bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
An empirical examination of volatility spillover between the Indian and US swap markets
Authors: Bhargava Vivek , Malhotra D.K. , Russel Philip , Singh Rahul 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine if the volatility in the US dollar interest rate swap market impacts the volatility of the swap rates in the Indian swap market.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use GARCH, EGARCH, and TGARCH modeling to examine volatility spillover between the US and Indian interest rate swap markets.FindingsEvidence is found of volatility transmission from the US dollar interest rate swap markets to the Indian swap markets. There is no evidence of spillover from the Indian swap markets to the US swap markets. Furthermore, the spillover impact from the US markets to the Indian markets is also asymmetric. The impact on volatility is asymmetric for one‐year swaps, but not for five‐year swaps.Practical implicationsFindings from this study will also identify any arbitrage opportunities that may exist between different segments of the US dollar interest rate swap markets and help to improve interest rate swap market efficiency.Originality/valueIf the financial market liberalization process in these nations has been successful in integrating their market into the pool of the world market, then a foreign investor would not demand a risk‐premium in the returns on deposits in these markets. The findings of this paper are also relevant for other emerging markets' policy makers, as they try to become more integrated in the global economy and try to resolve market inefficiencies and country risk so that obstacles to foreign investments can be removed.
Liquidity gaps in financing the SME sector in an emerging market: evidence from Poland
Authors: Klonowski Darek 
Published: June 2012

PurposeAccess to finance appears to be the largest challenge for entrepreneurial firms from the small to medium‐sized enterprise (SME) sector in Poland. To address this concern, the government embarked on a program to yield financial and know‐how assistance to the SME sector. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate public intervention in this area.Design/methodology/approachThe study focuses on the analysis of primary data. The sampling frame for the study consisted of 278,088 firms from the SME sector in the Warsaw region. The sample size was equal to 500 firms from the SME sector. Questionnaires from 262 respondents were included in the study, for an effective response rate of 52 percent.FindingsThe study concludes that there are still pronounced liquidity gaps for firms in the SME sector in Poland and that the government programs are not effective in closing these liquidity gaps.Originality/valueProblems with access to capital continue to be a challenge to developing a vibrant SME sector in Poland and a lack of access to capital is consistently quoted as the major obstacle to the development of the SME sector in Poland. The paper offers three policy recommendations in relation to closing liquidity gaps in the SME sector.
Mexican adolescents' risky sexual behavior and migration intentions
Authors: Ayers Stephanie L. , Marsiglia Flavio F. , Hoffman Steven , Urbaeva Jildyz , Booth Jaime 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to identify the association between risky sexual behaviors and migration intentions among adolescents living in Guanajuato, Mexico.Design/methodology/approachData were collected by self‐administered questionnaires to students enrolled in an alternative schooling system in Guanajuato, Mexico, during the school year of 2006‐2007. The sample size for this study includes 538 unmarried students, 35 percent male, ages 14‐19. Ordinal logistic regression is used to estimate the odds of engaging in risky sexual behaviors.FindingsThe results reveal that male adolescents with higher intentions to migrate have significantly higher odds of engaging in risky sexual behaviors than both males who are less interested in migrating and females, regardless of their migration intentions.Practical implicationsInterventions on both sides of the US/Mexico border are needed in order to address this concern particularly among males who express a desire to migrate to the US someday.Social implicationsThese findings highlight the importance of examining risky sexual behaviors even before migration to the US occurs. By engaging in high risk sexual behaviors prior to migrating, adolescents are putting themselves and both their sexual partners in Mexico and their future sexual partners in the US at increased risk of contracting STIs and HIV.Originality/valueThe study examined risky sexual behavior of adolescents in Mexico prior to migration. Knowledge about risky sexual behaviors prior to departure is vital for policy makers and researchers as they seek to design and implement interventions aimed at quelling this growing public health concern.
Access and effective use of healthcare services by temporary migrants in Cyprus
Authors: Pithara Christalla , Zembylas Michalinos , Theodorou Mamas 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to discuss factors affecting temporary migrants' ability to access and make effective use of public and private healthcare services in the Republic of Cyprus (hereafter referred to as Cyprus). These factors are raised in the context of a larger study focusing on the healthcare needs of temporary migrants from non‐EU countries living and working in Cyprus.Design/methodology/approachSemi‐structured interviews with 13 domestic workers and 17 students from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and the Philippines explored migrants' experiences with accessing and utilizing healthcare services in Cyprus. The theoretical framework utilized is grounded in the health capability approach which focuses on individuals' confidence and ability to be effective in achieving optimal health.FindingsThe study highlights issues concerning the accessibility and acceptability of healthcare services which emerge as the result of both the organisation and delivery of healthcare services and social, political and economic structures.Research limitations/implicationsThe implications of this study are relevant in the current debate taking place at the EU level about the opportunities and challenges of temporary migration. Specifically, it is argued that governments and societies should promote individual freedoms and opportunities that empower people to lead the lives they want to live.Originality/valueTemporary migrants form a group whose experiences and needs have not been as extensively investigated as those of other migrant groups, particularly in Cyprus. The capability approach allows for assessing both policy and health systems taking into consideration equity and the impact of multi‐sectoral influences on health.
Private label drugs in China: the consumer perspective
Authors: Zhou Zhiliang , Xue Yajiong , Ping Qineng 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThis paper's aim is to investigate how Chinese consumers' purchase intention of private label drugs is associated with price advantage, appearance, store trust, manufacturer trust, and drug quality.Design/methodology/approachA survey study was conducted in two large cities in China. Subjects were asked to decide whether they would purchase a private label drug over a national brand drug and to evaluate a set of related factors. Data were collected from 230 consumers.FindingsA total of 45 percent of the variance in private label drug purchase intention is explained by the five predictors. Price advantage, store trust, manufacturer trust, and drug quality are all significantly related to purchase intention, whereas appearance is not. None of the control variables (age, gender, health literacy, and income) has a significant relationship with purchase intention. Product quality and service quality are significant predictors of store trust, accounting for 44 percent of its variance.Practical implicationsThe private label drug market has great potential in China, yet little is known about what factors influence Chinese consumers' intention to purchase private label drugs.Originality/valueThis paper is one of the first attempts to achieve an in‐depth understanding in this area. The findings of this research will benefit drug retailers and manufacturers who are interested in the Chinese market.
Exploring relationship between authority leadership and organizational citizenship behavior in China
Authors: Hongyu Ning , Mingjian Zhou , Qiang Lu , Liqun Wen 
Published: June 2012

PurposeAuthority leadership (AL) is one of the most distinctive dimensions of paternalistic leadership (PL), and it is recognized that PL is the most common leader behavior in the Chinese organizational context. Although considerable state‐of‐the‐art research work regarding the concept and dimensions of AL has been done, extensive empirical studies based on using the data from both individual and team levels to examine the effectiveness from the values viewpoint, e.g. Collectivism, attract little attention. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between AL and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). To address this issue, the role of collectivism to analyze the relationship between AL and OCB, at both individual and team levels in the Chinese organizational context, is explored.Design/methodology/approachThis paper focuses on analyzing the role of collectivism in the relationship between AL and OCB. To this end, the authors draw on a sample set of 320 supervisor‐subordinate dyads from 32 branches of a beauty chain shop in the cities of Shenzhen and Zhuhai, China. After sending out questionnaires to 32 supervisors and 320 beauticians, 31 supervisors and 245 beauticians provided effective feedback. With the help of SPSS 17.0 statistical software, the data from the sample set are analyzed rather than self‐reported. Furthermore, the authors study the relationship between AL and OCB, the mediating effect, and the moderating role of collectivism, respectively.FindingsThe findings of this paper can be described from two levels. At the individual level, AL positively influences employee's OCB through the mediating effect of collectivism; and collectivism is capable of moderating the main effect. At the team level: AL positively influences Team OCB (TOCB) through the mediating effect of Team Collectivism (TC); and TC also moderates the main effect.Research limitations/implicationsDue to space limitations, the authors only consider the effect of collectivism; other dimensions of values which may have similar effect to the mechanism of the relationship between AL and OCB are not taken into account.Originality/valueThe paper shows that both AL and collectivism enhance OCB, and collectivism is the moderator of the relationship between AL and OCB. Since the moderating effect mechanism is different between individual and team levels, there should be more focus on AL and values. It is expected that the obtained results are significant in both theory and practice for the Chinese leadership research and application. Moreover, the paper presents some comments on the implication of this work and future research issues.
Balanced leadership: perspectives, principles and practices
Authors: Zhang Yenming , Fong Foo Suan 
Published: June 2012

PurposeBalanced leadership is attracting increasing attention from academia and practitioners. In this rapidly changing world, maintaining balance while moving ahead is becoming a challenge for organizational leaders concerned with effective leadership. The traditional concept of balancing, theoretically, has been frequently re‐visited by researchers, while new concepts of balancing are being developed by researchers and practitioners, in order to effectively guide the practice in the real institutional settings. The purpose of this paper is to examine the classic Chinese perspectives from Wu Xing, I Ching and Tao Te Ching. Some western perspectives (e.g. Waters and Leithwood) on balanced leadership are also examined, to reach a hybrid model in an effort to decipher the meanings of balancing, and to address their applicability in modern organizational lives.Design/methodology/approachThis paper provides analyses of the perspectives in the Chinese classics Wu Xing, I Ching and Tao Te Ching, and presents insights on the principles for organizational leaders to apply in dealing with changes.FindingsThere is a philosophical base for balanced leadership. It is becoming imperative for leaders to practice balanced leadership in the following aspects of organizational lives: Leaders' steady dispositions; Harmonious human relations; Categorization of the magnitudes of change for improvement; and a hybrid model integrating both eastern and western concepts of balanced leadership.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper focuses on one domain of leadership – balancing in the interactions between the leaders and their people. It is relevant for those who have interest in, and are concerned for, the vertical, lateral relations, organizational development and improvement.Originality/valueThis paper reflects the researchers' deep insight into the Chinese classics, their expertise, and their empirical practices in organizational leadership. The paper will help those with similar interests in this area to better understand the implications of the Chinese perspectives.
Abusive supervision and LMX
Authors: Xiaqi Ding , Kun Tian , Chongsen Yang , Sufang Gong 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how leaders' emotional intelligence (EI) influences subordinates' trust and to examine the roles played in the process by abusive supervision (a negative leadership) and leader‐member exchange (LMX) (a positive leadership).Design/methodology/approachAccording to revelations in the case of Foxconn's jumping events and LMX theory, this paper argues that low levels of leaders' EI affect their subordinates' perception of abusive supervision and tends to cause their mistrust of employers in return, further damaging the employer‐employee relationship. Tension will develop or be intensified among such relationships as time evolves and relationship length extends. A superior‐subordinate matching questionnaire survey was conducted among enterprises in Shenzhen, China. About 202 valid samples were eventually collected. The data were analyzed through correlation analysis, regression analysis, CFA, EFA and SEM using SPSS and LISREL.FindingsThe EI of superiors has a significant positive impact on the personal trust between subordinates and superiors, in which both abusive supervision and LMX play a partial mediating role; and the relationship length of superiors and subordinates plays a moderating role between LMX and affective trust.Practical implicationsThe paper advises that when selecting leaders, more emphasis should be placed on EI, and managers should be trained to improve their emotional skills.Originality/valueThe paper extends the research on the antecedent and consequence variables of abusive supervision in Chinese enterprises, discussing both positive and negative leadership.
A Chinese perspective on the content and structure of destructive leadership
Authors: Lu Hong , Ling Wenquan , Wu Yuju , Liu Yi 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the fundamental content and structure of destructive leadership within the Chinese cultural context, through surveys of employees in Chinese organizations.Design/methodology/approachMethodologies such as documentary analysis, interview and survey were used in the study, and surveys were conducted on over 1,300 employees from Beijing, Shanghai and other cities in Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces. Then the content and structure of destructive leadership perceived by Chinese employees were examined using multiple statistical techniques including EFA (exploratory factor analysis) and CFA (confirmatory factor analysis).FindingsThe results of the survey showed that destructive leadership in Chinese organizations consists of four factors: corruption, excoriation of subordinates, abuse of subordinates and the loss of professional morality. The authors then compared the structure with relevant Western research findings and revealed their similarities and differences.Practical implicationsThe structure of Chinese destructive leadership not only reflects the characteristics of Chinese culture, but also reflects the characteristics of current Chinese organizational management, which have practical implications for identifying management problems in Chinese organizations and improving workplace leadership behavior.Originality/valueThis is the first paper of its kind in mainland China to empirically explore the theoretical model of destructive leadership within the context of Chinese culture, which will facilitate future research by offering a theoretical basis and research instrument.
Moral leadership and work performance
Authors: Wu Min 
Published: June 2012

PurposeMoral leadership, as an important element of paternalistic leadership, can be traced back to the cultural tradition of Confucianism. High morality has been expected to be demonstrated by leaders since ancient times in China. In modern Chinese organizations, moral leadership still plays an important role. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the underlying mechanisms of moral leadership functions by examining the mediating and interaction effects.Design/methodology/approachData of 370 dyads were collected in mainland China. SPSS 17.0 and Amos 6.0 were used to test the mediating and interaction effects.FindingsTrust‐in‐supervisor and two dimensions of psychological empowerment, including meaning and self‐determination, were found to mediate the relationship between moral leadership and work performance. The results supported the interaction effect of moral and benevolent leadership and rejected the interaction effect of moral and authoritarian leadership on trust‐in‐supervisor.Originality/valueBy probing the mediating and interaction effects, the paper advances our knowledge of the psychological mechanisms of moral leadership effectiveness in the Chinese context. A discussion of the implications for both researchers and practitioners is provided.
Occupational commitment and labor relations in firms: an empirical study in China
Authors: Yuan Ling , Li Jian 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to fill the gap in the existing literature regarding relationships between occupational commitment and labor relations in the Chinese context, particularly in Chinese firm settings.Design/methodology/approachBased on well‐defined concepts and instruments, the data were collected from 402 human resources (HR) workers in 35 firms, mainly located in Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Hunan Province, China.FindingsThe occupational commitment for HR workers in Chinese firms can be divided in four dimensions: affective commitment, normative commitment, accumulated costs and limited alternatives. There are positive interrelations between the four dimensions of occupational commitment and labor relations. Also, there is a significant correlation among the three‐way interactive terms with labor relations.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the results of this paper suggest that the four‐dimensional model of occupational commitment can be employed to account the variation of labor relations in China, there is a need to use other samples and additional noted research design variables, e.g. organizational commitment and intent to leave one's job, to explore labor relations more comprehensively and deeply.Originality/valueTheoretically, the paper serves as a pioneer research for indigenizing the concept of occupational commitment in the Chinese context, and fills the gap in the existing literature of the subjects being studied. Practically, the results and recommendations in the paper will be useful to those involved in the field of HR management in firms in China.
Working pressure does not necessarily undermine self‐determined motivation
Authors: Wang Ting , Zheng Quanquan 
Published: June 2012

PurposeBased on self‐determination theory and social identity theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of social identity in buffering the effect of working pressure on the identified motivation (a kind of self‐determined motivation).Design/methodology/approachThis was an experimental study. In a simulated work setting, the study operationalized social identity as having participants who perceived their belonging to one particular working unit, and working pressure as task deadline. A 2 (social identity salience: salient vs not salient)× 2 (task deadline: deadline vs no deadline) between‐subjects experiment was designed.FindingsAs expected, participants under the condition of task deadline reported less identified motivation, both at the individual and group levels, than did those under the condition without task deadline. Participants under the condition of social identity salient reported more group‐based identified motivation than did those under the condition of social identity not‐salient. Faced with task deadline, participants whose social identity was salient showed more group‐based identified motivation than did those whose social identity was not salient.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was carried out in a simulated working situation, which may limit its ecological validity. Future studies have a focus on what will happen in real working contexts and continue to extend the current study theoretically.Practical implicationsThe paper's findings suggest that managers motivate employees by emphasizing their perception of group‐membership (i.e. social identity). This strategy was consistent with traditional Chinese management thoughts and values.Originality/valueThe paper is original in bridging social identity theory and self‐determination theory, and putting forward a group‐level‐based extension of self‐determination theory. The paper establishes the causal relationships among social identity, task deadline and identifies motivation by using an experimental approach.
Public service motivation and job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behavior
Authors: Cun Xiaogang 
Published: June 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the cause‐effect chain between public services motivation (PSM) and consequences variables, which include organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) and job satisfaction (JS) of employees in the public sector of Guangzhou. Another purpose of the paper is to discuss the structure of behavior under the Chinese public sector's traditional culture, from the perspective of integration of three different mechanisms of behavior (ration, norm and affective).Design/methodology/approachThe paper modified the PSM questionnaire, based on Perry's PSM scale, according to Chinese cultural customs. The data of public service motivation, job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior were collected by randomly sampling from the employees in the public sector of Guangzhou. Results were obtained through structural equation modelling for the examination of multiple relationships between PSM and its dimensions, and the consequences; and ANOVA for testing the difference between groups.FindingsIt was found that there are significant differences between groups in the PSM level and correlations exist between PSM, and JS, OCB.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the literature regarding PSM by examining the relationship between the dimensions of PSM and the consequence variables of OCB and JS against a Chinese cultural background. The paper presents the findings as a model to show the dynamics in these relationships. The integration of three different mechanisms of behavior is novel in the field of human resource management (HRM). The paper not only contributes to the further development of the field, but also implies healthier and more sustainable practices in public HRM.