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Reinventing organizational control
Authors: Brivot Marion , Gendron Yves , Guénin Henri 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into how a constellation of actors seek to define, shape, and reinvent the notion of organizational control at the confluence of social media (SM) and corporate reputational risk.

Design/methodology/approach
Following the approach suggested by Janesick (1998) and Denzin and Lincoln (1998), the authors undertook an in-depth qualitative analysis of a large number of data sources including interviews, best-selling books by renowned SM specialists, relevant press articles drawn from a Factiva search, and documents published by the Big Four firms and professional accounting institutes in Canada on how organizations should use SM to protect their reputational capital.

Findings
Four competing SM reputational risk control perspectives inductively emerged from the analysis: the Beyond Control frame, the Subveillance frame, the De-territorialization frame, and the Re-territorialization frame, with large accounting firms and professional accounting institutes especially promoting the latter.

Originality/value
The control literature has been criticized by many scholars as being in urgent need of updating. By inductively theorizing four original control frames in the SM arena, the research aims to move management control research in new directions.
Governing social media: the emergence of hybridised boundary objects
Authors: Arnaboldi Michela , Azzone Giovanni , Sidorova Yulia 
Published: April 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the processes whereby organisational actors can seize the opportunities opened up through social media, and the way in which the relative information is managed. This allows these actors to move their occupational boundaries, exploiting the information for performance measurement purposes. The investigation was carried out within an organisational setting, where most occupational dynamics take place. The focus was on the role of artefacts within these occupational dynamics and the analysis drew upon the notion of boundary objects.Design/methodology/approachThe research was based on case studies involving two organisations that make use of social media within and across several departments. The authors conducted semi-structured interviews with social media managers, department managers, analysts and financial controllers and senior executives. The results of the qualitative analysis of the interviews were completed with secondary sources of information, company reports, communications, public policies, codes of conduct and social media platform analyses.FindingsThis paper has implications for accounting studies, showing how marketing and communications managers entering the field of performance management can take the lead in social media management by collecting information from social media, constructing indicators and gaining ground in several decision-making centres. The findings highlight the role of new artefacts and organisational roles, whose purpose is to build a digital community. This process involves crossing the boundaries between internal functions and the inside and outside environment, with a driving phenomenon becoming visible: hybridisation. Faced with this change, reluctant accountants with a traditional mindset are more likely to observe the process at a distance, focusing more on their routine operations based on conventional data.Originality/valueThis paper shows that information derived from social media is already a reality that has gained significance through the construction of boundary objects. The paper highlights a driving phenomenon that is emerging in the surge to occupy the organisational terrain for controlling social media: that of hybridisation. The concept of hybridisation is not new in management accounting studies, but in this study can be applied to carrying out a joint analysis on both the boundary objects and their organisational trajectory. In the context of social media accounting, hybridisation is of central importance if both actors and objects are to be effectively positioned at its boundary.
Design of an adaptive intelligent control scheme for switched reluctance wind generator
Authors: Hong Chih-Ming , Huang Cong-Hui , Cheng Fu-Sheng 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
This paper aims to present the analysis, design and implementation of functional link-based recurrent fuzzy neural network (FLRFNN) for the control of variable-speed switched reluctance generator (SRG).

Design/methodology/approach
The node connecting weights of the FLRFNN are trained online by back-propagation (BP) algorithms. The proposed estimator requires less processing time than traditional methods and can be fully implemented using a low-cost digital signal processor (DSP) with MATLAB toolboxes. The DSP-based hybrid sensor presented in this paper can be applied to a wind energy-conversion system where the SRG is used as a variable-speed generator. The current transducer is used to monitor the energized current and proximity sensors for rotor salient.

Findings
The authors have found that optimal based on FLRFNN with Grey controller can resolve the regulation of the system with uncertainty model and unknown disturbances. This technique can maintain the system stability and reach the desired performance even with parameter uncertainties.

Originality/value
This design will improve the performance of SRG to operate more smoothly. This application is currently being studied because the SRG has well-known advantages such as robustness, low manufacturing cost and good size-to-power ratio. Performance of the proposed controller can offer better stability characteristics. Finally, the SRG has a very good efficiency in the whole operating range.
Optimum process mean, standard deviation and specification limits settings under the Burr distribution
Authors: Chen Chung-Ho , Chou Chao-Yu 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The quality level setting problem determines the optimal process mean, standard deviation and specification limits of product/process characteristic to minimize the expected total cost associated with products. Traditionally, it is assumed that the product/process characteristic is normally distributed. However, this may not be true. This paper aims to explore the quality level setting problem when the probability distribution of the process characteristic deviates from normality.

Design/methodology/approach
Burr developed a density function that can represent a wide range of normal and non-normal distributions. This can be applied to investigate the effect of non-normality on the studies of statistical quality control, for example, designs of control charts and sampling plans. The quality level setting problem is examined by introducing Burr’s density function as the underlying probability distribution of product/process characteristic such that the effect of non-normality to the determination of optimal process mean, standard deviation and specification limits of product/process characteristic can be studied. The expected total cost associated with products includes the quality loss of conforming products, the rework cost of non-conforming products and the scrap cost of non-conforming products.

Findings
Numerical results show that the expected total cost associated with products is significantly influenced by the parameter of Burr’s density function, the target value of product/process characteristic, quality loss coefficient, unit rework cost and unit scrap cost.

Research limitations/implications
The major assumption of the proposed model is that the lower specification limit must be positive for practical applications, which definitely affects the space of feasible solution for the different combinations of process mean and standard deviation.

Social implications
The proposed model can provide industry/business application for promoting the product/service quality assurance for the customer.

Originality/value
The authors adopt the Burr distribution to determine the optimum process mean, standard deviation and specification limits under non-normality. To the best of their knowledge, this is a new method for determining the optimum process and product policy, and it can be widely applied.
An artificial intelligent approach to the bicycle repositioning problems
Authors: You Peng-Sheng , Lee Pei-Ju , Hsieh Yi-Chih 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
Many bike rental organizations permit customers to pick-up bikes from one bike station and return them at a different one. However, this service may result in bike imbalance, as bikes may accumulate in stations with low demand. To overcome the imbalance problem, this paper aims to develop a decision model to minimize the total costs of unmet demand and empty bike transport by determining bike fleet size, deployments and the vehicle routing schedule for bike transports.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper developed a constrained mixed-integer programming model to deal with this bike imbalance problem. The proposed model belongs to the non-deterministic polynomial-time (NP)-hard problem. This paper developed a two-phase heuristic approach to solve the model. In Phase 1, the approach determines fleet size, deployment level and the number of satisfied demands. In Phase 2, the approach determines the routing schedule for bike transfers.

Findings
Computational results show the following results that the proposed approach performs better than General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) in terms of solution quality, regardless of problem size. The objective values and the fleet size of rental bikes allocated increase as the number of rental stations increases. The cost of transportation is not directly proportional to the number of bike stations.

Originality/value
The authors provide an integrated model to simultaneously deal with the problems of fleet sizing, empty-resource repositioning and vehicle routing for bike transfer in multiple-station systems, and they also present an algorithm that can be applied to large-scale problems which cannot be solved by the well-known commercial software, GAMS/CPLEX.
Edges of sustainability through numbers, themes and discourse
Authors: Öztürk Mustafa 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify critical gaps in the conceptualization and interpretation of sustainability by investigating the postgraduate research (theses and dissertations) conducted with a reference to sustainability in Turkish higher education institutions and synthesizing the underlying themes and trends pertaining to sustainability issues in the local discourse.

Design/methodology/approach
The study adopts a mixed-method design. The sample (n=343) consists of the theses and dissertations conducted over a ten-year period in Turkish universities. Data analysis procedures include a quantitative investigation through numbers to address the level of value attached to postgraduate research on sustainable development; a content analysis on the focus and scope of each study to determine prevalent sustainability themes and dimensions frequently addressed in the studies; and a collocation analysis conducted on the texts of the studies to depict linguistic and cultural connotations of sustainable development in the local discourse and key terms that frequently collocate with sustainable development in the Turkish context.

Findings
Neither a sufficient number of direct references to sustainability nor a substantial increase in the number of studies throughout the decade is depicted. Only one-third of Turkish universities steer postgraduate research on sustainability, which is not evenly distributed to various institutions across the country. Three-quarters of the studies are conducted within economy-related and engineering-related programs. The social dimension of sustainability is under-researched. The topics tend to ply between environmental and economic edges. Turkey, as a word, is collocated frequently with the concepts of external debt, current deficit, energy, policy, and EU. Linguistically, the concept of sustainable development is predominantly associated with economic growth in the majority of the studies. Sustainability is contextualized mostly with making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable and promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment, and decent work.

Originality/value
The value of the paper lies in the paucity of studies tracking the research initiatives taken on sustainability, assessing research trends in postgraduate programs of higher education institutions, and looking into a global concept from a local perspective in a developing country, Turkey.
Foreign owners and perceived job insecurity: evidence from linked employer-employee data
Authors: Dill Verena , Jirjahn Uwe 
Published: April 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the link between foreign ownership and perceived job insecurity. It takes into account that the link can depend on circumstances and type of firm.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis is based on linked employer-employee data from Germany. The data enable us to account for both employee characteristics and firm characteristics. Most importantly, they allow a detailed analysis of moderating influences.FindingsThe estimates show that there tends to be a positive link between foreign owners and perceived job insecurity. The link is specifically strong for foreign-owned firms with high personnel turnover or poor employment growth. It is also stronger if the foreign-owned firm providing managerial profit sharing. However, the link tends to be negative for foreign-owned firms with product innovations.Originality/valueEconometric examinations on the link between foreign ownership and perceived job insecurity are scarce. The study contributes to the literature by using linked employer-employee data and provides a detailed analysis of interaction effects.
Leader-member exchange differentiation and team member performance
Authors: Yuan Ling , Xiao Shiying , Li Jian , Chen Chen , Ning Lutao 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between leader-member exchange (LMX) differentiation and team members’ job performance. The conceptual model developed in this paper also investigates the moderating role of the perception of organisational politics (POP) in affecting the association between LMX differentiation and team members’ job performance.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors collected data using a survey from 32 Chinese firms. The questionnaire included scales measuring LMX, POP, job performance, and demographic variables. The final sample consisted of 122 teams with 561 employees. The hypothesised relationships among variables were assessed using hierarchical linear modelling.

Findings
The results show that the higher the LMX differentiation, the lower the level of team members’ contextual performance. The authors also found that POP has a significant effect in positively moderating the relationships between LMX differentiation and team members’ contextual and task performances.

Research limitations/implications
The conceptual model developed and verified in this paper provides essential insights for the research on LMX and job performance. Future studies are suggested to collect cross-national data to examine the conclusions of this study.

Originality/value
The association between LMX differentiation and team members’ job performance is moderated by the degree of POP.
Modelling project complexity
Authors: Rolstadås Asbjørn , Schiefloe Per Morten 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of what project complexity is, what drivers and factors that influence complexity and how consequences for organizational performance can be assessed.

Design/methodology/approach
The research is explanatory and based on literature review, model development, interviews and case studies. The model is validated through a case study.

Findings
The findings are a model for identifying and analyzing complexity drivers and complexity factors. The model starts with generic complexity drivers such as ambiguity, uncertainty, unpredictability and pace. These drivers are in each project influenced by nature and by socio-political, economic and technological surroundings to result in complexity factors that are specific to the project analyzed. The model can be used to analyze project complexity and to define requirements for the organization of the project and guidelines for the execution.

Research limitations/implications
The research is limited to large projects with a technical delivery of some kind of facilities.

Practical implications
The model can be used to assess the required capability of the organization for successful project execution.

Originality/value
The contribution of the research is a new model for understanding project complexity. The distinction between project complexity drivers and factors is essential as well as the taxonomy for the factors building on and adding to already published research.
Ambiguity acceptance and translation skills in the project management literature
Authors: Gray Karmin , Ulbrich Frank 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The project management literature provides a fairly united picture of the importance of projects being successful. One success factor is represented by project managers themselves, whose personality, skills, knowledge, competencies, and traits affect project success. To better understand various project manager types, the purpose of this paper is to review the extant project management literature and propose a framework for categorising project managers based on the traits that they possess or lack.

Design/methodology/approach
The research commenced with identifying and collecting articles from the academic project management literature. The articles were then coded to identify different competencies and traits that a project manager needs to be successful. Based on this analysis, a framework with four main project manager types was developed.

Findings
The results indicate that ambiguity acceptance and translation skills are two important dimensions that project managers need to be successful. The four project manager types were arranged around two dimensions.

Research limitations/implications
The framework presented is based on previous research. Empirical testing of the proposed framework would be a promising direction for future research.

Practical implications
The framework assists reflective practitioners in identifying what kind of project manager they currently are, suggesting how they might transition into a different project manager type to increase their project management success rate.

Originality/value
This paper conceptualises project managers and how their personal traits relate to project success. It offers practical help to project managers in understanding their strengths and limitations, and how to become a different type of project manager.
Ethical behaviour in the design phase of AEC projects
Authors: Lohne Jardar , Svalestuen Fredrik , Knotten Vegard , Drevland Frode Olav , Lædre Ola 
Published: April 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report on studies on the ethics in the design phase in Norwegian construction projects. The ambition is to establish a descriptive picture of ethical challenges practitioners meet in the design phase in order to raise awareness among them.Design/methodology/approachIn addition to a literature review and a document study of ethical frameworks within the industry, interviews with key participants were carried out according to a qualitative approach. The study was undertaken in order to address framework conditions for handling ethically challenging situations, challenges of an ethical nature practitioners commonly encounter in the design phase and finally the structural (systemic) reasons for such challenges.FindingsThis research finds indications of actors manoeuvring in the design phase for own benefit at the expense of other actors. The findings equally indicate that the design phase poses significant challenges in light of tender documents pricing and exploiting cost reimbursement contracts. In some of the projects examined, participants shifted loyalty after novation contracting and they actively tried to steer the decision processes in their own favour.Originality/valueThere does in fact seem to be perceptions of a room of manoeuvre between what is unlawful and what is ethically sound in this phase.
Social work intervention with adults who self-neglect in England: responding to the Care Act 2014
Authors: Anka Ann , Sorensen Pernille , Brandon Marian , Bailey Sue 
Published: April 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to report on findings from an evaluative research study which looked at a timed intervention model of practice comprising of up to 24 weeks of intensive meetings with adult service users set up by one local authority in England, to prevent and delay the need for care and support. A particular focus of this paper is on adults who hoard.

Design/methodology/approach
The study employed a mixed-methods design, consisting of interviews with service users (n=13), social workers (n=3), social work managers (n=2) and stakeholders from external services and agencies (n=6). It included a costing analysis of staff time and an analysis of goals of service users and “satisfaction with life” self-report questionnaires (n=20), completed at pre- and post-intervention stages.

Findings
There was evidence that social workers used strengths, relationship-based and outcome-based focused approaches in their work. The techniques used by social workers to engage, achieve change and assess effectiveness with service users varied. These techniques included the use of photographs to enable the service user to map and assess their own progress over time, encouraging hoarders to declutter and reclaim their living space. The service users valued the time the social workers spent with them and the way that they were treated with sensitivity and respect.

Research limitations/implications
The study focused on one local authority in England; there was no comparison group. This, and the small sample size, means that statistical generalisations cannot be made and only limited conclusions can be drawn from the quantitative data.

Originality/value
The paper provides insights into the work undertaken by social workers with adults who hoard. It contributes to the body of knowledge on effective social work interventions with adults who hoard.