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Informal finance: its drivers and contributions to farm investment among rural farmers in Northcentral Nigeria
Authors: Falola Abraham , Mukaila Ridwan , Abdulhamid Kafilat Ololade 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThe problem of inaccessibility of finance for farm investment is a common phenomenon among farmers, especially the rural dwellers. Thus, there is a need to know how the accessibility of informal finance can be increased to increase farm investment. Therefore, this study evaluates farmers’ access to informal finance and its contribution to farm investment among rural farmers in Northcentral Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachA three-stage random sampling technique was employed to select 160 farmers. Primary data collected were analysed with descriptive statistics and the Heckman selection model.FindingsThe study revealed that cooperative society is the major informal means of loan acquisition used by the farmers followed by Rotational Savings and Credit Associations (RoSCAs). Informal loans contributed to agricultural investment through the various operational activities involved in production. Factors influencing farmers’ access to informal loans were the age, farm size and income of the farmers. Interest charged, farmers' age, farming experience, household size, education and loan duration were the drivers of the amount borrowed from the informal financing sector.Practical implicationsThe findings of the study call for policies that will sustain informal financial institutions in developing economies, like Nigeria. Thus, the government through its regulatory agencies should assist informal finance providers with the necessary resources to achieve more goals. This is because the informal credit lenders help in bridging financial gaps created by formal financial institutions, such as commercial banks.Originality/valueUnlike the previous research studies, this study investigated the driving factors of the amount borrowed from informal finance and its use in farm investment.
The interactive effects of sexual harassment and psychological capital on victims’ burnout: evidence from the post-#MeToo movement era
Authors: Hashmi Syed Danial , Shahzad Khurram , Abbas Fakhar 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
In the post-#MeToo movement era, heightened awareness regarding harassment at workplace has forced corporations to consider gender-based harassment as a serious issue. This study aims to theorise and test psychological capital as a resource reservoir to cope with burnout experienced in the form of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced personal accomplishments as results of gender-based harassment at workplace.

Design/methodology/approach
Multi-wave data were collected from 304 female employees working in project-based organisations in the information technology industry in Pakistan.

Findings
The analysis shows contradictory findings about the prevalence of sexual harassment when a behavioural measurement approach was used against a direct query method. The results also show that gender harassment leads to burnout causing emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced personal accomplishment among the victims. However, psychological capital helps victims cope with these adverse effects of gender harassment.

Practical implications
Managers need to boost the psychological capital of female workers and devise effective policies to combat gender harassment in the workplace. Enforcement of legislation regarding harassment in the workplace should be ensured, which will also indicate seriousness towards the achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal No. 5, that is, gender equality.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to present psychological capital as a resource reservoir to combat the negative effects of gender harassment and has been conducted in less studied non-Western work settings.
A systematic framework to explore the determinants of information security policy development and outcomes
Authors: Stewart Harrison 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to develop an effective information security policy (ISP), which is an important mechanism to combat insider threats.

Design/methodology/approach
A general framework based on the Nine-Five-circle was proposed for developing, implementing and evaluating an organisation's ISP.

Findings
The proposed framework outlines the steps involved in developing, implementing and evaluating a successful ISP.

Research limitations/implications
The study took place in Germany, and most of the data was collected virtually due to the different locations of the organisation.

Practical implications
In practice, this study can be a guide for managers to design a robust ISP that employees will read and follow.

Social implications
Employee compliance with the ISP is a critical aspect in any organisation and therefore a rigorous strategy based on a systematic approach is required.

Originality/value
The main contribution of the paper is the application of a comprehensive and coherent model that can be the first step in defining a “checklist” for creating and managing ISPs.
Enterprise risk management and information technology security in the financial sector
Authors: Owusu Kwateng Kwame , Amanor Christopher , Tetteh Francis Kamewor 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
This study aims to empirically investigate the relationship between enterprise risk management (ERM) and information technology (IT) security within the financial sector.

Design/methodology/approach
Risk officers of financial institutions licensed by the Central Bank of Ghana constituted the sample frame. A structured questionnaire was used to elicit data from the respondents. The structural equation modeling method was employed to analyze the hypothesized model.

Findings
The results revealed that ERM has a strong positive substantial effect on IT security within financial institutions. However, organizational culture failed to moderate the relationship between ERM and IT security.

Practical implications
A well-managed risk helps to eliminate ineffective, archaic and redundant technology as the originator of rising perils and organizational concerns in today's corporate financial institutions since ERM established a substantially strong positive correlation among the variables.

Originality/value
ERM studies in the African context are rare. This paper adds to contemporary literature by providing a new perspective toward the understanding of the relationship between ERM and IT security, especially in the financial industry.
Soft and hard skills development in lean management trainings
Authors: Lista Ana Paula , Tortorella Guilherme Luz , Bouzon Marina , Thürer Matthias , Jurburg Daniel 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the impact of traditional teaching and active learning methods in lean management (LM) on the development of both soft and hard skills.Design/methodology/approachThrough a longitudinal study, team members from two different organisations (the administrative sector of a public higher education institution and a public teaching hospital), each adopting different teaching methods to support their LM trainings, were systematically examined at four moments during an 18-month period. How teaching methods impacted team members’ development and knowledge was then assessed using multivariate data analysis techniques.FindingsResults indicated that LM trainings can provide significant impacts when a combination of traditional teaching methods and active learning is adopted. Traditional teaching methods can be a good choice for learning hard skills depending on resources’ availability. However, it is recommended to include active learning methods to assist in the comprehension of more complex and abstract LM concepts (soft skills).Originality/valueAlthough there exists a large number of publications on the relationship between LM implementation and teaching methods, the number of studies that consider the development of both hard and soft skills is rather limited. This study complements the existing literature on LM by identifying which teaching methods can support the development of hard skills and which the development of soft skills. Such identification facilitates the work of both scholars wishing either to begin or to dig deeper into this sphere and practitioners pursuing the best outcomes from LM.
Barriers for adoption of Industry 4.0 in sustainable food supply chain: a circular economy perspective
Authors: Kumar Anish , Mangla Sachin Kumar , Kumar Pradeep 
Published: February 2022

PurposeFood supply chains (FSCs) are fast becoming more and more complex. Sustainability is a necessary strategy in FSCs to meet the environmental, economic and societal requirements. Industry 4.0 (I4.0) applications for a circular economy (CE) will play a significant role in sustainable food supply chains (SFSCs). I4.0 applications can be used in for traceability, tracking, inspection and quality monitoring, environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, farm input optimization, process automation, etc. to improve circularity and sustainability of FSCs. However, the factors integrating I4.0 and CE adoption in SFSC are not yet very well understood. Furthermore, despite such high potential I4.0 adoption is also met with several barriers. The present study identifies and analyzes twelve barriers for the adoption of I4.0 in SFSC from an CE context.Design/methodology/approachA cause-effect analysis and prominence ranking of the barriers are done using Rough-DEMATEL technique. DEMATEL is a widely used technique that is applied for a structured analysis of a complex problems. The rough variant of DEMATEL helps include the uncertainty and vagueness of decision maker related to the I4.0 technologies.Findings“Technological immaturity,” “High investment,” “Lack of awareness and customer acceptance” and “technological limitations and lack of eco-innovation” are identified as the most prominent barriers for adoption of I4.0 in SFSC.Originality/valueSuccessful mitigation of these barriers will improve the sustainability of FSCs through accelerated adoption of I4.0 solutions. The findings of the study will help managers, practitioners and planners to understand and successfully mitigate these barriers.
Vision sensor based residual vibration suppression strategy of non-deformable object for robot-assisted assembly operation with gripper flexibility
Authors: Jalendra Chetan , Rout B.K. , Marathe Amol 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
Industrial robots are extensively deployed to perform repetitive and simple tasks at high speed to reduce production time and improve productivity. In most cases, a compliant gripper is used for assembly tasks such as peg-in-hole assembly. A compliant mechanism in the gripper introduces flexibility that may cause oscillation in the grasped object. Such a flexible gripper–object system can be considered as an under-actuated object held by the gripper and the oscillations can be attributed to transient disturbance of the robot itself. The commercially available robots do not have a control mechanism to reduce such induced vibration. Thus, this paper aims to propose a contactless vision-based approach for vibration suppression which uses a predictive vibrational amplitude error-based second-stage controller.

Design/methodology/approach
The proposed predictive vibrational amplitude error-based second-stage controller is a real-time vibration control strategy that uses predicted error to estimate the second-stage controller output. Based on controller output, input trajectories were estimated for the internal controller of the robot. The control strategy efficiently handles the system delay to execute the control input trajectories when the oscillating object is at an extreme position.

Findings
The present controller works along with the internal controller of the robot without any interruption to suppress the residual vibration of the object. To demonstrate the robustness of the proposed controller, experimental implementation on Asea Brown Boveri make industrial robot (IRB) 1410 robot with a low frame rate camera has been carried out. In this experiment, two objects have been considered that have a low (<2.38 Hz) and high (>2.38 Hz) natural frequency. The proposed controller can suppress 95% of vibration amplitude in less than 3 s and reduce the stability time by 90% for a peg-in-hole assembly task.

Originality/value
The present vibration control strategy uses a camera with a low frame rate (25 fps) and the delays are handled intelligently to favour suppression of high-frequency vibration. The mathematical model and the second-stage controller implemented suppress vibration without modifying the robot dynamical model and the internal controller.
Commerce, jobs and politics: the impact of the USA–China trade on USA domestic politics
Authors: Caporaso James 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThe purpose of the paper “Commerce, jobs and politics: the impact of the USA–China trade on USA domestic politics” is to examine the impact of Chinese trade with the USA to determine the consequences of the trade on manufacturing employment. The geographic and sectoral impacts of this trade are assessed. The conclusion is that the USA–China trade has affected political polarization in such a way as to affect electoral outcomes. Implications for policy are discussed in the paper.Design/methodology/approachThe overall design is a focused case study in terms of its focus on the USA–China trade relations. There is also a statistical component due to the breakdown of the USA in economic commuting zones.FindingsThe major finding is that Chinese import penetration created substantial political polarization in the USA and that polarization affected electoral outcomes. Chinese import penetration also resulted in a shift of jobs from the eastern heartland to the coasts. Much of the transition was aided by the restructuring of jobs within firms from manufacturing to high-end services.Research limitations/implicationsPerhaps, the biggest limitation concerns how general and durable the findings are. The authors establish that the first decade after Chinese entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) (2001) was characterized by economic disruption in the USA labor market. Whether the economic effects will have a longer duration is not known.Practical implicationsOne practical limitation is that it is difficult to know what policy actions to take on the basis of the research: trade policy, human capital (education) policy or place-based policies which aid particular regions.Social implicationsThe social implications in this paper are jobs and employment policy.Originality/valueThe author thinks this is very original work, though based on the work of several economists. But outside of a few articles, the author does not think much has appeared in political science journals.
Effects of feedback on individual creativity in social learning: an experimental study
Authors: Wu Manli 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThe study aims to develop a comprehensive theoretical model to understand the relationship between feedback and individual creativity in a social learning context. To achieve the goal, the study unravels the mechanism underlying the relationship between evaluative feedback and creativity development and examines the interaction effects between informative feedback and evaluative feedback.Design/methodology/approachThe study draws on the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) framework to develop the research model. A laboratory experiment with a self-designed social learning platform was conducted to test the model. A total of 125 subjects participate in the experiment.FindingsThe empirical findings reveal that evaluative feedback affects creativity via intrinsic motivation and perceived feedback accuracy and informative feedback moderates the effects of negative feedback on intrinsic motivation and perceived feedback accuracy.Practical implicationsOrganizations should be conscious of the role feedback plays in individual creativity development when building a social learning platform. Specifically, organizations can guide learners to provide favorable online feedback as well as train learners to cope with feedback effectively in creative tasks.Originality/valueThe study integrates feedback and creativity literature to propose three important mediators and examines the roles of the mediators in the process of creativity development in a social learning context, extending current understanding on the direct relationship between feedback and creativity. The study also complements the existing feedback literature by investigating the interactions between different types of peer feedback in the model of creativity development.
Pricing research for automotive supply chains considering low-carbon consumer preferences under a dual policy
Authors: Liu Aijun , Yang Yun , Miao Jie , Li Zengxian , Lu Hui , Li Feng 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThe promotion of new energy vehicles (EVs) is an effective way to achieve low carbon emission reduction. This paper aims to investigate the optimal pricing of automotive supply chain members in the context of dual policy implementation while considering consumers' low-carbon preferences.Design/methodology/approachThis article takes manufacturers, retailers and consumers in a main three-level supply chain as the research object. Stackelberg game theory is used as the theoretical guidance. A game model in which the manufacturer is the leader and the retailer is the follower is established. The author also considered the impact of carbon tax policies, subsidy policies and consumer preferences on the results. Furthermore, the author investigates the optimal decision-making problem under the profit maximization model.FindingsThrough model solving, it is found that the pricing of EVs is positively correlated with the unit price of carbon and the amount of subsidies. The following conclusions can be obtained by numerical analysis of each parameter. Changes in carbon prices have a greater impact on conventional gasoline vehicles. Based on the numerical analysis of parameter β, it is also found that when the government subsidizes consumers, supply chain members will increase their prices to obtain partial subsidies. Compared with retailers, low-carbon preferences have a greater impact on manufacturers.Research limitations/implicationsThe new energy automobile industry involves many policies, including tax cuts, tax exemptions and subsidies. The policy environment faced by the members of a supply chain is complex and diverse. Therefore, the analysis in this article is based only on partial policies.Originality/valueThe authors innovatively combine the three factors of subsidy policy, carbon tax policy and consumer low-carbon preference, with research on the pricing of EVs. The influence of policy factors and consumer preferences on the pricing of EVs is studied.
The stochastic evolutionary game analysis of public prevention and control strategies in public health emergencies
Authors: Jia Fangju , Wang Dong-dong , Li Lianshui 
Published: February 2022

PurposeThe COVID-19 epidemic is still spreading globally and will not be completely over in a short time. Wearing a mask is an effective means to combat the spread of COVID-19. However, whether the public wear a mask for epidemic prevention and control will be affected by stochastic factors such as vaccination, cultural differences and irrational emotions, which bring a high degree of uncertainty to the prevention and control of the epidemic. The purpose of this study is to explore and analyze the epidemic prevention and control strategies of the public in an uncertain environment.Design/methodology/approachBased on the stochastic evolutionary game model of the Moran process, the study discusses the epidemic prevention and control strategies of the public under the conditions of the dominance of stochastic factors, expected benefits and super-expected benefits.FindingsThe research shows that the strategic evolution of the public mainly depends on stochastic factors, cost-benefit and the number of the public. When the stochastic factors are dominant, the greater the perceived benefit, the lower the cost and the greater the penalty for not wearing masks, the public will choose to wear a mask. Under the dominance of expected benefits and super-expected benefits, when the number of the public is greater than a certain threshold, the mask-wearing strategy will become an evolutionary stable strategy. From the evolutionary process, the government’s punishment measures will slow down the speed of the public choosing the strategy of not wearing masks. The speed of the public evolving to the stable strategy under the dominance of super-expected benefits is faster than that under the dominance of expected benefits.Practical implicationsThe study considers the impact of stochastic factors on public prevention and control strategies and provides decision-making support and theoretical guidance for the scientific prevention of the normalized public.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, no research has considered the impact of different stochastic interference intensities on public prevention and control strategies. Therefore, this paper can be seen as a valuable resource in this field.
Revisiting the marketing approach between seaports and dry ports in Malaysia: current trend and strategy for improvement
Authors: Jeevan Jagan , Rahadi Raden Aswin , Mohamed Monizaihasra , Mohd Salleh Nurul Haqimin , Othman Mohamad Rosni , Mhd Ruslan Siti Marsila 
Published: February 2022

Purpose This paper aims to explore the comparative analysis of marketing strategies between seaports and dry ports. Second, this paper proposes a recommendation to improve marketing approaches in both nodes.Design/methodology/approach This research analyzes current marketing approaches to improve the freight volume and enhance interrelation between them for a comprehensive collaboration in the freight supply chain. This research employed semi-structured interviews via an e-interview questionnaire.Findings The result shows that dry port and seaport practice a mixed marketing strategy. Some marketing elements that a seaport applies are also applied by a dry port, like focusing on the target customer, joining exhibitions and face-to-face meetings. Customized service to clients, frequent discussion on the effective marketing plans and increasing the facilities at the seaport and dry ports can improve the marketing strategies in dry port and seaports.Originality/value Seaports are the critical components in esteem-driven context, which add to supply chains by creating value-added services in the transport chain. Nonetheless, research between dry ports and seaports has increasingly drawn the attention of scholars during the last decade. Having said like that, there have not been any pragmatic studies undertaken in the Malaysian context that mainly discusses the marketing prospect of the dry ports and seaports especially during COVID-19 outbreak.