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The impact of point policies on hotel “sleeping” guests: awakening model construction
Authors: Liu Wei , Guo Kaiying , Gao Bo Wendy 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThe conventional customer lifecycle fails to acknowledge the “sleeping” stage between regular patronage and churn, particularly prevalent in the hospitality industry. This study constructs an awakening model to regain “sleeping” guests.Design/methodology/approach342 questionnaires from Macau using partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) were analyzed. The model was compared across different membership levels through multigroup analysis.FindingsThe results indicate that the point policy can awaken “sleeping” guests by influencing their perceived value, regret, and integrated satisfaction with a shorter “sleeping” period. Two path coefficients showed significant differences among basic and elite members.Practical implicationsCompanies with loyalty programs should implement a transitional period before resetting points, leveraging altruistic point policies to awaken “sleeping” guests via direct communication. This strategy mitigates the negative impact of finite point expiration policies, enhancing customer re-engagement and point utilization.Originality/valueOur study focuses on a crucial facet of hotel marketing—customer regain strategies. By identifying customer segments who have not revisited the hotel group for more than twelve months, we confirm the concept of “sleeping” guests. This term offers a nuanced perspective, distinguishing “sleeping” guests from generic lost customers. The “sleeping” guest segment provides valuable insights for enhancing targeted and effective marketing activities in the highly competitive hotel industry.
How Hispanic digital native media combat disinformation? Analysis of their ethical codes
Authors: Chaparro-Domínguez María-Ángeles , Moreno-Gil Victoria , Rodríguez-Martínez Ruth 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
Given the considerable challenges posed by disinformation to both society and journalism, how do news media outlets in Hispanic America and Spain address this pervasive global phenomenon? The purpose of this study is to evaluate the extent to which these outlets embrace recommendations from academic, professional and institutional spheres for countering false contents.

Design/methodology/approach
A qualitative content analysis was used using variables linked to transparency, verification and potential errors incurred. This study comprehensively analyses the ethical codes of 34 digital native outlets spanning 12 Hispanic American countries (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela), as well as Spain.

Findings
The key findings reveal significant variations in adherence to the recommended guidelines. Particularly striking is the disparity between compliance with transparency and verification compared to notably higher adherence to measure aimed at rectifying errors. This exploratory study paves the way for further research on additional countries.

Originality/value
Ethical codes are a fundamental instrument of media accountability. Nevertheless, their utility in the fight against misinformation has barely been addressed. This study is pioneering in the field of disinformation and ethical codes within digital native media outlets in Hispanic America and Spain.
The evolution of Internet of Things (IoT) research in business management: a systematic review of the literature
Authors: Sevak Kunal Yogen , George Babu 
Published: August 2024

PurposeThis paper systematically reviews the evolution of Internet of Things (IoT) research in business and management over the past decade and a half. It synthesizes current knowledge, identifies major themes, gaps, and future opportunities to guide scholars on potential research directions within this exponentially growing domain.Design/methodology/approachA structured systematic literature review methodology filtered IoT publications across business/management journals using Scopus database. Detailed thematic and bibliometric analyses chronologically mapped the progress of peer-reviewed articles from 2005–2023. Both quantitative metrics and qualitative coding inductively revealed historical trends, topics, applications and research implications.FindingsAnalysis uncovered six primary IoT research themes - business models, technology, data, customers, organizations, and sustainability. Dominant focuses were found on technological enablers, business model innovation and customer experience transformations. While technical aspects are well-documented, strategic technology integrations and organizational change management require greater emphasis.Research limitations/implicationsFocus restricted to academic articles published in management journals risks missing relevant papers published in other fields. Screening process involved some subjectivity. Lacks geographic analysis of research contexts. The rapidly evolving nature of technology domain risks findings’ generalizability.Practical implicationsKey enablers and success factors that we identified may support managerial decision making when it comes to IoT adoption.Social implicationsWe discuss advancing IoT innovation through ethics and sustainability lenses and these may help ensure responsible adoption.Originality/valueThis analysis weaves together the extant literature and offers an evidence-based research agenda for management scholars by chronicling the state, evolution, influential factors, and future opportunities within IoT literature. It highlights major thematic shifts and priority gaps to address.
Why not go the usual way? Empowering leadership, employees’ creative deviance and innovation performance
Authors: Li Xianmiao , Cheng Cheng , Yang Shanshan 
Published: August 2024

PurposeBased on social exchange theory and self-determination theory, this study explores the influence mechanism of empowering leadership on employees’ creative deviance and innovation performance.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 312 employees on Internet and other high-tech corporation in China. Hierarchical linear regression models and bootstrapping analysis outlined by Hayes were used to test the hypotheses.FindingsEmpowering leadership is positively correlated with employees’ innovation performance (EIP), and employees’ creative deviance plays an intermediary role in the above relationship. Power distance positively moderates the relationship between empowering leadership and employees’ creative deviance. Time pressure moderates the moderating effect of power distance on empowering leadership and employees’ creative deviance.Originality/valueThis study advances the empowering leadership and employees’ innovation performance by establishing creative deviance as the mediator. This study is also helpful to clarify the role of time press and power distance as boundary condition in the relationship between empowering leadership and employees’ creative deviance, which have certain reference significance for organization practices.
Exploring the barriers to the adoption of environmental economic practices in the construction industry
Authors: Aliu John , Oke Ayodeji Emmanuel , Austin Odia Onoriode , Akanni Prince O. , Leo-Olagbaye Feyisetan , Aigbavboa Clinton 
Published: August 2024

PurposeRecognizing the importance of sustainable development, environmental economic practices have gained significant attention globally as effective measures to mitigate environmental degradation and promote resource conservation. Therefore this study identifies and evaluates the barriers hindering the implementation of environmental economic practices in the Nigerian construction industry.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative research approach, utilizing a well-structured questionnaire, was employed to collect data from construction professionals. The Shapiro-Wilk normality test was utilized to assess the normality of the data, while the Kruskal-Wallis H-test was employed to investigate potential significant differences in opinions among various categories of respondents. Subsequently, exploratory factor analysis was conducted to identify underlying patterns and relationships within the collected data.FindingsThe top five barriers were: prioritization of short-term financial gain over long-term benefits, inefficient and unreliable energy supply systems, inadequate disposal and management of waste, insufficient funding and investment and high costs associated with sustainable construction practices. Furthermore, four critical clusters of barriers were revealed, which are regulatory-related, financial and economic-related, technical and logistical-related and knowledge-related.Practical implicationsThese clusters can guide policymakers, industry professionals and educators in developing tailored strategies to overcome barriers within each specific category, fostering a more holistic and effective approach toward sustainable practices in the construction sector.Originality/valueThe findings of this study were compared with results from similar cases in Iran, China and New Zealand to provide a cross-cultural perspective on challenges faced by different regions. This comparative analysis aims to identify both commonalities and unique factors, contributing to a much deeper understanding of sustainable construction practices on a global scale.
Internet memes and social media marketing: a review of theories
Authors: Kamath Charunayan , Alur Sivakumar 
Published: August 2024

PurposeSeveral businesses have begun to use memes as part of social media marketing. Although memes have been independently explored through various theories, their use in social media marketing has not yet been explored. This study analyzes theories used to study memes and suggests popular marketing theories to do the same for memes in social media marketing.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed a mixed methodology. We used the Scopus database and the SPAR-4 protocol to gather, organize, and evaluate the literature. A bibliometric analysis was performed to understand the themes explored in the literature. Manual content analysis was performed to identify the theories used to elucidate study memes.FindingsWe profiled meme research through a bibliometric analysis. Relevance theory, Rhetoric theory, Theories of humor, Evolutionary theory, and the theory of conceptual blending are the most frequently used theories in meme literature. Furthermore, we found that the marketing theories used to study memes are limited.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study will benefit academia, marketers, and social media managers by offering a comprehensive picture of theories used in meme research. It also suggests new avenues for conducting future research on memes based on identified theories.Originality/valueThis is one of the first known studies to employ both bibliometric and content analyses to review theories in meme literature. Furthermore, we suggest marketing theories and research questions to explain meme marketing.
Experimental studies on dynamic response of piezoelectric based hemispherical resonator gyroscope
Authors: Chabbi Pradnya , Gautam Diplesh , Rao Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar , Yenuganti Sujan 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
This work measures the performance characteristics of a hemispherical resonator gyroscope (HRG) and compares it with a numerical model.

Design/methodology/approach
This work we explore the optical and piezoelectric measurement methods to determine the resonant frequency of HRG. These experimental results are compared with their numerically obtained values. To explore the performance characteristics, the effect of varying actuation voltages on the sense mode displacement and the piezoelectric sensor output was studied in the absence of input angular rate. The structure was then subjected to range of angular rate signals, at a constant actuation voltage and the corresponding sensor response was analysed.

Findings
Experimental values of the resonant frequencies in drive and sense modes are found to be within 8% of the numerical results. The sensor output depicts a quadratic dependency on the applied angular rate, which is synchronous with the governing equations of the HRG. The experimental output is within 12% of that obtained numerically. The sensor is found to resolve upto 0.24 rad/s.

Originality/value
This work presents an in-house developed inexpensive measurement setup for static and dynamic characterization of mesoscale MEMS gyroscopes. The measurement setup can also be modified accordingly for measurement of other MEMS-based devices.
The interplay between stakeholder engagement and sustainability materiality assessment: a circular perspective
Authors: Gromis di Trana Melchior , Fiandrino Simona , Tonelli Alberto , Devalle Alain 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
The study aims to explore the role of stakeholder engagement for the sustainability materiality assessment process.

Design/methodology/approach
The study develops a qualitative research approach based on a single case study. Triangulated data was collected from semi-structured interviews, sustainability reports and archival materials, and was analysed with a combined top-down and bottom-up coding procedure to generate explanatory categories.

Findings
The findings show that stakeholder engagement and sustainability materiality assessment are interconnected. Furthermore, the study highlights a circular perspective facilitated by three iterative mechanisms: sustainability interdisciplinarity, sense of belonging and cultural mindset.

Originality/value
Despite the extensive knowledge of stakeholder engagement regarding the practices and advantages, the understanding of its interplay with sustainability materiality assessment over time remains limited. Consequently, the research analyses the reciprocal relationship between stakeholder engagement and sustainability materiality in a circular way.
Reframing the image of older adults and advocating for their rights: the role of the older people’s association in Ethiopia
Authors: Gebremichael Asadirew Zerihun , Teshome Abraham Zelalem , Kotecho Messay Gebremariam , Adamek Margaret E. 
Published: August 2024

Purpose
Older people in Ethiopia are a vulnerable group due to the lack of governmental and societal support. The absence of national social protection and the decline in family support contributes to older adults’ vulnerability, furthering a climate of ageism. This study aims to explore the role of the Ethiopian Elders and Pensioner's National Association (EEPNA) in reframing the image of older adults and advocating for their rights.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected using multiple approaches: interviews with older adult members of EEPNA (n = 8), a focus group of older members (n = 7) and key informant interviews (n = 3). Narrative data was analyzed using thematic content analysis.

Findings
Findings revealed that EEPNA plays a pivotal role in promoting access to services and advocating for older adults’ rights, offering capacity-building programs, supporting vulnerable older adults to gain access to secure incomes and strengthening the network of older peoples’ associations. Older participants noted that the government had not ratified the National Convention for Older People, creating a considerable challenge to the association’s efforts.

Practical implications
Stakeholders can advocate with and on behalf of older adults to enhance the societal view of older adults in Ethiopia and to promote policies to increase their access to needed resources.

Originality/value
Using a strengths-based approach, this study presents the perspectives of older adult advocates who are fighting to create awareness of the needs of vulnerable older people in Ethiopia and to advance their rights.
Pandemic shock, debt maturity structure and corporate performance
Authors: Wang Zhenshan , Feng Dandan , Li Chengcheng 
Published: August 2024

AbstractWe quantify the magnitude of COVID‐19 pandemic shocks based on a unique data set that describes the number of risk days for the urban areas in China, and empirically examine the mitigating effect of the firm debt maturity structure on its pandemic shocks. We find that extending debt maturity can mitigate the negative impacts of the pandemic and contribute to firms' performance improvement. We further show that a longer debt maturity helps a firm to mitigate the maturity mismatch, to reduce debt financing costs, as well as to alleviate liquidity pressures. In addition, the mitigating effect of debt maturity on the shock is more significant among firms with a higher level of financial constraints and growth. Our study highlights the role of capital structure characteristics in withstanding external shocks.
Non‐executive directors and corporate risk‐taking: Evidence from China
Authors: Zhang Siyu , Lu Chao 
Published: August 2024

AbstractThis study empirically examines the relationship between non‐executive directors and corporate risk‐taking. The findings show that non‐executive directors could significantly improve the risk‐taking level of corporations. Non‐executive directors reduce corporate agency costs and alleviate financing constraints, thus promoting a corporation's risk‐taking level. Further research shows that the positive impact of non‐executive directors on corporate risk‐taking is weakened by being state‐owned, higher executive incentives, better external supervision, higher ownership concentration, higher management age and greater uncertainty in the external environment. Additionally, non‐executive directors appointed by both controlling and non‐controlling shareholders play a positive role in promoting corporate risk‐taking.
Linking demography and food consumption to project population growth and damage potential of Spodoptera frugiperda in India
Authors: Sharma Shubham , Sharma Prem Lal , Verma Subhash Chander , Sharma Deepika , Devi Manju , Sharma Nidhi , Sharma Priyanka , Thakur Shikha , Sharma Prajjval 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), identified as an invasive pest worldwide, has severely threatened agricultural production and food security in India. To formulate eco‐friendly integrated pest management strategies for S. frugiperda in its new invasive habitat, the basic knowledge about demographic parameters and damage potential of this pest is crucial. The effects of five host crops viz. maize (Zea mays L.), popcorn (Zea mays everta Sturt), sweet corn (Zea mays saccharata Sturt), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.)) and soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) on the development and food consumption of S. frugiperda were examined. Population projection curves based on life table and consumption rates were drawn on different hosts using computer simulation.
The pre‐adult development of S. frugiperda was fastest on popcorn (28.02 days), maize (28.04 days) and sweet corn (28.31 days) but slowest on soybean (34.83 days). The highest net reproductive rate, intrinsic rate of increase and finite rate of increase were observed on maize. The feeding potential of S. frugiperda was also highest on maize. The maximum consumption of the sixth larval instar was observed on maize (19470.47 mm2) while lowest on soybean (9033.67 mm2). In the simulation period of 90 days, the fastest growth of S. frugiperda was expected on maize, popcorn and sweet corn while the slowest on soybean.
High larval and pupal survival recorded on the non‐maize hosts (sorghum and soybean) reflects that fall armyworm could be an obstacle in their production as well as in the success of maize‐soybean intercropping system. Simulations based on age‐stage, two‐sex life table could be helpful in predicting the most appropriate time for the pesticide application as well as augmentative releases of egg and larval parasitoids for the control of fall armyworm.
A 12‐month retrospective cohort study investigating the incidence and short‐term outcomes of e‐scooter injuries in regional Western Australia
Authors: Briotti Joshua , Sexton Luke , Robson John , Nasim Sana 
Published: August 2024

AbstractBackgroundThe rise in popularity of ride share e‐scooters has led to an increase in the number of e‐scooter injuries, with existing literature reporting increases in rates of admission by more than 350%. In April 2023, the Broome Shire signed a contract to provide 300 e‐scooters as part of a shared micro mobility platform. This study aimed to describe the demographics, clinical presentation and health system utilization of patients presenting with e‐scooter‐related injuries at Broome Regional Hospital (BRH).MethodsA retrospective cohort study examined all e‐scooter‐related injuries presenting to BRH between April 1st 2023 and April 30th 2024. Patients with e‐scooter injuries described in their Emergency Department (ED) electronic triage records were included. Data was collected from chart review.ResultsA total of 190 patients were identified as having sustained an e‐scooter injuries over the 12‐month trial period. The median age was 26 years with equal numbers of males and females. Most injuries occurred between 6 pm and 12 am (28%) with 53% of patients reporting being intoxicated, while 75% were not wearing a helmet. Almost all patients (80%) were managed in the emergency department because of the low severity of their injuries. Of the remaining patients, 22 were admitted, with 16 transferred for tertiary‐level operative management.ConclusionThe introduction of e‐scooters for shared micromobility represents a new cause of trauma related presentations to BRH. Our study's results have raised awareness regarding the incidence and severity of electric scooter injuries in Broome.