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- Adapting a palliative care intervention for people with advanced cancer across seven European countries: the Pal-Cycles interventionPublication . Hooley, Rachel; Payne, Sheila; Brunsch, Holger; Surges, Severine Marie; Mosoiu, Daniela; Hurducas, Flavia; Hernández-Marrero, Pablo; Pereira, Sandra Martins; Csikós, Ágnes; Pozsgai, Éva; Leppert, Wojciech; Forycka-Ast, Maria; Brand, Pippa van den; Hasselaar, Jeroen; Preston, NancyBackground: International adaptation of healthcare interventions requires sensitivity to local contexts, especially in palliative care, where healthcare systems and cultural expectations about end of life differ widely. Pal-Cycles is an intervention that aims to improve transitions in care for patients with advanced cancer. This intervention was adapted for implementation in a stepped wedge trial across seven European countries (Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania and the UK). This paper aims to illustrate the process of adapting a palliative care intervention (Pal-Cycles) to meet the needs of those using healthcare settings across seven European countries. Methods: Adapted nominal group techniques (a structured group method that supports idea generation, discussion, and prioritisation) were used, involving both in-country and cross-country adaptation meetings focused on the five key components of the original intervention design, to ensure cultural sensitivity and best fit All countries established a group of clinicians and all except two countries (Portugal and Hungary) involved groups of patients and families. The adaptation process occurred in a series of 5 meetings, which were mostly held online to accommodate participants’ schedules. Results: A total of 36 clinicians, 14 patients or family members, and 16 facilitators participated in the adaptation process over a four-month period. Structured guidance and iterative consultation meetings ensured that the final intervention was both standardised and adaptable to each country’s healthcare setting. We produced a standardised intervention manual based on a theory of change model, ensuring consistency across countries while allowing for contextual flexibility. Conclusions: This paper provides guidance for future cross-cultural adaptation of palliative care interventions, illustrating the value of detailed methodological planning, structured guidance, and multi-stakeholder engagement in the adaptation process. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06259136, registered on 6 February 2024.
- How virtual fitting rooms shape wellbeing and readiness for virtual events: the moderating role of self-perception traitsPublication . Elmashhara, Maher Georges; Blazquez, Marta; Julião, JorgeAs immersive experiences become prevalent, Virtual Fitting Rooms (VFRs) have emerged as a preparatory stage in which users create and dress avatars before participating in virtual events. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory, this study examines how aspects of VFR experience influence readiness for the virtual event through hedonic wellbeing. It also applies Social Comparison Theory to assess how fashionable self-image and tendency to social comparison moderate these effects. Two VFR experience-based studies (total N = 507) were conducted, in which participants dressed avatars for either a professional or an entertainment-focused virtual event. Results indicate that wellbeing mediates the effects of perceived clothing attractiveness and VFR design on readiness in both contexts, while self-congruence with avatar clothing influences readiness through wellbeing only in professional settings. The findings reveal moderation patterns, with self-perception traits shaping relationship strength. These insights emphasize the pivotal role of the VFR stage in shaping users’ wellbeing and readiness.
- The evolution of fair value measurementPublication . Fontes, Joana Cardoso; Panaretou, Argyro; Shakespeare, CatherineWhile measurement is a fundamental process to the preparation of financial statements, the conceptual frameworks established by both the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) offer limited guidance on selecting an appropriate measurement basis for assets and liabilities. This paper examines the historical progression of fair value measurement, a measurement basis that is at the centre of some of the most polarising views. We believe that understanding the evolution of fair value measurement is pivotal for aiding academics and practitioners in shaping the future trajectory of measurement. This is particularly crucial given the technological advances in corporate reporting and the need to enhance the connectivity between financial and non-financial reporting.
- Experimentation in organizations: an integrative reviewPublication . Corbo, Leonardo; Vlačić, Božidar; Katila, RiittaOrganizations have long relied on experiments to guide decision-making. Yet, a comprehensive synthesis of this rich and timely empirical literature remains lacking. In this integrative review, we identify two primary streams of research (problem-solving-based experimentation and causal inference-based experimentation), which we organize using the classic variation–selection–retention framework. The problem-solving stream emphasizes iterative experimentation, learning from failure, and navigating organizational challenges, while the causal inference stream focuses on sharp identification, structured experimental designs, and bounded experiments, each rooted in distinct disciplinary traditions. Despite the differences, these perspectives offer complementary insights into how organizations experiment, learn, and adapt. By analyzing 177 empirical studies across several disciplines and integrating these parallel streams, we develop a unifying framework that highlights the key drivers, processes, and outcomes of organizational experimentation. We conclude by outlining promising avenues for future research, including deeper retention in shaping experimental effectiveness and organizational learning, overcoming cognitive biases, expanding the scope of experiments to strategy, organizational design, and people processes, and the possibility of the two streams to cross-feed: problem-solving to generate broad hypotheses that causal inference sharpens, and causal inference experiments to trigger reframing of the problem-solving experiments.
- All that he wants is another culture: diversity- and inclusion-oriented cultures create asymmetric stress outcomes by genderPublication . Gruda, Dritjon; Crowley-Henry, MarianPurpose: To investigate if diversity- and inclusion-oriented cultures (DIOCs) create asymmetric stress outcomes by gender, challenging the functionalist assumption that such cultures benefit all employees and revealing a potential occupational health paradox. Design/methodology/approach: This study employs a longitudinal, transition-based design using data from 1,441 US employees who moved between firms. We employ a multi-level fractional logit model with a lagged dependent variable to assess how changes in DIOC exposure affect linguistically measured stress, while accounting for baseline stress and the nested structure of employees within companies. Findings: Male employees who move to stronger DIOCs experience significant reductions in stress. Female employees show no improvement, indicating an occupational health paradox with asymmetric gendered outcomes. Research limitations/implications: Our results suggest that DIOCs may redistribute, rather than reduce, workplace stress, most likely due to an “inclusion tax” (i.e. a form of hidden emotional labor that women disproportionately bear). It extends the Job Demands-Resources model, showing that culture can be a resource for some but a demand for others, where assimilation to cultural norms is forced and invisible labor exacts a toll on subgroups (e.g. women). From an EDI perspective, these findings suggest that “occupational health peacocking”, where organizations signal inclusive values without equitable outcomes, may perpetuate rather than dismantle inequality regimes. Originality/value: This study provides novel longitudinal evidence of DIOCs' paradoxical stress effects. It introduces the concept of the “inclusion tax” to explain why diversity and inclusion efforts that do not alter the structural conditions that reproduce inequality may fail women, thereby adding critical nuance to the discourse on workplace inclusion and structural inequality.
- Navigating institutional pressures in driving authentic environmental management practices in the hotel industryPublication . Riyanti, Wulan; Tjahjono, Benny; Julião, JorgeNumerous studies identify external pressures encouraging hotels to adopt environmental management (EM) practices in response to growing demand for sustainability. While some hotels implement these practices substantively, others emphasise environmental claims in marketing, raising concerns about potential greenwashing. Authenticity has thus emerged as a critical factor. This paper analyses the impact of pressures on the adoption of authentic EM practices in the hotel industry through a systematic literature review following PRISMA guidelines and applying the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). Our integrative synthesis shows that institutional pressures, coercive, normative, and mimetic, work as an interconnected system and are filtered through guest-perceived authenticity, reinforcing substantive practices or encouraging impression-oriented responses. By combining Institutional Theory with Impression Management Theory, we advance theoretical understanding and present a model explaining how hotels translate pressures into authentic EM or symbolic greenwashing, thereby clarifying the boundary between legitimacy and authenticity in sustainability implementation.
- Extremism does not stop at borders, and neither should our modelsPublication . Zadegan, Milad Sharafi; Gruda, Dritjon; Jonason, Peter K.
- I work hard for the algorithm: job demands, resources and strain in (and beyond) the gig economyPublication . Duggan, James; Gruda, Dritjon; Ojo, AdegboyegaPurpose: This study examines psychological strain in gig work by analyzing how algorithmic management (AM), framed through the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) model and Self-Determination Theory (SDT), shapes strain outcomes. We compare gig and non-gig workers to isolate the influence of AM. Design/methodology/approach Using LIWC, we analyze 6,505 Glassdoor job reviews to compare psychological strain among drivers in gig versus non-gig roles. Findings: Counterintuitively, compensation and work–life balance – typically strain-buffering resources – are associated with increased strain for gig workers, suggesting that algorithmic control alters how resources are experienced. Research limitations/implications The findings suggest that within the ‘digital cage' of the gig economy, the traditional JD-R resource-to-strain pathway is reconfigured. This highlights the need for research that investigates how the delivery mechanism (AM) of a resource can neutralize its buffering potential. Practical implications: Platform organizations must recognize that simply increasing pay or flexibility within need-thwarting structures may inadvertently worsen worker strain. Practitioners should prioritize autonomy-supportive algorithmic designs – moving away from gamified, opaque incentives toward transparent systems that restore operational control to the worker. Originality/value: This research provides evidence that AM does not merely add demands but fundamentally reshapes the relationship between job resources and strain within the gig economy. It problematizes the “autonomy paradox” in gig work to explain why the JD-R resource pathway breaks down.
- I work hard for the algorithm: job demands, resources and strain in (and beyond) the gig economyPublication . Duggan, James; Gruda, Dritjon; Ojo, AdegboyegaPurpose: This study examines psychological strain in gig work by analyzing how algorithmic management (AM), framed through the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) model and Self-Determination Theory (SDT), shapes strain outcomes. We compare gig and non-gig workers to isolate the influence of AM. Design/methodology/approach Using LIWC, we analyze 6,505 Glassdoor job reviews to compare psychological strain among drivers in gig versus non-gig roles. Findings: Counterintuitively, compensation and work–life balance – typically strain-buffering resources – are associated with increased strain for gig workers, suggesting that algorithmic control alters how resources are experienced. Research limitations/implications The findings suggest that within the ‘digital cage' of the gig economy, the traditional JD-R resource-to-strain pathway is reconfigured. This highlights the need for research that investigates how the delivery mechanism (AM) of a resource can neutralize its buffering potential. Practical implications: Platform organizations must recognize that simply increasing pay or flexibility within need-thwarting structures may inadvertently worsen worker strain. Practitioners should prioritize autonomy-supportive algorithmic designs – moving away from gamified, opaque incentives toward transparent systems that restore operational control to the worker. Originality/value: This research provides evidence that AM does not merely add demands but fundamentally reshapes the relationship between job resources and strain within the gig economy. It problematizes the “autonomy paradox” in gig work to explain why the JD-R resource pathway breaks down.
- Sustainable versus conventional bonds: a comparative analysis of primary market spreadsPublication . Pinto, João; Ribeiro, DivaThis paper provides a comparative analysis of the credit spreads and pricing of sustainable and conventional bonds issued by nonfinancial firms worldwide between 2012 and 2022. We find that sustainable and conventional bonds respond differently to common pricing factors, with investors placing less emphasis on credit ratings when pricing sustainable bonds. On average, there is no significant difference in credit spreads between sustainable and comparable conventional bonds, a result that holds across matched sample analysis and endogenous switching regression models. However, during the COVID-19 crisis, green and sustainability bonds were associated with significantly lower spreads, suggesting increased investor demand for ESG-linked instruments in periods of uncertainty. Finally, we show that contractual, macroeconomic, and firm-level characteristics influence the choice between sustainable and conventional bond issuance.