Child-Pugh-Turcott versus Meld score for predicting survival in a retrospective cohort of black African cirrhotic patients

AIM: To compare the performance of the Child-Pugh-Turcott (CPT) score to that of the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score in predicting survival of a retrospective cohort of 172 Black African patients with cirrhosis on a short and mid-term basis

Leadership, innovation and work values ethic in Asia: A conceptual relationship

Due to differences in cultures and values, it is widely suggested that management practices need to be adjusted to suit the environmental context. Few studies, however, have explored the relationships between work values at the individual level and both leadership behavior and workplace innovation. This chapter presents a conceptual framework that represents the relationship between work values ethic (WVE) and workplace innovation by introducing leadership as a moderating factor. Both the direct and mediating relationships are examined in order to develop a series of propositions. It is expected that the conceptual relationships and propositions will be tested at a later stage of the study. The testing of the direct and mediating relationships will contribute to the body of knowledge in the field of leadership, innovation and WVE. It will also assist researchers to gain a better understanding of the relationships among these key organizational variables