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RAB18 Orchestrates Signaling Protein Ciliary Homeostasis by Facilitating BBSome Diffusion through the Transition Zone for Ciliary Entry
Authors: Sun Wei-Yue , Zhang Jingchao , Wei Yan , Zhao Linda S. , Fan Zhen-Chuan 
Published: February 2025

AbstractThe BBSome acts as an intraflagellar transport (IFT) cargo adaptor that connects transmembrane and membrane-anchored signaling proteins to the process of IFT within cilia. This function is critical for ciliary homeostasis maintenance of signaling proteins, allowing for successfully sensing and transducing extracellular stimuli inside the cell. It is established that, upon reaching the proximal ciliary region just above the transition zone (TZ), a diffusion barrier, via retrograde IFT, the BBSome, carrying signaling proteins, disengages from IFT and diffuses through the TZ for ciliary retrieval. This TZ passage event is promoted by the Arf-like 3 GTPase, which utilizes the BBSome autonomously of IFT association as its major effector. While it is known that the intact BBSome is recruited to the basal bodies before entering cilia, the precise mechanism by which it crosses the TZ to access cilia remains elusive. In our study onChlamydomonas reinhardtii, we disclose that the Ras-associated binding (Rab) GTPase RAB18 is concentrated in a basal body region that overlaps with the BBSome. Positioned at this location, RAB18 in a GTP-bound state (RAB18-GTP) is anchored to the membrane, allowing it to diffuse into cilia. Throughout this process, the BBSome functions as a RAB18 effector, binding to RAB18-GTP and subsequently being recruited to diffuse through the TZ for ciliary entry in an IFT-independent manner. This collaboration between the BBSome and RAB18 is pivotal in maintaining the signaling protein phospholipase D ciliary homeostasis, providing a precise mechanistic understanding of the inward BBSome TZ passage essential for proper ciliary signaling.Significance statementAlthough certain ciliary signaling proteins cross the transition zone (TZ) for ciliary removal via the RABL2-ARL3 module-mediated outward BBSome TZ diffusion pathway, how the BBSome passes the TZ for ciliary entry remains unclear. Here, we show that RAB18, in its GTP-bound state, anchors to the membrane at the basal bodies. As a RAB18 effector, the BBSome is recruited to cross the TZ for ciliary entry via lateral transport between plasma and ciliary membranes. Once inside cilia, the BBSome integrates into anterograde IFT trains and subsequently functions as a phospholipase D (PLD) adaptor, ensuring PLD removal from cilia. This study highlights RAB18’s pivotal role in facilitating BBSome entry into cilia, unveiling a regulatory mechanism crucial for maintaining ciliary signaling protein homeostasis.
Remote Cortical Network for Frontal Cognitive Symptoms derived from Tau Accumulation in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Authors: Hori Yuki , Endo Hironobu , Tagai Kenji , Kataoka Yuko , Goto Ryoji , Kurose Shin , Momota Yuki , Kokubo Naomi , Seki Chie , Moriguchi Sho , Shimada Hitoshi , Shinotoh Hitoshi , Tokuda Takahiko , Takahata Keisuke , Minamimoto Takafumi , Higuchi Makoto , Hirabayashi Toshiyuki 
Published: February 2025

AbstractProgressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by movement impairments and frontal cognitive dysfunctions. While motor symptoms are linked with subcortical tau deposits, mechanisms underlying the frontal cognitive symptoms remain unclear due to limited tau accumulation in the frontal cortex and heterogeneous tau distribution. Here, we combined high-contrast tau PET with normative connectome to identify a common network extended from tau deposits underlying the frontal cognitive symptoms in PSP. Regions with tau deposition were connected to a common cortical network that was not detectable through atrophy-based analyses. This network was primarily overlapped with canonical action-mode and frontoparietal networks. While the degree of subcortical tau deposition or atrophy correlated with motor symptoms, only connectivity between tau deposition sites and the derived cortical network explained the frontal cognitive deficits. These findings propose network mechanisms underlying frontal cognitive impairments in PSP, emphasizing the role for remote effects of pathological tau deposits.
Stablecoins and emerging market currencies: a time-varying analysis
Authors: Napari Ayuba , Khan Asad Ul Islam , Kaplan Muhittin , Vergil Hasan 
Published: February 2025

PurposeOwing to the growing evidence of crypto asset connectedness and correlation with traditional financial assets, this study sought to determine if there is a time-varying correlation and/or connectedness between the stablecoin market and the currencies of emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) with significant cryptocurrency penetration.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a probabilistic principal component analysis (PPCA) to create stablecoin and EMDEs currency returns and volatility indices for EMDEs with significant cryptocurrency penetration. We then employ a time-varying correlation and time-varying parameter vector autoregressive (TVP-VAR) connectedness measures to document the time-dependent correlation and connectedness between the EMDE currencies and the stablecoin market.FindingsThe result points to a spillover of return shocks from the EMDE currencies to the stablecoin market prior to and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This is indicative of a flight-to-safety role of stablecoins for EMDE currencies. This calls for increased attention to the stablecoin market by money market investors and monetary authorities.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the growing cryptocurrency and finance literature by empirically examining the level of connectedness between stablecoins and emerging market currencies. Knowing the relationship (correlation) and shock spillover (connectedness) between the stablecoins and the EMDE currencies will be valuable to currency investors’ diversification and hedging strategies, and to macroeconomic policymakers in designing and implementing regulation.
Environmental sustainability and the happy-productive worker: examining the impact on employee well-being and work performance in educational institutions
Authors: Sheeran Zane , Sutton Anna , Cooper-Thomas Helena Dorothy 
Published: February 2025

PurposeThe happy-productive worker hypothesis posits that employee well-being is an important factor in work performance. Educational institutions around the world are facing both internal and external pressures to integrate sustainability into their practices, with the goal of protecting the planet and ultimately boosting profits. This paper explores the potential wider benefits of sustainability, including its relationship with employee well-being and performance, by investigating the influence of organisational sustainability on the happy-productive worker hypothesis.Design/methodology/approachEducational institution employees from the UAE and USA (n = 199; 66.3% teachers) completed an online questionnaire measuring their well-being, perceptions of their organisations’ environmental sustainability and three self-reported job performance measures (task performance, contextual performance and counter-productive workplace behaviours). Regression and mediation analyses were conducted to test hypothesised relationships.FindingsBoth well-being and sustainability were positively associated with work performance. Furthermore, sustainability accounted for additional variance in performance beyond that accounted for by well-being. Sustainability partially mediated the relationship between well-being and performance, providing evidence of the importance of sustainability in the workplace.Originality/valueThis study contributes to an emerging field by investigating the relationship between an organisation’s sustainability and benefits of this for employees in terms of well-being as well as work performance. The findings provide further support for the happy-productive worker hypothesis and also the first evidence that educational institutions’ sustainability can mediate this relationship.
Tyrannical leadership and knowledge hiding: the mediating role of psychological distress and moderating role of psychological resilience
Authors: Tran Pham Toan Khanh 
Published: February 2025

PurposeBased on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study explores the impact of tyrannical leadership on knowledge hiding through the mediating role of psychological distress. Furthermore, this study investigates the moderating role of psychological resilience in the tyrannical leadership, psychological distress and knowledge hiding relationships.Design/methodology/approachQuantitative data were collected from 364 employees working in the manufacturing and service sectors in Vietnam. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed to test the proposed model.FindingsThe results show that tyrannical leadership and psychological distress enhance employees’ knowledge-hiding behaviors. Moreover, psychological distress mediates the nexus between tyrannical leadership and knowledge-hiding, while psychological resilience moderates these relationships.Practical implicationsThe empirical findings of this investigation offer significant insights for managers to better undermine the negative effects of tyrannical leadership and enhance the psychological well-being of employees.Originality/valueThis study is probably the first attempt to explore how psychological distress mediates the impact of tyrannical leadership on knowledge hiding. This study also extends the current knowledge by considering the moderating role of psychological resilience in the relations between tyrannical leadership, psychological distress and knowledge hiding.
Sustainability consciousness, peer influence and sustainable consumption behaviour: the role of altruism among business students in Ghana
Authors: Sabah Welbeck Edem Emerald , Larbi Emmanuel Amemeotia 
Published: February 2025

Purpose
This study aims to assess the impact of sustainability consciousness, altruism and peer influence on sustainable consumption behaviour of young adults.

Design/methodology/approach
Structured questionnaires were administered to 452 undergraduate students attending public universities in the southern part of Ghana. Partial least square structural equation modelling was used to test and analyse the hypothesized relationships.

Findings
Findings from this study indicate that sustainability consciousness and altruism significantly influence sustainable consumption. The respondents also suggest that their association with peers does not significantly affect sustainable consumption. Finally, the outcome of the analysis revealed that altruism partially mediates the nexus between sustainability consciousness and sustainable consumption.

Originality/value
The research directs attention to how the behaviour of undergraduate students who are sympathetic to the environment may influence their consumption behaviours. This study also demonstrates that sustainability awareness and knowledge by individuals play a vital role in shaping consumption behaviour, which may ultimately preserve resources for future generations.
Comparative study on preparation of hybrid WS2@GO composites and its tribological application in paraffin liquid
Authors: Gao Xiaohong , Wang Yizheng , Wang Tianlong , Li Feibo , Wang Yanming , Zhang Xiaoliang 
Published: February 2025

Purpose
The anti-friction and anti-wear properties of WS2@GO composites on paraffin liquid were investigated with a four-ball tribometer.

Design/methodology/approach
A series of graphene oxide (GO) nano hybrid composites decorated with tungsten disulfide (WS2) were prepared in-suit by hydrothermal strategy.

Findings
The results showed that compared to the virgin oil, friction coefficient and diameter of wear scare of lubricant oil containing W/G = 1:1 hybrid composite was reduced by 42.7% and 31.6%, respectively. At the microscopic, the excellent lubrication performance resulted from the tribo-chemical reaction on the sliding interface, which promotes the formation of tribo-film with a thickness of 8 nm. The carbonization compound, WO3 and Fe2O3 in the tribo-film results from the tribo-chemical reactions at the sliding interface, which can improve the stability and strength of tribo-film. Thereby the metal surface was further protected from friction and wear.

Originality/value
A series of WS2@GO composites were prepared in-suit by a hydrothermal strategy, and the tribo-film was analyzed by the transmission electron microscope and X-ray photoelectron spectrometer.

Peer review
The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ILT-10-2024-0397
Does industry sensitivity affect the relationship between board diversity and ESG performance? Fresh evidence from the G-7 countries
Authors: Amin Marian H. , Ali Heba , Mohamed Ehab K. A. 
Published: February 2025

PurposeThis paper scrutinizes the nexus between firms’ board characteristics; environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and industry sensitivity, with the aim of examining how the impact of board diversity on ESG performance would vary among sensitive versus non-sensitive industries and identify which board characteristics are more influential on ESG performance in these industries.Design/methodology/approachA large sample of 31,255 firm-year observations in 5,471 companies listed in the G-7 countries from 2010 to 2022 is examined using a Heckman two-stage least squares (2SLS) approach to address the potential endogeneity concerns within our proposed relationships.FindingsThe findings show that the positive influence of diverse boards on a firm’s ESG performance is particularly amplified in sensitive industries and may be attributed to the greater need of these industries to address stakeholder concerns (as posited by the stakeholder and resource-dependence theories) and mitigate agency conflicts (supporting agency theory). Interestingly, the impact of diversity in board gender and education qualifications appears to be particularly influential and remains robust across a series of regression analyses.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has important implications for policymakers and legislators as it provides guidelines pertaining to the composition of boards operating in sensitive industries. For practitioners and firms, the results allow for better understanding of firms’ tendency towards sustainability practices, particularly in the context of sensitive industries.Practical implicationsThis study has important implications for policymakers and legislators as it provides guidelines pertaining to the composition of boards operating in sensitive industries.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the increasingly growing literature that investigates the nexus between industry sensitivity, board characteristics and ESG performance.
“Shifting goalposts” and “fishing expeditions”: police case preparation and the application of the full code test in cases of RASSO
Authors: Ferreira Joana , Horvath Miranda A.H. , Davies Kari 
Published: February 2025

Purpose
Despite recent increases, the low level of convictions in cases of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO), aligned with the subsequent lack of victim satisfaction with the process, has highlighted the various challenges and barriers throughout the criminal justice process. Whilst understanding the shortcomings of criminal justice processes in cases of RASSO requires a holistic approach, this paper focuses on case preparation and the application of the Full Code test. Its purpose is to explore the application of this test and preceding case preparation in police decision-making around submitting cases for charging decision, following the recommendations of the first year of Operation Soteria Bluestone.

Design/methodology/approach
This study adopted a mixed-method approach, combining both interviews and case reviews of selected RASSO cases across five forces in England and Wales.

Findings
This research found a shift towards “threshold thinking”, whereby officers arguably no longer try to predict a prosecutor’s decision and instead focus on meeting the requirements for the application of the test. In terms of case preparation, the research demonstrates a move away from “fishing expeditions”, with a preference for more focused approaches to collecting evidence.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first studies looking at the use of full code test principles in police decision-making in RASSO cases.
Breaking the gender code: configurational insights on women directors and financial performance in family firms
Authors: Laique Usama , Abdullah Fahad , García-Ramos Rebeca , Rehman Ijaz Ur 
Published: February 2025

Purpose
Previous studies have considered the presence of women directors on corporate boards and their impact on financial performance in isolation, disregarding their interaction with other corporate boards and firm-level attributes. Consequently, the results of such studies are largely inconclusive. This study addresses this gap by adopting a system’s approach to corporate governance characteristics and firm financial performance, rooted in a configurational approach.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors used fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis to investigate the association of outside executive women directors and family-affiliated executive women directors with financial performance in the presence of board and firm-level characteristics in 216 listed non-financial family firms in Pakistan over the period of 2014–2019.

Findings
The findings reveal that various configurations of board and firm characteristics lead to high financial performance, underscoring conjunction, equifinality and asymmetry. The authors note that, the presence of outside executive women directors on corporate boards is frequently associated with high financial performance compared to family-affiliated executive women directors. Additionally, results indicates that presence of either outside executive women directors, family-affiliated executive women directors or both on corporate board associates with low level of leverage and vice versa. Moreover, high proportion of independent directors, large board size and large firm size are frequently associated with high ROE and Tobin’s Q.

Originality/value
This study introduces a novel perspective by integrating board and firm-level characteristics using a configurational approach. Focusing on listed non-financial family firms, the study highlights the asymmetric association between women directors and financial performance, suggesting that their impact fluctuates based on their combination with other board- and firm-level attributes. The study’s findings challenge the notion of a one-size-fits-all approach to board gender diversity and call for a more contextual understanding of how different types of women directors contribute to firm performance in family firms.
Examining factors influencing the adoption of enterprise resource planning systems in secondary healthcare institutions
Authors: Reyes Eunice Gabrielle A. , Ong Ardvin Kester S. , Andrada Madonna F. , Diaz John Francis T. , Gumasing Ma. Janice J. 
Published: February 2025

PurposeThe healthcare system in the Philippines has insufficient patient and personnel management, inefficient inventory systems and disorganized medical record-keeping, contributing to unsatisfactory patient care. This occurrence calls for a centralized database, like enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that manage healthcare systems efficiently. This study utilized partial least squares-based structural equation modeling and random forest classifier (RFC) to identify the factors influencing the adoption of ERP systems in secondary healthcare institutions.Design/methodology/approachThe study proposed an extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology framework integrated with the valence model to define behavioral intention and use behavior of ERP systems. A self-administered online survey was answered by 250 secondary healthcare stakeholders in the Philippines voluntarily.FindingsEffort expectancy, performance expectancy and social influence result in a very high behavioral intention, leading to the use behavior of ERP systems, while facilitating conditions and innovativeness in information technology led to high significance. Price value and perceived benefits are significant factors. RFC was proven reliable in predicting the factors, with an accuracy of 96%, indicating that the proposed framework can be used in future research to examine enterprise system adoption in different healthcare facilities.Originality/valueThere has yet to be a study that covers ERP in the Philippines, let alone its adoption. Since the ERP system is relatively present for a certain period of time, its adoption among healthcare facilities has not been covered in the Philippines. This study is the first to decipher and understand the ERP adoption and its practical implications.
Authentic leadership and employee expediency: a moderated mediation framework
Authors: Wang Zhining , Yao Yanying , Cai Shaohan 
Published: February 2025

PurposeBased on self-verification theory, this study examines the impact of authentic leadership on employee expediency in China. Specifically, the authors investigate the mediating effects of self-verification striving on this relationship, as well as the moderating effects of leader–member exchange.Design/methodology/approachThe authors surveyed 502 employees and their direct supervisors from 96 work units in one Chinese province and utilized multi-level path analysis to test a model of moderated mediation.FindingsThe study analysis results suggest that authentic leadership significantly contributes to reducing employee expediency in the surveyed Chinese companies. Self-verification striving mediates this relationship. Furthermore, leader–member exchange enhances the positive relationship between authentic leadership and self-verification striving.Research limitations/implicationsThis study extends the understanding of antecedents of employee expediency and also extends previous research on the role of self-verification in shaping employee behaviors. The limitation is that the results are specific to China, and the study only relied on cross-sectional data.Practical implicationsThe current study suggests that organizations should consider implementing training programs for their leaders to cultivate traits associated with authentic leadership. Furthermore, managers should actively promote employee engagement in discussions related to work objectives, methods and efficiency to assist them in their self-verification striving. They need to make efforts to enhance the climate of leader–member exchange, thereby reducing employee expediency.Originality/valueThis research identifies self-verification striving as key mediators that link authentic leadership to employee expediency and reveals the moderating role of leader–member exchange in the process.