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PurposeThis study examines in a cross-lagged design the relationship between ethical organizational culture (EOC), psychological safety (PS) and two organizational interventions aimed at fostering employee engagement and integration as well as increasing decision transparency and employee participation in work design (labeled as FIKA and “Start, Stop & Go”).Design/methodology/approachWe use a cross-lagged design in which we assessed (in a sample of 581 employees) the strength of EOC before deploying two informal interventions aimed at stimulating the informal interactions between leaders and their followers and guiding participative reflections on the progress of work activities. After deployment, we assessed PS in relation to leaders, colleagues and customers as well as the strength of EOC, using the same scales as before the intervention.FindingsResults show that a strong ethical culture promotes PS at the individual as well as at the group level. Although the interventions did not significantly change the strength of EOC, they do enhance the positive association between EOC and PS experienced in relation to the leaders.Research limitations/implicationsMore research is needed on the long(er)-term effects of the interventions studied to determine their lasting impact on EOC and PS. In addition, more research is needed on specific mechanisms through which organizational interventions potentially foster the emergence of EOC.Practical implicationsThese findings highlight the importance of EOC in promoting PS and call for more research on the effectiveness of specific organizational interventions aimed at increasing the strength of EOC. Such interventions could help organizations create more supportive, inclusive and productive work environments.Social implicationsEOC is a key antecedent of (socially) responsible organizational practices and understanding the interplay between EOC and PS is essential for promoting a healthier work culture and improving employee well-being and ultimately organizational financial and non-financial performance.Originality/valueThese findings highlight a systematic attempt to test the effect of informal organizational interventions on the development of ethical values in organizations and present initial empirical evidence concerning the relation between the strength of EOC and PS.

PurposeThis paper aims to focus on the re-presentation of the cultural phenomena hygge in Denmark and fika in Sweden in destination branding and address the inevitability of their essentialization through the branding process.Design/methodology/approachThree relevant semi-structured interviews with destination marketing organisation’s employees were conducted, as well as a content-based analysis of three social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). A total of 465 posts in total were analysed (140 Facebook posts, 109 Twitter posts, 216 Instagram posts).FindingsThis study demonstrates how, when communicated through social media, intangible cultural assets are transformed into tangible elements. It explains why the re-presentation and place branding processes necessarily simplify and essentialize the destination.Originality/valueDestination branding scholars have traditionally criticised the flattening and essentialization of culture in destination branding and have called for a more nuanced approach to presenting a destination. This paper situates destination branding as a process that necessitates the manipulation of the presentation of the destination, which inevitably essentializes the place; this is intended. Critical destination branding researchers need to rethink their criticisms and acknowledge the inherent essentialization goal of destination branding.

This is a dictionary of Bole, a little documented language of the Chadic family, spoken in northeastern Nigeria. This is one of the most comprehensive dictionaries of any Chadic language other than Hausa. All entries for Bole are fully marked for tone and vowel length. The Bole-English-Hausa section has full definitions and explanations of meaning in English with numerous examples of use. Each entry has a Hausa gloss. The English-Bole section is intended mainly as an index to the Bole-English-Hausa section. There are appendices of flora and fauna terms, cultural terms, pronouns, and comprehensive paradigms of verb forms.

\"Basically, this meeting will address the types of questions we've been asked in the past while people were running for council and put it together in to one presentation,\" said Grace Fika, Deputy Chief Election Officer. \"The time commitment really varies. Candidates are expected to attend council meetings, and they can start as early as 1:00 and they can run as late as 8:30, depending on the meeting schedule. There are also travel commitments, training, appointments and committees, and reading and prep work for council meetings. There is no set time commitment because is could be 20 hours one week, 10 the next and 40 the next. It varies depending on what is going on,\" said Fika. \"They get to be a part of the community and the decision-making in the community. Whether you're voting for council or whether you're participating in council, this is the closest level of government to the people. So, as a member of council, you really do have a voice in the direction that our community goes. It's an incredible opportunity for people to make a difference,\" said Fika.

It's not just one department within the City that's responsible for the Facebook page, there's someone from every single department to answer questions posted on the page. [Grace Fika] said questions will be responded to daily. Though Facebook has been around for about six years now, Fika said \"local governments have been a little bit slower jumping on the bandwagon. There's a lot of municipalities across B.C. that sign on in the last two years.\" Whenever possible, the Facebook page will steer users to the City's actual website. Fika said it's a supplement to the City's communication strategy.

It's not just one department within the City that's responsible for the Facebook page, there's someone from every single department to answer questions posted on the page. [Grace Fika] said questions will be responded to daily. Whenever possible, the Facebook page will steer users to the City's actual website. Fika said it's a supplement to the City's communication strategy. Colour Photo: Kelly Lapointe, Alaska Highway News / [Jessica Harrison] and human resources manager Grace Fika discuss the City's newly launched Facebook page.; Colour Photo: (See hard copy for illustration).; Photo: The City of Fort St. John's Twitter page.;

\"I'm hoping we have a good turnout,\" said Grace Fika, chief elections officer. The low turnout in 1996 could be partly explained by the lack of a mayoral race, Fika said. So with longtime councillor Jeanne Pryndik taking on incumbent Steve Thorlakson this year, that could mean a jump in interest this time around. Photo: Michael Purvis photo / Fort St. John chief elections officer Grace Fika is hoping she won't have too many ballots left after the Nov. 16 municipal election. ;

A change of venue, from city hall to Immaculata Hall, should make for easier access to the polls, said Grace Fika. As of noon on Wednesday five people had picked up forms, but Fika said it won't be until those forms are handed in during the nomination period that people will know for sure who is running for mayor or the city's six council seats. SD60 chief election officer Sherry Hunt said there may be no need to have elections in all the zones if only one person decides to run.

\"It's disappointing that vandals would attack and destroy things that the community values,\" [Grace Fika] said. \"We buy the flowers and work really hard to beautify this city so it's really disappointing that someone in the community would actually destroy that.\" \"Just because we're the City doesn't mean we're part of the community, so if people would assist us in kind of being the eyes and the ears and encourage that stuff not to happen in the future,\" Fika said. \"Everything we have belongs to all of us. Just because it's a City tree doesn't mean it's not a community tree. We should all take care of those assets within the community because they really belong to the residents.\" \"I don't have any money in the budget for replacing trees this year, but if we find we can graft a seedling to those trees that might be an option,\" he said. \"It's challenging for the staff but it would give them peace of mind to know we could restore those trees. This isn't the first time we've dealt with this kind of thing. Up at the hospital that happened, and someone grafted three different trees onto it that are now all growing out of the same stump, so it's not impossible.\"

An Orlando man was killed early Sunday morning when the car in which he was riding left the road and struck a tree in eastern Orange County. Shawn Fika, 33, died at the scene. He was a passenger in a car driven by 29-year-old Joshua Clayton, also of Orlando. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Clayton was heading eastbound on Oberly Parkway at about midnight. The road ends near the intersection of Abalone Boulevard, but Clayton kept driving before running into a tree. He suffered minor injuries and was taken to Florida Hospital East, FHP said. The scene of the crash is in Wedgefield.