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The liability of employers for work stress
Authors: Mustafa Engin 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– Considers the subject of work stress and the potential liability to employers that may arise.

Design/methodology/approach
– Provides details of recent cases from England and Wales that bear upon workplace stress.

Findings
– Explains that, for liability to arise, there needs to be an injury to heath, and this needs to be attributable to stress at work.

Practical implications
– Advances the view that employers can reduce the likelihood of a successful claim as follows: reduce stress in the work environment; give clear written guidance on actions that employees should take if they feel that they are stressed and ensure the message is conveyed with evidence that this is the case; have a confidential help-line that can refer stressed employees to obtain appropriate help; train managers to look out for the signs of stress and act on them; and pay special attention to anyone who has already exhibited signs of stress or had time off work because of stress.

Social implications
– Argues that mental disorders are more difficult to identify than physical ones.

Originality/value
– Claims that the threshold for employer liability remains high. The employee will find it difficult to make a successful claim for workplace stress where the person keeps the fact that he or she is stressed from the employer.
Dialogic group coaching – inspiration from transformative mediation
Authors: Alrø Helle , Dahl Poul Nørgård 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present an approach to group coaching in the workplace that can enhance shared learning in groups and teams through dialogue as opposed to group members’ individual positioning through discussion and debate.

Design/methodology/approach
– An action research project conducted throughout one year in collaboration between the management groups of the Elderly Care in a Danish municipality, two organizational consultants and two researchers from the Department of Communication and Psychology at Aalborg University. The dialogical approach to group coaching is developed in the interaction between dialogue theory and the performance and close analysis of 12 video-taped coaching sessions with four management groups. The development of the dialogic group coaching concept is further supported through common reflections between researchers and groups in initial meetings as well as during the coaching sessions and final interviews, reflections between researchers and groups in initial meetings as well as during the coaching sessions and final interviews.

Findings
– The non-directive approach of dialogic group coaching is inspired by Transformative Mediation. This approach includes a focus on empowerment and recognition within the group in terms of promoting common reflection and learning. This also appears to diminish conflict talk and conflict-based relationships. Further, the dialogic approach emphasizes the importance of a coaching contract to create a common basis for reflection and action, which is found to reduce individual positioning.

Originality/value
– The paper develops a dialogic concept of group coaching in theory and practice, while focusing on the learning processes and development of the participating management groups.
The correct language of cataloguing local publications in East Africa
Authors: State Eliz Nassali , Kigongo-Bukenya Isaac M.N. , Okello-Obura Constant 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine the subject cataloguing of local publications and subject access to local publications.

Design/methodology/approach
– A qualitative approach was used. Methods included interviews, document reviews and observations.

Findings
– Adherence to cataloguing standards takes precedence over subject access. Rarely is a user the focus of choice of the subject term in the process of cataloguing. The terms assigned to local publications are generally too broad and, at times, border on inappropriateness. The situation is exacerbated by a lack of documented cataloguing policies and a waning interest in cataloguing matters from the profession.

Originality/value
– This study is intended to benefit the librarians who provide subject representation to local publications by way of streamlining the process of subject cataloguing, hence, enhancing access to these uniquely held resources. The outcome of this study, hence, will provide insight in the process of cataloguing local publications. In addition, the findings of this study will benefit the teaching of subject cataloguing in library and information science programs. The findings from this study are expected to contribute to the body of library science by enabling a localized view to subject assignation. Ultimately, the significance of the study lies in its contribution to cataloguing education and research, especially with a perspective from Africa.
Exploration of information literacy skills status and impacts on the quality of life of artisans in Lagos, Nigeria
Authors: Ukachi Ngozi Blessing 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of the study is to establish the information literacy skills status, medium for the acquisition of the skills and the impacts on the quality of life of artisans in Lagos, Nigeria.

Design/methodology/approach
– Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted in selecting the sample. First, the purposive sampling technique was adopted in selecting five categories of artisans specialised in creative works such as: hat making, knitting of clothes, fashion designing/tailoring, hair dressing and shoe making. Second, the proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting five artisans, each representing a particular category from the 20 local government areas that make up Lagos State. Hence, the sample size is 100. The instruments for data collection were questionnaire and oral interview. The oral interview was meant to complement the questionnaire, as the researcher observed that some of the artisans communicate better in oral discussions than in written ones. The researcher personally administered the instruments. The oral interview was guided by the interview schedule constructed by the researcher based on the research questions. The questionnaire collection period lasted three weeks. Data collected were analysed using simple percentages and frequency count and presented in tables and figures.

Findings
– The outcome of the study revealed that the artisans’ level of information literacy skills increased following their exploration of technological gadgets such as android and smart-phones which the study had established to be the main means through which they acquire their information literacy skills. Other sources such as the library and training organised by the state government have not benefited them. The result established that the increase in their information literacy skills status has enhanced their quality of life.

Practical implications
– An improvement in the information literacy skills status of artisans could positively impact their quality of life.

Originality/value
– An exploration of the information literacy skills status, medium for the acquisition of the skills and the impacts on the quality of life of artisans in Lagos has not been carried out before now. This study revealed the status as well as the most accessible and appealing medium of information literacy skills acquisition by the artisans. This will help the government and public library management with the knowledge of the information literacy skills’ needs including, formats and media most suitable for this category of people.
Relationship amongst ResearchGate altmetric indicators and Scopus bibliometric indicators
Authors: SHRIVASTAVA RISHABH , Mahajan Preeti 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, the study aims to investigate the relationship between the altmetric indicators from ResearchGate (RG) and the bibliometric indicators from the Scopus database. Second, the study seeks to examine the relationship amongst the RG altmetric indicators themselves. RG is a rich source of altmetric indicators such as Citations, RGScore, Impact Points, Profile Views, Publication Views, etc.

Design/methodology/approach
– For establishing whether RG metrics showed the same results as the established sources of metrics, Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated between the metrics provided by RG and the metrics obtained from Scopus. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were also calculated for the metrics provided by RG. The data were collected by visiting the profile pages of all the members who had an account in RG under the Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India).

Findings
– The study showed that most of the RG metrics showed strong positive correlation with the Scopus metrics, except for RGScore (RG) and Citations (Scopus), which showed moderate positive correlation. It was also found that the RG metrics showed moderate to strong positive correlation amongst each other.

Research limitations/implications
– The limitation of this study is that more and more scientists and researchers may join RG in the future, therefore the data may change. The study focuses on the members who had an account in RG under the Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India). Perhaps further studies can be conducted by increasing the sample size and by taking a different sample size having different characteristics.

Originality/value
– Being an emerging field, not much has been conducted in the area of altmetrics. Very few studies have been conducted on the reach of academic social networks like RG and their validity as sources of altmetric indicators like RGScore, Impact Points, etc. The findings offer insights to the question whether RG can be used as an alternative to traditional sources of bibliometric indicators, especially with reference to a rapidly developing country such as India.
The librarianship portfolio
Authors: Mills Chloe 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to describe the development of a Librarianship Portfolio for the purposes of permanent status evaluation and rank promotion at a small private university with a unionized faculty.

Design/methodology/approach
– The Librarianship Portfolio was conceived and based on teaching portfolios and evaluative documents at other colleges and universities and is also a direct result of collective bargaining negotiations.

Findings
– Interest in outcomes assessment and evaluation is increasing in the educational institutions where academic librarians work. One assessment strategy that has been developed for teaching faculty is the professional teaching portfolio. Librarians have not widely adopted this type of documentation for the purposes of tenure evaluation or work performance assessment.

Practical implications
– Portfolios such as this one can serve as a basis for collecting documentation and highlighting excellence in job performance at other academic libraries, whether or not librarians are faculty or belong to a union.

Originality/value
– The Librarianship Portfolio as described here is a unique creation in job performance evaluation.
Characterization of Human Head Phantom based on its Dielectric Properties for Wideband Microwave Imaging Application
Authors: Md Said Mohd Sollehudin , Seman Norhudah , Jaafar Haliza 
Published: September 2015

Characterization of phantom material based on its electrical properties across 1 to 6 GHz is investigated and presented in purpose for modelling of a human head phantom. This article presents five phantom samples mimicking main head tissues, which are the tissue of grey matter, white matter, cerebral spinal fluid (CSF), blood and skin. The preparation of phantom samples is performed by using common and cheap materials, which are jelly powder, gelatine, water and sugar. The characteristics of materials used are discussed on the composition ratios and electrical properties. The electrical properties of materials are measured using a special dielectric coaxial probe connected to a vector network analyser (VNA). The obtained data is analysed in terms of relative permittivity, and conductivity, for the observation and further discussion on the characterizations. This phantom of the human head tissues later can be applied in the microwave imaging system for a further study on the health monitoring of the human body.
Coastal Erosion Measurement Along Tanjung Lumpur to Cherok Paloh, Pahang During the Northeast Monsoon Season
Authors: Azid Azman , Che Hasnam Che Noraini , Juahir Hafizan , Amran Mohammad Azizi , Toriman Mohd Ekhwan , Kamarudin Mohd Khairul Amri , Mohd Saudi Ahmad Shakir , Gasim Muhammad Barzani , Mustafa Ahmad Dasuki 
Published: September 2015

The map of Tanjung Lumpur to Cherok Paloh from 1996 to 2004 revealed that there were significant changes on coastal profiles. If the problem remains unsolved within 5 to 10 years, the beaches in the area might be fully eroded. The main objective of this study is to measure erosion of the coastline along Tanjung Lumpur to Cherok Paloh, Pahang during the northeast monsoon (December 2013 to February 2014). Transit set and dry sieving method were used for beach profile and grain size characteristics measurement. GRADISTAT v8 program is used for sedimentological analysis. Cluster analysis was used to show the group of higher eroded, medium eroded and lower eroded. The study found that almost all of the beach profiles had increased in length and the beach slopes were steeper; meanwhile the sedimentological analysis indicated that all the stations were dominated by sandy type during the period of study. The action of higher waves, tides and currents were the biggest contribution to erosion during northeast monsoon. From this study, it can be concluded that almost all stations have undergone erosion during the northeast season.
Learning from ERP Implementation: A Case Study of Issues and Challenges in Technology Management
Authors: Nordin Norani , Adegoke Ojeniyi 
Published: September 2015

Purpose: ERP implementation comes with huge business competitive advantages nevertheless it also has its difficulties and challenges. This paper presents the findings of field work and interview conducted on issues and challenges of ERP implementation on small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It proposes implementation strategies at each of the implementation stages for a successful ERP implementation within SMEs. Design/methodology/approach: The study employed both personal interview and observation methods. Findings: The findings revealed that reengineering (organization and infrastructures), top management commitment, funds, skilled manpower, implementation time and data fill-in were the critical issues and challenges faced by SMEs during ERP implementation. Hence, these factors were identifies as ERP implementation successful factors to be considered by SMEs. Also the study proposed three implementation strategies stages which will enhance successful ERP implementation in the SMEs. Originality/value: This study identified funds, skilled manpower and data fill-in as part of critical factors for successful ERP implementation in SMEs. Therefore, the study was used to generate successful implementation strategies for SMEs.
Pattern of Interaction in Online Cooperative Learning: An Analysis of Communication Perspective
Authors: Mohamad Ahmad Muhaimin , Mohd. Yusof Farahwahida , Aris Baharuddin 
Published: September 2015

Communication is one of the generic skills needed by students in preparation for the career path. Cooperative learning supported by web applications has been identified as a strategy that can help students to improve their communication skills. The aim of this study is to identify pattern of interaction in an online cooperative learning (OCoL) that helps the communication skill aspect among students. A Learning Management System which is modified based on the principles of cooperative learning with the learning structure in accordance to the method of investigation group has been developed as a learning platform. It also serves as a data collection instrument. A group of 15 students were randomly selected to carry out six OCoL sessions which implemented using counterbalanced group quasi-experimental design. The results of quantitative and qualitative analysis of the log data showed two patterns of students interaction i.e. structured and unstructured pattern. The differences in pattern of interaction also influence students’ focus on using interaction tools and the quality of discussion produced. The results of this study have implications for the structural design of OCoL that can assist students in communication aspect.
A Review on the Effectiveness of Safety Training Methods for Malaysia Construction Industry
Authors: Goh Pui Teck Alfred , Abdullah @ Mohd Asmoni Mat Naim , Misnan Mohd Saidin , Jaafar Mohd Nadzri , Lee Yim Mei Janice 
Published: September 2015

Safety issues have become a vital issue in the management of facilities in the construction industry, as the labour-intensive construction industry is particularly regarded as one of the most unsafe industrial sectors worldwide. To increase workplace safety, Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training has been introduced and pursued. Based on previous research, training methods range from less to more engaging. This paper has reviewed the research from 2006 to present done on effectiveness of different training methods as the first investigation research was carried out in 2006. The literatures were searched through multiple electronic databases for published peer-reviewed articles. Findings have suggested that both training methods were able to impart safety knowledge and safety awareness to the workers; however, more engaging training methods would be more effective on training outcomes. Nevertheless, it was noted that those research projects did not take into consideration on the multiculturalism issue where language communication problem exist. Hence, this research proposes a mix mode of less and more engaging training methods to be applied in a multi-cultural workplace to enhance the effectiveness of training outcomes. This review may provide information on effective safety training methods to be applied in the multi-cultural construction industry.
Compensation Process for Noise Induced Hearing Loss
Authors: Mazlan Ain Naadia , Yahya Khairulzan 
Published: September 2015

Noise exposure from worksite can cause a lasting effect of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). The effect may vary according to industries with manufacturing and construction industries among heavily affected. However, the total number of compensation cases is still low compared to the affected population of construction industry workers. This might due to inefficient and slow compensation process. This paper aim to evaluate the current compensation process for NIHL, with in-depth discussion about the procedure adopted to find alternative ways to expedite and improve the compensation process involving noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) cases. Although the compensation methodologies is not relatively new, the current practice today still leavesÂ gaps in processing compensation cases efficiently and promptly. In this study, compensation process for NIHL cases were reviewed. Data were collected through articles, regulation and law acts. It was complemented with research visits to social security and insurance providers. The result demonstrates that while the current process adopted is workable, it still inefficient to cater the population of affected.
Hydro Power and Turbine Systems Reviews
Authors: Elbatran A. H. , Abdel-Hamed Mohamed Walid , Yaakob O. B. , M. Ahmed Yasser 
Published: September 2015

Hydropower energy is one of the most suitable and efficient source of renewable energy which depends on more than century of experience for this issue. The power capacity and facility are two criteria required for the classification of hydropower plant. The first one consists of five technologies: dammed reservoir, run of river, pumped storage, in stream technology and new technology gravitational vortex. The other one is classified according to power scale is Large, Small, Mini, Micro and Pico Hydropower. Nowadays most of rural areas in developed and developing countries use the hydropower plant for producing electricity, it is cheap and effective. This paper gives a review of hydropower technologies and turbines; it is focusing on the categories and performance of hydro power systems and the most suitable turbines which can be used.
CFD Validation for Efficient Gravitational Vortex Pool System
Authors: Shabara H. M. , Yaakob O. B. , M. Ahmed Yasser , Elbatran A. H. , S. M. Faddir Muhammad 
Published: September 2015

Mini hydropower plants are expected to have good potential for providing electricity to remote communities. An important part of this economic and clean energy system is the conversion of the low-head potential energy into kinetic energy to drive power turbines. One way of converting the low-head potential energy is using a gravitation vortex pool. This study describes work to optimize the vortex pool to improve energy conversion and hence generate electricity from low water heads of between 0.7 m to 3 m. The commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code ANSYS Fluent was used in this study to investigate the optimum configuration of the vortex pool system by modeling the free surface flow mathematically. In addition, an experimental test rig was set-up to carry out validation of the CFD results. The results of validation prove that ANSYS Fluent is able to model the system correctly.
A Simple Fuzzy Logic Diagnosis System for Control of Internal Combustion Engines
Authors: Javad Nekooei Mohammad , Jaswar Jaswar , Priyanto A. 
Published: September 2015

Fuzzy logic (FL) systems are widely established as a technology offering an alternative system to tackle compound and ill defined problems. They can be trained from examples, are fault tolerant in the sense that they are capable to grip noisy and deficient data, are able to deal with non-linear problems, and once trained can perform prediction and generalization at high speed. in this paper a simple fuzzy logic control has been developed which is used for defining engine system faults and control and maintain them in a normal range without use any complicated mathematical equation and any fault sensor.
Removal of Phenol from Wastewater by Supported Liquid Membrane Process
Authors: Othman Norasikin , Chui Heng Ling , Mohamed Noah Norul Fatiha , Zing Yi Ooi , Jusoh Norela , Nasruddin Nur Alina , Ali Nora’aini , Hamzah Sofiah 
Published: September 2015

Phenol is considered a pollutant in the environment due to its toxicity and carcinogenic effect. Supported liquid membrane (SLM) is a good and promising technology for the removal of phenol from wastewater because it provides maximum driving force for the separation of targeted solute and simultaneous extraction and stripping process which lead to excellent separation. In this research, kerosene and palm oil liquid membranes were used as liquid membrane phase, aqueous phenol as the feed phase and aqueous sodium hydroxide as the stripping phase. Several factors such as feed phase pH, feed phase flow rate and concentration of stripping phase were studied. The results show that the best extraction performance can achieve 35% at pH 4 of feed phase, 150 ml/min feed flow rate and 1.0 M of stripping phase concentration. The result was used to determine the probability of using palm oil as a liquid membrane. In the determination of the potential of using palm oil as the membrane phase, the results show that an equal portion of palm oil and kerosene mixture performed the best extraction with 43% efficiency.