bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Employee value congruence and job attitudes: the role of occupational status
Authors: Ren Ting , Hamann Darla J. 
Published: May 2015

Purpose– Extant research has shown the positive effects of value congruence on individual attitudes, behaviors and performance. However, very few studies have been conducted to examine the difference in the relationship between value congruence and attitudinal outcomes across people of different attributes. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the relationships between employee-organization value congruence and job attitudes vary across different occupational groups, with the focus on different levels of nurses. The study provides evidence to organizations to adopt better approaches to harness the benefit from employees’ spontaneous work motivation.Design/methodology/approach– Nursing homes provide a unique research context because of the different nursing occupations with varying degree of identifying characteristics including educational attainment, skill level, income and decision-making power. The present study thus examines how the relationships between nurses-home value congruence and nurses’ job attitudes vary across different nursing occupations, instrumented by a survey of nursing staff of nursing homes in a Midwestern state in the USA.Findings– Consistent with prior research, value congruence is found positively associated with nurses’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment, but negatively with turnover intention. Consistent with the “diminishing marginal effect” argument, the relationships between value congruence and job satisfaction and organizational commitment are found more pronounced among nurses of lower occupational level.Originality/value– The extant literature does not explicitly compare the effect of within-occupation value congruence on various attitudinal and behavioral outcomes across different occupations. As values have individual and social foundations, in a specific workplace context, it is impractical, if not impossible, to gain a comprehensive view of employees’ value profile and work-related consequences without looking further into the differences across types of employee. Although without sufficient existing literature to compare to, the present study does provide consistent results with theoretical predictions, and display a relatively clear picture of how the relationships between value congruence and job attitudes are unwrapped along the occupational dimension.
Impact of transformational leadership on subordinate’s EI and work performance
Authors: Chen Angela Shin-yih , Bian Min-dau , Hou Yu-Hsiang 
Published: May 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship among emotional intelligence (EI), perceived transformational leadership (TFL) and work performance.

Design/methodology/approach
– Data were collected from a military-based research and development institution. In all, 202 copies of questionnaires were returned, resulting a 67.3 percent return rate. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test this theoretical model.

Findings
– The data indicated that EI had a positive relationship with work performance; meanwhile, perceived leader’s TFL positively moderated the relationship between subordinate’s EI and work performance.

Research limitations/implications
– First, this study increased the understanding of the relationship of EI and work performance in a non-western culture context and therefore confirming the benefit of EI on a positive work psychology. Also, the findings helped the researchers to understand how situational factors, such as leadership, interact with individual factors, such as EI, to produce a positive impact on work output.

Originality/value
– Unlike previous studies connecting leaders’ EI with their leadership behaviors and subsequent effect on work outcomes, the present study looked into the moderating role of leader’s TFL on the relationship between subordinate’s EI and work performance.
Is cortisol as a biomarker of stress influenced by the interplay of work-family conflict, work-family balance and resilience?
Authors: Krisor Susanna Maria , Diebig Mathias , Rowold Jens 
Published: May 2015

Purpose
– The demands of balancing work and family roles are associated with stress experiences. Stress increases if work impinges too far on what is required from one’s family while a balance between these demands tends to decreases stress. The purpose of this paper is to investigate resiliencefor the extent to which it can predict both work-family conflict (WFC) and balance (WFB). Moreover, cortisol levels will be used as a physiological indicator of stress.

Design/methodology/approach
– Totally, 35 employed parents with children up to the age of six took part in the study. Salivary cortisol was collected three times a day.

Findings
– Results show that cortisol levels are related to internal as well as external WFCs while WFB is not significantly linked with cortisol. Resilience has a beneficial influence on the mean cortisol level. Moreover, resilience is also advantageous for the work-family interplay, especially WFB.

Practical implications
– The study concludes with suggestions for further research and advises that organizational and individual health promoting activities should seek to implement WFB as well as resilience strategies.

Originality/value
– For the first time, the aim is to assess whether work-family interplay and resilience are associated with an objective biomarker of stress, namely cortisol.
Employee participation and engagement in working for the environment
Authors: Benn Suzanne , Teo Stephen T.T. , Martin Andrew 
Published: May 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of specific human resource management (HRM) practices in the implementation of environmental initiatives in terms of their impact on employee attitudes to the organization and to its environmental programme.Design/methodology/approach– The study used a mixed method approach comprising a survey of 675 employees and 16 semi-structured interviews undertaken across two organizations.Findings– Survey data, analysed using path analysis, showed that participation in environmental initiatives is directly associated with higher levels of employee engagement with the organization, higher rating of their organization’s environmental performance, and lower intention to quit. The qualitative study supports the quantitative data, also highlighting other aspects of environmental initiatives that may affect employee attitudes.Research limitations/implications– Future study should either collect longitudinal data or rely on data collected from two waves of data collection. Objective performance data should also be collected in order to better understand the causal effect of HRM on environmental performance.Practical implications– Our findings have implications for the business case for sustainability, providing some evidence that implementing environmental initiatives with HRM support may not only motivate staff around environmental programmes but may provide wider benefits for organizations in terms of overall job satisfaction and employee retention.Social implications– Successful implementation of environmental management initiatives have both organizational and employee level outcomes. Employees who were more aligned with their organizational environmental objectives were found to be more engaged and less likely to quit.Originality/value– This study provided both quantitative and qualitative empirical evidence to support the importance of integrating the HRM function into the implementation of environmental initiatives.
Overqualification, mismatched qualification, and hiring decisions
Authors: Kulkarni Mukta , Lengnick-Hall Mark L. , Martinez Patricia G. 
Published: May 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine how employers define overqualification and mismatched qualification and whether they are willing to hire applicants whose educational and work experience credentials do not match job requirements.

Design/methodology/approach
– This paper draws from qualitative interview data from 24 hiring managers across a wide range of US public sector and private industries. Data were analyzed and coded to identify themes related to managers’ perceptions of overqualification, matched, and mismatched qualification, and how these were related to selection decisions. A typology is proposed for categorizing applicant qualification levels and their potential human resource outcomes such as hiring decisions.

Findings
– Hiring managers report that they are willing to interview and hire individuals whose education or experience exceed a job’s requirements as well as applicants with less than required education, but only if they possess sufficient compensatory experience.

Research limitations/implications
– Findings may not apply to industries where minimum educational levels are essential or to small organizations with few opportunities for career advancement.

Social implications
– Given current unemployment and underemployment levels, the findings can inform the job search strategies of job seekers. Overqualified applicants should not refrain from applying to job openings, particularly in organizations with opportunities for advancement and where education is considered an asset. Additionally, applicants should reveal their motivations for pursing positions that are intentional mismatches.

Originality/value
– In contrast to previous studies conducted during periods of lower unemployment and underemployment, these data include managers’ perceptions of overqualification in a recession and post-recession job market context and thus are especially relevant to today’s employment context. The proposed typology distinguishes between categorizations of qualified, overqualified, and underqualified, and helps refine studies aimed at selection decisions.
Organizational/occupational commitment and organizational/occupational turnover intentions
Authors: Yousaf Amna , Sanders Karin , Abbas Qaisar 
Published: May 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to draw meaningful relationship between two foci of commitment (i.e. affective organizational and affective occupational) and two types of turnover intentions (i.e. organizational and occupational turnover intention).Design/methodology/approach– Using random sampling approach, the authors collected data from both academic and support staff of a Dutch university. An online questionnaire was developed and sent through electronic mail to 752 of the total employees. A total of 153 employees responded; yielding approximately 21 percent response rate.Findings– The results revealed that affective organizational commitment and affective occupational commitment were positively related to each other. Affective organizational commitment was negatively related to organizational turnover intention and this relationship was buffered by affective occupational commitment. Affective occupational commitment was negatively related both to occupational and organizational turnover intention. Last study hypothesis, however, could not gain support as affective organizational commitment did not moderate the affective occupational commitment-occupational turnover intention relationship.Research limitations/implications– Theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed in the end.Originality/value– The study poses some valuable contributions to the existing body of literature by exhibiting the role affective occupational commitment in the models of organizational turnover intention and that of affective organizational commitment in occupational turnover intention models which has been over looked so far.
Does the financial crisis influence the month and the trading month effects?
Authors: Vasileiou Evangelos , Samitas Aristeidis 
Published: May 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to examine the month and the trading month effects under changing financial trends. The Greek stock market was chosen to implement the authors' assumptions because during the period 2002-2012, there were clear and long-term periods of financial growth and recession. Thus, the authors examine whether the financial trends influence not only the Greek stock market’s returns, but also its anomalies.

Design/methodology/approach
– Daily financial data from the Athens Exchange General Index for the period 2002-2012 are used. The sample is separated into two sub-periods: the financial growth sub-period (2002-2007), and the financial recession sub-period (2008-2012). Several linear and non-linear models were applied to find which is the most appropriate, and the results suggested that the T-GARCH model better fits the sample.

Findings
– The empirical results show that changing economic and financial conditions influence the calendar effects. The trading month effect, especially, completely changes in each fortnight following the financial trend. Regarding the January effect, which is the most popular month effect, the results confirm its existence during the growth period, but during the recession period, we find that it fades. Therefore, by examining the aforementioned calendar effects in different periods, different conclusions may be reached, perhaps because the financial trends’ influence is ignored.

Research limitations/implications
– The empirical results confirm the authors' assumption that a possible explanation for the controversial empirical findings regarding the calendar anomalies may be the different financial trends. However, these are some primary results that are confirmed only for the Greek case. Further empirical research for deeper stock markets and/or a group of countries may be useful to reach conclusions regarding the financial trends’ influence on the calendar anomalies patterns.

Practical implications
– The findings are helpful to anyone who invests and deals with the Greek stock market. Moreover, they may pave the way for an alternative calendar anomalies research approach, proving useful for investors who take these anomalies into account when they plan their investment strategy.

Originality/value
– This paper contributes to the literature by presenting an alternative methodological approach regarding the calendar anomalies study and a new explanation for the calendar effects existence/fade through time by examining the calendar anomalies patterns under a changing economic environment and financial trends.
Implementing person centred dementia care: a musical intervention
Authors: Argyle Elaine , Kelly Tony 
Published: May 2015

Purpose
– Recent years have seen the advocacy of person-centred approaches to dementia care. An important component of this approach has been the use of arts in the promotion of health and well-being. However, relatively little attention has been given to the barriers and facilitators experienced in trying to implement these types of interventions in a dementia care setting. It is therefore, the purpose of this paper is to help to redress this neglect by examining the process of implementing a personalised musical intervention for the clients of a specialist dementia home care service.

Design/methodology/approach
– Drawing on interviews with five project stakeholders, the paper examines, not only the potential benefits to be gained from the musical intervention but also identifies the barriers experienced in its implementation and ways in which they could be overcome.

Findings
– It was found that although the musical intervention had a potentially positive impact, there were multi-levelled barriers to its implementation including issues of training, leadership as well as contextual issues such as commissioning and resourcing more generally.

Originality/value
– The key role played by these issues in the process of implementation suggests that practice should transcend its focus on individual wellbeing and address the wider factors that can facilitate or prevent its fulfilment. While the multi-levelled nature of the obstacles identified suggest that the implementation of innovative interventions within health and social care settings should adopt a similarly eclectic approach.
Novel FLG null mutations in Korean patients with atopic dermatitis and comparison of the mutational spectra in Asian populations
Authors: Park Joonhong , Jekarl Dong Wook , Kim Yonggoo , Kim Jiyeon , Kim Myungshin , Park Young Min 
Published: May 2015

AbstractFilaggrin is essential for the development of the skin barrier. Mutations in the gene encoding filaggrin have been identified as major predisposing factors for atopic disorders. Molecular analysis of the FLG gene in this study showed nine null and one unclassified mutation in 13 of 81 Korean patients with atopic dermatitis (AD): five novel null mutations (i.e. p.S1405*, c.5671_5672delinsTA, p.W1947*, p.G2025* and p.E3070*); four reported null mutations (i.e. c.3321delA, p.S1515*, p.S3296* and p.K4022*); and one unclassified mutation (i.e. c.306delAAAGCACAG). These variants are nonsense, premature termination codon or in‐frame deletion expected to cause loss‐of‐function of FLG. Genotype–phenotype correlation is not obvious in Korean AD patients with FLG null mutations. According to a review of the mutational spectra of the FLG gene in the Asian populations, FLG null mutations appeared to be unique in each population but some mutations such as p.R501*, c.3321delA, p.S1515*, p.S3296* and p.K4022* were commonly found in at least two of the selected Asian populations including Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Singaporean Chinese or Taiwanese. Further investigations on a larger group of Korean AD would be necessary to elucidate its clinical pathogenesis and mutational spectrum related to specific FLG null mutations for AD.
A Potential Use of 3‐D Scanning to Evaluate the Chemical Composition of Pork Meat
Authors: Adamczak Lech , Chmiel Marta , Florowski Tomasz , Pietrzak Dorota , Witkowski Marcin , Barczak Tomasz 
Published: May 2015

AbstractThe aim of this study was to determine the possibility of 3‐D scanning method in chemical composition evaluation of pork meat. The sampling material comprised neck muscles (1000 g each) obtained from 20 pork carcasses. The volumetric estimation process of the elements was conducted on the basis of point cloud collected using 3‐D scanner. Knowing the weight of neck muscles, their density was calculated which was subsequently correlated with the content of basic chemical components of the pork meat (water, protein and fat content, determined by standard methods). The significant correlations (P ≤ 0.05) between meat density and water (r = 0.5213), protein (r = 0.5887), and fat (r = −0.6601) content were obtained. Based on the obtained results it seems likely to employ the 3‐D scanning method to compute the meat chemical composition.
The Use of a Video Laryngoscope by Emergency Medicine Residents Is Associated With a Reduction in Esophageal Intubations in the Emergency Department
Authors: Sakles John C. , Javedani Parisa P. , Chase Eric , Garst‐Orozco Jessica , Guillen‐Rodriguez Jose M. , Stolz Uwe 
Published: May 2015

AbstractObjectivesThe purpose of this investigation was to compare the incidence of esophageal intubations (EIs) when emergency medicine (EM) residents used a direct laryngoscope (DL) versus a video laryngoscope (VL) for intubation attempts in the emergency department (ED).MethodsProspectively collected continuous quality improvement data on tracheal intubations performed byEMresidents in an academicEDover a 6‐year period were retrospectively analyzed. Following each intubation,EMresidents completed a data form with patient, intubation, and operator characteristics. Data collected included the method of intubation, drugs used, device(s) used, number of attempts, outcome of each attempt, occurrence ofEIs, and occurrence of adverse events (hypoxemia, aspiration, dysrhythmia, hypotension, and cardiac arrest). The incidence ofEIwas compared between intubation attempts with aDLand with aVL(GlideScope®or C‐MAC®). Propensity score matching and conditional logistic regression were used to analyze the association between the intubation device (DLvs.VL) andEI.ResultsOver the 6‐year period, 2,677 patients underwent 3,425 intubation attempts byEMresidents with a DL or a VL. ADLwas used in 1,530 attempts (44.7%) and aVLwas used in 1,895 attempts (55.3%). There were 96 recognizedEIs (2.8%). The incidence ofEIwhen using aDLwas 78 of 1,530 attempts (5.1%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 4.1% to 6.3%) and when using aVLwas 18 of 1,895 attempts (1.0%; 95%CI = 0.6% to 1.5%). Based on the propensity score matched analysis, the odds ratio for the occurrence of anEIforDLversusVLwas 6.9 (95%CI = 3.3 to 14.4). Patients who had inadvertentEIs had a higher incidence of adverse events (49.5%; 95%CI = 38.9% to 60.0%) than patients in whichEIdid not occur (19.8%; 95%CI = 18.3% to 21.4%).ConclusionsThe use of aVLbyEMresidents during an intubation attempt in theEDwas associated with significantly fewerEIs compared to when aDLwas used. Patients who had inadvertentEIs had significantly more adverse events than those who did not haveEIs.EMresidency training programs should consider usingVLs forEDintubations to maximize patient safety whenEMresidents are performing intubation.
Association Between Male Sex and Increased Mortality After Falls
Authors: Nakada Taka‐aki , Nakao Shota , Mizushima Yasuaki , Matsuoka Tetsuya 
Published: May 2015

AbstractObjectivesWhether sex affects the mortality of trauma patients remains unknown. The hypothesis of this study was that sex was associated with altered mortality rates in trauma.MethodsA retrospective review of trauma patients’ records in the Japan Trauma Data Bank was conducted (n = 80,813) from 185 major emergency hospitals across Japan. The primary outcome variable was in‐hospital mortality within 28 days. Secondary outcome variables included serious injuries to different body regions with an Abbreviated Injury Scale of ≥3.ResultsIn the analysis of 80,813 trauma patients, males had significantly greater 28‐day mortality compared to females (adjusted p = 0.0072, odds ratio [OR] = 1.14, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.06 to 1.23) via logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, mechanism, Injury Severity Score, Revised Trauma Score, and potential preexisting risk factors. Of 10 injury categories examined, sex significantly affected in‐hospital 28‐day mortality rate in falls (adjusted p < 0.0001, OR = 1.34, 95% CI = 1.19 to 1.52). Further analysis of three fall subcategories by falling distance revealed that male patients who fell from ground level had significantly higher 28‐day mortality (adjusted p < 0.0001, OR = 1.75, 95% CI = 1.43 to 2.14) and a significantly greater frequency of serious injury to the head, thorax, abdomen, and spine, but a lower frequency of serious injury to the extremities, compared to female patients.ConclusionsCompared to female trauma patients, male trauma patients had greater 28‐day mortality. In particular, ground‐level falls had a significant sex difference in mortality, with serious injury to different body regions. Sex differences appeared to be important for fatalities from ground‐level falls.