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Implementing sustainability in small and medium-sized construction firms
Authors: Upstill-Goddard James , Glass Jacqui , Dainty Andrew , Nicholson Ian 
Published: July 2016

Purpose– Construction organisations are becoming increasingly aware of the impacts of their operations, from both an environmental and, more recently, a social viewpoint. Sustainability standards can enable an organisation to evidence a benchmarked level of performance against a particular issue. To date, research on standards has largely focused on the operational and administrative aspects of their enactment, rather than how they might affect – and be appropriated by – organisational actors. The purpose of this paper is to examine how capacity for learning can affect the success of implementing standards within two construction SMEs.Design/methodology/approach– Taking an organisational learning and absorptive capacity (ACAP) perspective, this research uses the case study approach and abductive logic to understand what role learning plays with regard to sustainability standard implementation.Findings– The results reveal that strong communication channels and commitment to training programmes increase the capacity for implementing standards, but that SMEs tend only to approach standards if they see immediate financial benefits stemming from their implementation.Practical implications– SMEs provide a challenging context for the implementation of sustainability standards unless there are significant external levers and extrinsic motivation for them to be embraced. Care should be taken in incorporating these aspects into the future design of standards that are more aligned with SME needs.Social implications– Stakeholders should seek to apply pressure to firms to positively influence engagement with sustainability standards.Originality/value– The role and importance of ACAP is an underdeveloped debate in the certification field. This study is the first that links the process of implementing a standard with the ACAP of an organisation.
Bilateral learning model in construction claim negotiations
Authors: Lu Wenxue , Zhang Lihan , Bai Fan 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
– The learning ability on critical bargaining information contributes to accelerating construction claim negotiations in the win-win situation. The purpose of this paper is to study how to apply Zeuthen strategy and Bayesian learning to simulate the dynamic bargaining process of claim negotiations with the consideration of discount factor and risk attitude.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors first adopted certainty equivalent method and curve fitting to build a party’s own curve utility function. Taking the opponent’s bottom line as the learning goal, the authors introduced Bayesian learning to refine former predicted linear utility function of the opponent according to every new counteroffer. Both parties’ utility functions were revised by taking discount factors into consideration. Accordingly, the authors developed a bilateral learning model in construction claim negotiations based on Zeuthen strategy.

Findings
– The consistency of Zeuthen strategy and the Nash bargaining solution model guarantees the effectiveness of the bilateral learning model. Moreover, the illustrative example verifies the feasibility of this model.

Research limitations/implications
– As the authors developed the bilateral learning model by mathematical deduction, scholars are expected to collect empirical cases and compare actual solutions and model solutions in order to modify the model in future studies.

Practical implications
– Negotiators could refer to this model to make offers dynamically, which is favorable for the parties to reach an agreement quickly and to avoid the escalation of claims into disputes.

Originality/value
– The proposed model provides a supplement to the existing studies on dynamic construction claim negotiations.
Competency-based measures for designing out construction waste: task and contextual attributes
Authors: Ajayi Saheed O , Oyedele Lukumon O. , Kadiri Kabir O , Akinade Olugbenga O , Bilal Muhammad , Owolabi Hakeem A , Alaka Hafiz A 
Published: July 2016

Purpose– Competency-based measure is increasingly evident as an effective approach to tailoring training and development for organisational change and development. With design stage widely reckoned as being decisive for construction waste minimisation, the purpose of this paper is to identify designers’ competencies for designing out waste.Design/methodology/approach– Due to paucity of research into competency for construction waste mitigation, this study corroborates verbal protocol analyses (VPA) with phenomenological research.Findings– Combining findings from the two methodological approaches, competencies for designing out waste are grouped into five categories, three of which are largely task related and two being contextual competencies. The study suggests that design task proficiency, low waste design skills and construction-related knowledge are indispensable task competencies, while behavioural competence and inter-professional collaborative abilities are requisite contextual competencies for designing out waste. In concurrence with task-contextual theory of job performance, personality variables and cognitive abilities are found to influence one another. This suggests that both task and contextual competencies are not only important, they are less mutually exclusive with respect to designing out waste.Practical implications– This study implies that apart from commitment and dedication of designers to waste minimisation, design and firm practices are expected to be adapted to the industry’s standard.Originality/value– Basis for training needs of design professionals as well as redeployment criterion are further elaborated in the paper. By enhancing competencies identified in this study, construction waste would not only be significantly designed out, adequate cost saving could be made as a result of waste reduction.
Implicit assumptions in high potentials recruitment
Authors: Posthumus Jan , Bozer Gil , Santora Joseph C. 
Published: July 2016

PurposeProfessionals of human resources (HR) use different criteria in practice than they verbalize. Thus, the aim of this research was to identify the implicit criteria used for the selection of high-potential employees in recruitment and development settings in the pharmaceutical industry.Design/methodology/approachA semi-structured interview guide was developed and used to collect data from 15 European and US recruiters in the pharmaceutical sector. The interview guide included an embedded association test to identify potential differences between implicit assumptions about high potentials and verbalized criteria among participants.FindingsThese include differences and similarities between the criteria to define high potentials and the implicit assumptions HR professionals use in their initial selection of employees who are selected for further assessment and development programmes.Research limitations/implicationsSize of the sample is a limitation. Therefore, the conclusions drawn from this study should be treated with a degree of caution.Practical implicationsLearning how HR professionals use implicit assumptions about potential recruits should inform practitioners about selection, promotion and training strategies. Given the increasing application of automated search algorithms to identify and select high potentials for recruitment, development and promotion purposes, future studies should account for the differences between used and verbalized criteria underlying the development of these systems.Originality/valueThis study shows how the used implicit assumptions of HR professionals about high potentials differ from verbalized statements and guidelines.
Critical review on power in organization: empowerment in human resource development
Authors: Jo Sung Jun , Park Sunyoung 
Published: July 2016

PurposeThis paper aims to analyze current practices, discuss empowerment from the theoretical perspectives on power in organizations and suggest an empowerment model based on the type of organizational culture and the role of human resource development (HRD).Design/methodology/approachBy reviewing the classic viewpoint of power, Lukes’ three-dimensional power and Foucault’s disciplinary power, we discuss power and empowerment in organizational contexts.FindingsPower in organizations can be conceptualized based on the classic view, Foucault and critical view and Lukes’ three-dimensional power. We found that true employee empowerment is related to the third dimension of power. The role of HRD for empowerment can be categorized into enhancing motivation and commitment in terms of psychological empowerment and bringing real power to employees. The proposed empowerment model assumes that organizational culture influences the dimensions of empowerment and the role of HRD for supporting empowerment.Practical implicationsHRD needs to critically assess the meaning of power in particular contexts (Morrell and Wilkinson, 2002) before planning and implementing specific training and development interventions for performance improvement and/or organization development interventions for innovation.Originality/valueThis study attempts to review, analyze and discuss issues regarding employee empowerment from HRD perspectives. Implications for the roles of HRD and the empowerment model are proposed.
Workplace bullying and workplace deviance
Authors: Peng Yen-Chun , Chen Liang-Ju , Chang Chen-Chieh , Zhuang Wen-Long 
Published: July 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between workplace bullying and workplace deviance. This study also examined the mediating effect of emotional exhaustion and the moderating effect of core self-evaluations (CSE) in the relationship between workplace bullying and workplace deviance.Design/methodology/approach– Convenience sampling was used in this study; 262 caregivers at a long-term care institution in Taiwan participated in the study.Findings– The results of this study showed that workplace bullying positively and significantly influenced workplace deviance; emotional exhaustion fully mediated the relationship between workplace bullying and deviance; and CSE significantly moderated the relationship between workplace bullying and deviance.Research limitations/implications– The self-reporting method and cross-sectional research design adopted in this study might have resulted in common method variance and limited the ability to make causal inferences. This study suggest future studies to obtain measures of predictor and criterion variables from different sources or ensure a temporal, proximal, or psychological separation between predictor and criterion in the collection of data to avoid the common method bias.Practical implications– Businesses should establish a friendly work environment and prevent employees from encountering workplace bullying. Next, an unbiased process for internal complaints should be established. Finally, this study suggests recruiting employees with high CSE.Originality/value– This study was the first to simultaneously consider the effect of emotional exhaustion (a mediator) and CSE (a moderator) on the relationship between workplace bullying and workplace deviance.
Lasting footprints of the employer brand: can sustainable HRM lead to brand commitment?
Authors: App Stefanie , Büttgen Marion 
Published: July 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether both perceived sustainable organizational and supervisor support, which represent a sustainable human resource management (HRM) approach, can induce commitment to the employer brand.Design/methodology/approach– This study includes a diverse sample of 3,016 employees drawn from various German organizations. To test the developed hypotheses, a structural model that included all the hypothesized effects was built, using Mplus 7.Findings– Perceived sustainable supervisor support (PSSS) has a direct effect on brand commitment, whereas perceived sustainable organizational support (PSOS) only generates brand commitment indirectly, mediated by brand prestige, brand distinctiveness, and brand trust. The findings further underline that, compared with PSOS, PSSS has a stronger impact on trust in respect of the employer brand.Originality/value– By considering current employees and their commitment to the employer brand, this study takes an insider view and sheds new light on how an employer brand based on sustainable HRM can achieve commitment, as well as how several mediators affect this link.
Understanding family firm innovation heterogeneity
Authors: Li Zonghui , Daspit Joshua J. 
Published: July 2016

Purpose– In family business studies, inconsistent findings exist regarding the relationship between family involvement and firm innovation. The purpose of this paper is to understand the heterogeneity of family firm innovation.Design/methodology/approach– The authors draw on governance literature and the socioemotional wealth (SEW) perspective to examine how the extent of family governance and the type of SEW objectives jointly influence innovation strategies in family firms.Findings– The authors develop a typology of family firm innovation strategies, positing that the family firm’s risk orientation, innovation goal, and knowledge diversity vary depending on the degree of family involvement in governance and the type of SEW objective. The authors propose that four family firm innovation strategies (e.g. Limited Innovators, Intended Innovators, Potential Innovators, and Active Innovators) emerge when family involvement in the dominant coalition (high or low) is contrasted with the SEW objective (restricted or extended) pursued by the family.Practical implications– Understanding how governance and SEW goals work together to influence the firm’s innovation strategies is potentially valuable for managers of family firms. The authors offer practical suggestions for how to strategically reposition the firm to pursue innovation strategies more in line with those of the Active Innovator.Originality/value– This study contributes to the family business literature by using a multi-dimensional approach to examine family firm heterogeneity. In addition, by articulating various family firm innovation strategies, the authors offer insight into the previously inconsistent findings concerning firm innovation behavior and outcomes in family business studies.
Chemical Composition and Bioactivities of Two Common Chaenomeles Fruits in China: Chaenomeles speciosa and Chaenomeles sinensis
Authors: Miao Jing , Zhao Chengcheng , Li Xia , Chen Xuetao , Mao Xinhui , Huang Hanhan , Wang Tingting , Gao Wenyuan 
Published: July 2016

AbstractContents of total flavonoids, total phenolics, total triterpenes, total condensed tannin and total saponins in peels, flesh and endocarps of Chaenomeles speciosa (CSP) and Chaenomeles sinensis (CSS) were determined by colorimetric method, while 5 phenolics (vanillic, gallic, chlorogenic, ferulic and p‐coumaric acids), 2 triterpenes (oleanolic and ursolic acids), and 3 flavonoids (rutin, catechin and epicatechin) were identified and quantified by high‐performance liquid chromatography‐mass spectrometry (HPLC‐MS) and HPLC, and antioxidant and α‐glucosidase inhibitory activities of them also were evaluated as well as their digestive characteristics. In the correlation analysis, total phenolics, vanillic acid, catechin, ursolic acid and oleanolic acid all contribute to DPPH· scavenge capacity, gallic acid contributes to total ferric reducing antioxidant power, while total triterpenes, total saponins, chlorogenic acid and ferullic acid contribute to α‐glucosidase inhibitory activity. In the principal component analysis, endocarps of CSP and CSS both show better quality than their peels and flesh, respectively. In vitro digestion can increase contents of total flavonoids, total condensed tannin and total saponins, while contents of total phenolics and total triterpenes decreased greatly. Our study would contribute to the full use of discarded parts of the 2 Chaenomeles and be helpful to establish a good foundation for further research of CSP and CSS.
Local birthing services for rural women: Adaptation of a rural New South Wales maternity service
Authors: Durst Michelle , Rolfe Margaret , Longman Jo , Robin Sarah , Dhnaram Beverley , Mullany Kathryn , Wright Ian , Barclay Lesley 
Published: July 2016

AbstractObjectiveTo describe the outcomes of a public hospital maternity unit in rural New South Wales (NSW) following the adaptation of the service from an obstetrician and general practitioner‐obstetrician (GPO)‐led birthing service to a low‐risk midwifery group practice (MGP) model of care with a planned caesarean section service (PCS).DesignA retrospective descriptive study using quantitative methodology.SettingMaternity unit in a small public hospital in rural New South Wales, Australia.ParticipantsData were extracted from the ward‐based birth register for 1172 births at the service between July 2007 and June 2012.Main outcome measuresBirth numbers, maternal characteristics, labour, birthing and neonatal outcomes.ResultsThere were 750 births over 29 months in GPO and 277 and 145 births over 31 months in MGP and PCS, respectively, totalling 422 births following the change in model of care. The GPO had 553 (73.7%) vaginal births and 197 (26.3%) caesarean section (CS) births (139 planned and 58 unplanned). There were almost universal normal vaginal births in MGP (>99% or 276). For normal vaginal births, more women in MGP had no analgesia (45.3% versus 25.1%) or non‐invasive analgesia (47.9% versus 38.6%) and episiotomy was less common in MGP than GPO (1.9% versus 3.4%). Neonatal outcomes were similar for both groups with no difference between Apgar scores at 5 min, neonatal resuscitations or transfer to high‐level special care nurseries.ConclusionThis study demonstrates how a rural maternity service maintained quality care outcomes for low‐risk women following the adaptation from a GPO to an MGP service.
Health‐related quality of life in children with myelomeningocele: a systematic review of the literature
Authors: Bakaniene I. , Prasauskiene A. , Vaiciene‐Magistris N. 
Published: July 2016

SummaryMyelomeningocele (MMC) is the most complex congenital birth defect compatible with life. To provide the best health care for children with MMC, clinicians and researchers have to understand health and functional status of their patients as well as factors influencing their quality of life (QOL). The objective is to review studies that assess health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) and determinants of HRQOL in children with MMC. The data sources include MEDLINE, along with reference lists of relevant reviews and included articles. Study eligibility criteria are quantitative studies that assess HRQOL using validated HRQOL instrument. Participants include children aged 0–18 years with diagnosis of MMC or spina bifida. Risk of bias was assessed using the Hayden system for non‐randomized studies. Narrative synthesis and tables of results of HRQOL studies were conducted. Children with MMC have decreased HRQOL compared with normative population. Physical HRQOL is the most exposed aspect of QOL, while discrepancies in psychosocial domains vary by study. Many determinants of QOL have been found, and it is still not clear which determinant can be described as the strongest predictor. Psychosocial factors are the most consistent determinants of HRQOL.Heterogeneous study sample size, study designs, determinant and outcomes measures limited synthesis of findings. The HRQOL in children with MMC is complex and mediated by a number of associated medical problems, together with a variety of psychosocial and environmental factors. Future research is needed (a) on the relation between complex medical problems, functional independence, parent's and clinician's expectation and HRQOL in children and (b) to assess the differences in HRQOL by social environment and healthcare system.
Atypia of undetermined significance on thyroid fine needle aspiration – risk factors for malignancy
Authors: Seo J.W. , Jang A.L. , Suh S.H. , Park H.S. , Kang M.K. , Hong J.C. 
Published: July 2016

ObjectivesThis study is designed to determine the clinical predictors of malignancy in the atypia of undetermined significance (AUS) category resulted from thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA).DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingDong‐A University Medical Center, Busan, Korea.ParticipantsSixty‐two patients who underwent thyroid surgery from January 2010 to December 2013, following a diagnosis of AUS from preoperative thyroid FNA.Main outcome measuresWe investigated the age, gender, maximum size and site of the nodules, ultrasonographic findings, cytological features, BRAF gene mutation, surgical method, number of AUS on repeated FNA and final pathologic results.ResultsForty‐one of sixty‐two patients underwent total thyroidectomy and the rest had lobectomy. The final pathologic results were 41 malignancies and 21 benign diseases. Nodules less than 1.5 cm, ultrasonographic findings suggestive of malignancy were risk factors for malignancy on univariated analysis (P < 0.001). Multivariated analysis showed that nodules less than 1.5 cm, ultrasonographic findings suggestive of malignancy and more than 2 results of atypia from repeated FNAs were significant risk factors for malignancy (P < 0.001). A BRAF gene mutation analysis was performed in 38 patients, and 13 patients had the mutation. All patients with the BRAF gene mutation had been diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer (P > 0.05).ConclusionsWe recommend close observation or diagnostic surgery in patients with nodules <1.5 cm and with two or more malignant ultrasound feature and a BRAF mutation, or with two or more AUS findings on repeated FNAs.
International Evidence on the Relationship between Insider and Bank Ownership and CSR Performance
Authors: Lopatta Kerstin , Jaeschke Reemda , Canitz Felix , Kaspereit Thomas 
Published: July 2016

AbstractManuscript TypeEmpiricalResearch Question/IssueThis study examines the relationship between blockholder and bank ownership and a firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. We analyze a multinational panel data sample for the period 2003–2012.Research Findings/InsightsWe find that the degree of blockholder ownership is negatively related to CSR performance, whereas the degree of bank ownership is positively related to CSR performance. The negative (positive) relationship between blockholder (bank) ownership and CSR performance is more pronounced in firms with high ownership dispersion.Theoretical/Academic ImplicationsOur study contributes to existing literature by investigating the effects of blockholder and bank ownership on CSR performance within an international context. Prior research has predominantly examined local markets. Additionally, we identify ownership dispersion to strengthen the relationship between investors and CSR and thus provide further evidence on the factors influencing investors' CSR preferences. Conducting an instrumental variables approach supports our findings that bank ownership is positively, and blockholder ownership is negatively, related to CSR performance.Practitioner/Policy ImplicationsOur results may assist firms in understanding the demand for CSR by blockholders and bank owners. An awareness of this demand may help firms to optimize their CSR performance in line with their investors' preferences. The knowledge produced in this article could assist firms in adopting the optimal level of CSR performance. Viewed from another perspective, knowing that either blockholder or bank ownership is present allows other shareholders, for instance sustainability funds, to anticipate the long‐run equilibrium level of firm‐specific CSR performance.