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The adoption of shareholder activism by minority investors in Mauritius and a comparative analysis with the UK laws
Authors: Beebeejaun Ambareen , Bissessur Pramod Kumar 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
Shareholder activism is gaining popularity across the globe especially in today’s context where the option of giving up and selling shares to exit the company has become obsolete. Hence, the purpose of this research paper is two-fold, firstly, to investigate the extent to which the minority shareholders of companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius adopt and make use of the various tools of activism; and secondly, to compare the UK laws on shareholder activism with that of Mauritius.

Design/methodology/approach
To achieve these objectives, this study adopted the qualitative research method. Primary data was collected by conducting a survey on minority shareholders of Mauritian listed companies to figure out the extent to which they resort to activism tools, while secondary data was collected through a qualitative legal, document and content analysis to scrutinise regulatory provisions and existing literature on the researched topic.

Findings
The results show a moderate implementation level of shareholder activism by the minority investors in Mauritius although it was noted that minority shareholders are more likely to resort to the internal tools of activism rather than external methods. Further to the comparative study conducted, this research recommends a more active participation of the Mauritian regulatory bodies, amendments to the Mauritius Code of Corporate Governance and Mauritius Companies Act and the establishment of a commission responsible for overseeing the exercise of shareholders’ powers and promoting derivative lawsuits among minority shareholders.

Originality/value
Few researchers like Beebeejaun and Koobloll (2018) analysed shareholder activism through the lens of corporate governance with the view of providing recommendations to bring amendments in the Mauritian corporate law landscape. However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, no research has yet been effectuated on the extent to which shareholder activism is practised by the minority investors in developing countries, for which this existing study aims at filling in the research gap.
Investigating the relationship between human resource development and quality in building projects
Authors: Abdolahi Mohammad Javad , Barmayehvar Behnod , Marjani Taimoor , Esmaeilabadi Reza 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
This study aims to show that human resource development (HRD) criteria have a significant role on the quality of building projects.

Design/methodology/approach
It is worth mentioning that the present research is a survey in terms of practical purpose and in terms of data collection. In this regard, first, review of the related literature and then the HRD criteria were identified and initial questionnaire was developed after interviews with connoisseurs and approved them. The questionnaire consists of three main criteria and 21 subcriteria that have been distributed among 50 experts. The statistical population of the research includes project managers of grade 1 building companies. Data were processed by SPSS software tests.

Findings
Findings showed that all three main criteria of HRD, including training, motivation and participation have a direct and positive effect on the quality index, but the effectiveness of the training criterion is more than motivation and participation. In other words, the desired quality cannot be achieved only by training employees, and with it, a sense of motivation and participation of employees must be aroused.

Originality/value
Most researchers believe that achieving good quality in construction projects depends on the performance of human resources, so the development of human resources in the construction industry is very important.
Digital menus innovation diffusion and transformation process of consumer behavior
Authors: Lin Pearl M.C. , Peng Kang-Lin , Au Wai Ching Wilson , Qiu Hanqin , Deng Cheng Dan 
Published: August 2023

Purpose
This study aims to investigate how different menu types trigger diners’ behavioral intentions in restaurants’ innovation diffusion from paper to digital menus.

Design/methodology/approach
Four menu types, namely, paper menus with text only, paper menus with text and images, digital menus that show text and images or text and video with self-service technological functionality, are designed to empirically examine a mental process through which perceived information quality, perceived food quality and perceived service quality influence diners’ behavioral intentions.

Findings
Based on the online survey data from 502 diners, results show that the menu design influences customers’ perceptions. The video-based digital menu is the most effective to generate diners’ behavioral intentions, followed by a paper menu with text and images.

Research limitations/implications
This study contributes to the innovation diffusion theory and stimulus-organism-responses theory to encourage the joint use of auditory and visual channels for digital menu design in restaurants.

Originality/value
The authors confirm the digital transformation in menu design in restaurants. Restaurant diners are also prepared and comfortable with digital menus, especially in the postpandemic world.
Urban-biased policy, government intervention and urban-rural income gap: evidence from provincial government work reports in China
Authors: Nie Changfei , Wang Haohui , Feng Yuan 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThis paper aims to test the causal relationship between urban-biased policy and urban-rural income gap and further examine the moderating role of government intervention.Design/methodology/approachBased on the provincial Government Work Reports and the long-term policy practice of implementing the target responsibility system, the authors construct a unique indicator of urban-biased policy in China. Further, applying the panel data of 30 Chinese provinces in 2003–2018, the authors explore the causal relationship between urban-biased policy and urban-rural income gap.FindingsThe results show that urban-biased policy has contributed to the widen urban-rural income gap in China, which supports Lipton's urban-biased hypothesis. Further research shows that the stronger the government intervention, the bigger the role of urban-biased policy in widening urban-rural income gap.Originality/valueOn the one hand, this study not only investigates the direct effect of urban-biased policy on urban-rural income gap, but also examines the moderating effect from the perspective of government intervention, which helps to enrich the relevant studies of urban-biased theory. On the other hand, the authors' findings provide the latest empirical evidence for urban-biased policy to widen urban-rural income gap and presents a reference and warning for China and other developing countries about balancing the relationship between equity and efficiency during economic development.
The interplay of sensegiving and sensemaking: politics of ideology at a Japanese retailer in Hong Kong
Authors: Zhu Yi 
Published: August 2023

PurposeThis study explores the politics of ideology in the process of sensegiving and sensemaking at a Japanese retailer in Hong Kong. Studies on power and politics are scarce despite key role of power and politics in understanding the factors behind the conflict between the management's policy legitimization (sensegiving) and employees' policy interpretation (sensemaking). By using the three dimensions proposed in the critical sensemaking approach (discourse, rules and contexts), this paper explores the complex mechanism of power and politics in sensemaking and sensegiving.Design/methodology/approachUsing 15 months of participant observation as a salesperson, this paper discusses how the Japan-centric customer service philosophy (dominant discourse), customer service policies and practices (organizational rules) and asymmetric power structure between the Japanese global headquarters and Hong Kong subsidiaries (formative contexts) are presented and perpetuated through the sensegiving–sensemaking process.FindingsDominant discourse was observed in the management's sensegiving, which placed the Japanese style of customer service over others. This ethnocentric dominant discourse informed the creation of customer service policies, although the realization of the discourse was determined by the employees' conflicting interpretations of the organizational rules. As a formative context, an asymmetric power structure was present that positioned the Hong Kong subsidiary as subservient to the global headquarters in Japan. This shows that the political process of sensegiving and sensemaking deeply implicates the dominant discourse, organizational rules and power structure as central forces that determine the level of perpetuating ideology.Originality/valueThis research illustrates the wider implications of power and politics in sensegiving–sensemaking studies and provides a complex picture of ethnocentric management.
Labour Mobility With Vocational Skill: Australian Demand and Pacific Supply
Authors: Clemens Michael A. , Chand Satish 
Published: August 2023

AbstractCan new channels for mid‐skill labour mobility simultaneously enhance the welfare of Australia and the Pacific Region? Answering this question requires forecasting Australian demand for vocationally‐skilled migrants over the next generation, and the potential for Pacific supply of those migrants. We project demand for such mid‐skill migrants over the next three decades by combining data on trends in the demand for basic tasks with data on trends in native investment in education commensurate with those tasks. We estimate that the Australian economy growing at historical rates through the year 2050 will demand approximately 1.6–2.1 million foreign workers with Technical and Vocational Education and Training. A large share of these could be supplied from the Pacific Islands with sufficient investment in training, with direct cooperation from Australian employers, and targeted access to the Australian labour market.
Externalities of Financial Statement Fraud on the Incoming Accounting Labor Force
Authors: CARNES ROBERT R. , CHRISTENSEN DANE M. , MADSEN PAUL E. 
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTFinancial statement fraud generates many negative effects, including reducing people's willingness to participate in the stock market. If it also stigmatizes accounting, it may similarly adversely affect the quantity and quality of workers willing to become accountants, thereby potentially creating negative effects for years to come. We examine the impact of fraud on the labor force entering the accounting profession, which is a key input into the production of accounting information (i.e., the output). Using data describing millions of college students across the United States, we find incoming students are actually more likely to major in accounting when local frauds occur during their formative years. These students are also more likely to have attributes desired by the accounting profession (e.g., high academic aptitude) and are more likely to subsequently serve in public accounting and become Certified Public Accountants. In the context of other fields (i.e., all college majors), we find that fraud similarly spurs interest in other business disciplines, but not in majors outside of business schools. Those attracted to other business disciplines, however, generally possess different traits. Specifically, students entering accounting are distinctively more likely to exhibit values espoused by the accounting profession, including a predisposition to public service and less commercial orientation. Thus, nonpecuniary motives appear to uniquely drive accounting student enrollment following fraud. Collectively, our findings suggest that, while fraud is unmistakably bad, it appears to have the positive unintended consequence of attracting labor into business disciplines and, in accounting, increasing the prevalence of desirable traits among entrants.
Sarcopenia in patients with rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases
Authors: Hanaoka Hironari , Kikuchi Jun , Hiramoto Kazuoto , Akiyama Mitsuhiro , Saito Shutaro , Kondo Yasushi , Kaneko Yuko 
Published: August 2023

AbstractAimTo investigate the impact of high‐dose glucocorticoid therapy on sarcopenia in hospitalized patients with rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs).MethodsWe included patients with RMDs who were hospitalized between 2020 and 2022 for remission induction treatment and collected information on skeletal mass index (SMI) before high‐dose glucocorticoid therapy and 1 month later. We divided the patients into 2 groups according to the progression of sarcopenia, defined as a >10% decrease in SMI, and compared their clinical characteristics.ResultsForty‐nine patients were included in this analysis. The mean age was 53.3 years, 73.5% were female, and the mean SMI was 5.3 kg/m2. Before treatment, 83.7% had already met the definition of sarcopenia, and 57.1% experienced further sarcopenia progression after 1 month of high‐dose glucocorticoid treatment. Patients with sarcopenia progression were predominantly male (P = 0.025), had a higher body weight (P = 0.048), and showed a higher SMI than those without sarcopenia at baseline (P = 0.008). Multivariable analysis revealed that body weight increase from 0 to week 1 of high‐dose glucocorticoid treatment was associated with sarcopenia progression (odds ratio: 0.22, 95% CI: 0.04–0.61, P = 0.007) with a cut‐off of −1.8 kg. During a mean observation period of 30.2 days, the incidence of infection was significantly higher in patients with progressive sarcopenia (P = 0.042).ConclusionsOne‐month hospitalization with high‐dose glucocorticoid therapy is associated with sarcopenia progression in patients with RMDs. An early decrease in body weight can be used to predict muscle volume loss.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm healed with calcification in a female patient with Behçet's syndrome: A case report with a 2‐decade follow‐up
Authors: Tuzun Hasan , Ak Tumay , Bas Ahmet , Kara Ozge , Gulsen Fatih , Seyahi Emire 
Published: August 2023

AbstractAbdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are rare in Behçet syndrome (BS) but may result in life‐threatening complications. AAA are generally treated with surgical intervention following aggressive immunosuppressive therapy. Healing with wall calcification and mural thrombus for AAA is scarcely reported in the literature. Herein, we present a female patient who developed a large saccular aneurysm in the infra‐renal abdominal aorta 6 months after the diagnosis. Endovascular intervention was not found to be possible because of the dimensions of the aneurysm and the patient did not consent for open surgery. Therefore, she received only immunosuppressive treatment. By the second year of follow‐up, we detected reduction in the size of AAA, along with circumferential wall calcification and mural thrombus. The patient was followed‐up for 20 years without rupture and currently doing well. This case demonstrates that calcified large saccular AAA might not necessitate surgical intervention and be followed‐up for many years without any complication.
Does Democracy Reduce Ethnic Inequality?
Authors: Leipziger Lasse Egendal 
Published: August 2023

AbstractTo what extent and under what conditions do democratic institutions reduce socioeconomic ethnic inequality? I argue that democratization reduces ethnic inequality by introducing electoral accountability, which facilitates a series of egalitarian policies. However, the effect of democratization is conditional on the distribution of resources under the previous, nondemocratic regime. Countries that were more ethnically unequal prior to democratization experience greater egalitarian effects following democratization. To examine the argument, I leverage multiple country‐ and group‐level measures of ethnic inequality. Using fixed effects regressions, instrumental variable analyses, and event studies, I demonstrate that democratization substantively reduces ethnic inequality, but mainly for countries with high predemocratic levels of inequality.
Explaining China's approach to investor‐state dispute settlement reform: A contextual perspective
Authors: Du Ming 
Published: August 2023

AbstractChina's approach to ISDS reform is widely perceived as undecided and ambiguous. This paper provides the first detailed analysis of China's submission to the UNITRAL Working Group III and situates China's approach in the context of global dialogue of ISDS reform and competing reform proposals. The paper shows that China's open, flexible, and evolving approach to ISDS reform could be better understood by a contextual evaluation of the pertinent factors which have contributed to its formation. Moreover, this paper explains why China did not sign up to the EU's investment court system (ICS) proposal in the EU‐China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). Lastly, the paper argues that China should reconsider its attitude towards the ICS in the CAI context and that the EU's recent suggestion that the envisaged multilateral investment court may adopt an ‘open architecture’ is likely to enhance its appeal to China.
Toward sustainable harvest strategies for marine fisheries that include recreational fishing
Authors: Fowler Ashley M. , Dowling Natalie A. , Lyle Jeremy M. , Alós Josep , Anderson Leif E. , Cooke Steven J. , Danylchuk Andy J. , Ferter Keno , Folpp Heath , Hutt Clifford , Hyder Kieran , Lew Daniel K. , Lowry Michael B. , Lynch Tim P. , Meadows Nicholas , Mugerza Estanis , Nedreaas Kjell , Garrone‐Neto Domingos , Ochwada‐Doyle Faith A. , Potts Warren , Records David , Steinback Scott , Strehlow Harry V. , Tracey Sean R. , Travis Michael D. , Tsuboi Jun‐ichi , Vølstad Jon Helge , Chick Rowan C. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractRecreational fishing (RF) is a large yet undervalued component of fisheries globally. While progress has been made in monitoring, assessing, and managing the sector in isolation, integration of RF into the management of multi‐sector fisheries has been limited, particularly relative to the commercial sector. This marginalises recreational fishers and reduces the likelihood of achieving the sector's objectives and, more broadly, achieving fisheries sustainability. We examined the nature and extent of RF inclusion in harvest strategies (HSs) for marine fisheries across 15 regions in 11 nations to define the gap in inclusion that has developed between sectors. We focused on high‐income nations with a high level of RF governance and used a questionnaire to elicit expert knowledge on HSs due to the paucity of published documents. In total, 339 HSs were considered. We found that RF inclusion in HSs was more similar to the small‐scale sector (i.e., artisanal, cultural, or subsistence) than the commercial sector, with explicit operational objectives, data collection, performance indicators, reference points, and management controls lacking in many regions. Where specified, RF objectives focused on sustainability, economic value and catch allocation rather than directly relating to the recreational fishing experience. Conflicts with other sectors included competition with the commercial sector for limited resources, highlighting the importance of equitable resource allocation policies alongside HSs. We propose that RF be explicitly incorporated into HSs to ensure fisheries are ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable, and we recommend that fisheries organisations urgently review HSs for marine fisheries with a recreational component to close the harvest strategy gap among sectors.
Gendered work in geoscience: Hard work in a masculine field
Authors: Heimann Samuel , Johansson Kristina 
Published: August 2023

AbstractBased on the meaning‐making of women geoscientists in their descriptions of work and career experiences, this article explores the gendering of geoscience by analyzing women's hard work as a theoretical concept. Our findings show that the gendered requirements for women in geoscience involve “doing” various forms of hard work, including making one's work visible, asserting one's physical performance, and building social relations. Thus, hard work is found to be gendered in terms of being a perceived requirement shared by female geoscientists. It is a requirement that entails compensating for not being male in masculine organizations and simultaneously prevents women geoscientists from fully engaging in core geoscience work tasks. Hence, by gendering hard work and theoretically defining hard work as the work of the “other”, the study expands the theoretical understanding of the concept by suggesting that women's hard work is gendered and social rather than productive.
Influence of humidity in the alteration of unstable glasses
Authors: Laso Elena , Aparicio Mario , Palomar Teresa 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe control of humidity between certain limits is essential to avoid the alteration of historical objects, such as unstable historical glasses. However, the usual limits can be altered due to the presence of volatile organic compounds. This work presents the results of the exposure of soda, potash, and mixed‐alkali silicate glasses to neutral and acidic (formic) atmospheres with ∼30%, ∼70%, and ∼100% relative humidity. The hygroscopic capacity of the glass was analyzed by gravimetry, and the surface alteration was evaluated by infrared spectroscopy, optical microscopy, and ion chromatography. In all glasses, the alteration begins with alkali ions’ lixiviation followed by the silica network's hydrolytic attack. The results showed that soda and mixed‐alkali silicate glasses exhibit similar behavior, while the potash‐lime one experienced the fastest degradation due to its composition. Results also confirmed that high humidity increased the alteration rate causing a higher hygroscopicity and reactivity of glasses. Finally, acidic environments promoted the ion‐exchange reaction at high humidity, accelerating the lixiviation of alkaline ions and promoting the diffusion of water into the glass network.
Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Urinary Catheter Self‐Care Management Questionnaire
Authors: Soydaş Duygu , Yildiz Findik Ümmü 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThis research aims to analyse the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Urinary Catheter Self‐Efficacy Scale (C‐SE) and the Urinary Catheter Self‐Management Scale (C‐SMG), which comprise the Urinary Catheter Self‐Care Management Questionnaire. This research is planned as a cross‐sectional, methodological type of scale adaptation study. The research was conducted in three hospitals in the northwest of Turkey with 101 patients. Content validity index and confirmatory factor analysis were used in the validity analyses. In the reliability analyses, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, the split‐half method, the item‐total score, and Pearson's correlation analyses were used. The content validity index was 0.911 for the C‐SE and 0.989 for the C‐SMG. Cronbach's alpha values for the scales were 0.928 and 0.882, respectively. Besides, the item‐total correlations changed between 0.562 and 0.831 for the C‐SE and between 0.315 and 0.759 for the C‐SMG. The coefficients got in halving were 0.960 and 0.943, respectively. The two scales that make up the Urinary Catheter Self‐Care Management Questionnaire are valid and reliable measurement tools that can be used for patients undergoing long‐term urinary catheterization in Turkey. In line with the results obtained from this study, we suggest that the Urinary Catheter Self‐Care Management Questionnaire should be used to evaluate the self‐efficacy or self‐management levels of Turkish patients undergoing long‐term urinary catheterization and to evaluate the effects of nursing interventions on the self‐efficacy or self‐management levels of patients who have undergone long‐term urinary catheterization.