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Critical evaluation of the compliance of online Islamic FOREX trading with Islamic principles
Authors: Omar Rafik Fakhry , Jones Eleri 
Published: April 2015

Purpose– This study aims to evaluate the compliance of online Islamic FOREX products with Islamic jurisprudence principles and determines the degree of similarity or difference between Islamic and conventional FOREX products.Design/methodology/approach– This study involves the collection and analysis of secondary data from online sources (i.e. four Islamic FOREX Web sites selected on the basis that they appeared on two Islamic FOREX Web site lists) It also undertakes content analysis of the rulings of jurisprudence scholars on one of the Web sites.Findings– There is no evidence to suggest that the technical processes underpinning current Islamic FOREX products are any different to those underpinning conventional FOREX products. Also there are major contradiction and ambiguities in the rulings offered by the jurisprudence scholars about the permissibility of the products.Research limitations/implications– The study relies on the analysis of secondary data. Further research that will involve interviews with banking industry employees in both conventional and Islamic banking sectors would provide a better understanding of: how financial products are created and managed and the role of bank regulations in creating and managing different financial products.Practical implications– It would seem that Islamic FOREX is simply rebranding of conventional FOREX. The paper calls for a modern-day definition of usury (riba).Social implications– The way Islamic FOREX is marketed today to online users as synonymous with gambling, and, although branded as Islamic, the actual technical processes that underpin Islamic FOREX products are the same as conventional FOREX products and therefore not compliant with Islamic principles.Originality/value– This research explores the marketing of Islamic FOREX products.
Exploring the ethical aspects of Islamic banking
Authors: Gilani Hasan 
Published: April 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to look into the ethical practices of a profit-driven financial institution that is currently adopting Islamic banking and whether it can actually be ethical from an Islamic perspective. The recent decade has seen an upsurge of the increasingly integration of ethical management into operational strategies by businesses across the globe. Like any other religion, Islam wants its followers to be truthful and honest and to be compliant with its teachings and especially in a business transaction. This research paper explores the ethical factors of Islamic banking and how it is perceived by its stakeholders.

Design/methodology/approach
– Due to the exploratory nature of the research and the fact that it involves in-depth theoretical analysis, a qualitative research method was adopted to explore the details of ethics in Islamic banking sector. The aim of this research was to explore the ethical options of an Islamic bank. This was done by carrying out in-depth interviews with the managers and executives of Islamic banks having authority over the subject of Islamic banking and Shariah finance. Furthermore, a detailed session of interviews was also carried out with the customers of Islamic banking to take their views on the subject issues. The data are analysed through thematic content analysis and matched with the existing theory with the objective of coming up with detailed findings that would contribute to knowledge on the subject of ethical Islamic banking.

Findings
– The paper provides empirical insights about ethical management as a vital part of Islamic banking modus operandi. The findings highlight the involvement of ethics in different procedures, operations and approaches of Islamic banking and how it is perceived by its many stakeholders.

Practical implications
– The motivation of this thesis comes from literature review to explore the ethics of Islamic banking and how it Islamic banking is perceived by stakeholders at an ethical banking practice. This research aims to aid bankers in identifying what practices they can enhance and what practices should be dropped to bring about a more ethical banking system. This research was prompted as a result of the gaps identified in the literature review followed by the observations made of the market by the researcher. It was evident that further research on this topic was required to aid the subject.

Originality/value
– The research is original in its nature, as there have not been many instances where the ethical management theory has been explored within the Islamic banking sector. Given the new literature on corporate branding and customer perception, this research can contribute very positively towards the subject area. This research would pave new research avenues to be explored and enhance academic contribution on the common subjects.
Lean production and leadership attributes – the case of Hungarian production managers
Authors: Gelei Andrea , Losonci Dávid , Matyusz Zsolt 
Published: April 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate leadership attributes that contribute to or inhibit the successful adaptation of lean techniques.Design/methodology/approach– Using leadership attributes of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) project, this paper develops an ideal leadership profile of a production manager who aims to develop a lean production system (based on Liker’s seminal work in 2004). Five hypotheses related to contributor and inhibitor leadership behaviors and their associated leadership attributes are analyzed using survey data based on a PLS model.Findings– According to the results, the proposed conceptual leadership profile, in which leadership attributes are divided into two sets (contributors and inhibitors), required modification. The authors identified five distinct leadership behaviors (specific interrelated sets of leadership attributes). Two of the five leadership behaviors (communicative and micromanager) for production managers contributed to lean implementation. None of the leadership behaviors were inhibitors. Surprisingly, a theoretical inhibitor type of leadership behavior, namely micromanager, proved to be a contributor.Practical implications– The results provide direct guidance for Hungarian managers with leadership behaviors that can contribute to the successful adaptation of lean techniques. However, managers must also consider that although these leadership behaviors may result in short-term gains, the micromanager leadership behavior can undermine the long-term sustainability of lean success and can hinder the development of a lean culture.Originality/value– Leaders are frequently considered to be the key drivers of lean management. The empirical paper is unique because it analyzes the relationship among leadership behaviors, leadership attributes, and lean contexts.
Assessment of fitness of a manufacturing organization using fuzzy methods
Authors: Sekar Vinodh , Vinoth Chandra , Sundaram Sarangan 
Published: April 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to develop a comprehensive model for fitness evaluation and to determine fitness index using fuzzy methods.

Design/methodology/approach
– The conceptual model for fitness evaluation was developed by literature review. The case study was conducted in an Indian pump manufacturing company. The assessment of fitness index was done using multi-grade fuzzy and fuzzy logic approaches. The fitness index was computed. The obstacles were identified and analysed for improvements.

Findings
– The fitness index was found to be 6.8724 which revealed that the organization was fit. Euclidean distance method was used to match fitness index with fitness level. The weaker attributes were identified and proposals were derived for improvements.

Research limitations/implications
– The developed model was test implemented in a single manufacturing organization. The study could be extended for other organizations in future.

Practical implications
– The case study was conducted in an Indian pump manufacturing organization. The insights derived from the study have practical propensity.

Originality/value
– The model for fitness evaluation and assessment of fitness index were original and novel contributions of the authors.
Production competence revisited – a critique of the literature and a new measurement approach
Authors: Szász Levente , Demeter Krisztina , Boer Harry 
Published: April 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to seek remedy to two major flaws of the production competence literature, which concern: the way the production competence construct is operationalized and the way its effects on performance are measured.Design/methodology/approach– The paper proposes to measure production competence as the two-dimensional operational level construct it actually is, and to use Slack’s (1994) importance-performance matrix to study its business level performance effects. The three hypotheses developed are tested using a subsample of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey database, which includes 465 manufacturing companies from 21 countries.Findings– The study offers additional empirical support for production competence theory. Going beyond supporting existing theory, the results give more detailed insight by indicating that low operational performance on even one important competitive factor leads to lower business performance (order-losing effect); excessive investment in increasing operational performance on any less important competitive factor does not necessarily lead to higher business performance.Practical implications– Using a large empirical dataset, the study shows that the importance-performance matrix is a useful tool for decision makers to assess and improve their company’s manufacturing strategy: it indicates how to prioritize between improvement efforts to positively contribute to business performance.Originality/value– The paper offers a novel approach to operationalize production competence. The importance-performance analysis approach adopted in this study avoids the two major drawbacks of previous production competence studies and offers an appropriate method to assess the impact of production competence on business performance.
Achieving service quality through service innovation exploration – exploitation: the critical role of employee empowerment and slack resources
Authors: Sok Phyra , O'Cass Aron 
Published: April 2015

Purpose– This paper aims to investigate the effects of service innovation exploration – exploitation on financial performance through the delivery of quality services. Additional emphasis is also given to examining the extent to which employee empowerment and slack resources enhance or suppress the performance benefits of service firms engaging in service innovation exploration versus exploitation.Design/methodology/approach– Data were drawn from a multi-informant survey of service firms using a drop-and-collect approach. The survey gathered data from managers, customer service employees and customers to test the hypotheses.Findings– The results show that excelling at both exploitative and exploratory innovation helps enhance the quality of services, which, in turn, yield superior financial performance. Further, empowering employees enhances the relationship between exploratory and exploitative service innovation and service quality. We also show that the extent managers’ perceived their market to be competitive influences in the pursuit of high levels of both service innovation exploration and exploitation and that this relationship is impacted by the extent they believe they have available slack resources.Practical implications– The findings suggest that service firms need to pursue both exploitation and exploration at high levels simultaneously and empower their employees to stay ahead of competitors in delivering quality services, which ultimately contributes to the achievement of superior financial outcomes. Also, the findings highlight the importance of employee empowerment, market competitiveness and slack resources in the pursuit of high levels of both service innovation exploration and exploitation.Originality/value– These findings and our theory indicate that this study is the first to empirically examine organizational ambidexterity in the context of service innovation exploration – exploitation adopting the principles of combined and balanced innovation. The study provides insights into the critical role of customers’ perceptions of service quality in contributing to firms’ financial performance. Our insights are unique in that the study incorporates managers, employees and customers in an integrated service innovation model.
Can marketing contribute to sustainable social enterprise?
Authors: Powell Madeline , Osborne Stephen P. 
Published: April 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to explore the role of marketing as a route to sustainability for social enterprises providing public services. It examines the tensions between the economic and social objectives, both of social enterprises and of marketing. It concludes by offering a new model of the role of marketing for sustainable social enterprises.

Design/methodology/approach
– This paper used the case study approach which included four cases. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the chief executives of each social enterprise. The cases were classified by age.

Findings
– The paper demonstrates that while marketing potentially has much to offer in terms of organisational resilience for social enterprises, its application is currently undermined by its misunderstanding in practise within a “product-dominant” business logic. Despite this, the study finds a strong element of the unconscious application of marketing by social enterprises.

Originality/value
– The implications of this are discussed in the context of the “public service-dominant” business logic that is currently emerging in public management, and recommendations are made for policy and practice as to how to enhance the contribution of marketing, both to sustainable social enterprises and to public services delivery.
Second-hand clothing shopping among college students: the role of psychographic characteristics
Authors: Yan Ruoh-Nan , Bae Su Yun , Xu Huimin 
Published: April 2015

Purpose
– The study aims to examine whether and how second-hand clothing shoppers differ from non-shoppers on various psychographic variables, including environmentalism, perception of contamination, price sensitivity and perception of vintage clothing. Additionally, this study hopes to uncover whether and how the aforementioned psychographic variables help predict second-hand clothing shopping behaviour, specifically shopping frequency at second-hand clothing stores.

Design/methodology/approach
– Data were collected through a survey method from 152 college students.

Findings
– Results showed that college students who shopped at second-hand clothing stores were more likely to be environmentally conscious, more sensitive to higher prices and more likely to wear used clothing to express a vintage look and to be “green”, and to perceive used clothing to be less contaminated, as compared to those who did not shop at second-hand clothing stores. This study concluded that, among college students, second-hand clothing shoppers may do so not only for economic reasons but also for creation of style and feeling special about themselves.

Research limitations/implications
– This study suggests that college students who shop at second-hand clothing stores are different from those who do not shop at second-hand stores in terms of their environmental attitudes, perceptions of contamination from used clothing, sensitivity to prices and how they feel about vintage clothing. Further, financial concern (i.e. price sensitivity) is no longer the only reason for second-hand clothing shopping.

Originality/value
– Little research has been conducted to understand second-hand clothing shopping behaviour among college students. This study examined multiple psychographic variables and provided insights into college students’ second-hand shopping behaviour.
Embodied labour in music work
Authors: Pettinger Lynne 
Published: April 2015

AbstractThis paper frames the work of performance as embodied labour in order to understand the contingent production of particular music performances. It is an interdisciplinary account that sits at the intersection of the sociology of work, culture and the body. The concept of embodied labour is developed with reference to the complex account of materiality – of bodies and things – present inTimIngold's account of skill. This material account of skill is used to inform use to develop already of well established conceptualizations of body labour: craft, emotional and aesthetic labour through a reading of how these dimensions of embodied labour make possible the work of performance.
Assessing Psychopathic Traits and Criminal Behavior in a Young Adult Female Community Sample Using the Self‐Report Psychopathy Scale
Authors: Declercq Frédéric , Carter Rachel , Neumann Craig S. 
Published: April 2015

AbstractThis study assessed psychopathic traits in a nonforensic female population (N = 343). Respondents completed theSelf‐ReportPsychopathyScale‐4:ShortForm(SRP‐SF) and also reported on their Criminal Behavior. The results revealed relatively higher scale elevations for theInterpersonal andLifestyleSRP‐SFfacets, compared to theAffective andAntisocial facets. Also, those with a history of Criminal Behavior had significantly higherSRP‐SFfacet scores on all four psychopathy domains, compared to those without such history. Consistent with a number of previous studies, the structural equation modeling results revealed good fit for the four‐factorSRP‐SFmodel. In addition, a super‐ordinateSRP‐SFfactor, which accounted for the majority variance of all fourSRP‐SFfirst‐order factors, also accounted for 50% of the variance in a latent Criminal Behavior factor. Taken together, findings support use of theSRP‐SFto assess psychopathic features in a moderately large sample ofBelgium women.
Inhibition of α‐glucosidase activity by N‐deoxynojirimycin analogs in several insect phloem sap feeders
Authors: Ya'kobovitz Marina Katzman , Butters Terry D. , Cohen Ephraim 
Published: April 2015

AbstractSecondary metabolites and synthetic iminosugars that structurally resemble monosaccharides are potent inhibitors of α‐glucosidase activity. The enzyme is core in cleaving sucrose in phloem feeding insects and it also plays a crucial role of reducing osmotic stress via the formation of oligosaccharides. Inhibition of hydrolysis by iminosugars should result in nutritional deficiencies and/or disruption of normal osmoregulation. Deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) and 2 N‐alkylated analogs [N‐butyl DNJ (NB‐DNJ) and N‐nonyl DNJ (NN‐DNJ)] were the major iminosugars used throughout the study. The extensive experiments conducted with α‐glucosidase of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci indicated the competitive nature of inhibition and that the hydrophilic DNJ is a potent inhibitor in comparison to the more hydrophobic NB‐DNJ and NN‐DNJ compounds. The same inhibitory pattern was observed with the psyllid Cacopsylla bidens α‐glucosidase. In contrast to the above pattern, enzymes of the aphids, Myzus persicae and Aphis gossypii were more sensitive to the hydrophobic iminosugars as compared to DNJ. In vivo experiments in which adult B. tabaci were fed dietary iminosugars, show that the hydrophilic DNJ was far less toxic than the lipophilic NB‐DNJ and NN‐DNJ. It is proposed that this pattern is attributed to the better accessibility of the hydrophobic NN‐DNJ to the α‐glucosidase membrane‐bound compartment in the midgut. Based on the inhibitory effects of certain polyhydroxy N‐alkylated iminosugars, α‐glucosidase of phloem feeding hemipterans could serve as an attractive target site for developing novel pest control agents.
Bipolar disorder with comorbid attention‐deficit and hyperactivity disorder. Main clinical features and clues for an accurate diagnosis
Authors: Torres I. , Gómez N. , Colom F. , Jiménez E. , Bosch R. , Bonnín C. M. , Martínez‐Aran A. , Casas M. , Vieta E. , Ramos‐Quiroga J. A. , Goikolea J. M. 
Published: April 2015

ObjectiveTo study the prevalence of attention‐deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adult patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and identify differential clinical features for a better diagnosis.MethodA total of 163 euthymic bipolar out‐patients were screened for ADHD with the ASRS.V1 and the WURS at a BD Unit. Patients with a positive screening were assessed with the CAADID, at an ADHD unit. Sociodemographic and clinical features of the groups with and without ADHD were compared.ResultsLifetime prevalence of comorbid ADHD was 17.9% (10.5% for adult ADHD and 7.4% for childhood ADHD). The BD + ADHD group showed more suicidal behaviour although less severe. Comorbidity was also more common, especially regarding substance use disorders. Nevertheless, these patients did not show more affective episodes or hospitalizations and suffered more atypical but less melancholic depression. However, they required more treatment with psychotherapy and valproate. One‐third of positive screenings at the ASRS were false; a severe course of BD was the hallmark of this subgroup.ConclusionAdult patients with BD and ADHD show differential clinical features, but not a more severe course of BD. Comorbidity with substance abuse is a big issue, deserving special clinical attention. Better screening tools are necessary to avoid overdiagnosis of comorbid ADHD in BD.
Is the use of electronic cigarettes while smoking associated with smoking cessation attempts, cessation and reduced cigarette consumption? A survey with a 1‐year follow‐up
Authors: Brose Leonie S. , Hitchman Sara C. , Brown Jamie , West Robert , McNeill Ann 
Published: April 2015

AbstractAimsTo use a unique longitudinal data set to assess the association between e‐cigarette use while smoking with smoking cessation attempts, cessation and substantial reduction, taking into account frequency of use and key potential confounders.DesignWeb‐based survey, baseline November/December 2012, 1‐year follow‐up in December 2013.SettingGreat Britain.ParticipantsNational general population sample of 4064 adult smokers, with 1759 (43%) followed‐up.MeasurementsMain outcome measures were cessation attempt, cessation and substantial reduction (≥50% from baseline to follow‐up) of cigarettes per day (CPD). In logistic regression models, cessation attempt in the last year (analysis n = 1473) and smoking status (n = 1656) at follow‐up were regressed on to baseline e‐cigarette use (none, non‐daily, daily) while adjusting for baseline socio‐demographics, dependence and nicotine replacement (NRT) use. Substantial reduction (n = 1042) was regressed on to follow‐up e‐cigarette use while adjusting for baseline socio‐demographics and dependence and follow‐up NRT use.FindingsCompared with non‐use, daily e‐cigarette use at baseline was associated with increased cessation attempts [odds ratio (OR) = 2.11, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.24–3.58, P = 0.006], but not with cessation at follow‐up (OR = 0.62, 95% CI = 0.28–1.37, P = 0.24). Non‐daily use was not associated with cessation attempts or cessation. Daily e‐cigarette use at follow‐up was associated with increased odds of substantial reduction (OR = 2.49, 95% CI = 1.14–5.45, P = 0.02), non‐daily use was not.ConclusionsDaily use of e‐cigarettes while smoking appears to be associated with subsequent increases in rates of attempting to stop smoking and reducing smoking, but not with smoking cessation. Non‐daily use of e‐cigarettes while smoking does not appear to be associated with cessation attempts, cessation or reduced smoking.