bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Short training for welfare recipients in Germany: which types work?
Authors: Kopf Eva 
Published: July 2013

PurposeVarious types of short training programmes exist in Germany. This article aims to evaluate short training courses for welfare recipients and to detect which programme type works best with respect to different outcome indicators.Design/methodology/approachThe author measures the impact of six short training programmes on the participants. She uses propensity score matching and large‐scale administrative data to find suitable comparison groups. She compares treatment to non‐participation as well as participation in different training types directly.FindingsThe results demonstrate that in‐firm training has large positive effects on individual employment prospects and stability. Furthermore, classroom skill training is more effective than other classroom types while application training is rather ineffective. Treating some of the application training participants with an alternative sub‐programme would improve the effectiveness.Research limitations/implicationsThe results show which training types work best. However, the results do not imply macro or cost‐benefit effects.Practical implicationsSeveral of the short training courses, mostly occupation‐specific sub‐programmes, are short and relatively inexpensive options to activate welfare recipients.Originality/valueThe paper analyses the effects of six short training programmes for welfare recipients that have not been analysed before. The sensitivity of the results is examined using a wide range of estimators and different outcomes.
How does variable pay relate to pay satisfaction among Canadian workers?
Authors: Cloutier Julie , Morin Denis , Renaud Stéphane 
Published: July 2013

PurposeThis study aims to determine the effect of individual and group variable pay plans on pay satisfaction among Canadian workers from six occupational groups.Design/methodology/approachTheoretical foundations rest on the discrepancy model of pay satisfaction and equity theory. Canadian national data from theWorkplace and Employee Survey(WES) were used to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results show that individual and group variable pay plans act differently on workers’ pay satisfaction. For individual pay plans, being eligible for a variable pay plan, and thereby having one's performance rewarded, has no effect on pay satisfaction. Workers on variable pay plans are more satisfied with their pay only when they receive performance‐dependent payouts. In short, they want to be rewarded not only for performance but also for effort. For group pay plans, not receiving payouts has no negative effect on pay satisfaction. In contrast, receiving payouts creates pay dissatisfaction. Individual and group plans have a distinct effect on pay satisfaction by occupational group.Practical implicationsManagers can make informed decisions regarding the adoption of variable pay plans and their implementation.Originality/valueThis study sheds light on the link between variable pay and pay satisfaction. It improves our understanding of the mechanism by which variable pay affects pay satisfaction: the effort – performance – pay link (i.e. risk and perceived fairness of the allocation).
Impact of reverse logistics on supply chain performance
Authors: Turrisi Mario , Bruccoleri Manfredi , Cannella Salvatore 
Published: July 2013

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of reverse logistics on order and inventory variance amplification in a single-echelon supply chain (SC) and to propose a new order policy for dampening such amplification.

Design/methodology/approach
– A general review of the literature on sustainable operations and on the impact of reverse logistics on SC performance provides the foundation for the study. The authors use difference equation math approach for modelling and analysing a closed SC. A proper design of experiment and data collected from the European Union statistics validate the obtained numerical results.

Findings
– The variability of reverse flow in a closed loop SC increases the serviceable inventory variance. However, a proper design of the reverse flow considerably improves the global performance. To this purpose, the authors propose a new order policy, namely R-APIOBPCS, which explicitly considers the reverse flow of products.

Research limitations/implications
– The paper presents a math model describing a closed loop supply chain (CLSC). No empirical analysis is provided. Future researches should evaluate the impact of the proposed R-APIOBPCS on more realistic closed loop SC models.

Practical implications
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s findings may motivate logistics and SC managers to implement CLSC when supported by innovative, suitable tools for the proper management of the information and material flow in the chain. Managers should be well acquainted that, by doing so, they not only satisfy national and international legislations but also achieve improvements in logistics performance.

Originality/value
– The authors propose a novel replenishment rule that accurately coordinates the upstream and downstream flows in a SC. The proposed order policy can be reasonably considered one of the advocated managerial tools for the proper management of reverse logistics: it allows reducing inventory and limiting the variability of the orders placed to suppliers in SC with reverse logistics.
Succeeding in a hypercompetitive world: VC advice for smaller companies
Authors: King Brian L. 
Published: July 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine certain venture capital (VC) practices that conventional company managers might adopt to improve effectiveness when faced with increasing competition.Design/methodology/approachBased on current VC research, the paper isolates certain practices that are particularly effective in hypercompetitive contexts.FindingsIf managers see their companies differently – not as monolithic entities but rather as a combination of different business models, some nascent, some mature, a portfolio of current opportunities with potential offshoots – managers can implement practices to increase the company's ability to survive and potentially thrive in a hypercompetitive environment.Originality/valueVenture capitalists guide companies through important transitions in turbulent contexts. This article isolates and analyses their practices, so as to allow them to be transposed to a more conventional business context.
Brand extension feedback effects: towards a mediated framework
Authors: Dwivedi Abhishek , Merrilees Bill 
Published: July 2013

PurposeBrand extension attitude is a key antecedent of consumers' reciprocal evaluations of parent brand equity. Traditionally, the link from brand extension attitude to change in parent brand equity is modeled as a direct path, potentially obfuscating any underlying processes. The current research aims to propose that the impact of brand extension attitude on change in parent brand equity materializes via change in parent value equity perceptions of a parent brand.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual model is developed, positioning change in parent value equity as a mediator of the effect of brand extension attitude. The model is estimated on a sample of 888 Australian consumers using a cross‐sectional self‐administered survey. Drawing upon actual industry dynamics, a hypothetical scenario of Australian supermarkets extending into the banking sector is used as stimulus.FindingsThe research model demonstrates acceptable fit to data, confirming most hypotheses. Change in parent value equity mediates the effect of brand extension attitude on change in parent brand equity. Rival model comparisons, however, reveal that a partial mediation scenario better represents feedback effects. The research model is suitably modified to include an additional path.Practical implicationsThe current study broadens the scope of brand extension feedback effects from parent brand equity to additionally include parent value equity. Practitioners can now envision brand extensions as simultaneously impacting multiple facets of a parent brand, not previously considered.Originality/valueThe current research explicates an underlying process of how consumers' extension‐derived attitudes are converted into revised parent brand equity evaluations. Such an insight is novel in the literature.
Developing marketing strategies to increase vegetable consumption
Authors: Darian Jean C. , Tucci Louis 
Published: July 2013

PurposeThis study aims to examine factors that influence consumption of vegetables in the USA.Design/methodology/approachDiscrete choice methodology is used to measure the relative importance of health benefits and other attributes when choosing food to be eaten at home, cluster analysis to identify segments, and analysis of variance to analyze differences between clusters.FindingsThe results show that, for food in general, nutrition and impact on weight are more important than value for money, ease of preparation and taste. However, for vegetables, while the nutrition and weight benefits are very positive factors, taste, cost and ease of preparation inhibit consumption. Results of the cluster analysis suggest that marketing strategies should be adapted for different consumer segments.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample size is fairly small – 250.Practical implicationsThe results can be used to help food marketers increase consumption of vegetables.Social implicationsMore effective marketing of vegetables should increase consumption, enhancing consumer welfare and reducing health care costs.Originality/valueDiscrete choice analysis has not previously been used in studies of this topic.
The role of contextual factors in eliciting creativity: primes, cognitive load and expectation of performance feedback
Authors: Bose Mousumi , Anne Garretson Folse Judith , Burton Scot 
Published: July 2013

PurposeManagers are increasingly faced with situations that call for creative ways to engage consumers and employees. With online and offline options available for creative problem solving, consumers are constantly engaging with brands to provide different solutions to everyday problems. There are numerous contextual factors that influence creative output, external primes (distal vs proximal) being one of them. This research attempts to find the boundary conditions such as cognitive load, expectations of performance feedback and optimism that interact with environmental primes to influence quality and quantity of creativity. Doing so would help managers create conditions that can enhance creative output.Design/methodology/approachThree experiments were conducted; the first tests the interactive effect of primes and cognitive load, and the second involves the enhancing effect of expectation of performance feedback. Given that cognitive load depresses creativity and expectation of performance feedback enhances creativity, the third study finds whether optimism enhances the effects of distal primes under high cognitive load condition.FindingsStudy 1 demonstrates that the boundary factor of cognitive load moderates the relative difference between proximal and distal primes: cognitive load depresses the enhancing effects of distal primes. Study 2 demonstrates that expectation of performance feedback can enhance the effectiveness of distal primes to a greater extent than proximal primes. Study 3 suggests that highly optimistic individuals can overcome the depressing effects of cognitive load when exposed to distal primes and expectation of performance feedback.Practical implicationsThe research demonstrates the environmental conditions that influence creative output in problem solving.Originality/valueThis research attempts to highlight the importance of contextual factors in influencing creativity. In the process, this research highlights the interactive forces that deter or enhance creativity so that managers can provide optimal conditions that enhance creative output for their employees and consumers.
Synchronizing crisis responses after a transgression
Authors: Diers Audra R. , Donohue Jennie 
Published: July 2013

PurposeWith the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010 and until the well was officially “killed” on September 19, 2010, British Petroleum (BP) did not merely experience a crisis but a five‐month marathon of sustained, multi‐media engagement. Whereas traditional public relations theory teaches us that an organization should synchronize its messages across channels, there are no models to understand how an organization may strategically coordinate public relations messaging across traditional and social media platforms. This is especially important in the new media environment where social media (e.g. Facebook and Twitter) are increasingly being used in concert with traditional public relations tools (e.g. press releases) as a part of an organization's stakeholder engagement strategy. This paper seeks to address these issues.Design/methodology/approachThe present study is a content analysis examining all of BP's press releases (N=126), its Facebook posts (N=1,789), and its Twitter tweets (N=2,730) during the 2010 Gulf crisis (May 20, 2010 through September 20, 2010).FindingsResults demonstrate BP used a synchronized approach with press releases serving as the hub for their multi‐media strategy.Originality/valueThis paper identifies a synchronized approach for crisis communication in response to organizational transgressions.
A trust‐based study of CS influence on OCB in Iranian Water Resources Management Company
Authors: Rezaeian Ali , Tehrani Maryam , Lotfi Foroushani Nyma 
Published: July 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to clarify the effect of communication satisfaction (CS) on employees’ organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs), considering the role of organizational trust as a mediating variable within the Iranian cultural context.Design/methodology/approachThis paper builds a conceptual model, based on literature review, to illustrate the effect of communication satisfaction on employees’ OCBs within the Iranian national context. Out of 194 questionnaires distributed among the employees of Iranian Water Resources Management Company, one of the well‐recognized companies in the Iranian water industry, 173 filled in the questionnaires completely.FindingsThe paper addresses the main components forming communication satisfaction, organizational trust and OCBs referring to the role of Iranian cultural dimensions. The result of analyzing the research model by using structural equation modeling (SEM) technique shows that communication satisfaction has a positive effect on organizational trust. It also depicts that organizational trust has a positive effect on OCBs and organizational trust plays a mediating role in the relationship between communication satisfaction and OCBs in an Iranian organization.Originality/valueThe authors developed a new conceptual model based on the literature review and field research to present novel insights into the role of in‐group collectivism, institutional collectivism, human orientation and high‐low cultural context as important cultural dimensions in the study of communication satisfaction, organizational trust and OCBs.
A reply to Lingard
Authors: Budd John M. 
Published: July 2013

PurposeThe purpose of the paper is to provide a critical reply to Robert Lingard's close reading of a previously published paper of the present author's, “Meaning, truth, and information.”Design/methodology/approachThe approach adopted in this paper is an examination of Lingard's argument and counter‐points, employing (primarily) logical and rhetorical analysis of his claims.FindingsWhile some of Lingard's criticisms are legitimate and must be admitted, many have to be subjected to rebuttal on the basis of misreading, logical error, and discursive misapprehension of points made in the original article.Originality/valueSince the present paper is a reply to another author's work, originality is constrained by the arguments and claims made by that author. That said, additional analysis is added to the matters of meaning, truth, and information in an effort to clarify and expand upon the essence of the original article.
Re‐conceiving information studies: a quantum approach
Authors: Budd John M. 
Published: July 2013

PurposeThis paper aims to demonstrate that fundamental aspects of quantum theory can be applied to work in information studies (IS).Design/methodology/approachThe field of information studies is so broad and extensive that it requires similar breadth of epistemic and methodological features in order to fulfill its inherent promise as a human enterprise. Quantum theory holds promise as a way to shape questions and inquiry in information studies (IS).FindingsThe revolutionary elements of quantum theory, such as entanglement, nonlocality, etc. can be applied to information, especially language‐based communication.Research limitations/implicationsPerhaps most especially, the non‐ or extra‐mathematical components of quantum theory offer ontological and epistemic modes of thought which apply to information. Those modes of thought are ripe with conceptual promise for examination of, for example, information as objective entity and as complex material substance. This paper explores some of the potentially promising ways to explore information as a complex phenomenon.Originality/valueWhile some work in IS has considered quantum phenomena, there has not been a thorough investigation of the theory's application to inquiry in IS.
Bottom‐up Triple Helix: science policy in the states of the USA
Authors: Etzkowitz Henry , Dzisah James 
Published: July 2013

PurposeThe paper aims to investigate the emergence of science policy in the states of the USA, drawing attention to the fact that every state has a science and technology agency and multiple programs that attempt to raise the level of science and technology in the state and attract resources from elsewhere.Design/methodology/approachThe paper builds upon the authors' previous study of high‐tech growth and renewal in Boston and Silicon Valley through analysis of documents and interviews with key actors in universities, S&T policy units of the Governor's association to detail the bottom‐up initiatives exemplifying the US innovation policy model.FindingsThe path dependent elements in US science and technology policy are an enhanced role for universities, an ambivalent role for national government and industry and a growing role for state and local government. Federal research funds, largely confined to support of agricultural research before the Second World War, became available for a variety of civilian and military purposes, on an ongoing basis, after the war. An assisted linear model of coordinated innovation mechanisms has been constructed on this base to translate inventions into economic activity through university‐industry‐government interactions.Originality/valueThe paper shows that S&T policy at the state level fills gaps in university‐industry relations, leverages federal R&D spending and enhances local comparative and competitive advantage.
Examining the role of ethics in knowledge management process
Authors: Akhavan Peyman , Ramezan Majid , Yazdi Moghaddam Jafar 
Published: July 2013

PurposeCurrent successful and thriving organizations are those which create or gain new knowledge and convert it into applicable methods for improving their activities and performance. Nonetheless, ethics are the key issues in achieving such organizations and gaining success in implementation of supportive systems for aforementioned subjects. The main aim of the present study is therefore to examine the impact of ethical principles on knowledge management processes.Design/methodology/approachThe present paper tries to study the impact of ethics on knowledge management process according to the model of Nonaka and Takeuchi. To measure this issue, a conceptual model is developed based on literature. In order to examine the validity of the model, employees in some areas of an industrial organization including computer, IT, electronic and mechanic were asked to answer the items in a questionnaire designed for the same research. Structural equation modeling is used to analyze research variables.FindingsThe results show that there is a positive and significant relationship between ethics and knowledge management process. Likewise, there is a direct and significant relationship between ethics and knowledge management processes such as socialization, externalization and combination while the relationship between ethics and internalization is not significant.Research limitations/implicationsPublished resources are paramount about knowledge management while they suffer from a systematic regard as well as considering ethics in all knowledge management processes. Therefore, the main limitation of this research is the lack of studies in the field of relation of ethics and knowledge management (KM).Originality/valueThe results extend the understanding of the role of ethical principles in knowledge management processes. Hence, this research can open a new window in science space that is related to knowledge management and ethics.
The impacts of human capital in enhancing new venture's performance
Authors: Chen Ming‐Huei , Chang Yu‐Yu 
Published: July 2013

PurposeThis paper aims to extend current understanding about the relationship between human capital and new venture performance. Human capital has increasingly become one of the critical intellectual resources in enhancing firm's success, however little work has been done in enriching the knowledge of this link from a small entrepreneurial new venture context. Many researchers have studied human capital from various angles, but few have analyzed human capital's influence on firm performance from entrepreneurial competence, motivation and creativity perspectives to ascertain their effects on new venture performance, including profit generation and patent creation.Design/methodology/approachThis study was conducted using 155 small technology‐based new ventures located in government incubators on university campuses throughout Taiwan.FindingsThe authors found that entrepreneurial experience, manpower and creativity have positive impact on new venture's performance assessed by using profitability and patents creation as the criterion variables. Amongst all predictors, entrepreneurial manpower was found to have the strongest effect on both profitability and patent creation. The most interesting finding, however, stemmed from a component of entrepreneurial motivation the authors created, pioneering motivation. This unique form of motivation, to explain the extreme determination and time involved in starting a new business, was found to have a significantly negative effect on patent creation.Research limitations/implicationsThis study identifies the variety of entrepreneurial human capital and the importance of human capital's multidimensionality in entrepreneurship research. In this paper, the authors integrated some meaningful components of human capital which have been neglected in previous entrepreneurship studies. The paper's findings add to knowledge of how investments in entrepreneurial human capital, such as work experience, manpower, and creativity, influence performance outcomes at the early stages of the entrepreneurial process.Originality/valueThis paper provides a useful guideline for entrepreneurs by investigating new venture performance with seven less‐emphasized but important components of human capital. The authors identified the most influential components of entrepreneurial human capital (i.e. experience, manpower, and creativity) that a new venture should cultivate for improving its performance.