bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Student perceptions of relevance in a research methods course
Authors: Owen Leanne 
Published: May 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that a deliberate effort to link course content to students’ personal or professional goals results in increased student perceptions of relevance.Design/methodology/approachSelf-report data were collected using questionnaires that were administered to students in a research methods course over a period of three semesters. Results were compared in order to determine whether the introduction of guest speakers, hands-on activities, and pertinent video clips fostered greater perceptions of relevance in specific learning units.FindingsAlthough there was some variation, data revealed that students reported the greatest increases in their perceptions of specific course content as relevant if that content was explicitly and clearly linked to a potentially practical professional application.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample size was inconsistent and self-report studies may be viewed as unreliable. The instrument used may benefit from the inclusion of concrete behavioral frequency statements.Practical implicationsIf faculty members can make explicit connections and persuade students’ perceptions of the relevance of course content, students may develop greater motivation to learn, a deeper understanding of the material, and a propensity for long-term transfer.Originality/valueAlthough a number of studies have investigated the causal link between perceived relevance of course content and the attainment of academic or professional goals, none have tracked changes in student perceptions of relevance as a direct result of deliberate faculty efforts to make the relevance of course content explicitly clear for students.
The influence of foreign investment on Malaysian Bumiputera technology firms: 1957-2016
Authors: Abdul Kohar Umar Haiyat , McMurray Adela J. , Peszynski Konrad 
Published: May 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify the historical influences and chronological development of foreign investors on Malaysian Bumiputera (indigenous) new technology-based small firms (NTBSFs).

Design/methodology/approach
Weick’s (1989) conceptual theory building approach is used to conduct a critical historical documentary analysis of the international, local, academic and government inward foreign investments literature from prior Malaysia’s independence (1957) through to 2016.

Findings
Increased foreign investment between 1957 and 2016 proved to be effective for Malaysia to transform its economy from a reliance on primary production to a focus on innovation and value-added industries such as the biotechnology and the information and communication and technology sectors.

Research limitations/implications
Local and international literature addressing inward foreign investments towards host countries yielded four key research implications: employment effects, strategic alliances, technology transfer and knowledge transfer. Creation of firm-specific resources in addition to government assistance, particularly through grants and advisory services, significantly contribute to the sustainability of Bumiputera NTBSFs.

Practical implications
Inward foreign investment through subsidiary multi-national companies (MNCs) leads to the formation of strategic alliances between MNCs and Bumiputera NTBSFs, generating employment opportunities, contributing to Malaysia’s development aims.

Social implications
Charting the chronological development and historical influence of foreign investment from a Malay-Bumiputera perspective provides an in-depth understanding of the evolution of what is now a multi-cultural Malaysian society.

Originality/value
This study provides a chronological development and discussion of the historical influences and implications of foreign investment towards the evolution and sustainability of Malaysian Bumiputera NTBSFs.
Employee empowerment and its contextual determinants and outcome for service workers
Authors: Kim Peter Beomcheol , Lee Gyumin , Jang Jichul 
Published: May 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate a research model of employee empowerment along with its contextual determinants (i.e. leader-member exchange (LMX) and schedule flexibility) and primary consequence (i.e. service performance) for restaurant workers in New Zealand and South Korea. The study further examines a moderating role of national differences derived from the power distance theory for the hypothesized paths between empowerment and its determinants and consequences.Design/methodology/approachThis study utilized traditional paper-and-pencil surveys for data collection. A final sample of 303 service employees from restaurants in New Zealand (n=152) and South Korea (n=151) was used to test research hypotheses by structural equation modeling using LISREL (version 8.80).FindingsThe study concludes with two core findings supporting research hypotheses. First, as hypothesized, employees who consider their schedule flexible with high LMX quality with their immediate supervisor are more likely to feel empowered, and empowered workers are more likely to perform well in customer services. Furthermore, the results show that the impact of schedule flexibility and LMX on empowerment and the impact of empowerment on service performance are more salient among South Korean employees than their New Zealand counterpart.Originality/valueBased on job characteristics, work adjustment, and social exchange theories, this study develops and tests a research model of employee empowerment including service context-relevant determinants, i.e., schedule flexibility and LMX, as well as a crucial work outcome, i.e., service performance, using two different national samples. The findings of this study contribute to the body of knowledge in understanding the organizational dynamic of employee empowerment in the service industry, suggesting that managers incorporate relevant contextual practices to promote empowerment, which ultimately enhances employees’ service performance. It is also recommended that such practices are carefully implemented, taking into consideration the cultural background of the workforce.
Operational efficiency of ASEAN airlines: based on DEA and bootstrapping approaches
Authors: Hu Jin-Li , Li Yang , Tung Hsin-Jing 
Published: May 2017

Purpose
For strategic and competitive insights, the purpose of this paper is to measure and benchmark the comparative operating efficiencies of Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) major airlines and present a new interpretation along with managerial implications.

Design/methodology/approach
This research statistically tests returns to scale and the equality of mean efficiencies for 15 ASEAN airlines covering the period 2010-2014. The disaggregate input efficiency of ASEAN airlines is computed by comparing the target and actual inputs.

Findings
The disaggregate input efficiency of ASEAN airlines shows that aircraft efficiency is the lowest, operating cost efficiency is better, and available seat efficiency is the best.

Originality/value
This paper applies data envelopment analysis models, disaggregated input efficiency measures, and bootstrapping approaches to compute the operational efficiency of ASEAN airlines. Strategic suggestions are made to improve the operational efficiency of ASEAN airlines.
Acquirer-to-target relatedness and target country unfamiliarity in acquisitions
Authors: Galavotti Ilaria , Depperu Donatella , Cerrato Daniele 
Published: May 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyze corporate scope decisions in acquisitions with a focus on the relationship between target country unfamiliarity and acquirer-to-target relatedness and on the moderating effects played by product diversification and international experience.

Design/methodology/approach
Using a dataset of 689 acquisitions completed in the period 2007-2013 by acquirers located in 60 countries, this paper utilizes an ordered logistic regression analysis.

Findings
With greater target country unfamiliarity, acquirers are encouraged to pursue greater acquirer-to-target relatedness. This finding suggests that acquirers tend to seek a balance between product and international diversification to reduce the sources of uncertainty in their acquisition moves. While past international experience strengthens this relationship, diversification experience has a negative moderating effect and hence encourages acquirers to reduce relatedness at increasing market unfamiliarity.

Originality/value
The originality of this paper is twofold. First, the authors extend the traditional internationalization-diversification framework to an unfamiliarity-relatedness relationship in the context of acquisitions. Second, the authors propose a construct of target country unfamiliarity in acquisitions that goes beyond the traditional domestic vs cross-border dichotomy by including previous experience in the target country.
The influence of board diversity in human capital and social capital in crisis
Authors: Ooi Chai-Aun , Hooy Chee-Wooi , Mat Som Ahmad Puad 
Published: May 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether board diversity in human capital and social capital effectively mitigates the negative impacts of crises on firm performance.

Design/methodology/approach
Cross-sectional time series data for 2001-2011 are collected from all the tourism-related public listed firms across four Asian markets. Linear and non-linear effects of board diversity on firm performance are examined.

Findings
This study finds that board diversity in human capital and social capital does not significantly improve firm performance, but it significantly mitigates the negative impacts of crises striking firm performance. The effects of board diversity show difference with sudden and gradual crises. The effects of board diversity show non-linear when tackling sudden crises. Only high levels of board diversity in external network ties are effective to tackle gradual crisis.

Practical implications
The best composition of board capital should depend on the external environment. Only through adopting excessively high board diversity in social capital is suitable when the firms have lower frequency of industry cycle, or prone to the crisis which is likely to sustain. Instead, a moderate level of board diversity in human and social capital is crucial if the firms are always situated in harsh circumstances such as high competition environment, or prone to face industrial bubble.

Originality/value
This study directly investigates board diversity in human capital and social capital, rather than investigating through the proxy of age, gender, ethnicity, etc. This study sheds light on the influence of the board diversity in the crisis periods, the findings are enhanced with the classification of crises into sudden and gradual-onset type.
A spatial approach to social media
Authors: Laurell Christofer 
Published: May 2017

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to conceptually explore how spatial features of social media can be explained.
Design/methodology/approachBased on a conceptual approach, specific spatial features of social media are reviewed in terms of location, locale and sense of place within the wider frame of the social media landscape.
FindingsIn the literature stream of social media management and marketing, central conceptualisations relate implicitly to the notions of space and place. By drawing from the field of human geography, this implicit spatiality of social media is made explicit by approaching social media applications as the building blocks of digital space in which digital places are created, maintained and integrated with each other over time as a result of interactions and relationships forming between users that inhabit digital places.
Originality/valueThe present paper contributes to extant literature by providing a spatial approach to social media that depicts the character of social media, its interrelation with the physical world, as well as how it currently transforms and evolves. Furthermore, it also addresses how social media places represent settings in which social meaning of commercial relevance is created that affects the way consumption activities take place beyond the physical realm of human co-existence.
Real estate business model innovation and the impact of ego network structure
Authors: Yderfält Åsa , Roxenhall Tommy 
Published: May 2017

PurposeThis paper aims to analyze how a real estate business model innovation developed in a real estate network, with a special focus on the relationship between ego network structure and the innovative development of the business model.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a single case study of a Swedish real estate network of 38 actors. The data were collected at the individual actor level using multiple sources: 12 semi-structured in-depth interviews, 94 min of meetings and 28 written contracts. The empirical findings resulted in four propositions.FindingsThis study demonstrates that it was primarily the building user who was behind the innovative development of the real estate business model innovation, whereas the real estate company acted as a network hub and network resource coordinator. The ego network structures significantly affected the outcome.Practical implicationsReal estate companies should act as hubs, coordinating all the network actor resources the building user needs in the value-creation process. To be effective hubs, the representatives of real estate companies must create extensive personal and open ego networks to acquire central network positions.Originality/valueFew studies examine business model innovation, particularly in the real estate context. Though large real estate businesses usually operate in the networks of various actors, analyses based on the network perspective are also lacking. This case study builds a valuable understanding of how network processes in real estate networks can be used as tools to foster real estate business model innovation, which in turn can lead to more competitive real estate companies and building users.
Quality of life among women in Bangladesh following ileal conduit urinary diversion operations for irreparable vesicovaginal fistula and bladder exstrophy: observational study
Authors: Walker SH , Ambauen‐Berger B , Saha SL , Akhter S 
Published: May 2017

ObjectiveTo determine the quality of life (QOL) of fistula patients in Bangladesh who have undergone ileal conduit (IC) urinary diversion operations, and to assess whether the risks and ethical challenges involved, outweigh the reality of leaving a woman with urinary incontinence for the rest of her life.DesignObservational study.SettingLAMB Hospital, Bangladesh.PopulationSeventeen women who had undergone IC between February 2012 and March 2016: 14 women previously had irreparable obstetric fistulas and three had bladder exstrophy.MethodsDemographic, obstetric, IC‐related, stigma and discrimination information were collected by questionnaire. Univariate analysis was done using the two‐sided t‐test for comparison of differences before and after IC surgery.Main outcome methodsChange in stigma and discrimination scores. Health‐related QOL assessed using the 36‐item Short Form Health Survey.ResultsOf the 17 women, 14 (82.3%) felt they were cured of their fistula disease. Three complained of occasional leakage due to insufficient seal of the bag, mainly at night, and all but one experienced no limits to their daily activities. Stigma and discrimination scores were significantly lower after having the IC surgery. The mean difference from when the woman had a fistula to when she had an IC for stigma score was 3.17 (1.12–4.16, P < 0.001), and for discrimination score was 3 (1.9–4.1, P < 0.001).ConclusionOverall, there has been improved QOL following IC among the women in this study and all would recommend IC to women in the same situation. They remain chronic patients with some physical symptoms, but are well re‐integrated back into their communities.Tweetable abstractImproved QOL following ileal conduit in women with persistent fistula related disorder in Bangladesh.
Anatomical variations of the renal arterial vasculature: An Australian perspective
Authors: Tardo Daniel T , Briggs Christopher , Ahern Gerard , Pitman Alexander , Sinha Sankar 
Published: May 2017

AbstractIntroductionVariations of the renal arteries have been studied and published across various population groups, but similar information for the ethnically diverse nation of Australia is lacking. This study describes the pattern of renal artery anomalies in a section of the Australian population based on computed tomography (CT) angiograms of the abdomen and cadaveric dissection.MethodsThe renal arterial vasculature of 594 kidneys from 300 subjects (28 cadavers, 272 CT) was studied. The number and pattern of renal arteries were categorised on the basis of laterality, point of origin and termination in the kidney (superior pole, hilum and inferior pole), symmetry and sex.ResultsMultiple renal arteries were discovered in 22% of subjects and 12.12% of kidneys. The most common pattern observed was the presence of one variant renal artery (93.1%), compared to the finding of two (5.6%) and three (1.4%) multiple arteries. The aorta was the most frequent site of origin for anomalous vessels, while the hilum was the predominant point of entry. No significant difference was established between left‐ and right‐sided kidneys (13.8% vs. 12.5%; P = 0.627); however, unilateral distribution was more common than bilateral additional renal arteries (16.7% vs. 3.4%; P < 0.01), and variations among males were more than females (27.2% vs. 15.2%; P < 0.05). A higher rate of multiple renal arteries was noted in cadaveric dissections compared to CT images (46.4% vs. 19.5%; P < 0.01).ConclusionThese findings provide application of an evidence‐based teaching tool that facilitates education regarding renal arterial variations in Australia.
Dietary analysis and nutritional counselling for caries prevention in dental practise: a pilot study
Authors: Hayes MJ , Cheng B , Musolino R , Rogers AA 
Published: May 2017

AbstractBackgroundDental practitioners agree that dietary counselling is essential for caries prevention; however, they provide advice infrequently due to a lack of confidence and competence. This study aimed to improve practises through an online training module exploring the use of a brief counselling method, and a diet assessment of caries risk form.MethodsDental practitioners (N = 41) completed a survey on current practises and confidence in providing dietary advice, followed by an online training module. Ten practitioners were involved in recruiting patients, eliciting a diet assessment of caries risk, and using brief counselling techniques with these patients. Patients were followed up at 6 months for a risk assessment review. Dental practitioners also completed a 6‐month follow‐up survey exploring changes in confidence and perceived barriers.ResultsDental hygienists’ confidence improved significantly following the intervention (P < 0.025). Patients showed a significant reduction in high‐risk behaviour pertaining to quantity and timing of sugar intake, and significant trends in improvement of behaviours relating to frequency, exposure time and drinking style (P < 0.05).ConclusionsIt appears that a simple online learning module can improve hygienists’ confidence in dietary advice provision, and have a positive impact on patient behaviour change, within a relatively short time‐frame.
Gingival enlargement in a pregnant woman with acute monocytic leukaemia: a case report
Authors: Fu Y‐W , Xu H‐Z 
Published: May 2017

AbstractThe objective of the present study was to report the case of a pregnant woman with severe gingival enlargement for 3 months with undiagnosed acute leukaemia. The pregnant woman presented with anaemia and generalized gingival enlargement. A provisional diagnosis of gingival enlargement in pregnancy was made. Twelve days after the initial treatment, the patient was referred and admitted to the haematology department of a local hospital with clinical signs of anaemia and thrombocytopenia. Blood count showed a white blood cell count of 9.68 × 109/L, with a haemoglobin count of 64.0 g/L and a platelet count of 17 × 109/L. Bone marrow aspiration showed 94.5% monoblasts, and the morphological diagnosis was acute monocytic leukaemia. One day after admission, the patient delivered a male infant by Caesarean section. Ten days after the Caesarean section, the patient was started on a course of chemotherapy. Pulmonary infection, hypokalaemia, and respiratory failure developed, and the patient died 23 days after the Caesarean section. The present case shows the importance of awareness of severe gingival enlargement as an initial oral sign of acute leukaemia.
Physical activity, obesity and survival in diffuse large B‐cell and follicular lymphoma cases
Authors: Boyle Terry , Connors Joseph M. , Gascoyne Randy D. , Berry Brian R. , Sehn Laurie H. , Bashash Morteza , Spinelli John J. 
Published: May 2017

SummaryThere is limited information concerning the impact of physical activity and obesity on non‐Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) prognosis. We examined the associations between pre‐diagnosis physical activity and body mass index (BMI) with survival in 238 diffuse large B‐cell (DLBCL) and 175 follicular lymphoma cases, with follow‐up from 2000 to 2015. The most physically active DLBCL cases had 41% lower risk of dying in the follow‐up period than the least active [Hazard ratio (HR) = 0·59, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0·36–0·96], while obese follicular lymphoma cases had a 2·5‐fold risk of dying (HR = 2·52, 95% CI = 1·27–5·00) compared with cases with normal BMI. NHL‐specific survival results were similar.