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A comparative study on motivational factors in choosing teaching profession
Authors: Koklu Onder 
Published: December 2022

PurposeThis study aims to identify the main motivational factors that led practicing teachers to choose teaching as a profession in the United States and Turkey. Another purpose of this research is to investigate the possible significant difference between male and female teachers from the United States and Turkey considering motivational factors that lead them to choose teaching as a profession.Design/methodology/approachQualitative and quantitative methods were used to collect and analyze the data. First, randomly selected middle grades teachers were asked to write personal statements where they explain their main reasons for choosing teaching as a career. Then, qualitative data obtained from personal statements were coded. The coding process allowed the researcher to create factors. Then, cross-tabular representation was produced by descriptive data. Finally, ANOVA was run in order to identify significant differences among groups of participants in terms of all motivational factors.FindingsResults indicated that (1) female teachers are motivated mostly by “Leisure and Comfort”; (2) “Enjoyment of subject” is a big motivator for US male teachers; (3) Turkish male teachers are motivated mostly by “Necessities” (4) male teachers have no strong desire to work with kids; (5) female teachers enjoy teaching more comparing the male teachers; (6) US Female teachers feel more personal fulfillment in teaching.Practical implicationsMotivational factors and reasons for choosing a teaching career can be further investigated by qualitative case studies with selected male and female teachers in order to better understand the reasons that derived both male and female teachers to specific kinds of motivational factors. That may provide a tick description of how motivation for the teaching profession develops over time starting from early memories and experiences in education and schooling. Through the lens of these kinds of qualitative studies, we may better understand how lived experiences are affecting decision-making by developing interest in specific areas.Originality/valueAlthough there is a considerable amount of studies conducted to examine preservice teachers' reasons given for joining the teaching profession, limited research has been done with practicing teachers to better understand the factors that motivated them to join the teaching profession.
Modeling the moderating effect of technology anxiety on the relationship between smart city–built environment and the quality of life of citizens
Authors: Dash Ajitabh 
Published: December 2022

Purpose
This study aims to comprehend the smart city–built environment’s (SCBE) effect on citizens’ quality of life in the smart cities of a developing country such as India. This study also sought to investigate the moderating effect of technological anxiety on the association, as mentioned earlier.

Design/methodology/approach
This study’s hypotheses were tested using data from 494 sample respondents who lived in the top five smart cities of India using partial least square-based structural equation modeling.

Findings
This study validated five dimensions of an SCBE, including smart governance, smart economy, smart people, smart transportation, smart environment and smart living, and demonstrated a favorable connection between a SCBE quality of life. This study confirmed that technology anxiety strongly moderates the relationship between the built environment of smart cities and citizens’ quality of life.

Originality/value
This study is a pioneering effort that explores the relationship between SCBE and the quality of life of its residents and the moderating effect of technology anxiety on this relationship.
Effectiveness of leader-member exchange on employee outcomes in cross-cultural environment of China–Pakistan economic corridor
Authors: Arshad Hafiz Muhammad , Akhtar Muhammad Waheed , Imran Muhammad , Batool Irem , Asrar-ul-Haq Muhammad , Akbar Minhas 
Published: December 2022

PurposeChina–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a framework of regional connectivity in which employees have to work in a cross-cultural environment. This study has extended the leader-member exchange theory by investigating the mediating role of employee commitment (EC) between the relationship of leader-member exchange (LMX) and employee's work-related behaviors.Design/methodology/approachPLS-SEM technique was used to test the model by utilizing a multi-wave/two-source data collected from employees and their supervisors (n = 500) working in different energy projects of CPEC.FindingsAccording to the results/findings, LMX has a significant positive impact on employee commitment, employee performance (EP) and open-minded discussions, but insignificant impact on innovative work behaviour (IWB). Mediating role of employee commitment was significant between the relationship of LMX with EP and open-minded discussions, but insignificant with the IWB.Originality/valueThe study contributes empirical evidence to understanding the leader-member exchange relationship among Chinese managers and Pakistani workers. It also contributes to the LMX theory literature by investigating the effect of LMX on followers' outcomes (employee performance, IWB, open-minded discussions) through employee commitment.
Mutual funds' performance and relative strength of factor exposures
Authors: Chauhan Gaurav S. 
Published: December 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to measure mutual funds' manager performance by attributing it to their abilities to choose better securities (selectivity effect) and to allocate these securities better than their benchmarks (allocation effect). The study enables the authors to examine the relative contributions of the commonly known asset-pricing factors in mutual funds' performance.Design/methodology/approachTo examine managers' ability to steer funds' returns, the authors conduct a two-dimensional holdings-based analysis using factor-specific decomposition of funds' excess returns into their ability to select and allocate securities better than their benchmarks. Subsequently, the authors conduct an analysis of the covariance (ANCOVA) due to these factors in explaining funds' excess returns over time.FindingsWhile managers' ability to choose better securities than the benchmarks (the selectivity effect) appears modest, some funds (especially the winners) allocate securities in their portfolios better than their benchmarks (the allocation effect) based on their exposures to certain factors (e.g. the momentum factor for the winner funds). However, although funds consistently gain through their ability to predict the size and value factors well, they do not consistently possess the skills to predict the momentum factor.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the paper analyzes all the available diversified funds, the sample excludes several other categories, such as thematic and international funds. Further, the analysis is based on equity-oriented Indian funds. Broader studies of changes in factor exposures and the inclusion of more factors apart from those conventionally used may shed more light on the managers' ability to maneuver these factors.Practical implicationsThe results show that mutual fund managers lack persistence in their performance, even though some of them could predict specific factors well. Since the activity in active mutual funds could not lead to superior performance over time, investors could be better off by selecting cheaper passive funds for their long-term investments.Originality/valueThe paper presents a novel approach to studying funds' performance by conducting a two-dimensional holdings-based analysis to capture the relative contributions of common asset-pricing factors in the cross-section as well as over time.
Social spending and chronic unemployment: evidence from OECD countries
Authors: Çelikay Ferdi 
Published: December 2022

PurposeSocial spending is at the forefront of the tools used to repair the damage caused by the global epidemic. However, one of the most critical questions in recent days is as follows: what are the effects of social expenditures in eliminating unemployment? The primary purpose of this article is to provide empirical evidence on the impact of social spending on chronic unemployment in the selected organization for economic co-operation and development (OECD) countries.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, the data of 30 selected OECD countries between 1991 and 2018 have been compiled. First, countries have been divided into four categories according to their spending intensity to determine the effects of social spending on the long-term unemployment rate. Then, the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach and the error correction models (ECM) examine the variables' short- and long-term interactions.FindingsThe author found that the change in the share of social expenditures in GDP affects chronic unemployment similarly. This finding is consistent with the results of studies in the literature dealing with the relationship between public sector size and unemployment. However, the research findings are specifically about the effects of social expenditures on chronic unemployment. In this respect, the results reflect that expenditures with passive characteristics have an expansionary effect on long-term unemployment. In addition, the progressive effect of social expenditures on chronic unemployment is increasing in countries with high expenditure intensity. In countries with relatively low spending intensity, the impact of social spending is limited to the short run and is lower.Originality/valueMultiple studies have reported that public policies developed in line with the incentives of active employment and public or private sector investments reduce the unemployment rate by positively affecting the output/employment level. This study, unlike other studies, focuses on the effects of social expenditures on chronic unemployment. It also compares the effects of social spending on the long-term unemployment rate for countries with varying spending intensities. Therefore, this article tests the impact of social expenditures used against a concrete socioeconomic problem in the OECD sample. In this respect, the findings contribute to the literature by addressing the relationship between social spending and chronic unemployment.
A duoethnographic exploration of colonialism in the cultural layer of the objective psyche
Authors: Charura Divine , Bushell Stephen 
Published: December 2022

AbstractUsing a duoethnological approach, supported by Jung’s theory of archetypes and the layered objective psyche, the paper demonstrates how a duoethnological encounter can lead to new formulations of archetypal theory that challenge attitudes to diversity. The paper arises from the authors’ desire to explore the shame and pain of colonialism, initially in a diversity workshop and later by way of duoethnological dialogue, using transcripts of recorded conversation between the authors as well as email exchange. Notions of a colonizer archetype and ethnic shadow are presented and elaborated. The six conceptualized themes in relation to the exploration of colonialism in the cultural layer of the objective psyche are as follows: (1) Belonging, (2) The layered psyche and our understanding of difference, (3) Facing the ethnic shadow, (4) The colonizing archetype in the consulting room, (5) The exploration of colonial structures in the psyche and, lastly, (6) Valuing emancipatory encounter. These themes support an argument for the praxis of societal and internal encounters in order to raise the colonizer archetype and split off shadow material to consciousness, in the hope of bringing about a personal and cultural shift away from oppression.
Critical features of an in vitro intestinal absorption model to study the first key aspects underlying food allergen sensitization
Authors: Dijk Wieneke , Villa Caterina , Benedé Sara , Vassilopoulou Emilia , Mafra Isabel , Garrido‐Arandia María , Martínez Blanco Mónica , Bouchaud Gregory , Hoppenbrouwers Tamara , Bavaro Simona Lucia , Giblin Linda , Knipping Karen , Castro Ana Maria , Delgado Susana , Costa Joana , Bastiaan‐Net Shanna 
Published: December 2022

AbstractNew types of protein sources will enter our diet in a near future, reinforcing the need for a straightforward in vitro (cell‐based) screening model to test and predict the safety of these novel proteins, in particular their potential risk for de novo allergic sensitization. The Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) for allergen sensitization describes the current knowledge of key events underlying the complex cellular interactions that proceed allergic food sensitization. Currently, there is no consensus on the in vitro model to study the intestinal translocation of proteins as well as the epithelial activation, which comprise the first molecular initiation events (ME1‐3) and the first key event of the AOP, respectively. As members of INFOGEST, we have highlighted several critical features that should be considered for any proposed in vitro model to study epithelial protein transport in the context of allergic sensitization. In addition, we defined which intestinal cell types are indispensable in a consensus model of the first steps of the AOP, and which cell types are optional or desired when there is the possibility to create a more complex cell model. A model of these first key aspects of the AOP can be used to study the gut epithelial translocation behavior of known hypo‐ and hyperallergens, juxtaposed to the transport behavior of novel proteins as a first screen for risk management of dietary proteins. Indeed, this disquisition forms a basis for the development of a future consensus model of the allergic sensitization cascade, comprising also the other key events (KE2‐5).
Exploring a hospital's response to children who have no fixed address
Authors: Booth Sarah , Azzopardi Elysia , Nguyen Kim 
Published: December 2022

AbstractObjectiveTo explore how a tertiary metropolitan public healthcare provider supported children who presented with ‘no fixed address’ (NFA).MethodsA retrospective data mining of the electronic medical records of patients with an NFA classification, over 12 months period.ResultsData mining identified 475 NFA patients, 6% were children. Of the children with NFA, 96% attended the ED only; 10% were referred internally for psychosocial support; 34% had existing psychosocial services; 69% had no recorded discharge location; and 48% self‐discharged prior to assessment.ConclusionThe hospital system did not effectively identify or respond to the psychosocial needs of children with NFA.
Explaining the Unintended Consequences of Management Control Systems: Managerial Cognitions and Inertia in the Case of Nokia Mobile Phones*
Authors: Malmi Teemu , Kolehmainen Katja , Granlund Markus 
Published: December 2022

ABSTRACTManagement control systems (MCS) have been known to produce unintended, dysfunctional consequences. However, relatively little is known about how MCS can contribute to the inertia and even decline of a firm. Our analysis in the abductive mode was triggered by a surprising case study observation that although Nokia Mobile Phones (NMP) certainly had many capabilities that could have facilitated a timely response to disruptive environmental change, this did not happen. In developing an explanation for this, we draw on the managerial cognitions literature, showing how the cognitions at NMP, developed in the era of organizational success, became embedded in its MCS. This embeddedness, in turn, intensified existing cognitions. As the cognitions became less accurate over time, the once effective MCS started to cause various inertial effects, such as suboptimal and slow decision‐making. We contribute to the literature on the dysfunctional consequences of MCS by theorizing how MCS can contribute to inertia via cognitions in two ways: first, by reinforcing prevailing cognitions and hence preventing management from realizing a need for change; and second, by moderating the impact cognitions have on actions by delaying actions based on renewed cognitions. Both ways may be fatal, especially in hyper‐competitive contexts.
Alcohol withdrawal produces changes in excitability, population discharge probability, and seizure threshold
Authors: Alberto Gregory E. , Klorig David C. , Goldstein Allison T. , Godwin Dwayne W. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractBackgroundAlcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) results from the sudden cessation of chronic alcohol use and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Alcohol withdrawal‐induced central nervous system (CNS) hyperexcitability results from complex, compensatory changes in synaptic efficacy and intrinsic excitability. These changes in excitability counteract the depressing effects of chronic ethanol on neural transmission and underlie symptoms of AWS, which range from mild anxiety to seizures and death. The development of targeted pharmacotherapies for treating AWS has been slow, due in part to the lack of available animal models that capture the key features of human AWS. Using a unique optogenetic method of probing network excitability, we examined electrophysiologic correlates of hyperexcitability sensitive to early changes in CNS excitability. This method is sensitive to pharmacologic treatments that reduce excitability and may represent a platform for AWS drug development.MethodsWe applied a newly developed method, the optogenetic population discharge threshold (oPDT), which uses light intensity response curves to measure network excitability in chronically implanted mice. Excitability was tracked using the oPDT before, during, and after the chronic intermittent exposure (CIE) model of alcohol withdrawal (WD).ResultsAlcohol withdrawal produced a dose‐dependent leftward shift in the oPDT curve (denoting increased excitability), which was detectable in as few as three exposure cycles. This shift in excitability mirrored an increase in the number of spontaneous interictal spikes during withdrawal. In addition, Withdrawal lowered seizure thresholds and increased seizure severity in optogenetically kindled mice.ConclusionWe demonstrate that the oPDT provides a sensitive measure of alcohol withdrawal‐induced hyperexcitability. The ability to actively probe the progression of excitability without eliciting potentially confounding seizures promises to be a useful tool in the preclinical development of next‐generation pharmacotherapies for AWS.
Regional pain relief with focused cooling of peripheral nerves
Authors: Shah Aakash M. 
Published: December 2022

SummaryOpioids are an effective remedy for pain control, but their detrimental side effects are prompting the development of less systemic and addictive options. A team from Pusan National University has developed an implant capable of precisely desensitizing peripheral nerves with temperature regulation. The device employs microfluidic technology.
Settlement of a stable wolf pack in a highly anthropic area of Pisan hills: Relationship with animal husbandry and hunting in a human–wolf coexistence perspective
Authors: Coppola Francesca , Baldanti Samuele , Di Rosso Alessia , Vecchio Giuseppe , Casini Lucia , Russo Claudia , Lucchini Vittorio , Boni Chiara Benedetta , Malasoma Michele , Gabbani Cosimo , Felicioli Antonio 
Published: December 2022

AbstractAnthropic areas play a pivot role for main wolf conservation challenges. Wolf presence in the higher Pisan hills has been well documented while wolf settlement in the lower Pisan hills is still uncertain. In this study, long‐term information on wolf presence in a highly anthropic area of the lower Pisan hills was collected by using non‐invasive monitoring techniques. Furthermore, both the relationship of this predator with human activity and the impact of hunting on wolf presence have been investigated. The results obtained indicate the presence of a stable and reproductive wolf pack composed by both Italian wolf and hybrids individuals in the municipalities of Crespina Lorenzana and Casciana Terme Lari. A high impact of wolf on livestock was recorded in this area since no prevention systems were adopted by farmers. Wolf appears not to have a negative impact on wild boar population. Similarly, wild boar drive hunting does not appear to affect the wolf pack presence in the area. Thereby wolf may play a key role as controller of wild population. Prevention strategies improvement becomes instrumental to promote wolf–human coexistence. Further investigation to monitor pack hybridization level and turnover and to assess the impact of packs on wild population and livestock in anthropic areas is desirable.
Mansoor's Self‐Report Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment predicts adverse in‐hospital events in patients with pulmonary embolism
Authors: Keller Karsten , Schmitt Volker H. , Ostad Mir A. , Münzel Thomas , Hobohm Lukas , Espinola‐Klein Christine 
Published: December 2022

AbstractBackgroundPulmonary embolism (PE) is a life‐threatening acute disease accompanied by high morbidity and mortality. Regarding hospitalizations of patients with PE, risk stratification of these patients is crucial. Thus, risk stratification tools like risk scores are of key interest.MethodsThe nationwide German inpatient sample of the years 2005–2018 was used for this present analysis. Hospitalized PE patients were stratified according to Mansoor's Self‐Report Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment class, and the performance of this score was evaluated to predict adverse in‐hospital events.ResultsOverall, 1 174 196 hospitalizations of PE patients (53.5% females; 56.4% ≥70 years) were registered in Germany between 2005 and 2018. According to the Mansoor's self‐report tool for cardiovascular risk assessment, 346 126 (29.5%) PE patients were classified as high risk.Higher Mansoor's Self‐Report Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment class was predictive for in‐hospital death (OR 1.129 [95%CI 1.117–1.141], P < 0.001), shock (OR 1.117 [95%CI 1.095–1.140], P < 0.001), cardiopulmonary resuscitation (OR 1.109 [95%CI 1.092–1.126], P < 0.001), right ventricular dysfunction (OR 1.039 [95%CI 1.030–1.048], P < 0.001), intracerebral bleeding (OR 1.316 [95%CI 1.275–1.358], P < 0.001), and gastro‐intestinal bleeding (OR 1.316 [95%CI 1.275–1.358], P < 0.001). Systemic thrombolysis was not associated with lower in‐hospital mortality in high‐risk class (OR 5.139 [95%CI 4.961–5.323], P < 0.001).ConclusionsPrognostic performance of the Mansoor's Self‐Report Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment for risk stratification of PE patients was poor and not able to identify those PE patients, who might benefit from systemic thrombolysis. However, the Mansoor's Self‐Report Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment was moderately helpful to identify PE patients at higher risk for bleeding events.