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Mitigation themes in supply chain research during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic literature review
Authors: Qrunfleh Sufian , Vivek Shiri , Merz Russ , Mathivathanan Deepak 
Published: May 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to understand the themes and direction of supply chain mitigation and resilience research during the COVID-19 pandemic by conducting a systematic literature review (SLR) of supply chain mitigation literature since pandemic.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses the Web of Science (WoS) Database to analyze the contribution in supply chain mitigation literature by authors, themes in supply chain mitigation and the citing articles. An investigation based on bibliometric approach for the SLR represents the bibliographic data of over 530 publications between the years 2020–2021. Additionally, the article also develops graphical visualizations of the bibliographic data analyzed using the R-program Bibliometrix to ascertain the top sources, authors, keywords and conceptual themes.FindingsMost strategies in the existing literature focused on reactive approaches to supply chain disruption and current mitigation literature has not evolved in parallel to the changing macro environment leaving a wide gap in considering vaccines as a supply chain mitigation strategy. Hence, this study identifies the potential need to focus on building proactive supply chain mitigation strategies preferably by studying the role of vaccines in mitigating supply chains.Practical implicationsThis article helps the reader to understand the scientific research in terms of contributions in supply chain mitigation research since pandemic. Though, the time frame considered limits the connection the findings to previous work on supply chain disruptions and mitigation, it offers an understanding of the various mitigation themes evolved in light of mitigating the supply chain disruptions as one caused by the current pandemic. Further, this research helps us understand how businesses can help reduce the social consequences by preventing the disruptions and helping life normalize during this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Originality/valueThis is the first of its kind contribution offering a SLR of supply chain mitigation strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic identifying the focal themes in current literature and establishing the need for future venues of research studying the role of vaccines in supply chain mitigation strategies.
Dynamic incentives for inhibiting private sectors' opportunistic effort diversion in infrastructure PPP projects: an optimal control perspective
Authors: Wang Dan-Yi , Wang Xueqing 
Published: May 2022

PurposeAn optimal control model is built considering the private sector's opportunistic effort diversion and reciprocal effort improvement, while a numerical study is conducted to draw some managerial implications.Design/methodology/approachIn infrastructure PPP projects, private sectors may opportunistically divert part of their effort from the current projects to other projects to allocate their limited human resources. Nevertheless, this effort diversion can be inhibited by dynamic incentives since the private sectors reciprocally exert greater effort into the current projects when receiving the dynamic incentives. This article investigates how the government specifies the output standard that the private sector should meet and offers dynamic incentives to mitigate the private sector's opportunistic effort diversion.FindingsThe output standard for the private sector to acquire the dynamic incentives should be specified as the output level corresponding to the private sector's optimal long-run stationary equilibrium (OLSE) effort level, which decreases with its reciprocal preference level but increases with its effort-diverting level. The optimal dynamic incentives comprise an initial incentive and a periodic OLSE incentive, which declines with the reciprocal preference level but improves with the effort-diverting level. Besides, the numerical study reveals that the government should distinguish whether the bidders have high effort-diverting levels and, if so, should focus on their reciprocal preference levels and decline the bidders with low reciprocal preference to avoid utility loss.Originality/valueThis article provides a theoretical model combining opportunistic behavior with reciprocal preference through an optimal control lens, thus embedding the problem of incentive design into a broader socioeconomic framework.
Help, I am not coping with my job! – A work-life balance strategy for the Eswatini construction industry
Authors: Aghimien Douglas , Aigbavboa Clinton Ohis , Thwala Wellington Didibhuku , Chileshe Nicholas , Dlamini Bhekinkosi Jabulani 
Published: May 2022

PurposeThis paper presents the findings of assessing the strategies required for improved work-life balance (WLB) of construction workers in Eswatini. This was done to improve the work-life relationship of construction workers and, in turn, improve the service delivery of the construction industry in the country.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a quantitative research approach using a questionnaire administered to construction professionals in the country. The data gathered were analysed using frequency, percentage, Mann–Whitney U test, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).FindingsThe findings revealed that the level of implementation of WLB initiatives in the Eswatini construction industry is still low. Following the attaining of several model fitness, the study found that the key strategies needed for effective WLB can be classified into four significant components, namely: (1) leave, (2) health and wellness, (3) work flexibility, and; (4) days off/shared work.Practical implicationsThe findings offer valuable benefits to construction participants as the adoption of the identified critical strategies can lead to the fulfilment of WLB of the construction workforce and by extension, the construction industry can benefit from better job performance.Originality/valueThis study is the first to assess the strategies needed for improved WLB of construction workers in Eswatini. Furthermore, the study offers a theoretical platform for future discourse on WLB in Eswatini, a country that has not gained significant attention in past WLB literature.
A comparative review of hospitality and tourism innovation research in academic and trade journals
Authors: Cao Anqi , Shi Fangfang , Bai Billy 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this review paper is to identify the themes of hospitality and tourism innovation research published in academic and trade journals between 2010 and 2020, to explore the common and different areas of interest between academia and the industry and to examine the trends of innovation research themes during this period to suggest future research directions.

Design/methodology/approach
The EBSCO Hospitality and Tourism Index was used as the data source. Co-word analysis was conducted via the Leximancer software to identify key areas of interest in hospitality and tourism innovation. Trends in hospitality and tourism innovation over the ten-year period were revealed by a time-dimension analysis.

Findings
This study produced a conceptual map demonstrating focal points and trends in hospitality and tourism innovation. Trade journals were found to be dominated by product innovation driven by technological development, while academic journals covered more topics, such as employee innovation, sustainable innovation, leadership innovation and user generated content (UGC). Academia was shown to follow in the footsteps of industry in publication on several topics. Furthermore, academic interest in certain topics, such as hotel service innovation, UGC and social media, lasted several years.

Practical implications
This study can facilitate knowledge transfer between academia and the industry. It also provides directions for future research based on historical and comparative analysis.

Originality/value
This research extends the scope of existing review studies by including articles published by trade journals. It also adds a time dimension, which helps to unveil the evolution process of hospitality and tourism innovation research and practice.
The effect of enabling organizational control on employees’ affective commitment: evidence from French firms
Authors: Zeshan Muhammad , de La Villarmois Olivier , Rasool Shahid 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to find out the impact of enabling organizational control on employee affective organizational commitment. Moreover, based on self-determination theory, this paper also explains the process through which this relationship works.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper has adopted an explanatory study using a cross-sectional design. Data was collected from the alumni of a business school in France using a survey strategy. Structural equation modeling has been used to validate the measure and to test the hypotheses.

Findings
The results of this study reveal that there is a positive relationship between enabling organizational controls and employee affective organizational commitment. Moreover, this study also shows that this relationship is mediated by the satisfaction of the need for autonomy.

Practical implications
This study serves as a guide for the management to achieve organizational goals as well as employees’ organizational commitment.

Originality/value
This study enriches the literature in the field of organizational theory by showing the positive effect of enabling organizational control on employees’ affective commitment.
IS capabilities, supply chain collaboration and quality performance in services: the moderating effect of environmental dynamism
Authors: Teng Teng , Tsinopoulos Christos , Tse Ying Kei 
Published: May 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the effects that information systems (IS) capabilities can have on supplier collaboration and customer collaboration and on quality performance in service contexts. In addition, the study examines how supply chain collaboration influences quality performance under various levels of environmental dynamism.Design/methodology/approachThe conceptual model for this study is designed on the basis of the resource-based view (RBV) and dynamic capabilities view (DCV). A survey of 156 UK service firms was conducted and the data analyzed to test theoretical model using the structural equation modeling method. Furthermore, the moderating effect of environmental dynamism was investigated.FindingsThe results show that IS capabilities are positively associated with supply chain collaboration. Both supplier collaboration and customer collaboration are positively related to quality performance. Supplier collaboration has a positive effect on customer collaboration. Environmental dynamism significantly moderates the relationship between customer collaboration and quality performance, but no moderating effect on the relationship between supplier collaboration and quality performance.Originality/valueThis study takes a step toward quelling concerns about the business value of IS, contributing to the development and validation of the measurement of IS capabilities in the service supply chain context. The study deepens our understanding of supply chain collaboration by making a distinction between supplier collaboration and customer collaboration and investigating the correlation of supplier collaboration and customer collaboration. The findings extend the empirical application of RBV and DCV. In addition, this study’s findings direct service firms to develop IS capabilities that can enhance specific kinds of supply chain collaboration activities, thereby enabling improved quality performance.
The relationship between multicultural efficacy and culturally responsive classroom management self-efficacy
Authors: Taylor Shalise , Wendt Jillian 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to determine if the components of multicultural efficacy (experience with diversity, attitude toward diversity, and efficacy) were predictors of culturally responsive classroom management self-efficacy (CRCMSE) among K-12 teachers.

Design/methodology/approach
Following a correlation design, survey data was collected from full-time classroom teachers working in a large public-school division in Virginia and analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression analysis.

Findings
The results indicated that experience with diversity and efficacy are significant predictors of CRCMSE. Attitude toward diversity was not a statistically significant predictor of CRCMSE.

Originality/value
The findings are noteworthy considering the increasing diversity among K-12 students in the U.S. and the need to better support students of color with culturally responsive practices.
Understanding the adoption of cryptocurrencies for financial transactions within a high-risk context
Authors: Dabbous Amal , Merhej Sayegh May , Aoun Barakat Karine 
Published: May 2022

PurposeCryptocurrencies such as bitcoins represent a novel method of conducting financial transactions and exchanging money. However, their adoption by the general public remains low. Within countries facing financial distress and characterized by a high level of risk, cryptocurrency adoption might offer opportunities for countering crises. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that influence individuals' adoption of cryptocurrencies for financial transactions within a high-risk context.Design/methodology/approachTo do so, it presents a behavioral model, which is tested using data collected from a survey of 255 respondents residing in Lebanon. The causal relationships between the different factors and individuals' willingness to use cryptocurrencies were then analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling.FindingsFindings show that financial technology awareness and social influence contribute to reducing perceived risk and increasing individuals' willingness to use cryptocurrencies, while individuals' risk aversion and the presence of regulatory support increase the perceived risk of cryptocurrencies.Originality/valueThe study is among the first to use a human-centered approach to understanding cryptocurrency adoption and takes place within a country that is facing a deep financial crisis. Its outcomes contribute to existing theories of cryptocurrency adoption and provide policymakers with insight into how adoption is unfolding namely in developing countries.
Higher education quality assurance in Uruguay: balance and perspective of a delayed policy
Authors: Martínez Larrechea Enrique , Chiancone Adriana 
Published: May 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe and interpret the atypical case of Uruguay related to quality assurance, evaluation and accreditation of Higher Education in Uruguay.Design/methodology/approachTo do so, a Higher Education conceptual framework is developed, focusing on quality assurance and formulating some “hypotheses” (conjectural ways of thinking within a qualitative tradition). The method to collect data includes the use of document observation, secondary information from official databases and interviews with an intentional sample of 10 experts and key informants. The analysis is developed through some conceptual dimensions emerging from the precedent sources (public policy and the role of the state, changes in the system of science, technology and innovation linked to Higher Education, the influence of the regional integration process and the weak public demand for quality assurance).FindingsThe paper also presents and discusses the atypical country’s experience regarding the lack of a national quality assurance policy and the structural dynamic of delaying main transformations by adopting graduate changes.Research limitations/implicationsThe study analyzes the recent process of Higher Education policies oriented to quality assurance in the two decades and a half between 1996 and 2021, focusing especially on the recent years (2019–2020).Practical implicationsThe findings indicate that the Higher Education system needs to update its structure and shape, withdrawing fragmentation and consolidating a national system able to promote quality. The paper offers some inputs to strategic planning and debate.Social implicationsReforming Higher Education is key to change the social logic of High School, which still operates as a social selective mechanism, mainly oriented to the professional application rather than to knowledge production or management.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the political and academic debate through some conceptual categories emerging from the study. The previous description of academic literature about Uruguay Higher Education quality assurance (QA) did not include either the new situation created by the approval of contradictory laws or the interpretation of this public policy arranged as a “structural dynamic of delay of the main transformations by adopting graduate and incremental changes”. Whether any originality could be found in the paper, it would be this way of interpreting the process of QA in Uruguay.
Do primary HR functions model work in emerging economies? Sustainable compact perspective for Bangladeshi RMG industry
Authors: Khan Md. Rahat , Roy Sanjoy Kumar 
Published: May 2022

Purpose
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) sustainable compact is evident for many labor-intensive industries in emerging economies. This study aims to develop a sustainable human resource (HR) practice model for a labor-intensive industry from the evidence of the Bangladeshi ready-made garments (RMG) sector.

Design/methodology/approach
The study tests the factors identified from the literature for model validation. A total of 22 HR function items were used in a survey of 800 randomly selected respondents from the RMG sector in Bangladesh. The factor analysis (both exploratory and confirmatory) techniques were applied to explore and validate the model.

Findings
The study findings reveal that the factory management and policymakers should focus on sustainable HR practices for the betterment of a labor-intensive industry. In detail, the staffing function involves strategic HR planning, recruitment and selection and perfect employee placement; training and development functions entail proper organizational orientation, various training and development programs and employees’ career management and growth; the motivation function necessitates job design, fairness in the appraisal, practicing good organizational citizenship behavior with sound rewarding system and compensation packages; and finally, the maintenance function entails healthy and safe working environment, good communication and relationship management.

Originality/value
The study is original in developing a sustainable HR practice model with the alignment of ILO’s three inter-linked sustainability compact for a labor-intensive industry from an emerging economy perspective. The study’s outcomes will be a torchbearer for any labor-intensive industry’s sustainable HR practice from an emerging economy across the globe.
Electronic health records using a resource advantage theory perspective: an interdisciplinary literature review
Authors: Malhan Amit , Manuj Ila , Pelton Lou , Pavur Robert 
Published: May 2022

PurposeWarren Buffett asserted that the greatest issue confronting American business and the economy is rising health-care costs, which have risen to 17% of gross domestic product. Public policymakers, health-care providers and other stakeholders grapple with cost-containment and increased health-care delivery efficiencies. There exists a paucity of theory-driven research addressing how information technologyvis-à-viselectronic health records (EHR) may supply a managerial mechanism for increasing bottom-line hospital performance, thereby attaining competitive advantage.Design/methodology/approachA systematic interdisciplinary literature review motivated by resource advantage theory (RAT) offers a conceptual foundation for analyzing the financial, informational and physical workflows that are core elements of supply chain management in a hospital.FindingsRAT links how EHR impacts profitability, competitive advantage and macromarketing factors in hospital supply chains. The literature review provides a research synthesis of the implementation and adoption of EHR to reveal its impact on a hospital’s competitive advantage. Although legislative initiatives like the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Affordable Care Act encourage EHR adoption, there remains a reluctance for hospitals to do so.Originality/valueThe extant literature precedes the relevant legislation, has incomplete data or focuses solely on patient outcomes.
Using potential variable to study gene–gene and gene–environment interaction effects with genetic model uncertainty
Authors: Hu Xiaonan , Meng Zhen 
Published: May 2022

AbstractOne of the critical issues in genetic association studies is to evaluate the risk of a disease associated with gene–gene or gene–environment interactions. The commonly employed procedures are derived by assigning a particular set of scores to genotypes. However, the underlying genetic models of inheritance are rarely known in practice. Misspecifying a genetic model may result in power loss. By using some potential genetic variables to separate the genotype coding and genetic model parameter, we construct a model‐embedded score test (MEST). Our test is free of assumption of gene–environment independence and allows for covariates in the model. An effective sequential optimization algorithm is developed. Extensive simulations show the proposed MEST is robust and powerful in most of scenarios. Finally, we apply the proposed method to rheumatoid arthritis data from the Genetic Analysis Workshop 16 to further investigate the potential interaction effects.
Does placental abruption cause neonatal anemia?
Authors: Bruinsma Marieke A. W. , de Boer Marjon A. , Prins Sandra , Abheiden Carolien N. H. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractIntroductionPlacental abruption can result in serious perinatal morbidity and mortality. However, it is not clear whether placental abruption could lead to neonatal anemia, as a direct relation has not been described yet. The objective of this study is to investigate whether there is a relation between occurrence of placental abruption and neonatal anemia.Material and MethodsAll women with a clinical diagnoses of placental abruption between January 2016 and April 2021 in Amsterdam UMC, from both the VU University Medical Center and Amsterdam Medical Center, were included. Demographic data and delivery outcomes were collected retrospectively using the medical files. The primary outcome was neonatal anemia, defined as hemoglobin levels less than the fifth percentile for gestational age.ResultsA total of 65 mothers and 65 neonates were included in our study. Average gestational age was 30 + 5 weeks. Mean hemoglobin level of the neonates at birth was 16.5 g/dl (10.2 mmol/L) with hemoglobin levels comparable to the reference curve. Two neonates (3.6%) were diagnosed with anemia based on their hemoglobin level at birth, and six (9.2%) neonates received a blood transfusion within 24 h after birth.ConclusionsWith this study, we found that the hemoglobin levels of the neonates born after placental abruption are comparable to the reference curve and do not show more neonates than expected below the fifth percentile for gestational age. It remains unclear whether there is fetal blood loss during a placental abruption but our results suggest that at least a big amount of fetal blood is not lost, since we did not found a large number of anemic neonates. Severe neonatal anemia in the case of placental abruption does not need to be expected.