Continuation-passing Research Articles

"It Should Have Been Given Sooner, and We Should Not Have to Fight for It": A Mixed-Methods Study of the Experience of Diagnosis and Early Management of Cerebral Palsy.

Listening to the family experience is integral to identifying areas of strength and for improvement in health service delivery around diagnosis and early management of cerebral palsy (CP). Families of children with a diagnosis of CP were invited to complete a purpose-developed electronic survey that included items around the timing of diagnosis, their experiences and satisfaction. It also allowed families to expand on their experiences through free text. Of the 57 families responding, 49% of children functioned at Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels I or II, 8% at GMFCS level III and 23% at GMFCS levels IV or V. 51% of participants were satisfied or very satisfied with the diagnosis experience, 18% were neutral about the experience and 31% were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied. Though the findings of this study may be subject to selection bias, perceived delays in the receipt of diagnosis of CP appeared common with 60% of participants indicating concerns about their child by <6 months of age but only 21% provided with a diagnosis of CP <6 months of age. Approximately 18% of families experienced a delay of more than 12 months. Thirty-four (61%) participants noted a delay between referrals to a service and receipt of service management/therapy. Common themes impacting on families’ experience in the diagnosis and health service delivery journey related to provision of information, and the style of communication, with both direct and ongoing communication styles common for greater family satisfaction. Overall, families desired the diagnosis experience to be informative and timely, with early follow up support and assistance with health sector navigation.

Head’s Leadership Styles and Effectiveness of School Teams: Exploring the Role of Motivational Mechanisms

The literature reveals that participative leadership style (PLS) is overwhelmingly advantageous over the contrasting directive leadership style (DLS). Therefore, the key objective of this study was to find out the relative effect of a PL style as compared to a DL style on the motivational mechanism (organizational commitment and empowerment) and effectiveness (innovation and in-role performance) of school staff teams. However, the mediating role of motivational mechanism in the relationship between school heads’ leadership styles and effectiveness of school staff teams had also been studied. The data were collected through a questionnaire based cross-sectional survey. The data were collected from the 402 teachers working in 80 academic teams. The SEM results revealed that DLS was significantly related to teams’ in-role performance and organizational commitment. While, PLS was significantly related to in-role performance, team’s innovation, organizational commitment and personal empowerment. Teachers’ personal empowerment partially mediated the relationship between heads’ PLS and team innovation. But, organizational commitment fully mediated the relationship between heads’ PLS and teams’ in-role performance. However, organizational commitment partially mediated the relationship between heads’ DLS and teams’ in-role performance. It is suggested that heads might concurrently combine participative and directive leadership behaviors to make their school teams more effective.

Methamphetamine use and technology-mediated psychosocial interventions: A mini-review

Engagement with face-to-face psychosocial interventions is often compromised in people using methamphetamine (MA), in the context of high rates of polysubstance use, mental health disorders, cognitive impairment and geographic isolation. Technology-mediated interventions offer flexible ways of engaging with treatment and are readily accessible. This mini-review evaluates evidence from eight studies for the effectiveness of telephone, mHealth (text-messaging and apps) and computer-based interventions for MA use. Two papers from one telephone counselling study showed a small improvement in MA-related outcomes, particularly for individuals in active use. However, a directive counselling style was associated with a higher likelihood of MA use during recovery for those higher in resistance to authority. Text-messaging interventions generally showed small but significant reductions in MA use in non-treatment seekers. When compared, there was no significant difference in level of MA use reduction between interactive, automated and self-monitoring text messages. Studies in other modalities (smartphone app, one trial; computer-based interventions, two trials) did not confer statistically significant reductions in MA use, though were likely impacted by app design and participant characteristics. Preliminary findings hint at the potential effectiveness of telephone counselling in aftercare and the capacity for text-messaging to reach those who are not in treatment. Given the small amount of existing literature, this review discusses the potential value of emerging interventions, the importance of adapting interventions to the characteristics of people who use MA and suggests specific directions for research in each technology modality.

On Correspondence between Selective CPS Transformation and Selective Double Negation Translation

A double negation translation (DNT) embeds classical logic into intuitionistic logic. Such translations correspond to continuation passing style (CPS) transformations in programming languages via the Curry-Howard isomorphism. A selective CPS transformation uses a type and effect system to selectively translate only nontrivial expressions possibly with computational effects into CPS functions. In this paper, we review the conventional call-by-value (CBV) CPS transformation and its corresponding DNT, and provide a logical account of a CBV selective CPS transformation by defining a selective DNT via the Curry-Howard isomorphism. By using an annotated proof system derived from the corresponding type and effect system, our selective DNT translates classical proofs into equivalent intuitionistic proofs, which are smaller than those obtained by the usual DNTs. We believe that our work can serve as a reference point for further study on the Curry-Howard isomorphism between CPS transformations and DNTs.

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROBLEM - BASED LEARNING APPROACH AS A NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE MEDICAL EDUCATION

Nowadays the necessity of implementation of new learning technologies in medical education is considered more and more actively. These technologies allow to move from the teacher-centered approach, which is based on the directive style of learning programs mainly because they are overloaded by lectures, to the student-centered approach which suggests more active educational technologies, such as problem-based learning. The principal ground of education in medicine is aimed mainly at receiving a new information but not at development of practical skills so the compliance between the educational and professional activities, knowledge and skills becomes the essential divergence instead. The experience obtained in different countries allows consider the problem-based learning as the most effective educational technology. It's main principle is a self-directed learning via active group work and supportive, stimulative and facilitative activity of a teacher. In these circumstances the acceptance of new knowledge becomes easier the students this process has internal stimuli while the proper group process supports the carrying out this motive. Key words of this approach are “find, create, master”. These principles are fulfilled in the creation of skills which are necessary for the successful practice. Among the skills to be developed here are hard - skills and especially soft - skills, related to a creativity, competence in communication, cooperation in a team, cognitive flexibility, the ability to cope the emotional arousal in the work etc. The effectiveness of a problem-based learning helps to solve the tasks, related to the medical staff education and training and could be essentially increased while using the new information technologies. The active learning makes the process of acceptance and mastering of knowledge and skills more individually based. The paper presents the reasons for the advanced implementation of the problem-oriented learning into the structure of the postgraduate medical studies. The psychological aspects of this process, methods and stages are described. The role of a teacher in this process and the core aspects of the carrying out of the problem-oriented learning are analyzed.

The ambidextrous and differential effects of directive versus empowering leadership: a study from project context

PurposeThis study investigated the differential effects of empowering leadership and directive leadership in projects. Moreover, how the complex interplay between empowering and directive leadership styles influences both leader–member exchange and project performance was also explored.Design/methodology/approachPolynomial regression analysis and response surface modeling were applied to analyze 161 matched data collected from project members and managers worked in different projects located in China.FindingsFour leadership styles were identified, i.e. ambidextrous, delegating, directive and laissez-faire styles. These may be combined with empowering and directive leadership. With regard to (in)congruence, leader–member exchange and project performance improved with ambidextrous style as a form of high–high congruence between empowering and directive leadership compared with laissez-faire style (i.e. low–low congruence). Results were better when a delegating style was combined with empowering leadership at a high level compared with the combination of directive style as directive leadership at a high level. Leader–member exchange was identified to exert a mediating role of the (in)congruence on project performance.Originality/valueThis study confirmed the contingent viewpoint of leadership by identifying distinct leadership styles applied in projects. Furthermore, the co-existence of empowering leadership and directive leadership was examined, and the underlying mechanism between the (in)congruence of empowering and directive leadership and project performance was identified.

Examining the usability of touchscreen gestures for adults with DS

This document is part of a global investigation that aims to establish best practices in usability testing of mobile applications, that fit the specific needs of persons with cognitive disabilities. The motivating factor is to improve the quality of life of people with special needs. As a first step, we want to discover what are the skills of people with DS (DS) when using a mobile device. Thanks to its direct manipulation interaction style, multi-touch technology is the ideal mechanism for learning activities with a view to the social inclusion of people with DS. This paper investigates the most common touchscreen gestures on commercial existing software. A commercial analysis was carried out to discover the touch screen gestures used by 103 free software Apps running on a mobile touch screen tablet of 11 where the applications run”. The commercial analysis showed that most applications support tap and drag operations on multi-touch technology. Additionally, the research sought to discover the adults with DS (19–54 years of age) ability to perform other gestures on multi-touch surfaces. A DS user skill study was performed to assess the ability of this user segment to interact with multi-touch surfaces. The analysis involved 53 participants, aged between 19 and 54 years, from two vocational training centers attended by people with DS in Madrid. Authors used the Gesture Games App for experimenting with multi-touch gestures such as tap, double tap, long press, drag, scale up, scale down, and one-finger rotation. Tap, double tap, and drag were the three gestures that the most participant could use. In contrast, participants had difficulty performing one-finger rotation and long press gesture. Our statistical analysis showed that the ability to perform each gesture was independent of gender, age group, and previous experience with touchscreen of a participant.

METHODOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE TOMSK REGIONAL UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY NAMED AFTER A. S. PUSHKIN: FROM THE PAGES OF HISTORY

The article deals with the history and current state of methodological activities of the Tomsk regional universal scientific library named after A. S. Pushkin – the methodological center for open to general use public libraries – from 1930 to 2019. It observes the matter and peculiarities of the regional library scientific- methodological system during this period. It is noted, that a transition from the directive style of library management to the interaction of regional and municipal levels of management has taken place. In modern conditions, innovative forms have been introduced into the work of the methodological service, which is an important factor for the further development of the regional library business. Innovations have affected the system of professional development. An educational and methodological center has been created within the methodological department, which activity demonstrates new approaches to the educational function. For the effective work with young librarians, the club of online communication “#Profichat” has been organized. The website “Professionals” is also in demand, created to inform library workers of the region about events in the library activities of the country and the region. The most important achievement of TOUNB methodological service is its participation in the national project “Culture”, which is highly effective: a new generation of libraries has appeared in the region, and about 40 employees of regional libraries have improved their skills in Federal libraries. The restraining factors in the methodological activities development are lack of methodologists in a number of central library systems and insufficiency of publications that address issues of development and organization of scientific and methodological support for libraries.

The Effect of Incentives and Leadership Styles on Creative Performance

Introduction/Main Objectives: This study investigates whether the type of incentives offered and leadership styles interact to affect creative performance. Background Problems: Creativity is highly needed by companies to survive in a volatile business environment. Prior research found that management control systems and the leadership style were able to stimulate creativity. It is still unclear which type of incentives and leadership styles are able to stimulate creativity. Therefore, this research proposes a research question, what kind of management control systems and leadership style can improve creative performance? Novelty: This research focuses on comparing monetary and non-monetary incentives, based on competition, to produce the most creative ideas, but empirical studies into the context of creativity are still limited. Furthermore, this study investigates two different leadership styles and it sheds light on the fact that the leadership styles needed in a creative environment differ from those styles used in a non-creative environment. Research Methods: This study was conducted using a 2x2 between subject experimental design with two incentive treatments (tournament and recognition) and two leadership style treatments (directive and empowering). Finding/Results: Consistent with Lourenco (2016), monetary incentives (including tournaments) and non-monetary incentives (recognition) are substitutive. Furthermore, the empowering leadership style leads to a greater creative performance than the directive style does. The results indicate that, in the condition of a tournament incentive, empowering leadership is able to produce a higher creative performance than directive leadership can. Conclusion: There is no significantly difference between the effect of monetary incentives and non-monetary incentives on creative performance. This study’s result is consistent with the situational leadership theory, certain types of leadership are appropriate for certain environmental conditions. For improved creative performance, employees need to be empowered because they need the authority and freedom to develop ideas. This study provides knowledge about the impact of incentives and leadership styles on creative performance. Furthermore, this study provides practical knowledge for companies on how to improve creativity in the work environment by using certain incentives and leadership styles.

PENGARUH GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAI PADA DINAS PENDIDIKAN DAN KEBUDAYAAN KOTA MAKASSAR

The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the influence of leadership style (X) consisting of supportive leadership (X1), directive leadership (X2), participative leadership (X3) both simultaneously and partially on employee performance (Y) at Departement of Education and Culture of Makassar City. This type of research is a quantitative descriptive study. The nature of this research is explanatory research. The population in this study were employees on the Departement of Education and Culture of Makassar City, totaling 58 civil servants. The reason was that the number of civil servants was small so the entire population was sampled in this study (census). Data collection techniques in this study were carried out through interviews, questionnaires, and documentation studies. The results showed that simultaneously there is a positive and significant influence of leadership style on employee performance. Partially supportive (X1) and participatory (X3) leadership style variables have a positive and significant effect on employee performance, while directive leadership style (X2) has no significant effect on Departement of Education and Culture of Makassar City.

СТРАТЕГИИ МОДАЛИЗАЦИИ ВЫСКАЗЫВАНИЯ В НЕМЕЦКОЙ ЛИНГВОКУЛЬТУРЕ

In the paper the author explores possibilities of how basic concepts of German culture can influence the speech activity of the speaker. The research is done on the crossing point of grammar, theory of communication and linguistic conceptology. The paper deals with German modal verbs functioning in modern fiction texts. The author discusses the problem of modality choice by the speaking personality producing the utterance. The research aims at revealing correspondences between the grammar system of German modal verbs in their functioning and German speaking personality who encodes his/her choice influenced by basic concepts of German low context culture, namely INDIVIDUALISM, ORDER and RESPONSIBILITY. The correlation takes into account the transparency of strong German modal verb system and direct communication style of German speaking personality who chooses in this case an overt modal strategy. The other strategy type is the softening one. The personality mitigates his/her utterance taking into consideration the personality of the partner. Overt strategy is used for encoding deontic modality and softening strategy denotes epistemic modality and some others cases. The findings open access for understanding German linguistic identity.

СПІВВІДНОШЕННЯ ВІЗУАЛЬНИХ І ВЕРБАЛЬНИХ ЕЛЕМЕНТІВ У ТРАДИЦІЙНІЙ ТА ПОСТМОДЕРНІЙ СОЦІАЛЬНІЙ РЕКЛАМІ (НА МАТЕРІАЛІ АНГЛОМОВНОЇ СОЦІАЛЬНОЇ РЕКЛАМИ НА ТЕМАТИКУ COVID-19)

The article is dedicated to the analysis of text-image relations as of two different semiotic modes within the framework of multimodal studies in the traditional and postmodern English public service advertising (PSA) on COVID-19. The tendency towards image-centricity and linguistic compression in the design of ads has influenced intermodal cohesion in PSA posters. Traditional PSA is advertising based on explicit cohesive ties and semantic redundancy. Intermodal cohesion in traditional PSA builds on hierarchical relations of elaboration and linear relations of illustration. Postmodern PSA is a semiotically minimalistic verbal-visual unity, multimodal small-format text with clearly expressed semantics and symbolism. Postmodern PSA offers ambiguous and minimalistic unity of verbal and visual signs that is, at first sight, incongruent, incoherent. The recipient establishes intermodal cohesion through intersemiotic inferences. Intermodal cohesion in postmodern visual-centric PSA is built mainly on the relations of extension or spatial-temporal / causal enhancement, as they lead to incongruency and multimodal tension, which intrigue the recipient and involve them more actively in the process of decoding of the advertising’s message. On the spatial syntax level, linear relations of anchorage or alteration are characteristic for postmodern PSA. On the rhetorical-logical level, relations based on coincidental allusive ties predominate in postmodern PSA. Postmodern advertising is less directive and explicit than traditional advertising, opting for a less direct communication style. The specific nature of postmodern image-centric PSA is predetermined by multimodal and rhetorical complexity, semantic ambiguity, incongruity, and pragmatic under-specification. Interpretation of multimodal PSA texts depends on denotative and connotative meanings of the visual and verbal components, recipient’s general and culture-specific knowledge, and peculiarities of PSA discourse. The theoretical and methodological framework of the study combines works on multimodality and text-image relations (J. Bateman, G. Kress &amp; T. van Leeuwen, H. Stöckl, H. Caple, R. Martinec &amp; A. Salway, L. Makaruk, V. Yefymenko), as well as on advertising discourse (H. Stöckl, S. Gieszinger, S. Molnar, S. Bulmer &amp; M. Buchanan-Oliver).

When Words Are Rolled into a Ball: Translating Figurative Language in Africa

This article examines differences between direct and indirect communication styles and describes the results of applying translation theory developed under the assumptions of the direct communication style. It discusses the role of metaphor, poetry, and proverbs in Africa, and explores the question of how indirect communication should be represented in translation.

UML Sequence Diagram: An Alternative Model

The UML sequence diagram is the second most common UML diagram that represents how objects interact and exchange messages over time. Sequence diagrams show how events or activities in a use case are mapped into operations of object classes in the class diagram. The general acceptance of sequence diagrams can be attributed to their relatively intuitive nature and ability to describe partial behaviors (as opposed to such diagrams as state charts). However, studies have shown that over 80% of graduating students were unable to create a software design or even a partial design, and many students had no idea how sequence diagrams were constrained by other models. Many students exhibited difficulties in identifying valid interacting objects and constructing messages with appropriate arguments. Additionally, according to authorities, even though many different semantics have been proposed for sequence diagrams (e.g., translations to state machines), there exists no suitable semantic basis refinement of required sequence diagram behavior because direct style semantics do not precisely capture required sequence diagram behaviors; translations to other formalisms disregard essential features of sequence diagrams such as guard conditions and critical regions. This paper proposes an alternative to sequence diagrams, a generalized model that provides further understanding of sequence diagrams to assimilate them into a new modeling language called thinging machine (TM). The sequence diagram is extended horizontally by removing the superficial vertical-only dimensional limitation of expansion to preserve the logical chronology of events. TM diagramming is spread nonlinearly in terms of actions. Events and their chronology are constructed on a second plane of description that is superimposed on the initial static description. The result is a more refined representation that would simplify the modeling process. This is demonstrated through remodeling sequence diagram cases from the literature.

Design Of An Improved And Robust Asynchronous Wrapper (Aw) For FPGA Applications

Contemporary digital systems must be based on the “System-on-Chip – SoC” concept. An interesting style for SoC design is the GALS paradigm (Globally Asynchronous, Locally Synchronous), which can be used to implement circuits in FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays). However the implementation of asynchronous interfaces (asynchronous wrapper – AW) constitutes a major drawback for this kind of devices. Although there is a typical AW design style, which is based on asynchronous controllers providing communication between modules (called ports), port controllers are subject to essentialhazard when implemented in FPGAs. In this context, this paper proposes a new asynchronous GALS wrapper architecture, suitable for implementations in any kind of FPGAs. The proposed port controllers showed to be essential-hazard-free, not needing any special cares in implementation concerning to LUTs choice. Additional advantages of the proposed architecture are: total autonomy that synchronous modules achieve when interacting with the asynchronous wrapper; the ports can be synthesized in the direct mapping style (so without knowledge of asynchronous logic synthesis); and the ports interact with environment in Ib/Ob Mode, not needing a timing analysis. Simulation results show the applicability of the proposed architecture and lead to its practical implementations in FPGAs.

Centralization of administrative influence on the bodies of internal affairs of Ukraine

Problem setting. In the article the authors analyse the essence and legal nature of control and supervision activities of the internal affairs bodies of Ukraine. Emphasis is placed on fundamentally important aspects of control and supervisory powers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, a parallel is drawn between their regulation in European countries. The necessity of strengthening the administrative influence on the activity of law enforcement bodies and their officials is substantiated. Target of research. The purpose of the study is determining the features of the legal status of bodies and their officials who are called to exercise administrative and supervisory powers in the system of internal affairs of Ukraine, outlining the possibilities of implementing legal norms in the system of national legislation. Analysis of recent researches and publications. Many foreign and domestic scholars, including Stalman J. I., Lovatcharin J., Kohei S., Simanuk A., Gorbova N. A., Parubchak I. O., Sopilnyk R. L. and others made a significant contribution to the study of the issue of administrative and supervisory powers in the system of internal affairs. The authors personally have studied some problematic aspects of the functioning of the mechanism of supervisory powers of public authorities in the field of political and territorial organization of the country at the international level. Article’s main body. The new model of building a law enforcement system, which is a consequence of the reform of internal affairs, requires the search for qualitatively new principles and methods in the field of public administration by law enforcement agencies. Today there are the following models of law enforcement system in foreign countries: centralized (model with a leading role of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, directive management style and clear vertical subordination of lower levels to central authorities; decentralized model (lack of a single national body, number of police forces, the predominant concentration of police control levers in the hands of regional authorities and local governments); semi-centralized model (provides for the presence of a ministry responsible for internal security, etc.). We agree with the views of scientists who emphasize the need for a combined police department, which combines the features of a centralized and decentralized management system. As for determining the administrative influence of the Ministry, the latter is implemented through such measures to ensure legality as supervision and control. There are several approaches to distinguishing these categories in the legal literature. The first group of researchers emphasizes the absence of a difference between control and supervision, arguing that supervision characterizes the presence of control powers, and hence identification. The legislator is also ambiguous in this aspect, because in some cases these concepts are identified. In turn, there are regulations where the disputed categories are the basis for the separation of powers between central executive bodies. Conclusions and prospects for the development. The introduction of a combined model of the law enforcement system will solve many personnel issues, as well as increase the efficiency of and public confidence in law enforcement agencies, create conditions for further decentralization of the law enforcement system. The experience of the Baltic states shows that in Ukraine, compared to others, the level of administrative influence of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the controlled bodies is extremely low, which is reflected in the too narrow competence of the Central Executive Body. At the legislative level, the control and supervisory powers of state bodies are not sufficiently differentiated. These and other problems make it important to search for new models of administrative influence on the management of internal affairs in the country. An exemplary example of this can be the mental and ideological components of the Baltic countries.

Los verbos de petición como introductores del discurso referido

The referred speech is usually presented by declarative verbs. However, there are other semantic classes specialized in speech reproduction procedures, such as request verbs. From the analysis of the Archivo de Textos Hispánicos de la Universidad de Santiago, made up of texts of oral, theatrical, journalistic and narrative language, we try to establish the frequency of use of the verbs implorar, suplicar, rogar, solicitar, pedir, reclamar and exigir as introducers of referred speech, as well as their greater or lesser productivity according to the type of procedure: indirect style, direct style, pseudo-direct style and hybrid style. In addition, the characteristics of each structure are explored with the proposal of knowing the configuration mode of the sequences that introduces each verb (its members, the position of each element, etc.) and that establish certain differences between them within each type of referred speech.

The relationship between managers’ goal-setting styles and subordinates’ goal commitment

Background: Convincing employees to set aside their self-interests and commit to collective goals is essential for the effective functioning of organisations. It is critical that the impact of different managerial goal-setting styles, and the associated impressions of fair interpersonal treatment in the workplace, is understood from subordinates’ perspective. This might clarify the psychological mechanisms involved in motivating subordinates to commit to organisational goals. Aim: The primary aim of this article is to determine the relationship between managers’ goal-setting styles and subordinates’ goal commitment. The secondary aim is to determine whether this relationship is mediated by interactional justice. Setting: A total of 451 working adults completed an online or paper-and-pen survey. Methods: A mediator model was conducted in structural equation modelling with maximum likelihood estimation and Bollen-Stine bootstrapping, with 5000 bootstrap resamples, to test the hypotheses. Results: The perception that managers are deliberative had the greatest positive direct relationship with subordinates’ goal commitment, followed by the directive style. Subordinates’ perception of managers as complaisant, in turn, were unrelated to goal commitment (amotivational), whereas the perception of managers as hostile had a negative relationship with goal commitment. Informational justice, not interpersonal justice, emerged as the only mediating variable. Conclusion: Managers should be encouraged to actively seek feedback from subordinates on their goal-setting styles. Managers can accordingly adapt their behaviour to effectively motivate subordinates to commit to organisational goals.

The relationship between leadership styles and employee-driven innovation: the mediating role of leader–member exchange

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the association of two opposite leadership styles with employee-driven innovation and how the leader–member exchange mediates these relationships.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used online surveys administrated in two waves to collect data from 315 employees working in the banking sector in Norway. Exogenous variables, which include empowering and directive leadership styles, were measured at time 1, while the endogenous variables of the leader–member exchange and employee-driven innovation were measured at time 2. The data were analysed using structural equation modelling.FindingsThe findings confirmed that empowering leaders are more likely to have a positive relationship with their subordinates and in turn, stimulate employee-driven innovation. Conversely, the directive leadership style was found to have a negative relationship with the quality of the relationship between leaders and subordinates. It was also found that the association of directive leadership with employee-driven innovation was negative and indirect through the leader–member exchange.Research limitations/implicationsThe data for the study were collected from a single organisation, which limits the generalisability of the study. Several other leadership styles were not covered in this study.Originality/valueThis paper provides empirical evidence to support the association between leadership styles and employee-driven innovation. Analyses of these relationship types are unavailable in the employee-driven innovation literature.

Is Service Quality a Driver of the Regulatory Welfare State? Policies for Health Services in Germany and France

The article analyzes the design and development of health services in Germany and France—two countries with similar welfare states but with striking differences in their national regulatory styles. Using these comparative cases, I show how the interplay of long-term institutional factors and short-term political factors shaped the establishment and development of these regulatory welfare states’ (RWS) social services. Specifically, I argue that the discovery of service quality in the 1990s had the potential to accelerate RWS development. In Germany, characterized by a corporatist state tradition and a cooperative regulatory style, the political debate on quality (either as a parameter of competition or as a concept for the professional consolidation of service production) had a greater influence on the design of the national quality regulation system (goals, instruments, processes, institutions) than in France, which is characterized by a state-centered Napoleonic tradition and a directive regulatory style.