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Enhancing construction organizations’ performance through strategic decision-making: unveiling the mediating role of quality of information
Authors: Moshood Taofeeq Durojaye , Rotimi James O.B. , Shahzad Wajiha 
Published: July 2024

PurposeFormulating strategic decisions poses a significant challenge for construction organizations, profoundly impacting their overarching strategic management. The success of an organization’s strategy relies on how information is managed and decisions are executed. However, the literature has a limited understanding of the connection between information quality and strategic decision-making, particularly in construction business performance. This study aims to bridge this gap by exploring how information quality mediates the relationship between strategic decision-making and the performance of construction businesses in New Zealand.Design/methodology/approachThis quantitative study aims to fill this gap by assessing how information quality shapes strategic decision-making practices, impacting construction organizations’ performance. Analysing 102 viable responses through partial least squares structural equation modeling structural equation modelling offers partial support to the research framework.FindingsThe study used statistical analysis to gauge the impact of adopting strategic management practices on construction business performance, considering the mediation of the quality of information within New Zealand’s context. It affirmed a positive correlation between strategic decision-making management and construction business performance, underpinned by the mediation of quality of information.Practical implicationsThis study underscores the critical role of information quality in evaluating strategic decisions for bolstering construction business performance. In essence, it affirms that enhancing the performance of construction organizations via strategic decision-making is intrinsically linked to the quality of information.Originality/valueThis study makes a noteworthy contribution by establishing connections between decision importance, process effectiveness, information quality, intuition in decision-making and model development, providing valuable insights to the field.
The green Fintech paradox: understanding the dynamics of green brand positioning and user decision-making in the digital financial landscape
Authors: Ashrafi Dewan Mehrab , Akhter Mily 
Published: July 2024

Purpose
The ever-evolving landscape of financial technology (Fintech) has revolutionised payment methods and raised questions about what drives user behaviour in adopting these innovative solutions. This study, using narrative transportation theory as an underpinning theory, aims to investigate into the dynamics of green user behaviour in adopting Fintech payments.

Design/methodology/approach
This study used a deductive approach, and with data obtained from 635 respondents through the purposive sampling technique, partial least squares structural equation modelling was employed to yield significant insights.

Findings
The study found a positive association between green brand positioning and product differentiation. However, it unexpectedly didn't impact user attitudes towards Fintech payments. Green brand image and perceived performance positively influenced product differentiation. Perceived product differentiation fully mediated the association between green brand positioning and user attitudes. The study introduced fear of missing out's (FOMO) moderating role, enriching eco-conscious marketing insights and user behaviour understanding.

Research limitations/implications
This study reveals crucial implications for marketers, policymakers and user experience (UX) designers operating within the Fintech industry. It emphasises green brand positioning's impact on product differentiation, user attitudes and its mediating role. It advocates for sustainability integration, innovation, strategic messaging and user-centric improvements to optimise user perceptions and competitiveness in the evolving Fintech landscape. The study's cross-sectional design may limit the ability to establish causal relationships over time and overlook temporal changes in green Fintech adoption dynamics; thus, longitudinal studies are warranted to better understand the evolving nature of user attitudes and behaviours towards green Fintech payments.

Originality/value
This study adds novelty to the existing body of literature by introducing the dimension of innovation appeal to green brand positioning and employing narrative transportation theory in the Fintech realm. The findings also add novelty by highlighting the moderating impact of fear of missing out in predicting the association between green brand positioning and product differentiation in the realm of green Fintech and green use behaviour.
Managing employees' needs and well-being in the post-COVID-19 era
Authors: Palmucci Dario Natale , Santoro Gabriele 
Published: July 2024

PurposeIn the wake of the COVID-19 public health crisis, organizations have increasingly adopted new technologies and new working modalities (e.g. teleworking, smart working and remote working). However, these important changes led to increased work-related stress for employees who are not always able to cope with the actual intrusive digital professional reality. This work identifies the negative effects of technology and new work modalities on employees’ well-being. It suggests remedies based on real-life examples to meet employees’ emerging needs in the post-COVID-19 era.Design/methodology/approachSemi-structured interviews with a variety of workers in different organizational contexts and positions were used as support for our recommendations. In particular, we had representation from managers, human resource (HR) officers, employees, psychologists, consultants and coaches.FindingsThe paper identifies eight specific negative effects of technology and new work modalities, such as inability to cope with stress, negative physical consequences, smart working fatigue, breaking down of the boundaries between private and professional life, decrease in work-life balance, hyper-connection, psychological and psychosomatic symptoms and burnout syndrome. Moreover, the paper proposes timely remedies, including enhancing leaders’ awareness, the right to disconnect and rethinking HR policies.Practical implicationsIt offers practical insights and encompasses views from various internal stakeholders (HR officers, senior managers, managers, subordinates and an organizational counselor) and external stakeholders (psychologists, consultants and coaches). The paper concludes with experience-based tips, highlighting the need for digital leadership to be able to both manage performance and guarantee people psychological safety at the same time. The remedies suggested are “ready-to-use” best practices to implement for safeguarding the health of employees.Originality/valueThis research is not only pertinent for managers grappling with these challenges in their everyday work but also valuable for scholars seeking to deepen their understanding of the topic through practice-based evidence. Furthermore, it significantly contributes to the literature as, while previous works have only analyzed findings singularly, this work is focused on the different perspectives of different internal and external stakeholders, offering a more comprehensive overview. Originality lies precisely in having taken into consideration the point of view of many actors with different roles and backgrounds.
A roadmap of retargeting campaigns for SMEs: a case study
Authors: Fallahi Daryakenari Niloofar , Jalilvand Mohammad Reza , Jafari Seyed Mohammadbagher 
Published: July 2024

PurposeRunning advertising campaigns and attracting the traffic, as well as collecting information from users who have entered the website once, provides the conditions to perform retargeting campaigns and consequently increases website visit rates and sales. The purpose of this research is to design a roadmap of retargeting campaign for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as to compare normal and retargeting advertising campaigns in order to confirm the effectiveness of retargeting campaigns.Design/methodology/approachA single-case-study strategy was adopted by choosing advertising Company-X to design the roadmap of retargeting campaigns and evaluate its effectiveness. Using a purposive sampling, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 experts of advertising Company-X. Furthermore, the documents and reports available in the company were also analyzed. Thematic analysis was employed to analyze the interviews and documents. Next, a one-way ANOVA test and a two-sample t-test were used to measure the effectiveness of retargeting campaigns of the Company-X compared to normal campaigns with secondary data of 22 SMEs for a six-month period.FindingsThe qualitative phase led to the presentation of a roadmap for the retargeting campaigns in three stages: preparation, process and implementation. The results of the quantitative phase revealed that the ratio of clicks to impressions (click-through rate) and the ratio of successful purchase tags to clicks (conversion rate) are much higher in the retargeting product campaign. Therefore, the performance of selected SMEs as an example in the product retargeting campaign was better than that of the non-retargeting campaigns. Also, the ratio of cost to the successful purchase tag was higher for the product retargeting campaigns.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature of retargeting. First, this study provides SMEs with a successful roadmap for retargeting campaigns. Second, this research reveals the effectiveness and mechanism of retargeting for SMEs.
Flow analysis of water conveying nanomaterials over a rotating surface with thermal radiation
Authors: Sharma Kushal , Vijay Neha , Duraihem Faisal Z. , Jindal Renu 
Published: July 2024

PurposeThe present findings aim to investigate the thermal behavior of water-based nanofluid flow over a rotating surface, focusing on understanding the effects of different types of nanoparticles on thermal efficiency, considering thermal radiation and variable viscosity effects. By considering four distinct nanoparticles – silicon dioxide titanium dioxide, aluminum oxide and molybdenum disulfide – the study aims to provide insights into how nanoparticle addition influences heat production, thermal boundary layer thickness and overall thermal performance.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs computational methods, utilizing the BVP mid-rich algorithm for the solution procedure. The computational approach allows for a detailed investigation of the thermal behavior of nanofluid flows across a rotating surface under varying conditions.FindingsThe study concludes that adding nanoparticles in the base liquid increases heat production in the system, resulting in enhanced thermal boundary layer thickness. The comparative analysis shows that different nanoparticle types exhibit varying effects on thermal efficiency, suggesting that careful selection of nanoparticles can optimize heat transport and thermal management processes. Moreover, there's a noteworthy uptrend in the radial velocity profile concerning the stretching parameter, whereas a converse trend is observed in the thermal profile.Originality/valueThis study contributes original insights by comprehensively investigating the thermal behavior of water-based hybrid nanofluid flow over a rotating surface.
Three approaches to interviews: tell me about you, them, “fictitious” others
Authors: Luke Belinda 
Published: July 2024

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine different approaches to framing interviews from the planning stage of interview design, drawing on Goffman’s (1974) notion of frame analysis.

Design/methodology/approach
Reflecting on previous studies the author has been involved with, in the context of accountability, three approaches to framing interviews are presented and discussed.

Findings
Framing interviews around the experience of interviewees, peers or fictitious yet familiar others provides three pathways to access interviewees’ insights, perspectives, knowledge and experience on issues relevant and familiar to them.

Research limitations/implications
The approaches to framing interviews detailed in the paper provide valuable alternatives to access interviewees’ personal insights based on their worlds and worldviews.

Originality/value
Consideration of interviews on accountability through the use of framing and frame analysis provides novel, strategic perspectives on interview design.
Political culture and the resource curse: public sector corruption across the United States
Authors: Mentzer Marc S. 
Published: July 2024

Purpose
This study aims to examine the connection between political culture and public sector corruption, using the typology of Daniel Elazar, whose model traces the types of political cultures to their origins in various regions of England. Similarly, the “resource curse” concept, generally treated as a national-level phenomenon, is examined to assess how it might vary among jurisdictions within a country.

Design/methodology/approach
Regression analysis was applied to data from the 50 states of the US. Public sector corruption in each state was operationalized as the number of convictions by the Public Integrity Section of the US Department of Justice in relation to the number of public sector employees in that state.

Findings
Among the 50 states of the US, support was found for the association between political culture and public sector corruption. On the other hand, whether a state’s economy was dominated by natural resource extraction was not related to public sector corruption. This latter finding suggests the “resource curse” phenomenon does not cause corruption to be worse in states with resource-dependent economies.

Research limitations/implications
Although it is appropriate to apply regression analysis to a data set of the 50 US states, the small size of the data set limited the number of predictor variables that could be examined. Alternative research approaches are discussed, and it is conceivable that another analytical technique might have revealed other predictors that affect the occurrence of corruption.

Originality/value
While numerous studies have examined the impact of political culture and resource orientation on corruption at the national level, the current study examines how these variables affect corruption at the level of subnational jurisdictions within a major developed country, the United States.
Investigation of the impacts of the deployment of autonomous vehicles on first responders
Authors: Almaskati Deema , Pamidimukkala Apurva , Kermanshachi Sharareh , Rosenberger Jay , Foss Ann 
Published: July 2024

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to address the significant impact AVs will have on public services and the ability of first responders to conduct their jobs safely and effectively. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are expected to drastically change the transportation industry, and it is vital that first responders be equipped to integrate them into their occupational responsibilities.

Design/methodology/approach
A systematic literature review was conducted, and following a multistep exclusion process, 161 articles were selected for detailed review. The impacts of AVs on first responders were identified, classified and categorized into lists of challenges and opportunities. Based on the findings of the literature review, a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis was conducted, and stakeholder management strategies were designed.

Findings
Through the examination of the impacts of AVs on first responders, 17 identified challenges and opportunities were classified into the following categories: AV-related emergency response and training, perceptions and acceptance of AVs, technology development and laws and regulations. The study revealed that the optimal benefits of AVs would require stakeholders to focus more on how they interact with first responders; thus, 14 stakeholder management strategies were identified. First responders, AV manufacturers, legislators and future research paths will all benefit from this study, as it can facilitate smooth interactions between AVs and first responders.

Originality/value
A range of studies have been published on the safety of AVs and the public’s perceptions of this new technology; however, the integration of AVs and their interactions with first responders has been neglected. The goal of this study was to fill that research gap by providing a thorough synthesis of autonomous driving systems in the context of their interactions with first responders.
Dual nationality, anti‐citizenship, and xeno‐racism: Online tropes on migrant (in)gratitude, and (in)adequate Britishness of Nazanin Zaghari‐Ratcliffe
Authors: Rahbari Ladan , Karch Julian D. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractNazanin Zaghari‐Ratcliffe, an Iranian‐British dual citizen, was detained by the Iranian state from April 2016 to March 2022 and charged with spying and propaganda activities against the Iranian state without due process. After her release and return to the UK, Zaghari‐Ratcliffe criticized the UK government in a press conference, which triggered a Twitter campaign using the hashtags “sendherback” and “ungrateful.” This campaign claimed that she did not show “enough gratitude” to Britain, the country that “saved” her. In this paper, we investigate the content of the Twitter campaign. Using the concept of anti‐citizenship, we focus on xeno‐racist discourses around Zaghari‐Ratcliffe's dual nationality and how her belonging in Britain is challenged. We explore the role Zaghari‐Ratcliffe's Iranian background plays in how her Britishness is rendered suspect, which then enables the racialized tropes in the #sendherback campaign.
Interaction of Th17 differentiations‐related gene polymorphisms and environmental factors contributing to the disease classification, complications, and surgical risks of Crohn's disease in the Chinese Han population
Authors: Zhou Ru Ning , Ruan Ge Chong , Wu Mei Xu , Guo Ming Yue , Liang Hao Zheng , Bai Xiao Yin , Yang Hong 
Published: July 2024

ObjectivesFew studies have been conducted on gene–environment interactions in the Chinese population with Crohn's disease (CD). We aimed to investigate the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on the T helper 17 (Th17) cell and CD susceptibility/performance in Chinese individuals.MethodsWe conducted a case–control and case‐only study at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Four SNPs related to the Th17 cell pathway genes were prioritized, including rs2284553 (interferon gamma receptor 2), rs7517847 (interleukin 23 receptor), rs7773324 (interferon regulatory factor 4), and rs4263839 (tumor necrosis factor superfamily 15). SNP frequency was calculated, and gene–environment interaction was assessed by multifactor dimensionality reduction analysis.ResultsAltogether 159 CD patients and 316 healthy controls were included. All analyzed SNPs were found in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (P > 0.05). The frequency of rs2284553‐A allele and rs4263839‐A allele were lower in CD patients compared with controls (P < 0.05). While the rs4263839‐A allele was more prevalent in ileocolonic CD patients than in those with isolated small intestinal or colonic disease (P = 0.035). Gene–environment interactions revealed associations between rs2284553 and breastfeeding, sunshine exposure, and fridge‐stored food, affecting age at diagnosis, intestinal involvement, and intestinal stricture. Interaction of rs4263839 and breastfeeding influenced small intestinal lesions and intestinal stricture in CD.ConclusionsThis study provided information on the genetic background in Chinese CD patients. Incorporating these SNPs into predictive models may improve risk assessment and outcome prediction. Gene–environment interaction contributes to the understanding of CD pathogenesis.
The circadian rhythm: A key variable in aging?
Authors: Winterhalter Patrick R. , Georgevici Adrian‐Iustin , Gharpure Nitin J. , Szabó Gábor , Simm Andreas 
Published: July 2024

AbstractThe determination of age‐related transcriptional changes may contribute to the understanding of health and life expectancy. The broad application of results from age cohorts may have limitations. Altering sample sizes per time point or sex, using a single mouse strain or tissue, a limited number of replicates, or omitting the middle of life can bias the surveys. To achieve higher general validity and to identify less distinctive players, bulk RNA sequencing of a mouse cohort, including seven organs of two strains from both sexes of 5 ages, was performed. Machine learning by bootstrapped variable importance and selection methodology (Boruta) was used to identify common aging features where the circadian rhythms (CiR) transcripts appear as promising age markers in an unsupervised analysis. Pathways of 11 numerically analyzed local network clusters were affected and classified into four major gene expression profiles, whereby CiR and proteostasis candidates were particularly conspicuous with partially opposing changes. In a data‐based interaction association network, the CiR‐proteostasis axis occupies an exposed central position, highlighting its relevance. The computation of 11,830 individual transcript associations provides potential superordinate contributors, such as hormones, to age‐related changes, as in CiR. In hormone‐sensitive LNCaP cells, short‐term supraphysiologic levels of the sex hormones dihydrotestosterone or estradiol increase the expression of the CiR transcript Bhlhe40 and the associated senescence regulator Cdkn2b (p15). According to these findings, the bilateral dysregulation of CiR appears as a fundamental protagonist of aging, whose transcripts could serve as a biological marker and its restoration as a therapeutic opportunity.
Histone β‐hydroxybutyrylation is critical in reversal of sarcopenia
Authors: Wang Qiquan , Lan Xinqiang , Ke Hao , Xu Siman , Huang Chunping , Wang Jiali , Wang Xiang , Huang Tiane , Wu Xia , Chen Mengxin , Guo Yingqi , Zeng Lin , Tian Xiao‐Li , Xiang Yang 
Published: July 2024

AbstractSarcopenia, a leading cause for global disability and mortality, is an age‐related muscular disorder, characterized by accelerated muscle mass loss and functional decline. It is known that caloric restriction (CR), ketogenic diet or endurance exercise lessen sarcopenia and elevate circulating β‐hydroxybutyrate (β‐HB) levels. Whether the elevated β‐HB is essential to the reversal of sarcopenia, however, remains unclear. Here we show in both Caenorhabditis elegans and mouse models that an increase of β‐HB reverse myofiber atrophy and improves motor functions at advanced ages. β‐HB‐induced histone lysine β‐hydroxybutyrylation (Kbhb) is indispensable for the reversal of sarcopenia. Histone Kbhb enhances transcription of genes associated with mitochondrial pathways, including oxidative phosphorylation, ATP metabolic process and aerobic respiration. This ultimately leads to improve mitochondrial integrity and enhance mitochondrial respiration. The histone Kbhb are validated in mouse model with CR. Thus, we demonstrate that β‐HB induces histone Kbhb, increases mitochondrial function, and reverses sarcopenia.