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Trade unions strategies to address inclusion of vulnerable employees in “anchored” services in Europe
Authors: Kirov Vassil , Hohnen Pernille 
Published: August 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate how trade unions may address the questions of inclusion of vulnerable employees in low-wage “anchored” sectors in the European Union.Design/methodology/approach– The findings presented in the paper are mainly results of the analysis of stakeholder policies and strategies on the national level and on the European level, including both desk research and interviews with social partner representatives and other experts in the sectors as well as company case studies carried out in the examined countries in three selected sectors: cleaning, waste collection and catering.Findings– The main findings of the paper refer to the indirect way in which trade unions try to promote the inclusion of vulnerable groups in the examined sectors. On this basis are formulated policy recommendations.Research limitations/implications– The paper is based on case study research that does not cover all possible “anchored” services, vulnerable groups and types of countries, according to their employment and social models.Practical implications– This paper formulates practical recommendations to European trade unions in the services.Originality/value– The originality of the paper is related to comparative research focused on services sectors and the consequences of the spatial reorganisation of sectors for the trade union actions.
Employability of older workers in the Netherlands: antecedents and consequences
Authors: Hennekam Sophie 
Published: August 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine self-perceived employability, the factors that influence this, the chances to find a job and retirement preferences of two generations older workers with a low occupational status in the creative industries in the Netherlands.Design/methodology/approach– Survey data including qualitative elements were obtained from 1,112 older workers registered in a job agency specialized in older workers. Correlations,t-tests and multiple regressions were performed to test the hypotheses, while the open questions were analyzed in a qualitative manner.Findings– The Veteran Generation reported a higher self-rated employability than the Baby Boomer Generation, found a job quicker and also preferred to retire later than the Baby Boomer Generation. In addition, they focussed on aspects that fostered their employability. The Baby Boomers, on the other hand, stressed the importance of some barriers that hindered their employability. The Baby Boomer Generation explained how external factors like negative stereotypes and being too expensive hinder their employability and chances at the labor market.Research limitations/implications– A limitation in the study is the use of a cross-sectional design that fails to capture the influence of the aging process.Practical implications– In the light of the aging population, knowledge about which factors influence the employability and labor participation of older workers is necessary. More insights about the differences and similarities among the various generations in the workforce can help organizations to take important decisions about human resource policies and practices.Originality/value– This study compared the Baby Boomer Generation to the Veteran Generation in a sector that is known for its unstable employment and hazardous working environments.
Learning curves for quality and productivity
Authors: Jeang Angus 
Published: August 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to build a curve that can portray quality level, with standard deviation, as a function of the production process related to elements such as operating time and cumulative units produced.Design/methodology/approach– The Cobb-Douglas multiplicative power model will be introduced to represent the proposed function in simultaneously describing the learning process for productivity and quality. The experimental devices consisted of reflective mirror, path paper, iPod Touch and pen. They were arranged as shown in Plate 1. The students were instructed to draw a line with a pen along the middle of the rail line on the path paper through the mirror indirectly. The iPod Touch acted as a stopwatch to monitor the time taken to complete each experiment. The path paper is shown in Figure 1. This statistical analysis is completed by computer programs, SAS.Findings– This study presented an experiment in which subjects drew a line on a path while looking through a mirror. This study uses the Cobb-Douglas model to regress theSas a function of 0.3366×x1−0.347×x2−0.011.Research limitations/implications– All units produced are acceptable in quality, disregarding the magnitude of standard deviation in the produced quality level. Like Porteus (1986) with the fixed probabilistic distribution is assumed. The fatigues are ignored in presented curve. In fact, operators are easy to get tired for attending quality and productivity simultaneously. The initial value of operating time or standard deviation for the first unit is estimated from a subject having been trained for a sufficient period of time; however, this consideration does exist in the present experiment.Practical implications– The economic order (production) quantity model with learning effects in a production system could be considered. The other implication could be in a wider framework, such as multistage and multivariate of production development production systems and supply chains.Social implications– For a life cycle application, the criteria considered in resolving the production problem should not only be limited to the costs involved in the production process, but also the quality-related costs incurred after the goods are delivered to customers.Originality/value– Previous works regarding the learning process never mention the quality-related learning process. However, this study aims to achieve the above goals in finding the relationship of quality vs production volume and production time simultaneously.
Verifying practical design on furniture industry
Authors: Junior Edu Grieco Mazzine , Nara Elpidio Oscar Benitez , Kipper Liane Mahlmann , Siluk Julio Cezar Mairesse , Rediske Graciele 
Published: August 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to draw a picture on the reality of furniture industries in relation to management practices for project design of new products.

Design/methodology/approach
– In order to do so it was developed a multiple case study in three companies of the sector located in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. This study was based on verification criteria focussing on project’s lifecycle.

Findings
– As a result, it was possible to detect major faults from the organizations examined, it was found that processes are analyzed in a non-formalized and non-standardized way and, thus, restricting the integration of the projective stages, which reduced the quality of the final product.

Originality/value
– From the results obtained in the multiple case study, it was possible to propose actions managerial characteristics that demonstrate the process of design of new products as a result of an operational standard, integrated with the management practices of the organization.
Examining determinants of cross buying behaviour in retail banking
Authors: Tung Brian , Carlson Jamie 
Published: August 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine the drivers of the customers’ cross-buying intentions for retail banking services in Hong Kong.

Design/methodology/approach
– The research model was developed based on literature and tested empirically among 269 customers of retail banks in Hong Kong. Structural equation modelling was used to test the system of relationships.

Findings
– The results indicate that the customers’ cross-buying intentions are primarily associated with image conflicts about the provider’s abilities to deliver high quality financial services from different activities and high levels of customer loyalty.

Research limitations/implications
– The research is limited to a single country focus of Hong Kong retail banking. The generalizibility of these findings is therefore limited to this context.

Practical implications
– The findings of the study have important implications for academicians in understanding what drives cross-buying behaviour as well as retail bank practitioners to help design more effective cross-buying strategies.

Originality/value
– The authors show that perceived image conflict and customer loyalty directly influences cross-buying intentions and that cross-buying intentions is not affected by dimensions of relationship quality directly. However, relationship quality dimensions was found to influence customer loyalty and play an important indirect role in unlocking cross-buying intentions.
The plebeians rehearse the uprising
Authors: Hirsch Peter Buell 
Published: August 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of rising concerns about income inequality on the reputation of large global employers. In an era in which middle class incomes have stagnated for several decades, the continuing decline of labor unions seems paradoxical. The paper suggests that the impassivity of the workforces of the developed countries may be coming to an end and that thoughtful employers can and should be doing more to address the needs of their employees from both a benefits and job satisfaction perspective. Otherwise, they may face renewed repetitional threats that could translate into regulatory penalties.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper cites evidence of an increasing concern about income inequality in the developed economies and examines best practices in employee relations from a number of leading corporations to suggest ways in which companies can manage new repetitional threats relating to the way they manage their employees.

Findings
– The paper provides insights into three strategies that well-managed companies can adopt with respect to their employee relations: they can become leader brands, consistently pursuing employee benefits strategies at the cutting edge; they can develop a distinctive employee investment strategy; or they can create workplaces focused from innovation from the bottom up.

Research limitations/implications
– Due to the anecdotal nature of the evidence adduced to suggest best practices in employee relations, further research needs to be done to examine the question presented in a more empirical fashion.

Practical implications
– The employee relations strategies described can be deployed by any corporation seeking to create a new employee compact with its employees to safeguard its reputation and be perceived as a builder, rather than despoiler, of communities.

Social implications
– Concerns about income inequality and its negative impact on the social fabric are being voiced by leading voices in the business community. If the strategies recommended in the paper are adopted broadly, this could have a significant impact on the regeneration of struggling communities.

Originality/value
– Although substantial attention has been devoted to the subject of income inequality from an economic perspective, there is very little in the literature that addresses income inequality from the viewpoint of its impact on corporate reputation and the threat of future anti-business government action.
Leaving employees to their own devices: new practices in the workplace
Authors: Leclercq-Vandelannoitte Aurelie 
Published: August 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to provide useful insights on “bring your own device” (BYOD) and IT consumerization, to help organizations understand how to address their consequences. For young, tech-savvy workers, using their own devices at work represents a right, rather than a privilege, leading them to initiate a growing, yet under-researched, drive toward IT consumerization. Some companies already deploy BYOD programs, allowing employees to use personal devices for work-related activities, but other managers remain hesitant of the implications of such programs.

Design/methodology/approach
– To provide an overview of this growing phenomenon, this paper presents an in-depth analysis of existing literature and identifies organizational changes induced by this reversed adoption logic. A case study of Volvo reveals how one organization has coped successfully with this phenomenon.

Findings
– These analyses shed more light on the stakes involved in BYOD and IT consumerization, as well as the changes they imply for organizations and IT departments.

Practical implications
– Both BYOD and IT consumerization have deep and broad consequences for organizations, some of which are very positive, as long as the trends are well-managed and carefully addressed.

Originality/value
– This paper covers a topic that has attracted scant attention in prior academic research, despite widely acknowledged concerns about security and reliability in practitioner studies. By going beyond a classic discourse focused solely on the security threats of BYOD, this paper investigates both business challenges and implications associated with a reversed adoption logic.
The Ashley Treatment: Improving Quality of Life or Infringing Dignity and Rights?
Authors: Harnacke Caroline 
Published: August 2015

AbstractThe ‘Ashley treatment’ (growth attenuation, removal of the womb and breasts buds of a severely disabled child) has raised much ethical controversy. This article starts from the observation that this debate suffers from a lack of careful philosophical analysis which is essential for an ethical assessment. I focus on two central arguments in the debate, namely an argument defending the treatment based on quality of life and an argument against the treatment based on dignity and rights. My analysis raises doubts as to whether these arguments, as they stand in the debate, are philosophically robust. I reconstruct what form good arguments for and against the treatment should take and which assumptions are needed to defend the according positions. Concerning quality of life (Section 2), I argue that to make a discussion about quality of life possible, it needs to be clear which particular conception of the good life is employed. This has not been sufficiently clear in the debate. I fill this lacuna. Regarding rights and dignity (section 3), I show that there is a remarkable absence of references to general philosophical theories of rights and dignity in the debate about the Ashley treatment. Consequently, this argument against the treatment is not sufficiently developed. I clarify how such an argument should proceed. Such a detailed analysis of arguments is necessary to clear up some confusions and ambiguities in the debate and to shed light on the dilemma that caretakers of severely disabled children face.
Moral Distress, Workplace Health, and Intrinsic Harm
Authors: Weber Elijah 
Published: August 2015

AbstractMoral distress is now being recognized as a frequent experience for many health care providers, and there's good evidence that it has a negative impact on the health care work environment. However, contemporary discussions of moral distress have several problems. First, they tend to rely on inadequate characterizations of moral distress. As a result, subsequent investigations regarding the frequency and consequences of moral distress often proceed without a clear understanding of the phenomenon being discussed, and thereby risk substantially misrepresenting the nature, frequency, and possible consequences of moral distress. These discussions also minimize the intrinsically harmful aspects of moral distress. This is a serious omission. Moral distress doesn't just have a negative impact on the health care work environment; it also directly harms the one who experiences it.In this paper, I claim that these problems can be addressed by first clarifying our understanding of moral distress, and then identifying what makes moral distress intrinsically harmful. I begin by identifying three common mistakes that characterizations of moral distress tend to make, and explaining why these mistakes are problematic. Next, I offer an account of moral distress that avoids these mistakes. Then, I defend the claim that moral distress is intrinsically harmful to the subject who experiences it. I conclude by explaining how acknowledging this aspect of moral distress should reshape our discussions about how best to deal with this phenomenon.
Autism, Accommodation and Treatment: A Rejoinder to Chong‐Ming Lim's Critique
Authors: Jaarsma Pier , Welin Stellan 
Published: August 2015

AbstractWe are very grateful to Chong‐Ming Lim for his thoughtful reply published in this journal on one of our articles, which motivated us to think more carefully about accommodating autistic individuals and treating autism. However we believe there are some confusions in Lim's argument. Lim uses the accommodation thesis, according to which we should accommodate autistic individuals rather than treat autism, as the starting point for his reasoning. He claims that if the accommodation thesis is right, then we should not treat autistic individuals for their autism, not even low‐functioning (i.e. intellectually disabled) ones, because this would be disrespectful to all autistic individuals. We should instead limit ourselves to accommodate all autistic individuals. However, the opposition between accommodation and treatment is not valid in the case of autism, because of ambiguity in the concepts of accommodation and treatment. Moreover there is confusion in Lim's reasoning caused by omitting important facts about the practice of treating autism.
Professional Hubris and its Consequences: Why Organizations of Health‐Care Professions Should Not Adopt Ethically Controversial Positions
Authors: Vogelstein Eric 
Published: August 2015

AbstractIn this article, I argue that professional healthcare organizations such as the AMA and ANA ought not to take controversial stances on professional ethics. I address the best putative arguments in favor of taking such stances, and argue that none are convincing. I then argue that the sort of stance‐taking at issue has pernicious consequences: it stands to curb critical thought in social, political, and legal debates, increase moral distress among clinicians, and alienate clinicians from their professional societies. Thus, because there are no good arguments in favor of stance‐taking and at least some risks in doing so, professional organizations should refrain from adopting the sort of ethically controversial positions at issue.
The Effectiveness of a New Model in Managing Pregnant Women with Iron Deficiency Anemia in Indonesia: A Nonrandomized Controlled Intervention Study
Authors: Widyawati Widyawati , Jans Suze , Bor Hans HJ , van Dillen Jeroen , Lagro‐Janssen Antoine L.M. 
Published: August 2015

AbstractBackgroundIndonesia has a major problem with iron deficiency anemia among pregnant women. A new model named the Four Pillars Approach was designed to improve antenatal care for these women. This study aimed to measure the effectiveness of the model in managing pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia.MethodWe used a nonrandomized controlled intervention study. The study, with the Four Pillars Approach as intervention versus usual care as its control, was conducted in two provinces in Java (Indonesia) during the period from March 2012 until May 2013. Main outcome measures were a difference of Hb level ≥ 0.5 g/dL, the number of women who attended five or more antenatal care visits, and birthing with a skilled birth attendant.ResultsThree hundred fifty‐four participants were enrolled in the study. Participants in the intervention group had an adjusted odds ratio of 25.0 (95% CI 12.03–52.03, p = 0.001) for increased hemoglobin of ≥ 0.5 g/dL at 35–37 weeks of gestation, compared with the control group. In the intervention group, 95.0 percent of women had five or more antenatal care visits, compared with 57.2 percent (p = 0.001) in the control group. All births in both groups were assisted by skilled birth attendants.ConclusionThe Four Pillars Approach is effective in increasing the hemoglobin level and the frequency of antenatal care visits of participants when compared with the usual care for pregnant women with anemia.
The Role of Mediation Institutions in Sweden and Denmark after Centralized Bargaining
Authors: Ibsen Christian Lyhne 
Published: August 2015

AbstractThis article compares coordinated collective bargaining in Sweden and Denmark after centralized bargaining. Existing theories — power resource and cross‐class alliance theory — seem capable of explaining the transition from centralized bargaining to pattern bargaining system. However, they do not explain the internal stability of bargaining coordination once established. This analysis stresses the role of mediation institutions of both countries for solving collective action problems in pattern bargaining by pegging other settlements to the manufacturing labour cost norm. Mediation capabilities, however, differ, which is reflected in more frequent defections in Sweden than in Denmark and thus a more unstable bargaining coordination. These differences have substantive consequences for bargaining outcomes in the two countries.
Workplace Characteristics and Working Class Vote for the Old and New Right
Authors: Arndt Christoph , Rennwald Line 
Published: August 2015

AbstractThis article focuses on the role of plant size for working class vote. We argue that workplace size does matter for political behaviour. Workers in smaller plants are less unionized and therefore base their voting decisions more strongly on their cultural attitudes, which undermine the support for social democratic parties. Using data from the European Social Survey (2002–2010), we find that workers in small plants have more right‐wing attitudes and, consequently, vote for new and old right parties, contrarily to workers in larger plants. Our research points towards important structural explanations of working class support for the right and its cross‐national differences.