Career Calling and Taking Charge Behavior among Street-Level Public Servants: the Roles of Public Service Motivation and Collectivist Orientation
VOLUME 21, 2024
The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review
VOLUME 6, 2023
HongYan Wang
College of Economics and Management, Hubei Polytechnic University. Huangshi 435003, China
College of Economics and Management, Hubei Polytechnic University. Huangshi 435003, China
RuiHong Liu
College of Economics and Management, Hubei Polytechnic University. Huangshi 435003, China
College of Economics and Management, Hubei Polytechnic University. Huangshi 435003, China
lie Ao
College of Economics and Management, Hubei Polytechnic University. Huangshi 435003, China
College of Economics and Management, Hubei Polytechnic University. Huangshi 435003, China
Abstract
Taking charge behavior (TCB) is fundamental to government governance and public reform, especially in developing countries like China. Based on the conservation of resources theory, this study presents a moderated mediation model to examine whether and how career calling (CC) impacts TCB among Chinese street-level public servants. The sample was based on a survey of 548 full-time street-level public servants from the Chinese public sector, and the data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and bootstrap analysis. The results show that the CC of street-level public servants positively influenced TCB; that public service motivation (PSM) partly mediated the CC-TCB link; and that this relationship was stronger among street-level public servants with a high level of collectivist orientation (CO). These findings have theoretical implications for the TCB literature and managerial implications for public sector administrators.
Keywords :
Career Calling; Taking Charge Behavior; Public Service Motivation; Collectivist Orientation; Conservation of Resources Theory.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Abstract
Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords :
Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty