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The facets of job satisfaction among vice‐principals in elementary schools
Authors: Beycioglu Kadir , Ozer Niyazi , Tayyar Ugurlu Celal 
Published: June 2012

PurposeLiterature on vice‐principals that aims to get a better understanding of their roles, role perceptions in school management, and their attitudes towards school management have revealed that the vice‐principalship is one of the least researched and least discussed. The purpose of this paper is to explore the facets of job satisfaction among Turkish vice‐principals.Design/methodology/approachData were collected via a survey administered to 159 vice‐principals working for elementary schools in a city in the eastern part of Turkey and results were gathered by May 2010. A two‐part survey questionnaire was used to elicit responses from vice‐principals. The instrument consists of 31 items and asks respondents to indicate the extent of their agreement with each of the items on a four‐point Likert scale. In this study items were designed as a five‐point scale. There is a section to collect personal information. It was included together with an item asking for their career orientation.FindingsThe results confirmed that the job satisfaction of vice‐principals had four job facets: “professional commitment”, “sense of synchrony”, “sense of efficacy”, and “level of personal challenge”. The results showed that the facets of “sense of efficacy” and “sense of synchrony” were major sources of job satisfaction, and that the vice‐principals who had any educational administration degree felt themselves more effective and more synchronic. The vice‐principals who did not plan to be a principal felt themselves less effective when coping with work stress and balancing their work and personal lives.Originality/valueThe paper provides a better understanding of vice‐principals’ roles, role perceptions in school management, and their attitudes towards school management, and extends knowledge about the facets of job satisfaction among Turkish vice‐principals.
Critical social sustainability factors in urban conservation
Authors: Kwan Esther Yung Hiu , Wan Edwin Chan Hon 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the critical factors for enhancing social sustainability of the conservation of built heritage projects and to highlight the importance of addressing social sustainability in urban conservation.Design/methodology/approachFirst of all, a list of social sustainability factors is compiled from the international literature and then verified by a panel of experts in the field of heritage conservation and laymen through a pilot study in Hong Kong. Afterwards, through a questionnaire survey carried out in Hong Kong for an urban conservation project, the citizens' responses were obtained and evaluated. Results were derived from factor analysis.FindingsThe results indicated that social considerations should be incorporated for achieving social sustainability in urban heritage conservation. “Educational and local cultural promotion means”, “Meanings of the place”, “Social inclusion and psychological needs” and “Public participation and opportunity for skills development” were found to be the significant underlying factors for enhancing social sustainability of the case study project.Social implicationsThe underlying social factors found in this study can help enhance planning, management and implementation in conservation projects that should promote social well being in society.Originality/valueThe case study provides a valid basis for an interesting analysis on the relevance of the social sustainability aspects to an urban conservation project that also provides insights for other urban conservation projects of a similar nature. The factors identified can form an evaluation framework to measure the social sustainability level of a significant urban conservation and revitalization project in practice.
Export market orientation, managerial ties, and performance
Authors: Chung Henry F.L. 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to provide new insights into the link between export market orientation (EMO) and export performance by examining whether managerial ties act to moderate the relationship. Specifically, the study explores whether the extent to which firms have managerial ties (business and political) alters the ways in which the intelligence generation and dissemination components of export market orientation drive export market responsiveness, and in turn, impact on strategic export performance.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data from 100 New Zealand firms exporting to the European Union are used.FindingsThe key findings indicate that: export market intelligence generation and dissemination have positive associations with responsiveness; the strength of business ties enhances the relationship between export market intelligence generation and responsiveness; the strength of political ties reduces the relationship between export market intelligence dissemination and responsiveness; and export market responsiveness is positively related to strategic export performance.Originality/valueThe study has implications for export marketing managers and researchers with respect to managing EMO levels and the development of managerial ties.
International marketing, strategic orientations and business success
Authors: Cadogan John W. 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to highlight key themes and issues within the strategic orientation research domain that are in need of research attention by international scholars.Design/methodology/approachThe approach taken is an essay format.FindingsThe essay identifies six prime issues in need of attention by scholars interested in examining strategic orientations in the context of international business success. These are the need to: examine the relative merits of adopting strategic orientations in firms’ domestic and international business operations; more carefully match international performance metrics to the theory being developed; develop more theory‐rich conceptual models of the consequences of strategic orientations by considering non‐linear and complex moderated relationships; consider the dimensionality of strategic orientations more closely, potentially viewing the constructs in a variety of disaggregated ways, so as to develop models with greater conceptual precision and managerial relevance; go beyond current methodological boundaries to provide better/more robust tests of theories; and integrate theories regarding individual strategic orientations into meta‐theories that accommodate multiple strategic orientations.Research limitations/implicationsFor each of the six prime research issues identified as being important within the international strategic orientations field, a variety of specific research avenues and research questions are raised and discussed.Originality/valueThe paper provides researchers with insights into potential avenues for conducting research into strategic orientations in the international marketing arena.
Greening of industries for sustainable growth
Authors: Saxena Ravindra P. , Khandelwal Pradeep K. 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to aim in general to understand the perception of industries in India – a fast growing economy, towards green philosophy and to investigate further what initiatives those industries have taken for becoming green.Design/methodology/approachThe study is exploratory in nature and attempts to understand the behaviour of three types of industries, namely, durable, non‐durable and services towards green philosophy.FindingsResults of the study reflect that industries in India, in general have a positive view for practicing green philosophy. They feel becoming green will help them in gaining the competitive advantage and will support them in sustainable growth. Also the industries that have a positive attitude towards greening have taken some measures and initiatives in this direction to establish a sustainable competitive advantage for succeeding in today's highly challenging and dynamic global markets.Research limitations/implicationsThe present exploratory study provides a starting‐point for further research. Researchers can further explore whether industries using green philosophy were able to register a competitive advantage and could gain added market share and profits by becoming green. They can investigate the reason behind this green attitude, whether industries are using green practices for cutting costs in turn to increase their profits or whether they have a genuine concern for environmental protection and society's welfare and therefore adopting green practices in their industry.Originality/valueMost of such studies in the field of green marketing and social economics are done in developed countries and remain conspicuously missing in the context of fast developing Asian countries. This research is a step to filling this gap and providing a platform for further research in this area.
The economics of Rawlsian justice: can it be neoclassical?
Authors: Bradford Wylie 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the compatibility of Rawls's account of justice with neoclassical economic theory, upon which Rawls relies strongly.Design/methodology/approachThis question is approached via a comparison of the implicit account of society and social relations adopted in Rawl's work with that that can be perceived to underly neoclassical economic theory. The purpose of this comparison is to assess how compatible these social visions are.FindingsIt is argued that neoclassical economic theory presupposes a social structure and a social reality that is radically less cooperative than that which underpins Rawls's theory of justice. Rawls presupposes a world in which cooperation is necessary – a specialised world – whereas the equilibrium requirements of neoclassical theory run into severe technical difficulties in such a context, with the result that they are assumed away via a series of theoretical contrivances, along with the role for cooperation that is central to Rawls's theory.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper illustrates clearly the pitfalls associated with uncritical reliance in one discipline on theoretical frameworks imported from another. Where there is debate concerning the fundamental bases of theory, a form of sensitivity analysis must be performed to ensure that the final argument does not demand too much of, or become excessively tied to, the imported framework.Originality/valueThe paper provides the beginnings of such a sensitivity analysis on the Rawlsian project and its relationship to economic theory, and shows that the field is open for a reconstitution of the liberal theory of justice on grounds other than its traditional ally, the exchange paradigm as represented by neoclassical theory.
The impact of trades by traders on asymmetric volatility for Nasdaq‐100 index futures
Authors: Kittiakarasakun Jullavut , Tse Yiuman , Wang George H.K. 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of trades by informed traders and uninformed traders on the asymmetric volatility relation, a stylized fact that has long been puzzling financial economists. Avramov, Chordia, and Goyal's hypothesized that asymmetric volatility, defined as the negative relationship between daily volatility and lagged unexpected return, is governed by the trading dynamics of informed traders and uninformed traders. However, the hypothesis has not been directly tested due to lack of a measure for informed and informed trades. The authors aim to test the hypothesis using a direct measure for informed trades and uninformed trades.Design/methodology/approachThe authors employ the Computer Trade Reconstruction (CTR) data of Nasdaq‐100 index futures for the period of 2002 through 2004. The dataset contains a unique variable distinguishing informed trades and uninformed trades, allowing the authors to directly examine the impact of the trades (i.e. selling activities) on the asymmetric volatility relation.FindingsBased on the Nasdaq‐100 index futures data, the asymmetric volatility relation is driven by the selling activity of uninformed traders, particularly from small‐size trades. These results are only significant during the first half of the period, which is more volatile than the second half. The selling impact of informed traders on the asymmetric volatility relation is at most weak for both subperiods.Research limitations/implicationsWhile risk and returns are important for asset pricing and risk management, most financial researchers consider them from a fundamental perspective. This paper's results suggest that selling activity of uninformed traders can significantly influence asset return and volatility and, hence, deserves more attention from the researchers.Originality/valueThe paper is the first to provide a direct test for Avmarov et al.'s hypothesis and shows that uninformed trades cause the asymmetric volatility. The authors contribute to ongoing discussions of how noise trading behavior can impact asset return and volatility.
Synthesis and solvatochromism of heterocyclic bichromophoric dyes derived from 2‐aminothiazole
Authors: Yen M.S. 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate some novel bis‐hetaryl dyes containing both azo and azo methine chromophores on their molecular structures: two series of different molecular structures of these dyes were synthesised. The spectral characteristics and the relationships between colour and constitution of these dyes in solvents with different polarities were systematically investigated and discussed.Design/methodology/approachA series of novel bichromophoric dyes containing azo and azomethine chromophores were synthesized using two kinds of reaction routes. 2‐amino‐4‐(p‐substituted) phenyl‐thiazole derivatives, which are coupling components, were subjected to diazotisation with aniline derivatives and then to condensation with benzaldehyde derivatives. By exchanging the synthesis route, two series of bichromophoric dyes could be obtained.FindingsThe maximum absorption wavelengths of the obtained dyes would be attributed to the higher bathochromic shift in basic organic solvent with high polarity, such as dimethylformamide, as compared with the solvent with low polarity, such as chloroform.Research limitations/implicationsIn the present study, a series of novel bichromophoric dyes were synthesized by means of two‐step pathway. In addition, the effects of substituent on the primary aromatic amine and on benzaldehyde moieties will also be discussed.Practical implicationsThis novel synthesis method of the thiazole ring would lead to the formation of 2‐amino‐4‐(p‐substituted)phenyl‐thiazole with heteroaromatic coupling component position at C‐5, and consequently would produce the heteroaromatic diazo component at C‐2 for the preparation of the heteroaryl diazo dyes.Originality/valueIn this paper, the bichromophoric dyes obtained by different synthesis routes would indicate that the effect of solvent polarity should be responsible for the bathochromic shifts of the dyes.
Study of anthocyanin stability derived from the fruit pulp of Melastoma malabathricum in a coating system
Authors: Aziz N. , Mat Nor N.A. , Mohd‐Adnan A.F. , Taha R.M. , Arof A.K. 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the stability of anthocyanin colorant with and without ferulic acid (FA) stabilising agent in a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) binder coating system.Design/methodology/approachThe anthocyanin colorant was extracted using methanol acidified with 0.5% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). FA was added to improve thermal stability of the colorant. The FA added colorant was mixed with PVA to develop a coating system. To test the ability of the coating mixture to withstand heat in the liquid state, spectroscopic studies were carried out in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum when the liquid samples had cooled down to room temperature after being heated at 80 and 90°C for 30 minutes. This procedure was repeated six times until a total heating time of 180 minutes has been accomplished. The liquid samples were also coated on glass slides, cured and then stored in different incubators at 30, 40 and 50°C. The visible spectrum was taken everyday for 30 days to study the effect of storage temperature. Spectroscopic results were analysed in terms of intensity rate percentage (IRP).FindingsIn the liquid state, the anthocyanin‐PVA mixture without FA showed lower absorbance compared to the mixture containing FA after heating at 80 and 90°C. This shows that FA can enhance the intensity of absorbance of the liquid coating mixture. The mixtures containing FA show increase in absorbance with increase in heating time. The same results are obtained for the coating on glass substrate where FA containing coatings show increase in IRP with time for all storage temperatures. Coating with 1% FA content showed better enhancement and stability.Research limitations/implicationsThe colour of the untreated samples quickly faded during heating and storage at different temperatures. In this study, the addition of 0.5% and 1% FA stabilised and enhanced the colour intensity at 30, 40 and 50°C. Further improvements may find the mixture suitable as paint or coating materials and as nail varnish.Practical implicationsThe results indicate the possibility of applying the FA stabilised anthocyanin‐PVA, colorant‐binder composition in a coating system.Originality/valueThe use of anthocyanin from M. Malabathricum as a colourant in a coating system or nail varnish is original. Anthocyanin pigments are normally used as colorant in foods.
Educational leadership in a competitive state: a contradiction in terms?
Authors: Moos Lejf 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how important the choice of theoretical perspective is on the analyses of empirical data from a Danish case study.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical bases for the analyses are qualitative, longitudinal case studies of school leadership in the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP). This article discusses and compares analyses from two analytical perspectives. The first is a welfare state perspective, which includes education for democracy and social justice. The second perspective is a competitive state perspective. Here the educational focus is on educating for employability on a labour market.FindingsSchool leaders are seen to comply with most of the demands of the competitive state: e.g. demands for negotiations and effectiveness. Leaders also intended to lead schools and education for democracy and social justice.Originality/valueThe limitations and possibilities are described more clearly than usual. They therefore provide deeper insights into the complexities of school leadership.
Successful secondary principalship in Cyprus
Authors: Pashiardis Petros , Kafa Antonios , Marmara Christiana 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into successful secondary school principals in Cyprus, focusing on identifying their actions and behaviours through the adoption of a systemic view of the quality of leadership in school organizations from multiple stakeholders (i.e. self, parents, students and teachers).Design/methodology/approachThis article is the sequel to another paper on successful principalship which was written about successful primary school principals in Cyprus. A multi‐case study methodology was followed where data were gathered from a wide range of school stakeholders such as the principal, teachers, students and parents employing a common, semi‐structured interview protocol developed specifically for the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP) which was translated into Greek and adopted to Cyprus’ educational context.FindingsThis paper argues that the principals exhibit behaviors and actions such as developing relationships, being committed, being visionary and promoting a collaborative learning environment which, in combination with their passion, devotion and commitment, lead to successful principalship.Originality/valueThe paper offers insights into the implications for principals’ training by informing policies for recruitment and retention leading to the designing of more effective leadership training programs.
LinkAge Plus: lessons for third sector organisations and commissioners
Authors: Harradine Donald , Greenhalgh Kirsten 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe paper aims to explore the relationship between commissioners of service and the third sector arising from research undertaken during aLinkAge Plusproject by comparison to the eight principles of commissioning. It seeks to explore the issues concerning the development of services and the implications in an era of austerity for rapid changes to the implementation of policy nationally in the UK and internationally.Design/methodology/approachThe main methods employed are interview, document analysis and observation. This research re‐evaluates research undertaken for aLinkAge Pluspilot evaluation.FindingsThe framework provided by the eight principles of good commissioning appeared to rely on the premise that the contracts entered into are long‐term in nature, however, where short‐term contracts are entered into the principles appear somewhat unachievable.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper examines the findings arising from oneLinkAge Pluspilot site only, however, the authors contend that the findings offer genuine insights into the relationship between commissioners of services and the third sector, owing to the number of projects undertaken for the scheme.Practical implicationsThe findings offer organisations and policy makers an insight into the issues faced by the third sector when dealing with large commissioners particularly with regards to the rapid change of service provision and short‐term contracts. This has considerable relevance in the changing economic climate and the associated austerity measures being imposed. The paper also fulfils the need for greater empirical work required in the important area of third sector delivery of services.Originality/valueLinkAge Plusoffered a unique opportunity to examine how a commissioner can use third sector organisations to develop services quickly and the associated issues that arise.