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Reasons for ignoring versus paying attention to country of origin among consumers of durable goods brands
Authors: Witek-Hajduk Marzanna Katarzyna , Grudecka Anna 
Published: April 2023

PurposeThe objective of the study is to identify both reasons for ignoring and for paying attention to the country of origin (COO) by consumers when choosing brands of durable goods.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper a qualitative approach was applied, i.e. 25 in-depth semistructured interviews with Polish consumers of durable goods purposively selected out of those who had previously participated in a quantitative survey conducted by the authors.FindingsAmong the reasons for paying attention to the COO when choosing brands of durable goods, cognitive (rational), affective (emotional) and normative factors have been identified, while among the reasons for ignoring the COO by consumers, the authors identified only cognitive (rational) and affective (emotional) factors.Research limitations/implicationsThe conclusions can be applied by brand managers, e.g. when making decisions whether and why to communicate COO dimensions.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the international marketing literature as it develops a deeper insight into consumer behavior with reference to the consumers’ reasons for paying attention to and ignoring the COO, with very little published on the latter in particular. Furthermore, it is one of still relatively few qualitative studies conducted so far on COO taking a perspective of a consumer, especially the one from an emerging market from the European Union (EU).
Exploring EO strategic performance measures: value-added versus efficiency outcomes
Authors: Newbery Robert , Roderick Stephen , Sauer Johannes , Gorton Matthew , Robbins Keith 
Published: April 2023

PurposeResearch on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) seeks to understand the EO–performance relationship. However, at a strategic level, performance relates to a competitive advantage and comprises both value-added and efficiency measures. Following arguments that performance is context and strategy dependent, the paper argues that EO research needs to clarify and specify the type of performance relationship measured.Design/methodology/approachTo explore the EO–performance relationship, the research considers the agricultural sector where policy has traditionally encouraged the maximisation of efficiency in production and has only recently promoted entrepreneurship, providing fertile ground to explore different approaches to measuring performance. A survey collected detailed accounting records and context specific EO for 282 commercial farms. The authors estimate two models (Heckman selection regression and stochastic production frontier) that examine the relationships between EO and value-added/efficiency performance outcomes.FindingsThe analysis confirms the EO–value-added performance relationship, with significant positive relationships for the EO components proactiveness and innovativeness and a negative relationship for risk. No EO–efficiency performance relationship was found, despite a robust analysis of technical efficiency using detailed accounting data.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to EO theory by problematizing performance and highlighting the importance of the type of performance measured. This paper contributes empirically with findings relating to a mature industry contributes to entrepreneurship methodology by outlining how EO–performance relationships can be measured in terms of productivity and technical efficiency.
How do teleworkers escape burnout? A moderated-mediation model of the job demands and turnover intention
Authors: Jamal Mohd Tariq , Anwar Imran , Khan Nawab Ali , Ahmad Gayas 
Published: April 2023

PurposeWorking remotely in a COVID-19-induced lockdown has been challenging for both organisations and their employees; studies report that job demands changed, and teleworkers experienced increased burnout. This paper explores the negative employee outcomes that this work arrangement brings along and offers possible solutions to counter such negative outcomes since they could be detrimental to the much-touted future of work.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a time-lagged longitudinal design and collected two-waved data from 403 quaternary sector employees. The data were analysed using structural equation modelling and model-21 in PROCESS macro for SPSS.FindingsFindings affirm that employees experienced increased job demands during this crisis. Employees reported an increase in turnover intention because of burnout caused by increased job demands. However, increased task interdependence alone did not have any effect on turnover intention. The perceived organisational task support (POTS) was found to forestall the negative effect of job demands on burnout, and employee resilience (ER) buffered the burnout and turnover intention relationship.Practical implicationsProviding remote work task support and boosting resilience among employees will help in doing away with the negative effects of teleworking. However, managers shall prioritise reducing job demands for teleworkers.Originality/valueThe linkage between work factors and turnover intention is well established. Drawing on the event system theory and using the COVID-19 context, the present study added to the existing knowledge by studying the role of job demands (workload pressure and task interdependence) on turnover intention through the mediation of burnout. The study goes beyond the existing literature by accounting for POTS as a first-level moderator between job demands and burnout relationship, and ER as a second-level moderator between burnout and turnover intention relationship.
The moderating role of employee proactive behaviour in the relationship between servant leadership and job satisfaction
Authors: Gil Alfonso J. , Bittencourt Gonzalez Mosegui Gabriela , Zenezi Moreira Rosana , Eguizabal Mauro J. 
Published: April 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to analyse the relationship between servant leadership and job satisfaction and the moderating effect of employees’ proactive behaviour on this relationship.

Design/methodology/approach
Survey data were gathered from 256 employees (131 from Brazil and 125 from Spain). Structural equation modelling was used to test the research model.

Findings
The results of this study indicate that servant leadership is positively related to job satisfaction, with employees’ proactive behaviour negatively moderating the relationship between servant leadership and job satisfaction.

Originality/value
This study relates leadership and employee behaviour and advances our understanding of the conditions that affect the influence of servant leadership on followers. In addition, the country culture variable is found to be statistically significant. This result opens the way to deeper research into the effect of country culture on the behaviour of employees related to leadership.
Government-business relations and strategic patenting: evidence from China's patent boom
Authors: Zhu Ruoyan , Li Yin , Tang Li 
Published: April 2023

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to propose a new perspective to explain how China's rapid growth in patenting is partially driven by corporate strategic patenting to influence local governments. The authors highlight the role of strategic patenting and local government-business relations in creating the gap between the patent boom and underlying technological progress in China.Design/methodology/approachThe authors investigate the relationship between local government-business relations and corporate strategic patenting behaviors, measured as a higher ratio of patent filings to patent awards, by collecting data from three successive NADS surveys of government-business relations in 292 Chinese municipalities, paired with detailed patenting and subsidy data of 3,756 publicly listed corporations obtained through text mining.FindingsThe authors find that, while R&D investment and patent subsidies do drive corporate patenting, firms in jurisdictions with lower-quality government-business relations are more likely to engage in strategic patenting. Moreover, the negative impact of government-business relations on strategic patenting is moderated by political connections, as the strategic patenting of firms without political connections is more sensitive to government-business relations. The authors further show that firms obtain significant benefits from patenting in the form of additional subsidies from local innovation and industrial policies in the years following.Social implicationsRolling back patent subsidies will reduce strategic patenting to a limited extent. The local governments in emerging markets need to increase the capacity to implement industrial policy and provide market-based opportunities for firms to access innovation inputs.Originality/valueThe authors provide an updated and fresh perspective to understand the phenomenon of China's patent boom by showing that patenting can be driven by corporate strategies to adapt to local institutions and influence government policy. The authors extend the analysis of strategic patenting to emerging markets.
Esports and Olympic Games: a cross-cultural exploration of the player support behaviour towards the Olympics
Authors: Ribeiro Tiago , Almeida Victor , Calapez André , Matsuoka Hirotaka , Yamashita Rei 
Published: April 2023

PurposeDespite the advances in theory and practice about player behaviour in esports gaming literature, there is a lack of understanding as to whether esports are compatible with the values of Olympism and if they should be considered for future Games editions. The current study advances this line of research by examining esports player experiences, their effects on perceiving Olympic values, and the support towards the Olympics in order to verify if differences occur according to the cross-cultural environment.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 671 esports amateur gamers from three countries (Portugal, Brazil and Japan), structural equation models and a multigroup analysis were performed to analyse the differences in the hypothesized paths existing between the groups.FindingsResults reveal that player in-game emotional experiences positively influence Olympic values perception across countries. The excellence and friendship values showed a positive effect on support intentions to the Games towards Portuguese and Brazilian players, while the respect value was the strongest predictor towards behavioural intentions in Japan. Cultural backgrounds and game genre in each country can explain player attitude towards the Olympic values shared on the online environment.Originality/valueThis study is able to provide a better understanding of how the Olympic values serve as a gratification in different cross-cultural environments according to the theory of uses and gratifications (U&G) and the theory of cultural dimensions. Complementarily, these findings can be used as valuable information for esports publishers and developers attempting to spread the Olympic values in the esports industry.
Does CSR committee drive the association between corporate social responsibility and firm performance? International evidence
Authors: Khan Aamir , Afeef Mustafa , Ilyas Muhammad , Jan Shahid 
Published: April 2023

PurposeRelying on the stakeholder view, this study investigates the role of CSR committee in moderating the association between CSR and firm performance (FP). Further, the authors examine whether country-specific governance and institutional factors drive the effect of CSR committee on the CSR-FP association.Design/methodology/approachThe study's sample includes 4405 firms from 39 countries over the period 2002–2020. For analysis, ordinary least squares (OLS) regression with year and firm fixed effects is employed as the primary econometric model. Two-step generalized method of movement (GMM) is employed to address the endogeneity issues.FindingsThis study provides international evidence that the existence of a CSR committee enhances CSR's contribution to FP. Moreover, the benefits of CSR committees in terms of enhancing the positive impact of CSR on FP are significantly greater in strong governance countries and in environmentally less sensitive industries. The findings are further checked through endogeneity and robustness tests and remain unchanged.Practical implicationsCSR committee is a key governance mechanism that assists firms in generating value from their CSR activities. It strengthens a firm's relations with the stakeholders via an effective CSR channel, which translates into improved FP and long-term value.Originality/valueThe study is the first attempt to investigate the role of CSR committee, as a corporate governance mechanism, in explaining the relationship between CSR and FP in the international context. Further, the study also found that the role of CSR committee in enhancing CSR's outcomes largely depends on country-specific governance factors and the nature of industries.
Motive, mindset and opportunity: exploring leader ambidexterity factors in health-care
Authors: Kuntz Joana , Wong Jennifer Hoi Ki , Budge Susan 
Published: April 2023

Purpose
Ambidexterity increases an organisation’s capability to successfully navigate dynamic and uncertain environments. While leaders are expected to model flexible learning and practices throughout the organisation, little is known about the leader characteristics and contextual factors that underpin ambidexterity. This study aims to explore whether paradoxical thinking, integrator behaviours and managerial role and level influence the likelihood of leaders exhibiting ambidexterity.

Design/methodology/approach
This study relied on a self-report questionnaire completed by 152 managers of a large, public health-care organisation in New Zealand. A k-means cluster analysis of the data was conducted to identify leader ambidexterity clusters, and the hypothesised effects were tested with multinomial logistic regressions.

Findings
Health-care managers favoured exploitation and moderate ambidexterity. Higher levels of integrator behaviours (i.e. reflective learning and context responsiveness) were found among leaders who showed high ambidexterity. Context responsiveness was the sole significant predictor distinguishing between high ambidexterity and other ambidexterity profiles. No statistically significant differences in ambidexterity cluster membership were found between clinical and non-clinical roles and across managerial levels.

Research limitations/implications
While our study relied on a cross-sectional self-reported design, the findings underscore the importance of learning behaviours and context responsiveness to ambidexterity. This study discusses avenues for future research and leadership development towards improved organisational learning systems and practices.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is one of the first to test the contribution of paradoxical thinking and integrator behaviours to health-care leader ambidexterity and to examine differences in ambidexterity profiles across managerial levels and roles. The factor analysis suggests that integrator behaviours represent two distinct constructs: reflective le`arning and context responsiveness.
The impact of the COVID‐19 lockdowns on wildlife–vehicle collisions in the UK
Authors: Raymond Sarah , Spencer Matthew , Chadwick Elizabeth A. , Madden Joah R. , Perkins Sarah E. 
Published: April 2023

Abstract

Wildlife–vehicle collisions (WVCs) cause millions of vertebrate mortalities globally, threatening population viability and influencing wildlife behaviour and survival. Traffic volume and speed can influence wildlife mortality on roads, but roadkill risk is species specific and depends on ecological traits.

The COVID‐19 pandemic, and associated UK‐wide lockdowns, offered a unique opportunity to investigate how reducing traffic volume alters WVC. These periods of reduced human mobility have been coined the ‘anthropause’.

We used the anthropause to identify which ecological traits may render species vulnerable to WVC. We did this by comparing the relative change in WVC of species with differing traits before and during the anthropause.

We used Generalised Additive Model predictions to assess which of the 19 species most frequently observed as WVC in the UK exhibited changes in road mortality during two lockdown periods, March–May 2020 and December 2020–March 2021, relative to the same time periods in previous years (2014–2019). Compositional data analysis was used to identify ecological traits associated with changes in the relative number of observations during lockdown periods compared to previous years.

WVC were, across all species, 80% lower during the anthropause than predicted. Compositional data analysis revealed proportionally fewer reports of nocturnal mammals, urban visitors, mammals with greater brain mass and birds with a longer flight initiation distance. Species that have several of these traits, and correspondingly significantly lower than predicted WVC during lockdowns, included badgers Meles meles, foxes Vulpes vulpes, and pheasants, Phasianus colchicus; we posit they stand to benefit most from reduced traffic, and, of the species studied here, have highest mortality under ‘normal’ traffic levels.

This study identifies traits and species that may have experienced a temporary reprieve during the anthropause, and highlights the impacts of traffic‐induced mortality on species numbers and ultimately on trait frequency in a road‐dominated landscape. By taking advantage of reductions in traffic offered by the anthropause, we can understand how vehicles influence wildlife survival and behaviour and may be exerting a selective force for certain species and traits.
Suppression of clonal reproduction in bulbous perennial herb Barnardia japonica sterilized by flower‐smut fungi
Authors: Kagaya Mitsuko , Tani Takashi , Kachi Naoki 
Published: April 2023

AbstractFlower‐smut fungal infection has been widely observed in many plant species. As plants infected with flower‐smut fungi exhibit visible changes in floral morphology and flower sterility, researchers have intensively studied the effects of the disease on sexual reproduction in host plants. Although most host plants are clonal perennials, the effects of flower‐smut disease on clonal reproduction remain unclear. Here, we investigated the detrimental effects of flower‐smut disease on clonal reproduction of a perennial host plant, Barnardia japonica. Barnardia japonica is a bulbous perennial and host of the flower‐smut fungus Antherospora vaillantii. Diseased and healthy bulbs collected from fields at the end of the growing season were individually grown in pots for 1 year in a greenhouse, and their annual growth was analyzed, including offspring production. Survival, flowering probability, and the total bulb mass (i.e., the sum of a parent and its living offspring masses) at the end of the 1‐year growth period and annual growth of the total bulb mass were comparable between diseased and healthy plants. We found a marked difference between diseased and healthy plants in the probability of clonal reproduction, which was 50% lower in diseased plants. Additionally, the number and mass of living offspring bulbs per parent were lower in diseased plants than in healthy plants. Our results indicate the detrimental effects of flower‐smut disease on clonal reproduction in B. japonica, providing new insights into the effects of flower‐smut disease on the reproduction of perennial host plants.
Dupilumab improves long‐term outcomes in patients with uncontrolled, moderate‐to‐severe GINA‐based type 2 asthma, irrespective of allergic status
Authors: Rabe Klaus F. , Pavord Ian D. , Busse William W. , Chupp Geoffrey L. , Izuhara Kenji , Altincatal Arman , Gall Rebecca , Pandit‐Abid Nami , Deniz Yamo , Rowe Paul J. , Jacob‐Nara Juby A. , Radwan Amr 
Published: April 2023

AbstractBackgroundPrevious research has shown greater efficacy of dupilumab in patients with uncontrolled asthma and type 2 inflammation. We analyzed dupilumab's efficacy in patients from the TRAVERSE study with or without evidence of allergic asthma and type 2 inflammation per current GINA guidelines (≥150  eosinophils/μL or FeNO ≥20 ppb).MethodsAll patients aged ≥12 years who rolled over from the placebo‐controlled QUEST study (NCT02414854) to TRAVERSE (NCT02134028) received add‐on dupilumab 300 mg every 2 weeks for up to 96 weeks. We assessed annualized severe asthma exacerbation rates (AERs) and changes from parent‐study baseline (PSBL) in pre‐bronchodilator FEV1 and 5‐item asthma control questionnaire (ACQ‐5) score in patients with moderate‐to‐severe type 2 asthma with and without evidence of allergic asthma at PSBL.ResultsIn TRAVERSE, dupilumab consistently reduced AER across all subgroups. By Week 96, dupilumab increased pre‐bronchodilator FEV1 from PSBL by 0.35–0.41 L in patients receiving placebo during QUEST (placebo/dupilumab) and 0.34–0.44 L in those receiving dupilumab during QUEST (dupilumab/dupilumab) with an allergic phenotype at baseline. In patients without evidence of allergic asthma, pre‐bronchodilator FEV1 improved by 0.38–0.41 L and 0.33–0.37 L, respectively. By Week 48, ACQ‐5 scores decreased from PSBL by 1.63–1.69 (placebo/dupilumab) and 1.74–1.81 (dupilumab/dupilumab) points across subgroups with allergic asthma, and 1.75–1.83 (placebo/dupilumab) and 1.78–1.86 (dupilumab/dupilumab) in those without.ConclusionsLong‐term treatment with dupilumab reduced exacerbation rates and improved lung function and asthma control in patients with asthma with type 2 inflammation as per current GINA guidance and irrespective of evidence of allergic asthma.
A commentary on Lim and Teo's (2022) review of cyberloafing: Further discussion on its concept and potential impact
Authors: Zoghbi‐Manrique‐de‐Lara Pablo 
Published: April 2023

AbstractOver the last two decades, an increasingly complex work context of personal and work activities has blurred the foundations on which the concept of cyberloafing was traditionally based. It is no coincidence that Lim and Teo's recent review on cyberloafing refines the original construct defined by Lim and proposes new directions for determining its impact. The present commentary aims to offer additional discussion on these two aspects. First, the author aims to examine the conceptual architecture of cyberloafing by considering alternative perspectives. In contrast to conceptualizing cyberloafing traditionally by determining its boundaries such as engagement in online activities during working time and for personal purposes, the author also directly focuses on engagement in offline activities, which determines the behavioral features that are within its boundaries. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of combining these online and offline perspectives to provide a detailed assessment of the online and offline impacts of cyberloafing.