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Exploring middle-level school leadership styles through role-play simulations
Authors: Iftach Geva , Shapira-Lishchinsky Orly 
Published: January 2023

PurposeThe study's main goal is to investigate different leadership styles that characterize middle-level leaders, the intermediate leadership tier of role holders in school, as they practice leadership scenarios through active participation in a professional learning process of role-play simulation, using a social-ecological approach.Design/methodology/approachThirty middle-level leaders from different Israeli high schools and districts participated in the study during an M.A. course in an educational leadership program. The authors used qualitative analysis to examine role-play simulations of leadership scenarios based on group debriefings. This content analysis was conducted within a two-dimensional theoretical framework composed of leadership style theory and a social-ecological model.FindingsThe study findings address four main leadership styles: authentic, transformational, participative and transactional. Regarding their appearance within different social-ecological layers, the interpersonal layer was the most salient one with a prominent appearance of transformational and authentic leadership styles. On the organizational and communal layers, authentic leadership was more prominent. The study findings demonstrate multidimensionality in both the leadership styles and social-ecological layers, as different styles appeared in different layers concurrently.Practical implicationsThe findings may help articulate the nature and characteristics of middle-level school leadership. They may also provide relevant theoretical content and instructional strategy to develop simulation-based preparation programs for middle-level leaders.Originality/valueThe study findings highlight unique leadership characteristics of middle-level school leaders and suggest a contextual perception of their leadership styles within a social-ecological framework.
Intellectual capital before and during COVID-19 in the hotel industry: the moderating role of tangible assets
Authors: Ognjanovic Jasmina , Dzenopoljac Vladimir , Cavagnetto Stefano 
Published: January 2023

PurposeThe study aims to assess the relative impact of intellectual capital (IC) as opposed to tangible assets on profitability and employee performance in hotels in Serbia before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Design/methodology/approachThe current study was undertaken in 2019, the year before COVID-19, and 2020, the year of COVID-19's major impact. This study utilizes the Value-Added Intellectual Coefficient (VAIC) as a measure of efficient use of IC. Financial data were collected from 163 hotels in Serbia. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the proposed hypotheses.FindingsThe results revealed that IC was a relevant factor for both profitability and employee performance before and during the COVID-19. However, the study reveals a negative moderating effect of tangible capital efficiency (TCE), meaning that with the increase of TCE, the relationship between IC and performance becomes weaker.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitation of the study is rooted in VAIC's ability to fully incorporate all elements of IC, leaving the relational capital out.Practical implicationsTo achieve better performance, hotel management should direct resources more towards IC and less toward tangible assets, which implies doing more with less.Originality/valueThe results indicate the importance of IC in a period of crisis for the industry and economy that are not recognized as knowledge intensive. To the best of the authors' knowledge, no other study has attempted to assess the relative contribution of tangible assets and IC before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The magnitude and consequences of money laundering
Authors: Nazar Sadia , Raheman Abdul , Anwar ul Haq Muhammad 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
This study aims to estimate the amount of money laundering (ML) with multiple proxy approaches and measure the effects of ML on various indicators of the economic and financial sectors. Theoretical justifications are recruited from the parasite theory of organised crime.

Design/methodology/approach
A quantitative research methodology was used on a balanced panel data set to test the study’s hypothesis through generalised method of moment (GMM). The study sample consisted of 77 countries, and the data was collected for 15 years (2005–2019).

Findings
A study has found that 1.23% of global gross domestic product is laundered yearly, and there is no noticeable decline in ML activities. Further study has also found that ML has devastating effects on countries, government revenue, foreign investment, economic development, political and peace conditions, bank liquidity, interest rate volatility and exchange rate volatility. The study has not witnessed the negative consequence of ML on countries’ inflation rates.

Practical implications
Estimates of the study guide policymakers about the volume of resources fleeing and helps them to decide the level of response needed. Further findings help them prioritise the response system according to the area most affected.

Originality/value
This study is an original contribution by the authors and has studied the effects of ML by computing the amount of ML by four different proxies.
The mediating effect of data analytics on the relationship between organizational psychological safety and advisory services
Authors: Sihombing Ranto Partomuan , Agustia Dian , Soewarno Noorlailie 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
Data analytics can change the working of advisory services (AS) that internal auditors routinely carry out. Not getting psychological support from employers and co-workers can cause internal auditors to be reluctant to use data analytics. Based on trait activation theory, this study aims to examine the mediating effect of data analytics on the relationship between organizational psychological safety (OPS) and AS.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors surveyed inspectorate auditors in government ministries and institutions who are internal government auditors in Indonesia. This study applied the partial least square structural equation modeling method to test the hypothesis. The total respondents involved in this study were 103 auditors.

Findings
There are two main findings in this study. First, OPS has a direct effect on AS. Second, data analytics mediates the relationship between OPS and AS.

Practical implications
This study’s finding has implications for leaders in ministries and government agencies to provide psychological support so that inspectorate auditors increasingly take advantage of data analytics in the process of AS that are always carried out.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to examine the mediating effect of data analytics on the relationship between OPS and AS.
Decision-making and resilience in agriculture: improving awareness of the role of accounting
Authors: Tingey-Holyoak Joanne Louise , Wheeler Sarah Ann , Seidl Constantin 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
Australian agriculture is facing increasingly uncertain weather patterns which is impacting financial performance, exacerbated by worsening terms of trade and a decline in commodity prices. Increasing the resilience and adaptive capacity of the primary production sector is of key importance. Governments and farmer groups often depict technology adoption as the salvation of farming, frequently ignoring the importance of decision-making processes and soft information skills and needs. The purpose of this study is to explore farmer decision-making and resilience and, in doing so, address ongoing challenges with soft information, including the inaccessibility of accounting data and a lack of awareness of its formal role in strategic decisions.

Design/methodology/approach
Drawing on a strategic choice perspective, we explore the links between farmer characteristics, attitudes, technology orientation, decision-making and financial performance to investigate how accounting data and tools could better support growers’ adaptive capacity. Detailed on-farm interviews were conducted with 25 grape growers across the Riverland in South Australia, with information thematically and descriptively analysed.

Findings
Results show that farmers with low operating profit margins spend double the time making decisions and struggle with minimising variable costs, especially water costs. Lower profit growers were also less likely to perceive climate change as a threat and demonstrated lower resilience.

Originality/value
The results highlight the potential for accountants to make more use of data-driven technological advances and for this information to be used to enhance on-farm strategic decision-making and support innovative business models. Simply packaged biophysical and financial data could also support strategic decisions and adaptation of farmers struggling to make a profit.
Mental health care using video during COVID-19: service user and clinician experiences, including future preferences
Authors: Samad Lamiya , Teague Bonnie , Elzubeir Khalifa , Moreira Karen , Agarwal Nita , Bagge Sophie , Marriott Emma , Wilson Jonathan 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to evaluate service user (SU) and clinician acceptability of video care, including future preferences to inform mental health practice during COVID-19, and beyond.

Design/methodology/approach
Structured questionnaires were co-developed with SUs and clinicians. The SU online experience questionnaire was built into video consultations (VCs) via the Attend Anywhere platform, completed between July 2020 and March 2021. A Trust-wide clinician experience survey was conducted between July and October 2020. Chi-squared test was performed for any differences in clinician VC rating by mental health difficulties, with the content analysis used for free-text data.

Findings
Of 1,275 SUs completing the questionnaire following VC, most felt supported (93.4%), and their needs were met (90%). For future appointments, 51.8% of SUs preferred video, followed by face-to-face (33%), with COVID-related and practical reasons given. Of 249 clinicians, 161 (64.7%) had used VCs. Most felt the therapeutic relationship (76.4%) and privacy (78.7%) were maintained. Clinicians felt confident about clinical assessment and management using video. However, they were less confident in assessing psychotic symptoms and initiating psychotropic medications. There were no significant differences in clinician VC rating by mental health difficulties. For future, more SUs preferred using video, with a quarter providing practical reasons.

Originality/value
The study provides a real-world example of video care implementation. In addition to highlighting clinician needs, support at the wider system/policy level, with a focus on addressing inequalities, can inform mental health care beyond COVID-19.
Different patterns and drivers of fungal communities between phyllosphere and rhizosphere in alpine grasslands
Authors: Li Yang , Tian Dashuan , Pan Junxiao , Zhou Benjamin , Zhang Ruiyang , Song Lei , Wang Jinsong , Niu Shuli 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Epiphytic fungi are vital in enhancing their host plant performance and can also cause plant diseases. Generally, phyllosphere fungal community are majorly driven by climate, while rhizosphere fungal community are determined by soil properties and spatial distance. However, the differences in the relative effects of environmental factors on fungal community compositions and network structures remain far from clear between phyllosphere and rhizosphere.

In this study, we conducted a large‐scale field survey along a 1400 km transect in the Tibetan Plateau and explored the composition and structure of phyllosphere and rhizosphere fungal communities from two dominant grass species (Leontopodium nanum and Stipa purpurea). L. nanum is widely distributed in relatively wet areas of alpine grasslands but S. purpurea prefers relatively dry areas. The geographical distributions of these two species overlap in the middle of the transect

First, we found that precipitation was more important than temperature to affect fungal alpha diversity. High precipitation significantly promoted fungal alpha diversity in both phyllosphere and rhizosphere. Second, climate and spatial variables explained more variations in fungal community in the phyllosphere than rhizosphere. Specifically, greater precipitation promoted the relative abundances of pathotrophic fungi in the phyllosphere and rhizosphere, whereas lower precipitation only stimulated the relative abundances of symbiotrophic fungi in the rhizosphere. Third, precipitation had different impacts on phyllosphere and rhizosphere fungal networks between host species. Drought caused lower node number of fungal networks in the phyllosphere and rhizosphere of L. nanum. However, for S. purpurea, drought led to more complex and positive fungal networks in the phyllosphere and rhizosphere. Overall, these results indicated that precipitation caused different fungal community compositions along the transect between phyllosphere and rhizosphere, but consistently shaped their fungal networks.

This study is among the first to provide compelling evidence on the large‐scale spatial variations and controlling factors for epiphytic fungal community in alpine grasslands. These new findings help to understand the role of epiphytic fungal community in affecting the functions of alpine grasses to cope with extreme environments.

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Resource competition drives an invasion‐replacement event among shrew species on an island
Authors: Browett Samuel S. , Synnott Rebecca , O'Meara Denise B. , Antwis Rachael E. , Browett Stephen S. , Bown Kevin J. , Wangensteen Owen S. , Dawson Deborah A. , Searle Jeremy B. , Yearsley Jon M. , McDevitt Allan D. 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Invasive mammals are responsible for the majority of native species extinctions on islands. While most of these extinction events will be due to novel interactions between species (e.g. exotic predators and naive prey), it is more unusual to find incidences where a newly invasive species causes the decline/extinction of a native species on an island when they normally coexist elsewhere in their overlapping mainland ranges.

We investigated if resource competition between two insectivorous small mammals was playing a significant role in the rapid replacement of the native pygmy shrew Sorex minutus in the presence of the recently invading greater white‐toothed shrew Crocidura russula on the island of Ireland.

We used DNA metabarcoding of gut contents from >300 individuals of both species to determine each species' diet and measured the body size (weight and length) during different stages of the invasion in Ireland (before, during and after the species come into contact with one another) and on a French island where both species have long coexisted (acting as a natural ‘control’ site). Dietary composition, niche width and overlap and body size were compared in these different stages.

The body size of the invasive C. russula and composition of its diet changes between when it first invades an area and after it becomes established. During the initial stages of the invasion, individual shrews are larger and consume larger sized invertebrate prey species. During later stages of the invasion, C. russula switches to consuming smaller prey taxa that are more essential for the native species. As a result, the level of interspecific dietary overlap increases from between 11% and 14% when they first come into contact with each other to between 39% and 46% after the invasion.

Here we show that an invasive species can quickly alter its dietary niche in a new environment, ultimately causing the replacement of a native species. In addition, the invasive shrew could also be potentially exhausting local resources of larger invertebrate species. These subsequent changes in terrestrial invertebrate communities could have severe impacts further downstream on ecosystem functioning and services.
Self‐Assessment versus Self‐Improvement Motives: How Does Social Reference Group Selection Influence Organizational Responses to Performance Feedback?
Authors: Blettner Daniela , Kotiloglu Serhan , Lechler Thomas G. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThe performance feedback theory (PFT) proposes that organizations compare their performance to other organizations (i.e. their social reference group) and initiate responses based on this comparison. While social comparison represents a core element of the PFT, it is not well understood how organizations select social reference groups and how this selection may affect organizational responses (e.g. risk‐taking, change, innovation). We propose that the motives that organizations use to select their social reference groups impact their responses to performance feedback. Our meta‐analysis of 99 empirical PFT studies focuses on two motives underlying the selection of social reference groups for performance feedback: self‐assessment and self‐improvement. While self‐assessment through comparison requires the selection of a relevant set of referent organizations, self‐improvement relies on the selection of the highest performing referent organizations. Our results show that organizational responses to performance feedback differ depending on which motive‐based reference group is selected for comparison. These differences are more evident when performance is above aspirations. This finding has important implications for PFT researchers to predict organizational responses more precisely.
Stability and antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds during in vitro digestion
Authors: Li Chun Xiao , Wang Fu Rong , Zhang Bing , Deng Ze Yuan , Li Hong Yan 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThe impact of phenolic compounds on the human body depended on the type, content, bioavailability, and antioxidant activity. After digestion, different phenolic compounds had different changes of bioavailability and antioxidant activity, which needed to be considered in the application. In this experiment, the structural stability and antioxidant activity of 27 phenolic compounds (phenolic acids, flavonols, flavonoids, and flavanones) were investigated during the in vitro simulated digestion. This experiment eliminated the influence of food matrix, provide a basis for regularity for the changes of phenolic substances in different materials. Results showed that the bioaccessibility of phenolic compounds with different structures varied, and there was a conformational relationship between the structure and stability. After oral digestion, most of the phenolic compounds underwent degradation and the cellular antioxidant activity (CAA) values decreased to a large extent (p < 0.05). After gastric digestion, the content (p > 0.05) and CAA values (p < 0.05) of most phenolic compounds increased. However, after intestinal digestion, the phenolic compounds were degraded to a greater extent, and different structures of phenolic compounds had different changes in CAA values (p < 0.05). In general, the CAA values of most phenolic compounds after in vitro digestion were lower than the initial value. The 1,1‐diphenyl‐2‐picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2′‐azino‐bis (3‐ehylbenzthiazoline‐6‐sulfonic acid) (ABTS), and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) values of phenolic acids and flavonols decreased after in vitro simulated digestion (p < 0.05), while the values of DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP of most flavonoids (p < 0.05) increased. The increased oxygen radical absorption capacity (ORAC) values were found in most phenolic acids, flavonols, and flavonoids (p < 0.05), and most flavanones showed unremarkable changes in ORAC values (p > 0.05). In general, the changing trend of chemical‐based antioxidant activity was consistent with the content of phenolic compounds.
Implementation of an automated, user‐centered point‐of‐care ultrasound workflow improves documentation and billing
Authors: Thompson Brian , Schoenfeld Elizabeth , Westafer Lauren , Visintainer Paul , Budhram Gavin 
Published: January 2023

AbstractBackgroundPoint‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) is a central component of emergency medical care. However, clinicians often fail to adequately document their examinations, causing problems for downstream clinicians and quality assurance processes as well as loss of revenue. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a user‐centered POCUS documentation workflow system for examination ordering, documentation, selective archival, and billing on POCUS documentation in a large academic emergency department (ED).MethodsIn this quasi‐experimental study, we examined POCUS documentation 22 months before and 12 months after implementation of a user‐centered, automated ultrasound workflow (October 2018–July 2021). The workflow allows for electronic health record (EHR) order entry to populate a virtual ultrasound worklist, automatic demographic information retrieval to ultrasound machines, selective image storage to a hospital picture archive and communications system and/or POCUS archive Ultralinq, generation of an EHR report, and integrated billing triggers. Data were retrieved using Current Procedural Terminology codes for billed POCUS examinations during the study period. We also collected monthly hospital registry data to quantify ED visits to control for volume. We compared the number and per‐visit rate of POCUS documented using descriptive statistics and segmented linear regression before and after implementation of the workflow.ResultsIn the 22‐month preimplementation period, 209,725 ED visits occurred. During this period, POCUS was completely documented in 13,514 or in 6.4% of ED visits. There were an average of 614 scans documented per month. In the 12‐month postimplementation period, 97,418 ED visits occurred. During this period, POCUS was completely documented in 10,001 visits, or 10.3% of ED visits. There were an average of 833 scans documented per month. Linear regression analysis showed a significant increase in average monthly POCUS documentation of 265.34 scans/month (95% CI 150.60–380.09, p < 0.001) at the time of the intervention.ConclusionsIn this single‐center study, POCUS documentation increased by more than 60% following the implementation of a user‐centered POCUS workflow that reduced the burden on the clinician by automating data entry, improving data flow between ultrasound machines and the EHR and integrating billing.
Upadacitinib treatment in patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis: A retrospective single‐centre Australian review of 14 patients post phase 3 clinical trial
Authors: Bennett Michaela , Sinclair Rodney D. , Eisman Samantha 
Published: January 2023

AbstractRecent phase 2b and phase 3 clinical trials support the safety and efficacy of the selective Janus kinase (JAK)‐1 inhibitor upadacitinib (UPA) in the treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD). However, to date, there is little experience with UPA therapy for AD in Australia. We report findings from a retrospective study to better understand the therapeutic response and side effects noted in a single‐centre Australian cohort.