Members Of Company Research Articles

Family caregivers’ concerns about advance care planning for home-dwelling people with dementia: a cross-sectional observational study in Japan

BackgroundThe importance of advance care planning for people with dementia has increased during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. However, family caregivers may have concerns about having conversations regarding advance care planning with their loved ones, which may hinder the initiation of such planning. This study investigated family caregivers’ concerns regarding conducting advance care planning for home-dwelling individuals with dementia.MethodsA prospective cross-sectional study compared the level of family-caregiver concern between those who had initiated advance care planning and those who did not. In June 2021, an internet-based questionnaire survey was administered to Japan-based family caregivers of persons with dementia. Registered members of a Japan-based survey company were recruited; inclusion criteria were being aged 40 years or older and having been a primary, non-professional caregiver of a family member with dementia. Respondents rated their level of agreement with six statements regarding advance-care-planning-related concerns. Respondents also reported their psychological well-being using the WHO-5 Well-Being Index.ResultsOverall, 379 family caregivers participated in this survey. Of these, 155 (40.9%) reported that their loved ones had initiated advance care planning, of whom 88 (56.8%) stated that care professionals were involved in the advance-care-planning conversations. The level of family-caregiver concern was significantly lower when the loved one initiated the conversation concerning advance care planning. After adjusting for the characteristics of persons with dementia and their caregivers, family caregivers with lower psychological well-being showed significantly higher levels of concern.ConclusionsFamily caregivers reported concerns regarding conducting advance care planning. There is a need for educational and clinical strategies that encourage professionals to address the psychological needs of family caregivers.

Pengaruh Managerial Entrenchment, Struktur Modal, Profitabilitas, Dan Likuiditas Terhadap Kualitas Laba

Managerial entrenchment is a crucial activity because it is closely related to the company's operational control. This study aimed to assess the effect of managerial entrenchment, capital structure, profitability, and liquidity on earnings quality. This study uses a quantitative approach. The study population is companies members of the blue-chip index listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2019-2020 periods. Sampling uses the purposive sampling technique to obtain a sample of 27 companies. Data was collected using a documentation approach that came from the company's official website and the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Multiple linear regression analysis was used as a test approach. The study results reveal that managerial entrenchment, profitability, and liquidity have no effect on earnings quality, but capital structure affects earnings quality. This study can help the company's internal and external parties to expand information transparency and create good quality profits.

Analysis of Differences in Preterm Birth Rates According to Household Occupation in Japan From 2007 to 2019.

ObjectivesNo studies have examined the association between preterm birth rates and socioeconomic factors in Japan using nationwide statistical data. We analyzed the association between preterm birth rates and household occupation using Vital Statistics data.MethodsAggregated Vital Statistics data from Japan from 2007 to 2019 were obtained from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. From the data, the number of births according to year, age group, gestational period, number of pregnancies, and household occupation were used in this study. Crude preterm birth rates and preterm birth rates adjusted by maternal age according to household occupation were calculated for each year. Poisson regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the association between household occupation and preterm births.ResultsUnemployed households had the highest preterm birth rate, and households with an occupation classification of “full-time worker 2” (an employee at a large company, civil servant, or board member) had the lowest preterm birth rate throughout each period. Poisson regression analysis revealed that unemployed households were statistically significantly associated with a high preterm birth risk. In contrast, the preterm birth rate adjusted by maternal age remained stable throughout each period regardless of household occupation, and preterm birth rates were found not to have increased in recent years in Japan.ConclusionsUnemployed households had higher preterm birth rates than other household occupations. Further studies investigating the characteristics of unemployed households are needed to identify the reasons for this disparity.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: A CASE OF MUSANADA CORPORATION

This study aims to examine the most significant factors that contributed to the system's success (ERP), how to implement it in the Musanada Corporation in the United Arab Emirates, and also the resistance of certain employees to this system. This study follows the qualitative methodology and data collection from company members (stakeholders in the company). A complete analysis of the study and submitted proposals to develop the system. This paper presents the study on the field so far and the results reached by the group's members and through data collection from stakeholders for the organization, providing the field study within analysis steps of implementation and application of the system in the institutions of the United Arab Emirates. It summarizes the advantages of the ERP system and the ability of companies in its implement it. Furthermore, it facilitates the external and internal processes (business processes and operations) and the internal development of the network in the company. ERP is significant in facilitating the task and reaching the desired goal (for the company's benefit). New technology has helped develop traditional systems and the presence of more security, ease of access to the desired goal, and the company's success to pass several actions in a short time.

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항공사 인수합병과정에서 인수기업 조직원의 직무불안정성에 관한 연구: 사회적 지원을 조절효과로

This report is written for the study of job insecurity of airline members of merged company during the merger and acquisition. The model for the study is the schematized model related to the effect of social support in the middle of turn over intention to the job insecurity emerged from the merger and acquisition. This study is based on the survey of 200 flight attendants who worked for Korean Air from 2002 March 1st to 15th.<BR> This survey is used for the study result. The hypotheses established in this study are as follows. First, merger and acquisition will affect job insecurity. Second, job insecurity of flight attendants will affect turn over intention. Third, social support will take charge of controlling role in the relationship between job insecurity and turn over intention. As a result of verifying the hypothesis, only the hypothesis that job insecurity affects turn over intention was true, but the others showed that job insecurity research on acquisition company members and acquired company members should be conducted separately.

A Nitrite Excipient Database: A Useful Tool to Support N-Nitrosamine Risk Assessments for Drug Products

N-Nitrosamine risk assessment and control have become an integral part of pharmaceutical drug product development and quality evaluation. Initial reports of nitrosamine contamination were linked with the drug substance and its manufacturing process. Subsequently, the drug product and aspects of the formulation process have shown to be relevant. Regarding specific formulation contributions to nitrosamine content in a product, one risk lies in possible interactions between nitrosating agents, derived from nitrite in excipients, and vulnerable amines, either present as moieties of the active molecule or as impurities / degradants. However, the limited validated information on nitrite levels in excipients available until now, has been an obstacle for scientists to assess the risk of nitrosamine formation in pharmaceutical products. This has driven the creation of a database to store and share such validated information. The database, maintained by Lhasa Limited, constitutes a central platform to hold the data donated by the pharmaceutical company members on the nitrite concentrations in common excipients measured with validated analytical procedures. The goal of this data sharing initiative is to provide a common framework to contextualize and estimate the risk posed by presence of nitrites to contribute to the formation of nitrosamines in drug products. The major findings from the database analyses are: (1) average nitrite content and batch to batch variance differ among excipients, (2) for solid dosage forms, the nitrite contribution is dominated by the highest formula % excipients, e.g., the fillers (diluents), which are typically used in larger proportion, and are characterized by low nitrite levels and low variability, leading to an average value of 1 µg/g nitrite in a typical formulation, (3) substantial differences in average nitrite content in batches from different excipient vendors potentially reflecting differences in source materials or processing methods for excipient manufacturing. That final point suggests that future selection of raw materials or processing by excipient manufacturers may help reduce nitrite levels in finished drug product formulations, and thus the overall risk of nitrosamine formation in cases where the product contains vulnerable amines.

Selected issues of abuse of rights in the tax system of the Republic of Croatia

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the abuses of rights in the Croatian tax system committed by members of capital companies, which were identified during tax supervision. In the context of the above, it should be emphasized that in the Republic of Croatia, in accordance with applicable legislation, members of capital companies are generally not liable for the obligations of the company, which resulted in the possibility of members of these companies to commit a number of abuses. Thus, during tax inspections in the Republic of Croatia, the occurrence of establishing new companies with the aim of transferring profits to them after the previous company over indebtedness which resulted in the company’s inability to settles its short-term and long-term financial obligations to creditors. In order to achieve the purpose of the paper, the authors analyze the legal framework of the Republic of Croatia and its compliance with European Union regulations in the context of abuse of rights in the tax system and the responsibilities of members of capital companies. Special attention is paid to the analysis of individual cases of abuse and their perception through the prism of decisions of Croatian and European courts. In the conclusion of the paper, the authors present suggestions and recommendations for improving the detected problems. Methodologically, the authors collected relevant data in the text using analysis and synthesis, and in the preparation of the paper used a comparative method, inductive and deductive method, and the method of compilation.

PROBLEM OF EXCLUDING A PARTICIPANT OF A BUSINESS COMPANY

Corporate legal relations may be terminated voluntarily or non-voluntarily. Since Ukrai­nian corporate law has been significantly amended recently, there has emerged the need to re-think the legal mechanism of the grounds for terminating corporate legal relations non-voluntarily for a member. This research considers the problem of exclusion of a member of a business company, identifies gaps and inaccuracies in the legal regulation of this issue in the current legislation of Ukraine. The study considers three reasons for expelling a member of corporate legal relations, which are applied in the national and foreign legislation. While analyzing the theoretical and practical aspects of the exclusion of a participant due to systematic non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of his duties or obstruction by his actions of the goals of the society, which until 2018 was provided for in Art. 64 of the Law of Ukraine “On Business Companies” for lim­ited liability companies, the experience of foreign countries in implementing such a rule was considered, as well as the decision of the Supreme Court to appeal the decisions of the general meeting on exclusion. Since the previous version of these expulsion grounds implied the rel­evant decision to be passed by the general meeting and the application of judgments only, the conclusion was made on the need to provide in the Law of Ukraine on Limited and Additional Liability Companies for the possibility of initiating the expulsion under the legal action brought by the entity member, and not under the decision of the entity general meeting due to the sys­tematic non-performance or underperformance of their obligations or their interference in the entity pursuing its goals. Considering the issue of expelling a deceased member of a limited liability company, the conclusion was made on the inappropriateness of applying the term of expulsion to a deceased member, since the point is in excluding the deceased member and the data on him/her from the public register. Hence, respective rewording is required in the existing legislation to avoid any misrepresentations. The position was established on the ways of solving the topical issues, emerging while expelling a member of an entity based on different grounds.

Analysis of Corporate Culture Imple-Mentation Strategi of Bank Sumut Sharia Business Unit During the Covd-19 An-Deeemic N An Islamic Perspective

In general, corporate culture is an opportunity to expand or train human resources with changes in atti-tudes and behaviors such as beliefs, values and norms that characterize the company followed by compa-ny members and are expected to be in harmony with the obstacles that arise and come. In the Sharia Business Unit of Bank Sumut there is a corporate culture whose best company values, vision, mission and motto of the company based on an Islamic perspective. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic , there are some values of companies whose implementation is less effective as usual, namely Energetic, Friendly, High Integrity and Safe. This research aims to identify the principles of corporate culture, cor-porate culture in an Islamic perspective and strategy to implement corporate culture during the Covid-19 pandemic in bank Sumut's Sharia Business Unit. In this study, the researchers used descriptive qualitative study techniques. The method of data collection is to use observation, interviews and documentation. The results of the study concluded that the principles of corporate culture in the Sharia Business Unit of Bank Sumut are the company's first value that is short with BEST, vision, mission and company motto. Second, the corporate culture of Bank Sumut's Sharia Business Unit is based on an Islamic perspective. Third, to overcome problems in several company values that encountered obstacles during the Covid-19 period , the company carried out a project to implement the corporate culture of Bank Sumut's Sharia Business Unit during the Covid-19 period.

PENGARUH MOTIVASI, KOMUNIKASI DAN GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN TERHADAP KINERJA ANGGOTA KOMPI 2 BATALYON C PELOPOR SAT BRIMOB POLDA NTB

Empowerment and management of Human Resources through an organization or a conducive work environment, good communication, attitudes and behavior of superiors/leaders that will lead to job satisfaction for its members so that it can foster a loyal attitude towards the organization and in the end will have an impact on the quality of service provided. The aims of this study were to analyze and the influence of motivation, communication and leadership style on the performance of members of Company 2 Battalion C pioneer Sat Brimob Polda NTB. This type of research is included in the scope of quantitative research, because the research was conducted using research instruments in the form of questionnaires and the research aims to test the established hypotheses. The population of this study is the population in this study are members of Company 2 Battalion C pioneer Sat Brimob Polda NTB. The sample in this study using the saturated sampling method was chosen because the number of population in Company 2 Battalion C pioneer of Brimob Polda NTB is relatively small. So the number of samples in this study were 95 respondents. After analyzing the validity and reliability of the instrument, the data was analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results of the study concluded that motivation had an effect on the performance of Brimob members. Another variable, namely organizational communication, has a positive effect on the performance of Brimob Battalion C members of the NTB Police. Leadership style has no effect on the performance of members of the Mobile Brigade Battalion C Polda NTB. Based on the value of the Standardized Coefficients Beta, it can be seen that the motivation variable is the most dominant variable that affects the performance of members of the Mobile Brigade Battalion C Polda NTB.

"Study of Impact of the Members of Tamil Nadu Banana Producer Company (TNBPC) in Tiruchirappalli District- A Socio-economic Analysis"

Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) are one of the potential solutions to the issues (lack of bargaining strength, extremely small landholdings, insufficient marketing skills and intermediary exploitation) faced by the Indian farmers. In light of the above fact, the present study was carried out in Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu to find the socio economic impact of TNBPC on the members with the sample respondents of 132. The sample was selected through proportionate random sampling from five villages of Thottiyam block of the state. The findings revealed that about 62 per cent of the respondents had medium level of overall socio economic impact. Majority of the respondents felt improvement in their skill development aspects such as application of biological agents, value addition, ICT usage and sucker treatment. Regarding psychological aspect majority of the respondents felt improvement in self-confidence, motivational level and decision making ability. With regard to social aspect majority of the respondents felt increase in information seeking and sharing among the farmers and regarding economic aspect majority of the respondents felt decreased expenditure on input and increased income from the bunches and value added products.

Effects of Motivational Climate on Knowledge Hiding: The Mediating Role of Work Alienation.

Although knowledge is arguably an organization’s most important resource, many organizations still practice knowledge hiding. This study explores how an organization’s motivational climate—mediated by work alienation among its members—influences knowledge hiding from the perspective of the conservation of resources (COR) theory. Specifically, we establish hypotheses that the performance and mastery climates, mediated by work alienation, have positive and negative effects on knowledge hiding, respectively. To verify these hypotheses, we conducted a survey among members of Chinese companies, through which 200 responses were collected through a two-wave panel design. The results of the analysis demonstrated that motivational climate, as an antecedent of knowledge hiding, has a significant effect on work alienation. We also found that work alienation mediated the relationship between (a) performance climate, and (b) mastery climate and knowledge hiding. Based on these findings, we discuss the research implications and limitations while suggesting directions for future studies.

Analyzing the Difficulties of Continuing Physical Activity during the COVID-19 Crisis in France.

Physical activity (PA) and limiting sedentary behavior have been recognized as health-promoting behaviors for many years. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, changes in lifestyle habits have occurred, causing disparities in PA practice. This article aimed to examine the characteristics of French adults who self-reported having difficulties in continuing their exercise practices during the pandemic. Multivariate logistic regressions were used to test whether certain demographic, morphologic, behavioral (sleep, sedentary lifestyle, extent of household chores), and exercise-related variables were significant predictors of experiencing such difficulties, based on data from an online survey of insurance company members. Difficulties in PA practice were found in 57% of the population surveyed. Several factors were identified as predictors of experiencing difficulties, including a high BMI, the type and number of physical activities usually practiced before lockdown, as well as the number of times per week dedicated to PA. For the employed population, specific factors were additionally decisive: sex, time spent in front of screens, and sleeping. Our results will allow public health policy makers and stakeholders in PA and prevention to better target populations in difficulty during periods of disruption, such as that of the pandemic; thus, allowing them to propose structural or organizational solutions for the continuity of PA practice.

New Organizations in Complex Networks: Survival and Success

Purpose: The present study investigates the survival and success of new organizations in the light of complex network theory. Methodology: The empirical data was collected using the survey method from the technology park companies are analyzed with social network analysis. Two main methods were used in this study: descriptive statistics and social network analysis. Findings: The findings indicate that new nodes appearing because of splitting up of bigger nodes from present or other related networks have a higher degree of centrality. In practice, this means that companies founded by former members of large-scale companies from these networks are more successful due to the ease in providing the flow of resources and information through previous links. This suggests that the imprint effect can be observed in the appearance, lifecycle, and performance of new nodes in complex networks. Originality: The literature lacks studies on new organizations’ lifecycle in complex networks despite the existence of studies about new organizations in organizational networks. This study examines the appearance, success, and survival of new organizations in networks by complex network approaches such as dynamism, dissipative structures, and uncertainties.

The Effect of the Imacoco Care Psychoeducation Website on Improving Psychological Distress Among Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Controlled Trial.

BackgroundThe prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has affected mental health among workers. Psychoeducational intervention via a website could be effective for primary prevention of mental illness among workers in the current COVID-19 pandemic.ObjectiveThe aim of this randomized controlled trial is to examine the effect of a newly developed online psychoeducational website named Imacoco Care on reducing psychological distress and fear about COVID-19 infection among workers.MethodsParticipants in the study were recruited from registered members of a web survey company in Japan. Participants who fulfilled the eligibility criteria were randomly allocated to the intervention or control group. Participants in the intervention group were invited to access the Imacoco Care program within a month after the baseline survey. The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) scores were obtained at baseline and at 1- and 3-month follow-ups.ResultsA total of 1200 workers were randomly allocated to the intervention and control groups (n=600 [50%] per group). The Imacoco Care intervention group showed a significant favorable effect on K6 scores (P=.03) with a small effect size (ES; Cohen d=–0.14) and an adverse effect on FCV-19S scores (P=.01) with a small ES (Cohen d=0.16) at 3-month follow-up. In the per protocol analysis (including only participants who had read the Imacoco Care content at least 1 time), the Imacoco Care intervention group also showed a significant favorable effect on reducing K6 scores (P=.03), while an adverse effect on FCV-19S scores was not significant (P=.06) in the intervention group at 3-month follow-up.ConclusionsA web-based psychoeducation approach may be effective for improving psychological distress among workers; however, it may be important not only to distribute information but also to encourage active engagement with the content of the program to prevent adverse effects of psychoeducational intervention.Trial RegistrationUniversity Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) UMIN000042556; https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000048548

ENHANCEMENT WOOD CARVING IN PRODUCING PREMIUM PRODUCT

Engraving is a process of sculpting, carving and scratching a pattern. In ancient times the art of wood carving became a symbol of status of noble and courtiers. According to Halim Nasir (1986) the courtiers and sultans became patrons to revive the glory of wood carving. This shows that wood carving is high dignity. The Malays emphasizes every work of art and is designed by the soul attempts to communicate with the public in feel, thinking and interpretations, (Nazzri, 2016). However, the price of traditional wood carving product is too high and difficult to educate the public to love wood carving products. The discrepancy between the two modern and traditional industries makes the development of sculpture difficult to compete with modern products. Besides that, wood carving is also used at will in its placement in the design. This study will lead to several main objectives among which is to know the issues faced by these two industries and know the correct placement of carving in the design so as not to violate its philosophy and ethics. Methodology of the study is using interview data and ethnography with master craft. This research and development will involve ten members of timber manufacturing company around Malaysia which is from modern and traditional timber product companies. This research was conducted for 5 days from 14th -18th October 2020 in Temerloh, Pahang. Through this research found three mains issue they facing in order to preserve the wood carving and culture in product and design. The traditional wood carving can be applied on furniture or equipment and preserve the philosophy trough educate the modern practitioner and involvement of ‘pandai kayu’. The application of heritage in the first phase is very important so that it reaches the community indirectly and is not considered outdated.

The Impact of Working Capital and Production Costs on Consumer Behavior and Sales Turnover at LQ45 Manufacturing Companies in 2015-2020

This study aims to analyze the impact of working capital and production costs on consumer behavior, as well as the impact of working capital and production costs toward sales turnover in the Covid-19 era in LQ45 manufacturing companies on the IDX in 2015-2020. This research is quantitative research with hypothesis testing. The population in this study are all companies members of LQ45 in 2015-2020. The research uses a non-probability sampling technique with the purposive sampling method. Based on the results of hypothesis testing with simple linear regression, for Hypothesis 1, it was found that there is no effect of working capital on consumer behavior. The result found hypothesis 2, there is an effect of working capital on sales turnover. Result for hypothesis 3 found that, there is no effect of production costs on consumer behavior and for the hypothesis 4, there is an effect of production costs on sales turnover. It result of the study suggested that the impact of working capital on sales turnover can be an indicator that the company is implementing more effective production and marketing development. Meanwhile, the impact of production costs on sales turnover means that an increase in production costs indicates the company is investing in products with more excellent quality.

Economic analyses of milk production among members and non-members offarmer collectives in Saurashtra

Primary data collected for 2019-‘20 from 416 members and non-members of dairy farmer collectives (where farmers come together to market their milk collectively – this study considers a co-operative union and a milk producer company – both prominent forms of farmer collectives) in Saurashtra region of Gujarat are used to work-out the cost and returns in milk production from local cow and buffalo, and across dairy farmer categories. The analyses reveal that farmer collective organizations like co-operatives and producer companies are profitable in case of both local cow and buffalo milk production, and also for the small (1-3) and medium (3-6) herd-size category (in Standard Animal Units or SAU) of farmers. Both the overall average feed cost and Total Variable cost (TVC) per animal per day incurred by members is 12 per cent and 11 per cent less than that of non-members, respectively. Members of the co-operative receive annual bonus and members of the producer company receive annual dividends and cash incentives; with this additional benefit received by the members, their total return per litre is 25 per cent more than that of non-members. The overall average annual net returns from dairy per household for members are higher at Rs. 11,641/- compared to the returns of non-members at Rs. 3955/-. Expanding the reach of farmer collective organizations would benefit more dairy farmers by making dairy a more profitable enterprise for them.

Promoting organizational diversity and preserving socioemotional wealth: can family businesses balance the two?

PurposeA key characteristic for a family firm, preservation of socioemotional wealth, may appear to be at conflict with the concept of organizational diversity. The authors investigate how organizational diversity, captured through heterogeneity in ownership structure, diversity in the senior management team, interfaces with the concept of the socioemotional wealth of family businesses in an emerging economy, when these firms pursue inorganic growth strategies.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the concepts of socioemotional wealth, behavioral agency theory and bifurcation bias, the authors develop perspectives on how ownership structure, family influence in executive management and institutional shareholding influence a family firm's internationalization strategies captured through propensity to pursue cross-border M&amp;A – an activity that may threaten the preservation of socioemotional wealth. The authors also explore the role of business group affiliation, another organizational diversity construct, and contingent parameters like past financial performance and export intensity in this study. The authors take pooled data over 15 years, involving 346 large firms from India, which are family-controlled, to carry out the study.FindingsThe authors’ empirical analysis shows that family stake in the company and family members' presence in the executive team negatively influence the propensity to pursue cross-border M&amp;A activities. A firm's affiliation to a business group moderates these negative relationships. On the other hand, the presence of institutional shareholders, positive past financial performance and export intensity positively influence cross-border M&amp;A propensity.Originality/valueThe results establish that family businesses' attempts to preserve socioemotional wealth may come at the cost of promoting organizational diversity.