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The impact of digital supply chain capabilities on enterprise sustainable competitive performance: an ambidextrous view
Authors: Li Ning , Liu Dai , Boadu Francis 
Published: April 2023

PurposeThe construction of digital supply chains to integrate internal and external resources is becoming an important path for manufacturing enterprises to gain competitiveness. However, at present, research on the internal mechanisms of digital supply chain capabilities (DSCC) and enterprise sustainable competitive performance (ESCP) has not been sufficiently studied. Based on contextual ambidexterity theory, this study investigates whether DSCC could enable the realization of supply chain ambidexterity and further explains the mediating role of supply chain ambidexterity on DSCC and ESCP, and the boundary conditions of supply chain governance on supply chain ambidexterity and ESCP.Design/methodology/approachWith a survey data set of 232 Chinese manufacturing enterprises from different industries, the study empirically tests a moderated mediating model and conducts hierarchical linear modeling and bootstrap to test the study's hypotheses.FindingsThe results demonstrate that: (1) DSCC positively enhance ESCP; (2) supply chain ambidexterity, which can be regarded as a synergic ability of supply chain alignment and adaptability, partially mediates the positive relationship between DSCC and ESCP; and (3) supply chain governance such as incentive governance positively moderates the association between supply chain ambidexterity and ESCP, but there is no evidence that relational governance moderates their relationship.Originality/valueThis paper proposes a new interpretive perspective to understand digital supply chains. More importantly, it reveals the importance of DSCC in contributing toward supply chain ambidexterity and ESCP, and demonstrates the differential regulating action of incentive and relational governance on the association between supply chain ambidexterity and ESCP, with implications for both academics and practitioners.
Growth hacking and international dynamic marketing capabilities: a conceptual framework and research propositions
Authors: Bargoni Augusto , Jabeen Fauzia , Santoro Gabriele , Ferraris Alberto 
Published: April 2023

PurposeFew studies have conceptualized how companies can build and nurture international dynamic marketing capabilities (IDMCs) by implementing growth hacking strategies. This paper conceptualizes growth hacking, a managerial-born process to embed a data-driven mind-set in marketing decision-making that combines big-data analysis and continuous learning, allowing companies to adapt their dynamic capabilities to the ever-shifting international competitive arenas.Design/methodology/approachGiven the scarcity of studies on growth hacking, this paper conceptualizes this managerial-born concept through the double theoretical lenses of IDMCs and information technology (IT) literature.FindingsThe authors put forward research propositions concerning the four phases of growth hacking and the related capabilities and routines developed by companies to deal with international markets. Additional novel propositions are also developed based on the three critical dimensions of growth hacking: big data analytics, digital marketing and coding and automation.Research limitations/implicationsLack of prior conceptualization as well as the scant literature makes this study liable to some limitations. However, the propositions developed should encourage researchers to develop both empirical and theoretical studies on this managerial-born concept.Practical implicationsThis study develops a detailed compendium for managers who want to implement growth hacking within their companies but have failed to identify the necessary capabilities and resources.Originality/valueThe study presents a theoretical approach and develops a set of propositions on a novel phenomenon, observed mainly in managerial practice. Hence, this study could stimulate researchers to deepen the phenomenon and empirically validate the propositions.
Exploring a customer engagement spillover effect on social media: the moderating role of customer conscientiousness
Authors: Hollebeek Linda D. , Kulikovskaja Viktorija , Hubert Marco , Grunert Klaus G. 
Published: April 2023

PurposeThough prior research has addressed customer engagement (CE) with a focal object (e.g. a brand), the dynamics characterizing customers' engagement with different objects and the potential spillover from a customer's engagement with one object to that with another remains tenuous, exposing an important literature-based gap. The authors, therefore, develop a model proposing the existence of a spillover effect from customers' brand engagement to their engagement with brand-related content and suggest customers' personality trait of conscientiousness to moderate this effect.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey-based experiment using 380 Danish Facebook users was conducted to test the model.FindingsThe results suggest customers' brand engagement as a significant predictor of their engagement with brand-related content, corroborating the proposed spillover effect. A weaker spillover effect is observed for highly (vs less) conscientious customers, substantiating the moderating role of customer conscientiousness. Moreover, customer conscientiousness is found to interact with brand content-related (i.e. commenting/content creation) task type and brand type (i.e. utilitarian/hedonic) (e.g. more conscientious customers are less likely to engage in brand-related content creation vs. commenting tasks), weakening the spillover effect.Originality/valueThis study extends prior research by quantitatively corroborating an intra-individual CE-based spillover effect from customers' brand engagement to their engagement with brand-related content. The authors also unearth a moderating role of customer conscientiousness, which interacts with brand- and brand content-related task type, on the spillover effect, informing the development of digital marketing strategies.
An assessment framework for contemporary commercial music (CCM) in higher education
Authors: de Villiers Alethea Cassandra , Gillmer Robert 
Published: April 2023

PurposeThe aim of the article is to develop a framework for assessment for contemporary commercial music (CCM) in a music department that is still organised in a traditional way. Assessment of CCM in tertiary institutions and external graded music exams were described and analysed, followed by the presentation of an assessment framework.Design/methodology/approachThis research design is a content analysis. Data was collected through purposive sampling of primary sources of CCM syllabi. These syllabi are used descriptively and analytically for comparison.FindingsThe major findings from the content analysis are presented as an assessment framework for CCM. The assessment framework has implications for teaching and learning vocal CCM at both undergraduate and postgraduate in higher education.Practical implicationsThe study focused on the development of assessment criteria for CCM, in a music department where no degree specialisation for CCM exists, and CCM is manifested in the principal instrument only. The framework for assessment may be useful to practitioners and academics who are attempting to introduce CCM in classically oriented music departments and where external constraints prohibit the introduction of a degree specialising in CCM.Originality/valueThis article presents an authentic assessment framework for CCM, that considers its style and performance practices.
Antecedents and outcomes of Generation Z consumers’ contrastive and assimilative upward comparisons with social media influencers
Authors: Tian Shiyun , Cho Su Yeon , Jia Xiaofeng , Sun Ruoyu , Tsai Wanhsiu Sunny 
Published: April 2023

PurposeThis study aims to focus on the dynamics in influencer-consumer relationships to understand how Generation Z consumers’ identification and social comparison with influencers shape their response to influencers’ branded posts. Specifically, this study investigates how perceived similarity and wishful identification lead to distinct social comparison mechanisms that affect Generation Z consumers’ self-improvement motives, which, in turn, drive their message engagement, brand attitudes and purchase intentions.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey was conducted with 295 college students who are digital natives and whose purchase decisions are heavily influenced by social media influencers.FindingsThe study findings confirmed that perceived similarity positively influenced assimilative comparison emotions of optimism, admiration and aspiration while negatively influenced contrastive comparison emotions of envy, depression and resentment. Wishful identification positively affected both assimilative and contrastive comparison emotions. Both types of social comparison emotions further affected consumers’ motivations to follow the influencer for self-improvement, thereby enhancing their brand attitude, purchase intention and engagement behaviors.Originality/valueThis study is one of the earliest attempts to investigate the relationship dynamics between influencers and consumers from the lens of social comparison. The study examines the antecedents of perceived similarity and wishful identification, the mediators of upward comparison emotions and self-improvement motives and the brand evaluation outcomes of message engagement, brand attitude and purchase intention.
Firm selection for government venture capital funding to youth tech-based startups
Authors: Sharma Lalit 
Published: April 2023

Purpose
The purpose of the study is to review and understand firm selection mechanism involved in government venture capital (GVC) funding and identify key factors influencing selection of tech-based firms for GVC funding.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper is based on real-time methodology. The data was generated from interviews of 60 young applicants, who applied for startup funding, and analyzed using statistical techniques to draw the results.

Findings
This review identifies financial viability, market viability and technological innovation to have the strongest predictive ability in firm selection process of the GVC funding program for tech-based youth-owned startups in the first round of interview. This review also highlighted that social impact is not a statistically significant variable in firm selection process in GVC funding.

Originality/value
This study tests the validity of the theory of GVC based on quantitative analysis of field data and identifies key factors with strong predictive abilities for GVC funding, more particularly for the youth-owned tech-based startups. This study brings to light the mechanism adopted for GVC funding and addresses gaps in the literature relevant to firm selection mechanism in GVC programs. This study would help GVC Fund Managers to review their own GVC programs in terms of selection mechanism and help them in appropriate designing of such programs.
Bead geometry–induced stress concentration factors in material extrusion polymer additive manufacturing
Authors: Kundurthi Saratchandra , Tran Felix , Chen Si , Mapkar Javed , Haq Mahmoodul 
Published: April 2023

Purpose
Material extrusion additive manufacturing processes inevitably produce bead-shaped surface patterns on the walls of parts, which create stress concentrations under load. This study aims to investigate the influence of such stress concentrations on the strength along the build direction (“Z-strength”).

Design/methodology/approach
This work consists of two main parts – an experimental demonstration to show the significance of stress concentrations on the Z-strength, followed by numerical modeling to evaluate the theoretical stress concentration factors (kt) for such shapes. Meso-scale finite element analysis (FEA) was performed to evaluate kt at the roots of the intersecting bead shapes. The critical bead shape parameters influencing kt were identified, and parametric FEA studies were performed on different bead shapes by varying the normalized parameters.

Findings
The experimental results showed that up to a 40% reduction in the effective Z-strength could be attributed only to the presence of surface bead shapes. Bead overhang and root radius were identified as critical shape parameters influencing kt. The results of the parametric FEA studies were used to generate a single empirical equation to determine kt for any bead shape.

Originality/value
Predictive models for Z-strength often focus on crystallization kinetics and polymer chain interdiffusion to predict interlayer adhesion strength. The authors propose that the results of such studies must be combined with surface bead-shape induced stress concentration factors to obtain the combined, “effective” Z-strength.
A plea for scale, and why it matters for invasive species management, biodiversity and conservation
Authors: McMillan Nicholas A. , Fuhlendorf Samuel D. , Davis Craig A. , Hamilton Robert G. , Neumann Landon. K. , Cady Samantha M. 
Published: April 2023

Abstract

Invasive species are suspected to be major contributors to biodiversity declines worldwide. Counterintuitively, however, invasive species effects are likely scale dependent and are hypothesized to be positively related to biodiversity at large spatial scales. Past studies investigating the effect of invasion on biodiversity have been mostly conducted at small scales (<100 m2) that cannot represent large dynamic landscapes by design. Therefore, replicated experimental evidence supporting a negative effect of invasive plants on biodiversity is lacking across many landscape types, including large grasslands.

We collected data across eight large (333–809 ha) grassland landscapes managed with pyric herbivory—that is the recoupling of fire and grazing—to test how an invasive legume Lespedeza cuneata affected plant and bird communities at spatial grains ranging from 0.1 m2 to >3,000,000 m2.

Lespedeza cuneata invasion effects on grassland plant diversity and composition changed with scale, being negative at small spatial grains (0.1 m2) and neutral or positive at large spatial grains (>3,000,000 m2).

Lespedeza cuneata abundance did not significantly affect bird diversity at any spatial grain measured.

Lespedeza cuneata may negatively affect biodiversity if abundances are greater than those observed in this study. However, previous research suggests that Lespedeza cuneata may not be capable of exceeding 20% canopy cover across large landscapes (>400 ha). Control and eradication strategies can be costly and are fraught with risk. If data do not clearly support a negative Lespedeza cuneata abundance–biodiversity relationship, and if invasion is spatially limited across large landscapes, ongoing control and eradication efforts may be unwarranted and ineffective.

Synthesis and applications: Invasive species effects gleaned from small‐scale studies may not reliably predict their effects at larger scales. Although we recognize the importance of small‐scale studies in potentially isolating individual mechanisms, management strategies based solely on results from small‐scale studies of invasion are unlikely to increase or conserve biodiversity across large landscapes. Rather, processes that generate landscape heterogeneity—like pyric herbivory—are probably more important for promoting biodiversity across all scales. Scale is a central problem in ecology, and defining scale in management objectives is essential for effective biodiversity conservation.
The role of authentic leadership on healthcare Street‐Level Bureaucrats’ well‐being during the pandemic
Authors: Salehi Nasim , Brunetto Yvonne , Dick Tom 
Published: April 2023

AbstractThis study uses Conservation of Resources Theory, to explain Street‐Level Bureaucrats’ (SLBs) workplace behavioural responses to threats to their well‐being. We examine whether authentic leadership within street‐level organisations positively impacts employee well‐being by increasing SLBs’ perception of personal resources, and reducing their perceptions of work harassment. The research design comprises a survey that solicited quantitative and qualitative data from 163 healthcare SLBs working in Australian hospitals during the pandemic in April 2020. Analysis of the means indicates low levels of satisfaction with leadership and low levels of well‐being for SLBs. The structural equation modelling findings show that poor leadership is associated with higher levels of work harassment and lower levels of employee well‐being. Qualitative data support these findings. As healthcare workers were already listed as over‐represented in the stress‐related workers compensation statistics, one strategy may be to improve the level of organisational support by upskilling managers in authentic leadership behaviours with the aim of increasing their perception of support so as to increase employee well‐being. This will benefit employees and their families, and the community they service.Points for practitioners
Street‐Level Bureaucrats (SLBs) have been increasingly experiencing the public sector gap (demand outstripping supply of resources) because of the dominance of the austerity‐driven managerialist paradigm.
The recent COVID‐19 crisis amplified the severity and impact of the public sector gap causing increased perceptions of work harassment and reductions in SLBs’ well‐being.
However, SLBs with high levels of Psychological Capital had a natural buffer in place to protect their well‐being, and as such, they perceived less work harassment and erosion of their well‐being.
The way forward is to complement the austerity‐driven managerialist paradigm in management decision‐making with authentic leadership behaviours focused on maximising the well‐being of SLBs and the public.
Young men and anxiety: Resisting, reckoning and responding
Authors: Fisher Krista , Rice Simon M. , Oliffe John L. , King Kylie , Seidler Zac E. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractAnxiety is the most prevalent mental disorder experienced by young men, and when untreated, is predictive of co‐morbid mental health challenges and suicide. Despite the rising prevalence, there is a conspicuous absence of qualitative research to distil and theorise young men’s anxiety. Twenty‐five young Australian men (15–25 years), who had been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder or self‐reported anxiety symptoms, took part in individual semi‐structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using a constructivist grounded theory approach. A three‐process grounded theory (Resisting‐Reckoning‐Responding; Triple R Anxiety Model) depicted young men’s experiences of anxiety, gilded and guided by their masculine socialisation. Initially, young men noticed somatic symptoms (i.e., headaches, nausea and myalgia) but did not connect these symptoms to anxiety. Avoiding anxiety (e.g., denying, distracting) proved unhelpful in the longer term and as symptoms diffused, a subsequent process of reckoning anxiety (i.e., meaning making) ensued. As young men gained insight to the life limiting bounds of their anxiety, some were prompted towards actions of acceptance, seeking help proactively and employing strength‐based adaptive coping strategies. This theoretical conceptualisation of young men’s anxiety has the capacity to enhance identification and treatment efforts, improving young men’s mental health outcomes across the lifespan.
Bio‐inspired synthesis of AgNPs from lichen as potential antibacterial and mosquito larvicidal activity with negligible toxicity on Gambusia affinis
Authors: Loganathan Kalimuthu , Chellamuthu Vasugi , Karupuswami Dhanalakshmi , Mohan Kannan , Suresh Udaiyan , Panneerselvam Chellasamy , Trivedi Subrata , Aziz Al Thabiani , Alatawi Fuad A. , Munshi Alaa M. , Al‐Aoh Hatem A. , Al‐Shehri Hamza S. , Alhawiti Aliyah S. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractMosquitoes serve as reservoirs for viruses and other microorganisms, posing a significant health‐related issue for both humans as well as livestock. Control of these deadly disease‐producing mosquito vectors is of paramount importance. The chemical analysis of Parmotrema reticulatum was examined by GC–MS. Further, lichen‐mediated AgNPs were confirmed through UV–vis spectrophotometry, FTIR, TEM‐EDX, and XRD. After 24 h post‐treatment, the lichen‐synthesized AgNPs showed considerable toxicity against distinct Aedes aegypti instars with LC50 values of 44.61 (I instar), 51.27 (II instars), 61.34 (III instars), 72.95 (IV instar), and 89.84 (pupae) μg/mL, respectively. Further, both P. reticulatum extract and AgNPs greatly reduced the survival and reproductive efficiency of A. aegypti adults. Eventually, in conventional laboratory circumstances, the predatory effectiveness of Gambusia affinis against Ae. aegypti II and III instar larvae were 71.35% and 53.40%, respectively. In antibacterial assays, low concentrations of the P. reticulatum synthesized AgNPs inhibited the development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Citrobacter freundii. Surface damage, ROS production, and protein leakage are the antibacterial mechanisms of AgNPs. Overall, the lichen‐derived AgNPs can be regarded as newer and safer Ae. aegypti control instruments.
Patient‐related factors related to prolonged preparation‐to‐colonoscopy interval and insufficient purgative intake before colonoscopy: A post‐hoc observational study
Authors: Kang Xiao Yu , Lou Li Jun , Wang Ze Yu , Chen Zhang Qian , Chen Long , Wang Xiang Ping , Ren Gui , Luo Hui , Pan Yang Lin 
Published: April 2023

ObjectivesProlonged preparation‐to‐colonoscopy (PC) interval and insufficient purgative intake (PI) are two important indicators for quality of bowel preparation for colonoscopy. We aimed to investigate patient‐related factors associated with increased PC interval or insufficient PI.MethodsThe post‐hoc regression analyses were performed using the data from two prospective studies (NCT04434625 and NCT04101097). Patients receiving reinforced instructions for bowel preparation were recruited. The co‐primary outcomes included prolonged PC interval or insufficient PI.ResultsAltogether 1806 patients from five endoscopic centers underwent bowel preparation from September 2019 to March 2021. The cut‐off values were 6 h for PC interval and 80% for PI. In all, 116 (6.4%) and 73 (4.0%) presented an extended PC interval and insufficient PI, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that a low education level was significantly associated with PC interval ≥6 h. Female sex, body mass index (BMI), and coronary artery disease (CAD) were found to be significantly correlated with insufficient PI in univariate analysis, while multivariate analysis demonstrated BMI <20 kg/m2 (odds ratio [OR] 4.14, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.92–8.94, P < 0.001) and 20–25 kg/m2 (OR 2.23, 95% CI 1.33–3.73, P = 0.002) and CAD (OR 3.23, 95% CI 1.22–8.53, P = 0.018) were identified as independent risk factors for PI <80%.ConclusionsIn spite of reinforced education, a number of patients did not follow the instructions for bowel preparation. The factors for a prolonged PC interval did not overlap with those for insufficient PI. Individualized interference may be considered in different subpopulations.