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Board diversity as a determinant of the social performance in the European banking sector
Authors: Bussoli Candida , Conte Danilo , Barone Marco 
Published: September 2022

PurposeThis study intends to test the relationship between banks’ board diversity, detected with age and gender characteristics, and banks’ social performance. The resource dependence theory posits that board diversity is a strategic tool able to enrich the board of directors by expanding skills and the number of links with stakeholders, which have a strategic role in achieving a competitive advantage and sustainable goals, especially in the banking sector.Design/methodology/approachThe research hypotheses are tested using a sample of 46 European banks observed from 2009 to 2017. The gender and age diversity data of bank board members are hand-collected from banks’ social reports.FindingsThe empirical results show that bank social performance is positively influenced by board gender and age diversity. Thus, the human capital determined by a higher bank’s board diversity constitutes an essential resource for adopting more sustainable business models.Originality/valueThis paper analyses the association between board diversity and social performance, providing empirical evidence for the European banking sector in the period after the 2008 global financial crisis. The banking literature provides scarce evidence on the topic; however, the empirical results claim the strategic importance of the appointment of directors to the banks’ boards to balance corporate strategy with social and environmental issues generating a positive impact on sustainable growth.
Linkages of organizational commitment and leadership styles: a systematic review
Authors: Borde Prashant Sunil , Arora Ridhi , Kakoty Sanjeeb 
Published: September 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to examine how the linkages between organizational commitment (OC) and five leadership styles, namely, authentic leadership, benevolent leadership, ethical leadership, moral leadership and spiritual leadership, have been investigated in the literature.

Design/methodology/approach
This systematic literature review applies a matrix method to examine the significant literature in leadership and OC, specifically considering themes of self-development, self-awareness, self-regulation, self-discipline and self-motivation necessary for individuals and organizations. The papers from Australian Business Deans Council, Scopus and Web of Science listed journals were reviewed. Forty-three peer-reviewed English publications from 20 journals were selected and analysed.

Findings
The synthesis of these empirical studies revealed that the relationship between OC and these leadership styles had primarily been mostly quantitatively investigated in many countries and sectors. Additionally, ethical leadership remains the most commonly researched style. Furthermore, there are mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions in the relationship between these styles and OC.

Research limitations/implications
The literature search in this study was mainly focused on English articles only; therefore, some papers in other languages may not have been included. Additional qualitative studies based on these linkage themes need to be conducted in human resource development (HRD) contexts.

Practical implications
This review offers an overall picture of the existing knowledge of OC and leadership that will be fruitful for HRD practitioners to understand and replicate these concepts.

Originality/value
There are few systematic literature reviews on the relationship between OC and leadership styles. This paper is among the first systematic reviews to analyse how leadership has been associated with OC and provides potential research directions. HRD practitioners and academia should find the results of this study helpful.
Stressors faced by principals, ways of coping with stress and leadership experiences during the COVID -19 pandemic
Authors: Arastaman Gökhan , Çetinkaya Aslı 
Published: September 2022

PurposeThe aim of this study is to better understand how principals in Turkey perceive and navigate overwhelming stress and to identify leadership practices that enable coping with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative case study was used to gain an in-depth understanding of the stress factors, coping strategies and leadership experiences that the principals faced during the pandemic through semi-structured interviews with 12 school principals.FindingsThe results of the research showed that the stressors perceived by the principals were reflected in their leadership practices. The leadership practices of the principals in this period were interpreted as their reactions to perceived stressors. In addition, ensuring the self-care and well-being of principals has been evaluated as a prerequisite for successful crisis leadership. Leadership practices that are effective in achieving crisis leadership in the context of the pandemic are explained.Practical implicationsImplications were made for the development of a comprehensive theory of crisis leadership that focuses on the well-being of school leaders and the development of leadership skills. Further empirical research on how leadership is achieved in different types of crises is recommended.Originality/valueOur research contributes to the existing knowledge and school leaders about how crisis leadership is achieved by revealing the complexity and multidimensional structure of school leadership in the context of the pandemic.
Relationship between strategic orientation and performance: the mediating role of green supply chain management for better performance
Authors: Jalili Samira , Amerzadeh Mohammad , Moosavi Saeideh , Keshavarz Abdollah , Zaboli Rouhollah , Tabatabaee Seyed Saeed , Kalhor Rohollah 
Published: September 2022

Purpose
Strategic orientation is one of the critical principles affecting the marketing and strategy selection of an organization’s activities, reflecting the strategic tendencies implemented by the organization to create behaviours, leading to organizational efficiency and better employee performance. Therefore, this paper aims to study the relationship between strategic orientation and performance in Qazvin teaching hospitals through green supply chain management (SCM) to improve employees' performance.

Design/methodology/approach
This was a descriptive– analytical and cross-sectional study. The total number of employees in medical centres was 2,256 people. According to Morgan’s table, the required number of samples was 328, including 10% of the sample loss. The questionnaire was given to 365 staff in different hospitals in proportion to the number of staff. Two statistical software, SPSS24 and AMOS23, were used to evaluate the results.

Findings
All three variables were relatively moderate in the hospitals. The results of evaluating the structural model of the research showed that all the studied hypotheses were significant, except for the relationship between organizational performance and strategic orientation hypothesis. The results also show that this model had a good fit.

Practical implications
The findings can lead to saving the environment, creating a better social image and reducing costs and profitability, allowing managers to know the strategic orientations rather than depending on institutional pressure issues and monitoring guidelines.

Originality/value
Considering the significant relationship between the dimensions of green SCM and the hospitals’ performance, the authors suggest: establishing multilateral co-operation in environmental issues, improving the environmental status of hospitals, reducing waste rates and paying attention to social responsibility of hospitals. In addition, the findings help hospital management to comprehensively understand the strategies for implementing green SCM procedures.
The role of blogs in restoring the self-integrity of women victims of intimate partner sexual violence
Authors: Watanabe Carolina Yukari Veludo , Diniz Eduardo Henrique , Scornavacca Eusebio 
Published: September 2022

PurposeThis paper aims to identify the role of blogs in helping women victims of intimate partner sexual violence to restore their self-integrity.Design/methodology/approachThe authors’ research uses an interpretive stance, supported by motivational and “self” theories to analyze 33 blogs reporting the experiences of women in Brazil who suffered sexual violence perpetrated by an intimate partner.FindingsThis study identifies the reasons why women who suffer violence from intimate partners write blog posts. It also develops an analytical framework that bridges the gap between the design and use of IT-artifacts and the context of sexual violence from an intimate partner. Women who suffer violence from intimate partners look for blogs in order to find a safe space for expression, a knowledge hub and a social support network. Blogs play a pivotal role in supporting the journey of reconstructing their self-integrity.Research limitations/implicationsThe results help to understand the role of blogs in helping victims in vulnerable situations trying to restore their self-integrity. It also contributes to improve the design and functionality of such platforms as an important resource for social support networks.Practical implicationsThis study shows the positive impact of blogs as a tool to support victims in the process of restoring their self-integrity.Social implicationsThis study aims to promote the use of digital artifacts such as blogs as a complementary instrument to fight violence against women.Originality/valueThe analytical framework used in this paper helps to understand the role of IT-artifacts in the context of sexual violence from an intimate partner.
From approachables on the sidelines to dedicated sensitives: developing a leadership typology among healthcare leaders utilizing grounded theory
Authors: Küllenberg Janna Katharina , Niermann Debora , Becker Sonja , Körner Mirjam 
Published: September 2022

PurposeBased on a resulting typing model, this paper focuses on four types of leaders (Approachables on the sidelines, Distanced overseers, Realistic succeeders and Dedicated sensitives), who differ in the analytical core category of “development of awareness.”Design/methodology/approachInternal team coaching is intended to strengthen leaders in the health care system. The Team Leader Coaching Programme (TLCP) was implemented as an internal coaching instrument at rehabilitation centers using a train-the-trainer format. Twenty-one team leaders were surveyed on their experience of the coaching process they implemented in their teams. The interviews were analyzed using the grounded theory method (GTM) as theoretically discussed by representatives of second-generation GTM (Charmaz, 2014).FindingsUse of the TLCP proved to be an intervention for initiating and enhancing an awareness development process regarding team leaders' reflections on their own position and leadership role, regardless of their profession. This process was found to be a prerequisite for implementing the learned content. The typing model is discussed given current contextual conditions in the rehabilitation system and their connectivity in practice for integrating coaching elements into daily management.Originality/valueThis article presents a typology of healthcare leaders. Thanks to the reconstructive approach using grounded theory methodology, this article presents an in-depth analysis of the implementation process of a coaching program. The findings are both connectable to applied leadership research and useable for further development of training and interventions to strengthen team leaders in clinical settings.
The sustainability opportunity study (SOS) – diagnosing by operationalising and sensemaking of sustainability using Total Quality Management
Authors: Isaksson Raine , Ramanathan Swaminathan , Rosvall Max 
Published: September 2022

PurposeA key issue to manage sustainability is to be able to operationalise it. Relevant indicators require an appropriate definition of sustainability and sustainable development for the studied organisation. A common problem is inadequate understanding of what sustainability is from an organisational perspective. The purpose of this paper is to propose how to understand, define and measure diagnosing of sustainability from an outside-in perspective.Design/methodology/approachThe building, health care, education and tourism value chains are studied. Based on interpreted stakeholder sustainability needs the stages of understanding, defining and measuring of diagnosing are reviewed, and interpretations proposed. This is with focus on identifying the vital few sustainability impacts in the studied value chains.FindingsThe resulting definitions and proposed performance indicators for the chosen areas indicate that the approach works resulting in proposed definitions and indicators for sustainability and sustainable development based on stakeholders need focus. Having clear definitions and performance indicators will support working effectively with sustainable development.Research limitations/implicationsThe resulting definitions and proposed performance indicators for the chosen areas indicate that the approach works. Further, proposed definitions and indicators for sustainability and sustainable development based on stakeholder needs focus is useful. Having clear definitions and performance indicators will help an organisation engage with sustainability and be sustainable within an organisational context.Practical implicationsThe proposed approach enables using quality management for sustainable development.Social implicationsSocial sustainability is viewed from a poverty and affordability perspective.Originality/valueResults indicate that there is a value in using an outside-in approach with focus on stakeholder needs in connection with a process-based approach. The approach is in contrast with the customary way of defining sustainability which mostly is based on an inside-out approach identifying several indicators and then adding these to a measure of sustainability.
Immunohistological analysis of pathogenic infiltrates in the epidermis and liver of a patient with toxic epidermal necrolysis accompanied by vanishing bile duct syndrome
Authors: Toyoda Tomohiro , Hashimoto Koji , Ogawa Youichi , Tohyama Mikiko , Muto Yoshinori , Murashima Takayuki , Akao Kei , Honma Koichi , Tanaka Atsushi 
Published: September 2022

AbstractToxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a severe cutaneous adverse drug reaction characterized by extensive epidermal detachment, which is reportedly mediated by drug‐specific cytotoxic CD8+ T cells, inflammatory monocytes, and neutrophils. Besides the skin, TEN often damages other organs, and it remains unknown whether they are mediated by similar pathogenic cells that cause epidermal damage. We experienced a case who developed TEN complicated with vanishing bile duct syndrome. Immunohistological analysis revealed the infiltration of CD8+ T cells, inflammatory monocytes, and neutrophil extracellular trap‐forming neutrophils in the lesions of both the skin and liver with different degree of infiltration of these cells. These data suggest a difference of dominant pathogenic cells between skin and liver of patients with TEN.
The effects of environmental heterogeneity within a city on the evolution of clines
Authors: Santangelo James S. , Roux Cindy , Johnson Marc T. J. 
Published: September 2022

Abstract

There is increasing evidence that environmental change associated with urbanization can drive rapid adaptation. However, most studies of urban adaptation have focused on coarse urban vs. rural comparisons or sampled along a single urban–rural environmental gradient, thereby ignoring the role that within‐city environmental heterogeneity might play in adaptation to urban environments.

In this study, we examined fine‐scale variation in the presence of hydrogen cyanide (HCN)—a potent anti‐herbivore defence—and its two underlying genes (Ac and Li) between park green spaces and surrounding suburban habitats for five city parks in the Greater Toronto Area.

We show that fine‐scale urbanization has driven the formation of micro‐clines in HCN on a scale of <2 km, though the presence and strength of micro‐clines varied across parks. Interestingly, these micro‐clines were driven by lower HCN frequencies inside park green spaces, and are therefore in the opposite direction to that predicted based on previously described patterns of HCN frequency change along urban–rural gradients.

Synthesis: These results suggest larger scale, adaptive urban–rural clines occur across a complex matrix of environmental heterogeneity within cities that drives fine‐scale adaptive microclines of varying strengths and directions.
To make a figure in the world: Identity and material literacy in the 1770s coach consumption of British ambassador, Lord Grantham
Authors: Jackson Ben 
Published: September 2022

AbstractUsing archival research on the correspondence of diplomat Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham, this article examines how Grantham used his material knowledge of carriage design to negotiate the often‐conflicting pushes and pulls on elite office‐holding men's identities and material cultures. Grantham's anxieties and frustrations surrounding ‘making a figure’ showcase the importance of material culture and material literacy in the construction and negotiation of a professional (specifically diplomatic), social and gendered identity in the late‐eighteenth century and suggests an alternative vision of the ‘anxious masculinity’ paradigm.
Patient‐reported outcomes of laryngeal mask anesthesia in thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection: A randomized controlled study
Authors: Xu Kaikai , Zhang Yi , Cui Yong , Tian Feng 
Published: September 2022

AbstractBackgroundTo assess the effectiveness and safety of laryngeal mask anesthesia (LMA) in thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection based on patient‐reported outcomes (PROs).MethodsThis randomized controlled trial included 107 patients who underwent thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection between June 2017 and December 2021 for pulmonary nodule or pulmonary bullae. In one group, LMA was applied for general anesthesia, and in the other group, endotracheal intubation (ETT) was used.ResultsA total of 107 patients were included in the study. The symptom assessment based on PROs showed that the incidence of pharyngodynia, trachyphonia, and cough were lower in the LMA group, while the postoperative gastrointestinal reaction did not significantly differ between the two groups. The pain score and global satisfaction score were significantly better in the LMA group. The satisfaction degree of anesthesia and the surgical field did not significantly differ between the two groups. The anesthesia recovery time, indwelling days of chest catheter, and postoperative hospital stay of the LMA group were all shorter, while the operation time, intraoperative blood loss and lowest intraoperative oxygen saturation did not significantly differ between the two groups. The highest intraoperative partial pressure of CO2 was significantly higher in the LMA group. The artery blood gas analysis after the operation did not significantly differ between the two groups.ConclusionCompared with ETT, the application of LMA may demonstrate promising advantages in airway management for thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection.Registration No. of clinical trial (ChiCTR2000034905).
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in patients before, during, or after lung irradiation, and serum SP‐A and SP‐D levels
Authors: Ishibashi Naoya , Maebayashi Toshiya , Aizawa Takuya , Sakaguchi Masakuni , Okada Masahiro 
Published: September 2022

AbstractBackgroundThe correlation between COVID‐19 and RT has not been determined to date and remains a clinical question. The aim of this study was to evaluate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pneumonia before, during, and after radiation therapy (RT) regarding the radiation doses, radiation pneumonitis, and surfactant protein levels.MethodsWe evaluated patients diagnosed with COVID‐19 before, during, or after RT for the lung between August 2020 and April 2022. In patients with breast cancer, the RT dose to the ipsilateral lung was determined. In all other patients, bilateral lung RT doses were determined. Patients diagnosed with COVID‐19 after RT were evaluated to determine whether radiation pneumonitis had worsened compared with before RT. The serum levels of the surfactant proteins SP‐A and SP‐D were measured before, during, and after RT.ResultsThe patients included in the study comprised three men (27.3%) and eight women (72.7%). The primary cancer sites were the breast (n = 7; 63.7%), lung (n = 2; 18.1%), esophagus (n = 1; 9.1%), and tongue (9.1%). COVID‐19 was diagnosed before RT in four patients, during RT in two patients, and after RT in five patients. Six (54.5%) patients developed COVID‐19 pneumonia. Radiation pneumonitis grade ≥2 was not identified in any patient, and radiation pneumonitis did not worsen after RT in any patient. No rapid increases or decreases in SP‐A and SP‐D levels occurred after the diagnosis of COVID‐19 in all patients regardless of RT timing.ConclusionsCOVID‐19 did not appear to result in lung toxicity and surfactant protein levels did not change dramatically.
Twenty‐year medication use trends in first‐episode bipolar disorder
Authors: Poranen Juulia , Koistinaho Aura , Tanskanen Antti , Tiihonen Jari , Taipale Heidi , Lähteenvuo Markku 
Published: September 2022

AbstractObjectivesTo study the medication use patterns in patients newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD) in Finland during the past 20 years.MethodsAll persons diagnosed with BD between 1996 and 2018, aged 16–65 years, with no previous BD diagnosis were identified from nationwide Finnish registers (N = 26,395). The point prevalences of medication use were observed up until 5 years after the first diagnosis. Five sub‐cohorts according to calendar year of first diagnosis were also formed and the prevalence of medication use was compared between sub‐cohorts 3 months after diagnosis. Medication data were modeled with the PRE2DUP‐method using dispensing data.ResultsThe prevalence of overall medication use declined during the 5‐year follow‐up period in the total cohort. The highest prevalence of use was seen 3 months after diagnosis for the three main medication classes–antidepressants (40.8%), antipsychotics (30.8%) and mood stabilizers (29.2%). The prevalence of lithium use varied between 5.9% and 6.5% during the 5 years in the total cohort, and the lowest prevalence of use at 3 months was seen in sub‐cohort diagnosed in 2016–2018 (4.1%) versus 12.1% in 1996–2000 sub‐cohort. The prevalence of benzodiazepine use was between 12.4% and 13.5% and the prevalence of Z‐drugs was between 7.3% and 7.9% during the 5 years. The prevalence of long‐acting injectable antipsychotic (LAI) use was the highest in patients diagnosed in 2016–2018, although still only 0.8%.Conclusions(i) The use of antidepressants is too prevalent, (ii) the use of lithium is declining and needs to be increased, and (iii) LAIs are markedly underutilized as compared to their oral counterparts.