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Modern slavery – the adult safeguarding interface
Authors: Kidd Joanna , Manthorpe Jill 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The inclusion of modern slavery in the Care Act 2014 as a form of abuse means that the subject of modern slavery is now included in the remit of adult safeguarding in England. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the background to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and its provisions.

Design/methodology/approach
A policy analysis was undertaken in 2016 drawing on research and commentary related to the interface between modern slavery and adult safeguarding.

Findings
There is little material as yet focussing on adult safeguarding and modern slavery but the inclusion of modern slavery in this area of practice and organisations will require practitioner responses, organisational collaboration and revisions of data collection and analysis. Newspaper accounts of criminal charges under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 may be important first evidence of the interface potentially between modern slavery and adults at risk of abuse and neglect that are the focus of adult safeguarding concern.

Practical implications
Information about modern slavery may provide relevant background and contextual detail for adult safeguarding communities, furnishing links and resources for this new area of their work.

Originality/value
This paper is likely to be of interest to policymakers, researchers and practitioners in examining their new duties under the Care Act 2014 and the Modern Slavery Act 2015, and to wider public and private bodies considering their responsibilities in responses to modern slavery more broadly.
Social responsibility disclosure in Islamic banks: a comparative study of Indonesia and Malaysia
Authors: Amran Azlan , Fauzi Hasan , Purwanto Yadi , Darus Faizah , Yusoff Haslinda , Zain Mustaffa Mohamed , Naim Dayang Milianna Abang , Nejati Mehran 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
This paper aims to explore social responsibility reporting of full-fledged Islamic banks in two developing countries, namely, Indonesia and Malaysia. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an important aspect of business society. As such, companies have shown a growing interest in reporting their social and environmental initiatives.

Design/methodology/approach
Content analysis of the annual reports for three full-fledged local Islamic banks in Indonesia and three Islamic banks in Malaysia was carried out for the period of 2007-2011.

Findings
Results of the study revealed that CSR disclosure of Islamic banks has generally grown both in Malaysia and Indonesia. More specifically, it was found that workplace and community dimensions were the most highly disclosed areas by the Islamic banks in both countries.

Research limitations/implications
The current study provides a cross-cultural perspective on social responsibility disclosure in Islamic banks across two countries. The study is limited by investigating a five-year time frame.

Practical implications
By discussing the findings according to the stages of growth model for CSR, the authors suggest that Islamic banks can enhance their responsiveness, and transform their role from being CSR reporters of social responsibility to responders.

Originality/value
While the tenets of CSR have a lot in common with Islamic moral law (Shariah), little is known about CSR disclosure of Islamic banks.
What values more? Agency costs or accrual quality
Authors: Saini Jagjit S. , Arugaslan Onur , DeMello James 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine what is weighted more by the investors when valuing a dual-class firm’s stock – greater agency costs or better accrual quality of the dual-class firm in contrast to the single-class firm.

Design/methodology/approach
Using the financial data of firms issuing multiple classes of stock (hereafter dual-class firms) and firms issuing single class of stock (hereafter single-class firms), the authors measure the effect of firm’s ownership structure (dual class versus single class) on the earnings response coefficients (ERCs) of prior, current and future period earnings.

Findings
The authors find that investors care more about agency costs than the quality of accruals in evaluating the earnings of dual-class firms. Specifically, the authors find that current annual returns of the firm are negatively associated with dual-class ownership structure and that earnings informativeness and predictability are decreasing in dual-class ownership of the firm as reflected in decreasing ERCs.

Originality/value
This study adds to prior literature on dual-class ownership which reports greater agency costs and better accrual quality at dual-class firms in contrast to single-class firms. This study contributes to the literature on earnings informativeness and predictability by evaluating the effect of ownership structure on the ERCs of the firm. Investors should be careful when valuing a dual-class firm and should consider agency costs in addition to accrual quality of reported earnings at such firms.
Exploring the “social failures” of Islamic banks: a historical dialectics analysis
Authors: Abdul-Baki Zayyad , Uthman Ahmad Bukola 
Published: April 2017

PurposeThis paper aims to argue that the current environment in which the Islamic banking system is situated is not ideal for the system’s pursuance of its socioeconomic ideals, thus necessitating the system’s shift from pursuingfalahto maximizing profits.Design/methodology/approachThe paper theorizes and conceptualizes this shift fromfalahto profit maximization using two complementary theories – systems theory and institutional theory – to prove that such a shift is not unexpected. The paper further adopts a dialectical analysis that is somewhat historical to analyse the shift.FindingsThe measure of the Islamic banks’ performance in terms of their social ideals is misplaced, as the environment in which they currently operate does not support such goals. Thus, stemming from the theoretical base, the Islamic banks’ pursuance of profit maximization instead offalahshould not be unexpected. The paper concludes that despite the unfavorable environment, the social ideals of the Islamic banking system may still be met, to an extent, through investment in microfinance andawqaf.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper adopts document analysis for sourcing data majorly from prior studies. Hence, the authors do not conclude that the analysis herein is applicable to all Islamic banks. Secondly, as the authors could not get a complete historical account of the Islamic banking system’s development, some aspects of the dialectical analysis – contradiction and change – have been discussed in a general fashion.Practical implicationsThe need for Islamic banks in the current environment, especially for the Muslim population, cannot be over emphasized; however, the achievement offalahgiven this current environment may be daunting.Originality/valueThe current analyses of the shift of Islamic banks from pursuingfalahto pursuing profit maximization are not well-defined, as they lack a proper theorization of the challenges faced by Islamic banks. This paper fills this gap.
An analytical study of organizational role stress (ORS) in employees of nationalized banks
Authors: Chaudhary Priyanka , Lodhwal Radha Krishan 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the organizational role stress (ORS) in employees of Allahabad Bank posted at Guwahati city serving at scale 1 and above up to the deputy general manager (DGM).

Design/methodology/approach
This study was carried out at different branches of Allahabad Bank located in the city of Guwahati, Assam. The respondents included assistant managers and DGM. The sampling technique used for data collection was non-probability sampling; the method used was convenience sampling. This study is exploratory as well as descriptive in nature. A questionnaire was distributed and collected personally by the researcher.

Findings
After an extensive literature review, it was the belief of the researchers that the employees of Allahabad Bank could be experiencing the effects of stress. On using the tools (mean, ANOVA, Correlation) on the dimensions of stress and demographic factors, the results were almost identical.

Research limitations/implications
In the banking industry, every constituent of the occupational stress can be studied more thoroughly. More insight into the factors of stress can be brought into the spotlight through more research work. Academicians may shed light on new factors that are creating stress, but still remain unidentified.

Practical implications
This study can be extensively used in fields other than the banking industry such as hospitality, healthcare, insurance, etc. Stress gives rise to physical problems and health problems. It may also lead to psychological, behavioral and organizational problems. Stress adversely affects the productivity of the organization as employees experiencing stress may not perform up to their capability and according to the requirements of the organization. Awareness among people of stress and the reasons for its occurrence is a must to keep them healthy, happy and competitive.

Originality/value
This research is based on primary data collected from Udai Pareek’s ORS scale. The target sample was scale 1-5 employees of Allahabad Bank posted at Guwahati city. The literature review information and the work of other researchers are supported by due reference.
Understanding level 5 leaders: the ethical perspectives of leadership humility
Authors: Caldwell Cam , Ichiho Riki , Anderson Verl 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the ethical perspectives of leadership humility. Jim Collins, in his seminal work, Good to Great, noted that all great organizations are led by “Level 5 leaders (L5Ls).” These leaders exhibit fierce resolve, but incredible humility. This paper examines the nature of humility and its assumptions associated with 12 frequently cited ethical perspectives. Humility builds high follower trust and commitment so often lacking in the modern organization. The paper identifies four practical contributions for scholars and leaders who seek to understand the role of humility in leadership effectiveness.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper is a conceptual paper which relies heavily on research from the current literature about leadership, trust, and humility.

Findings
This paper compares humility with 12 well-regarded ethical perspectives and presents humility as an ethically-relevant leadership construct that helps leaders to build trust, commitment, and followership.

Research limitations/implications
Because this paper is not an empirical study, it does not present research information, propositions, or hypotheses.

Practical implications
This paper suggests that leaders can be more effective if they come to understand the implicit ethical nature of leadership and the importance of humility in building trust.

Originality/value
Although Collins’ research about great organizations identified the importance of Level 5 leadership 15 years ago, very little has been written about the nature of humility as a leadership virtue. More importantly, this paper is among the first to identify the relationship between ethics and humility for L5Ls.
Coauthorship network-based literature recommendation with topic model
Authors: Hwang San-Yih , Wei Chih-Ping , Lee Chien-Hsiang , Chen Yu-Siang 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The information needs of the users of literature database systems often come from the task at hand, which is short term and can be represented as a small number of articles. Previous works on recommending articles to satisfy users’ short-term interests have utilized article content, usage logs, and more recently, coauthorship networks. The usefulness of coauthorship has been demonstrated by some research works, which, however, tend to adopt a simple coauthorship network that records only the strength of coauthorships. The purpose of this paper is to enhance the effectiveness of coauthorship-based recommendation by incorporating scholars’ collaboration topics into the coauthorship network.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors propose a latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA)-coauthorship-network-based method that integrates topic information into the links of the coauthorship networks using LDA, and a task-focused technique is developed for recommending literature articles.

Findings
The experimental results using information systems journal articles show that the proposed method is more effective than the previous coauthorship network-based method over all scenarios examined. The authors further develop a hybrid method that combines the results of content-based and LDA-coauthorship-network-based recommendations. The resulting hybrid method achieves greater or comparable recommendation effectiveness under all scenarios when compared to the content-based method.

Originality/value
This paper makes two contributions. The authors first show that topic model is indeed useful and can be incorporated into the construction of coaurthoship-network to improve literature recommendation. The authors subsequently demonstrate that coauthorship-network-based and content-based recommendations are complementary in their hit article rank distributions, and then devise a hybrid recommendation method to further improve the effectiveness of literature recommendation.
Outsourcing decision factors of building operation and maintenance services in the commercial sector
Authors: Suweero Kittipong , Moungnoi Wutthipong , Charoenngam Chotchai 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
Building operation and maintenance (BOM) services are important activities for highly competitive businesses. In addition, outsourcing decision factors are key to the effectiveness of BOM. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to identify and prioritize the decision factors that affect outsourcing decision factors for BOM services, to elicit the different perceptions of each managerial group (shopping centers, hotels, and hospitals), and to categorize the important outsourced BOM decision factors.

Design/methodology/approach
On the basis of the literature review, the authors observed that there are 56 outsourcing decision factors in six groups. The survey included 105 of the largest and most competitive companies in Bangkok, Thailand. The statistical methods applied were the relative importance index (RII), t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and factor analysis (FA).

Findings
The findings show that the three participant groups are different in some respects, as shown by their RII values. After ranking the RII values, the top 15 factors for each participant group were used to compare the participant groups using the t-test and one-way ANOVA, which confirmed their respective similarities and differences. Through an FA, the top reasons that each business outsourced BOM services were grouped into major categories.

Originality/value
The results of this research will not only facilitate an understanding of the related decision factors used by each particular business in the commercial sector but will also assist outsourcing companies in identifying and improving support services for businesses.
The implementation of green lease practices for office buildings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Authors: Mohd Adnan Yasmin , Aman Nur Uyun , Razali Muhammad Najib , Daud Md. Nasir 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
With the impending development of green buildings in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, managing the criteria within the requirements of the rating tool’s certification shall be the responsibility of the respective parties when these buildings are in operations. In tenanted buildings, a lease agreement spells out the responsibilities of the owner/landlord and the tenants. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
The main aim of this study is to gauge the implementation of green lease among office buildings in Kuala Lumpur. This is made through an initial review of the adoption of green building criteria as well as the determination of the drivers and barriers perceived by office building managers in implementing green lease.

Findings
A survey amongst the managers of top grade office buildings in Kuala Lumpur revealed that the majority practiced some of the green criteria outlined in the Green Building Index. It also revealed that the most significant green lease terms commonly acknowledged by the respondents were energy and water-saving consumption as well as recycled material usage.

Originality/value
Through the identification of the barriers to implement green lease, the most significant barriers identified were related to cost and financing. Having identified these obstacles, appropriate action can be taken to bring forward green lease awareness amongst the various stakeholders in the office building sector in ensuring the successful operation of green buildings.
Effect of imidization process on the performance of PI/nano-Al2O3 three layer composite film
Authors: Liu Lizhu , He Hongju , Weng Ling , Zhang Xiaorui 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper was to comprehensively understand the effects of imidization process on the structure and properties of polyimide (PI) films through the preparation and characterization of a variety of PI/aluminium oxide (Al2O3) nanocomposite films by using several imidization-based strategies.

Design/methodology/approach
Poly(amic acid) (PAA) containing different amounts of inorganic materials (namely, 0 Wt.%, 4 Wt.%, 8 Wt.%, 12 Wt.% and 16 Wt.%) was synthesized by using pyromellitic dianhydride and 4,4-diaminodiphenyl ether as raw material and N,N-dimethylacetamide as solvent. Subsequently, the solution obtained was casted on a glass substrate and dried by the means of various curing processes. The micro-structure, Fourier transform–infrared spectral features, breakdown field strength, dielectric properties and the corona-resistant time parameters of films were achieved.

Findings
The imidization process influences substantially the properties of composite films. Therefore, as the imidization rate is increased, the corona-resistant time and the electrical breakdown strength of composite films are also improved, while the dielectric constant faces a+ decreasing.

Research limitations/implications
In this paper, the impact of imidization process on the performance of PI/nano-Al2O3 three-layered composite film is reported. However, there are multiple factors governing these systems (such as, interlayer thickness ratio and humidity), which are not discussed herein.

Originality/value
The current study expounds the relationship between imidization ratios as well as the effect of imidization ratio on the performance of the film.
Synthesis and performances of extended conjugated stilbene fluorescent dye
Authors: Huang Rui , Shen Kangni , Xu Teng , Shen Yongjia 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the optic performance of extended stilbene derivative.

Design/methodology/approach
Five steps were adopted to synthesise novel 4, 4′-bis (2-cyanostyryl) stilbene, which contained three vinyl units in the skeleton (S3E). The structure of S3E was characterised by 1H NMR and EI-MS. Its absorption and emission spectra were also given.

Findings
Compared to C.I. Fluorescent Brightener 199, which contains two vinyl units in the skeleton, S3E showed obvious bathochromic shifts in both UV-VIS and FL spectra. The maximum absorption wavelength and fluorescent wavelength were at 390 nm and 464 nm, respectively, with Stoke’s shift of 74 nm. The absolute fluorescence quantum yield was 0.42. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) revealed that the weight loss of S3E was less than 5 per cent at 300 °C. Moreover, the light resistance test showed that S3E in PVC plate can keep the good fluorescent intensity for more than seven days exposed to xenon light. Therefore, it is believed that S3E could satisfy the requirements of colouring PVC as a fluorescent dye.

Practical implications
S3E can be used as a candidate of fluorescent dye in the development of thermoplastics.

Originality/value
The present paper designed and synthesised a new derivative of stilbene, which showed its preference to be a colourant of thermoplastics.
Grey-fuzzy logic to optimise process parameters in drilling of glass fibre reinforced stainless steel mesh polymer composite
Authors: Sakthivel M. , Vijayakumar S. , Jenarthanan M.P. 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to optimise the process parameters, namely, point angle, spindle speed and feed rate in the drilling of glass-reinforced stainless steel mesh polymer (GRSSMP) composites using grey relational fuzzy logic.

Design/methodology/approach
Based on the full factorial design, the experiments were conducted. The output responses considered are thrust force, torque, delamination and diameter deviation. Based on responses, the optimised process parameter was selected using grey-fuzzy reasoning analysis (GFRA).

Findings
The percentage contribution of the drilling parameters is analysed using analysis of variance (ANOVA), and the result shows that feed rate is the most influential factor in the drilling of GRSSMP composites.

Research limitations/implications
The optimised drilling parameters have been used for drilling of polymer composites in the production industry.

Originality/value
Optimisation of process parameters during the drilling of GRSSMP composites using GFRA has not been performed previously.
Detection of betacyanins pigment stability fromHylocereus polyrhizus(Weber) Britton & Rose fruit pulp and peel for possible use as natural coating
Authors: Abdul Razak Ummi Nur Ain , Taha R.M. , Che Musa Siti Aisha Na’illa , Mohamed Normadiha 
Published: April 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the potential of betacyanin pigment extracted fromHylocereus polyrhizusfruit pulp and peel as a natural colorant and to observe the effects of pH and light on betacyanin contents.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, pigment from the pulp and peel ofH. polyrhizusfruits was extracted using 80 per cent methanol and 80 per cent acetone. Effects of pH and light exposure during storage on betacyanin content were evaluated. The betacyanin extract, mixed with 20 per cent poly(methyl methacrylate) and coated onto glass slides, was tested with different concentrations of sodium hydroxide (NaCl) to determine its durability. An ultraviolet (UV)–visible spectrophotometer was used for analyzing the betacyanin content.FindingsBetacyanin pigment extracted from pulp using 80 per cent acetone as the solvent at pH 1.0 had the highest betacyanin content. Betacyanin content decreased when stored under exposure of light compared to storage in dark. In this study, increasing concentration of NaCl decreased the absorbance values at faster rates for betacyanin-coated glass slides.Research limitations/implicationsAcetone is volatile and evaporates rapidly. Pigments extracted with acetone were stored in glass vials which were closed tightly to prevent evaporation.Social implicationsThe social implication is the use of natural pigments from cactus species as a valuable and eco-friendly source in a coating system without adverse effects for human health.Originality/valueThe method for detection of stability and effectiveness of betacyanin pigment used as a natural colorant for coating application was beneficial and recent for environment-friendly and natural plant-based product development.