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The ethnographer and the paradox of emotional closeness. An autoethnography of shame in accounting research
Authors: Drujon d’Astros Caecilia , Gaudy Camille , Strauch Marianne 
Published: January 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to explore the role of the researcher’s emotions in ethnographic practice in accounting research. This paper focuses on shame as an emotion that lingers on, despite the efforts to work through those emotions.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors conducted a collective autoethnography to make sense of the fieldwork and after-fieldwork emotions and their consequences. This autoethnography began with the three authors discovering their shared feeling of shame.

Findings
Building on Hochschild’s theory (1979, 1983) on emotional labor, the authors demonstrate how shame emerged as a central and lingering emotion of the ethnographies beyond an emotional labor process. The authors show how a double shame appeared toward the field participants and the academic accounting community, affecting the writing and the work.

Originality/value
The authors demonstrate that the perception of the research community’s rules of feelings gives rise to emotions that ultimately change the work. The authors show how collective autoethnography can help accounting research to acknowledge and give room to emotions.
Role of green innovation and sustainable supply chain management in firm internationalization
Authors: Anjum Najam Akber , Shahid Zubair Ali , Mubarik Muhammad Shujaat , Mazhar Ummad 
Published: January 2024

Purpose
Purpose of this study is to explore the nature of relationship between internationalization of firms, sustainability of their supply chains, and the extent of their green innovations. Understanding of the relationship between these constructs is important because of the ever increasing sustainability awareness of consumers in the leading economies of the world. This awareness is now compelling importers of goods from cheap-labor countries to ensure that their suppliers comply with sustainability regulations. This compliance becomes very challenging because of the lack of control on second-tier and third-tier suppliers in a supply chain. First-tier suppliers in this case may drive this effort but need to be motivated enough to do so. In case of environmental sustainability, green innovation (GI) may provide a gradual, and thus more affordable and practical, move toward more eco-friendly ways. As far as the motivation to commit to sustainability and GI is concerned, internationalization and export business expansion may act as one of the most effective motivators for these suppliers. However, the nature of relationship between these three constructs, i.e. internationalization of firms, sustainability of their supply chains and the extent of their GI requires a better understanding.

Design/methodology/approach
The work uses a novel data set collected from 146 medium and large textile firms operating in Pakistan. The partial least square-structural equation modeling approach is used for data analysis.

Findings
All three constructs of internationalization, GI and sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) are significantly associated and thus complement each other.

Originality/value
This work uses a novel agency theory perspective to analyze the relationship between internationalization, GI and SSCM. In that sense, the findings indicate that internationalization could be one of the incentives that can be used by the principals to deal with agents’ goal conflict and information asymmetry.
Attitudes of translation agencies and professional translators in Saudi Arabia towards translation management systems
Authors: Alsubhi Waleed Obaidallah 
Published: January 2024

PurposeEffective translation has become essential for seamless cross-cultural communication in an era of global interconnectedness. Translation management systems (TMS) have redefined the translation landscape, revolutionizing project management and execution. This study examines the attitudes of translation agencies and professional translators towards integrating and utilizing TMS, with a specific focus on Saudi Arabia.Design/methodology/approachThe study's design was based on a thorough mixed-methods strategy that purposefully combined quantitative and qualitative procedures to create an array of findings. Through a survey involving 35 participants (both project managers and professional translators) and a series of interviews, this research explores the adoption of TMS, perceived benefits, influencing factors and future considerations. This integrated approach sought to investigate the nuanced perceptions of Saudi translation companies and expert translators about TMS. By combining the strengths of quantitative data's broad scopes and qualitative insights' depth, this mixed-methods approach sought to overcome the limitations of each method, ultimately resulting in a holistic understanding of the multifaceted factors shaping attitudes within Saudi Arabia's unique translation landscape.FindingsBased on questionnaires and interviews, the study shows that 80% of participants were familiar with TMS, and 57% had adopted it in their work. Benefits included enhanced project efficiency, collaboration and quality assurance. Factors influencing adoption encompassed cost, compatibility and resistance to change. The study further delved into participants' demographic profiles and years of experience, with a notable concentration in the 6–10 years range. TMS adoption was linked to improved translation processes, and participants expressed interest in AI integration and mobile compatibility. Deployment models favored cloud-based solutions, and compliance with industry standards was deemed vital. The findings underscore the evolving nature of TMS adoption in Saudi Arabia, with diverse attitudes shaped by cultural influences, technological compatibility and awareness.Originality/valueThis research provides a holistic and profound perspective on the integration of TMS, fostering a more comprehensive understanding of the opportunities, obstacles and potential pathways to success. As the translation landscape continues to evolve, the findings from this study will serve as a valuable compass guiding practitioners and researchers towards effectively harnessing the power of technology for enhanced translation outcomes.
Luxury fashion brand coolness: niche versus mass cool
Authors: Loureiro Sandra Maria Correia , Aleem Aihoor , Breazeale Mike 
Published: January 2024

Purpose
This study aims to analyze the relationship of mass versus niche brand coolness on consumers’ brand loyalty, mediated by attitude toward the brand and moderated by conspicuous consumption; test the moderating role of conspicuous consumption and the mediating role of attitude between mass versus niche cool brand and brand love; and analyze whether results are stable when categorizing the luxury brands as niche versus mass cool brand.

Design/methodology/approach
Study 1 uses a panel sample to establish the mediating role of attitude toward the brand between perceptions of brand coolness and brand loyalty. Study 2 is an experimental survey study to describe the moderating role of conspicuous consumption on the relationship between mass/niche brand coolness and brand love and between mass/niche coolness and attitude toward the brand. Study 3 is a conjoint analysis that delineates the distinct factors that consumers attribute to mass versus niche cool brands in the luxury fashion arena.

Findings
This study demonstrates that attitudes mediate the relationship between brand coolness and brand loyalty. Conspicuous consumption only moderates the relationship between brand coolness and attitudes in the case of niche cool brands. In a realistic field experiment, the authors confirm the mediating impact of attitude and the moderating influence of conspicuous consumption. The authors also attempt to provide coolness dimensions that tend to be more associated with mass luxury brands and those more related to niche luxury brands.

Originality/value
These studies provide a fresh look at the concept of brand coolness, mass and niche cool brands in the context of luxury fashion brands.
Retention of tech employees in India: lessons from the extant literature
Authors: Haque Farhat 
Published: January 2024

Purpose
This paper aims to focus on the issue of high employee turnover in the Indian tech industry. An integrative review is conducted to analyse the past and current state of literature, as well as prepare a research agenda for future studies.

Design/methodology/approach
A pool of 72 articles published between 2010 and 2022 is reviewed with a special focus on Indian tech employees. This study elucidates the extent and impact of employee retention strategies through content analysis.

Findings
Two broad perspectives have been established in the literature: the reasons for quitting and the explanations for staying. By means of a comprehensive review, this paper combines these two aspects of literature and suggests factors under organization’s control to retain competent tech employees.

Originality/value
The study is designed to integrate the two theoretical viewpoints of employee turnover literature by consolidating the reasons behind quitting behaviour and staying intention. Codes combining the two aspects are presented as a valuable resource to retain tech talent.
Fire traps in the wet subtropics: New perspectives from Hong Kong
Authors: Chan Aland H. Y. , Coomes David A. 
Published: January 2024

Abstract

Fires undermine efforts to restore degraded forests in the wet tropics and subtropics. Grasslands and shrublands established after fires are more fire susceptible than forests and tend to be set alight more often, creating a positive feedback loop that curbs succession (i.e. create a fire trap). Understanding the factors that underpin the strength of these fire traps could transform restoration programmes by identifying the steps needed to escape them.

Fire traps are notoriously challenging to quantify because multiple factors influence fire occurrence and vegetation recovery. Here we used multi‐decadal satellite imagery from Landsat to create a 34‐year time series of burn areas and vegetation dynamics in wet subtropical Hong Kong. These dynamic maps were then used to characterise (1) the influence of successional stage on fire occurrence, having accounted for topographical and ignition source imbalances using neighbourhood analyses and entropy balancing (EBAL) weights, and (2) recovery time to the next successional stage by survival analysis with EBAL weights.

Our analyses revealed that fire regimes in the wet subtropics are defined by strong fire‐vegetation feedbacks. Grasslands and shrublands were 20 and 9 times more susceptible to fires than forests in similar topographic positions. Human activities compounded these differences by disproportionally introducing more ignition sources to grasslands (2.3 times) and shrublands (2.0 times) than to forests.

Burnt shrublands recovered to forests faster (19 years) than grasslands (40 years). Proximity to forest patches had strong positive effects on recovery rates, highlighting the importance of seed sources. Post‐fire recovery was faster on wetter northwest‐facing sites and valleys. Overall, topography strongly influenced recovery processes but hardly affected fire occurrence.

Synthesis and applications. Our study provides the first quantification of fire trap processes in the wet subtropics, which provides new opportunities for evidence‐based fire suppression and post‐fire restoration. Our results suggest that (1) fire traps could be mitigated by fire suppression programmes as the traps are currently exacerbated by ignition source imbalance; (2) establishing green fire breaks represents an effective fire suppression measure in the wet subtropics; and (3) active restoration could target areas where models predict sluggish post‐fire natural regeneration.
Tropical forest above‐ground productivity is maintained by nutrients cycled in litter
Authors: Sayer E. J. , Leitman S. F. , Wright S. J. , Rodtassana C. , Vincent A. G. , Bréchet L. M. , Castro B. , Lopez O. , Wallwork A. , Tanner E. V. J. 
Published: January 2024

Abstract

Tropical forest productivity represents an important global carbon sink, but many tropical forests grow on infertile soils. Efficient nutrient cycling by litterfall has long been assumed to maintain tropical tree growth, but there is no direct evidence that the nutrients cycled in litterfall are essential for tropical forest productivity.

To test whether nutrient cycling by litterfall maintains tropical forest above‐ground productivity, we established large‐scale long‐term litter removal (L−) and litter addition (L+) treatments in a mature lowland tropical forest. We hypothesised that the removal of nutrients in litter would reduce tree growth, survival and litter production in L− plots. By contrast, the addition of nutrients in litter would enhance tree growth, survival and litter production in L+ plots. To test our hypotheses, we recorded tree growth and survival every 2 years, and measured litterfall monthly during 17 years of treatments.

Tree growth and litterfall declined over time in L− plots, with consistently lower growth rates compared to controls after 8 years, and lower litter production after 4 years of treatments. By contrast, although litterfall was higher in the L+ plots relative to the controls, there was only a minor transient increase in tree growth immediately after the start of treatments. Tree survival declined over time in all treatments but was not affected by litter manipulation.

The long‐term decline in tree growth and litterfall in the L− plots provides the first empirical evidence that nutrient cycling by litterfall plays a key role in maintaining above‐ground productivity in this tropical forest. By contrast, the transient increase in growth in the L+ plots can be attributed to the large inputs of nutrients with the addition of the entire litter standing crop at the start of treatments. The addition of nutrients in litter over the long term was nonetheless sufficient to enhance litter production, possibly by accelerating leaf turnover.

Synthesis: Efficient nutrient cycling by litterfall makes an important contribution to the annual nutrient requirements of mature tropical forest trees, compensating for infertile soils. Disturbances that disrupt this finely balanced cycle could therefore reduce biomass carbon sequestration in tropical forests.
Identification and functional verification of Y‐chromosome‐specific gene typo‐gyf in Bactrocera dorsalis
Authors: Liu Peipei , Yu Shuning , Zheng Wenping , Zhang Qiuyuan , Qiao Jiao , Li Ziniu , Deng Zhurong , Zhang Hongyu 
Published: January 2024

AbstractGenes on the Y chromosome play important roles in male sex determination and development. The identification of Y‐chromosome‐specific genes not only provides a theoretical basis for the study of male reproductive development, but also offers genetic control targets for agricultural pests. However, Y‐chromosome genes are rarely characterized due to their high repeatability and high heterochromatinization, especially in the oriental fruit fly. In this study, 1 011 Y‐chromosome‐specific candidate sequences were screened from 2 to 4 h Bactrocera dorsalis embryo datasets with the chromosome quotient method, 6 of which were identified as Y‐chromosome‐specific sequences by polymerase chain reaction, including typo‐gyf, a 19 126‐bp DNA sequence containing a 575‐amino acid open reading frame. Testicular deformation and a significant reduction in sperm number were observed after typo‐gyf knockdown with RNA interference in embryos. After typo‐gyf knockout with clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR) / CRISPR‐associated protein 9 in the embryonic stage, the sex ratio of the emergent adults was unbalanced, with far more females than males. A genotype analysis of these females with the Y‐chromosome gene MoY revealed no sex reversal. Typo‐gyf knockout led to the death of XY individuals in the embryonic stage. We conclude that typo‐gyf is an essential gene for male survival, and is also involved in testicular development and spermatogenesis. The identification of typo‐gyf and its functional verification provide insight into the roles of Y‐chromosome genes in male development.
Curds in the way: A milk curd obstruction review and normal sonographic bowel appearances using a novel scoring system in neonates on fortified breast milk feeds
Authors: Kimble Lara L , Perry David , Bach Katinka P 
Published: January 2024

AbstractIntroductionFortified expressed breast milk (FEBM) is a standard of care for premature and low birth weight neonates, but comes with an elevated risk of a rare but re‐emergent pathology called milk curd obstruction (MCO). Little is known about normal sonographic appearances of bowel contents in this feeding setting, making the recognition of abnormalities difficult. Thus, we aimed to describe appearances that may be considered typical pre‐ and post‐fortifier inclusion.MethodsTen neonates of <32 weeks' gestation or a birth weight of <1,800 g recruited from Auckland City Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care between 1/5/2019 and 10/9/2019 received bowel ultrasounds within 24 h before and 10–14 days after starting FEBM. Bowel contents in six abdominal regions were assigned scores of 1–6 based on increasing solidification.ResultsLower gestational age was correlated with more solid contents on the pre‐fortifier ultrasound (P = 0.02). Fortifier was significantly associated with increasing solidity, particularly in the left abdomen (P < 0.001). The left lower quadrant and rectum accounted for much of this change (P = 0.012 and P = 0.002). One subject who subsequently developed a clinical picture consistent with early MCO had uniquely demonstrated non‐rectal solid contents (score 6). The interobserver kappa score for two assessors was 0.91 (95% CI 0.94–0.99) on still images.ConclusionThis small cohort demonstrated increasing bowel content solidification after breast milk fortification using a novel ultrasound scoring system with good interobserver agreement. Non‐rectal solid contents (score 6) appeared atypical. Ultrasound shows promise for its non‐irradiating diagnostic utility in the setting of early milk curd disease evaluation of the premature neonate.
Tracking the frequency of phytoplankton clonal lineages using multispectral image flow cytometry and neural networks
Authors: Hermann Ruben J. , Becks Lutz 
Published: January 2024

Abstract

Testing fundamental theories of diversity and evolutionary change often requires tracking the frequencies of clonal lineages within a population over time. Current tracking methods in plankton and microbial systems are often labour‐intensive, time‐consuming, expensive and/or unavailable, especially when high temporal resolution of frequencies is required.

The combination of multispectral imaging flow cytometry and neural networks (NN) could provide an efficient approach to classify clonal lineages by their heritable phenotypes and thus track their frequency changes. Here, we present a novel method that combines NN and feature values extracted from images to classify six clonal lineages of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii based on heritable morphological differences when paired in‐silico and in‐vitro. We compared different NN trained on all six clonal lineages or on pairs of two and compared the accuracy of the models.

All NN were able to classify clonal lineages with very high accuracy and the NN trained on pairs of clonal lineages achieved the highest accuracy of 97%. Using in‐vitro samples we observed a drop in accuracy to an average of 85%, which was due to the variation occurring between image acquisitions and culturing conditions causing differences in the extracted feature values.

This method can be applied to reduce the workload and running costs of long‐term lineage tracking, and it can be applied to a wide range of plankton and microbial organisms and research questions.
Labelling in financial reporting: An examination of “other comprehensive income” and non‐professional investors' judgements
Authors: Yao Daifei (Troy) , Qu Xin , Kummer Tyge‐F. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractOther comprehensive income (OCI) is often confusing for financial statement users and the International Accounting Standards Board has proposed new labelling to improve its presentation. Using an experimental method, we find that OCI labelling influences non‐professional investors' evaluation and judgements on financial performance. Non‐professional investors place greater weight on OCI information presented with explicit labels when assessing both the current and future performance of a company. Our results indicate that improving the presentation of OCI information enhances their perceived relevance in investors' decision‐making. The results have practical implications for standard setters and financial statement users.
The relationship among cultural variables and weight issues for Asian American women
Authors: Tsutakawa Megan , Gamst Glenn , Kernes Jerry L. , Der Karabetian Aghop 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe present study investigated whether multicultural variables derived from the Multicultural Assessment‐Intervention Process model (shifting, gender roles, acculturation, perceived discrimination) could predict levels of internalized weight bias (IWB) or disordered eating behaviours in 429 Asian American adult women. A facet of shifting, White beauty conformity and mainstream acculturation were the only multicultural variables that significantly predicted all five body‐ and eating‐related outcomes (IWB, restraint, eating, shape and weight concerns). Gender roles and two aspects of perceived discrimination (social exclusion and stigmatization) also showed predictive ability for one or more of the outcome measures. Results highlight the relationship between multicultural and body‐ and eating‐related variables for Asian American women and underscore the salience of body shape and weight, the importance placed on conforming to Western culture and beauty standards and the detrimental effects of doing so for this population. Clinical implications and future research are discussed.
Money or health? The effect of pathogen avoidance motives and life history strategies on health‐economic trade‐offs during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Authors: Ma Qingyi , Ji Tingting , Guo Yongyu 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe COVID‐19 pandemic has caused governments and individuals to face important but difficult trade‐offs between health and the economy. How do individuals choose between health and economic outcomes during the pandemic? Based on the behavioural immune system (BIS) theory and the life history (LH) theory, the present study examined the effects of individual differences in pathogen disgust sensitivity and life history strategy on people's health‐economic trade‐offs during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Results of an online study (N = 300) showed that people with higher pathogen disgust sensitivity felt less sense of control during the pandemic, and therefore chose health‐related options over economic‐related options. In addition, the association between pathogen disgust sensitivity and health outcome preference only existed in people with relatively faster life history strategies. Further, people's health‐economic trade‐offs were not influenced by their current economic status. Findings have important implications for policymakers and the public to understand people's health‐economic choices during the pandemic.
Tri‐ing to decipher trisomyAML
Authors: Shimony Shai , Chen Evan C. 
Published: January 2024

Lam et al. compared trisomy acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients (inclusive of single trisomy, double trisomy or tetrasomy cases) with cytogenetically normal AML to uncover distinguishing molecular and prognostic features of trisomy AML. The study contributes to our understanding of trisomy AML, but the heterogeneity of trisomy subtypes remains a barrier to its study.Commentary on: Lam et al. Distinct karyotypic and mutational landscape in trisomy AML. Br J Haematol 2024;204:939‐944.