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Relational assets, environmental uncertainty and internationalization speed of Chinese multinational enterprises
Authors: Gao Rui , Du Xiaojun 
Published: October 2024

PurposeHow to support the rapid internationalization of multinational enterprises (MNEs) is a hot topic in academia and industry. The main purpose of this work is to study the role of relational assets (R-assets) in promoting the speed of internationalization of MNEs, and to explore the moderating effect of environmental uncertainty (institutional environment and industry environment) on the relationship between R-assets and internationalization speed of MNEs.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses the outward foreign investment data of China’s A-share listed enterprises from 2009 to 2021, and employs the Cox proportional hazards model to empirically test the research hypothesis.FindingsThe empirical results revealed that R-assets can promote enterprise internationalization speed. In addition, the study also finds that the institutional uncertainty of host countries weakens the promotion effect of R-assets on internationalization speed of MNEs, while the industry uncertainty strengthens the promotion effect of those. Heterogeneity analysis illustrates that, compared with state-owned enterprises, non-state-owned enterprises have a more significant effect on the above conclusions.Originality/valueThis study enriches the literature on internationalization speed of MNEs by focusing on the determinants of internationalization speed through R-assets. From the perspective of knowledge, the work also provides a theoretical reference whereby MNEs can use host country R-assets to accelerate knowledge acquisition and then internationalization practice. In conclusion, this study provides valuable insights for managers aiming to develop effective strategies through R-assets to achieve rapid internationalization, contributing to an emerging literature stream on catch-up for emerging-market MNEs.
Managing COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons – a brief review of literature and key lessons learnt
Authors: Guo Lin , Badrinath Padmanabhan , Mookherjee Jessica , Ghosh Anjan , McCallum Edyta , Dissanayake Nirosha , George Abraham 
Published: October 2024

Purpose
During the COVID-19 pandemic, prisons faced a unique challenge of preventing and managing outbreaks with minimal adverse impact. This study aims to describe the epidemiology of COVID-19 in prisons, identify lessons learnt and make recommendations.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors used the PubMed advanced search function using MeSH terms; (coronavirus, sars) AND (prisons) AND (disease outbreaks). The authors included original research reporting COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons. All other types and non-English publications were excluded. The authors used a structured data abstraction template to extract data systematically, and a second author independently abstracted data from 10% of the papers for quality assurance.

Findings
The search yielded 96 hits. The authors included 15 studies meeting the inclusion criteria. These studies were from four countries. Seven studies reported individual outbreaks. The mean and median number of inmates and staff were 1,765, 1,126 and 575, 510. The mean and median number of cases among inmates and staff were 584, 464, and 72, 77. The number of reported deaths varied from 0 to 11. The authors present the prison-specific hazards grouped under human factors, healthcare factors and environmental factors. The authors also summarise interventions deployed as either primary prevention interventions, such as vaccinations, or secondary prevention interventions, including screening and contact tracing.

Originality/value
This narrative review summarises the prison-specific hazards, which include movement of people in and out of the person, moving in new prisoners from other prisons, mixing of prisoners when transporting to courts, limited medical and isolation resources, crowded dormitories, shared lavatories, small communal facilities, poor ventilation and overcrowding. The interventions included limiting non-medical transfers into and out of the persons, assigning staff members to specific areas, encouraging face coverings among prisoners and staff and social isolation measures within the constraints of the prison setting. The interventions were adopted by prison authorities to contain and manage the outbreaks. Public Health and prison authorities need to be aware of the risk of further outbreaks of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in these settings and implement key measures identified in this review to minimise adverse outcomes.
Pandemic scars: long-term impact of COVID-19 on work stress among healthcare workers in China
Authors: Qian Hong , Lin Sihan , Zhang Lidan , Song Shanglin , Liu Ning 
Published: October 2024

PurposeThis study mainly focused on the long-term effect of different risk exposure levels and prior anti-epidemic experience of healthcare workers in mitigating COVID-19 on their work stress in the post-COVID era.Design/methodology/approachThe study sample included 359 physicians, 619 nurses, 229 technicians and 212 administrators, for a total of 1,419 healthcare workers working in the Lanzhou area during the investigation. Data were analyzed by multivariate regression models.FindingsOur findings indicated that the interaction between pandemic effect mitigation experience and high-risk exposure significantly affected healthcare workers in the post-COVID era by increasing their work stress (p < 0.001) and reducing their rest time (p < 0.001). Healthcare workers may have experienced worse outcomes in the long term if they had higher levels of risk exposure and more experience in fighting epidemics. Furthermore, poor mental health (p < 0.001) and prior experience with SARS (p < 0.001) further amplified these adverse effects. However, surprisingly, we did not observe any effect of prior anti-epidemic experience or high-risk exposure on the mental health of healthcare workers in the post-COVID era (p > 0.1).Research limitations/implicationsThe adverse impact of COVID-19 may have left long-lasting effects on Health professionals (HPs), particularly those with high Risk exposure (RE) and more mitigation experience. Poor Mental health (MH) and previous experience in mitigating previous similar outbreaks (such as SARS) are risk factors that should be considered. Support programs must be designed and promoted to help HPs respond and improve their performance.Originality/valueOur study presents compelling evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic will have long-term detrimental effects on the work stress of healthcare workers.
Understanding technology transfer effectiveness in emerging economies: policy lessons for India
Authors: Roy Ipsita 
Published: October 2024

Purpose
Despite technology transfer being emphasised in most public policy documents globally, it is not always clear how its effectiveness plays out in developing and emerging economies. This paper aims to bridge this gap by providing a systematic understanding of the processes of technology transfer, the antecedents and determinants, and finally how to measure its effectiveness, particularly in technologically dependent and emerging economies.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper puts forward a modified contingent effectiveness model of technology transfer based on Bozeman (2000) and Bozeman et al. (2015) and adapts it to incorporate the characteristics of emerging economies. Four major elements of technology transfer are discussed, namely, transfer object, actor characteristics, transfer environment, local environment and how they interact to determine effectiveness. Thereafter, the study shifts its focus to India’s evolving science technology and innovation (STI) ecosystem and discuss the current status, structure and major stakeholders associated with technology transfer. The study also reflects upon the challenges that inhibit effective technology transfer in India. In the last part, the study offers policy recommendations for improving the effectiveness of technology transfer, keeping in view India’s sustainable developmental goals.

Findings
A significant distinction of the conceptual model from its predecessors lies in its examination of the four dimensions of technology transfer effectiveness through the lens of developing and emerging economies, keeping in mind the inherent strengths, weaknesses and STI practices of the attendant local economy. As a novel contribution, the paper also discusses India’s evolving STI ecosystem backed by recent policy initiatives on technology transfer and the major stakeholders involved.

Originality/value
The paper constructs a modified contingent effectiveness model of technology transfer with particular emphasis on emerging economies. It also provides a comprehensive overview of India’s complex STI and technology transfer ecosystem, the challenges involved and offers recommendations for policy intervention.
Self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and life-long learning: the mediating role of future orientation
Authors: Stănescu Dan Florin , Frunzaru Valeriu , Stefanita Oana 
Published: October 2024

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the intricate relations between self-regulated learning, life-long learning and academic self-efficacy, while also evaluating the mediating influence of future time orientation.Design/methodology/approachUtilizing a cross-sectional research design, data were amassed from 2,943 Romanian secondary school students in 11th and 12th grades via structured questionnaires: the self-regulated learning questionnaire, the academic self-efficacy scale, the future orientation scale derived from the Zimbardo time perspective inventory (ZTPI) and the lifelong learning scale.FindingsThe findings corroborate that self-regulated learning and academic self-efficacy when mediated by future time orientation, bolster life-long learning.Practical implicationsThese results indicate that enhancing comprehension of future time orientation within the educational framework could potentially boost life-long learning.Originality/valueThis work is an original contribution, synthesizing existing literature, empirical findings and theoretical frameworks to advance our understanding of the multifaceted relationships shaping individuals' learning journey throughout their lives. Our focus on the mediating influence of future orientation adds a novel dimension to understanding the mechanisms through which individuals actively engage in learning throughout their lives.
Leveraging HR analytics for employee development: good for employees, organizations, and society
Authors: Yin Jiarui 
Published: October 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to provide a new perspective on HR analytics that moves beyond the current narrative of its strategic value for organizations yet oftentimes at the cost of employee well-being. The paper argues that analytics-enabled employee development can unleash the positive impact of HR analytics on employees, organizations, and society.

Design/methodology/approach
This is a conceptual paper drawing on relevant literature and HR analytics applications.

Findings
Analytics-enabled employee development can help organizations gain employee buy-in by demonstrating the direct positive impact of HR analytics on employees. It contributes to social sustainability by focusing on developing employees' current and future skills, which benefits individuals, communities, and society. Moreover, it enhances organizations' human capital by aligning employees' skills and knowledge with business goals, creating a competitive edge.

Originality/value
This paper affords a new perspective on HR analytics implementation by focusing on the positive impact of analytics-enabled employee development. It provides three rationales for why organizations should invest in analytics-enabled employee development: gaining employee buy-in, contributing to social sustainability, and enhancing human capital.
Blind indoor navigation app for enhancing accessible tourism in smart cities
Authors: Theodorou Paraskevi , Meliones Apostolos , Tsiligkos Kleomenis , Sfakianakis Michael 
Published: October 2024

Purpose
People with visual impairments or blindness (PwVIB) are mostly excluded from tourism activities. Despite the rise of assistive technology (AT) solutions in Tourism, acceptance remains low because of the difficulty of providing the right functionality, effectiveness and usability. Arguably, it can be said that disability-oriented training can affect the latter two and, therefore, an AT solution’s acceptance. This paper aims to contribute to the theory development and conceptualization of technology acceptance of AT solutions in Tourism by studying, in the context of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), the effects of training PwVIB on using AT solutions. This study presents the effects of training on the tourism behavior of PwVIB and provides valuable information to the stakeholders.

Design/methodology/approach
Questionnaire data collected from 128 PwVIB after evaluating an AT were subjected to exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling followed by post-evaluation interviews. The used application, called BlindMuseumTourer, enables high-precision autonomous indoor navigation for PwVIB in tourist places like museums and places of health care.

Findings
The results of this study indicate the partial satisfaction of the extended model validating the importance of performance expectancy and training (the new factor) in predicting the behavioral intention of PwVIB tourists toward using ATs during their tourist activities. This suggests that practitioners have to provide performant technological solutions accompanied by special training sessions for improved engagement and satisfaction.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the UTAUT theory in the context of Tourism for PwVIB by adding a new factor and replacing two moderator variables. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no similar work is studying AT acceptance by PwVIB in the tourism literature. Furthermore, the validation process used a novel indoor navigation application, demonstrating its effectiveness in the Tactual Museum of Greece.
Global risk dynamics of Borrelia miyamotoi in the context of climate change
Authors: Tang Tian , Ge Hong‐Han , Ma Tian , Hao Meng‐meng , Chen Shuai , Lv Chen‐Long , Qiu Yun‐Bo , Wang Yan‐He , Tian Yao , Chen Jin‐Jin , Yuan Shuai , Wang Qian , Jiang Dong , Ding Fang‐Yu , Liu Wei , Fang Li‐Qun 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThe impact of Borrelia miyamotoi on human health, facilitated by the expanding geographical distribution and increasing population of Ixodes ticks, remains obscure in the context of global climate change. We employed multiple models to evaluate the effect of global climate change on the risk of B. miyamotoi worldwide across various scenarios. The habitat suitability index of four primary vector tick species for B. miyamotoi, including Ixodes persulcatus, Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis, was projected using a boosted regression tree model, considering multiple shared socio‐economic pathway scenarios over various time periods. The modelling analysis reveals that, apart from I. scapularis, future global warming will result in a northward shift in the other three vector tick species and a gradual reduction in suitable habitats. Random forest models indicate consistent changes in B. miyamotoi and its primary tick species, with potential risk areas shrinking and shifting northward, particularly in the eastern USA, northeastern and northern Europe and northeast Asia. These findings highlight the urgent need for enhanced active surveillance of B. miyamotoi infection in primary vector tick species across projected potential risk areas. The effect of climate change on B. miyamotoi distribution might have significant implications for public health decision‐making regarding tick‐borne pathogens.
Young people's right to flourish: A 21st century social justice issue for youth and community work
Authors: Christtmass Rebecca , Hughes Gill , Marley Joe , Mckinney Sofia , Spencer Zara , Smith Christine 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis article argues for youth and community work (YCW) to be recognised for its critical role in working alongside young people to enhance their well‐being. We supply amalgamated vignettes as evidence from student's placement practice and explore the value of informal education practices in YCW in more formal settings. We assert that it is important to offer recognition of the distinctive methodologies YCW practitioners employ to enable meaningful engagement with young people. We argue young people's well‐being is a 21st century social justice issue of primary concern to YCWs. Cuts to youth services have led to a crisis in the YCW workforce, which urgently needs to be addressed. Therefore, as a reminder of the ongoing need for young people to be at the heart of integrated and holistic policies, the anonymised vignettes supply reflections on student professional practice placement that take account of their experiences of working collaboratively with schools. Policy makers should seek ways of drawing on YCW student's perspectives and in working to develop parity of esteem with other social professions, create environments in which young people can flourish. This article therefore joins the recent calls from the YCW sector for the need to fund and re‐grow YCW.
Endocrine surgery fellowship is necessary for competent endocrine surgical practice: perspectives from Australia and New Zealand
Authors: Lian Tony , Leong David Chee Weng , Vikneson Krishna , Wong Jessica , Sywak Mark , Papachristos Alex , Glover Anthony 
Published: October 2024

AbstractBackgroundCurrently pathways to practice in endocrine surgery vary based on location and surgical training programme. International data highlights the impact of surgeon volume on outcomes, and the importance of understanding the learning curve in developing minimum training competencies. This study aims to explore how surgeons obtain competence in endocrine surgery in Australia and New Zealand, and perceptions around competence and scope of practice.MethodsA web‐based survey was distributed to fellows practicing endocrine surgery. Participants were invited to complete a semi‐structured interview to explore key themes around competence. Thematic analysis was performed.ResultsResponses from 87 surgeons, with 30% practicing primarily in a regional or rural area, showed 94% emphasized post‐fellowship training to be competent in endocrine surgery. Median primary operator procedural volume learning curves were 50 thyroid, 30 parathyroid and 20 laparoscopic adrenalectomy procedures. Semi‐structured interviews with 12 participants identified four major themes: (1) learning opportunities during general surgical education and training programmes alone are insufficient for consultant‐level competence; (2) the importance of sufficient training to develop clinical decision‐making, insight and judgement to appropriately select patients in the management of endocrine disease; (3) expected standards of clinical and technical performance are independent of practice location or context; (4) the importance of multi‐disciplinary teams for complex cases including advanced cancers.ConclusionsPracticing endocrine surgeons acknowledge formal fellowship training is required to achieve competence across technical and non‐technical domains. The definition of competence and expectations regarding technical outcomes are independent of practice location or context.
‘A series of abject failures’: Navigating the pitfalls of place‐based participatory histories
Authors: Desportes Juliette 
Published: October 2024

AbstractWhile historical geographers and historians increasingly recognise the benefits of and need for participatory research, the rigid structures regimenting academic practice have acted as barriers to successful knowledge exchange. Community involvement and place‐based research come with a number of challenges characterised by miscommunications, frustrations, and failures. This paper reflects on findings that emerged from a three‐month internship investigating public and community engagement activities at the Centre for History, University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). The internship was the outcome of a collaboration between UHI and the Centre for the History of People, Place, and Community (CHPPC), Institute of Historical Research London (IHR). Based on interviews with UHI academics and heritage institutions beyond the Higher Education sector based across the Highlands and Islands, the paper explores the inevitable pitfalls that comes with community engagement and the ethical questions raised by knowledge co‐production.
Terazosin, a repurposed GPR119 agonist, ameliorates mitophagy and β‐cell function in NAFPD by inhibiting MST1‐Foxo3a signalling pathway
Authors: Zhang Chenglei , Li Jiarui , Wang Lijuan , Ma Jie , Li Xin , Wu Yuanyuan , Ren Yanru , Yang Yanhui , Song Hui , Li Jianning , Yang Yi 
Published: October 2024

AbstractGPR119 agonists are being developed to safeguard the function of pancreatic β‐cells, especially in the context of non‐alcoholic fatty pancreas disease (NAFPD) that is closely associated with β‐cell dysfunction. This study aims to employ a drug repurposing strategy to screen GPR119 agonists and explore their potential molecular mechanisms for enhancing β‐cell function in the context of NAFPD. MIN6 cells were stimulated with palmitic acid (PA), and a NAFPD model was established in GPR119−/− mice fed with a high‐fat diet (HFD). Terazosin, identified through screening, was utilized to assess its impact on enhancing β‐cell function via the MST1‐Foxo3a pathway and mitophagy. Terazosin selectively activated GPR119, leading to increased cAMP and ATP synthesis, consequently enhancing insulin secretion. Terazosin administration improved high blood glucose, obesity, and impaired pancreatic β‐cell function in NAFPD mice. It inhibited the upregulation of MST1‐Foxo3a expression in pancreatic tissue and enhanced damaged mitophagy clearance, restoring autophagic flux, and improving mitochondrial quantity and structure in β‐cells. Nevertheless, GPR119 deficiency negated the positive impact of terazosin on pancreatic β‐cell function in NAFPD mice and abolished its inhibitory effect on the MST1‐Foxo3a pathway. Terazosin activates GPR119 on the surface of pancreatic β‐cells, enhancing mitophagy and alleviating β‐cell dysfunction in the context of NAFPD by suppressing the MST1‐Foxo3a signalling pathway. Terazosin could be considered a priority treatment for patients with concomitant NAFPD and hypertension.