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Social intermediation and financial services access in Uganda's microfinance industry
Authors: Kamukama Nixon , Natamba Bazinzi 
Published: October 2013

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which social intermediation influences access to financial services in Uganda's microfinance industry.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper adopts analysis of moment structures (AMOS), a form of structural equation modeling (SEM) to test hypotheses.

Findings
– It was established that social intermediation together with antecedents of social capital and managerial competence, account for 32 percent of the variance in access to financial services in the microfinance industry.

Research limitations/implications
– Only a single research methodological approach was employed and future research through interviews could be undertaken to triangulate. Furthermore, the findings from the present study are cross-sectional, future research should be undertaken to examine the social intermediation and its effects on access to financial services across time.

Practical implications
– In order to boost the wealth of the active poor and microfinance institutions in Uganda, Uganda should always endeavor to build the human and institutional capacities through social intermediation so as to encourage the marginalized people to fully participate in formal financial intermediation in the microfinance industry.

Originality/value
– This is the first study that focuses on testing the influence of social intermediation on access to financial services in Uganda's microfinance industry.
Decline of Salmonella Enteritidis in poultry
Authors: B.M. Kottwitz Luciana , Back Alberto , Aparecida Leão Joice , S. El Ghoz Frausto Harissa , Magnani Marciane , Cristina R.M. de Oliveira Tereza 
Published: October 2013

Purpose
– The aim of this study was to serotype strains of Salmonella isolated from poultry and raw poultry meat from 2006 to 2010 and to correlate the results with data from the Health Department of Parana State.

Design/methodology/approach
– A total of 1.165 Salmonella spp. strains isolated from commercial broiler breeders and laying hens (cloacal swabs, dragging swabs and faeces) and from one-day-old chicks (liver, spleen and cecum) and 310 strains isolated from raw chicken meat were serotyped between 2006 and 2010.

Findings
– The results showed a decline in the isolation of S. Enteritidis (SE) of poultry and chicken meat in the studied period. The most prevalent serovar isolated from raw chicken meat was Minnesota (n=73; 23.02%), followed by Mbandaka (n=33; 10.41%) and Enteritidis (n=30; 9.46%). The decrease in frequency of isolation of SE may be related to the broiler breeder hens vaccination and to the National Program for the Reduction of Pathogens of the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry and Food Supply, established in 2003.

Originality/value
– The results reinforce the importance of improving bio-safety programs for the control and eradication of Salmonella spp. in the poultry industry.
How social capital influences health community members' adoption of organic foods
Authors: Hung Shiu-Wan , Lin Jia-Zhi , Chen Ping-Chuan 
Published: October 2013

Purpose– This study aims to examine how the social capital embedded in health communities influences the knowledge sharing of participating members and drives their organic food consumption.Design/methodology/approach– The structural equation modeling method was used to analyze 228 group members in health knowledge communities established by multi-level marketing firms. Non-response bias was also assessed statistically and appropriate measures taken to minimise the impact of common method variance.Findings– The empirical results showed that: structural capital has no significant relationship with members' knowledge sharing; both the relational and cognitive capital positively affect members' knowledge sharing; members' knowledge collecting behaviour positively affects their purchase intention toward organic foods, but their knowledge donating behaviour has no significant effect; members' purchase intention toward organic foods positively affects their actual purchase behaviour.Practical implications– This paper indicates that higher quality of social capital embedded in that health community would increase more interactive opportunities for participating consumers to understand the organic foods through community activities, and strengthen the organic food value cognition of community members. Hence, companies can make good use of health communities to modify the customers' value propositions, thereby driving their organic food consumptions.Originality/value– Unlike many other empirical studies, this study makes an important contribution to the literature by examining how social capital influences consumers' organic food consumption and their adoption of organic food's values in a detailed manner.
Keeping the motivation going
Authors: A. Crumpton Michael 
Published: October 2013

Purpose
– The aim of this paper is to acknowledge and provide tips for ongoing motivation needs of an organization.

Design/methodology/approach
– This article discusses several examples in the literature regarding motivational elements.

Findings
– This article advocates for seeking new approaches to motivating employees as financial concerns deepen.

Originality/value
– This is the author's point-of-view and experience.
Characterization of pharmacy services in Portuguese prisons: a national survey
Authors: Alexandra Monteiro Guerra Liliana , Façanha da Cruz Fresco Paula 
Published: October 2013

Purpose
– The primary purpose of this paper is to collect reliable information to characterize the pharmacy services in Portuguese prisons. The secondary purpose is to develop a set of suggestions for improving these services and, therefore, improve the health services provided to the inmate population.

Design/methodology/approach
– A three pages survey was developed that included questions covering the characterization of prison health teams, pharmacy services and pharmacy activities. This survey was sent to all Portuguese prisons, with capacity higher than 50 prisoners. The response rate was of 87.5 per cent.

Findings
– It was found that only 6.1 per cent of prisons had pharmacists and that in 63 per cent the guards still participated in pharmacy activities. There were not Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees in 94 per cent of prisons and 94.4 per cent did not present adequate storage conditions for drugs. Only 51.7 per cent of prisons had computers in the pharmacy and only 3.4 per cent had access to the internet. This study found that there is a gap between public and prison pharmacy services, since most prison pharmacies in Portugal are solely locals of storage and distribution of drugs, with no effective management nor promotion of drug rational use.

Originality/value
– This paper is the first study about pharmacy services in Portuguese prisons. The information collected could be very useful to improve the Portuguese prison pharmacy services provided to prisoners.
Significant knowledge transitions and resituation challenges in becoming a researcher
Authors: Franken Margaret 
Published: October 2013

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to document international scholarship students' experience as they studied and planned their research in the linguistically, academically and culturally unfamiliar context of a New Zealand University, but conducted the research in their own culturally and professionally familiar contexts.

Design/methodology/approach
– This paper uses the concept of resituation developed by Eraut and applies this to the task of appreciating the complexity of the international postgraduate student experience as such students transition from coursework to research work. The paper reports findings from a study in which the researcher worked with international scholarship students from the Pacific, Melanesia and Southeast Asia to frame up a masters research proposal over the period of a semester, and then interviewed them as their research work progressed.

Findings
– Using Eraut's framework allowed the researcher to explore the ways in which these neophyte researchers needed to resituate the personal knowledge they already possessed, with new knowledge generated from coursework and the research process as it unfolded. Resituation occurred at particular points in the research trajectory and could be seen to represent significant transitions for the students.

Originality/value
– Understandings gained from research such as this is crucial if higher education institutions are to engage in internationalisation at a postgraduate level in a way that acknowledges what students bring to the context, how their research experience changes them, and what they may experience when they return to their home countries.
Conceptualising doctoral researcher training through Bernstein's theoretical frameworks
Authors: Crossouard Barbara 
Published: October 2013

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretically-informed analysis of an exploratory study which included a focus on postdoctoral researchers' views of their training needs.

Design/methodology/approach
– The wider mixed-methods study was focused on post-doctoral career trajectories at a time of ongoing policy interest in doctoral education. Bernstein's theoretical perspectives are used to illuminate the data, particularly his concepts of classification and regionalisation.

Findings
– Respondents' reflections on their doctoral training showed a much stronger appreciation of training which was based in disciplinary practices, even if these were subject to regionalisation, as opposed to more generic professional skills training.

Research limitations/implications
– The small scale and exploratory nature of the study is recognised, as well as the need for more independent research in this area.

Practical implications
– The study has implications for the nature of the training provided as part of doctoral education. First, it is argued that this should include more explicit discussion of policy shifts relating to doctoral education. Second, rather than being glossed over in the imposition of generic competency frameworks (conceptualised through Bernstein as a generic performance mode), researcher training should attend closely to the social and cultural base of the skills and practices of different regions of knowledge production, at the same time as recognising these to be fluid and dynamic.

Originality/value
– Overall, while recognised as exploratory, the study aims to contribute insights on doctoral graduates' perspectives on researcher training as well as suggesting the usefulness of Bernstein's theoretical framework for understanding the reconstruction of doctoral education in the UK.
Self-gifting guilt: an examination of self-gifting motivations and post-purchase regret
Authors: David Clarke Peter , Mortimer Gary 
Published: October 2013

Purpose– Self-gifting is a performative process in which consumers purchase products for themselves. The literature to date remains silent on a determination and connection between the extents of post-purchase regret resulting from self-gifting behavior. The purpose of this paper is to examine identification and connection of self-gifting antecedents, self-gifting and the effect on post purchase regret.Design/methodology/approach– This study claims the two antecedents of hedonistic shopping and indulgence drive self-gifting behaviors and the attendant regret. A total of 307 shoppers responded to a series of statements concerning the relationships between antecedents of self-gifting behavior and the effect on post-purchase regret. Self-gifting is a multi-dimensional construct, consisting of therapeutic, celebratory, reward and hedonistic imports. Confirmatory factor analysis and AMOS path modeling enabled examination of relationships between the consumer traits of hedonistic shopping and indulgence and the four self-gifting concepts.Findings– Hedonic and indulgent shoppers engage in self-gifting for different reasons. A strong and positive relationship was identified between hedonic shoppers and reward, hedonic, therapeutic and celebratory self-gift motivations. hedonic shoppers aligned with indulgent shoppers who also engaged the four self-gifting concepts. The only regret concerning purchase of self-gifts was evident in the therapeutic and celebratory self-gift motivations.Research limitations/implications– A major limitation was the age range specification of 18 to 45 years which meant the omission of older generations of regular and experienced shoppers. This study emphasizes the importance of variations in self-gift behaviors and of post-purchase consumer regret.Originality/value– This research is the first examination of an hedonic attitude to shopping and indulgent antecedents to self-gift purchasing, the concepts of self-gift motivations and their effect on post-purchase regret.
Ethics and responsibility in relationship marketing
Authors: Perret Johannes , Holmlund Maria 
Published: October 2013

Purpose– The role of ethical issues is growing in business and in society, but surprisingly, that role is sparsely examined in the relationship-marketing context. The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework describing the fundamentals of ethical relationship marketing and analyses the content of six selected textbooks on the subject.Design/methodology/approach– The paper sheds light on ethics in a significant marketing sub-discipline, i.e. relationship marketing.Findings– The findings confirm previous findings from analyses of teaching material in marketing, indicating that ethical issues are superficially treated. None of the books has separate sections devoted to ethical issues. Key words selected to represent ethical issues are sparsely used.Research limitations/implications– There is considerable room for improvement if business schools are to prepare their students for the challenges in the future business world. Through the analysis of the textbook, and the recommendations, this study contributes to such improvement in one marketing discipline which is considered to represent a paradigm shift in marketing because it is fundamentally different from transaction-based marketing.Practical implications– The paper presents suggestions for how to encourage faculty and students to develop awareness about ethical relationship marketing, and recommends courses to improve learning about the subject.Originality/value– The framework of the fundamentals of ethical relationship marketing, a textbook analysis, and implications for business school faculty.
Antecedents and consequents of brand managers’ role
Authors: Poulis Athanasios , Panigyrakis George , Panos Panopoulos Anastasios 
Published: October 2013

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, the paper seeks to identify whether the role of product manager in UK and in France differs and second, the paper models the relationship between brand managers’ role, role stressors, job satisfaction, job commitment and propensity to leave, in the aforementioned countries.Design/methodology/approach– To test the hypothesized associations an e-mail survey was conducted among UK and France firms. Sample sectors included cosmetics and toiletries, household care products, packaged food, drink/beverages and tobacco. These industries represent a significant volume of UK and France FMCG trade.Findings– The results reveal the existence of a same pattern in the brand managers’ role but also reveal some differences in the variables that affect the brand managers’ intention to leave the corporation.Research limitations/implications– The examination of the proposed model takes place only in UK and France. Conclusions should not be made for the role of the brand manager in general. The study must take place in other countries in order to make some more indulging conclusions. A more fruitful approach would be to gather data and from other sectors.Practical implications– Carefully planned job descriptions which comply with the moral values and strategic plans of the firm, reduces the propensity of their employees to leave and increases commitment and satisfaction.Originality/value– No prior research has been undertaken in order to demonstrate how the role of the brand mangers affects their commitment, satisfaction and finally their propensity to leave the firm.
Organizational task environment: evidence from the Brazilian industry
Authors: Bataglia Walter , Aderito Silva Adilson , Correa Porto Elvio 
Published: October 2013

Purpose
– Using the industry as an approximation of the external environment of companies, Dess and Beard proposed the construct organizational task environment (OTE). If the precision of the definition of industry is desirable, it involves a multiplicity of elements that restrict the ability of generalization. This paper aims to contribute by identifying clusters of industries with similar environmental profiles. As the discriminant validity of the OTE construct was tested only by Harris in US manufacturing industry, not supporting it, this study also seeks to contribute by assessing the OTE construct validity for the Brazilian manufacturing industry.

Design/methodology/approach
– Authors collected data from all manufacturing sectors in Brazil, between 1996 and 2003; they used confirmatory factor analysis with the multi-trait multi-method matrix approach to assess the construct validity and ran environmental dimensions' factorial scores through the cluster analysis to find out natural groupings of industries.

Findings
– The results support the convergent and discriminant validity of the construct OTE, suggesting that further replication should be conducted in the US economy and in different economic contexts.

Research limitations/implications
– The study identified four groups of industries with similar environmental conditions, increasing possibilities of generalization of researches. The limitations stem from measurement in an extended period of time and not measuring changes in the environment.

Practical implications
– To expand the analytical capabilities of managers for decision making on the sharing of skills between businesses in different industries.

Originality/value
– The main contributions of this work are to further discussions on the validity of the OTE construct and to identify industrial clusters of homogeneous environments.
How does a floral colour‐changing species differ from its non‐colour‐changing congener? – a comparison of trait combinations and their effects on pollination
Authors: Suzuki Miki F. , Ohashi Kazuharu 
Published: October 2013

Summary

Plant species sometimes exhibit dynamic contrasting patterns in terms of reproductive traits. Floral colour change – the retention of old, non‐productive, rewardless, but fully turgid flowers in an altered colour – has been considered as a plant strategy for enhancing pollinator attraction while minimizing visits to non‐reproductive flowers. Considering the perceptive and cognitive abilities of animals, these advantages should apply in most systems. It seems paradoxical, and therefore, that floral colour change occurs in only a portion of angiosperms.

This divergence may be explained if floral colour change adds as yet unknown costs or benefits under specific conditions. To explore such possibilities, we compared details of trait combinations and pollination consequences between a floral colour‐changing (Weigela coraeensis) and a non‐colour‐changing (Weigela hortensis) species in a shared environment.

Flowers of W. coraeensis secreted nectar for initial 2–3 days and remained white, after which they persisted for a few more days with discoloured, red purple petals and reduced nectar levels. Flowers of W. hortensis also secreted nectar for initial 2–3 days. They persisted for a few more days with the same colour and reduced amounts of nectar, but did so only when pollinators were scarce. Because only W. hortensis suffered from pollination difficulty at our site, both species retained their flowers for 4–5 days.

Bees strongly preferred to visit W. coraeensis, leading to a greater proportion of seed set than in W. hortensis. In addition to their higher nectar productivity, only W. coraeensis plants offered bees colour difference as a visual cue to choose rewarding flowers and improve both long‐term and short‐term rates of nectar intake. By learning where to return, bees apparently responded to the difference in resource exploitability.

Results indicate that floral colour change yields an additional benefit of attracting bee‐like pollinators that return preferentially to more easily exploitable plants. Under conditions where benefits of enhancing both conspicuousness and exploitability cannot outweigh the costs of doing so, however, retention of rewardless flowers in the same colour and flexibility in floral longevity – as was adopted in W. hortensis – may become more advantageous in terms of saving metabolic and ecological costs.
Response of Solanum tuberosum to Myzus persicae infestation at different stages of foliage maturity
Authors: Alvarez Adriana E. , Alberti D'Amato Anahí M. , Tjallingii W. Fred , Dicke Marcel , Vosman Ben 
Published: October 2013

AbstractYoung leaves of the potato Solanum tuberosum L. cultivar Kardal contain resistance factors to the green peach aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and normal probing behavior is impeded. However, M. persicae can survive and reproduce on mature and senescent leaves of the cv. Kardal plant without problems. We compared the settling of M. persicae on young and old leaves and analyzed the impact of aphids settling on the plant in terms of gene expression. Settling, as measured by aphid numbers staying on young or old leaves, showed that after 21 h significantly fewer aphids were found on the young leaves. At earlier time points there were no difference between young and old leaves, suggesting that the young leaf resistance factors are not located at the surface level but deeper in the tissue. Gene expression was measured in plants at 96 h postinfestation, which is at a late stage in the interaction and in compatible interactions this is long enough for host plant acceptance to occur. In old leaves of cv. Kardal (compatible interaction), M. persicae infestation elicited a higher number of differentially regulated genes than in young leaves. The plant response to aphid infestation included a larger number of genes induced than repressed, and the proportion of induced versus repressed genes was larger in young than in old leaves. Several genes changing expression seem to be involved in changing the metabolic state of the leaf from source to sink.