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Doctor of philosophy students’ academic success and the role of personal values
Authors: Jaffu Richard 
Published: March 2024

PurposeThe study determined the role of personal values in doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) students’ academic success in Tanzania. Specifically, it looked into the influence of openness to change values, self-enhancement values and conservation values on Ph.D. students’ academic success.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed a cross-sectional survey design, in which 200 Ph.D. students from Tanzanian universities were involved by responding to a questionnaire. The relationship between the variables was determined by using structural equation modeling, and testing of the measurement model was done by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).FindingsThe results indicate that personal values influence Ph.D. students’ academic success. Particularly, openness to change values have an ß value of 0.209 and p value of < 0.001, self-enhancement values have an ß of 0.173 and p-value of < 0.001 and conservation values have ß of 0.339 and p-value of < 0.001.Practical implicationsIn the quest to improve Ph.D. students’ academic success, universities and Ph.D. students should foster openness to change values, self-enhancement values and conservation values in Ph.D. students.Originality/valueThe results of this study extend the use of the Schwartz theory of basic human values in explaining the academic success of Ph.D. students in Tanzanian universities. Past studies that applied this theory were based on secondary school and college students. Moreover, based on the author’s knowledge, this study is one of the early studies to systematically look into the role of personal values on Ph.D. students’ academic success. Thus, the study contributes to the existing literature on personal values and academic success because previous studies on this subject could not examine Ph.D. students’ success in isolation.
Deciphering the shadows: an empirical exploration of corruption’s impact on SMEs credit costs in OECD countries
Authors: Al Qudah Anas , Al-Qalawi Usama , Alwaked Ahmad 
Published: March 2024

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the intricate relationship between corruption and the credit costs faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in OECD countries, a critical yet underexplored area in financial crime research. The primary aim is to dissect and understand how corruption impacts SMEs’ access to credit, highlighting a significant yet overlooked aspect of financial crime. This research seeks to fill a gap in the literature by providing empirical insights into the economic consequences of corruption, specifically on SMEs financing.

Design/methodology/approach
This study used secondary panel data from the World Bank and OECD databases. The data covered the period 2007–2020 for 25 OECD countries. This study used interest rate for SMEs loans as a dependent variable and GDP per capita, inflation and corruption index as independent variables. This study used the panel autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to examine the relationship between variables.

Findings
The empirical findings derived from Panel ARDL postulate an intriguing dichotomy in the effects of GDP per capita, inflation rate and corruption on interest rates in both the short and long run. It was discerned that an increase in GDP per capita and inflation rate correlates with a decrement in interest rates in the long run, suggesting a potential compromise by central banks between controlling inflation and fostering economic growth.

Originality/value
This paper makes a novel contribution to the field of financial crime by illuminating the often-overlooked economic dimensions of corruption in the context of SMEs financing. It provides a unique perspective on the ripple effects of corrupt practices in credit markets, enriching the academic discourse and informing practical approaches to combating financial crime.
Manager attributes, psychological factors and sustainability reporting in small and mediumsized enterprises in Ghana
Authors: Owusu Acheampong , Venancio Tauringana , Asare Nicholas 
Published: March 2024

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of manager attributes and psychological factors on the adoption of sustainability reporting (SR) among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana.

Design/methodology/approach
The study is based on a cross-sectional data gathered using questionnaires administered to managers of SMEs in Ghana. The data is analyzed using structural equation modeling.

Findings
The results reveal that SME managers with requisite educational qualifications and knowledge about sustainability accounting adopt SR. The attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control of managers of SMEs on issues of sustainability also affect the adoption of SR. However, SMEs with old and long-serving managers do not adopt SR. SMEs with manager attributes such as professional education, gender and religious affiliation do not appear to adopt SR.

Practical implications
There is the need for regulators and other stakeholders to sensitize, persuade and provide awareness, training and educational certification to support managers of SMEs to enable them to adopt SR.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the literature on SR by offering a clear understanding of how manager attributes and psychological factors influence the adoption of SR by SMEs in developing countries.
Dietary diversity linked to anthropometric measurements of women of reproductive age in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Authors: Olawuyi Yetunde , Antwi Janet , Adepoju Oladejo 
Published: March 2024

Purpose
This purpose of this study was to assess dietary diversity among women of reproductive age (WRA) and the associations between consumption of a diversified diet and overweight/obesity statuses in Ekiti State, Nigeria.

Design/methodology/approach
Cross-sectional study of 207 WRA from six local government areas in Ekiti State, Nigeria, was done. A validated interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on sociodemographic characteristics, dietary intake and anthropometry. Dietary intake was assessed with 24-h dietary recall to calculate the Minimum Dietary Diversity Score for Women (MDD-W). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Spearman rank correlation and Chi square test at α0.05.

Findings
Majority of the participants (65.2%) were aged between 19 and 34 years, 58.5% were married and 49.8% had high school as their highest level of education. Mean MDD-W and body mass index (BMI) were 3.8 ± 0.9 and 25.46 ± 6.4 kg/m2, respectively. All participants (100%) consumed foods from the “grains, white roots and tubers” group and majority also from the “meat and poultry” group (79.7%) but ranked low in the consumption of foods from other food groups. Many were overweight (34.8%), obese (14.0%) and a few (1.9%) had morbid obesity. MDD-W was significantly associated with marital status (X2 = 7.7, P = 0.022) and BMI (X2 = 11.4, P = 0.023) and had a weak positive correlation with BMI (r = 0.189, P = 0.007).

Research limitations/implications
Study shows that both undernutrition and overweight/obesity coexist in the population, indicating a case of double burden of malnutrition (DBM) at a population level. However, further studies may be needed to investigate the extent of DBM at individual levels. Although there was a positive correlation between MDD-W and BMI, it cannot be used to predict causality. Study further reveals that the micronutrient intake of the WRA population in Ekiti is inadequate. Considering the importance of the 10 food groups highlighted in MDD_W to nutrition and health, the promotion of the consumption of foods from these food groups with more attention to the micronutrient-rich ones needs to be heightened.

Originality/value
Diet of participants was not diverse enough, indicating micronutrient inadequacy. Promotion of the consumption of a diverse diet, particularly from the food groups rich in micronutrient, needs to be heightened, while food groups high in calorie should be minimally consumed to forestall DBM.
Employing people who have “been there, experienced that” to inform innovative HRM responses to workforce mental health issues: practice insights from industry
Authors: Wang Ying , Chapman Melissa , Byrne Louise , Hill James , Bartram Timothy 
Published: March 2024

PurposeThis case documents an innovative human resource management (HRM) practice adopted by an Australian organization in the energy sector, purposefully introducing lived experience informed “mental health advocate” (MHA) roles into the organization, to address pressing mental health workforce issues. MHA roles provide experiential, first-hand knowledge of experiencing mental health issues, offering a novel, common-sense and impactful perspective on supporting employees with mental health challenges.ApproachData that informed this case came from desktop research using publicly available resources, as well as a series of conversations with four key stakeholders in the organization. This approach allowed insights into Energy Queensland’s journey towards establishing novel MHA roles to delineate the day-to-day work practice of these roles.Contribution to PracticeThis is a novel HRM practice that has only recently emerged outside of the mental health sector. We discuss key considerations that enabled the success of the roles, including taking an evolutionary perspective, obtaining support from senior executives and relevant stakeholders, making a long-term financial commitment, and providing autonomy and flexibility in role design. This is the first article that documents this innovative practice to offer new insights to HRM scholars, as well as practical guidelines to other organizations in addressing workforce mental health issues.
Impact of executive isolation on leadership and learning culture: a study across chief executive officers and employees of technology enterprises in India
Authors: Kappal Rishi , Mishra Dharmesh K. 
Published: March 2024

Purpose
Executive isolation, also known as workplace loneliness, its factors and impact are major issues for organizational development, future of work for leadership and learning culture. The purpose of this study is to examine the Executive isolation phenomenon where relationships between power distance, organizational culture and executive isolation of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) are analysed on how it is considered by their teams. The same is contextualized through the inputs received through interviews conducted with CEOs and employee surveys.

Design/methodology/approach
The qualitative in-depth interviews of five CEOs, and survey across 34 of the 50 employees, were undertaken over the course of two phases of this study. The investigation focused on identifying executive isolation of CEOs and perspectives of employees that can impact the leadership and learning progress of organizations based on work culture, power distance and decision-making; awareness and experience of executive isolation; workplace friendliness and rejection; and management development initiatives to minimize the impact of executive isolation. Qualitative data analysis was conducted using MAXQDA 2022 (Verbi Software, Berlin, Germany), which is a qualitative data analysis software.

Findings
The findings highlight and expose the significant gap between understanding and analysing of the factors due to which the CEOs undergo executive isolation. It also extends to providing details related to the lack of awareness of the teams’ actions contributing to the CEOs’ isolation. It further highlights the fact that the difference of perspectives between the CEOs and teams leads to the organization slowing in its learning activities due to the leaders’ own challenges of executive isolation The findings also provide immense need of developing knowledge assets and management development initiatives for learning interventions, to help understand, analyse and mitigate executive isolation, in the interest of the organizational learning and development.

Originality/value
Earlier research work have contextualized the executive isolation impact on CEOs ability to be a leader. This study extends it to include the implications of leadership and learning culture on the teams that are affected by organization culture, power distance, decision-making and analysing the gap between the understandings about executive isolation of the CEOs. Eventually, it interprets how CEOs courting the executive isolation impacts the overall developmental culture of the organization. This will help in asserting the serious need of new learning frameworks needed to minimize the impact of CEO-level executive isolation.
Contradictory Results: Reassessing the Impact of Loan‐to‐Value Restrictions on House Price Inflation
Authors: Andrews Antony 
Published: March 2024

AbstractUsing Bayesian Structural Time Series analysis, this study examines the causal impact of loan‐to‐value (LTV) restrictions imposed by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in October 2013. By incorporating state‐space components, such as local linear trend, seasonality and regression, counterfactual values of house price indices are predicted. Surprisingly, the study reveals that the implementation of LTV restrictions had no significant effect on national house price indices, contradicting prior Central Bank studies that reported a nearly 3 percentage‐point decrease in housing cost inflation. This contradictory evidence challenges existing perceptions of the effectiveness of LTV restrictions in curbing house price inflation.
Colonoscopy combined with laparoscopy can improve post‐operative quality of life in patients with colon cancer
Authors: Ding Suyan , Zhu Buluan , Sun Tiantian , Qu Lili 
Published: March 2024

AbstractAimThe study aimed to elucidate the clinical efficacy of colonoscopy combined with laparoscopic radical resection for patients with colon cancer.MethodsCases with colon cancer were divided into the control group (received laparoscopic radical resection) and the experimental group (received colonoscopy combined with laparoscopic radical resection). Inflammatory cytokines’ levels and immune functions were evaluated before and after the operation. The 36‐item Short Form Health Survey (SF‐36) was used to evaluate the living quality.ResultsRelative to the control group, individuals in the experimental group had a shorter hospital stay and post‐operative anal exhaust, and reduced intraoperative blood loss. Changes in serum interferon‐gamma (IFN‐γ), interleukin‐8 (IL‐8) and IL‐10 levels were minimal in the experimental group. Serum CD3+%, CD4+% and CD4+/CD8+ values of the two groups were significantly decreased compared with the preoperative values, which increased more significantly in the experimental group relative to the control group. After the operation, individuals in the experimental group presented higher SF‐36 scores than those in the experimental group. The experimental group presented a low incidence of post‐operative complications.ConclusionsColonoscopy combined with laparoscopic radical resection for colon cancer had only a little effect on immune function and inflammatory response. It can shorten the recovery time of patients and reduce post‐operative complications, which is worthy of further clinical promotion.
Unsubscribed and undemanding: Partisanship and the minimal effects of a field experiment encouraging local news consumption
Authors: Hopkins Daniel J. , Gorton Tori 
Published: March 2024

AbstractLocal newspapers convey extensive subnational political information but have dwindling audiences. In a nationalized and polarized information environment, can online interventions increase state/local news consumption and with what effects? We explore this question via a preregistered experiment randomizing Pennsylvania residents (n = 5059) to staggered interventions encouraging news consumption from leading state newspapers. A total of 2529 individuals were offered free online subscriptions, but only 44 subscribed; we find little evidence of treatment effects on knowledge, engagement, or attitudes. We then administered a second treatment element—promoting subnational news directly via Facebook feeds—with a higher application rate but similarly limited impacts. Observational analyses of these respondents and separate national samples show that Democratic political partisanship has come to predict local newspaper subscriptions. Contemporary local newspapers may face a demand‐side dilemma: The engaged citizens who formerly read them now prefer national, partisan content.
Characterising the motion and cardiorespiratory interaction of preterm infants can improve the classification of their sleep state
Authors: Zhang Dandan , Peng Zheng , Sun Shaoxiong , van Pul Carola , Shan Caifeng , Dudink Jeroen , Andriessen Peter , Aarts Ronald M. , Long Xi 
Published: March 2024

AbstractAimThis study aimed to classify quiet sleep, active sleep and wake states in preterm infants by analysing cardiorespiratory signals obtained from routine patient monitors.MethodsWe studied eight preterm infants, with an average postmenstrual age of 32.3 ± 2.4 weeks, in a neonatal intensive care unit in the Netherlands. Electrocardiography and chest impedance respiratory signals were recorded. After filtering and R‐peak detection, cardiorespiratory features and motion and cardiorespiratory interaction features were extracted, based on previous research. An extremely randomised trees algorithm was used for classification and performance was evaluated using leave‐one‐patient‐out cross‐validation and Cohen's kappa coefficient.ResultsA sleep expert annotated 4731 30‐second epochs (39.4 h) and active sleep, quiet sleep and wake accounted for 73.3%, 12.6% and 14.1% respectively. Using all features, and the extremely randomised trees algorithm, the binary discrimination between active and quiet sleep was better than between other states. Incorporating motion and cardiorespiratory interaction features improved the classification of all sleep states (kappa 0.38 ± 0.09) than analyses without these features (kappa 0.31 ± 0.11).ConclusionCardiorespiratory interactions contributed to detecting quiet sleep and motion features contributed to detecting wake states. This combination improved the automated classifications of sleep states.
Supportive error feedback fosters students' adaptive reactions towards errors: Evidence from a targeted online intervention with Italian middle school students
Authors: Soncini Annalisa , Matteucci Maria Cristina , Tomasetto Carlo , Butera Fabrizio 
Published: March 2024

AbstractBackgroundAlthough it is well established that students' adaptive reactions towards errors promote learning outcomes, little is still known about the role of error feedback in promoting these reactions.AimThrough a targeted intervention based on an online teaching unit, this study aimed at testing whether supportive error feedback promotes more adaptive students' reactions towards errors and higher learning outcomes.SampleA total of 250 (Mage  = 12.18, SD = .89; 46.4% girls) Italian middle school students took part in the intervention. Students were randomly assigned to either a discouraging error feedback condition (n  = 124) or a supportive error feedback condition (n  = 126).MethodThe intervention consisted of an online teaching unit, which students filled in at home, that was divided into pre‐test, intervention and post‐test phases. During the intervention, students replied to training questions and every time they made an error, informative feedback appeared: supportive smileys and sentences in the supportive feedback condition, and disappointed smileys and sentences in the discouraging feedback condition. Before the intervention, students filled in the pre‐test and after the intervention, students reported their reactions towards errors and filled in the post‐test.ResultsReceiving supportive feedback resulted in more adaptive affective‐motivational reactions towards errors, which in turn were related to more adaptive action reactions towards errors. Differently from our expectations, action reactions towards errors were not related to the post‐test scores.ConclusionsOur findings can inform the development of online teaching units that promote an error‐oriented approach.
Coping styles and the developmental trajectories of anxiety symptoms in children during transition into early adolescence
Authors: Zhang Qiaochu 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe study investigated how active and avoidant coping styles predicted the trajectory membership of anxiety symptoms during the transition into early adolescence. A total of 321 Chinese children aged 9 to 10 years were recruited from a primary school in mainland China. Self‐reported trait anxiety, coping styles and anxiety symptoms were assessed at baseline. After 6 months, self‐reported anxiety symptoms were measured at three follow‐up assessments with an interval of 6 months. Latent class growth modelling revealed high (18.7%) and low (81.3%) trajectories of anxiety symptoms in children during the transition into early adolescence. After controlling for trait anxiety, depression and sex, high active coping style predicted the trajectory of high anxiety symptoms, which was not moderated by trait anxiety. Before controlling for these covariates, the relation between active coping style and anxiety symptoms was in the opposite direction. A high avoidant coping style showed a trend to predict the trajectory of high anxiety symptoms only for children with low trait anxiety. These findings add a developmental context to the relationships of active and avoidant coping styles to anxiety symptoms and suggest that trait anxiety may moderate these relationships.
Anordissement, autochtonisation et rétention du personnel extrarégional de l'éducation, de la santé et des services sociaux au sein des communautés innues et naskapie de la Côte‐Nord (Québec)
Authors: Bellehumeur Charlotte , Guimond Laurie 
Published: March 2024

RésuméLa pénurie de main‐d'œuvre au sein de la fonction publique dans les communautés autochtones du Nord pose un double problème, celui d'engager sur‐le‐champ des professionnel·le·s, souvent des allochtones en provenance du Sud, et de s'assurer que leur intégration outrepasse les fondements du racisme systémique. Cet article se penche sur les mécanismes existants entourant un meilleur espace de rencontre entre les allochtones du Sud et les milieux de travail et les communautés innues et naskapie de la Côte‐Nord, au Québec. Des entrevues ont été menées auprès d'acteurs et d'actrices clés des secteurs de l'éducation, de la santé et des services sociaux afin de mettre en lumière les dynamiques de sensibilisation, de formation, d'intégration et de rétention existantes auprès des individus, des milieux de travail, des communautés, au sein du territoire environnant ainsi que de la région nord‐côtière. Les résultats soulèvent l'importance des processus d'anordissement et d'autochtonisation comme moyens d'amélioration de l'espace de rencontre en milieu professionnel autochtone.