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Inquiry into channels of health and safety knowledge communication across the boundaries of the construction industry
Authors: Williams Justice , Fugar Frank , Adinyira Emmanuel , Agyekum Kofi 
Published: February 2024

Purpose
Effective safety communication facilitates the sharing of relevant knowledge that helps to improve safety behaviours, such as superior hazard identification and compliance. This study aims to explore channels by which construction companies can effectively communicate health and safety (H&S) among communities of their operations.

Design/methodology/approach
Based on a quantitative research approach, this study addressed the knowledge gap through a cross-sectional survey of 250 contractors (comprising 155 building and 95 road contractors) involved in various projects in the Ghanaian construction industry. These contractors were selected by using a stratified simple random sampling technique. Data obtained from the survey was analysed through descriptive (i.e. frequencies, mean and standard deviation) and inferential (i.e. exploratory factor analysis) statistical analyses.

Findings
The findings from the mean scores revealed that all the 12 communication channels identified in the literature, confirmed through piloting and examined by the respondents, were important channels through which construction companies can effectively communicate H&S amongst communities of their operations. The exploratory factor analysis revealed a clustering of the 12 channels of communication into 5 components: “safety demonstration in the community”; “social media”; “mass media”; “community engagement”; and “opinion leaders”.

Research limitations/implications
This study offers construction project managers the means of managing one of the major stakeholders of a construction project (the community). It provides an actionable opportunity that can be leveraged strategically to integrate community members into projects to promote synergy and local content inclusion while gaining a peaceful atmosphere to achieve their project goals.

Practical implications
Practically, this study provides construction project managers with a means of managing one of the major stakeholders of a construction project (the community) and also demonstrates the integration of community members into projects to promote synergy and local content inclusion. This would give construction organisations a peaceful atmosphere to accomplish their project objectives.

Social implications
The social implication of this study is that the study offers society a means of creating safer Ghanaian communities by offering them the knowledge of identifying hazards and avoiding risky behaviours, creating a good safety atmosphere in these communities.

Originality/value
This study presents construction organisations with a unique opportunity to transfer and share novel external knowledge within a different social system (the community). It contributes to the state-of-the-art knowledge in H&S communication by providing channels through which H&S can be communicated in a developing country such as Ghana.
Does consumer empowerment enhance brand page stickiness? The role of brand page experience and brand love
Authors: Mostafa Rania B. , Sobhy Temerak Mohamed 
Published: February 2024

PurposeThis paper aims to identify the mechanism through which consumer empowerment, created via the Facebook brand page (FBBP), is transformed into brand page stickiness. Specifically, a model examining the mediating role of FBBP experience and the moderating role of brand love is proposed and tested.Design/methodology/approachData from 283 FBBP users were analyzed using structural equation modeling with partial least squares.FindingsThe findings reveal the positive effect of consumer empowerment and brand page experience on brand page stickiness. The mediating role of brand page experience and the moderating role of brand love were prominent in the consumer empowerment–brand page stickiness link.Originality/valueThis paper is novel in inaugurating the association between consumer empowerment and FBBP stickiness, which is mediated by brand experience and moderated with brand love. This paper enriches the understanding of how brand page stickiness can be enhanced in the social media context.Practical implicationsThis paper guides managers to best utilize FBBP to create a pleasant experience and yield stickiness.
The pathways of increasing online celebrity brand equity and followers' hotel booking intention: a serial multiple mediation model
Authors: Ho-Mai Nhi Thao , Tran Vinh Trung , Nguyen Vien Ky , Do Uyen Thi Thu , Truong Thanh Ba , Tran Phuong Thi Kim 
Published: February 2024

PurposeFrom a consumer–brand relationship (CBR) perspective, this study proposes a serial multiple mediation model to explore the pathways (e.g. cognitive, affective and hybrid) to increase online celebrity brand equity (OCBE) and follower's hotel booking intentions (FBI).Design/methodology/approachPaper-based and online surveys were used to collect data from 443 respondents who had been using TikTok and had followed at least one online celebrity on TikTok, while that online celebrity had reviewed one or more types of accommodation. A serial multiple mediation model was evaluated through covariance-based structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results confirmed the hybrid cognitive–affective and cognitive–affective–conative pathways among antecedents and components of OCBE and FBI.Originality/valueFrom a CBR perspective, this study provides a serial multiple mediation model to increase OCBE via hybrid cognitive–affective pathways and to drive FBI via cognitive–affective–conative pathways. These sequential relationships contribute to the human branding literature by defining a mechanism of how online celebrities can efficiently attract followers, thus driving online celebrity brand loyalty and hotel booking intentions.Research limitations/implicationsThe results should be validated in other cultural contexts to generalize findings and broaden the range of target respondents to include international followers and those within other nations.
Virtual influencers and corporate reputation: from marketing game to empirical analysis
Authors: Xin Baogui , Hao Yaru , Xie Lei 
Published: February 2024

PurposeThis study delves into how corporations make decisions about influencer marketing. Specifically, it examines the differences between human influencers, who carry the risk of scandals, and virtual influencers, a new and unpredictable realm, regarding their integration with social media platforms.Design/methodology/approachUsing game theory and empirical data, the study explores crucial factors in influencer marketing, including influencer quality, reputation repair costs and the probability of R&D failures.FindingsThis study suggests that companies favor human influencers when the risk of scandal is low. However, competing companies switch to virtual influencers at different intervals as this risk increases. The costs, likelihood of scandals and competition intensity all play a role in a company's decision-making regarding technology management. Additionally, a higher chance of R&D failure can motivate a company to invest more in R&D to gain a competitive advantage over rivals that may suffer failures.Research implications/implicationsThis study provides insights into how corporations manage social media influencer marketing in the digital age. It contributes to marketing theory and technology management decisions by offering a fresh perspective on the relationship between corporate reputation and influencer marketing strategy.Originality/valueThis study offers valuable perspectives into a relatively uncharted area of marketing strategy. It employs game theory and empirical analysis to introduce a fresh method of comprehending the dynamics of influencer marketing, its impact on corporate reputation management and its interaction with social media.
Employees' taking charge behavior and empowering leadership: the role of leader trust in employees and risk propensity
Authors: Guo Qiuyun , Zhang Zhongyan 
Published: February 2024

Purpose Previous research has mainly focused on the outcomes of empowering leadership, and empirical evidence on how to encourage leaders to display empowering behaviors has been overlooked, particularly from an interpersonal perspective.Design/methodology/approach Based on the integrative model of organizational trust, we investigate the relationship between employees' taking charge behaviors and empowering leadership considering the mediating role of leader trust in employees and the moderating role of risk propensity.Findings The results indicate that taking charge is positively associated with leader trust in employees, which influences the development of empowering leadership. Additionally, leaders' risk propensity moderates these relationships, that is, a higher level of risk propensity can enhance the promoting effect of leader trust on empowering behaviors.Originality/value This study explores the antecedents and mechanisms influencing empowering leadership and proposes the moderating effect of risk propensity. The findings not only clarify how and why employees' taking charge behaviors can stimulate empowering leadership but also offer a more comprehensive understanding of the antecedents of empowering leadership.
Parasocial relationships and their impact on the psychological and sociocultural adjustment of educational tourists: an autoethnography
Authors: Maloney Yorganci Karl Turgut , Coen Sharon 
Published: February 2024

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to investigate whether relationships with media figures can impact the psychological and sociocultural adjustment of educational tourists.Design/methodology/approachThe article uses the qualitative method of autoethnography to provide a highly personalised account of the first author’s relationships with podcast hosts during his time as an educational tourist, in order to fulfil its previously mentioned purpose.FindingsAn analysis of the author’s narrative account demonstrates how he formed parasocial relationships (PSRs) with his favourite podcast hosts. These relationships increased self-efficacy, reduced stress and provided a sense of social support, which, in turn contributed to psychological and sociocultural adjustment.Originality/valueBy demonstrating how relationships with media figures can impact their psychological and sociocultural adjustment, this article argues that research on educational tourists should explore their PSRs, in addition to their other kinds of friendships which have already been examined.
Political mobilisation and socioeconomic inequality in policy congruence
Authors: WEISSTANNER DAVID , JENSEN CARSTEN 
Published: February 2024

AbstractIn recent years, scholars have observed that political parties’ policy positions frequently fit the preferences of well‐to‐do voters better than those of the less well‐to‐do; a phenomenon known as policy congruence inequality. While the existence of inequality in policy congruence is well‐established, we currently only have a modest understanding of the causes of it. We develop an argument proposing that the political mobilisation of citizens with low socioeconomic status (SES) both in the parliamentary channel, in the form of high turnout, and in the extra‐parliamentary channel, in the form of high union density, is pivotal. Both high turnout and union density force parties to pay more attention to the preferences of the disadvantaged, thereby creating lower policy congruence inequality. To test the argument, we have collected and harmonised election surveys and party manifestos covering 90 elections in Australia, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, covering several decades until today, yielding more than 120,000 voter–party dyads. Employing this new dataset, our results confirm that the political mobilisation of citizens with low SES is a strong predictor of policy congruence inequality. This finding nuances the conclusion of extant research by showing that low‐SES citizens are not always on the losing side politically. It also implies the important role of maintaining or maybe even increasing turnout and union membership among the disadvantaged in society. Places where either turnout or union density is slipping in these years are likely to witness further increases in policy congruence inequality in the years to come.
Influence of carcass mass on decomposition rate: A medico‐legal entomology perspective
Authors: Oh Hyeon‐Seok , Baek In‐Seong , Kim Na‐Yeon , Park Sang‐Hyun 
Published: February 2024

AbstractBody decomposition is influenced by various factors, including temperature, rainfall, body mass, and the activities of insects and carnivores in areas where carcasses are abandoned. However, the specific impact of carcass mass on the decomposition rate remains unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of carcass mass on decomposition rate with controlled domestic environmental conditions. Carcasses were categorized as small and large. Decomposition patterns were evaluated using a visual scatterplot to illustrate the relationship between total body scores and log accumulated degree days (ADD). To quantitatively compare decomposition rates, a linear regression model was employed to analyze differences between the two carcass groups. Regardless of carcass mass, a similar oviposition period for flies (Diptera) was observed, and the external appearance of the carcass remained relatively stable until 1.8 logADD, marking the emergence of maggots. However, decomposition dramatically accelerated after reaching 1.8 logADD, coinciding with maggots hatching from eggs and their commencement of scavenging. In contrast to larger ones, the hastened decomposition of small carcasses can be attributed to the relatively substantial volume of Diptera larvae within the small carcasses, expediting colonization and utilization. Therefore, carcass mass should factor into postmortem interval estimation based on the degree of body decomposition.
Comparison of prediction results of Dendrolimus punctatus larvae peak occurrence based on eight prediction models
Authors: Cheng Xian , Cheng Honghao , Chen Shiyan , Zhou Xiazhi , Wang Guoqing , Zhang Guoqing , Fang Guofei , Zou Yunding , Bi Shoudong 
Published: February 2024

AbstractIn order to clarify the prediction accuracy of eight models for predicting the peak occurrence of the first generation larvae of Dendrolimus punctatus and provide basis for the pest control, a catastrophe prediction model was established based on the peak occurrence of the first generation larvae of Dendrolimus punctatus in Qianshan City, Anhui Province from 1983 to 2016, and compared with other seven prediction models. Comparing the forecasting results in 2015 and 2016 with actual value and taking 1 head/plant as the error standard, the errors of multiple regression models with six factors as independent variables, namely, peak occurrence of pupae in overwintering generation, peak occurrence of eggs in the first generation, cumulative population in overwintering generation, peak occurrence of adults in overwintering generation, rainfall in early April and parasitic rate of Trichogrammatid in the first generation eggs of Dendrolimus punctatus, were 0.21 heads/plant and 0.23 heads/plant with accuracy rate of 100%. The errors of stepwise regression model with the same six factors were 0.23 head/plant and 0.29 head/plant. The prediction accuracy of artificial BP neural network model, Markov chain model, contingency table model, stationary time series model, and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model was 100%, but variance period extrapolation model had an accuracy rate of 88%. The accuracy of catastrophe prediction model was related to the selection of catastrophe threshold. Comprehensive comparison of the above eight models, multiple regression, stepwise regression, artificial BP neural network, Markov chain model, stationary time series model, and catastrophe prediction model were more accurate.
Beyond ‘single customer view’: Player tracking's potential role in understanding and reducing gambling‐related harm
Authors: Newall Philip , Swanton Thomas B. 
Published: February 2024

AbstractBackgroundUsage of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) and on‐line gambling is strongly associated with gambling‐related harm. Player‐tracking systems can monitor a gambler's activity across multiple sessions and/or operators, providing a clearer picture of the person's risk of harm with respect to these gambling formats and enabling harm reduction efforts. The Finnish and Norwegian state monopolies have player‐tracking systems in place, while the United Kingdom is implementing an operator‐led system called ‘single customer view’ for on‐line gambling, and Australian states are proposing similar ‘player cards’ for land‐based EGMs.ArgumentPlayer tracking can advance harm reduction efforts in three ways. First, player tracking improves our understanding of gambling‐related harm by providing data on how the population gambles, which can potentially be linked with operator, government and/or prevalence data sets. Secondly, player tracking can be used to implement harm reduction measures such as expenditure limits, self‐exclusion and age verification. Thirdly, player tracking can provide a platform to evaluate harm reduction measures via gold‐standard field trials. These potential benefits need to be weighed against various practical and ethical issues.ConclusionsThe potential benefits of player‐tracking systems would be maximized via systems administered independently of the gambling industry and implemented universally across all gambling in a given jurisdiction.
Increasing vaccinations through an on‐site school‐based education and vaccination program: A city‐wide cluster randomized controlled trial
Authors: Bethke Norma , O'Sullivan Julie L. , Keller Jan , von Bernuth Horst , Gellert Paul , Seybold Joachim 
Published: February 2024

AbstractVaccination rates for mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) and tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, and polio (Tdap‐IPV) fall short of global targets, highlighting the need for vaccination interventions. This study examines the effectiveness of a city‐wide school‐based educational vaccination intervention as part of an on‐site vaccination program aimed at increasing MMR and Tdap‐IPV vaccination rates versus on‐site vaccination alone among sociodemographically diverse students from Berlin, Germany. The study was a 1:1 two‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial, with schools randomly assigned to either the Educational Class Condition (ECC) or the Low‐Intensity Information Condition (LIIC). Both received an on‐site vaccination program, while students in the ECC received an additional educational unit. Primary outcomes were MMR and Tdap‐IPV vaccination rates. In total, 6512 students from 25 randomly selected urban area secondary schools participated. For students providing their vaccination documents on the day of the intervention (2273, 34.9%), adjusted Poisson mixed models revealed significant between‐group differences in favor of the ECC (MMR: logRR = 0.47, 95%CI [0.01,0.92], RR = 1.59; Tdap‐IPV: logRR = 0.28, 95%CI [0.10,0.47], RR = 1.32). When adjusting for socioeconomic and migration background, between‐group differences became non‐significant for MMR but remained significant for Tdap‐IPV. Findings suggest that educational, school‐based on‐site vaccination appears to be a promising strategy for increasing vaccination uptake in adolescents.
Meta‐analysis: Efficacy and safety of fibroblast growth factor 21 analogues for the treatment of non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis and non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis‐related fibrosis
Authors: Lin Rutao , Zhou Jianghua , Sun Qinmei , Xin Xin , Hu Yiyang , Zheng Minghua , Feng Qin 
Published: February 2024

SummaryBackgroundFibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) analogues have emerged as promising therapeutic targets for non‐alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). However, the effects and safety of these analogues on NASH and NASH‐related fibrosis remain unexplored.AimsTo estimate the efficacy and safety of FGF21 analogues for treating NASH and NASH‐related fibrosis.MethodsPubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched for relevant studies up to 11 October 2023. Primary outcomes were defined as the fibrosis improvement ≥1 stage without worsening of NASH and NASH resolution without worsening fibrosis. Secondary outcomes included biomarkers of fibrosis, liver injury, and metabolism. Treatment‐related adverse events were also analysed.ResultsNine studies, including 1054 patients with biopsy‐proven NASH and stage F1–F4 fibrosis, were identified. Seven studies reported histological outcomes. The relative risk (RR) for obtaining fibrosis improvement ≥1 stage efficacy was 1.79 (95% CI 1.29–2.48, I2 = 37%, p < 0.001) with FGF21 analogues relative to placebo. Although no statistically significant difference was observed between FGF21 analogues in NASH resolution, sensitivity analyses and fragility index suggest that this result is unstable. The drugs improved hepatic fat fraction (HFF), along with other biomarkers of fibrosis, liver injury, and metabolism (MRE, LSM, Pro‐C3, ELF, ALT, AST, TG, HDL‐C, and LDL‐C). Additionally, no significant difference in serious adverse event incidence rate was observed (RR = 1.26, 95% CI 0.82–1.94, I2 = 24%, p = 0.3).ConclusionsFGF21 analogues appear as promising agents for the treatment of NASH and NASH‐related fibrosis, and they generally seem to be safe and well tolerated.
Worldwide population prevalence and impact of sub‐diagnostic gastrointestinal symptoms
Authors: Palsson Olafur S. , Tack Jan , Drossman Douglas A. , Le Nevé Boris , Quinquis Laurent , Hassouna Rim , Ruddy Johannah , Morris Carolyn B. , Sperber Ami D. , Bangdiwala Shrikant I. , Simrén Magnus 
Published: February 2024

SummaryBackgroundThe Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study (RFGES) found that 40.3% of adults in 26 internet‐surveyed countries met Rome IV criteria for disorders of gut–brain interaction (DGBI). However, additional people not meeting DGBI criteria may also be burdened by frequent gastrointestinal symptoms.AimsTo explore the prevalence and demographic distribution of sub‐diagnostic gastrointestinal symptoms, and the hypothesised associated effects on quality of life (QoL), life functioning and healthcare needs.MethodsWe analysed data from the RFGES survey, which included the Rome IV diagnostic questionnaire and QoL, psychological, work productivity and healthcare questions.ResultsOf the 50,033 people without a history of organic gastrointestinal disorders, 25.3% classified in the sub‐diagnostic group (no DGBI but one or more frequent gastrointestinal symptoms), 41.4% had DGBI and 33.4% had no frequent gastrointestinal symptoms (non‐GI group). Sub‐diagnostic prevalence in different world regions ranged from 22.2% (North America) to 30.5% (Middle East), was slightly higher among males than females and decreased with age. The sub‐diagnostic group was intermediate between the non‐GI and DGBI groups, and significantly different from both of them on QoL, anxiety, depression, somatisation, healthcare utilisation and life and work impairment.ConclusionsOne in four adults without organic gastrointestinal disorders or DGBI report frequent gastrointestinal symptoms. This sub‐diagnostic group has reduced QoL, greater psychological and non‐GI bodily symptoms, impaired work productivity and life activities and greater healthcare use compared to non‐GI individuals. This suggests that many in this sub‐diagnostic group might benefit from healthcare services or symptom self‐management advice.