{"title":"Model of Mitigation: Strategies to Utilise Unique Insider Research Opportunities","authors":"Nerolie Dever, Lisa Barnes, W. Long","doi":"10.20448/2001.102.75.84","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.102.75.84","url":null,"abstract":"Insider research has in the past challenged researchers in terms of blurred lines, objectivity, bias confidentiality and maintaining professional working relationships. The opportunities it presents however include access to information, trust in the data collection, insider and intimate knowledge, and the ability for rich inside data collection. This paper discusses these opportunities and challenges, then makes recommendations for ten strategies to assist in data collection by an insider researcher. These strategies include communication, mixed methods, reflections, debrief, distance, confidentiality, interview technique, social network, voluntary and objectivity. The research concludes with the creation of a Model of Mitigation, which posits the ten mitigation strategies along with the four opportunities to assist insider researchers to overcome obstacles when conducting insider research, as insider research has been shown to collect rich data and enable organisations to reflect on the research findings and to implement recommendations made on an individual but organisation wide basis.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115696362","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":"Network Intelligence as a Necessity of the New Time","authors":"Tolstoguzov Oleg Viktorovich, Belykh Anastasia Dmitrievna","doi":"10.20448/2001.102.61.74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.102.61.74","url":null,"abstract":"Realization of a modernization agenda requires improvement of competencies and intellectualization of territorial development of the management system in conditions of increasing uncertainty of the management situation and systemic risks. The purpose of our study was to analyze a spatial distribution of an intellectual potential of regions and propose a conclusion about leveling of risks from gaps in the economic space. We consider the following competencies as a basis of a potential that determines intellectualization of the management system. This is the ability to train personnel of HSQ and create and promote innovations. The factor analysis was used as a tool. The following conclusion was made: it is necessary to pay attention to development of national scientific schools because the education system is a basis for a formation of the competence economy. Moreover, it is necessary to stimulate development of the entire system of knowledge reproduction, and the entire space without gaps. The pandemic forced active development of digital platforms, transferring many spheres of public life. Opportunities for creating “the network intelligence” have increased. The need to improve competencies has increased, including development of a digital environment. It is possible to eliminate systemic risks that have arisen due to the gap in the economic space by strengthening collaborations based on digital platforms and forming “the network intelligence”. The basic element of knowledge reproduction is training of qualified personnel at the university education system. Therefore, it is necessary to continue strengthening the integration and form collective models of the innovation process.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"65 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128023536","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 Influence of Customer Attitude towards Customer Purchase Decision by Implementing Green Marketing","authors":"Yanto Ramli, Deffa Putri Maysari","doi":"10.20448/2001.81.42.50","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.81.42.50","url":null,"abstract":"Indonesia has been taking serious attention concerning the disposal of plastic waste in the ocean. Terrible data concerning plastic trash in the Ocean, harm and kill lots of animals around the ocean where plastic waste was found in the stomach of the sea animals. The purpose of this study is to analyse and implement green marketing in the fast food restaurants to promote and educate customers about the dangers of using plastic products and reduce them from the fast food restaurants. The research is to analyse the customer awareness and attitude towards their purchase decision in relating to green marketing as the intervening variable. The data collection is done through distribution of questionnaire, where the population is consisted of customers from KFC restaurants in Jakarta, Indonesia. This is a descriptive and verification research; the descriptive methods are based on assessment analysis and the verification methods are based on quantitative analysis. The sample determination is done through Simple Random Sampling and the analysis technique is using Partial Least Square (PLS). The results show that customer awareness and customer attitude have positive and significant effect towards green marketing and consumer behavior has the most significant influence towards green marketing compared to consumer attitude. The results show that the KFC customers' awareness concerning the plastic waste is still low even though they understand the danger of the plastic waste, but gradually based on their behavior it starts to increase after implementing green marketing and to educate them the danger of plastic waste and the limitation of plastic products in the restaurants.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130945472","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":"Antecedents of Firm’s Performance: A Conceptual Model","authors":"L. Hailiang, S. Ramzani, Hou Cheng Long","doi":"10.20448/2001.81.25.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.81.25.32","url":null,"abstract":"This paper has been remained as evidence from the creative industry of China where it builds a conceptual framework on antecedents of organizational performance. A systematic literature review was conducted to study the possible antecedents of the performance. It found a number of factors that affect the performance of the creative Chinese industry; the major focus was on absorptive capacity, entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation. The study provides a conceptual framework, to elaborate the combination with a significant effect on performance of the firms and it is a unique contribution to literature and practice.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130683255","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 Influencing Factors of UF Software Dividend Policy","authors":"Chunxia Lai, Liang Huang","doi":"10.20448/2001.72.15.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.72.15.20","url":null,"abstract":"With the rapid development of China's economy, many companies have listed one after another. Now, dividends have become an important bridge connecting the relationship between enterprises and investors (Li, 2019). A reasonable dividend policy can help shareholders to correctly understand the company's development and make decisions. Then the distribution of dividends has become an important part of the development of the company, and it is also crucial to the reputation of the company, which in turn affects the operation and operation of the company. If the company chooses the appropriate dividend policy, it will promote its own development, thus maintaining its good image; if it is not appropriate, it may cause the company to fall into a bad situation (Wang, 2016). In this context, UFIDA software is taken as an example to explain the distribution of dividends of UFIDA Software Co., Ltd., and then analyze the reasons and influencing factors, and explore various factors affecting dividend policy, and put forward relevant suggestions.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128900299","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":"Shortage of Technicians, Intellectual Property Rights Disputes and Labor Property Rights","authors":"J. Dai, Lucong Wang","doi":"10.20448/2001.71.11.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.71.11.14","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyzes the shortage of technical personnel in China from the perspective of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and the labor property rights. From the micro point of view, this paper points out that due to the uniqueness of intellectual labor, intellectual property right system and the incomplete property rights of intellectual labor, intellectual property rights disputes occur between technical personnel and enterprises. Such conflicts greatly reduce the return on human capital investment of skilled personnel, which leads to insufficient supply of labor and shortage of skilled workers. This paper also puts forward how to alleviate and avoid the disputes of intellectual property rights and the shortage of technical personnel.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128490139","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":"Strategic Orientation and Organizational Ambidexterity Practices of Mobile Communication Firms in Port Harcourt","authors":"M. Wegwu","doi":"10.20448/2001.71.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.71.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between strategic orientation and organizational ambidexterity practices of mobile communication firms in Port Harcourt. One research question was asked deemed very important and one hypothesis was also tested. A sample size of 112 was used from a population of 162 employees which consisted of 4 top level managers, 37 middle level managers and 121 supervisors in the regional offices of four mobile communication firms in Port Harcourt. A cross-sectional survey technique was adopted, questionnaire distributed and data generated were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. Result revealed that strategic orientation has significant relationship with organisational ambidexterity. It was therefore recommended that strategic orientation of the firms should be predicted on the dynamics of market competitiveness and the environment to effectively influence organizational ambidexterity.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121505582","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":"Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chain Practices, Organisation Culture on Firm Performance. A Mediation Approach","authors":"Zurah Chepkoech Mohammed, V. Ngeno, C. Lagat","doi":"10.20448/2001.62.34.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.62.34.45","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainability is increasingly turning into a strategic business project that firms are recognizing that sustainable carry outs can be economical and ought to make fresh income streams as well as enhance client and worker gratification. Despite this, sustainability and performance of firms have received little research attention. Using Natural Resource-Based View and stakeholder theory, research main purpose was to determine the mediating effect of organization culture on the association amid environmentally sustainable supply chain practices and firm performance. This study used descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlation, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to test the hypothesis. Data collected from 281 Kenyan manufacturing firms were used to test study hypotheses. From bias-corrected bootstrapping Structural Equation Modeling, results showed that organization culture variable fully mediates the association amid environmentally maintainable supply chain methods on the performance of manufacturing firms. Thus, the study infers that a strong organizational culture in the organization leads to the enhanced implementation of environmentally sustainable supply chain practices in the organization which in turn increases the performance of manufacturing firms. Without organization culture, these practices may go unheeded and not contribute to improved performance of manufacturing firms in Kenya. Consequently, this study recommends that the managers of these firms should build an organizational culture with environmental concerns in all their processes. This study hence contributes to theory and practice by the inclusion of organizational culture and also extends natural resource-based view and stakeholder theories of a firm.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133432018","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":"Critical Discourse Analysis and the Cultivation of Critical Reading Ability","authors":"Luo Yizhen","doi":"10.20448/2001.62.29.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.62.29.33","url":null,"abstract":"As an important part of English learning, English reading should not only focus on the input of language knowledge, but also the cultivation of critical language awareness and critical thinking model. The traditional English reading model usually includes vocabulary learning, background knowledge introduction and text analysis, which is limited to letting students understand the literal meaning and some implicit information of the text. However, critical discourse analysis provides a broader perspective for readers. Based on the theory of systemic-functional linguistics, this paper takes an article from Chinese first-year college English textbooks as corpus to conduct a critical discourse analysis and expose the ideology behind the text. The analysis found that the article is not simply a report on a war, but also a tribute to the British society. It helped England gain sympathy from the international community by exposing the cruel and inhuman acts of the German Nazis in Britain. At the same time, it praised the British government for its strong resistance against German aggression and complimented the united British people. This paper aims to explore the methods of combining critical discourse analysis and reading teaching, and put forward suggestions for Chinese reading teaching and the cultivation of students’ critical reading ability.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116607835","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 Impact of ICT Training on Income Generation Opportunities for Vulnerable Young Adults in Lebanon","authors":"Rasha ElSaheli-Elhage, Chantal Lakkis","doi":"10.20448/2001.61.19.28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20448/2001.61.19.28","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to identify if acquiring ICT skills through DOT Lebanon’s ICT training program (a local NGO) improved income generation opportunities after 3-months of completing the training. The target population was the NGO’s vulnerable young beneficiaries. This study was completed in an effort to find creative and digital solutions to the high rate of youth unemployment in Lebanon (37%), one of the highest rates in the world. Results showed that 48% of beneficiaries who were unemployed at baseline, were exposed to at least one income generation opportunity 3 months after completing the DOT Lebanon training. Also, 49% of beneficiaries who were already employed at baseline were exposed to at least one income generation opportunity. Gender, English proficiency and governorate were variables that were found to be statistically significant. Males were more likely than females to be exposed to income generation opportunities. Those who knew little English had better chances than those who had no English proficiency. Beneficiaries living in the capital Beirut were more likely than others to be exposed to income generation opportunities.","PeriodicalId":396341,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115054115","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}