Cherry picking

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (11/12) ◽  
pp. 771-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heikki Hiilamo ◽  
Olli Kangas
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Inequality Theory ◽  
Cherry Picking ◽  
Universal Law ◽  
Methodological Debate ◽  
Historical Legacies

Purpose – In their income inequality theory (IIT), Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett posit that income inequality is at the heart of social “ills”. However, their critics argue that the hypothesis is biased and that “cherry picking” is used and support for the IIT is obtained by selecting a suitable sample of countries. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – With a sample of 127 countries, the authors study to what extent the correlation between income inequality and social “ills” varies among countries sampled by geography, religion and income level. Findings – The results of the analysis show that the strength and sometimes the direction of connections between inequality and social “ills” vary according to countries’ cultural background and historical legacies. The IIT is not a universal law. However, it is on a firmer footing than competing explanations. Originality/value – The results contribute both to material and methodological debate on consequences of income inequality.

Understanding the difference of values-based motivation of managerial workers in spa businesses in Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pornlapas Suwannarat
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis study focuses on variations of the importance of core values through motivational domains of individuals by their cultural background. The effect of motivational domains on operational performance has also been investigated.Design/methodology/approachThe study used survey as the main data collection method to elicit data from managerial workers in spa businesses in four regions of Thailand. An unpublished database of spa businesses was provided to the study by the Thai Chamber of Commerce.FindingsSignificant variations of the importance of motivational domains of managerial workers can be found according to the subculture of each of the four regions of Thailand. In addition, the motivational domains have found their significant impact on worker operational performance.Research limitations/implicationsOne of the limitations of this study may be the distribution of samples because the study focuses on spa businesses, most of which in each region are located in big tourism provinces that may not be wholly representative of the characteristics of each region.Practical implicationsThis study will be of practical value for practitioners or managers of any firms since it is important to consider value variations when assessing the operational performance; workers, especially managerial workers, in each subculture may have different priorities in the motivational domains of their lives. This could affect their operational performance.Originality/valueThis is an original attempt to ascertain variations of core values through motivational domains by subculture. It fills a knowledge gap in under-researched area in the literature since so far a few studies have examined this issue in the ASEAN countries.

The role of informal institutions in explaining student’s academic engagement

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-194
Author(s):  
Mahieddine Adnan Ghecham ◽  
Nuha Hamada
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Assessment Techniques ◽  
Research Gap

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the role of students’ cultural background in explaining their academic performance. Design/methodology/approach The paper aims at achieving the research objective with the use of questionnaires and structural equation modelling (SEM). Findings This paper shows that students’ code of conduct, which is grounded in their cultural background, affects their level of engagement in learning process. The paper supports, on one hand, the idea of extensive use of formative assessment techniques as a way of improving students’ engagement; it argues, on the other hand, that their effectiveness could be limited because of the bad impact of the students’ norms. Originality/value The paper aims at achieving the objective of the research using an interdisciplinary approach borrowing from the field of economics while discussing a research gap that covers a region that require more attention in the field of education.

The great reanimation

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 81-84
Author(s):  
Peter Buell Hirsch
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Labor Movements ◽  
Tipping Points ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Behavior ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the ways in which long running secular trends and the COVID-19 pandemic have combined to re-energize labor movements and pushed political thinking to the left. Design/methodology/approach A review of emerging trends in public opinion and labor action to identify some critical tipping points. Findings There is a critical shift unfolding in which government intervention to stem income inequality is becoming politically acceptable. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, there have been few, if any comparable discussions of the relationship between the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the political will to stem income inequality and the implications for corporate behavior.

Boom or bust: demystifying Trump’s deplorable economics

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
dt ogilvie
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Entrepreneurship Training ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Small Business Growth

Purpose Two questions broadly drove this research: Donald Trump promised to fix the economy and create jobs, and he is ending or renegotiating trade treaties. Is he creating more jobs? How can Trump create a more inclusive economy? The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This paper closely examines Trump’s economic policies and draws from past Democratic and Republication track records to explain how Trump’s policies will contribute to greater income inequality. Findings By all measures, President Trump fails on measures of equality, diversity, and inclusion. Originality/value This original paper examines the implications of the Trump administration’s policies in the areas of tax cuts (for small- and medium-sized enterprises rather than large corporations), incentives to support small business growth, entrepreneurship training, education and skills training (to retool Americans), and infrastructure spending.

Attracting prosocial lenders from different cultures to help others in microlending

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-214
Author(s):  
JungHwa (Jenny) Hong ◽  
Kyung-Ah (Kay) Byun
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individualistic Culture ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the role of culture and future orientation in lenders’ prosocial microlending behaviors. Design/methodology/approach Three experiments examine how different cultural backgrounds, either individualistic or collectivistic, influenced microlenders’ prosocial behaviors, including the amount of microlending, the willingness to help and the length of commitment. Further, the moderating role of future orientation among individualists is investigated. Findings Results indicate that cultural differences influence prosocial microlending differently such that individualists give less to people in need compared to collectivists. Further, the author found that future orientation helps lenders in individualistic culture to improve prosocial microlending behaviors. Originality/value This paper emphasizes the role of cultural background and future orientation in promoting lenders’ prosocial giving in the context of microlending. The results assist social marketers to understand how to motivate giving behaviors via microlending among lenders in different cultures depending on future orientation.

scholarly journals Intersections of gender, age and occupational group in the Finnish defence forces

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 593-607
Author(s):  
Katri Otonkorpi-Lehtoranta ◽  
Minna Leinonen ◽  
Risto Nikkanen ◽  
Tuula Heiskanen
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Occupational Group ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Military Organization ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
Methodological Debate

Purpose – Addressing the challenges expressed by organization researchers and Leslie McCall with her conceptual framework of intercategorical analysis, this paper contributes to the methodological debate on intersectionality. The purpose of this paper is to explore intersectionality on the organizational level in the Finnish defence forces (FDF). In the paper, the authors explore how the interactions between categories of gender, age, and position in the organization explain the concerns of employees in the changing military organization. Furthermore, the authors also investigate the types of intersectional mechanisms behind the empirical observations. Design/methodology/approach – The logistic regression analysis is based on a survey addressed to the whole salaried personnel in the FDF in 2011 (n=8,093, response rate being 54 per cent). Findings – In line with McCall’s (2005) intercategorical approach, the analysis shows that the plain examination of main effects of the variables will not suffice, but the interaction effects of the variables must also be examined. The analysis indicates that even though women in general experienced more concerns, gender does not alone explain the concerns expressed by the members of the FDF, but age and especially personnel group are significant in understanding configurations of positions in relation to the organizational change process. Research limitations/implications – The methodological limitation of the study is that although the data were large, it was not possible to conduct three-ways analysis, because of the size of some groups. Originality/value – The study offers a noteworthy addition to the rare research of practising intersectionality in the conceptual framework using quantitative methods.

The impact of monetary policy on income inequality: evidence from Eurozone markets

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantina Liosi ◽  
Spyros Spyrou
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Impulse Response ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Impulse Response Functions ◽  
Response Functions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Panel Vector Autoregression

PurposeThis study examines the impact of monetary policy on income inequality in Eurozone countries for the period between 2005 and 2017.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use regression analysis, panel vector autoregression (PVAR) analysis and impulse response functions, in order to examine the impact of monetary policy on income inequality in Eurozone countries.FindingsThis study examines the impact of monetary policy on income inequality in Eurozone countries for the period between 2005 and 2017. The results indicate that, on average, monetary policy tends to increase income inequality. A closer examination indicates that for Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands monetary policy has no impact on income inequality or a weak impact (France), while for Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy the impact is more pronounced. PVAR analysis and impulse response functions further indicate that female income inequality responds more significantly to monetary policy.Originality/valueIn contrast to previous studies the authors estimate separate models for males, females and the total population to evaluate whether gender is an important factor. Furthermore, the authors use two proxies for monetary policy: the shadow rate (SR) and the total assets (TAs) of the central bank.

Philosophy of language and accounting

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 1957-1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Alexander ◽  
Hélène de Brébisson ◽  
Cristina Circa ◽  
Eva Eberhartinger ◽  
Roberta Fasiello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Member State ◽  
Philosophy Of Language ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The Social ◽  
Common Principle

Purpose Accounting practices vary not only across firms, but also across countries, reflecting the respective legal and cultural background. Attempts at harmonization therefore continue to be rebuffed. The purpose of this paper is to argue that different wordings in national laws, and different interpretations of similar wordings in national laws, can be explained by taking recourse to the philosophy of language, referring particularly to Searle and Wittgenstein. Design/methodology/approach The example of the substance over form principle, investigated in seven countries, is particularly suitable for this analysis. It is known in all accounting jurisdictions, but still has very different roots in different European countries, with European and international influences conflicting, which is reflected in the different wording of the principle from one country to the next, and the different socially constructed realities associated with those wordings. Findings This paper shows that, beyond accounting practices, the legal and cultural background of a country affects the wording of national law itself. The broad conclusion is that different socially constructed realities might tend to resist any attempt at harmonized socially constructed words. Originality/value The paper contributes to the debate surrounding the possible homogenization of accounting regulations, illustrating the theory of the social construction of both “reality” and “language” on the specific application of one common principle to various Member State environments.

Perceived inequality and support for trade liberalization in Latin America

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 102-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Fattore ◽  
Brian Fitzpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Preferences ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Policy Elites

Purpose Previous studies have focused on individual preferences regarding trade liberalization without considering an individual’s perceptions of income inequality. This study aims to utilize the 2007 Latinobarametro to test a hypothesis regarding the relationship between an individual’s perceived income inequality and their support for trade liberalization in their country. The authors focus primarily on Latin America, as it is a region that has a long, entrenched tradition of income inequality with far reaching political and economic consequences. It is also a region that is relatively new to trade liberalization, as it only began to open up in the 1980s, after a decade-long commitment to import substitution industrialization. Design/methodology/approach The authors utilize a logit model to analyze the 2007 Latinobarametro data to test the hypothesis. Findings The authors find that individuals who perceive income inequality to be fair in their country are more likely to support trade liberalization, whereas those who perceive income inequality to be unfair are less likely to support liberalization. Originality/value This study allows for a more complete portrait of what influences individual preferences toward trade policy and advocates for policy elites to be more responsive to their citizens’ concerns about trade liberalization.

scholarly journals Vulnerable adults in police custody

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
Ian Cummins
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Police Custody ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Vulnerable Adults

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the recent National Appropriate Adult Network (NAAN) report on the role of the appropriate adult. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the NAAN report and a review of relevant policy and research literature. Findings There to Help 2 highlights that there are still significant gaps in the provision of appropriate adult schemes across England and Wales. These gaps potentially place vulnerable adults at increased risk. Originality/value This paper is a review of recent research.

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