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Confined site construction
Authors: Spillane John P. , Oyedele Lukumon O. , von Meding Jason 
Published: September 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify, clarify and tabulate the various managerial issues encountered, to aid in the management of the complex health and safety concerns which occur within a confined construction site environment.Design/methodology/approachThis is achieved through conducting extensive qualitative and qualitative research in the form of case studies, interviews and questionnaire survey.FindingsThe leading managerial issues in the management of health and safety on a confined construction site are found to be: “Difficulty to move materials around site safely”; “Lack of adequate room for the effective handling of materials”; “Difficulty in ensuring site is tidy and all plant and materials are stored safely”; “Close proximity of individuals to operation of large plant and machinery”; and joint fifth “Difficulty in ensuring proper arrangement and collection of waste materials on‐site” along with “Difficulty in controlling hazardous materials and equipment on site”.Practical implicationsThe resulting implication for practice of these results can be summarised by identifying that with sustained development of urban centres on a global scale, coupled with the increasing complexity of architectural designs, the majority of on‐site project management professionals are faced with the onerous task of completing often intricate designs within a limited spatial environment, under strict health and safety parameters.Originality/valueThe subsequent value of the findings are such that just as on‐site management professionals successfully identify the various managerial issues highlighted, the successful management of health and safety on a confined construction site is attainable.
Location‐based mobile advertisements and gender targeting
Authors: Banerjee Syagnik (Sy) , Roy Dholakia Ruby 
Published: September 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the differential effects of location‐based mobile advertisements on men and women in work leisure situations.Design/methodology/approachThe study conducted was in a scenario based experimental design in the 2×2×2 ANOVA format. Independent variables included: Type of locations (private/public); Situations (work/leisure); and Gender (male/female). Dependent variables included Perceptions and Behavioural intentions.FindingsRecent findings often indicate that men are more receptive to location‐based ads (LBA) than women. However, in this paper the authors show that in some circumstances women are more favourable to the same mobile LBAs than men because both women's and men's reactions depend on specific location and task situations.Practical implicationsBased on these findings, managers will be able to better target ads to specific genders in different locations and situations, thus maximizing the relevance of the ads, click through rates and affect cost per thousand impressions.Originality/valueThere has been little research on how men versus women react to LBAs based on their orientation towards different situations at hand. This research illustrates what differences exist in their perceptions of LBA and why.
Transforming e‐democracy for equity and social justice: We Decide
Authors: Singh Gurmit , Walsh Christopher S. 
Published: September 2012

PurposeThe purpose of editorial to this special issue is this to introduce “We Decide”, a grassroots e‐democracy learnscape. This timely collaborative initiative was conceptualized to promote the deployment of internet communication technologies (ICTs) for advancing social justice and equity in an increasingly digitized era. The special issue presents six individually selected papers delivered at the IADIS International Conference e‐democracy, Equity and Social Justice held in Rome, Italy, 20‐22 July 2011. These papers provide examples of unique innovations that highlight new possibilities and directions for e‐democracy that are grounded in an ethos of greater equity and social justice.Design/methodology/approachThe authors outline the mission and approach of “We Decide” and how it can be understood in the evolution of e‐democracy.FindingsThe authors discuss how the six papers in this special issue suggest ways to transform e‐democracy towards equity and social justice.Research limitations/implicationsThese papers help researchers and practitioners extend the concept of e‐democracy from a variety of perspectives, and show the importance of thinking about e‐democracy as access to resources for all citizens.Originality/valueGiven the increasing policy demands for effective e‐democracy and active citizenship online through new and emerging social networking technologies, the knowledge produced by “We Decide” brings together researchers, practitioners and activists from across the world. It provides a robust platform to share innovations that challenge us to rethink and re‐research the core concepts and approaches necessary to transform e‐democracy to realize equity and social justice.
Using history to comprehend the currency of a passionate profession
Authors: Stec Deryk 
Published: September 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to understand the growing popularity of coaching; a concept whose influence increasingly spans academic disciplines and institutional fields.Design/methodology/approachThe paper makes sense of coaching by using actor network theory, an approach that seeks to understand how a phenomenon becomes macro social. By examining a wide array of historical documents it traces the characteristics that underlie the transformation of the coach from a technological object to a management concept. In doing so it outlines the fundamental characteristics of coaching.FindingsSpecifically coaching involves a post technological nature where performances often occur in extreme conditions that involve the reciprocal interdependence of bodies (teams). These performances may also be viewed as involving impurity, as amateurs who participated purely for the love of the game have usually paid coaches for their services.Originality/valueWhile there is no denying the influence of coaching, little attention has been given to the history of this concept. This article provides an example of how the past frequently remains present and offers explanation for the popularity of coaching. In doing so it outlines a potential framework for consistently discussing the concept across organizational forms.
Will GPs “lead” or “govern” the new clinical commissioning groups?
Authors: Storey John , Grint Keith 
Published: September 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to delve into the precise leadership and governance roles required of general practitioners (GPs) in England as they are propelled into clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).Design/methodology/approachA conceptual framework which captures the complementary essences of both leadership and governance is developed and then used to assess the extent to which GPs will be undertaking leadership and/or governance roles under the reformed National Health Service (NHS) plan.FindingsIt is found that there are some key particular aspects of both leadership and governance which are likely to be required of GPs as they form clinical commissioning groups. These elements are identified and discussed.Practical implicationsUsing this analysis, general practitioners, health service managers and policy makers will be able to make a more informed assessment of the roles that they will have to adopt in the future and those roles which they may find it difficult to play. GPs in future will need to expand their roles in line with new responsibilities. The ways in which, and the success with which, they discharge their new roles will depend crucially on how they, and significant others (NHS managers), understand the nature of leadership and governance.Originality/valueMost analyses of the new GP commissioning consortia have focused on issues concerning size and structure of commissioning consortia, the risks involved, the population size required, and risk. This article is original in its clear focus on the teasing‐out of the distinct leadership and governance elements required under the GP commissioning arrangements.
From unbalanced to balanced: performance measures in a Vietnamese hospital
Authors: Trong Tuan Luu 
Published: September 2012

PurposeFrom the data derived from a Vietnamese hospital, this study seeks to discern which organisational culture types, leadership styles, and trust types pave the path for the implementation of the balanced scorecard (BSC) system.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a case research approach with a triangulation of data collation methods encompassing access to documents, field observations, and interviews. The in‐depth interviews with 37 hospital members and field observations were conducted during 21 months from March 2009 to November 2010.FindingsThe findings show that features relating to organisational change in terms of organisational culture, leadership style, and trust can impact the success of BSC implementation; nonetheless, the opposite direction can merely be encountered in the relationship between leadership style and BSC implementation.Originality/valueThe study offers insights into a successful model of BSC implementation in the healthcare sector built on such antecedents as organisational culture, leadership, and trust.
Knowledge management model for quality improvement in the hemodialysis unit of a non‐profit private hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Authors: Sumet Somsri , Suwannapong Nawarat , Howteerakul Nopporn , Thammarat Chuthipat 
Published: September 2012

PurposeThis study seeks to use a knowledge management (KM) model as a tool to improve the quality of service in a hemodialysis unit.Design/methodology/approachA quasi‐experimental, one group pre‐test‐post‐test study was conducted over a period of ten months at a hemodialysis unit. All of the staff in the unit, and all of the patients who came for hemodialysis at the outpatient department during the study period, were invited to participate. Self‐administered questionnaires were used to measure staff job satisfaction and patient satisfaction. SF‐36v2 was used to assess patient quality of life (QoL). Wilcoxon's matched pairs test and paired t‐test were used to compare staff job satisfaction, and patient satisfaction with service quality, before and after implementing KM. A within‐subject repeated‐measure analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to assess changes in patient QoL. The chi‐square test was used to compare rates of hemodialysis complications before and after implementing KM.FindingsAfter implementing KM, staff job satisfaction and patient satisfaction with services, increased significantly. Three QoL domains – role limitations due to physical and emotional problems, and vitality – at three and six months post‐intervention applying KM to daily work, had improved significantly. Complications per hemodialysis episode had also reduced.Originality/valueThe paper focuses on intervention that applied KM to staff providing care for patients with hemodialysis to improve care and outcomes.
Determinants of returns on housing: the Iranian case
Authors: Gholipour Fereidouni Hassan , Bazrafshan Ebrahim 
Published: September 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of returns on housing in Iran by analyzing capital appraisals, rents, and total returns.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses data from 28 provinces of Iran over the period of 2000‐2007. Using generalized method of moments (GMM), the determinants of returns on housing in Iran are investigated.FindingsThe empirical results indicate that in particular changes in inflation and population and to a lesser extent changes in unemployment and gross domestic product (GDP) are the important determinants of returns on housing.Practical implicationsThe findings imply that real estate investors in Iran can obtain higher returns from their housing investment if they invest in provinces that have positive changes in population, GDP and inflation and negative changes in unemployment rate.Originality/valueMost studies in this area cover US and European real estate markets (particularly office market). Since findings for developed countries might not be directly transferable to emerging market economies such as Iran, therefore, more work is necessary to obtain a clearer picture of real estate markets in emerging market economies.
Place marketing and phases of the image: a conceptual framework
Authors: Zavattaro Staci M. 
Published: September 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework that serves as: a potential how‐to guide for place managers; an evolution of place branding strategy; a cautionary tale about place brands developed without stakeholder involvement; and a way to open up the theory space to arrive at a potentially ideal marketing mix. The framework reveals consequences of relying on imagery with little connection to the place's reality. Place brands developed without these characteristics could lead to auto‐communication, which could affect the organization‐public relationship by stunting genuine organization learning and simulating meaningful two‐way dialogue.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual framework was developed using Qualitative Media Analysis to explore several constructs – market‐based models of governance, public relations models, Baudrillard's phases of the image, and six promotional tactics cities are used to promote the place.FindingsBased on the concepts employed, it is argued that cities need to be cognizant of after effects of place brands, as the organization‐public relationship might be fractured.Research limitations/implicationsA limitation might come from theories selected, but implications for place branding academics and practitioners are potentially great. Further research questions are presented.Practical implicationsPractitioners could use the piece as a how‐to guide when developing a place marketing strategy, as well as become cognizant of when auto‐communication could take place based on the communications strategies employed.Originality/valueThe paper develops a workable tool for place marketers while bringing attention to an area not often explored, be it theoretically and empirically, which is the after effects of place marketing.
What trust grows through upward influence?
Authors: Trong Tuan Luu 
Published: September 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discern whether upward influence behavior, with its antecedents such as organizational culture and leadership, can cultivate organizational trust, with particular reference to manufacturing companies in the plastics industry in Vietnam.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling (SEM) was used for the analysis of 418 responses returned from self‐administered structured questionnaires sent to 655 middle level managers.FindingsFrom the findings emerged the linkage pattern of knowledge‐based trust or identity‐based trust and organizationally beneficial upward influence behavior. Ad hocracy, market, and clan cultures and transformational leadership were found to cultivate organizationally‐beneficial upward influence strategies, which in turn cultivate knowledge‐based or identity‐based trust.Originality/valueThe paper discerns the interplay between culture and leadership on the upward influence behaviors, which in turn influence organizational trust. The paper's findings provide insight into the interplay pattern of trust and its antecedents and underscore the magnitude of ad hocracy, market, and clan culture types, as well as transformational leadership style in the building of organizationally‐beneficial upward influence strategies in plastic manufacturing companies in the Vietnam business setting.
Lieutenant Pinkerton and empire: calling for a newLa Convivenciain a post 9/11 hegemony
Authors: Thorne Kym , Kouzmin Alexander 
Published: September 2012

PurposePost 9/11 events not only exposed the visible and invisible aspects of the often intertwined self‐interest of political, economic and especially religious elites, but also presented a practical and ideological vacuum susceptible to “once and for all” opportunistic fantasies of ultra and Neo‐conservative, cum religious, fanatics. The purpose of this paper is to counter balance the constant flow of Neo‐liberal and religious‐fundamentalist propaganda that is having a destructive effect on hard‐won civil ideals and democratic freedoms.Design/methodology/approachThis paper presents a study of the relationship between visible and invisible power in the context of a historical study of the great age of tolerance and co‐existence between Jews, Muslims and Christians. The paper uses Benvenisti's “double history” methodology to recover what is visible on the surface and the “buried history” of what is invisible to discern the implications the SpanishConvivenciahas for contemporary debates over political and religious “purity”.FindingsThis paper discovers dangerous signs of a continuing ahistorical hubris amongst elites and others that denies the historical evidence for the possibility of mutual accommodations between political and religious communities. This paper locates the need to recover lost, or discounted, multiple histories and (in)visible portents of a future other than the triumphalism of Western, especially “exceptionalist” US interests.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper demonstrates the need for more research into the use/misuse of historical evidence within (in)visible power mechanisms designed to serve ideological and hegemonic interests.Originality/valueIn our uncertain age, this paper is notable for developing a historically grounded vision of a real‐politic new world order based on mutual accommodation and respect.
Market risk disclosures of banks: a cross‐country study
Authors: Savvides Savvas C. , Savvidou Nicoletta 
Published: September 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the disclosure practices of market risk by 30 banks in ten countries of different size and geographic distribution (USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, The Netherlands, France, Greece and Cyprus).Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses content analysis and other statistical techniques (regression and correlation analysis) to produce qualitative and quantitative indicators of the degree of market risk disclosure to ascertain if differences exist across countries and across banks of different size.FindingsThe findings validate the testing hypotheses, namely that there are still significant differences across banks in different countries, meaning that there is no harmonization in disclosure practices; that the banks in the Anglo‐Saxon countries (UK and USA) are consistently better in their overall risk reporting practices; that the banks that are “good” in reporting qualitative information are also “good” in reporting quantitative information on risk types; OLS regression analysis and correlation analysis point to a positive association between bank size (as measured by the market capitalization) and the level of risk reporting.Originality/valueThe study contributes to a research area that is under‐researched, especially focusing on market risk of banks across countries.
Cogent SSC Ltd: higher apprenticeships – the missing link in the skills system
Authors: Sakhardande Christine 
Published: September 2012

PurposeIn 2011, Cogent SSC Ltd was awarded funding to develop a Higher Apprenticeship in Life Sciences. The purpose of this paper is to outline the Developing Science Professional programme, how it was developed and what will be delivered.Design/methodology/approachInformation presented in the paper is drawn from the organisation's own work in developing a Higher Apprenticeship. It builds on information incorporated in the original bid and how the project is being developed.FindingsResearch undertaken by Cogent highlighted that many employers are looking for work‐ready, fit for purpose employees to take up key scientific roles across their workforce. This suggests there is an appetite for a programme such as Developing Science Professionals which aims to train science technicians to a higher level. The development of the Higher Apprenticeship and potential impact are showcased in this case study.OriginalityThe paper is based on the author's own experience and presents a case study of an apprenticeship programme specific to the author's organisation.
Semta: higher apprenticeship in advanced manufacturing and engineering
Authors: Twigg Bill 
Published: September 2012

PurposeResponding to skills needs in the advanced manufacturing and engineering sector, Semta are in the process of developing a higher apprenticeship (HA) in advanced manufacturing and engineering. The purpose of this paper is to present the motivations behind developing an HA in this area, what the framework will comprise of and how it will be delivered and impact on the sector.Design/methodology/approachInformation presented in the paper is drawn from the organisation's own work in developing an HA. It builds on information incorporated in the original bid and project outline, as well as future development plans.FindingsHigher level skills are vital to the success of advanced manufacturing and engineering (AME) employers, with many articulating a need to move up the value chain to skills at Level 4 and above. In response to this, Semta is leading the collaborative development of a Higher Apprenticeships Framework in Advanced Manufacturing at Levels 4 and 6. The need for a level 5 qualification is also being investigated. Further findings on the impact of the programme will become apparent when the programme is being delivered.Originality/valueThe paper is based on the author's own experience and presents a case study of an apprenticeship programme specific to the author's organisation.
Building a bridge to the professions
Authors: Hamnett Matt , Baker Alexandra 
Published: September 2012

PurposePwC is currently working with a broad cross‐section of employers in the UK to create a new Higher Apprenticeship for the professional services. The purpose of this paper is to explore the environment and drivers for the creation of the new Higher Apprenticeship framework, the work PwC is leading to develop it and the outlook for Higher Apprenticeships in the professions.Design/methodology/approachThe information provided in this case study is drawn from the organisation's own work in creating a new Higher Apprenticeship Framework. It expands on research undertaken by PwC.FindingsCreating a skilled workforce is consistently the number one priority for CEOs worldwide. Whilst graduate recruitment has been the long established route into professions such as accountancy, consulting and law, employers are looking to offer a wider range of different entry routes that enable them to attract and recruit from a broader, more diverse talent pool.Originality/valueEmployers are now playing a more active role in the design and delivery of programmes that will provide them with the pipeline of skilled people they need. The paper highlights how the higher apprenticeship currently in development will respond to these needs and how PwC propose to progress this further.