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Impact of technology-based knowledge sharing on employee outcomes: moderation effects of training, support and leadership
Authors: Nguyen Mai , Rundle-Thiele Sharyn , Malik Ashish , Budhwar Pawan 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to focus on how adopting technologies impacts employees’ job performance and well-being. One such new job demand is the use of technology-based knowledge sharing (TBKS), which has the potential to influence employees’ job performance and well-being. Therefore, human resource managers must provide resources that facilitate the adoption of TBKS to improve job performance while minimising mental health effects.

Design/methodology/approach
Guided by social capital theory, social exchange theory and the job demands-resources model, the authors analyse survey data from 281 Vietnamese employees.

Findings
The results of this paper show that TBKS influences employee mental health and directly and indirectly affects job performance. The authors examine the moderating effects of training, transformational leadership and organisational resources on the relationship between the new job demands of TBKS on job performance and mental health outcomes.

Practical implications
TBKS platform developers should offer user-friendly interface functions and extend critical features. HRM should communicate more with employees, care about their well-being and consider their goals and values. HRM needs to provide training to help employees adapt to organisational changes. Leadership also needs to make employees perceive that organisational success is closely related to the success of TBKS.

Originality/value
This paper draws upon the three fundamental tenets of three theories as a triangular base to examine the relationship between TBKS and its outcomes. This paper contributes to the knowledge management literature by delivering a comprehensive understanding and demonstrating how the inclusion of technology in knowledge sharing and human resource practices can impact employee performance and well-being.
CEO talk of sustainability in CEO letters: towards the inclusion of a sustainability embeddedness and value-creation perspective
Authors: Arvidsson Susanne 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to examine how CEO talk of sustainability in CEO letters evolves in a period of increased expectations from society for companies to increase their transition towards becoming more sustainable and to better account for progress and performance within the sustainability areas.

Design/methodology/approach
By adopting an interpretive textual approach, the paper provides a careful analysis of how CEO talk of sustainability in CEO letters of large listed Swedish companies developed during 2008–2017.

Findings
The talk of sustainability is successively becoming more elaborated, proactive and multidimensional. CEOs frame their talk by adopting different perspectives: the distinct environmental, the performance and meso, the product-market-oriented and the sustainability embeddedness and value creation. The shift towards an embeddedness and value-creation perspective in the later letters implies that the alleged capitalistic and short-sighted focus on shareholder value maximisation might be changing towards a greater focus on sustainability embeddedness as an important goal for succeeding with the transition towards a sustainable business.

Practical implications
The findings are relevant for policymakers and government bodies when developing policies and regulations aimed at improving the positive impact of companies on global sustainable development. Findings are also useful for management teams when structuring their sustainability talk as a response to external pressure.

Social implications
The findings provide relevant input on how social norms, values and expectations are shaping the corporate discourse on sustainability.

Originality/value
The findings of this study contribute to an increased understanding of the rhetorical response in influential CEO letters to the surrounding sustainability context, including new national and international policies as well as sociopolitical events and discourses related to sustainability. This offers a unique frame of reference for further interpretational work on how CEOs frame, engage in and shape the sustainability discourse.
Drought effects on root and shoot traits and their decomposability
Authors: Reinelt Laura , Whitaker Jeanette , Kazakou Elena , Bonnal Laurent , Bastianelli Denis , Bullock James M. , Ostle Nicholas J. 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Drought can induce phenotypic plasticity in a range of plant root and shoot traits. These traits have been shown to explain differences in root and shoot litter decomposability between species. However, it is unknown how drought‐induced plasticity of root and shoot traits alters their decomposability.

To investigate this issue across a range of species, we grew a grass Lolium perenne, a forb Plantago lanceolata and a legume Trifolium repens common to European temperate grasslands and subjected them to a 5‐week moderate drought treatment. We compared morphological and chemical root and shoot traits of the droughted plants to well‐watered controls. We then conducted a decomposition assay of the senesced root and shoot material over 16 weeks, with mass loss measurements at five timepoints.

Drought had significant and sometimes strong effects on morphological and chemical root and shoot traits of all three species, sometimes similar to differences between species and generally in line with a shift to a more resource‐conservative strategy. Drought also increased the labile litter fraction in roots of Lolium perenne, which was associated with a substantial increase in non‐structural carbohydrates. Drought decreased the labile litter fraction in shoots of Plantago lanceolata, but this could not be explained by the traits we measured. Drought effects on litter decomposability were weaker than on plant traits.

Our results suggest that plant trait‐mediated effects of drought on litter decomposability can either increase or decrease vegetation feedbacks to climate change. They also show that drought‐induced plasticity in root and shoot traits does not automatically translate into equivalent changes in litter decomposability.

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Novel climate–fire–vegetation interactions and their influence on forest ecosystems in the westernUSA
Authors: Liang Shuang , Hurteau Matthew D. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractClimate, disturbance, vegetation response and their interaction are key factors in predicting the distribution and function of ecosystems across landscapes. A range of factors, operating through different pathways, are amplifying the feedbacks in this three‐way interaction.In the western USA, the relative strength of the influence of climate versus vegetation on fire activity varies spatially, realizing a diversity of fire regimes and fire‐selected species traits under historical conditions of climate–fire–vegetation interactions.Human intervention, via land use and fire‐exclusion, has homogenized frequent‐fire‐adapted forests in terms of structure and composition. Climate change is reinforcing the homogenization directly via increasing temperatures and drought and indirectly through climate‐driven tree mortality. The net effect will be forming novel climate–fire–vegetation interactions that act to homogenize fire regimes and catalyse large‐scale forest loss.While long‐term persistence of tree species in a given location may not be possible due to directional change of climate, slowing the rate of wildfire‐driven forest cover loss and maximizing the in‐situ persistence of a diversity of species will allow forest ecosystems to respond more incrementally to changing climate and provide an opportunity for ecosystem reassembly to occur from a large pool of species.As climate continues to change, management to resist wildfire‐driven forest cover loss may hinge on reducing forest density and creating a higher level of heterogeneity to reach the resistance and resilience exhibited by pre‐fire‐exclusion forests. Management operations should better leverage disturbance while strategically deploying silvicultural treatments to increase managed and prescribed fire.Further research is needed to improve our capacity for quantifying key mechanisms and system responses involved in the climate–fire–vegetation interactions and predicting how best to allocate resources to manage for functional forests.Read the freePlain Language Summaryfor this article on the Journal blog.
Seasonal community stability increased with water addition and shrub removal but reduced with nitrogen addition in semi‐arid grassland
Authors: Wen Pin , Wang Bing , Liu Shengen , Wu Liji , Yue Lingyan , Wu Ying , Chen Huasong , Bai Yongfei , Chen Dima 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Stability is a useful indicator of the functioning and sustainability of an ecosystem, and much studies have explored the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on the inter‐annual stability of plant community. However, the effects of multiple anthropogenic stressors on seasonal community stability have not been clearly elucidated, especially for vulnerable semi‐arid grasslands.

During the growing season in the 5th year of the experiment, we determined how nitrogen (N) addition, water addition and shrub removal altered seasonal community stability in a semi‐arid grassland dominated by the shrub Caragana microphylla on the Mongolian Plateau.

We found that shrub removal, N addition and water addition had different effects on the stability of community and plant functional groups (PFGs). Shrub removal increased seasonal community stability mostly via increases in the stability of perennial forbs and C4 plants, and shrub removal did not alter the effects of N addition or water addition on seasonal community stability or PFG stability.

N addition decreased seasonal community stability mostly via decreases in the stability of perennial rhizome grasses and C4 plants. Water addition increased seasonal community stability mostly via increases in the stability of annuals and biennials, perennial forbs, perennial rhizome grasses, dominant species and C4 plants. Species asynchrony and PFG stability but not species richness or soil abiotic or biotic variables helped to maintain seasonal community stability under N addition or water addition.

Our findings indicate that future scenarios of increases in N deposition and shrub encroachment will strongly reduce community stability in drylands, and that future scenarios of increases in precipitation together with shrub removal might help to maintain the stability of this and other dryland ecosystems.

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Dynamics of standing deadwood in Austrian forests under varying forest management and climatic conditions
Authors: Oettel Janine , Zolles Anita , Gschwantner Thomas , Lapin Katharina , Kindermann Georg , Schweinzer Karl‐Manfred , Gossner Martin M. , Essl Franz 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Standing deadwood is an important structural component of forest ecosystems. Its occurrence and dynamics influence both carbon fluxes and the availability of habitats for many species. However, deadwood is greatly reduced in managed, and even in many currently unmanaged temperate forests in Europe. To date, few studies have examined how environmental factors, forest management and changing climate affect the availability of standing deadwood and its dynamics.

Data from five periods of the Austrian National Forest Inventory (1981–2009) were used to (I) analyse standing deadwood volume in relation to living volume stock, elevation, eco‐region, forest type, ownership and management intensity, (II) investigate the influence of forest ownership and management intensity on snag persistence and (III) define drivers of standing deadwood volume loss for seven tree genera (Abies, Alnus, Fagus, Larix, Picea, Pinus and Quercus) using tree‐related, site‐related and climate‐related variables, and predict volume loss under two climate change scenarios.

Standing deadwood volume was mainly determined by living volume stock and elevation, resulting in different distributions between eco‐regions. While forest type and management intensity influenced standing deadwood volume only slightly, the latter exhibited a significant effect on persistence. Snag persistence was shorter in intensively managed forests than in extensively managed forests and shorter in private than in public forests.

Standing deadwood volume loss was driven by a combination of diameter at breast height, elevation, as well as temperature, precipitation and relative humidity. Volume loss under climate change predictions revealed constant rates for moderate climate change (RCP2.6) by the end of the 21st century. Under severe climate change conditions (RCP8.5), volume loss increased for most tree genera, with Quercus, Alnus and Picea showing different predictions depending on the model used as the baseline scenario. We observed trends towards faster volume loss at higher temperatures and lower elevations and slower volume loss at high precipitation levels. The tree genera most susceptible to climate change were Pinus and Fagus, while Abies was least susceptible.

Synthesis and applications. We recommend to protect standing dead trees from regular harvesting to ensure the full decomposition process. The consequences for decomposition‐dependent species must be taken into account to evaluate the influences of management and climate change on standing deadwood dynamics.
The cultural influence on employees' preferences for reward allocation rules: A two‐wave survey study in 28 countries
Authors: Adamovic Mladen 
Published: January 2023

AbstractMultinational organisations and government organisations experienced problems introducing a merit pay system in different countries. Designing the right reward system is challenging in an international work environment, because employees often have different expectations about reward allocations. Most prior research predicted that individualistic employees prefer equity as allocation rule for rewards, while collectivistic employees prefer equality as allocation rule. However, prior research could not confirm this prediction. To expand prior research, we integrate cultural value theory and allocation rule research to examine if employees' culture‐inspired personal values influence their preferred allocation rule. We conducted a two‐wave study with 3432 employees from 28 countries. The results show that employees' cultural value orientations are related to their preferred allocation rules. Further, supervisors are not only considered fair if they distribute outcomes based on employees' task performance but also based on equality or extra‐role performance.
Use of durvalumab in stage III non‐small‐cell lung cancer based on eligibility for the PACIFIC study
Authors: Boys Emma , Gao Bo , Hui Rina , da Silva Inês , Hau Eric , Gee Harriet , Nagrial Adnan 
Published: January 2023

AbstractBackgroundDurvalumab following concurrent chemoradiotherapy is standard treatment for unresectable stage III non‐small‐cell lung cancer based on the results of the PACIFIC trial. Based on trial criteria, not all patients are eligible for durvalumab in routine clinical practice.MethodsWe evaluated eligibility for durvalumab in a real‐world clinical setting and the impact of eligibility on outcomes. Consecutive patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy at two tertiary centers between January 2015 and June 2022 were assessed. Clinical characteristics and outcomes were evaluated based on eligibility criteria for the PACIFIC trial.ResultsA total of 126 patients were included. Seventy patients (56%) were eligible for durvalumab. Ineligibility was associated with shorter progression‐free survival of 9.7 months versus 18.4 months (hazard ratio [HR] 0.61, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.39–0.95, p = 0.029) and overall survival of 26.4 months versus 58.7 months (HR 0.47, 95% CI 0.28–0.80, p = 0.005). Common reasons for ineligibility were history of previous malignancy (32%) and progressive disease or death during chemoradiotherapy (25%). Ineligible patients who received durvalumab had similar outcomes to eligible patients who received durvalumab.ConclusionsIn a real‐world cohort, adjuvant durvalumab is safe and beneficial in a substantial proportion of patients who would not have been eligible for the PACIFIC trial.
Human factors in anaesthesia: a narrative review
Authors: Kelly F. E. , Frerk C. , Bailey C. R. , Cook T. M. , Ferguson K. , Flin R. , Fong K. , Groom P. , John C. , Lang A. R. , Meek T. , Miller K. L. , Richmond L. , Sevdalis N. , Stacey M. R. 
Published: January 2023

SummaryHealthcare relies on high levels of human performance, as described by the ‘human as the hero’ concept. However, human performance varies and is recognised to fall in high‐pressure situations, meaning that it is not a reliable method of ensuring safety. Other safety‐critical industries embed human factors principles into all aspects of their organisations to improve safety and reduce reliance on exceptional human performance; there is potential to do the same in anaesthesia. Human factors is a broad‐based scientific discipline which aims to make it as easy as possible for workers to do things correctly. The human factors strategies most likely to be effective are those which ‘design out’ the chance of an error or adverse event occurring. When errors or adverse events do happen, barriers are in place to trap them and reduce the risk of progression to patient and/or worker harm. If errors or adverse events are not trapped by these barriers, mitigations are in place to minimise the consequences. Non‐technical skills form an important part of human factors barriers and mitigation strategies and include: situation awareness; decision‐making; task management; and team working. Human factors principles are not a substitute for proper investment and appropriate staffing levels. Although applying human factors science has the potential to save money in the long term, its proper implementation may require investment before reward can be reaped. This narrative review describes what is known about human factors in anaesthesia to date.
Continuous multi‐day tracking of post‐myocardial infarction recovery of cardiac electrical stability and autonomic tone using electrocardiogram patch monitors
Authors: Verrier Richard L. , Varma Niraj , Nearing Bruce D. 
Published: January 2023

AbstractBackgroundSudden cardiac death (SCD) risk is elevated following acute myocardial infarction (MI). The time course of SCD susceptibility post‐MI requires further investigation.MethodsIn this observational cohort study, we employed state‐of‐the‐art noninvasive ECG techniques to track the daily time course of cardiac electrical instability and autonomic function following ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non‐STEMI (NSTEMI). Preventice BodyGuardian MINI‐EL Holters continuously recorded ECGs for 7 days at hospital discharge and at 40 days for STEMI (N = 5) or at 90 days for NSTEMI patients (N = 5). Cardiac electrical instability was assessed by T‐wave alternans (TWA) and T‐wave heterogeneity (TWH); autonomic tone was determined by rMSSD‐heart rate variability (HRV).ResultsTWA was severely elevated (≥60 μV) in STEMI patients (80 ± 10.3 μV) at discharge and throughout the first recording period but declined by 50% to 40 ± 2.3 μV (p = .03) by Day 40 and remained in the normal range (<47 μV). TWH, a related phenomenon analyzed from 12‐lead ECGs, was reduced by 63% in the five STEMI patients from discharge to normal (<80 μV) at follow‐up (105 ± 27.3 to 39 ± 3.3 μV, p < .04) but increased by 65% in a STEMI case (89 to 147 μV), who received a wearable defibrillator vest and later implantable cardioverter defibrillator. In NSTEMI patients, TWA was borderline abnormal (47 ± 3.3 μV) at discharge and declined by 19% to normal (38 ± 1.2 μV) by Day 90 (p = .05). An overall reciprocal increase in rMSSD‐HRV suggested recovery of vagal tone.ConclusionsThis study provides proof‐of‐principle for tracking post‐MI SCD risk in individual patients with implications for personalized therapy.
The Infrastructures of Internal Colonialism: State, Environment, and Race in Lerma, Mexico
Authors: De Coss‐Corzo Alejandro 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThis article explores the relations between infrastructures, labour, and internal colonialism in Lerma, Mexico. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research of two hydraulic projects there, the article argues that infrastructures are productive of the racial, environmental, and political relations that constitute internal colonialism both historically and contemporarily. I show how these infrastructural projects imagined and produced colonial relations between the environment, racialised workers, and the nation‐state, and how these colonial logics endure today through infrastructures and the forms of racialised labour that maintain them. In doing so, this article contributes to literature that interrogates the relations between infrastructure and coloniality by focusing on how infrastructural labour makes internal colonialism enduring. The article concludes by reflecting on how the labour practices that make internal colonialism enduring also point to ways of producing infrastructures otherwise.
Effect of the gain rate during growing phase on the performance and characteristics of carcass and meat of super precocious steers
Authors: Severo Marcelo Machado , de Menezes Luis Fernando Glasenapp , Kuss Fernando , Paris Wagner , Haveroth Ruan Crespi , Souto Guilherme B. , Sanches Ariadny Cristhina 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThe aim was to evaluate the effect of different rates of weight gain during the backgrounding on animal performance and carcass and meat characteristics of steers finished in feedlots. Thirty‐six Angus steers, 12 ± 2 months of age, were backgrounded during 91 days on Aruana grass pasture (Panicum maximum cv. Aruana) managed under different stocking rates to achieve three different weight gains: HIGH ADG (average daily gain)—no feed restriction (ADG = 0.846 kg); MEDIUM ADG—moderate feed restriction (ADG = 0.456 kg); and LOW ADG—high feed restriction (ADG = 0.154 kg). To ensure the difference in ADG, we offered 0.7% live weight of concentrate feed in the HIGH treatment and a better forage supply in the MEDIUM treatment. After the backgrounding, the animals were finished in feedlot. There was no effect of the previous performance on the animals' performance in the feedlot. The LOW presented higher weight (218.9 vs. 207.9 kg) and hot (54.0% vs. 51.3%) and cold (53.5% vs. 50.5%) carcass yield than the MEDIUM, besides presenting meat with less cooking losses (15.0% vs. 18.2%), marbling (7 vs. 4.0 points), palatability (7.1 vs. 6.3 points), juiciness (7.2 vs. 6.4 points), tenderness (7.1 vs. 6.3 points), and lower shear force (5.78 vs. 8.75 kg) than HIGH. LOW ADG steers stay longer in the finishing phase but presented in general better quality carcass and meat than those with MEDIUM or HIGH during the backgrounding.