Purpose In the context of artificial intelligence (AI), machines may replace humans, thereby disrupting established actor bonds in business-to-business (B2B) relationships and bringing issues of trust to the fore. This paper aims to review and discuss trust across human-to-machine, machine-intermediated and machine-to-machine interactions, exploring how B2B exchanges are being transformed by the advent of AI. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper is underpinned by an integrative literature review and discussions of trust in the context of AI. The integrative review synthesises arguments across multiple bodies of literature to generate novel insights. Trust related to the actor dimension in the actor-resource-activity model provides the foundation for the discussion. Findings The paper highlights how prior literature typically positions AI on the supplier side, focusing on decision-making applications related to episodic exchanges and on AI as a complement to human actors. The paper develops a conceptual grid that extends existing knowledge to encompass generative and reasoning AI across human-to-machine, machine-intermediated and machine-to-machine interactions. It addresses the strategic nature of interactions that transcend AI's involvement in isolated exchanges. Originality/value The focus on socially disrupted exchanges, and the mechanisms through which these are compensated, offers an important conceptual foundation for future research on the implications of AI replacing humans in B2B interactions. Furthermore, the grid helps address future-oriented advancements in AI, extending beyond current research and applications.
Female athletes encounter biological challenges, such as puberty and hormonal health, embedded within psychosocial coaching environments. Despite their relevance, these topics remain insufficiently integrated into coach education programmes. This study surveyed 779 coaches in Norway and Sweden to examine perceived knowledge versus the importance of female-specific topics through a biopsychosocial perspective. Results revealed a consistent discrepancy: coaches rated these topics as highly important but reported limited knowledge. Latent profile analysis identified three distinct profiles: "High-Performance but Resource-Limited", "Aware but Underprepared", and "Confident but Unaware," with no significant differences based on coach sex or education. Across profiles, coaches reported limited resource access and a strong need for education regarding how these factors impact communication, training, and well-being. These findings indicate persistent gaps in coach preparedness, highlighting the need for context-sensitive education. Integrating biologically grounded content within a biopsychosocial perspective may strengthen coaching practice and thus enhance female athletes long-term development.
In this essay, I will tell the reader about the relationship between Academia-the person, Academia-the institution, and too many female academics. Through these experiences, I will offer examples of some of the typical abuse experienced at the hands of Academia. There is no happy ending to this relationship because so many of us did not stay, and too many are suffering in silence, not talking about their experience, following the advice of women that came before us, recommending we "don't say anything." The story will be concluded by a call for trust, transparency, and care; the suggestion for women to resist; and a demand for systematic institutional change.
This study focused on a novel approach to combine humin, derived from fructose-based biorefinery processes, with two-dimensional graphene nanoparticles and glyoxal, a bio-based crosslinker, to formulate functional bioadhesives for manufacturing particleboards. Five different single-layer 8 mm particleboard panels were prepared using the developed humin-based adhesive formulas with and without graphene and tested by means of their mechanical properties and thickness swelling in accordance with the EN 310 and EN 319standards. The results were compared with panels bonded with commercial melamine-urea-formaldehyde (MUF), showing that the mechanical properties of particleboards bonded with humin reinforced with graphene nanoparticles were almost comparable to those of the control panels. Additionally, the humin-graphene adhesive exhibited significantly lower thickness swelling than the MUF bonded boards. By addressing the limitations of synthetic adhesives, this approach supports the growing demand for environmentally friendly alternatives in the forest products industry.
This paper addresses how a managing director in a social initiative forms and sustains herself as an ethical subject at work. Drawing on ethnographic material and Simon Critchley's philosophy, I theorize her ethical subjectivity through the concepts of ethical experience and faithless faith. The analysis shows how she, through an ethical experience, is passively moved by a felt demand (creating equal opportunities) and then actively binds herself to a notion of good (being a spokesperson). It further shows how her ethical subjectivity is sustained through her faithless faith (practical commitment and continuous striving). The paper extends research on whether ethical subjectivity should be viewed as passive or active by highlighting how it unfolds as both over time. It also contributes to research on how ethical subjectivity can be sustained amid multiple demands and challenges. These insights advance research on ethical subjectivity as a messy, situated, embodied, meaningful, and relational practice.
