bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND INDUSTRIAL HARMONY:
Authors: NDIRANGU LORNA NJAMBI 
Published: November 2023

Conflict is a necessary aspect of organizational life. Its presence at the workplace infuses innovation and creative mindset in people through diversity of constructive opinions and criticisms. Although some theories support its encouragement while others condemns it. Given today’s new business order which promote and advocates collective participation in decision making, the need for constructive conflict becomes even more than necessary. It was in regard that this study theoretically reviewed the contributory influence of conflict management strategies as a precursor for enthronement of industrial harmony in contemporary workplaces with emphasis on universities in Kenya. The study reviewed extant literature on the meaning and nature of all the study variables of study and discovered that no organization irrespective of the kind of business or industry they are in can progress effectively without giving room for constructive conflict to thrive while managing the destructive aspects using appropriate strategies such as compromise, collaboration and accommodation where necessary. Therefore we concluded when an organization promotes constructive conflict, it fosters innovation and creativity through diversity of opinions. On the other hand, when dysfunctional conflict is properly managed, it promotes industrial harmony among the members of the organization and also serves as bedrock of a successful entrepreneurial venture. Finally, we recommend that: that Management of tertiary institutions should try as much as possible to discourage destructive conflict while promoting constructive conflict. That in the event of any conflict situation, management should be responsive enough to arrest it objectively with appropriate strategies such as compromise, collaboration and accommodation to avoid turning the organization to a breeding ground for various deviant workplace behavior like sabotage, strike and alienations as result of disharmony.
Key word: Conflict, theories, management, strategies, industrial harmony
COUNTRY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, MODERATING COUNTRY BRAND CHOICE FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN KENYA
Authors: MUTESHI HILDA K. , MAINA SAMUEL , KINYUA GODFREY 
Published: November 2023

Choice to locate business internationally is determined by comparison of various countries. The decision to invest may be based on market size, natural and human resources, financial, physical and technological infrastructure, country openness to foreign investment, institutional frameworks and policies such as fair trade, transparency. Countries are now competing to be a favourable destination for foreign direct investment. This has led to country making changes in policicies in order to attract investors. The Kenya investment legislation framework is anchored in Investment Promotion Act (IPA) of 2004. Kenya Investment Authority facilitates both local and foreign investors to obtain licences, permits and certificates. Despite Kenya making chnges on regulatory environment in 2014 based on on UNCTAD (2013) policy recommendations by establishing a one stop shop at Kenya Investment Authority to market and facilitate both local and foreign investors, investors chose Ethiopia over Kenya and Ethiopia remained the largest recipient of FDI in East Africa. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Kenya declined by 18% in the year 2019, This implied that Kenya was losing its competitiveness in attracting foreign direct investment. This study focused on the Kenya investment policy review recommendations by UNCTAD (2013). It measured the extent to which six policies (tax policy, competition policy, governance policy, environment policy, infrastructure and human capital policy) are moderating the relationship between country marketing mix and country brand choice for FDI. Findings indicated that both country marketing mix and country regulatory environment are statistically significant. The interaction term between country marketing mix and country regulatory environment is significant, with a negative B coefficient. This indicated that unfavourable regulatory environment moderates the effect of marketing negatively. An increase in unfavourable environment will result in the decrease of the likelihood that a country will be chosen of foreign direct investment. The study concluded that an increase in favourable country regulatory environment results in an increase in likelihood that an investor will choose a country for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Therefore, the study concluded that there is a statistically significant relationship between country regulatory environment and country brand choice, and that country regulatory environment has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between country marketing mix and country brand choice for foreign direct investment in Kenya. Unfavourable regulatory environment moderates the effect of marketing efforts negatively. An increase in unfavourable environment will result in the decrease of the likelihood that a country will be chosen of foreign direct investment.
EFFECT OF ACCOUNT PAYABLE MANAGEMENT ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA
Authors: KITHINJI MOSES MURIUKI , WEPHUKULU JOSHUA MATANDA , GEKARA MOUNI , MWANZIA MARY 
Published: November 2023

The financial performance of Kenyan universities has been declining to recent time where most of the universities reported deficits in their income statement, following the dwindling revenues universities are in a deep financial crisis that can possibly lead some of them to a halt. Auditor General declared 11 universities insolvent in a report to Parliament for financial year (2017/2018). Proper Accounts receivable management is essential for any organizational survival. This is because an institutions’ inability to identify relevant accounts receivable management practices can be its source of inability to perform. The general objective of this study was to determine the Effect of Accounts payable management on financial performance of public universities in Kenya, which was guided by the following independent variables; effect of account payable turnover management on financial performance of public universities in Kenya, effect of account payable day ratio management on financial performance of public universities in Kenya, effect of coverage ratio management on financial performance of public universities in Kenya. The study was anchored on trade off theory, operating cycle theory, liquidity theory. The scope of the study was based on public universities in Kenya for period between years 2016 to 2019. Existing literature was reviewed in details in chapter two of the study. Quantitative research design was used in this study. The study population was 31 accredited public universities in Kenya. Secondary data was collected from the auditor general’s office. The study found that accounts payable turnover management, accounts payable day ratio management, coverage ratio management as measures of accounts payable collective and individually affects financial performance of public universities in Kenya. The study revealed that student enrolment moderates the relationship between accounts payable management and financial performance of public universities in Kenya. Coefficient of determination R2 = 0.563 shows that 53.6 percent of the variation in financial performance are accounted for by the changes in accounts payable management of public universities in Kenya. The study concluded that accounts payable management plays a significant role in financial performance of public universities in Kenya. The study therefore recommended that all public universities embrace accounts payable management in order to have sound financial performance. Further it is recommended that more research can be done on private universities in Kenya to facilitate generalization.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN KENYA
Authors: MUNGA JANE , JUMA DENNIS , NJERU AGNES 
Published: November 2023

Performance is a very broad concept and entails both financial and non-financial measures. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between organizational culture and Performance of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing firms in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the relationship between organizational structure, reputation and firm’s performance. The findings of this study were valuable to the managers of the Pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, researchers and academicians in providing knowledge on organizational culture implementation on firm performance especially in the context of developing economies. The research used descriptive survey design. Data collected was both qualitative and quantitative. The target population comprised of managers in all the 19 Pharmaceutical manufacturing firms listed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK, 2016). A sample of 209 was selected. This included one manager from each department who was identified as being directly related to strategy implementation. 19 firms and 209 mangers formed the sample size. The researcher used questionnaires to collect data. Once data was collected, it was coded and analyzed using SPSS version 21 where multiple regressions was used to show the relationship between independent and dependent variables of the study.
THE ANTECEDENT OF PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANISATIONAL JUSTICE AND PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES OF EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP IN SPORTS FOR DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
Authors: NJIHIA DAVID THIRU , BELLOWS SCOTT , ODUOL TRUPHENA 
Published: November 2023

Purpose – The primary purpose of this paper was to identify the antecedent of Perceptions of organizational Justice and performance outcomes of empowering leadership in sports for development organizations. The study also examined the mediating role of empowering leadership between Perceptions of organizational justice and performance outcomes.
Design/Methodology/Approach – The research assumed a cross-sectional research design. Data was collected from a total population of 2993 youth/members drawn from three sports development organizations in Kenya. The authors conducted a series of confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) to verify the validity of the constructs and adopted IBM SPSS AMOS Version 23 to test the hypotheses.
Findings - The authors found that perceptions of organizational justice is an important antecedent of empowering leadership and empowering leadership plays a significant mediating role between perceptions of organizational justice and performance outcomes.
Conclusion / Recommendation - This study concluded that organizational justice has a positive and significant influence on performance outcomes among youth in sports for development organizations in Kenya. Empowering leadership mediates between organizational justice and performance outcomes in sports for development organizations in Kenya. The study recommended that that leaders of the youth beneficiaries in the sports for development organization should ensure that they have systems and policies in place that entrench organization justice in order to achieve performance outcomes.
Pratiques plurielles d’évaluation propres aux organismes communautaires au Québec : état des lieux
Authors: Tello-Rozas Sonia , Léonard Maude , Lussier-Lejeune Florence , Obad-Fathallah Hind , Goulet Véronique , Métivier Céline , Gervais Lise , Chicoine Geneviève 
Published: November 2023

Cet article, résultat d’une recherche partenariale combinant des méthodes quantitatives et qualitatives, fait état des pratiques d’évaluation des organismes communautaires au Québec. Nos résultats montrent que l’évaluation comme processus réflexif fait partie de l’ADN des organismes communautaires. Ils corroborent deux éléments soulignés dans la littérature sur le sujet : la confusion encore présente entre la reddition de comptes et l’évaluation, et le rôle fondamental des ressources. Nos résultats font ressortir également un élément essentiel à la compréhension des pratiques d’évaluation propres aux organismes communautaires : la cohabitation des pratiques réflexives, dites parfois « informelles », qui sont intégrées au fonctionnement quotidien des organismes, avec des pratiques d’évaluation systématisées. Ces dernières ont un caractère plus complexe, se focalisent sur quelques objectifs ou thèmes précis, nécessitent une expertise et des capacités en évaluation et demandent des ressources financières importantes.
JARDIN DE SCULPTURES ÉPHÉMÈRES de Marie Chouinard, sur une musique de Louis
Dufort
Authors: Delisle Julie 
Published: November 2023

Cet article porte sur l’analyse musicale et chorégraphique de l’oeuvre JARDIN
DE SCULPTURES ÉPHÉMÈRES (2020) de Marie Chouinard, composée sur une série d’extraits
provenant de l’album Into the Forest, musique originale de Louis Dufort. Après une
courte réflexion sur le contexte de création particulier du JARDIN, qui a pris la
forme d’une captation vidéo durant la pandémie de COVID-19, une analyse du contenu musical
de l’oeuvre est présentée. Ensuite, les différents éléments de la chorégraphie qui
permettent d’en dégager la sculpture sont décrits à travers la succession des 84 sculptures
éphémères de la pièce. D’abord, la classification des sculptures en trois catégories
(pointues, rondes et en équilibre) permet de diviser la pièce en sept sections principales.
Puis, la présence de moments de simultanéité, de positions antagonistes et d’agencements de
lignes et d’angles accentue des moments clés de l’oeuvre, souvent en correspondance avec le
matériel musical. Enfin, l’article se conclut par une réflexion portant sur les analogies et
les isomorphismes entre danse et musique dans cette oeuvre.
Basic psychological need satisfaction and aggressive behavior: the role of negative affect and its gender difference
Authors: Dou Fen , Wang Qinglin , Wang Minghui , Zhang Entao , Zhao Guoxiang 
Published: November 2023

Background
Basic psychological need satisfaction (BPNS) is a significant factor in a person’s development, especially for adolescents, and the failure to satisfy these basic needs may contribute to individuals’ aggressive behavior. However, it is still unclear about the underlying mechanism by which BPNS is negatively associated with aggressive behavior. This study aimed to explore the relationship between BPNS and aggressive behavior in Chinese adolescents, with a focus on the mediating role of negative affect and its gender differences.

Method
A sample of 1,064 junior high school students from three schools in China were selected randomly for the cross-sectional survey. The revised Need Satisfaction Scale, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and Youth’s Self-Report were used to measure BPNS, affect, and aggressive behavior. The proposed model was examined by the structural equation modeling test and multi-group comparison analysis.

Results
The results showed that BPNS was negatively linked with adolescents’ aggressive behavior, and this effect was mediated by negative affect. Moreover, multigroup analysis demonstrated that there existed a stronger negative association between BPNS and negative affect in female group. Also, the mediating effect of negative affect in the model was greater for girls.

Conclusions
Our findings highlighted the importance of BPNS in adolescents’ social behavior (i.e., aggressive behavior), and reveal disparate patterns in how BPNS affects aggressive behavior in girls as compared to boys.
The potential impact of advanced footwear technology on the recent evolution of elite sprint performances
Authors: Mason Joel , Niedziela Dominik , Morin Jean-Benoit , Groll Andreas , Zech Astrid 
Published: November 2023

Background
Elite track and field sprint performances have reached a point of stability as we near the limits of human physiology, and further significant improvements may require technological intervention. Following the widely reported performance benefits of new advanced footwear technology (AFT) in road-running events, similar innovations have since been applied to sprint spikes in hope of providing similar performance enhancing benefits. However, it is not yet clear based on current evidence whether there have been subsequent improvements in sprint performance. Therefore, the aims of this study were to establish if there have been recent year-to-year improvements in the times of the annual top 100 and top 20 athletes in the men’s and women’s sprint events, and to establish if there is an association between the extensive use of AFT and potential recent improvements in sprint performances.

Methods
For the years 2016–19 and 2021–2022, the season best performances of the top 100 athletes in each sprint event were extracted from the World Athletics Top lists. Independent t-tests with Holm corrections were performed using the season’s best performance of the top 100 and top 20 athletes in each year to identify significant differences between years for each sprint discipline. Following the classification of shoes worn by the top 20 athletes in each event during their annual best race (AFT or non-AFT), separate linear mixed-model regressions were performed to determine the influence of AFT on performance times.

Results
For the top 100 and top 20 athletes, there were no significant differences year-to-year in any sprint event prior to the release of AFT (2016–2019). There were significant differences between AFT years (2021 or 2022) and pre-AFT years (2016–2019) in eight out of 10 events. These differences ranged from a 0.40% improvement (men’s 100 m) to a 1.52% improvement (women’s 400 m hurdles). In the second analysis, multiple linear mixed model regressions revealed that the use of AFT was associated with improved performance in six out of ten events, including the men’s and women’s 100 m, women’s 200 m, men’s 110 m hurdles, women’s 100 m hurdles and women’s 400 m hurdles (estimate range: −0.037 – 0.521, p = <0.001 – 0.021). Across both analyses, improvements were more pronounced in women’s sprint events than men’s sprint events.

Conclusion
Following a period of stability, there were significant improvements in most sprint events which may be partly explained by advances in footwear technology. These improvements appear to be mediated by event, sex and potentially level of athlete.
Mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequencing confirms the presence of the invasive sea anemone Diadumene lineata (Verrill, 1869) (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) in Argentina
Authors: González Muñoz Ricardo , Lauretta Daniel , Bazterrica María Cielo , Puente Tapia Francisco Alejandro , Garese Agustín , Bigatti Gregorio , Penchaszadeh Pablo E. , Lomovasky Betina , Acuña Fabián H. 
Published: November 2023

Background
Diadumene lineata is one of the most widespread sea anemone species worldwide. Although this species has been reported a few times on the Argentine coast since 2004, its identification has traditionally been based on external morphological characteristics, and in most cases no voucher specimens are available to support previous records.

Methods
In this study, we obtained DNA sequences of two mitochondrial markers (12S and 16S) and two nuclear markers (18S and 28S) from specimens of D. lineata collected in two locations on the Argentine coast separated by almost 800 km. Additionally, we conducted an analysis of the morphology, as well as the types and size ranges of cnidae, using specimens collected at three different locations along the Argentine coast. Furthermore, since introduced populations of D. lineata are presumably ephemeral and only reproduce asexually outside their native range, we examined the internal anatomy of representatives from the Argentine coast for gametogenic tissue as an indication of whether they might be capable of sexual reproduction.

Results
DNA data support our morphological identification, including cnidae analyses, of the specimens as D. lineata. Furthermore, all specimens examined were determined to be sterile.

Discussion
Genetic sequence comparisons, phylogenetic reconstruction, and cnidae data support the identification of individuals of D. lineata from Mar Chiquita and Garipe Beach, confirming the presence of the species on the Argentine coast using both morphological and molecular tools. The absence of fertile specimens suggests that each sampled population is likely reproducing only by asexual reproduction and possibly composed of clones. The presence of an additional category of longer p-mastigophores B2a in the actinopharynx and filaments, as well as holotrichs in the column, is also reported.

Conclusions
For the first time, we have confirmed the presence of D. lineata in Argentina through molecular data. Additionally, our findings indicate that the analyzed specimens are sterile, suggesting that this species is not engaging in sexual reproduction in the studied localities. It is crucial to continue monitoring the populations of D. lineata along the Argentine coast to assess whether they establish sexual reproduction, expand their distribution range or disappear, or potentially cause any harm to local species or alterations in benthic communities.
Clinicopathologic features and prognosis of 71 patients with gastric cancer and disseminated intravascular coagulation
Authors: Chen Ling , Lin Jing , Chen Yu , Yu Jiami , Wang Xiaojie 
Published: November 2023

Background
Gastric cancer consists of solid tumors with a tendency for disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). DIC is rare in patients with stomach cancer, and there have been few studies on this condition. We aimed to perform comprehensive analyses of the prognosis and clinicopathologic characteristics of stomach cancer patients with DIC.

Methods
Between June 2006 and March 2020, 14,016 patients at Fujian Cancer Hospital were diagnosed with stomach cancer. We reviewed their medical records and found that 105 of these patients were diagnosed with DIC. After excluding patients who were lost to follow-up, 71 patients with DIC remained. The clinical data were retrospectively analyzed to observe clinical characteristics and prognostic factors, and the Kaplan–Meier survival analysis was performed. Prognostic variables were investigated by the Cox proportional hazards method.

Results
The median age was 54 (range, 21–83) years, and 38 patients (53.5%) were male. The histological category was poorly differentiated gastric cancer in 58 patients (81.7%). Eleven patients (15.5%) developed DIC after curative gastric resection. Sixty patients (84.5%) had DIC at the initial presentation of gastric cancer or developed DIC when the tumor progressed during treatment. Fifty-one patients (71.8%) had bleeding symptoms, and 43 (60.6%) patients had comorbidities at the time of DIC diagnosis. Among the 71 patients, 42 (59.2%) had multiple metastatic patterns. Twenty-one (29.6%) patients received chemotherapy. The median overall survival (OS) was 57.0 days (95% confidence interval [CI] [33.1–80.9] days). Tumor status (P = 0.000) and treatment (P = 0.003) were found to be significant variables associated with OS by univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis showed that tumor status (P = 0.000) and treatment (P = 0.000) had independent effects on OS.

Conclusions
Gastrointestinal bleeding, multiple metastatic patterns and comorbidities at diagnosis with DIC are common in patients with gastric cancer complicated with DIC. Patients with poorly differentiated gastric cancer are more likely to develop DIC. Treatment and tumor status are separate risk variables for the survival of gastric cancer patients with DIC.DIC patients without tumors have a good prognosis and can be cured by appropriate etiological correction and symptomatic treatment. Chemotherapy can improve the prognosis of DIC patients with tumors.