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The INTERLINKS framework for long‐term care of older people in Europe
Authors: Billings Jenny 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThis paper aims to describe the methodological approach to and outcomes of a European multi‐consortium EU 7th Framework funded project entitled “INTERLINKS”. The project sought to develop a concept and method to describe and analyse long‐term care and its links with the health and social care systems, and formal and informal care.Design/methodology/approachThrough the development of a template, it accumulated and validated practice examples that described good policy and practice, transferable across EU member states.FindingsThe outcome was to assemble a range of themes, sub‐themes and 135 key issues into a web‐based framework for LTC that is illustrated by over 100 examples of validated practice in LTC for older people.Research limitations/implicationsKey messages emanating from the project are provided, with an emphasis on the need for greater investment and pluralist evaluation of initiatives that seek to address the interfaces and links between care services.Originality/valueThe project is unique in that it provides a comprehensive and accessible interactive European database of policy and projects that directly address the problems of interfaces between service provision for older people, and contributes towards the evidence base in discrete areas of LTC.
Local Education and Training Boards: key messages for promoting integrated care
Authors: McCririck Virginia , Hughes Rhidian 
Published: June 2013

PurposeNHS reforms in England led to the establishment of Local Education and Training Board (LETBs) to ensure the future supply of staff. LETBs have an important role in addressing health and social care integration. This paper aims to stimulate debate, ideas and opportunities to improve integrated workforce planning, practice and policy.Design/methodology/approachThis is a thought leadership article which presents a distillation of key policy and strategy, drawing out implications for policy makers and workforce planners at a strategic level.FindingsThe paper describes and critically appraises the role of LETBs in supporting integration between health and social care. The key messages include: ensure social care and public health representation on the board, track education and training decisions against commissioning priorities, focus on outcomes and transition points, build health‐related skills in social care, support providers and use performance measures of integration.Practical implicationsLETBs need to demonstrate an open and transparent approach to workforce education and planning. All partners need to engage including social care and public health service commissioners and providers.Originality/valueThere is a substantial body of literature on integration, although much less is devoted to examining workforce. This article will be of particular interest to LETB leaders, those responsible for reviewing and assessing the performance of LETBs as well as social care leaders and workforce planners. In addition the article will be of interest to those supporting integrated workforce planning and development across the UK and internationally.
Modern to postmodern management: developments in scientific management
Authors: Kemp Linzi J. 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThe aim of the paper is to evidence the development of scientific management through the lens of postmodernism.Design/methodology/approachThe four principles of scientific management are deconstructed through a postmodern lens. Current management practices are analyzed for indicators of development in scientific management.FindingsThe principles of scientific management are found within current management examples; measurement of knowledge production; empowerment; total quality management; teamwork. Scientific management, when deconstructed through the lens of postmodernism, is discovered to have developed over time.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation to this study is a precise definition for postmodernism and postmodern management against which to “prove” any findings. The implication is to extend research on the development of scientific management in postmodern management.Practical implicationsA practical implication for management practitioners is to apply a tenet of postmodernism to management i.e. there are a myriad of managerial approaches that work.Originality/valueThe paper's contribution is that the principles of scientific management originated in modern times and are developed in postmodern management.
Managing uncertainty: lessons from Xenophon's retreat
Authors: King David R. 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThe article's purpose is to address complementary perspectives for managing uncertainty by looking at a historical example.Design/methodology/approachThis is done using a case study of the experience of ancient Greek mercenaries that fought in and out of Persia over two years and approximately 2,000 miles.FindingsAn unexpected finding is that the size of an organization can be instrumental to its environment fit.Research limitations/implicationsAn implication is that the application of existing models to the historical example suggests existing perspectives of change do not appear adequate individually in explaining or preparing organizations for change.Practical implicationsA wider implication of the study involves confirming the need for research and society to better understand the role of organization politics in outcomes.Originality/valueThe study uses a unique historical example to examine organizational responses to uncertainty that range between rational and haphazard explanations and it offers insights for management thought and practice today.
InvokingBlack Athenaand its debates
Authors: Riad Sally , Jones Deborah 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThe authors use the debates instigated by Bernal'sBlack Athenato rethink the concepts of “race”, “culture” and “diversity” in organization and aim to examine their intersection with academic authority.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the works of Derrida and Hegel, the authors question the pursuit of origins and illustrate its role in essentializing race, culture and diversity. The paper examines these through binaries including white/black, nature/culture, purity/diversity and diversity/university.FindingsFirst, both theBlack Athenadebates and the organizational literature turn to origins to ground concepts of difference. This attests to the power of narratives of descent in defining current interests. Second, organization studies have relied on images of a clear past which had eliminated racialization and its implications. Whereas culture is considered progressive, as a user‐friendly term it has served as a “surrogate” or “homologue” for race. Diversity, in turn, has been deployed both to harbour and to control difference in organization.Research limitations/implicationsTheBlack Athenadebates alert people to the authority of scholars and practitioners in normalising identity categories in organization. They challenge people to develop theories and practices of organizational diversity that are open to ongoing difference rather than essence and origin.Originality/valueDerrida's contribution has rarely been used in organizational history, particularly its implication with Hegel's legacy to the historical and cultural canon. The paper invites readers to rethink the notions of race, culture and diversity by examining their historical development and considering the history of their inclusion into the canons of management and organization. Historicising can unsettle entrenched assumptions, but the cautionary word is that it can also legitimate current practices by identifying their relevance since “the beginning”.
Investor attention for retail and institutional investors: a test on the real estate market
Authors: Mattarocci Gianluca , Siligardos Georgios 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThe paper aims to investigate the relationship between different investor attention proxies for different types of funds (retail vs institutional ones) looking at a sample of real estate funds.Design/methodology/approachThe authors collect data about searching frequency on Google and all the news published in Italian specialized newspapers for a set of real estate funds. Following the approach proposed by Da, Engelberg and Gao, the authors construct a set of attention proxies and they compare the ranking with some summary statistics and evaluate the causality relationship among them using a Granger causality test.FindingsResults demonstrate that online search frequency is relevant for both institutional and retail funds and normally internet data are able to anticipate the news that will be published in the newspapers.Research limitations/implicationsThe analysis proposed is focused only on a small real estate market (Italy) where funds are specialized for the type of investor. A wider database can allow excluding that results achieved are biased by the specific features of the market analysed.Practical implicationsThe role of internet proxies attention measures also for institutional investors demonstrate that the managing companies offering financial instruments reserved to institutional investors should consider both channels of information – newspapers and the internet – to measure any positive or negative sign of investor attention to their products.Originality/valueThe article represents the first analysis of investor attention proxies on the real estate market and the first comparison of investor attention proxies for retail and institutional investors.
Principles of public‐private partnership financing – Polish experience
Authors: Wojewnik‐Filipkowska Anna , Trojanowski Dariusz 
Published: June 2013

PurposePublic‐private partnerships (PPP) are contractual relationships influenced by different legal traditions. The main purpose of the paper is to provide insight into the principles of PPP financing and the impact of two legal provisions in Poland.Design/methodology/approachAppropriate regulation and documentation were investigated. Discounted subsidies, internal rate of return (IRR), economic internal rate of return (EIRR) were calculated and risk was analysed for three variants of a selected case study.FindingsThe two PPP‐related legal provisions are well‐suited for cooperation, although they do not generally correlate. Partnership is just one of the available modes of cooperation; therefore, a complete financial and economic analysis should be performed to prove value for money.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper was limited to one case study in three variants. Additional cases can be studied to confirm the findings and increase the usefulness of the methodological framework and improve its application.Practical implicationsThe interrelation of the two PPP‐related legal provisions is useful for public managers searching for partners and private investors looking for opportunities. Since the proposed framework supports assessing investment advantages from the perspective of the two provisions, it supports decision makers. The experience of the Polish market also may support development of public‐private partnerships in other countries.Originality/valueThe two PPP‐related legal provisions are compared to determine which provides the optimal method for management of PPPs. Studying both successful and abandoned projects can help towards better management and understanding of PPPs. The work is novel providing insights into PPP financing from a legal perspective and addressed financial consequences.
Generalising the Kőnig‐Egerváry theorem
Authors: Andrew Alex 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to consider extension of the Kőnig‐Egerváry theorem to apply to matrices of dimensionality greater the two. It is shown that the theorem holds for matrices of any dimensionality, in the standard case where “cover” of selected elements is by lines, and the criterion for independence is also with reference to lines. Attention is also given to the case where cover and (hyper‐independence) are with reference to planes, or submatrices of higher dimensionality, rather than lines, and counter‐examples are given that show the theorem does not then hold universally. A preliminary survey is made of the diverse proofs that have been devised for the basic theorem, and in an Appendix an approach to the multidimensional Transportation Problem is reviewed.Design/methodology/approachInterest in generalisation of the theorem arose from the attempt to extend the Hungarian Method for the Assignment Problem to higher dimensionality. The results are also interesting as purely mathematical theory.FindingsThe theorem has been shown to extend to the multidimensional case when cover and independence are defined with reference to lines, but not universally otherwise.Practical implicationsExtension of the theorem to higher dimensionality has not produced a rigorous corresponding extension of the Hungarian Method, but may stimulate further studies. An approximate extension of the method (approximate insofar as it gives no guarantee of convergence on an optimum) will be described in a later publication. The study of the multidimensional Transportation Problem, reviewed in the Appendix, confirms the general difficulty of extending a class of methods from elegant solutions in the two‐dimensional case to versions for higher dimensionality.Originality/valueThe paper's results are believed to be original. Their main value is likely to be in stimulating interest that may lead to further developments as suggested.
Licensing and negotiations for commercial e‐resources in African libraries
Authors: Mapulanga Patrick 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to highlight how libraries in Malawi are accessing e‐resources.Design/methodology/approachThe paper adopted a case study approach. Quantitative data were collected and analysed. Data was collected through MALICO and INASP documentary. Usage statistics provided by counter compliant publishers and collated by INASP from 2008 to 2012 was the other source of information. Annual member contributions and e‐resource subscription sheets from MALICO were used for data collection. Qualitative data have been presented and analysed in the form of tables and graphs.FindingsLibraries in Malawi have access to peer reviewed and impact factored journals courtesy of EIFL, INASP, HINARI, OARE, AGORA and other international organisations. Libraries in Malawi contribute towards the e‐resources to the consortia, MALICO, at heavily discounted rates done through negotiations by eIFL and INASP with the publishers. Currently, the libraries are failing to contribute their portion towards e‐resources due to inadequate budgets. Libraries in Malawi have resorted to digitising local content and establishing locally available institutional repositories.Practical implicationsLibraries in Malawi are making enormous strides in building digital libraries and institutional repositories based on local content.Originality/valueThere is little researched information on the funding levels and use of e‐resources in libraries in Malawi. This paper seeks to bridge the gap by providing some information on the state of e‐resources for libraries in Malawi.
Motivating and discouraging factors for Wikipedians: the case study of Persian Wikipedia
Authors: Asadi Saeid , Ghafghazi Shadi , Jamali Hamid R. 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how Wikipedians are motivated, or discouraged, to contribute to Farsi (Persian) Wikipedia.Design/methodology/approachIn this grounded theory study, face‐to‐face semi‐structured interviews were conducted with a sample of 15 active users of Persian Wikipedia. The interviews then were transcribed and coded using Strauss and Corbin's method which included constant comparison of data.FindingsEditing and writing incentives, as well as deterrents, were extracted from the data. Findings indicated that motivating factors can be classified into two categories of internal and external. Internal motivations could be individual or cognitive motivations or be related to Wikipedia structure. Also, some factors such as permanent access to the internet can be considered as external motivations for contribution to Wikipedia. On the other hand, content production and improvement of Wikipedia in local language was the strongest reason for contribution; entertainment was the weakest motivation. Positive feedback from other users can be the strongest factor that encourages users to stay in Wikipedia and continue their contribution.Originality/valueThis is the first study on Persian Wikipedia and one of the few qualitative studies on Wikipedia. It proposes a new categorization of encouraging and discouraging factors for Wikipedians.
Is environmental management accounting a discipline? A bibliometric literature review
Authors: Schaltegger Stefan , Gibassier Delphine , Zvezdov Dimitar 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the body of literature on environmental management accounting (EMA) and provides a quantitative overview of the academic as well as the professional literature constituting the field. By doing so, the paper discusses whether EMA has developed as a discipline.Design/methodology/approachBased on a database containing 814 (396 of them published in academic journals) publications in English, German and French with a publication date prior to 2012 a bibliometric analysis is conducted. Data on the publications, journals, authors and citations were collected, double‐checked and examined by applying bibliometric measures.FindingsThe bibliometric analysis identifies trends in EMA research publications which show that EMA has developed as a young discipline, but is still faces challenges to get better established in mainstream accounting and management research. Although the publication number is growing, a substantial part of the publications have been published outside mainstream accounting journals in non‐accounting journals, books and reports. A recent trend towards establishing specialised environmental (and sustainability) accounting journals is also rendered apparent. The low number of highly cited publications of few authors, however, indicates that EMA is still to become a mainstream field of research.Originality/valueThe paper discusses with the help of bibliometric analysis and measures whether EMA has developed as a discipline and whether it has become part of mainstream accounting research.
Positive social behaviors and suggestive selling in the same service encounter
Authors: Söderlund Magnus 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThis study aims to examine customers’ reactions in service encounters in which the customer contact person (CCP) initially engages in positive social behaviors and then turns to suggestive selling.Design/methodology/approachAn experimental between‐subjects design was employed. The participants interacted in a service encounter with a CCP who engaged in positive social behaviors. At the end of the service encounter, participants were exposed to: no suggestive selling; congruent suggestive selling; or incongruent suggestive selling.FindingsCustomers’ intentions to buy additional products were lower in the two suggestive selling conditions than in the condition without suggestive selling. This outcome should be viewed in light of the contrast effect that occurs when the CCP's role comprises both rapport‐building activities and sales activities: suggestive selling near the end of a service encounter may “break the spell” of initial positive social behaviors. However, in terms of the customer's attitude toward the CCP, it was mainly the incongruent suggestive sales attempt that had a negative effect, presumably because congruent suggestive selling contrasts less with positive social behaviors than incongruent suggestive selling.Originality/valueResearchers have acknowledged that many CCPs who are instructed to engage in positive social behaviors in service encounters are under increasing pressure to also actively engage in sales efforts. However, few studies have examined the reactions of customers exposed to both activities within the same service encounter.
Knowledge dissemination in the global service marketing community
Authors: Lages Cristiana R. , Simões Cláudia M.N. , Fisk Raymond P. , Kunz Werner H. 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThe evolution of the service marketing field was marked by the emergence of a global, vigorous and tolerant community of service marketing researchers. This paper seeks to examine the history of the service marketing community and argues that it may be an archetype for building the emergent global service research community.Design/methodology/approachThe study combines qualitative and quantitative approaches. The authors interviewed four pioneering service scholars and also collected descriptive data (e.g. Authorship, Affiliation, Title, Keywords) of all service related articles published in 13 top peer‐reviewed marketing and service journals over the last 30 years (5,432 articles; 6,450 authors). In a dynamic analysis the authors mapped global collaboration between countries over time and detected clusters of international collaboration.FindingsFindings suggest a growing international collaboration for the USA and the UK, while for other countries like Israel the global collaboration started from a high level and decreases now. Further, the service marketing community never became polarized and there were always contributions from researchers all over the world.Research limitations/implicationsAs the global service research community is developing, service marketing becomes a research neighborhood within the broader service research community. Simultaneously, other research neighborhoods are emerging within this new community (e.g. service arts, service management, service engineering, service science).Originality/valueAnchored on the social evolution and biological evolution metaphors, this study explains the evolution of the service marketing field from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives. Furthermore, it explains the development of the service marketing community as an archetype for building the global service research community.
Accelerating strategic change through action learning
Authors: Younger Jon , Sorensen René , Cleemann Christine , Younger Aaron , Freed Allan , Moller Sanne 
Published: June 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe how a leading global company used action‐learning based leadership development to accelerate strategic culture change.Design/methodology/approachIt describes the need for change, and the methodology and approach by which the initiative, Impact, generated significant benefits.FindingsThe initiative led to financial benefit, as well as measurable gains in customer centricity, collaboration, and innovation. It was also a powerful experience for participants in their journey as commercial leaders.Originality/valueImpact was created using comprehensive customer feedback and its delivery involved key customers.