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Motivating, developing and retaining talent through job enrichment: an exploration of “side-of-desk” projects in a corporate environment
Authors: Thomas Carla , Rowe Lisa , Moore Neil 
Published: December 2023

PurposeGlobal talent shortages, new skill demand and rising numbers of unfilled posts are fuelling an increasingly challenging job market, exacerbated by economic uncertainty and transformational digital change. Seeking creative solutions in response, the authors examine talent management’s (TM) theoretical and conceptual foundations, specifically the identification and selection of talent and TM programme design to explore the challenges and benefits of side-of-desk projects as interventions.Design/methodology/approachTaking an inductive qualitative approach, questionnaires, focus groups and semi-structured interviews gathered data from three employee groups in a UK digital communications organisation.FindingsThe authors reveal inconsistencies in the definition and selection of talent, highlighting programme quality challenges to expose a direct correlation between participant experience and motivation and retention, along with the longer-term challenges of balancing talented human capital, shareholder expectations and sustainable workforce resourcing.Originality/valueThe authors' research extends existing knowledge concerning the effect of organisational culture, context and workforce demands upon TM programmes, providing theoretical and practical implications for leaders and policymakers in designing enrichment activities to motivate, develop and retain talent. The authors make recommendations to inform the future design of TM programmes, revealing new opportunities to develop hidden talent and presenting a realistic and sustainable toolkit for future practice in the form of an organisational logic model.
Irish apprenticeships in financial services: negotiating gender and navigating social justice
Authors: Sheerin Corina , Brittain Jonathan 
Published: December 2023

PurposeSet within the context of International Financial Services (IFS), this research aims to considers the demographic profile of IFS apprenticeship candidates in relation to gender equality and social mobility in Ireland. This study also offers valuable insights as to the gendered nature of these “new” apprenticeships and examine whether these programmes provide opportunities for social mobility.Design/methodology/approachImplementing a quantitative approach, underpinned by a positivist stance, this study analyses Irish national apprenticeship data relating to IFS programmes (n = 1118). Non-parametric tests were applied in the analysis of the gender dimension, while to analyse social mobility, the socio-economic status and spatial profile of candidates were compiled and analysed using the Pobal HP Deprivation Index (SA).FindingsThe findings revealed more women are undertaking non-traditional apprenticeship programmes as compared with traditional craft apprenticeships. Within the IFS context, while female participation was seen to be growing, gender divergence was observed in terms of programme level, with a greater number of men, as compared with women, engaging in higher-level degree apprenticeship programmes. The findings also show that IFS apprentices are primarily from socio-economic areas that are above average. This trend indicates a distinctive candidate who is more aligned with the sectoral profile of IFS than that of traditional apprenticeship programmes. Such findings reveal that the “widening participation” aim of IFS apprenticeships is not yet fully realised with issues of gender inequality and social mobility persistent within the wider IFS sector.Originality/valueThis study provides an important dimension to both academic and practitioner literature concerning apprenticeships. To date, there has been a proliferation of publications concerning the beneficial impact of skills and vocational-led apprenticeships. However, limited attention has been directed to non-traditional apprenticeships and even less still within the setting of IFS. This research initiates the process of addressing that gap within an Irish context. This study also adds to the existing apprenticeship discourse regarding issues of gender and social mobility by examining the gendered nature of IFS apprenticeships and well as assessing whether these apprenticeships aid social mobility.
Exporting is a team sport: the link between management training and performance in SMEs
Authors: Idris Bochra , Saridakis George , Georgellis Yannis , Lai Yanqing , Johnstone Stewart 
Published: December 2023

PurposeThis paper examines how soft skills training for owner-managers affects the financial performance of exporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Furthermore, the authors examine the differential influence of specific owner-manager skills, such as “team working skills”, “technical skills” and “leadership skills”, on performance.Design/methodology/approachThe paper utilises the Longitudinal Small Business Survey, which is a nationally representative employer dataset of UK SMEs with up to 249 employees, including those with no employees. The dataset contains information on firms' turnover, export status of goods or services and training provision for employees or owner-managers.FindingsThe results suggest that owner-manager's training has a positive effect on turnover in non-exporting firms. Moreover, a combination of soft and hard skills is associated with higher turnover in exporting firms. Amongst the specific skills of owner-managers, training on “team working” has the most significant impact on exporting SMEs' performance.Practical implicationsThe authors' findings imply that managerial training to develop soft skills such as leadership, decision-making and communication is a worthwhile investment. The knowledge that owner-managers acquire through soft and hard skills training enables them to develop essential internationalisation competencies. Moreover, the authors demonstrate that teamwork is a significant predictor of performance.Originality/valueThe authors contribute to the literature by examining the role of owner-managers' training in shaping internal systems, structure, processes and internationalisation strategies, thus affecting SMEs performance. The authors' also provide a nuanced analysis of how various types of soft and hard skills underpin the successful implementation of internationalisation initiatives.
Digital investment, intellectual capital and enterprise value: evidence from China
Authors: Bai Fuping , Shang Mengting , Huang Yujie , Liu Donghui 
Published: December 2023

PurposeBased on resource-based theory and intellectual capital theory, this paper aims to investigate the impact of digital investment on enterprise value and the mediating role of intellectual capital. Additionally, it explores the heterogeneous impacts of digital investment on enterprise value and intellectual capital.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilizes a sample of listed companies in Chinese A-shares from 2013 to 2020. The entropy-weighted method is applied to measure digital investment from two dimensions: scale and increment. Finally, the research hypotheses are tested through multiple regression analysis.FindingsThe empirical results demonstrate that digital investment significantly and positively impacts enterprise value. From the channel mechanism test, digital investment can enhance enterprise value by influencing intellectual capital through human, structural and relational capital. Of these, the mediating effect of human capital is the most significant. Moreover, the impacts of digital investment on enterprise value and intellectual capital are related to the industry sectors. In the agricultural sector, digital investment has adverse effects. In the industrial and service sectors, digital investment promotes intellectual capital and enterprise value. However, in the service sector, the impact on relational capital is not significant, and the mediating effect of relational capital does not hold.Research limitations/implicationsThis research has a limited potential for generalization due to the lack of standard measurement models for the exploration of digital investment.Practical implicationsThe research findings are valuable for assessing the economic effects of digital investment comprehensively and providing essential information for policy formulation and strategy implementation.Originality/valueThis study represents the first attempt to evaluate the relationship between digital investment and enterprise value using the entropy-weighted method. In addition, this study investigates the mediating role of intellectual capital.
Job happiness: influence of work flexibility through work-life balance and gender moderation
Authors: Hernández Martínez Luz Esmeralda , Chunga-Liu Zeidy Edith 
Published: December 2023

PurposeThis research aims to determine the influence that work flexibility (WF) has on the happiness of workers through the work and personal life balance, work-life balance (WLB), as a mediating variable, as well as the moderating role of gender between WLB and job happiness (JH). A structural model that describes the interactions between these study variables is proposed.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative approach was used. The data were collected by non-probabilistic sampling, surveying 200 mid-level employees in small and medium industrial enterprises (industrial SMEs). The proposed hypotheses were analyzed and tested using partial least squares structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results confirmed the hypotheses presented. In the relation of WLB and JH, positive work-family and family-work interactions would result in a greater increase in JH in the women group compared to men, and special characteristics were found in the variables in the Mexican context.Practical implicationsThis study will provide information to those responsible for the human resources departments of companies to design and implement good practices in which importance can be given to labor agreements involving WF and the implementation of WLB policies differentiated by gender to generate happiness at work.Originality/valueThe JH construct proposed by Fisher (2010) was applied, and its relationship with WF and WLB in a post-pandemic context was studied. The research applied to supervisors and area managers of industrial SMEs reflects the importance of considering the balance between their life and work to achieve JH, understanding it as job satisfaction and more commitment to work, in addition to considering the differences by gender.
The effect of women’s entrepreneurship on corporate social responsibility
Authors: Prialé María Angela , Dávalos Jorge E. , Daza Brian , Ninahuanca E. Frances 
Published: December 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify the causal (not correlational) effect of women’s entrepreneurship on corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in Latin America.

Design/methodology/approach
This study builds on a hitherto unexploited sparse data set on Latin American B Corporations to identify the causal relationship of interest and on a (synthetic) instrumental variable method.

Findings
The results confirm that women’s entrepreneurship has a positive causal effect on social responsibility. This study finds that an increase of 1% in the proportion of women entrepreneurs leads to an increase of 0.5 in the B Impact Assessment score, the CSR indicator.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the literature by providing robust statistical evidence of a causal relationship between women entrepreneurs and social responsibility practices in the Latin American context. This research captures the multidimensional nature of social responsibility by using a comprehensive and vast metric of CSR obtained from the data of the B Impact Assessment tool. This study illustrates how machine learning methods can be used to address the lack of structure of the Latin American B Impact Assessment data.
Knowledge in the public realm – the educative agent
Authors: Charman Karen 
Published: December 2023

PurposeThe purpose of the project was to intervene in a deficit reading of communities. This article engages public pedagogy in a way that suggests a new approach to the field. To this end, both the terms public and pedagogy are interrogated.Design/methodology/approachThe approach in this paper is an analysis of a qualitative research project: the knowledge project and pop-up school. The theoretical framework used to undertake the analysis of this project is Hannah Arendt's conceptualisation of the public realm and Michele Foucault's use of parrhesia (the truth teller), alongside Foucault's work on power.FindingsThis article offers a whole new subject position that of the educative agent. Further, this article suggests that the educative agent takes a carriage of knowledge and therefore enacts authority.Originality/valueThis article is an original theoretical engagement with knowledge, authority and power.
Physical, thermal and mechanical properties of horse tail and mane hairs
Authors: Üstüntağ Sümeyye , Paşayev Nazim 
Published: December 2023

Purpose
This study aims to comparatively reveal the physical, thermal and mechanical properties of horse tail and mane hairs, which have the potential to be used in many areas.

Design/methodology/approach
Physical properties of horsehairs such as diameter, density, moisture and water absorption were measured. Fourier transform infrared, field emission scanning electron microscopy and amino acid analyzes were applied to the hairs. Thermal stability of horsehair was investigated by thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry analysis. In addition, breaking strength and elongation values of mane and tail hairs were measured.

Findings
As a result of morphological analysis of horsehair, it was observed that there are usually gaps in the internal structure of horsehair, but the size and continuity of these gaps vary. It has been determined that there is a significant difference between the tenacity values of tail and mane hairs as well as geometric characteristics. In addition, amino acid analysis has shown that the amino acid contents of horse tail and mane hairs are similar and not much different from sheep’s wool.

Originality/value
Horsehair has been used for various purposes such as clothing, accessories, brushes, upholstery and reinforcement material. To use horsehair in accordance with its application area and performance characteristics, it is necessary to know its physical, thermal and mechanical properties. It is considerable to reveal the similar and different aspects of tail and mane hairs to determine whether they are alternatives to each other. Therefore, revealing the characteristics of tail and mane hairs comparatively constitutes the originality of this study.
Transit and treatment: Aligning systems to address substance use in Connecticut
Authors: Cohen Jeffrey P. , Huleatt Steven , Murphy Shane , Rash Carla J. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractObjectiveTest hypotheses that proximity to new transit improves substance use disorder treatment provider cost efficiency (i.e., economies of scale and scope).Data Sources and Study SettingConnecticut substance uses disorder treatment providers/programs. A 2015 rapid transit line opening with 10 stations, near some providers/programs. Providers' annual operating costs from publicly available federal tax forms (2013–2018). Annual client counts, service‐type (including substance use disorder and/or mental health, among others), and location data, for 50 providers and their programs, from Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, with an unbalanced panel of 285 provider‐years.Study DesignEconomies of scale occur when the percent change in operating costs is less than the percentage change in clients. Economies of scope occur when operating costs fall as providers treat clients with multiple service needs. With our quasi‐experimental, multivariate regressions approach, we test hypotheses that proximity to a new transit line enhances economies of scale and scope (i.e., lowers unit operating costs).Data Collection/Extraction MethodsAnnual provider‐level operating costs merged with new transit station locations and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services program/provider‐level secondary data (locations, client counts/completions/dates, service types, and average demographics).Principal FindingsFor providers with programs within 1‐mile of new transit (compared with a “control” sample beyond 1‐mile of new transit), (i) a 10% increase in clients leads to a 0.12% lower operating costs per client; (ii) a 10% increase in clients completing treatment results in a 1.5% decrease in operating costs per client; (iii) a 10% increase in clients receiving treatment for multiple services causes a 0.81% lower operating costs per client; (iv) offering multiple services leads to 6.3% lower operating costs.ConclusionsNew transit proximity causes operating cost savings for substance use disorder/mental health treatment providers. System alignment may benefit transit and health care sectors.
The Rapid Development of Bioeconomy Policies in the EU and other Regions of the World
Authors: M'barek Robert , Wesseler Justus 
Published: December 2023

SummaryIn the European Union, the bioeconomy is very broadly defined, encompassing all sectors and associated services and investments that produce, use, process, distribute or consume biological resources, including ecosystem services. It is seen as a natural enabler and result of the transformation proposed by Europe's sustainable growth strategy, the Green Deal. EU Member States and regions also have strategies to further target the implementation of the bioeconomy. The bioeconomy and its related policies have shown a rapid development in the EU and other regions of the world. In challenging times, the sustainable and circular bioeconomy is a central element in supporting the transition to an economy that is climate‐neutral, while preserving the biosphere. From the global agenda of United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate change and biodiversity, several other international organisations, global fora, and private initiatives, all provide knowledge, analyses and perspectives for the bioeconomy. Africa's bioeconomy has a huge potential as a catalyser for advancing towards many SDGs. In North America, the US has recently defined bold goals for biotechnology and biomanufacturing. South American countries foster their enormous agricultural and forestry potential in supporting the bioeconomy, while playing a key role for global climate and biodiversity.The bioeconomy in its different designs is thus an important building block for the global transformation towards a more sustainable economic system.
Awake proning in patients with COVID‐19‐related hypoxemic acute respiratory failure: Endorsement by the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Authors: Rehn Marius , Chew Michelle , Kalliomäki Maija‐Liisa , Olkkola Klaus T. , Sigurðsson Martin Ingi , Møller Morten Hylander 
Published: December 2023

AbstractBackgroundAwake proning in spontaneously breathing patients with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure was applied during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic to improve oxygenation while avoiding tracheal intubation. An updated systematic review and meta‐analysis on the topic was published.MethodsThe Clinical practice committee (CPC) of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI) assessed the clinical practice guideline “Awake proning in patients with COVID‐19‐related hypoxemic acute respiratory failure: A rapid practice guideline” for possible endorsement. The Appraisal of Guidelines for REsearch and Evaluation (AGREE) II tool was used.ResultsFour out of six SSAI CPC members completed the appraisal. The individual domain totals were: Scope and Purpose 90%; Stakeholder Involvement 89%; Rigour of Development 74%; Clarity of Presentation 85%; Applicability 75%; Editorial Independence 98%; Overall Assessment 79%.ConclusionThe SSAI CPC endorses the clinical practice guideline “Awake proning in patients with COVID‐19‐related hypoxemic acute respiratory failure: A rapid practice guideline”. This guideline serves as a useful decision aid for clinicians caring for critically ill patients with COVID‐19‐related acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and can be used to provide guidance on use of prone positioning in this group of patients.
The role of inflammation in cases with gestational diabetes mellitus: Systemic immune inflammatory index according to trimesters
Authors: Ergani Seval Yılmaz , Yücel Kadriye Yakut , Şahin Büşra , Ateş Cağlayan , Reis Yıldız Akdaş , Köse Caner , Özden Merve Parlak , Akpınar Funda , Çelen Şevki , Üstün Yaprak 
Published: December 2023

AbstractProblemThis study aims to investigate the role of the systemic immune‐inflammatory index (SII) in inflammation by analyzing SII values by trimester in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Method of StudyBetween May 2019 and June 2020, we retrospectively enrolled 467 pregnant women who were followed from the first trimester to delivery in our hospital. We evaluated the sociodemographic characteristics, laboratory test results, SII values, Apgar scores, and newborn birth weights of pregnant women diagnosed with GDM. We also compared the SII values of GDM for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimesters with the control group.ResultsWhen examining the SII values of the GDM group in these three trimesters, without including the control group, we found that the SII value of the GDM group in the 3rd trimester was significantly higher than in the 1st trimester, with a gradual increase with each trimester (p = .007). Additionally, the SII value was higher in the GDM group compared to the control group (p = .008). We conducted a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis of the SII value between the groups by trimester. The diagnostic significance of SII between the GDM and control groups was observed in the 3rd trimester, as the area under the curve (AUC) was close to 0.5 and not associated with a specific cutoff value. When examining the relationship between 3rd‐trimester SII and study parameters, we found it had a positive and low correlation with the length of prepartum hospitalization, 50 g Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), and maximal vertical pocket.ConclusionSII levels were significantly higher in third‐trimester GDM patients; however, despite elevated levels of inflammation, fetuses did not experience harm.