The challenges of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami for strategic international human resource management in multinational nonprofit enterprises

In December 2004, the Indian Ocean tsunami created devastation across the Asia-Pacific region. Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm, we investigate the emerging strategic international human resource management challenges in multinational nonprofit enterprises (MNNPEs). Using a two-stage research design, we analyse open-ended survey responses, organisation documents and newspaper articles. Findings suggest that simultaneous surges in supply and demand for resources did not allow sufficient time for developing organisational capacity, adversely affecting MNNPEs' local responses. Furthermore, the quality of human resources and the human resource systems that manage those resources form crucial aspects of an organisation's disaster management

Applying a strategic international human resource management framework to international non-governmental organisations

Our research explores the organisational context of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs), an increasingly important sector that has been largely overlooked by management scholars. This sector is of increasing importance in Australia and throughout the world. We focus on Strategic International Human Resource Management (SIHRM), as a particularly important area of management for INGOs. The central purpose of this paper is to propose a framework of strategic international HRM for INGOs and offer a series of propositions specific to INGOs. By doing this, implications for future theoretical and empirical development emerge, with particular attention given to the Australian context

Development and validation of an assay for measurement of leptin in pig saliva

BACKGROUND: Leptin has been measured in human in saliva samples. However, the low leptin concentration found in this biological fluid makes necessary the use of high sensitive methods. To the authors’ knowledge, leptin has not been measured in porcine saliva. This study aimed to develop and validate a time-resolved immunofluorometric assay (TR-IFMA) for salivary leptin measurements in pigs, using a species-specific antibody, and to evaluate how salivary leptin changes with body weight, food ingestion, and in experimental models of stress and inflammation. Polyclonal antibodies were produced in rabbits immunized with recombinant porcine leptin and used to develop a sandwich TR-IFMA. RESULTS: The method had intra-assay and inter-assay coefficients of variation lower than 10 and 16 %, respectively. The assay was accurate and the low limit of detection allowed detection of leptin in all analyzed samples. Salivary leptin concentration was positively correlated to body weight (r = 0.58, P = 0.01) and increased after food ingestion (P < 0.001) and after 24 h of applying a model of experimental inflammation by turpentine injection (P < 0.05). However, it did not significantly change after a model of acute stress consisting of a nose snare restraining. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that the developed assay can measure leptin in porcine saliva in a reliable way and that leptin in saliva is influenced by body weight, food ingestion and inflammation

Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

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