Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role that the emotional expressions (i.e. emotional masking and emotional sharing) of students play in fostering positive implicit abilities, as indicated by learning, interpersonal skills and the ability to acquire a supervisor’s support. By...

Purpose The rapid development of e-commerce has brought not only great convenience to people but a great challenge to online stores. Phenomenon such as out of stock and slow sales has been common in recent years. These issues can be managed only when the occurrence of the sales volume is...

Purpose – Relatively little research has examined whether pay dispersion influences men's and women's earnings differently. The purpose of this paper is to fill this research gap. Design/methodology/approach – The authors used survey design and multiple regressions to analyze a sample of 650...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the change of margin in Chinese futures markets has policy spillover effects. Design/methodology/approach – The paper constructs a model based on Harzmark and on Chng, taking Chinese futures markets status quo as a single species...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze the role of differentiated margin system in leading investors' investing behavior and then optimize investor structure in futures markets. Design/methodology/approach – Using economic experimental research method, this paper...

Purpose This paper aims to test penis panic theory, which predicts that trans women will face more discrimination than trans men in some but not all situations. Design/methodology/approach Respondents were 262 American college students who were all enrolled in the same undergraduate course. They...

Purpose Persons with disabilities (PWD) are among the largest and most diverse minority groups and among the most disadvantaged in terms of employment. Entrepreneurial pursuit is often advocated as a path toward employment, inclusion, and equality, yet few studies have investigated earning...

Purpose Persons with childhood-onset disabilities are among the most marginalized populations, often unemployed or underemployment in jobs providing neither adequate hours for financial self-sufficiency nor fulfillment through skill-utilization. The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent...

The collaborative development of the electricity and carbon markets can reduce transaction costs, stimulate energy conservation and emission reductions, and accelerate the social transition to low carbon. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of the current state and policy challenges...

Purpose – There has been a surge of overseas investment from China, both to developing and developed countries. However, there is limited understanding of the impact the internationalization of these firms has on their value creation. This paper seeks to draw on the reconciled FSA/CSA...