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Unveiling the myth of the Muslim woman: a postcolonial critique
Authors: Golnaraghi Golnaz , Mills Albert J. 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between neo‐colonialist discourse and Quebec's proposed Bill 94 aimed at restricting the public activities of niqab and veil‐wearing Muslim women.Design/methodology/approachDrawing upon postcolonial feminist frames, this study critically analyzes the discourses of Muslim women and Western elites that serve to construct the niqab and veil‐wearing Muslim women. Using critical discourse analysis of digital and print media articles from 1994 to 2010, the authors trace the discursive character of the Muslim woman related to Bill 94 which proposes the banning of religious face coverings when seeking public services in the Province of Quebec, Canada.FindingsThis paper develops a postcolonial understanding of the discursive conditions that constitute the social environment in which Muslim women are required to operate in Quebec and the advent of Bill 94. The authors contend that the discourses in the construction of Muslim women have mutated over time towards Western cultural hegemony and paternalism, and, in the process, Muslim women have been constructed as oppressed, in need of saving, and at the same time not to be trusted.Research limitations/implicationsThe account of events in this paper offer an alternative lens in privileging some of the embedded beliefs and values behind dominant cultural accounts of Quebec in relation to Muslim women and Bill 94. Future scholars may wish to extend this study through examining discourses of secular, veil and niqab‐wearing Muslim women; newcomers, those living in Canada for a longer period and those born in Canada; as well as those from different countries of origin. Another area of research that is ripe for exploration is workplace experiences of Muslim women in Canada. Additionally, examination of overt and subtle discrimination faced by Muslim women would provide important insights into employment equity and human rights.Originality/valueThis paper presents a close look at public discourses around the niqab and Muslim women in Canada, demonstrating the persistence of colonial dynamics and mindsets influencing how issues regarding minority groups are evaluated today.
Situating the socio‐economic position of Irish Deaf community in the equality framework
Authors: Bosco Conama John 
Published: April 2013

PurposeDeaf communities including the Irish one, often identify the status of their signed languages as one of the defining indicators of their social standings. Thus, social justice measures must be intertwined with the status of signed languages. The social justice issues for Deaf communities identified here are: access to media, recognition of signed languages and education. These issues are based on several research data and are described in brief. The purpose of this paper is to locate the situational position of Deaf communities in Ireland.Design/methodology/approachTo understand the way in which a more radical model of equality would work for the Irish Deaf community, the author discusses an equality framework developed by the Equality Studies Centre in University College Dublin, with the aim of advancing understanding of what equality of condition would mean for Deaf people in relation to the access to media, recognition of signed languages and education.FindingsThe evidence from research and literature shows the serious disadvantaged position held by the Deaf communities in Ireland and other countries. The data presented alone show how both discrimination and disadvantages are largely due to negative perspectives on deafness. These negative perspectives are obviously influenced by historical, medical and religious factors.Originality/valueThe article raises awareness of the implications of different levels of equality on the status of signed languages. These levels, by default, affect the socio‐economic statuses of Deaf communities. It is obvious from this study that equality of condition is the best option for Deaf communities to achieve. This option demands a level of recognition and respect for signed languages, equal to that afforded to national and dominant languages. This would help to minimise the belief that signed languages are mere compensatory tools, which in turn, would create more egalitarian treatment for Deaf people who wished to pursue their main identity through the use of signed languages.
Doing of gender and scientific knowledge production
Authors: Eriksson‐Zetterquist Ulla 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to enable the author to discuss some personal experiences from research and teaching that relate to the special circumstances of doing gender research.Design/methodology/approachWhen reading about Styhre's and Tienari's experiences, the author is not so surprised by but rather concerned about the resemblance and reflections evoked by the text vis‐à‐vis her own experiences of doing research in the gender field. During recent decades, she had the opportunity to explore various organizing issues in her research, from technology and organizational change to gender and intersectionality. This provided her with both an inside and outside perspective on some of the specificities which recur in the field of gender studies.FindingsDoing gender research enables men and women to “become with” women, men and other people. When able to respond to other people with respect, the researcher can “become with” the studied one. By going into the experiences previously shared by other scholars doing gender studies, and by reflecting upon these, the opportunities for men and women to “become with” will most likely increase.Originality/valueIn a performative way, “doing gender” includes a way of recognizing the context in which the author is situated. When this position is challenged, things start to happen. Whether one is being challenged as a woman, as a man, as a researcher, or for not understanding gender in the proper feminist way, the conditions of one's comprehension of doing gender are called into question. Reflexivity is thus – as Styhre and Tienari claim – a product of social encounters.
Creative role models, personality and performance
Authors: Collins Jennifer , Cooke Donna K. 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discover whether there is an interaction between creative personality and a supportive work environment resulting in creative behaviours. Is a creative personality essential to creative performance?Design/methodology/approachThe data were from surveys completed by 133 employees in a pharmaceutical company and from supervisor evaluations. The data were analyzed using moderated multiple regression analyses.FindingsThe results indicate that the presence of creative supervisors influences subordinate creativity when the subordinate's creativity‐relevant skills are minimal. On the other hand, there were not any significant relationships between the presence of creative co‐workers, creativity‐relevant personality facets and employee creativity.Research limitations/implicationsOne limitation is the assumption that supervisors are qualified to assess employees’ creative performance. In addition, the 16PF instrument was also used in personnel selection, which may lead to range restriction. Furthermore, the level of significance for the hypotheses was p⩽0.10.Practical implicationsThe results are important for human resource practitioners and managers to use in the development of selection, training and development tools and programs for employees expected to engage in creative behaviour in the workplace.Originality/valueThis paper furthers our understanding of the role of creative role models in the development of individuals deemed less creative based on personality.
Worst‐case regret algorithms for selected optimization problems with interval uncertainty
Authors: Józefczyk Jerzy , Siepak Marcin 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to consider selected optimization problems with parameter uncertainty. A case is studied when uncertain parameters in functions undergoing the optimization belong to intervals of known bounds as well as the absolute regret based approach for coping with such an uncertainty is applied. The paper presents three different cases depending on properties of optimization problems and proposes which method can be used to solve corresponding problems.Design/methodology/approachThe worst‐case absolute regret method is employed to manage interval uncertainty in functions to be optimized. To solve resulting uncertain optimization problems, optimal, approximate as well as heuristic solution algorithms have been elaborated for particular problems presented and described in the paper. The latter one is based on Scatter Search metaheuristics.FindingsSolution algorithms for worst‐case absolute regret versions of the following optimization problems have been determined: resource allocation in a complex of independent operations and two task scheduling problems Q‖∑Ci and P‖Cmax.Research limitations/implicationsIt is very difficult to generalize the results obtained and to use them for solving other optimization problems which correspond to real‐world applications. Such new cases require separate investigations.Practical implicationsThe considered allocations as well as task scheduling problems have plenty of applications, for example in computer and manufacturing systems. Their versions with not precisely known parameters can be met commonly.Originality/valueThe investigations presented correspond to previous works on so‐called minimax regret problems and extend them for new optimization problems.
A control model of the software requirements process
Authors: White Anthony S. 
Published: April 2013

PurposeMany project failures can be attributed to changes in requirements as the project progresses. The purpose of this paper is to review several system dynamics models of the requirements process from the literature, especially the model of Andersson and Karlsson. This model addresses the deficiencies in the system dynamics model devised hitherto to create a model than can be used to predict requirements acquisition and staff resources for different levels of project complexity and size.Design/methodology/approachA new control‐theoretic model of requirements gathering is devised using the Software Test Model of Cangussu as a framework. Conventional control system techniques are then used to compute typical responses.FindingsThe results agree with the limited published data. This model can be used to predict an estimate of the possible number of requirements that could be devised for the project. It allows the incorporation of workforce, quality and complexity information to predict the time to complete the requirements process. This model is then used to predict how the requirements process responds to requirements creep and to changes in workforce used.Research limitations/implicationsThis model is theoretical and is proposed so that it can be simple tested. It makes a number of assumptions not yet recorded by industry that would have to be obtained.Practical implicationsIf it is supported by experimental data then a better project development model can be created with the prospect of greater control of project development.Originality/valueThis work, although based on the work of Cangussu et al., is devised by the author.
Organizational context and firm‐level entrepreneurship: a multiple‐case analysis
Authors: Kantur Deniz , İşeri‐Say Arzu 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to understand firm‐level entrepreneurship in diverse organizational contexts and explain its relationship with organizational factors.Design/methodology/approachThe paper adopts a multiple‐case research design. In‐depth interviews are conducted with key informants in four cases. In each case, a firm‐level entrepreneurial story is focused on to understand the entrepreneurial process within its organizational context.FindingsThe findings show that there are two types of entrepreneurial activities in organizations – beyond‐boundary focus and within‐boundary focus. They exhibit different patterns regarding their relationship with organizational factors – top management leadership, strategic orientation, organizational culture, internal mechanisms and organizational performance.Research limitations/implicationsGeneralizability of the results may be limited due to the case study design of this research.Practical implicationsTop management leadership has a vital role in influencing entrepreneurial activity in organizations. When an organizational environment that favours entrepreneurship is supported by top management, then business‐level entrepreneurial activities are cultivated across the company. But if the organizational environment does not favour entrepreneurship, then entrepreneurial activity is mostly limited to the corporate level and only initiated by top management.Originality/valueThe multiple case analyses provide an extensive analysis of the organizational context and firm‐level entrepreneurship. Additionally, the emergent categories of two different types of entrepreneurial activities serve as a major and relevant step to reduce the ambiguity present in the field of study.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: a case study in the politics of financial reform
Authors: Islam Muhammad , Seitz Neil , Millar James , Fisher James , Gilsinan James 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe desirability of financial reform to avoid another financial melt‐down is widely accepted, but the likelihood of reform is uncertain. The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of evolution and reform attempts at US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and provides an instructive model of the likely long‐term success of attempts to reform the financial system.Design/methodology/approachA model of the legislative and regulatory change process is first developed, considering the range of influences that arise. The history of reform attempts for US government sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are examined in the context of this model.FindingsThe model predicts that reform will often be thwarted. US government sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped fuel the housing bubble and required a government bail‐out. Sentiment for reform was high, but what happened next was – nothing. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have a long history of successful lobbying, and they succeeded again. They did not need to stop legislation. They needed only to see it delayed long enough for attention to turn elsewhere. Five years after the bubble broke, their market dominance and the implied guarantees continue. Reform is not on the legislative agenda. This outcome does not bode well for financial market reform or stability.Originality/valueAn understanding of the process, influences, and likelihood of reform is important for governments, businesses, and individuals. While the picture this paper paints is not optimistic, it is important.
An exploration of extortion
Authors: Osborne Denis 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to distinguish between bribes demanded (extortion) and bribes offered (enticement); to indicate the causes of extortion and its consequences; and to suggest action by different groups to help reduce it.Design/methodology/approachThe paper takes the form of an examination of reported extortion as miniature case studies and histories, leading to suggested actions to reduce it.FindingsExtortion occurs when there are perceived opportunities to do so without penalty. It hurts the poor more than the rich, denying them justice and fair treatment and, with technology giving more power to the poor, it brings increasing risks of political instability as well as general damage to society and the economy. But extortion is more vulnerable to investigation and prevention than collusive bribery. Action to reduce it can be effective and recommendations for action are made for different groups.Research limitations/implicationsMore study is needed at municipal as well as national level, and by corporations, of the incidence of extortion and efforts to reduce it.Practical implicationsBetter recognition of the differences between extortion and other types of economic crime, and consequent recommendations for action, should help reduce it and bring benefits.Social implicationsAttention drawn to the risks of injustice and unfair treatment especially to the poor brought by extortion. Governments and corporations alerted to these. Actions suggested to reduce extortion.Originality/valueThe paper clarifies the character of extortion, the risks it brings and opportunities for its reduction and recommended actions to bring that about.
Blending fairness and efficiency
Authors: Begum Afroza 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe regulatory approach to insider trading (IT) in Australia is premised on a “blend” of fairness and efficiency which has generated an important controversy. The study aims to investigate this controversy by critically analysing the way the policy maker and judiciary have been striving to accomplish the regulatory goals based on this blend.Design/methodology/approachThis research is based on existing primary and secondary legal resources.FindingsRegulation of insider trading (IT) with an appropriate enforcement mechanism has become an important issue in Australia. As part of this, a range of legal studies have unveiled significant difficulties in successfully prosecuting insiders which largely reflect a serious disappointment with the operation of the IT law. Whilst the output of this research motivates and enhances a broad scholarly debate on the credibility of the current regime in combating IT and in generating a strong form of deterrent against prospective insiders, there has been a dearth of intellectual inquiries (to the best of the author's knowledge) backed up by a reliable assessment about the merits of the law, and especially about the issue of how the courts are applying a “blend” of the two policy rationales: market fairness and market efficiency in resolving particular circumstances. It is submitted that this paper will contribute to filling this gap in the legal literature and the wider academic deliberation on the quality and effectiveness of the IT regime.Originality/valueThis paper is the original work of the author and has not been submitted elsewhere for publication.
A critical examination of the legislative response in banking and financial regulation to issues related to misconduct in the context of the crisis of 2007‐2009
Authors: Baber Graeme 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to summarise and critically assess the legislative response in banking and securities regulation to the determinants of the financial crisis.Design/methodology/approachThe paper identifies these determinants and evaluates different categories of regulatory response, drawing from the United Kingdom, United States, European Union and international approaches.FindingsThe crisis had both economic and financial causes. The responses have been quick, original in part, and complex. Issues are still emerging from the collapse which are yet to be fully addressed.Research limitations/implicationsThis is a transition period between the crisis and the establishment of the regulatory regimes that will follow it. Conclusions drawn at this point are therefore tentative.Originality/valueThe paper brings together several sources of legislative response, and is therefore of value as a discussion point.
Isomorphic mechanisms in manufacturing supply chains: a comparison of indigenous Chinese firms and foreign‐owned MNCs
Authors: Wu Ting , Daniel Elizabeth M. , Hinton Matt , Quintas Paul 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThis study aims to demonstrate empirically the varied mechanisms through which supply chain practices of indigenous Chinese companies are influenced by foreign‐owned multinational companies (MNCs) operating within China. It also provides empirical evidence of how the foreign‐owned MNCs are influenced by the coercive pressures arising from the local cultural norms and begins an exploration of the mechanisms through which isomorphic pressures operate between industries.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts a multi‐disciplinary approach by applying institutional theory from the field of organisational studies. The study is based on 27 in‐depth interviews in matched pairs of firms consisting of an indigenous Chinese firm and a foreign‐owned MNC in three industries. The interviews also include suppliers and third‐party logistics providers and hence the study extends beyond the dyad.FindingsThe findings show a “startling homogeneity” between the SCM practices of the paired firms and across the three industries studied. They also provide empirical evidence of the rich and varied mechanisms through which isomorphic pressures operate, and demonstrate that the pressures affect the foreign‐owned MNCs as well as the Chinese firms.Practical implicationsThe study identifies a wide range of mechanisms that firms can use to model their SCM practices on those of other firms. The study also identifies a range of implications for policy.Originality/valueTo the authors' knowledge, this study is the first to explore empirically the rich and varied mechanisms through which isomorphic pressures operate.
Websites for stakeholder relations by corporations and non‐profits
Authors: Sriramesh Krishnamurthy , Rivera‐Sánchez Milagros , Soriano Cheryll 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThis longitudinal study aims to analyze the use of websites by a sample of 78 corporations and non‐profits five years apart. In particular, it studies organizational use of interactive and social media features and use of web sites for building relationships with six stakeholder publics.Design/methodology/approachThe authors studied the websites of 78 for‐profit and not‐for‐profit organization seeking to learn how they used this new medium as a communication tool to build and maintain relationships with six key stakeholders: the mass media, consumers, investor/donors, employees, the government, and the community in 2004 and in 2009. They also explored for differences in the way for‐profit corporations and non‐profits used their web sites for relationship building given their different missions and cultures.FindingsFirst, there was a marked difference in how corporations and non‐profit organizations used their websites. Second, a significant number of organizations used social media applications such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube through their websites in 2009. Third, aside from increased use of social media, in 2009 more organizations used feedback mechanisms such as e‐surveys and e‐polls embedded in their websites, enhancing interactions with a variety of stakeholders. Both corporations and non‐profit organizations generally utilized their websites as information‐dissemination tools, where the information flow is one‐way, although the percentage of both corporations and non profits that used interactive features offered by new media has increased slightly between 2004 and 2009.Originality/valueThis study is among the few that compare web page use by corporations vs non‐profits. A second unique feature of this study is that it is longitudinal in nature, studying web site use five years apart by the same organizations.