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High repetition rate Marx generator using inductive charging
Authors: Achour Yahia , Starzyński Jacek 
Published: February 2025

Purpose
This paper aims to present a novel Marx generator architecture designed to achieve a high repetition rate while minimizing charging losses. The proposed approach demonstrates how inductive charging can enhance efficiency and robustness in pulsed power systems.

Design/methodology/approach
This study begins with a theoretical analysis of the generator’s operation, followed by validation through numerical simulations and experimental tests.

Findings
The modified Marx generator achieves significant performance improvements, including a pulse amplitude of 50 kV, a rise time of 4.5 ns and a repetition rate of 50 pps. The results validate the effectiveness of inductive charging in reducing energy losses and improving system reliability.

Originality/value
This work introduces, simulates and experimentally validates an advanced Marx generator configuration. The findings highlight the potential of inductive charging to overcome the limitations of traditional resistive designs, offering a more efficient and reliable solution for high-frequency pulsed power applications.
Coupled effects of stick-slip and thermal boundary conditions on viscous dissipation for inelastic power-law fluids
Authors: Al-Bahrani Bashaer Kadhim , Al-Muslimawi Alaa Hasan A. 
Published: February 2025

PurposeThe article aims to provide an accurate and efficient numerical algorithm for viscous flows in power-law fluids under various thermal boundary and partial slip conditions.Design/methodology/approachWe are conducting a numerical investigation using the Taylor–Galerkin/pressure correction finite element method, which builds upon the work of previous researchers. Here, attention is therefore given to the interplay of various thermal boundary and stick-slip conditions and their impact on non-isothermal inelastic fluid.FindingsThe results demonstrate the influence of the Prandtl, Brinkman and Reynolds numbers on the flow’s thermal and hydrodynamic behavior, concentrating on the impact of slip at the wall. Furthermore, we have presented the effects of these dimensionless parameters on the detailed local and average Nusselt numbers, illustrated the high accuracy we obtained for numerical convergence, and compared our results with those of previous papers, observing excellent agreement.Practical implicationsWe have successfully tested the code under the presented industrial conditions. Future research directions on this topic aim for efficient and robust solvers for non-Newtonian thermal rheological models; this algorithm can be used for that purpose.Originality/valueThis algorithm has never been used for numerical analysis of such a problem previously.
Illuminating impact: a case study on Chirag’s rural solar initiatives
Authors: Malya Sapna , Pai Pratibha 
Published: February 2025

Learning outcomes
This case study aims to provide an insight into the specific needs and constraints of rural communities related to energy access in India; help the students in assessing the effectiveness of the strategies in meeting the goals of the organization; help students understand the broader social responsibility of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in contributing to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; and empower the students to use the “theory of change methodology” to plan, execute and evaluate change implementation at the community/organizational level.

Case overview/synopsis
This case study is about a non-profit organization, Chirag Rural Development Foundation (CRDF), which provided solar lighting to empower villages in India. The NGO started its operations as a student-led initiative in 2010, and since then it was involved in various activities for rural upliftment using solar as the base. They initially provided solar equipment for home lighting which eventually grew into street lighting, school lighting and then water-lifting using solar pumps for drinking and livelihood under the integrated village development program. In 2021, Sabah Vig, the chief executive officer of CRDF, realized that the organization had grown much beyond the scope for which it was initially established. She felt the need to structure them and appropriately measure their complete sustainable impact so that CRDF could effectively track progress, optimize resource allocation and demonstrate tangible outcomes to the stakeholders.

Complexity academic level
This case study is suitable for postgraduate students.

Supplementary material
Teaching notes are available for educators only.

Subject code
CSS11: Strategy.
Striving for truth, justice and racial diversity: a critical race content analysis of DC Graphic Novel for Young Adults
Authors: Rodríguez-Astacio René M. , Hines Christian M. , Miller Henry “Cody" 
Published: February 2025

Purpose
The purpose of the study is to analyze how the popular comic book series DC Graphic Novel for Young Adults depicts superhero, civilian and villains of color in the titles and address how the collection engages in or avoids discussions of racism.

Design/methodology/approach
This study uses a critical race content analysis to analyze how characters of color are represented in the DC Graphic Novel for Young Adults collection.

Findings
The findings demonstrate the series’ uneven attempts at writing about race and racism. The DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults illustrates more radical politics in some titles but reifies dominant beliefs in others. The analysis also shows how many titles approach discussions of oppression from a single axis approach rather than an intersectional one. The series strives for racial diversity and justice; sometimes achieving the goal, but not always.

Research limitations/implications
The study demonstrates how the DC Graphic Novel for Young Adults constructs hegemonic ideas of “appropriateness” about race, racism and readership in some titles while offering explicit discussions about race and racism in others.

Practical implications
The authors outline potential ways English teachers can position titles in the DC Graphic Novel for Young Adults in English classrooms to develop students’ racial literacies.

Originality/value
This paper provides an analysis of superhero comics produced specifically for adolescent readers and written by an intentional racially diverse cohort of authors. The methodology can inform future studies of graphic novels for adolescent readers.
Progressing gender equity in senior leadership: a systematic literature review
Authors: Gander Michelle , Sharafizad Fleur 
Published: February 2025

Purpose
This study aim to review and compile the latest research in women’s leadership internationally and across multiple sectors and industries to understand how to fast-track gender equality. As an outcome of this review, this paper presents an actionable universal framework for organisations to use to bolster their gender equity efforts.

Design/methodology/approach
A systematic literature review methodology resulted in 36 articles dedicated to research on women in senior leadership interventions across countries and organisational types. Thematic analysis identified a series of enablers and barriers that influence women’s progression into senior roles.

Findings
Research since 2020 has shown a significant shift from an individualised approach to improving women’s advancement to senior leadership roles, to a systematic one, acknowledging that there are entrenched behaviours resulting in a lack of equity.

Research limitations/implications
Systematic literature reviews, although reducing bias, must still be acknowledged to have inherent bias due to the inclusion and exclusion criteria used. There is a need for future research to provide more theoretical underpinnings to advance knowledge and for implementation and review of the proposed EQUAL framework developed from this study.

Originality/value
The authors highlight the continuing issues at play in organisations that act as barriers to women’s progress into senior leadership. This paper suggest that organisations may need to consider ways to move past a “business case” approach towards gender equity becoming embedded at all levels. Their proposed EQUAL framework provides a practical set of evidence-based activities to enhance this approach.
Revitalizing staycation trends: insights from a secondary-stakeholder CSR perspective
Authors: Zhang Jingwei , Islam Md Shamirul , Karatepe Osman M. , Jambulingam Manimekalai 
Published: February 2025

Purpose
To provide a holistic assessment of tourists’ staycation intentions, this study aims to investigate the role of secondary-stakeholder corporate social responsibility (CSR) on local engagement. Based on construal-level theory and stimulus-organism-response model, this study unpacks how and when secondary-stakeholder CSR influences staycation intention.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were gathered from 312 Chinese tourists with prior staycation experiences. Data were subsequently analyzed using structural equation modeling.

Findings
This study illuminates that secondary-stakeholder CSR positively influences staycation intention directly and indirectly through psychological belonging and safety. Noteworthily, immersive experience strengthens the influence of psychological belonging on staycation intention while its effect on the relationship between psychological safety and staycation intention is negligible.

Research limitations/implications
All variables in this study were collected via self-report measures provided by hotel customers with staycation experiences. Although both statistical and procedural remedies are used, it would be more useful if future studies could gather time-lagged and/or multiple sources of data.

Originality/value
This study augments the domain of staycation research by examining CSR marketing through a stakeholder perspective. This nuanced analysis elucidates the intertwined dynamics among secondary-stakeholder CSR, psychological sense of belonging and safety, and immersive experiences that delineate the landscape of staycation markets, casting light on their epoch-defining implications for hotels’ developmental trajectories.
Examining the impact of hospital pharmacy service quality on patient loyalty in Thailand: the moderating role of illness condition
Authors: Darawong Chonlatis 
Published: February 2025

PurposeThis study seeks to investigate the impact of service quality on patient loyalty in the context of hospital pharmacy services, taking into consideration the moderating effect of illness condition. The findings shed light on the significance of various dimensions of service quality in fostering patient loyalty.Design/methodology/approachThe data for this study were obtained through a questionnaire survey administered to patients who had used services provided by a hospital pharmacy in Thailand. To ensure a qualified sample, the participants were purposively chosen and approached to inquire about their willingness to participate in the research.FindingsThe results demonstrate that all service quality dimensions including technical quality, non-prescription service, physical quality, relationship quality and health and medicine advice had significantly positive effects on patient loyalty. Additionally, the findings reveal a significant difference in the level of relationship quality between patients in the acute group and those in the chronic group.Practical implicationsThe research results offer recommendations for hospital administrators to enhance the quality of service in hospital pharmacies, leading to increased patient loyalty. Moreover, it provides guidance for hospital pharmacists to tailor their approach according to the illness conditions of the patients.Originality/valueThis study extends the existing knowledge on the service quality dimension by examining how various dimensions influence patient loyalty. Furthermore, it explores how these impacts are moderated by illness condition.
Information and communication technology hassles and job performance: a moderated mediation model of well-being and psychosocial safety climate
Authors: Montreuil Véra-Line , Dextras-Gauthier Julie , Gilbert Marie-Hélène , Dima Justine , Boulet Maude , Biron Caroline 
Published: February 2025

PurposeThis paper examines the effect of information and communication technology (ICT) hassles on employee job performance and investigates the mediating effect of well-being and the moderating effect of psychosocial safety climate (PSC).Design/methodology/approachThis study was conducted on a sample of 294 employees working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bootstrap regression and moderated mediation analyses were carried out using the macro PROCESS version 4.2.FindingsThe results suggest that ICT hassles negatively affect well-being, which, in turn, impacts job performance. This study also finds that this indirect relationship worsens when employees are in a weak psychosocial safety climate.Practical implicationsAs organizations plan to pursue telecommuting on a massive scale in a post-pandemic world, these findings are crucial in informing organizations of the need to create a healthy work environment and to provide optimal virtual working conditions.Originality/valueAs one of the first studies to examine the relationship between ICT hassles and job performance in an unprecedented telecommuting environment, it emphasizes the importance of rebalancing the demands arising from the use of technologies and the resources available to employees.
Effective strategies in short video advertising: leveraging influencer endorsements and discounts
Authors: Yuan Lin , Shi Yan , Xia Hao , Ye Qiang 
Published: February 2025

PurposeThis paper aims to examine how the number of short videos posted and the number of influencers employed, two important strategies in short video marketing, affect consumer behavior and how price discounts moderate the effects of influencer endorsement on consumer browsing and purchasing behavior.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the literature on influencer endorsement, this study used an ordinary least square model to empirically examine the two effects of endorsement strategies in increasing product traffic and sales for consumers at a short video app, Douyin (TikTok).FindingsThe results show that the number of short video ads produces the classic inverted U-shape for traffic and sales, and both effects were strengthened under a high discount condition. Whereas the number of influencers has a positive effect on traffic but produces an inverted U-shape for sales, both effects were undermined under a high discount condition.Originality/valueThis study is the first to explore the two distinct effects (repetition effect and diffusion effect) of influencer endorsement on browsing and purchasing behavior and theorize about the moderate effects of discounts on these effects.
Unlocking potential: how enterprise social media features shape employee agility performance
Authors: Pitafi Abdul Hameed , Masood Fazeelat , Pitafi Sheena 
Published: February 2025

PurposeThe present research aims to explore the influence of enterprise social media (ESM) features on employee agility through knowledge sharing and hiding. ESM strain was taken as a moderator in the association among knowledge sharing, knowledge hiding and employee agility. Communication visibility theory is used to underpin the hypothesized research model.Design/methodology/approachData is collected from 374 Chinese employees working in different companies. A structural equation modeling (SEM) is applied using AMOS software 21.0.FindingsFindings illustrate that ESM features namely analysis, tracking and communication are significantly connected to knowledge sharing and negatively to knowledge hiding. Knowledge sharing is significantly related to employee agility while knowledge hiding is negatively linked to employee agility. Further, ESM strain strengthens the negative connection between knowledge hiding and employee agility. However, ESM strain has an insignificant moderating effect in the connection between knowledge sharing and employee agility.Practical implicationsThe current research has practical implications for ESM users and ESM-enabled organizations. For individuals who use ESM to promote knowledge within an organization, this study highlights the important functioning of ESM features that include analysis, tracking and communication. For managers, this study suggests the use of ESM features to promote knowledge sharing and inhibit knowledge hiding.Originality/valueThe current research investigates how ESM features are associated with employee agility in the workplace. This study proposes that knowledge sharing and knowledge hiding are the mediators of the effect path between ESM features and employee agility. Moreover, the present study extends to ESM literature by highlighting the moderating role of ESM strain using communication visibility theory as a theoretical lens. Lastly, this study quantifies the benefits of ESM features to help organizations train agile employees.
Exploring customer loyalty in Islamic banking: a model for the Iraqi market
Authors: Hatem Falih Oday , Abedin Bahareh , Yahyazadehfar Mahmood , Safari Mohammad , Kassim Erne Suzila 
Published: February 2025

Purpose
This study aims to explore the key factors influencing customer loyalty in Islamic banking within the Iraqi market, as well as the consequences of loyalty. Despite the increasing global significance of Islamic finance, there is a notable lack of empirical research addressing how both causal and contextual factors shape customer loyalty in Iraq. This research seeks to fill this gap by examining the dynamics of customer loyalty and its perceived value to customers, thereby contributing to a deeper understanding of customer relationships in Islamic banking.

Design/methodology/approach
The research is conducted using a grounded theory approach, allowing for an exploration of the objective through in-depth qualitative analysis. In-depth interviews are conducted with various stakeholders, including customers, managers and bank employees. The inclusion of heterogeneous groups offers a richer and deeper understanding, increasing the validity and transferability of the findings.

Findings
A model of customer loyalty in Islamic banking in Iraq is developed, highlighting social, individual and banking characteristics as indicators of causal factors. Macroeconomic trends, government policy and media and advertising are identified as contextual factors, while competitor actions, life events and demographic profiles are recognized as intervening factors. The findings also suggest that loyalty brings positive values not only to the customers, such as positive experiences, lifetime value and better financial stability, but also to the banking institutions, including word-of-mouth referrals, competitive advantage and increased customer advocacy.

Research limitations/implications
This study contributes to the advanced development of a theoretical framework on customer loyalty. In addition, the findings offer valuable insights into the relationship between Sharia compliance and customer loyalty, calling for banking institutions to prioritize adherence to Sharia principles.

Originality/value
This study explores areas of research within the context of Iraqi Islamic banking, allowing for the discovery of new and original insights into causal, contextual and intervening conditions of customer loyalty, which signify the Iraqi social phenomena. While the scope focuses on customers, the grounded theory approach opens up to emergent patterns and relationships.
Examining synergies between UAE corporate social responsibility laws and corporate governance frameworks
Authors: AlTawil Tareq Nael , Rahhal Alaeddin 
Published: February 2025

Purpose
This paper has investigated the synergies between the UAE corporate social responsibility (CSR) laws and corporate governance (CG) frameworks. The purpose of this paper is to examine the collective impact of CSR laws and CG frameworks on fraud prevention and detection within the UAE business landscape.

Design/methodology/approach
The researcher used a secondary analytical method to examine the synergies between UAE CSR laws and CG frameworks, focusing on corporate fraud detection and prevention. This method involved a comprehensive analysis of secondary sources of information from various sources such as government reports, legislation, academics and other sources such as the organization’s CSR and other industry reports. The main secondary sources included the official documents of the UAE related to CG and legal requirements on CSR, the reports of the financial institutions of UAE and designated nonfinancial businesses and professions and international guidelines such as those from the financial action task force.

Findings
The UAE has various federal and emirate-level laws governing CSR and CG, emphasizing directors’ duties, disclosure and reporting. Therefore, CG and CSR have bidirectional relationship within the context of the UAE legislative framework. However, the existence of different legislation at the federal and emirate levels is undermining the effectiveness of existing laws and regulations. The UAE must now work toward harmonization of existing laws and regulations to enhance their effectiveness and enforceability across emirates. The UAE government should consider expanding CSR provisions under the CCL or amend the CSR law to include provisions on mandatory reporting for unethical practices across corporations. The evolving global regulatory landscape, including the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act), highlights the UAE’s need for adaptive legal frameworks to integrate technological advancements into CG and CSR practices, ensuring ethical and transparent business conduct.

Originality/value
The researcher examined the collective impact of CSR laws and CG frameworks on fraud prevention and detection within the UAE business landscape. This examination also considers the broader implications for enhancing transparency and accountability in combating money laundering and other financial crimes. The research ultimately aims to provide insights into how UAE CSR laws and CG frameworks align to foster more robust and ethical corporate practices, contributing to a broader understanding of fraud prevention and governance best practices.