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Disentangling organizational support construct
Authors: Simosi Maria 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the differential role that organizational support (perceived organizational support (POS)), supervisory support (perceived supervisory support (PSS)) and colleague support (perceived colleague support (PCS)) – as perceived by newcomers – play in the transfer of the latter's training as well as the development of affective and normative commitment towards their work organization.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 251 new hires, a series of regression analyses was conducted to test direct and moderating effects.FindingsFindings showed that all three forms of organizational support examined had independent and direct effects on the dependent variables. Only perceived peer support did not add incrementally to the prediction of normative commitment when the other two support sources entered the equation. Further, the results supported the role of POS as a moderator in the supervisor support‐training transfer relationship as well as its role as a moderator in the colleague support‐affective commitment relationship. Specifically, high POS was found to strengthen the PSS‐training transfer and PCS‐affective commitment relationships, while low POS weakened these relationships.Research limitations/implicationsSince data are based on self‐reports, common method bias may have inflated the relationships among the variables. The paper contributes to both research and practice by providing support for the distinction between the three forms of organizational support.Practical implicationsThe paper contributes to both research and practice by providing support for the distinction between the three forms of organizational support.Originality/valueThis investigation extends previous research by demonstrating the existence of the moderating effect of POS on the relationship between PSS and newcomers' training transfer, and between PCS and newcomers' development of affective commitment towards their work organization.
International political economy reference sources: an annotated bibliography
Authors: Schwitzner Ted , Kahl Chad M. 
Published: April 2012

PurposeInternational political economy is an emerging yet specialized field that combines political analysis with the study of markets, trade, and development. With the global economy having an interdependent effect on politics, environment, and society, and with several major economic events of the last 20 years, the authors perceived a need to provide a guide to the sources in this field. This paper seeks to address this issue.Design/methodology/approachThe authors identified resources using WorldCat and standard reference sources, such as American Library Association's Guide to Reference Books; the annual American Libraries’ “Outstanding Reference Sources” articles; American Reference Books Annual (ARBA) volumes; Booklist's Editor's Choices articles; and Choice's “Outstanding Academic Titles”. Sources were selected from 2000 to the present, concomitant with development of the global economy in the twenty‐first century.FindingsThis guide contains reference works and internet resources that include or provide access to primary source documentation and statistical studies and tables, as well as handbooks, guides, encyclopedias and dictionaries that place the field in context.Research limitations/implicationsGiven the interdisciplinary nature of the field, focus was placed on sources that emphasize the core focus of international political economy. Related fields of study, including globalization, development, environmentalism and social movements, were largely excluded.Originality/valueThe authors found no other comprehensive bibliographies containing reference, primary and statistical sources that cover the field in its breadth during this time period.
Dungeons and downloads: collecting tabletop fantasy role‐playing games in the age of downloadable PDFs
Authors: Sich Dan 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to provide libraries with collections advice regarding fantasy role‐playing games.Design/methodology/approachCurrent and emerging publication and sales models of pencil and paper, tabletop fantasy role‐playing games are explored. Details of print, print‐on‐demand, free and purchasable downloads, and subscription‐based options for major fantasy role‐playing games and alternatives are provided.FindingsMany options are available to libraries wishing to provide support for fantasy role‐playing game programming. While an overwhelming quantity of publications are often available for purchase, usually only a bare minimum is required to run a role‐playing game. Free or modestly priced options are available for libraries on a shoestring budget. Libraries interested in supporting fantasy role‐playing game programming with collections need not spend much. Spending less on collections requires a greater amount of imagination, socializing, creativity, collaboration and literacy on the part of program participants.Originality/valueMany libraries are interested in supporting fantasy role‐playing games with collections, but do not know where to start. While much is being written about gaming in libraries, little has been written to help libraries navigate current role‐playing game book publication and sales models.
Poets House Showcase: selected titles 2011
Authors: Harris Reginald , Bartlett Byron 
Published: April 2012

PurposePoets House, a poetry special collection in New York, hosts an annual exhibit of the preceding year's poetry publications in the USA. This paper aims to offer a selection of recommended titles that reflect the range of poetry titles including single‐author works, anthologies, and prose about poetry.Design/methodology/approachThe paper researched and requested donations of 2010‐2011 poetry titles from US poetry publishers to assemble and display a comprehensive collection of poetry publications, from which a selection of 50 titles was made. The selections should appeal to a range of poetry readers, from novices and students to poets looking to access the latest work from their peers.FindingsOver 2,500 poetry titles were published and/or available to readers in the USA between June 2010 and June 2011. These titles range from mainstream publishers to independent presses to artists' collectives publishing works from established poets as well as emerging and international poets.Research limitations/implicationsWithout a budget for collection development, the exhibit and resulting titles represent those which publishers have opted to donate to the library. Every effort is made to be all‐inclusive, with the understanding that publishers may send only a selection of their list. The selected titles herein are based on the titles received for the exhibition.Practical implicationsFor 19 years Poets House's annual Showcase has been the main collection‐development tool. Publishers donate copies of their titles, which are arranged by publisher for a month‐long exhibition. This approach enriches the poetry special collection, a unique poetry library built on community participation. The all‐inclusive collection‐development approach results in a full representation of poetry publishing.Originality/valueA selection made from a comprehensive collection of the year's poetry titles offers a sample of poetry publishing from large to small presses and the self‐published in the USA.
Implementation of an ICT‐based learning environment in a nutrition health project
Authors: Räihä Teija , Tossavainen Kerttu , Enkenberg Jorma , Turunen Hannele 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to investigate the views of school staff on a nutrition health project implemented via an ICT‐based learning environment in a secondary school (7th to 9th grades).Design/methodology/approachThe study was a part of the wider European Network for Health Promoting Schools programme (ENHPS; since 2008, Schools for Health in Europe SHE) in Finland, and particularly its sub‐project, From Puijo to the World with Health Lunch, which sought to renew secondary schools' nutrition health education by developing and utilising an ICT‐based learning environment using participatory action research. The data were collected by means of recall interviews conducted with 12 teachers, two school health nurses and two school catering managers after the nutrition health project ended. The data were analysed with qualitative content analysis using Atlas.ti software.FindingsThe findings regarding the views of the school staff – teachers, school health nurses and school catering managers – on the nutrition health project implemented via an ICT‐based learning environment at the end of the three‐year educational development project revealed five main categories: the basis of multidisciplinary education in nutrition health, motivation to lifelong nutrition health learning, school community support of nutrition health activities, operational ICT culture in the nutrition health project and ICT for the nutrition health project process.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample of school staff consisted of two secondary schools in Eastern Finland, and the results cannot be generalised widely due to the small, geographically defined sample. However, the results are suggestive for other schools elsewhere in Finland.Originality/valueDevelopment of a nutrition health project via an ICT‐based learning environment as a project involves the entire school staff and all the pupils. It also enables renewing of the nutrition health curriculum. Pupils use ICT in their everyday activities, thus the school staffs have to manage and update their knowledge and skills in ICT and new action environments to promote pupils' nutrition health learning today and in the future.
Commentary on “Does he have sugar in his tea?”
Authors: Heslop Pauline , Marriott Anna , Fleming Peter , Hoghton Matt , Russ Lesley 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThis paper seeks to provide a commentary on the previous paper in this issue “Does he have sugar in his tea? Communication between people with learning disabilities, their carers and hospital staff”.Design/methodology/approachThis commentary outlines some “reasonable adjustments” for people with learning disabilities in primary and secondary care.FindingsThe paper finds that there is a potential for Hospital Passport‐type documents to provide a better link between individuals and primary and secondary healthcare services.Originality/valueThe paper suggests that one way of helping to improve outcomes for people with learning disabilities would be to work more creatively across traditional boundaries.
In celebration: living a life through Positive Behaviour Support
Authors: Shephard John 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a narrative account of one person's experience of Positive Behaviour Support, against a backdrop of serial placement breakdowns.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reflects on the human stories that lie behind the evidence base and presents one such story.FindingsThe paper proposes that such stories are as important as the evidence that is gathered around them, and have the power to challenge and to inspire.Originality/valueThis paper is celebratory, rather than analytic. It presents a life being lived and attempts to capture the virtues of its ordinariness.
Participatory research with men with learning disability: informed consent
Authors: Cook Tina , Inglis Pamela 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is: to add to current understandings of how people with learning disability make informed choices in relation to participation in research; and to highlight both the competencies of people with learning disability in relation to participation in research and the impact of their involvement on the quality of that research.Design/methodology/approachA participatory/collaborative approach, designed to engage participants in both developing processes for data generation and participating in the analysis of that data, was employed.FindingsThe complexities of research and the implications of participation were poorly understood. Collaborative, recursive approaches are important for developing understanding. Participation in the research approach by people with learning disabilities enabled the generation of new understandings.Research limitations/implicationsThe small sample size means the collaborative, recursive approach, whilst researched in depth, has not been widely generalised. Whilst there have been some difficulties in taking this forward at the study site, a second phase with another 6 men with learning disability has been carried out. Four of the men from the original study acted as co‐facilitators. Although it was not formally evaluated it was considered to be a helpful way of raising issues in relation to participation in research.Practical implicationsThere needs to be more careful consideration of the broader issues behind informed consent. A recursive approach to developing informed choice (rather than a single engagement) needs to be embedded in practice. Peer to peer collaboration should be recognised as an approach to developing informed choice about participation.Originality/valueThis paper will be of value to people researching with people with learning disability. It demonstrates that, given appropriate opportunities, people with learning disability can understand some of the more complex concepts in relation to participation in research and so should be involved. It offers clear insights about how this may be achieved and raises the importance of including people with learning disability as active research participants in matters that affect their own lives.
Project delays and cost: stakeholder perceptions of traditional v. PPP procurement
Authors: Hampton Gerard , Baldwin Andrew N. , Holt Gary 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the impacts on project delay from the perspective of construction stakeholders. Specifically, it aims to make a comparison between traditional procurement based on standard contract forms and private/public partnerships (PPPs), for the procurement of public sector projects in Scotland.Design/methodology/approachA structured questionnaire survey was used to elicit perceptions of seven delay impact groupings. Response data were analysed using hypothesis tests to observe perceived differences among these groupings, in respect of each procurement method. Follow‐up semi‐structured telephone interviews further explored stakeholders' views and broader issues.FindingsSignificant differences of perception were identified between the impacts of: client, contractor, designer, financial, labour and material related delay factors. These were felt to have greater “delay potential” under traditional vis‐à‐vis PPP procured projects. There was no significant difference among plant‐related factors. Preference for traditional procurement in achieving “project quality” and “value for money” was observed; but at the perceived risk of potentially encountering more delays. PPP was preferred for achieving best “time performance” and was the favoured procurement option “overall”.Research limitations/implicationsFindings add to the existing body of procurement‐choice knowledge generally and their relationship to project delays and associated costs, specifically.Practical implicationsPractitioners may wish to consider the perceived benefits of PPP procurement in better dealing with potential delay impacts.Social implicationsReduction in delay and construction cost holds potential benefit to all who procure constructed facilities.Originality/valueThe work is novel in the specific contexts of public sector stakeholders surveyed and their geographical location.
Internal capital markets and investment decisions
Authors: Fakhfakh Hamadi , Zouari Ghazi , Zouari‐Hadiji Rim 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThis research attempts to explain the decentralization of investment decision. To do so, it highlights the role of the internal capital market in the allocation of decision rights and control as a factor explaining the effectiveness of investment management. The authors aim to apply the theory of the organizational architecture to the investment decision to understand its complexity and its efficiency.Design/methodology/approachAn empirical test was realized on a sample of 63 Tunisian firms using the methods of canonical correlation and cross tabulations.FindingsEven if organizational complexity has a linear and negative impact (opposite sign to what is expected) on the investment decision decentralization, which creates value, it appears that there is a positive association with the uncertainty of the environment, and a negative one with the scarcity and sharing of financial resources between units on the internal capital market.Originality/valueThe authors show that the role played by the internal capital market in the value creating requires the setting of a centralized organizational structure.
Tectonic plates: aligning evidence, policy and practice in health and social care integration
Authors: Petch Alison 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThis review aims to focus on the role of evidence in informing policy and practice in health and social care integration.Design/methodology/approachFollowing discussion of the importance of defining the terms that are being used, the review addresses UK policy and practice developments in respect of integrated health and social care over the last two decades. It explores the extent to which these accord with the available evidence on effective strategies.FindingsThe review demonstrates that the focus in delivering integrated care should be on the local systems and cultures that can deliver positive outcomes for individuals. Structural change will not guarantee integrated care and diverts from the detail of local implementation that needs to be achieved. Current developments in both Scotland and England have some promise of delivering enduring progress.Originality/valueThe review provides a synthesis of key bodies of evidence and allows comparison between different polities within the UK.
SEC staff updates guidance on shareholder proposals
Authors: Romeo Peter J. , Parrino Richard J. , Greenslade Kevin K. , Alex Bahn C. 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explain the guidance on interpretive issues under Exchange Act Rule 14a‐8 published in SEC Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14F (SLB 14F).Design/methodology/approachThe paper summarizes the guidance to companies provided by SLB 14F on how to verify a proponent's eligibility to submit a proposal, how to address submissions of revised proposals, and how to withdraw no‐action requests for proposals with multiple proponents.FindingsSLB 14F is the staff's seventh legal bulletin on Rule 14a‐8, which highlights the procedural and substantive complexities associated with shareholder proposals.Originality/valueThe paper provides expert guidance from experienced financial services lawyers.
Recent developments in the life settlement industry
Authors: Dolan Patrick , Alleman Robert F. 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explain the meaning and legal impact of two September 2011 Supreme Court of Delaware decisions regarding challenges to the validity of life insurance policies sold to investors as life settlements on the basis of a lack of an insurable interest after the expiration of the two‐year contestability period.Design/methodology/approachThe paper outlines the background, factual circumstances, and court decisions on Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. Joseph Schlanger 2006 Ins. Trust and PHL Variable Ins. Co. v. Price Dawe 2006 Ins. Trust.FindingsThe court certified three legal questions concerning life insurance policies sold to investors as life settlements: whether two‐year statutory contestability limits apply to insurance policies deemed void for lack of an insurable interest; whether the Delaware statute requiring an insurable interest is violated when the insured individual procures a life insurance policy on his or her own life and immediately transfers the policy to a person without an insurable interest; and whether Delaware law confers an insurable interest upon a trustee of a trust established by an individual insured when at the time of application for a life insurance policy the insured intends to transfer the beneficial interest of the trust to a third‐party having no insurable interest on the individual insured's life.Practical implicationsInvestors may require legal comfort concerning insurable interest for policies beyond the two‐year contestability period, but the Delaware court's ruling explicitly affirms the legality of selling life insurance policies to third‐party investors.Originality/valueThe paper provides expert guidance from experienced financial services lawyers.
Selected FINRA notices and disciplinary actions, October‐December 2011
Authors: Davis Henry A. 
Published: April 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide summaries of selected Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regulatory notices and disciplinary actions issued in October, November, and December 2011.Design/methodology/approachThe paper provides Regulatory Notice 11‐49, October 2011, Advertising Regulation; Regulatory Notice 11‐52, November 2011, Senior Designations; Regulatory Notice 11‐54, November 2011, Branch Office Inspections; and the description of one disciplinary action in which a firm was sanctioned and an individual fined.FindingsNotice 11‐49: to inform firms of recent developments regarding the application of rules governing communications with the public, FINRA is proving guidance to firms on communication with the public regarding exchange‐traded products, treasury inflation‐protected securities (TIPS), use of “FINRA” in firm trademarks, and identification of related prior filings when submitting new filings for review. Notice 11‐52: FINRA reminds firms of their supervisory obligations regarding the use of certifications and designations that imply expertise, certification, training or specialty in advising senior investors. Notice 11‐54: FINRA and the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations provide broker‐dealer firms with information on developing effective policies and procedures for branch office inspections and remind firms of supervisory requirements under FINRA's supervision rule and notes common deficiencies and strong compliance practices. Trade Reporting Notice on TRACE Reporting Issues: FINRA answers selected member firm detailed questions on reporting issues related to The Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE), the vehicle developed by FINRA to facilitate the mandatory reporting of over the counter secondary market transactions in eligible fixed income securities. All broker/dealers who are FINRA member firms have an obligation to report transactions in corporate bonds to TRACE under an SEC approved set of rules.Originality/valueThese are direct excerpts designed to provide a useful digest for the reader and an indication of regulatory trends.