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Transforming stress in complex work environments
Authors: Walinga Jennifer , Rowe Wendy 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how to transform one's perception of workplace stressors, moving beyond the idea of merely surviving or coping with stress to “thriving” within what is becoming a non‐negotiable level of stress in the workplace.Design/methodology/approachThe researchers generated a working definition of work stress thriving based on current literature, then conducted a content analysis of qualitative interviews to develop an empirically‐grounded understanding of factors differentiating a stress transformation response from a coping response to workplace stressors.FindingsThe study revealed key characteristics of a stress transformation response to stress challenges in the work place: systemic cognitive appraisal, inclusive communication strategies, collaborative and sustainable problem solving, individual learning and growth, and organizational positive impacts.Research limitations/implicationsAs a pilot study, limitations to the research include a relatively small sample size and only one type of work environment. More empirical work is needed to test the model, develop and validate measures of stress transformation.Practical implicationsFindings provide the foundation for further empirical research into stress transformation, and will potentially lead to the development of measures, training interventions, organizational structures, and work processes to enhance stress thriving within organizations.Social implicationsThe findings provide preliminary insights into tools for both organizational leaders and employees to respond more sustainably to increasingly stressful, fast paced, and complex work environments.Originality/valueThe study provides an original conceptual perspective on the concept of stress management, calling for a paradigm shift that views stress as desirable and conducive to optimal performance.
Impact of financial liberalization and foreign bank entry on Islamic banking performance
Authors: Kabir Hassan M. , Sanchez Benito , Faisal Safa M. 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the impact of financial liberalization and foreign Islamic bank entry on the performance of domestic Islamic banks, and credit availability to the private sector.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use the weighted least squares method to estimate four models. These models are suggested by Lee. For this, the inverse of the number of domestic Islamic banks in each period is used to weight the observations in the regressions to correct for varying number of bank observations in each country.FindingsThe results indicate that foreign Islamic banks, on average, follow aggressive financing in host countries and enjoy higher net profit margin. Banking sector returns play an important role in the entry decision and presence of foreign banks. Moreover, favorable macro‐economic conditions play a supportive role while higher tax policies play a hostile role for the entry and presence of foreign Islamic banks. The recent financial crisis does not seem to affect the entry decision significantly. But the profitability of domestic Islamic banks has been seriously affected by the recent crisis. Also domestic tax policy and macro‐economic environment play important roles in determining the domestic Islamic bank performance. Results also indicate that private sector credit availability seems to suffer because of higher tax and reserve rate.Practical implicationsThe authors' findings suggest that host Islamic economies should strive for an efficient capital market with supportive macro‐economic environment, which in turn helps the local banking sector to develop and benefit from the foreign Islamic bank entry.Originality/valueThis is the first paper to analyze the entry of foreign Islamic banks in the host countries with Islamic banking sector.
Prioritizing service quality factors in Iranian Islamic banking using a fuzzy approach
Authors: Amirzadeh Rasoul , Reza Shoorvarzy Mohammad 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe aim of the present research is firstly to examine and recognize the quality elements of services in the banks by SERVQUAL instrument and some Islamic banking factors. Secondly, the aim is to prioritize these factors based on fuzzy TOPSIS. Fuzzy logic provides a useful tool for dealing with decisions in which the phenomena are vague.Design/methodology/approachThe present research was performed among bank customers. The required information was gathered through a designed questionnaire. Using fuzzy set theory, customers' perceptions of service quality are generally expressed subjectively in vague linguistic terms, and this paper tries to apply a fuzzy approach to service quality.FindingsThe result of this study shows that “short and suitable queue” and “confident and reliable staff” are the most important quality factors in bank service and on the other hand, “being equal with Islamic doctrines” and “accessible branches” are the least significant factors of service quality in the view of Iranian bank customers.Practical implicationsThe results of the present research will be useful for bank decision makers to pay particular attention to indicators of most or least importance.Originality/valueThe concept of ranking quality factors in banking service using fuzzy TOPSIS is a new approach, especially in the field of Islamic banking. Banks have huge budgets, which can then be allocated for indicators of higher importance when the importance of each factor is determined.
Critical success factors of public private partnership (PPP) implementation in Malaysia
Authors: Ismail Suhaiza 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the importance of the success factors as perceived by the overall respondents. Also, the study intends to identify the differences concerning the importance of the success factors between the public and private sectors.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire survey was used to elicit the perceptions of public and private sectors on the key success factors of a PPP project in Malaysia. In total, 179 usable responses were obtained and analysed using SPSS to rank the importance of the success factors and to examine the differences in the perceptions between the government and the private sector.FindingsThe overall results show that “good governance”, “commitment of the public and private sectors”, “favourable legal framework”, “sound economic policy” and “availability of finance market” are the top five success factors of PPP implementation in Malaysia. Although the rankings of many factors were different between the public and private sectors, there were no significant differences in the perception of the public and private sectors concerning the importance of the success factors except for a few factors.Originality/valueThis paper highlights not only the important success factors for PPP implementation in Malaysia, but also offers evidence concerning the importance of the factors of the two key parties involved in PPP – the public sector and private sector.
Crescent marketing, Muslim geographies and brand Islam
Authors: Wilson Jonathan A.J. , Belk Russell W. , Bamossy Gary J. , Sandikci Özlem , Kartajaya Hermawan , Sobh Rana , Liu Jonathan , Scott Linda 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to bring together the thoughts and opinions of key members of theJournal of Islamic Marketing's(JIMA) Editorial Team, regarding the recently branded phenomenon of Islamic marketing – in the interests of stimulating further erudition.Design/methodology/approachThe authors adopted an “eagle eye” method to investigate this phenomenon: Where attempts were made to frame general principles and observations; alongside a swooping view of key anecdotal observations – in order to ground and enrich the study. The authors participated in an iterative process when analysing longitudinal and contemporary phenomenological data, in order to arrive at a consensus. This was grounded in: triangulating individual and collective researcher findings; critiquing relevant published material; and reflecting upon known reviewed manuscripts submitted to marketing publications – both successful and unsuccessful.FindingsThe authors assert that a key milestone in the study and practice of marketing, branding, consumer behaviour and consumption in connection with Islam and Muslims is the emergence of research wherein the terms “Islamic marketing” and “Islamic branding” have evolved – of whichJIMAis also a by‐product. Some have construed Islam marketing/branding as merely a niche area. Given the size of Muslim populations globally and the critical importance of understanding Islam in the context of business and practices with local, regional and international ramifications, scholarship on Islamic marketing has become essential. Western commerce and scholarship has been conducted to a limited extent, and some evidence exists that research is occurring globally. The authors believe it is vital for “Islamic marketing” scholarship to move beyond simply raising the flag of “Brand Islam” and the consideration of Muslim geographies to a point where Islam – as a way of life, a system of beliefs and practices, and religious and social imperatives – is amply explored.Research limitations/implicationsAn “eagle eye” view has been taken, which balances big picture and grassroots conceptual findings. The topic is complex – and so while diverse expert opinions are cited, coverage of many issues is necessarily brief, due to space constraints.Practical implicationsScholars and practitioners alike should find the thoughts contained in the paper of significant interest. Ultimately, scholarship of Islam's influences on marketing theory and practice should lead to results which have pragmatic implications, just as research on Islamic banking and finance has.Originality/valueThe paper appears to be the first to bring together such a diverse set of expert opinions within one body of work, and one that provides a forum for experts to reflect and comment on peers' views, through iteration. Also the termCrescent marketingis introduced to highlight how critical cultural factors are, which shape perceptions and Islamic practises.
Communicating social and religious values through visual arts in the aftermath of a revolution
Authors: Hamed Sara , El‐Bassiouny Noha 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to identify the different values that were communicated through the visuals of the Egyptian revolution of January 25th, 2011 with reflections on those that were communicated historically in Germany to highlight how these visuals can act as tools of informal education and social marketing campaigns to citizens of a country.Design/methodology/approachThe current research paper takes a qualitative exploratory approach. The method that was utilized is content analysis, with the sub‐method used to analyze the content of the street visuals being semiotic analysis.FindingsThe main social and religious values communicated between citizens in Egypt and Germany were about freedom, peace, unity, and victory. These street visuals help in communicating social and religious values to citizens of a country at the time of the revolution and recording them keeps their messages for future generations to come. Accordingly, these visuals help in informally educating citizens and act as social marketing campaigns from and to the people.Research limitations/implicationsThe results here should not be regarded as conclusive results as they are of a qualitative nature and should be followed and tested by future quantitative research.Originality/valueThe main contribution of this research paper is to fill the gap in literature by blending all the different research domains about informal education research, social marketing, graffiti and street art papers, and the historical revolution accounts. There was no prior research conducted with either a similar aim or under all these previous domains.
Selection of Lean and Six Sigma projects in industry
Authors: Kornfeld Bernard , Kara Sami 
Published: March 2013

PurposeAlthough there is a considerable body of literature regarding the selection of improvement projects, little of it reveals what actually occurs in industry. To answer this question the authors aimed to determine how industry selects Lean and Six Sigma projects in practice.Design/methodology/approachPractitioners of Lean and Six Sigma were surveyed to ascertain the methods and criteria that are used to select projects as well as their attitudes towards these approaches.FindingsThis paper reveals: significant practitioner dissatisfaction with the approaches used; a gap between strategy formulation and portfolio generation; and that organizations generally use subjective or unstructured approaches and seldom apply the approaches that are advocated in the literature.Practical implicationsImproved linkage from strategy to portfolio ought to lead to better project outcomes and longevity of the methodology. There are opportunities for better translation of the state of the art to industrial application.Originality/valueThis paper presents a relatively large sample set (n=74) that reflects practitioner views on the state of practice in selecting Lean and Six Sigma projects and portfolios.
Integrating Six Sigma with ISO 9001
Authors: Marques Pedro , Requeijo José , Saraiva Pedro , Frazão‐Guerreiro Francisco 
Published: March 2013

PurposeBy exploiting the relationships between Six Sigma and quality management systems (QMS) based on the ISO 9001 standard, this paper proposes a set of guidelines to combine and integrate both approaches in a systematic way. The guidelines are organised into integration topics, and each one is linked to the clauses of the ISO 9001 standard they refer to.Design/methodology/approachBased on the literature review, Six Sigma and QMS based on the ISO 9001 standard are thoroughly discussed and compared and beneficial synergies between them are identified. Based on this study, and to take advantage of the compatibilities and logical linkages between both approaches, guidelines for the integration of Six Sigma with the ISO 9001 requirements are developed.FindingsBenefits resulting from the integration of Six Sigma with a QMS based on the ISO 9001 standard are mutual. The integration guidelines proposed in this paper provide a framework to unify process management practices, enhance the effectiveness of continual improvement efforts, facilitate the identification, evaluation and selection of Six Sigma projects, align the quality objectives defined for the QMS with Six Sigma project goals, establish relationships between the roles of a Six Sigma program and those inherent to an ISO 9001 QMS, and demonstrate how internal quality audits and management review benefit from a Six Sigma program.Research limitations/implicationsThe integration models and guidelines herein proposed can be further expanded to include other relevant normative references, particularly environmental management systems (ISO 14001) and safety and health management systems (OHSAS 18001).Originality/valueThe set of guidelines proposed in this paper is original and will be of practical value to the increasing number of organisations adopting a process‐model for the ISO 9001 standard, that seek to incorporate Six Sigma principles, practices, methods and tools within their QMS. The guidelines cover a wide spectrum of relevant activities that usually take place in the context of both initiatives. In addition, because each guideline is accompanied by the identification of the applicable clauses of ISO 9001, they provide a useful framework to develop, implement, maintain, and improve a QMS in parallel with a Six Sigma program.
Interventions for young people with intellectual disabilities who commit arson
Authors: Tranah Troy , Nicholas Jennifer 
Published: March 2013

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to review the current literature on working with young people with intellectual disabilities who commit arson.Design/methodology/approachA review of assessment methods and interventions involving young people with intellectual disabilities who start fires was completed. It explores the trends across the population of firesetters as a whole and also compares how treatment implications may differ for young people with and without an intellectual disability.FindingsThe paper outlines the core risk factors to be investigated within an assessment of a young firesetter with intellectual disabilities. In terms of treatment, the best current approach appears to be a combination of education and cognitive behavioural approaches including social skills training. Other treatment modalities, e.g. joint interventions provided by fire services and mental health services, are also discussed.Originality/valueGiven the lack of available literature on young firesetters with intellectual disabilities it is hoped that this paper will be useful in guiding clinicians working in this area and also prompt future research regarding treatment with this client group.
Angiolyphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia occurring after venipuncture trauma
Authors: Stewart Nicholas , Zagarella Samuel , Mann Steve 
Published: March 2013

AbstractAngiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE), also known as epithelioid hemangioma, is a benign vascular proliferation of uncertain etiology. Herein, we present the first documented case of ALHE following venipuncture and review the published work regarding the relationship of this entity to preceding trauma.
Clinical and histopathological differential diagnosis of eosinophilic pustular folliculitis
Authors: Fujiyama Toshiharu , Tokura Yoshiki 
Published: March 2013

AbstractEosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF) is an inflammatory disease characterized by repeated pruritic follicular papules and pustules arranged in arcuate plaques, and folliculotropic infiltration of eosinophils. The diagnosis of EPF is occasionally difficult and problematic because EPF may share the clinical appearance and histological findings with other diseases. Moreover, EPF has several clinical subtypes, including the classical type, infantile type and immunosuppression‐associated type. Because the therapies of EPF are relatively specific as compared to eczematous disorders, accurate diagnosis is essential for the management of EPF. Clinical differential diagnoses include tinea, acne, rosacea, eczematous dermatitis, granuloma faciale, autoimmune annular erythema, infestations and pustular dermatosis. Histologically, cutaneous diseases with eosinophilic infiltrates can be differentially diagnosed. Follicular mucinosis, mycosis fungoides and other cutaneous T‐cell lymphomas are the most important differential diagnoses both clinically and histopathologically. It should be kept in mind particularly that the initial lesions of cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma resemble EPF.
Modelling the biological significance of behavioural change in coastal bottlenose dolphins in response to disturbance
Authors: New Leslie F. , Harwood John , Thomas Len , Donovan Carl , Clark James S. , Hastie Gordon , Thompson Paul M. , Cheney Barbara , Scott‐Hayward Lindesay , Lusseau David 
Published: March 2013

Summary

Behavioural change in response to anthropogenic activities is often assumed to indicate a biologically significant effect on a population of concern. Disturbances can affect individual health through lost foraging time or other behaviours, which will impact vital rates and thus the population dynamics. However, individuals may be able to compensate for the observed shifts in behaviour, leaving their health and thus their vital rates and population dynamics, unchanged.

We developed a mathematical model simulating the complex social, spatial, behavioural and motivational interactions of coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Moray Firth, Scotland, to assess the biological significance of increased rate of behavioural disruptions caused by vessel traffic.

We explored a scenario in which vessel traffic increased from 70 to 470 vessels a year in response to the construction of a proposed offshore renewables' facility. Despite the more than sixfold increase in vessel traffic, the dolphins' behavioural time budget, spatial distribution, motivations and social structure remain unchanged.

We found that the dolphins are able to compensate for their immediate behavioural response to disturbances by commercial vessels. If the increased commercial vessel traffic is the only escalation in anthropogenic activity, then the dolphins' response to disturbance is not biologically significant, because the dolphins' health is unaffected, leaving the vital rates and population dynamics unchanged.

Our results highlight that behavioural change should not automatically be correlated with biological significance when assessing the conservation and management needs of species of interest. This strengthens the argument to use population dynamics targets to manage human activities likely to disturb wildlife.
Plant pathogens structure arthropod communities across multiple spatial and temporal scales
Authors: Tack Ayco J. M. , Dicke Marcel 
Published: March 2013

Summary

Plant pathogens and herbivores frequently co‐occur on the same host plants. Despite this, little is known about the impact of their interactions on the structure of plant‐based ecological communities.

Here, we synthesize evidence that indicates that plant pathogens may profoundly impact arthropod performance, preference, population dynamics and community structure across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Intriguingly, the effects of plant–pathogen–herbivore interactions frequently cascade up and down multiple trophic levels and explain variation in the arthropod community at spatial scales ranging from patterns within single host plants to entire landscapes.

This review indicates that knowledge on pathogen–herbivore interactions may be crucial for understanding the dynamics of terrestrial communities.
Nutrition, population growth and disease: a short history of lactose
Authors: Brüssow Harald 
Published: March 2013

SummaryFood and nutrition have played a crucial role in biological evolution. Lactation in mammals was one key invention. A central role in milk is played by lactose, otherwise an exotic sugar in nature. Lactose digestion needs the induction of specialized gut enzymes. This enzyme is shut off in a precisely timed developmental step leading to lactose malabsorption promoting weaning in the young and ovulation in the mother. The lactose–lactase system could thus regulate optimal birth spacing in land mammals. The domestication of cattle promoted milk as a food item also for adult nutrition. This was only possible by two further key inventions: the concomitant domestication of lactic acid bacteria which ferment the non‐digestible lactose to the easily absorbed lactic acid and the mutation to lactase persistence (LP) in adults from dairy societies. This mutation represents one of the strongest selected loci of the human genome. Since no crucial nutritional selective advantage is conferred by LP, its dominance might be the result of indirect effects like the spread of cattle pathogens into humans. Lactase is also temporarily lost in rotavirus and Escherichia coli childhood diarrhoea and persistent diarrhoea is consequently best treated with lactose‐free diets.