Cultural Organization Research Articles

THE EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, COMPENSATION, AND WORK ENVIRONMENT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN PT. PERKEBUNAN NUSANTARA III

Study This aim To know the influence empowerment of employees, culture organization, compensation, and the environment Work to performance employee executor at PT. Perkebunan Nusantara III. This study uses a quantitative descriptive method. This research was conducted at PTPN III. The population in this study was 17,368 employees implementing oil palm plantations P III. TPNThe number of samples in this study were 174 samples from 20 plantations of PTPN III entities. The independent variables in this study consisted of employee empowerment (X 1 ), organizational culture (X 2 ), compensation (X 3 ), and work environment (X 4 ), while the dependent variable was employee performance (Y). Determination of the sample was carried out by purposive random sampling. Data analysis was performed using multiple linear regression analysis. The study results show that employee empowerment positively and significantly affects employee performance. Organizational culture has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Compensation has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. The work environment has a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Simultaneously employee empowerment, organizational culture, compensation, and work environment significantly affect the performance of implementing employees at PT. Perkebunan Nusantara III.

Furnaces, hearths, rituals, and construction: investigating the utilisation of woody plant species at the Early Iron Age site of Ndondondwane by means of identifying archaeological charcoal

Ndondondwane, an Early Iron Age settlement situated on the banks of the Thukela River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, provides a unique record of a single, short-term occupation (c. 1300 to 1200 years ago). Several areas associated with different activities had been previously excavated and analysed, yielding various scenarios for the cultural and social organisation of the settlement. Three phases of occupation or cultural horizons have been identified and this paper largely explores the charcoal assemblage from the middle cultural horizon, during the settlement’s maximum extent of occupation. Charcoal was analysed from the central part of the site, represented by a livestock byre (kraal), a meeting place, and a craft production area; as well as the peripheral areas including three domestic middens and a charcoal preparation area. Archaeological charcoal specimens were examined using reflective light microscopy to observe the characteristic anatomical features needed to determine the taxonomic group they represent and subsequently identified by direct comparison with a modern charcoal reference collection and published archaeological charcoal studies. Charcoal was identified as belonging to 15 families, 23 genera, and 29 species of trees with known fuel, construction, and medicinal uses. There was a preference for wood previously known as Acacia*, indicating that this genus was readily available and prolific in the surrounds of the site. Ndondondwane has been extensively investigated in terms of the archaeology, and this together with the anthracology data provides further insight into Early Iron Age settlement location-specific activities, cultural practices, and reasons for abandonment.

Do our Project Delimitations Display a Continued Legacy of Colonialism? Towards an independant Flora of Cambodia. តើការកំណត់ព្រំដែននៃគម្រោងរបស់យើងបង្ហាញពីការបន្តនៃអាណានិគមនិយមទេ? ឆ្ពោះទៅរករុក្ខជាតិឯករាជ្យរបស់កម្ពុជា។

Cambodia, located in continental Southeast Asia, is renowned for its rich and ancient architectural art. One of its most notable treasures is the archaeological site Angkor Wat, which holds the distinction of being a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site. However, Cambodia is also a developing country and a biodiversity hotspot (Myers et al. 2000, Sodhi et al. 2010). Regrettably, Cambodia's tragic and violent history has severely impacted the understanding of its biodiversity, particularly its plant life. This was depicted by Zizka et al. (2021), in one of their figures illustrating the significant decline in the number of recorded species occurrences in Cambodia between 1970 and 1992. This period includes the civil war from 1975 to 1979, which marked one of the most devastating genocides in human history. France and Cambodia share a long history of relations and collaboration. The French presence in Cambodia dates back to 1863 when Cambodia became a French protectorate. It later became part of French Indochina in 1887, alongside other French colonies and protectorates, such as Laos, Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchina, and Guangzhouwan in China. This French presence not only facilitated the "rediscovery" of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom by Henri Mouhot, a French naturalist, botanist, and entomologist, but also contributed to the collection of Cambodia's biodiversity. The protectorate status for Cambodia ended in 1949, and it declared its independence in 1953. During the same period, the "General Flora of Indo-China" (Gagnepain et al. 1907) began its publication in 1907 and continued until 1951 by French editors. In 1960, this flora was reinitiated as the "Flora of Cambodia, Laos, and Viêt-Nam". Since 2013, it is jointly edited by the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh. The Flora of Cambodia project arose from a simple question: why is the flora still managed jointly with Laos and Viêt-Nam? Since the three countries have been independent since 1954, their respective floras should be separate and published independently. The project's initial phase involves compiling an up-to-date understanding of Cambodia's plant life, including an inventory of collections housed at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and accessible Cambodian floristic data online through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and other sources (Joyce et al. 2020). The ultimate goal is to produce a comprehensive flora of Cambodia. In the short term, the project aims to provide an open and curated checklist of vascular plants of Cambodia, in multiple languages, including Khmer and freely available following Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable (FAIR) principles (Wilkinson et al. 2016). This endeavor seeks to empower both Khmer botanists and the broader local community, allowing them to reclaim and cherish their intrinsic knowledge of native plants. Although still in its early stages, this project aims to further enhance the strong collaboration between France and Cambodia while being FAIR and Collective benefit, Authority to control, Responsability, Ethics (CARE) (Carroll et al. 2020).

Influence of Leadership Style and Cultural Organization on Employee Performance in the Personnel and Human Resources Development Agency of Agam District

One of the most important assets owned by a company is human resources because it has an influence on the survival of the company. Employees in a company should be provided with a comfortable working environtment to produce optimal performance. Leadership style is a pattern, method and expertise used by an organizational leader in acting, conveying and socializing to influence, direct, support and control other individuals or subordinates to perform a task in order to reach an agreement. Organizational culture is a comprehensive affirmation that is recognized by members of the organization in system of shared meaning. This study aims to determine the effect of leadership style and organizational culture on employee performance at Badan Kepegawaian dan Pembangunan Pembangunan Human Resources Kabupatan Agam. Population in this study were 35 respondents who is also a sample of the entire population at the Agam District Civil Service and Human Resource Development Agency. Studies using multiple regression analysis. The results of this study indicate leadership style and organizational culture have a positive significant impact on employee performance

The REED typology: understanding market-orientation and instrumental values in cultural policy across Europe

ABSTRACT This article develops a typology of cultural policy in 30 European nation-states, based on the centrality of “neoliberal” market-based rationalities in subsidised cultural fields. This Resistant, Emergent, Established, and Dominant (REED) typology is based on two measures of marketisation, market-orientation and instrumental values, which are found in European “cultural policy assemblages” (networked systems of cultural policies, cultural policymaking bodies, cultural organisations, and cultural intermediaries). We show that all cultural policy assemblages in European nation-states are marketised to some degree, suggesting that Europe is “post-marketised”. Further, we find a heterogenous range of marketised practices, showing different instantiations of marketisation across nation-states. REED offers a new prism to conceptualise Europe’s subsidised cultural fields. Grounded in actual policy orientations, it overcomes limitations of earlier typologies and, crucially, it provides both a descriptive modelling of the contemporary European cultural field and an analytical methodology for comparing nation-states relative to marketisation.

South African Indigenous Languages and Digital Technologies: Access, Promotion and Preservation

This study has adopted the non-empirical research design: a systematic review. The purpose of the study was to explore the access, promotion and preservation of South African indigenous languages using digital technologies. As a research methodology, the researcher used the "Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" (PRISMA) guidelines. Thus, the data for the study was obtained by using scientific search engines such as Google Scholar, EBSCOHost, ResearchGate, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Sabinet, and Taylor & Francis. A review of the literature, which included sources from 2001 to 2022, informed the study's data. According to the findings of this study, access to digital technologies that support South African languages is limited – and this negatively affects the promotion and preservation of these languages. Therefore, the study recommends that the South African government in partnership with the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), language experts, researchers, policymakers, and information and communications technology (ICT) companies should implement strategies that could help to prevent barriers to effective access, promotion, and preservation of South African indigenous languages, using digital technologies.

International Foundations, Agenda Setting and the Non-Profit Sector in South Africa

Abstract

The Nawa Gapura Marga Raja Gate as a Representation of the Cirebon Islamic Monarchy in Indonesia during the 17th Century

Cirebon's early manuscripts, specifically Prince Wangsakerta's Pustaka Rajyarajya I Bhumi Nusantara, the Kingdom of Cirebon begins to expand its realm as Islam starts to flourish in Cirebon. It was reported that the Kings occupied a structure in the shape of a gate. In Cirebon, the kings were to take part in "Gotrasawala" events that the Cirebon Kingdom was hosting. This is an article demonstrates that, in addition to serving as a gateway and fortress, this structure It also served as a stronghold, with a design that symbolizes the mixture of Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Chinese civilizations. It is based on legends, oral histories, and information from Cirebon's culture and historian. In contrast to the history presented in the The families and descendants of the kings or leaders of the Cirebon Sultanate have provided more detailed supporting narratives to keepers, cultural heritage organizations, as well as culturalists.The continuity learned from interviews with the Cirebon area's source population, and Kasepuhan Palace in particular, was attempted by a detailed investigation using the Caretakers' oral history approaches The Kasepuhan Elders Palace family, historians, and culturalists. This page also coversthe type of Nawa Gapura Marga Raja, a historic gate that has influenced the growth of the Cirebon Kingdom in West Java's northern monitoring area since the 17th century.

Mapping the Expertise and Understanding of Menarche, Menstrual Hygiene, and Menstrual Health among Adolescent Ladies in Low- and Center-Profit Nations

Mapping the Expertise and Understanding of Menarche, Menstrual Hygiene, and Menstrual Health among Adolescent Ladies in Low- and Center-Profit Nations

An Importance Satisfaction Analysis of Hosting Events in Hangzhou, China: A Pilot Study

This paper measures the attributes experienced by the participants that took part in The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) meeting that was held in Hangzhou, China with respect to importance and satisfaction ratings. As this is a pilot study, twenty-nine respondents were asked to rate the satisfaction and performance of the tangible and intangible attributes based on several selection factors using the Likert scale instrument. For the importance attribute ratings, the four-point scale was used (very important, important, somewhat important and not important) and five-point scale was selected for satisfaction (very bad, mediocre, good, very good and excellent). An Importance Satisfaction Analysis (ISA) grid was constructed based on the mean of each factor and the overall mean of the perceived importance and satisfaction. As a matter of fact, there is no study that exists in getting the responses on ISA in the city of Hangzhou before and with that, again, no comparisons can be drawn. The IPA grids showed that six factors fell in quadrant one (keep up the good work) and two factors in quadrant two (possible overkill). Another six factors were in quadrant three (low priority) and three factors were situated in quadrant four (concentrate here). The finding is significant to show that continuous improvement to achieve the reliability of service delivery should be initiated and started immediately. Related authorities should focus on the key attributes presented on the ISA grid to ensure Hangzhou can fulfill the visitors’ hope and expectations for a return visit.

The Influence of Organizational Culture, Work Environment, and Competence on Safety Health Occupation (SHO) Laboratory Employees with Safety Behavior as a Mediation Variable

This study aims to know the influence of culture organization, environment work, and competence on Safety Health Occupation (SHO) employees in the laboratory with safety behavior as variable mediation. Sample from study This is a whole-employee laboratory with as many as 60 employees. Study This uses analysis descriptive and analysis inferential using the computer program SmartPLS 4.0. In addition, hypothesis testing and effect testing was carried out in mediation. Research results show that organizational culture and work environment have a positive and insignificant effect on Safety Health Occupation, competence has a positive and significant effect on Occupational Safety and Health, organizational culture has a positive and insignificant effect on safety behavior, Work Environment, and competence Has a Positive and Significant Influence on Safety Behavior, safety Behavior has a positive and significant effect on Safety Health Occupation, safety Behavior cannot mediate the Influence of Organizational Culture on Occupational Safety and Health (SHO) of Laboratory Employees, Safety Behavior Can Mediate the Influence of the Work Environment on Occupational Safety and Health (SHO) of Laboratory Employees, and safety behavior can mediate the influence of competence on Safety Health Occupation (SHO) of Laboratory Employees.

An Integrative Framework of Job Performance Within Cooperative Organisation in Tanggerang Indonesia

In the era of globalization, following several Covid-19 outbreaks, the industry is phasing out its mat recall from this plague. For this study, the author sent a questionnaire to a maximum of 206 participants to be analyzed using SEM-PLS methodologies (processing procedures). Based on the outcomes of the information gathered, excellent habits improve employee motivation, performance, and job happiness. Results from testing indicate that if the parts that have already been discussed have significant repercussions to advance the industry, management should make it mandatory for employees to stick four parts of the employee's name on a stick so that the industry can advance through good. This research has limitations because of its narrow focus on the variables of cultural organization, motivation at work, performance at work, and employee happiness. In light of this, it is hoped that future studies would concentrate on a broader range of section variables, rather than focusing just on the already-explained portions. It is anticipated that you will organize or provide proposals for your future research project.

MODELING OF ETHNO-CULTURAL DIPLOMACY: ISOMORPHISM OF ACTORS AND LEVEL CORRELATION OF ACTIVITIES

This article is the result of the description and understanding of ethno-cultural processes in Kyrgyzstan. The subjects of the ethnosphere present new facets of their activities in the context of modern processes in Eurasia. The purpose of the article is to interpret ethno-cultural processes as a resource of Eurasian integration. Ethnoculturalism contains a great integration potential. The authors describe integration processes on the example of ethno-cultural communities of Kyrgyzstan. They are members of a mass ethno–cultural organization - the Assembly of the People of Kyrgyzstan. There are analogues of such a mass organization in many countries and regions in the Eurasian space. The authors use the term "cohesion" to denote integration processes in Kyrgyzstan and in the Eurasian space. For the scientific study of the multidimensional activity of ethno-cultural public associations, the authors use the modeling method. The model of ethno-cultural actors of Eurasian integration has four aspects. The combinatorial aspect of the model is particularly relevant. This aspect studies the processes of cohesion and the boundaries of cultures in Eurasia. The article uses the scientific method of modeling, synchronous description and comparison techniques. The study revealed a tendency to spread the specifics of the functioning of ethno-cultural public associations in the Eurasian space. The authors distinguish the formal and meaningful isomorphism of the described subjects. The ethno-cultural resources of Eurasian integration are an example of public diplomacy. Public diplomacy is currently relevant. The results of the study give a new impetus to the activities of the Assembly of Peoples of Kyrgyzstan and other People's assemblies in Eurasia.

Pandemic and Cultural Industries in a Regional Context

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly shaken the cultural industries. Researchers report significant financial and job losses worldwide for these industries. Much of the research on the pandemic and the cultural industries has focused on large cities. The objective of this research is to understand the impact of the pandemic on regional cultural industries. We studied the Outaouais region in Canada by conducting focus groups and semi-structured interviews with artists and cultural workers. Our results report on the problems caused by the pandemic, the spin-offs it has generated, the initiatives that have emerged and the role of cultural organizations during the pandemic. This research contributes to the advancement of knowledge by describing the situation of cultural industries in a regional context during the pandemic. The results of this research encourage the maintenance of certain activities in virtual or hybrid mode, the development of grant programs to attract artists to the region, and the development of events or platforms to promote networking between artists andcultural organizations.

Catching eyes of social media wanderers: How pictorial and textual cues in visitor-generated content shape users’ cognitive-affective psychology

Documenting and sharing individual museum visits flourishes on social media. However, little research exists about how peer-generated content cues shape prospective visitors' perceptions and decisions. Drawing upon the stimulus‒organism‒response (SOR) framework, we holistically investigated the visual weight and attitudinal feedback of exhibition selfies and caption appeal types via eye-tracking technology and interviews, as well as the persuasive execution of accompanying texts using an experimental method. Two sequential studies were conducted: Study 1 empirically investigated the superiority of selfies and emotional titles in attracting visual attention and their influence on viewers' attitudinal evaluations through aesthetic judgments, mental imagery and flow experience during visual processing; Study 2 differentiated two types of textual stimuli (informational self-disclosure and emotional self-disclosure) that indirectly influence viewers’ behavioral intention through their inner organism changes in aesthetic experience and trust. The findings provide theoretical and marketing insights for tourism and cultural organizations to promote their social media communication.

Linking policy and practice in monitoring socially responsible research and innovation (RRI): A conceptual framework to evaluate progress through the UNESCO-led Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers.

This paper sets out a high-level conceptual framework for monitoring the development of socially responsible research and innovation (RRI) systems linked to the global policy instrument called 'the Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers' (RSSR).RRI is an umbrella concept, rooted in EU policy and research, that encompasses a range of topics that overlap directly with the RSSR. These topics include social inclusion in scientific research, improved scientific transparency and governance and expanded public engagement with science. The RSSR is an international accord ratified by 195 United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Member States in 2017, updating an earlier version of the instrument. This UNESCO-led initiative offers a globally inclusive and agreed structure for advancing RRI-related principles. A key feature of the RSSR initiative is its permanent structure of quadrennial monitoring to assess implementation of its principles. Here, a conceptual framework is presented to clarify the specific dimensions of RRI embedded in the 10 key priority areas for this quadrennial monitoring process. The paper explicates these dimensions and the underpinning policy language from the 2017 recommendation with the aim of supporting UNESCO Member States and research stakeholders globally to design appropriate evaluation methods. This conceptual framework is intended to support development of globally aligned measurement of RRI policy and practice that allows research and policy stakeholders from each world region to learn from each other. Fostering mutual learning on a global scale will help to enable evidence-based practice in the context of RRI to improve outcomes and mitigate the limitations of well-meaning but ineffective policies and practices.

Tracing the Lines of Power, Coloniality, and Neoliberalism in UNESCO’s Education for Sustainable Development Policy

This paper critically analyses a reflection paper commissioned by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that proposes a future where we, humans, learn to coexist with the non-human world and thereby contribute to its preservation. The paper, titled Learning To Become With the World: Education for Future Survival, represents a response to previous unsuccessful Education for sustainable development (ESD) initiatives. Drawing on Carol Bacchi’s (2009), “What’s the problem represented to be?” method, our analysis sheds light on assumptions and silences and considers potentially conflicting interests among different actors in formulating the policy proposed by the paper. Through this critical approach to analysis, several crucial implications have emerged. We argue that the report lacks practical applicability by ignoring human complexities and diversity and does not pay enough attention to the potential important role Indigenous ways of knowing, learning, and teaching could play for education for sustainable development.

Modeling tree species richness patterns and their environmental drivers across Hyrcanian mountain forests

Perception of the way tree species richness distribution varies along the elevational gradient is necessary for applying conservation strategies in favor of biodiversity hotspots. Hyrcanian Mountain Forests of Iran are among the most biodiverse forests in the world and are inscribed in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. Here, the Bayesian Additive Regression Tree (BART) and Stack-Species Distribution Model (S-SDMs) were used to understand tree diversity patterns of the Hyrcanian Mountain Forests. For all the tree species, we implemented the BART model with nine environmental variables, including six bioclimatic and three topographic variables, to create a habitat suitability map. We used the area under the curve (AUC), True skill statistic (TSS), type I error, and type II error to evaluate the BART model for each tree species. All models were then stacked to estimate tree species richness. Important variables affecting the distribution of tree species in northern Iran were different for each species but, in general, topographic variables such as slope and altitude played a very important role. BART model mapped all the 29 tree species distribution effectively with AUC 0.83–0.98, TSS 0.51–0.92; and low type I and type II errors. A very important point was the high ability of this model to predict species with low presence data. The achievement of this study was identifying the biodiversity hotspots based on the tree distribution pattern along the elevational gradient. We mapped regional richness at 1 km spatial resolution and it was the first effort to predict macroecological patterns in the Hyrcanian forests of Iran. The hotspots were mainly scattered from sea level and areas with 1000 m elevation, which were close to residential areas. In conclusion, these results help forest manager to plan new conservation strategies based on tree richness hotspots.

Reclaiming heritage and citizenship: urban pre-colonial cultural heritage management and heritage grassroots organizations in Lima, Peru

The material-centered cultural heritage management approach does not contemplate ordinary people’s closeness to heritage. Even after colonial relationships ended, colonial conceptions of what constitutes heritage drove national policy choices and state interventions regarding which elements of local history and culture should be valued and preserved and which could be destroyed and abandoned. Government rejection of non-elite populations and their connections to urban heritage resulted in the irrevocable destruction of important sites and traditions. But the rise of what I term heritage grassroots organizations (HGROs) has recently begun to reassert low-income and working-class citizens’ role in the recognition and preservation of heritage. Focusing on the emergence of HGROs in Lima, Peru, this article demonstrates how colonial heritage narratives formed, persisted, and have more recently been challenged by local populations whose daily lives are affected by materialist approaches to heritage. In doing so, these citizens simultaneously claim their rights to the past and to the city.

Components of Digital Humanities in Indian LIS Curricula

Digital Humanities (DH) is an interdisciplinary academic discipline that employs computational techniques to
 address humanities and social science problems. It merges various domains such as history, philosophy, literature,
 and modern languages, offering unique approaches to traditional inquiries. DH has gained considerable popularity among students, academicians, and Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals, creating new employment opportunities in libraries, museums, archives, cultural heritage organisations, data science, and other sectors. In India, DH is still in its early stages, with diverse manifestations in university-level teaching and learning practices. This study examines the DH components integrated into the LIS course curriculum by analysing syllabi and course descriptions from central universities. Additionally, we briefly review DH research projects and programs in India and abroad. To enhance the design and implementation of DH programs and degrees alongside LIS curricula, a course module for DH within LIS schools is proposed. This research extends insights into DH pedagogical practices within librarianship education, offering a comprehensive perspective on contextual frameworks, academic discussions, development trends in DH, and the LIS field in India.