{"title":"Review and Comparison of Multi-Method and Mixed Method Application in Research Studies","authors":"R. Vivek, Y. Nanthagopan","doi":"10.15421/192119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/192119","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: To explore the feasibility of using the multi-method and mixed-method in research studies by reviewing and comparing both methods. \u0000Design / Method / Approach: Using the literature, historical background on mixed-methods and multiple-methods design principles are collected and applied in this paper in a systematic review format. \u0000Findings: The major finding from this research is that incorporating quantitative and qualitative data in the form of a mixed or multi-method study has the potential to dramatically increase the accuracy and quality of any research's analysis and conclusions. \u0000Theoretical Implications: The study contributes to the theoretical understanding of how mixed and multi-method studies have distinct and distinguishable characteristics; it encourages researchers to conduct investigations appropriately to accomplish their research goals. The authors of this article introduce different designs (e.g., embedded design, explanatory design) which combine a mixed-method approach with a multi-method one. \u0000Practical Implications: This study concludes that both mixed methods and multi methods are reliable and have unique characteristics that increase the validity (i.e., external validity, generalizability) and reliability of study findings. \u0000Originality / Value: The authors of this paper present a taxonomy how to combine mixed methods with multi methods. \u0000Research Limitations / Future Research: Research should be directed at defining the appropriate design for a multi-method approach to help researchers conduct multi method studies scientifically. \u0000Paper Type: Conceptual.","PeriodicalId":32724,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Management Issues","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47456738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Модельна оцінка результативності інноваційної діяльності економічного суб’єкту в контексті сталого розвитку (на прикладі домогосподарства)","authors":"Roman V. Ivanov, Tetiana V. Grynko","doi":"10.15421/192118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/192118","url":null,"abstract":"Мета роботи: Розробити модель формування економічної поведінки домогосподарств в умовах балансу доходів і витрат, яка дозволяє провести якісну оцінку впливу інноваційної діяльності домогосподарства на процеси сталого розвитку. \u0000Результати дослідження: У статті розвинено концепцію сталого розвитку та на основі моделі, побудованої у просторі станів, уперше запропоновано конструкт, який отримав назву «активний економічний диполь». За його допомогою аналітично доведено, що інноваційна діяльність домогосподарств позитивно впливає як на їх сталий розвиток, так і на сталий розвиток економічної системи в цілому \u0000Практичне значення дослідження: Запропонований підхід може бути використаний для якісної оцінки ефективності діяльності економічних суб’єктів в умовах збалансованої циркуляції ресурсів в контексті стійкого розвитку. \u0000Оригінальність / Цінність дослідження: Авторська модель оцінки інноваційної діяльності домогосподарств оригінальна. Модель не має аналогів у науковій літературі досліджуваної предметної області. \u0000Обмеження досліджень / Перспективи подальших досліджень: Дослідження пропонує узагальнену модель без повного опису розмірності її складових та процедури визначення вхідних параметрів. Такий опис та його застосування визначають потенційні напрямки подальших досліджень. \u0000Тип статті: Теоретичний.","PeriodicalId":32724,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Management Issues","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42695475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Many Faces of Distance – A Typology of Distance in Management","authors":"M. Botts","doi":"10.15421/192117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/192117","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Based on the various streams of distance literature in management, a framework is provided to make discourses on distance clear. \u0000Design / Method / Approach: After a review of the most relevant distance concepts, a typology with five categories is introduced, which are then applied to the most relevant distance concepts in management. \u0000Findings: A clear typology helps to clearly define and differentiate the various streams of distance literature. \u0000Theoretical Implications: With the conceptual categories ‘topic’, ‘dimensionality’, and ‘level of analysis’, and the empirical categories ‘variables’ and ‘distance calculation’, distance concepts become more consistent. \u0000Practical Implications: With a terminology for the different aspects of distance, practitioners can focus more clearly on specific remedies to bridge distance. \u0000Originality / Value: The paper offers a new typology of different elements of distance. \u0000Research Limitations / Future Research: The introduced typology will aid in the discussion of distance in management. \u0000 \u0000Paper type: Conceptual","PeriodicalId":32724,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Management Issues","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47596256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of the Impact of Business Greening, which Based on Circular Economy Principles, on Sustainable Tourism Development in European Countries","authors":"N. Meshko, A. Nikolaienko","doi":"10.15421/192116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/192116","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: To test the hypothesis of the relationship between the degree of business greening on the basis of a circular economy and indicators that determine the level of international tourism attractiveness of European countries in the context of sustainable tourism. \u0000Findings: The author puts forward a hypothesis about the existence of a stable relationship between the business greening degree, which based on the principles of a circular economy, and the level of tourist attractiveness of the country. Based on the analysis of the basic provisions of the circular economy concept and the principles of sustainable development, the author provides a theoretical substantiation of this relationship. The author testes the hypothesis by clustering European countries according to the Environmental Performance Index and, based on correlation analysis, determines a close relationship between economic and environmental indicators within each of the clusters. Calculations show that in some regions of Europe there is a positive impact of the spread of the circular economy on the intensification of migration flows to the country. \u0000Practical Implications: The results of the research can be used in the practice of international companies when justifying the feasibility of investments in circular projects and programs for the transition to environmental development of territories, as well as for public administration in the development of a positive tourist image of the country. \u0000Originality/Value: For the first time, the author proposes a methodological approach to assessing the tourist attractiveness of a country in the context of business greening based on a circular economy. \u0000Future Research: Image-making of territories based on a circular economy, systematization of world experience in tourist consumption greening, the formation of tourist clusters in countries with a high level of development of the circular economy. \u0000 \u0000Paper type: Empirical","PeriodicalId":32724,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Management Issues","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47487360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Benefits of Web-based Idea Management System Application","authors":"Elīna Miķelsone, Aivars Spilbergs, J. Segers","doi":"10.15421/192115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/192115","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Research web-based idea management system (IMS) application benefits and their relations with different IMS types and how it is all related to the IMS results – idea quality, idea quantity and involvement. \u0000Design/Method/Approach: On the basis of a commercially available web-based IMS study and the analysis of cases of the IMS use, the main benefits of IMS were identified. The survey verified the most typical benefits for the IMS use. On the basis of a thematic analysis of the benefits, they were grouped together in advance in the thematic groups that were addressed. Data collection: the survey of 400 enterprises with web-based IMS experience was carried out. Data analysis: descriptive statistics and MANOVA analysis were utilized. \u0000Findings: The potential benefits of IMS in 4 main groups: the benefits of an idea management (IM) process, the benefits of innovation management, the benefits of cooperation, and the benefits of general management were determined. According to MANOVA, all groups of benefits have strong connections with all types of a web-based IMS. \u0000Originality/Value: This study fills the previously identified need to clarify the types of IMS and their impact on the results and benefits of IMS application. Academic contribution to the study is (1) it is the broadest survey-based study of the web-based IMS benefits; (2) it applies two classifications of IMS; (3) it explores relations among the results, benefits and IMS types. Practical contribution is the outcomes of the study will help companies to understand what results can be achieved using different types of IMS. \u0000Research Limitations/Future Research: This research opens avenues for the future research on the web-based IMS application in organizations exploring each of the benefit relations with the web-based IMS types. \u0000 \u0000Paper type: Empirical.","PeriodicalId":32724,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Management Issues","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41401773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Operation Algorithm of the Adaptive Mechanism for Managing the Strategy Implementation in Digital Business Environment","authors":"M. Nikolaiev, T. Cherniavska","doi":"10.15421/192114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/192114","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: To substantiate the elements of a complex mechanism for adaptive business strategies implementation and to develop an algorithm for its operation in a digital environment. \u0000Findings: A hypothesis about the positive impact of global digitalization of business on the formation of an adaptive mechanism for managing the business strategy implementation. It is proved that in the digital environment the indicative tools and flexible methods of making managerial decisions are activated, the efficiency of functioning of the corresponding mechanisms increases. The author offers adaptive mechanism for managing the business strategy implementation in the conditions of digital environment, substantiates its components, determines the tools for environmental diagnostics, selection and implementation of adaptive strategies, and highlights the principles of operation and interconnection of the subsystems of the mechanism. The article reveals functions and tasks of the adaptive mechanism and offers the algorithm of its introduction in the conditions of the digital environment. \u0000Practical Implications: The results of the study can be used in the practice of management of modern economic entities in order to ensure management decisions and strategic development in the context of global digitalization of business. \u0000Originality/Value: For the first time, the author proposes the adaptive mechanism for managing the business strategy implementation in a digital environment and substantiates its components, functions, methods and tools. \u0000Future Research: Risk management of adaptive strategies, indicative technologies of diagnostics of digital environment, systematization of world experience of strategic adaptive management. \u0000 \u0000Paper type: Theoretical","PeriodicalId":32724,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Management Issues","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44973420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dominants and Features of Growth of the World Market of Robotics","authors":"V. Makedon, O. Mykhailenko, R. Vazov","doi":"10.15421/192113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/192113","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Explore the current state, trends and development prospects of the global robotics market, especially the industrial robotics segment, as well as the service robots segment. \u0000Design/Method/Approach: Logical, statistical, and graphical methods were used; systemic, structural-functional, and comparative types of analysis. The specificity of the interdisciplinary research is expressed in the use of the methodology for graphical presentation of the life cycle of technologies and goods. \u0000Findings: The format for the use of “end-to-end” digital technologies, which include robotics, artificial intelligence and others, was determined, which leads to extreme changes in production and consumption and, in fact, marks the onset of a new technological order. It can be stated that a new cluster of innovations has been formed in the information technology industry, going beyond its limits, explosively transforming the sectors of the economy, the activities of the state and business, society and the world as a whole. The world markets for new technologies and goods are being formed, the composition and distribution of the roles of the participants in the global innovation system are changing. Modern concepts of innovative development of the world economy were studied, and a comparative analysis of methods for studying the markets of high-tech goods in various schools of economics was carried out. The authors outlined the features of the formation of the world robotics industry as a large technological system and assessed the place of the world market of robots in the world economy. The study contains the results of the work carried out to study the conditions and factors of the development of the global robotics market, as well as an overview of its geographical and corporate structure. In the scientific work, a study of the features of pricing in the robotics market and the specifics of creating and financing robotic projects was carried out. \u0000Theoretical Implications: A comprehensive assessment of the global robotics market was carried out and the leading vectors of its transformations and growth prospects were identified. \u0000Practical Implications: The obtained results of the study can be used as the basis for the formation of a corporate strategy for the development of individual companies and enterprises of industrial sectors of the world economy in order to accelerate innovative, technical and economic development in a durable format. \u0000Originality/Value: The features and components of the development of the world industrial robotics market have been investigated. The encouraging directions of robotization of the world economy are determined. Prospects for further research. The obtained results can be used in the context of the promising development of a national doctrine or policy of robotization and the development of digital robotic systems of industry in the countries of the world. \u0000Future Research: The obtained results can be used in the context","PeriodicalId":32724,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Management Issues","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49606991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategy Implementation: Does Hierarchy Culture Matter in Licensed Professional Societies in East Africa","authors":"Anne Njagi","doi":"10.15421/192112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/192112","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study is aimed at establishing hierarchy and strategy relationship in registered professional bodies in Kenya. \u0000Design/Method/Approach: The dependent variable was measured through policy implementation, resource assessment and motivation. Hierarchy culture as an independent variable was measured through dominant characteristic and management of employees. Using a descriptive design approach, the study collected a return of 132 responses from a target of 168 in professional bodies of Kenya. The study set up a null hypothesis to be tested using a linear regression model to establish the relationship between dependent and independent variables. \u0000Findings: For hierarchy constructs, it was established that there was a significant correlation between strategy implementation and dominant characteristics r = .316, p < .05 with the management of employees r = .288, p < .05. \u0000Theoretical Implications: This paper expanded the body of research on organizational culture by showing that there is a significant relationship between the hierarchy culture and strategy implementation with both dominant characteristics and management of employees showing positive effects for the relationship. \u0000Originality/Value: This research shows that the organizations that are most successful in the market have a strong hierarchy culture within their environment. Therefore, professional bodies must at least have a mechanism of ensuring hierarchy culture within the organization. \u0000Research Limitations/Future Research: The study only looked at the association between hierarchy culture and strategy implementation. Future studies should investigate the relationship between strategy implementation and other dimensions of an organizational culture. \u0000 \u0000Paper type: Empirical ","PeriodicalId":32724,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Management Issues","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46456840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employee Satisfaction and Job Performance in the Accommodation Sector: Basis for Human Resource Plans","authors":"Arceli W. Romasanta","doi":"10.15421/192111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/192111","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: It is impossible to meet the guest's needs when employees come and go, and it is costly to find new employees to recruit. The study aims to find ways of retaining employees while also investigating why they leave their jobs. \u0000Design/Method/Approach: A descriptive-correlational method of research in a quantitative design was used to determine correlation between variables. The study was highly accepted in terms of a Cronbach α = .988 which indicates an excellent index of reliability. Survey questionnaires served as a tool to draw facts about employees’ satisfaction and employees’ level of job performance in the accommodation sector. \u0000Findings: The study revealed the existing relationship between employee satisfaction and job performance in the accommodation sector. Based on the research findings, employee satisfaction is an important aspect that affects job performance and organizational success. Hence, the accommodation sector may leap at a chance of increasing employee satisfaction since it is the best predictor of job performance in the accommodation sector. \u0000Theoretical Implications: This paper expanded the body of research on employee satisfaction in relation to Herzberg’s Theory: (1) hygiene factors such as work environment, wages and benefits, and job security if they are not present at work will lead to dissatisfaction; (2) motivator factors such as career and personal work will increase employee satisfaction; (3) employee satisfaction mediates relationship with job performance. \u0000Originality/Value: This research can act efficiently through an enhanced human resource plan providing an optimal balance of human capital leading to increased productivity and retained quality employees. \u0000Research Limitations/Future Research: This research opens avenues for future research on dynamic capabilities in the hotel sector. \u0000 \u0000Paper type: Theoretical","PeriodicalId":32724,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Management Issues","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43400097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olga Lygina, Marzhan Urazgaliyeva, Nursulu Kalaganova, I. Rykova
{"title":"Управление отходами в контексте перехода к циркулярной экономике: кейс Казахстана","authors":"Olga Lygina, Marzhan Urazgaliyeva, Nursulu Kalaganova, I. Rykova","doi":"10.15421/192109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15421/192109","url":null,"abstract":"Цель работы: Переосмыслить концепцию управления отходами в контексте перехода к циркулярной экономике, дать оценку, установить особенности и определить направления апробации зарубежного опыта в сфере управления отходами в Казахстане. \u0000Дизайн/Метод/Подход исследования: Теоретический подход основан на обобщении существующих исследований, на материалах контент-анализа существующих современных источников в области циркулярной экономики. Исследование проведено путем отбора, систематизации фактов и данных, абстрагирования, обобщения для выявления проблем переработки отходов в Казахстане и поиска их решения. \u0000Результаты исследования: Система управления отходами является одним из условий реализации «зеленой экономики», что обусловлено недостаточной степенью развитости практических подходов к теме переработки отходов производства и потребления. Одним из движущих факторов, способствующих эффективности функционирования системы управления отходами, является осознание и понимание теоретико-практической сущности и целей «зеленых» категорий, таких как циркулярная модель производства, технологии переработки, инструменты финансирования и пр. Все это направлено на разрешение проблем, связанных с загрязнением окружающей среды. Основными факторами, препятствующими развитию системы управления отходами, являются в большей степени внутренние факторы, в том числе личностные. \u0000Теоретическая ценность исследования: Обосновано, что в Казахстане необходимо полное формирование системы управления отходами с учетом возможности использования мирового опыта и совершенствования практики действующего рынка сбыта вторичных ресурсов. Кроме того рассмотрен вопрос актуализации деятельности информационных компаний по привлечению общественного внимания к этой проблеме. \u0000Практическое значение исследования: Достигнутые результаты могут быть использованы в различных регионах Казахстана для привлечения внимания местных представительных органов, общественности на проблему управления отходами, являющуюся одной из важных составляющих циркулярной экономики в контексте развития «зеленой экономики». \u0000Социальные последствия: Достижение определенных результатов в области рационального и эффективного управления отходами приводит к минимизации их отрицательного влияния на окружающую среду. \u0000Оригинальность/Ценность исследования: Оригинальность статьи состоит в том, что в ней более системно рассматриваются проблемы слабого функционирования системы управления отходами на сегодняшний день. \u0000Ограничения исследования/Перспективы дальнейших исследований: Перспективы дальнейших исследований связаны с продолжением анализа проблем формирования системы управления отходами и поиска путей их решения. \u0000Тип статьи: Теоретический.","PeriodicalId":32724,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Management Issues","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43401679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}