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Exploring knowledge work waste in public emergency services using the AHP algorithm
Authors: Santhiapillai Felix P. , Ratnayake R.M. Chandima 
Published: March 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to explore knowledge work waste and defines the priorities for enhancing performance and productivity in policing and prosecution services (PPS), especially in the crime investigation process (CIP).

Design/methodology/approach
Using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), a case study of a Norwegian police district is examined to identify and prioritize the most performance-vulnerable crime investigation unit, using the adapted knowledge work waste as the performance metric.

Findings
Nine waste categories and 15 subcategories are identified and understood within a two-dimensional network of managerial and operational waste adapted for the PPS. The AHP helps classify levels of priority for each knowledge work waste and orderly prioritization of crime investigation units.

Research limitations/implications
The findings have limited generalizability, as they are based on a single Norwegian police district. This warrants research on the wider applicability of the adapted waste categories and approach.

Practical implications
This study can support public managers in implementing lean thinking and identifying the most prominent wastes in a complex system. In this context, processes and operations are among the factors dominated by knowledge work and are dependent on multiple stakeholders, cross-functional activities and interdisciplinary collaboration, which is more challenging to measure systematically and quantitatively than in a manufacturing environment.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the gap in lean thinking literature by advancing the knowledge on the adaptation and application of the foundational principles of lean thinking in the PPS and CIP.
Opportunity in uncertainty: small business response to COVID-19
Authors: Chapman Cook Megan , Karau Steven J. 
Published: March 2023

PurposeThe global spread of coronavirus brought the economy to a screeching halt as entrepreneurs faced constraints in their ability to transact business. Mandatory shutdowns of businesses, travel restrictions and other measures were taken. This study aimed to explore adaptations of small businesses for surviving in such a turbulent environment.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted exploratory research with detailed interviews with 15 small business owners from various industries in rural communities in the Midwestern United States.FindingsThe study revealed a variety of strategic responses and highlighted creativity and flexibility in coping with uncertainty. Business owners adapted their strategies regarding processes, products and target customers to remain flexible and reallocate resources to meet ever-changing demands. Some created and strengthened relationships with other business owners, clients, customers and the community. Several showed optimism for the long-term, whereas others viewed survival as contingent on a speedy return to normalcy.Research limitations/implicationsA modest sample of fifteen small business owners were interviewed in similar communities in the Midwest using snowball sampling. With a larger sample size and more variance in age and gender, interview responses may be more diverse and potentially more generalizable. However, the current research may provide some unique insights for younger, up-and-coming entrepreneurs in smaller cities and communities regarding some effective small business and community response to uncertainty and change.Originality/valueThe coronavirus pandemic provided a unique environment to gain insight into entrepreneurial adaptation to unpredictable crisis situations and highlights the importance of assessing and adjusting business strategies to constantly changing demands. The authors also present an emergent theoretical process model of small business adaptive responses to uncertainty that summarizes the major themes derived from the interview responses.
Towards a vernacular aesthetics of liking for information studies
Authors: Klimaszewski Cheryl 
Published: March 2023

PurposePersonal museums provide the conceptual catalyst for liking as a research approach and inclusivity around “idiosyncratic” knowledges within information research. An adapted research paper format echoes the approach of personal museums: as a commentary on the limits of institutional shaping for the field.Design/methodology/approachPersonal museums are conceptualized as spaces of knowing in-formation, ontological openings that are literally and figuratively entered into, that make a difference to human and material ways of knowing. Karen Barad's agential realism and Sianne Ngai's vernacular aesthetic categories provide the theoretical lenses through which the researcher's 2018 visit to one personal museum is revisited.FindingsAn ethnographic account of the author's visit to the Communist Consumer Museum (CCM) in Timişoara, Romania shows how its improvisational, friendly and intimate atmosphere exposes it as a space of entanglements in a quantum sense, emphasizing the inseparability of human and material realms and how knowledges are always in-formation. Such entanglements create atmospheres generative of different ways of thinking about information and knowledge.Originality/valueHuman expressions of liking reveal material agencies as ways of knowing and information beyond the realm of human experience and meaning. A vernacular aesthetics of liking is presented as a way to resist the marginalizing tendencies of knowledges classified as unconventional, idiosyncratic or eccentric. This approach is one way of resisting the assumptions of channel thinking that often shape how information is studied.
Prosocial voice in the hierarchy of healthcare professionals: the role of emotions after harmful patient safety incidents
Authors: Richmond John G. , Burgess Nicola 
Published: March 2023

PurposeSupporting and nurturing effective communication between healthcare professionals is vital to protect patients from harm. However, not all forms of employee voice are effective. Fear can lead to defensive voice, while the role of other emotions to drive voice behaviour is less well understood. This paper aims to understand what role the broader range of emotions, including compassion and shame, experienced by healthcare professionals following patient safety incidents (PSI) play in the subsequent enactment of prosocial voice, a positive and other-oriented form of communication.Design/methodology/approachThis study is based on data from a single English NHS hospital: interviews with healthcare professionals involved in PSIs (N = 40), observations at quality and risk committees and meetings (N = 26 h) and review of investigative documents (N = 33). Three recent PSIs were selected for cross-case analysis based upon organisational theory related to professional hierarchy, employee voice and literature on emotions.FindingsAmong three cases, the authors found variance in context, emotional experience and voice behaviour. Where professionals feared blame and repercussion, voice was defensive. Meanwhile where they experienced shame and compassion, prosocial voice was enacted to protect patients.Practical implicationsHealthcare organisations seeking to foster prosocial voice should: (1) be more considerate of professionals' emotional experiences post-PSI and ensure adequate support for recovery (2) establish norms for professionals to share their struggles with others (3) reward professionals who demonstrate caring behaviour (4) buffer professionals from workplace pressures.Originality/valueThe authors’ study highlights how emotional experiences, such as shame and compassion, can mediate blame and defensiveness and lead to the enactment of prosocial voice in the professional hierarchy.
Defining attributes of boutique hotels: a systematic literature review
Authors: Buhagiar Kristina , Pace Lisa A. , Dingli Sandra M. 
Published: March 2023

PurposeBoutique hotels reflect a nascent phenomenon in the literature and in the accommodation sector. As a result, they are void of governmental classification and regulation. Concurrently, they lack any form of operational definition. The purpose of this paper is to address these limitations by identifying the core attributes found to define boutique hotels.Design/methodology/approachTo fulfil the purpose of this paper, the authors conducted a systematic literature review on Web of Science. This resulted in an analysis of 33 peer-review articles published from 1994 to 2022.FindingsThe findings of this review revealed that boutique hotels are defined by eight core attributes; these are (1) multiple ownership structures, (2) situatedness in a historic premises, (3) strategic locations, (4) thematized internal décor, (5) experience design, (6) high levels of personalization, (7) novelty in service provisions and (8) niche marketing strategies.Practical implicationsFor policymakers, this paper may be used as a reference point to establish designated classification systems for boutique hotels. For practitioners, this paper may be used as a source of inspiration and benchmark to establish boutique hotels which align to the criteria highlighted in this paper. For scholars, this paper proposes an operational description of boutique hotels and novel areas for future research.Originality/valueThis paper represents one of the initial efforts undertaken by researchers to unify the literature on boutique hotels.
How does ethical leadership enhance employee work engagement? The roles of trust in leader and harmonious work passion
Authors: Islam Talat , Khatoon Areela , Cheema Amna Umer , Ashraf Yasir 
Published: March 2023

PurposeEmployee work engagement has become a major concern for managers as hardly 21% of employees are engaged in their work. Therefore, this study aims to unveil the association between ethical leadership and employee engagement. Specifically, the study explores the mediating role of trust in leader between ethical leadership and employee work engagement and moderating role of harmonious work passion in the association between trust in leader and employee work engagement.Design/methodology/approachThis study collected data from 491 employees and their immediate supervisors working in various organizations (in Pakistan) through “Google Forms”. The data were analyzed through analysis of moment structure (AMOS) and structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to examine measurement model (for unidimensionality) and structural model (for hypotheses testing).FindingsThe study noted that ethical leaders positively influence their subordinates to engage in their work. In addition, employees' trust in leader was noted to mediate the association between ethical leadership and employee work engagement. Finally, employees high in harmonious work passion are more likely to engage in their work when perceived their leaders ethical style.Practical implicationsThe study suggests to management that fair dealing and involvement in decision-making (ethical leadership) improve employee work engagement as such practices build employees' level of trust in their leaders. In addition, management is suggested to give freedom to employees while selecting their tasks as it positively contributes to their harmonious work passion which ultimately benefits the organization.Originality/valueDrawing upon social exchange and self-determination theory, this study is the first of its kind that explored the moderating role of harmonious work passion and mediating role of trust in leader between ethical leadership and employee work engagement.
Inside-out: cultural insiders as informants in outsider qualitative fieldwork
Authors: Cowley Lorraine Marie , Kelliher Felicity 
Published: March 2023

PurposeTo document our experiences as female non-native researchers carrying out qualitative research in another country (Bahrain), and to reflect on our interactions with cultural insiders (CIs) as informants in this qualitative study. CIs share cultural commonalities such as language, social background and culture and are considered accepted members of the local community.Design/methodology/approachTwo Bahraini academics were recruited as CIs for a qualitative research study and informant data was collected through face-to-face unstructured interviews over a period of 16 months. Data analysis involved manual and NVivo analytical processes.FindingsResearch findings derived three main themes: perceptions relating to the research participant interview template, views on collaboration in Bahrain, and research practicalities. CI engagement offered an opportunity to get fresh perspectives and insights that ultimately informed and improved the standard of research practice.Research limitations/implicationsAs knowledge is subjective, multidimensional and partial, the inclusion of CIs offers a greater opportunity to capture true meaning within the data. Through close proximity to the research context, CIs can share pivotal social insights on the design of interview instruments and process, and on member checking and findings. However, CIs come with their own experiences and views of their community, a recognised limitation in this study.Practical implicationsA CI research protocol, designed to set boundaries and document the steps involved in CI engagement offers a process that may be replicated or adapted in future research and ensures parameters are observed for all parties and affords the security of insider counsel where and when needed.Originality/valueThe methodological approach of incorporating CIs as informants from the Middle East, is novel in management research.
‘ARE WE JUST KILLING PEOPLE?’: Centering Racial Capitalism in the Green Gentrification of the Atlanta BeltLine
Authors: Martínez Jessica (Jess) 
Published: March 2023

AbstractIn this article I argue that any analyses of the manifestations of urban natures within urban political ecology must center racial capitalism as a theoretical framework and account for how these manifestations, which rely upon the co‐constitutive workings of race and nature, reproduce anti‐Blackness and unequal productions of space. I engage urban frontier imaginative geographies as a lens through which to view the ongoing regimes of dispossession within the historical context of the founding of what is today known as Atlanta and the contemporary greening project of the Atlanta BeltLine. Race and nature intersect to function as instruments of power and converge in the spaces of the Atlanta BeltLine to (re)produce an urban green frontier.
Advances in surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy technology for detection of foodborne pathogens
Authors: Zhu Afang , Ali Shujat , Jiao Tianhui , Wang Zhen , Ouyang Qin , Chen Quansheng 
Published: March 2023

AbstractRapid control and prevention of diseases caused by foodborne pathogens is one of the existing food safety regulatory issues faced by various countries and has received wide attention from all sectors of society. The development of rapid and reliable detection methods for foodborne pathogens remains a hot research area for food safety and public health because of the limitations of complex steps, time‐consuming, low sensitivity, or poor selectivity of commonly used methods. Surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), as a novel spectroscopic technique, has the advantages of high sensitivity, selectivity, rapid and nondestructive detection and has exhibited broad application prospects in the determination of pathogenic bacteria. In this study, the enhancement mechanisms of SERS are briefly introduced, then the characteristics and properties of liquid‐phase, rigid solid‐phase, and flexible solid‐phase are categorized. Furthermore, a comprehensive review of the advances in label‐free or label‐based SERS strategies and SERS‐compatible techniques for the detection of foodborne pathogens is provided, and the advantages and disadvantages of these methods are reviewed. Finally, the current challenges of SERS technology applied in practical applications are listed, and the possible development trends of SERS in the field of foodborne pathogens detection in the future are discussed.
Clinical study on the correlation between monocyte‐related ratios and calcification of the abdominal aorta in peritoneal dialysis patients
Authors: Sun Jiani , Lu Yuan , Shen Lei , Xu Deyu , Sha Wengang , Zhou Ling , Li Jianzhong 
Published: March 2023

AbstractIntroductionWe aimed to investigate the relationship between monocyte/lymphocyte ratio (MLR) and monocyte/high‐density lipoprotein ratio (MHR) with abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD).MethodsThe time‐averaged (TA) of relevant indexes and AAC scores (AACs) of 160 eligible patients were measured.ResultsPatients divided into the new AAC (n = 57) and the other without (n = 82). High TA‐MLR (OR = 110.537, p = 0.018) and long duration of dialysis (OR = 1.045, p < 0.001) were independent risk factors of the new AAC. Patients divided into the no AAC (n = 82), the moderate‐to‐severe AAC (n = 26), and the mild AAC (n = 52). High TA‐MLR (OR = 42.649, p = 0.032), high age at starting PD (OR = 1.055, p < 0.001), and long duration of PD (OR = 1.036, p < 0.001) were independent risk factors of AAC severity.ConclusionsMLR is an independent risk factor for the occurrence and severity of AAC and its value for the assessment of AAC is better than MHR.
The Struggle to Sustain Agriculture in EU Southern Neighbourhood Partners: Improving Data and Policies
Authors: Mili Samir , Arovuori Kyösti 
Published: March 2023

SummaryThe agricultural sector in the EU Southern Neighbourhood Partners (SNP) is struggling to respond to sustainability challenges. It needs stronger policies to deliver balanced sustainability outcomes in economic, social and environmental terms. Based on recent information and a structured assessment of the impacts of prevailing public policies on the sustainability of agriculture in Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt and Turkey, carried out within the Sustainmed project (https://sustainmed.iamm.fr), we conclude that several factors contribute to the struggles in strengthening sustainability functions of agriculture in these countries. In the main, there is a lack of policy coherence toward sustainability uncovered by the dual, unbalanced consideration given to different sustainability factors in the study countries: pure economic factors largely prevail over factors related to resource conservation and social and cultural values, these latter factors being a precondition for long‐term economic growth. Consequently, there is a genuine need for a more consistent vision of sustainability issues in future policy agendas, including better data systems and specific policies to incentivise sustainable agriculture in the SNP; as the challenge over the coming decades in these countries will be to increase agricultural production and productivity while at the same time managing natural resources sustainably. Findings can guide policymakers and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector to identify pathways towards sustaining agriculture in the SNP.
The impact of age on olfactory alcohol cue‐reactivity: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study in adolescent and adult male drinkers
Authors: Cousijn Janna , Mies Gabry , Runia Nora , Derksen Maik , Willuhn Ingo , Lesscher Heidi 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBackgroundAdolescence is marked not only by rapid surges in the prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) but also by remarkable recovery rates, as most adolescent‐onset AUDs naturally resolve over time. Little is known about the differential vulnerability of adolescents and adults. Therefore, this study aimed to unravel the moderating role of age by comparing neural alcohol cue‐reactivity, an important AUD biomarker, between low‐to‐high beer‐drinking adolescent (n = 50, 16 to 18 years), and adult (n = 51, 30 to 35 years) males matched on drinking severity.MethodsAssociations between beer odor‐induced brain activity and AUD diagnosis, severity of alcohol use‐related problems, recent alcohol use, binge‐drinking frequency, and task‐induced craving were investigated across and between age groups in regions of interest thought to be central in alcohol cue‐reactivity: the medial prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and striatal subregions (nucleus accumbens and caudate putamen). These analyses were complemented by exploratory whole‐brain analyses.ResultsPre‐task beer craving increased pre‐to‐post task in adolescents only. Individual differences in alcohol use, binge drinking, and craving did not relate to beer odor‐induced activity. Although region‐of‐interest analyses did not reach significance, whole‐brain analyses showed that adolescents with AUD, compared with adolescents without AUD and adults with AUD, had higher beer odor‐induced activity in a large mesocorticolimbic cluster encompassing the right caudate, nucleus accumbens, orbitofrontal cortex, and the olfactory sulcus. Activity in the right caudate and putamen was positively associated with the severity of alcohol use‐related problems in adolescents but negatively associated in adults.ConclusionThese findings suggest a differential role of alcohol cue‐reactivity in adolescents compared with adults with AUD and highlight the need for further studies investigating the role of age in the fundamental processes underlying the development of and recovery from of AUD.
Endogenous price fluctuations: Evidence from the chicken supply chain in Pakistan
Authors: Chaudhry Muhammad Imran , Miranda Mario J. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractPersistent agricultural price fluctuations in developing countries have revived interest in the theory of endogenous price instability. We examine the underlying cause of price instability in Pakistan's broiler and chick markets. To this end, we utilize findings from our fieldwork and estimates from unobserved component‐models to formulate a theoretical model of endogenous price fluctuations in the chicken supply chain of Pakistan. Under standard assumptions, we derive hypotheses from our theoretical model that can be tested by using vector autoregressions and weekly data on broiler and chick (farm‐gate) prices in Pakistan. Our empirical estimates conform to the predictions of our theoretical model, and evidence of endogenous dynamics in observed prices is robust to alternative specifications and estimation methods. We use numerical simulations to illustrate that empirically grounded parameterizations of our theoretical model can emulate the salient features of broiler and chick price fluctuations in Pakistan. The accumulation of evidence from our descriptive, empirical, and numerical analysis builds a compelling case for the endogenous nature of price instability in Pakistan's chicken supply chain.