine small vertebrates (six reptile, three mammal). We conducted vertebrate surveying 4 years (2011–2014) pre‐ and 2 years (2015–2016) post‐fence construction at the Australian Wildlife Conservancy Mt Gibson Sanctuary, in the semi‐arid, critically endangered Wheatbelt Eucalypt Woodlands of Western Australia, to assess spatial and temporal trends in small mammal and reptile populations. Of nine species modelled, one reptile (Diplodactylus pulcher) decreased in occupancy inside of the fence following construction. We detected no negative impact of the predator exclosure fence on the remaining eight species. One native reptile species (Lerista kingi) and an introduced rodent (Mus musculus) increased occupancy inside (but not outside) the fenced area. Spatial and temporal occupancy inside and outside of the fenced area for all other modelled species was stable. Biotic (habitat) factors and stochastic interannual detectability were the most significant drivers of species' occupancy. Species‐specific habitat associations were partially determined by site‐based presence and absence probabilities. This suggests that the predator exclosure sanctuary either benefitted or had minimal impact on all but one modelled species. These results may be a useful reference for future fencing projects aimed at both conservation and land management.
The influence of endodontic treatment quality on periapical lesions' architecture in cone‐beam computed tomography
Authors: Mackiewicz Ewa , Bonsmann Tobias , Safranow Krzysztof , Nowicka Patrycja , Kołecki Janusz , Nowicka Alicja 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis study assessed the influence of root canal treatment quality on the architecture of periapical lesions. A total of 121 lesions were involved in this research. Two researchers analysed the surface of the lesions, diameters in three planes, volume and sphericity. The quality of root canal treatment was assessed with PESS index. Non‐parametric statistical tests: Mann–Whitney and Spearman rank correlation coefficient were used in this research. Connected lesions of multirooted teeth spread in the coronal plane revealed a positive correlation with coronal seal and root canal filling homogenicity, however their spread in the sagittal plane showed a positive correlation only with root canal filling homogenicity. The quality of root canal treatment has an influence on the periapical lesions' architecture.
Understanding host's response to staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Authors: Rouva Glykeria , Vergadi Eleni , Krasagakis Konstantinos , Galanakis Emmanouil 
Published: October 2024

AbstractAimThe aim of this review was to summarise the current knowledge on host‐related factors that contribute to the development and severity of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) in children.MethodsA comprehensive assessment and analysis of the existing literature on SSSS clinical features, pathogenesis and susceptibility factors.ResultsSSSS is a blistering skin disease caused by circulating exfoliative toxins (ETs) of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), almost exclusively affecting infants, young children and immunocompromised individuals. ETs possess serine protease activity and target desmoglein‐1 (Dsg‐1) in the superficial epidermis. While the role of S. aureus ETs and site of action are well‐described, other host factors such as impaired immune responses to ETs, poor renal clearance and genetic factors are crucial for the onset of and/or the severity of SSSS in children.ConclusionThe fate of desmosomal fractions after cleavage by ETs, as well as the role of dermal inflammatory cell infiltrates remain to be elucidated.
One Hundred Years of Seeking Respectful Maternity Care: History and Evolution
Authors: Tilden Ellen L. , Jungbauer Rebecca , Hart Erica L. , Cantor Amy G. 
Published: October 2024

ABSTRACTGrowing awareness of poor maternal health outcomes and maternal health disparities in the United States has heightened urgency around the need to promote Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) as a fundamental tenet of obstetric/midwifery care and standardize efforts to improve safety, eliminate obstetric violence and racism, and optimize health outcomes for all birthing people. The historical context of prior and contemporary perspectives around childbirth influences our understanding of RMC and are shaped by varying scholarly, clinical, and community standards (e.g., religion, human rights, government, public health, midwifery, ethics, activism, and the law), which have changed significantly since the mid‐19th century. In this commentary, we share results of a contextual question scoped as part of a larger systematic review of RMC to help inform consensus around a shared definition and development of a metric to standardize delivery and evaluation of RMC. Synthesis of this literature identified landmark historical influences on RMC over the past 100 years, highlighting the multidisciplinary scholarship and historical context influencing the progress toward RMC. Further understanding of this history may also inform policies and guidance for ongoing efforts to center respect and accountability in all aspects of maternity care, with particular attention to populations who are disproportionally impacted by disrespectful care.
The discovery of the RCC1::IRF4 Fusion in CLL patients with t(1;6)(p35.3;p25.2) chromosomal translocation
Authors: Pula Anna E. , Robak Tadeusz 
Published: October 2024

Jayne et al. provide a molecular characterization of the t(1;6)(p35.3;p25.2) chromosomal translocation in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. They indicate that this translocation involves the gene encoding interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) on chromosome 6p25.2 with the regulator of chromosome condensation 1 (RCC1) gene on chromosome 1p35.3. This translocations may have important prognostic value.Commentary on: Jayne et al. The chromosomal translocation t(1;6)(p35.3;p25.2), recurrent in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia leads to RCC1::IRF4 fusion. Br J Haematol 2024; 205:2321‐2326.
Good friends, better society: Peer effects on civic‐mindedness of elementary school students
Authors: Jung Hoyong , Bae Junghee 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis study examined the effects of peers' civic‐mindedness on elementary school students' civic‐mindedness. Raising civic‐minded and socially responsible adolescents has become a focus of attention in many countries in recent years. This study used fourth‐grade elementary school panel data from the Seoul Education Longitudinal Survey 2010, identifying causality based on fixed effects and instrumental variable estimation from students' random classroom assignment. Results showed that the high civic‐mindedness among classmates increased students' own civic‐mindedness. Based on these findings, implications for adolescent education are discussed.
Gdf11 regulates left‐right asymmetry development through TGF‐β signal
Authors: Yao Wantao , Wei Zhaohui , Tian Xinning , Tan Jin , Liu Jingwen 
Published: October 2024

AbstractDuring the embryonic developmental stage in vertebrates, internal organs are arranged along the left–right axis. Disruptions in this process can result in congenital diseases or laterality disorders. The molecular mechanisms of left–right asymmetry in vertebrate development remain largely unclear. Due to its straightforward structure, zebrafish has become a favoured model for studying early laterality events. Here, we demonstrate that growth and development factor 11 (Gdf11) is essential for left–right development via TGF‐β signalling. Morphological analysis showed that gdf11 morphants and mutants displayed clear heart and liver laterality disorders in a Nodal signal‐dependent manner. Additionally, we found that Kupffer's vesicle formation and ciliogenesis were impaired following gdf11 deletion. We also observed that Gdf11 may form a heterodimer with Spaw, which promotes Smad2/3 phosphorylation and activates TGF‐β signalling. Subsequently, Gdf11 promotes left–right laterality by stimulating Foxj1a and its target gene expression. In summary, we reveal a critical role of Gdf11 in left–right patterning, providing fundamental insights into the developmental process of left–right asymmetry.
PET‐CT Defined Micro‐Vascular Dysfunction and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Risk Factors in Heart Transplant Recipients
Authors: Milwidsky Assi , Chan Marvyn A. , Travin Mark , Gjelaj Christiana , Saeed Omar , Vukelic Sasa , Rochlani Yogita , Madan Shivank , Shin Julia J. , Sims Daniel B. , Murthy Sandhya , Chavez Patricia , Jorde Ulrich P. , Patel Snehal R. 
Published: October 2024

ABSTRACTMicrovascular dysfunction (MVD) is considered a form of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), independently associated with poor prognosis after heart transplantation (HTX). It is unknown whether traditional risk factors for CAV are also applicable to MVD. We retrospectively analyzed factors associated with MVD in 94 HTX recipients who completed a PET scan after a normal baseline left heart catheterization excluding epicardial CAV. MVD was defined by abnormal PET blood flow. The mean age was 52 ± 14 and MVD was found in 49 patients (53%). No donor risk factors were significantly associated with recipient MVD. Recipients risk factors for MVD included—diabetes mellitus (51% vs. 27%, p = 0.016) and hypertension (78% vs. 49%, p = 0.004) in patients with and without MVD, respectively. In a multivariate model, recipient hypertension and diabetes were the only significant determinants of MVD development (OR = 2.63, 95% CI [1.69–36.98], p = 0.009 and OR 2.1, 95% CI [1.10–15.38], p = 0.035, respectively). In conclusion, MVD was more associated with metabolic risk determinants rather than traditional CAV risk factors.