Environmental Orientation Research Articles

Ecologization of restaurant business

The purpose. In the article theoretical approaches to the concept of "ecologization" are analyzed. Terminological justification for the new definition of "ecologization of restaurants" are provided. The role term "ecologization" in the system of definitions, directions and concepts of environmental orientation are characterized. The levels and elements of ecologization in the restaurant industry enterprises have been determined. The purpose of the article is to study the theoretical features of the development of ecologization and practical examples of its implementation in the activities of restaurants. The article is devoted to the analysis of the concept of ecologization in its applied implementation in the field of restaurant business as an innovative tool for ensuring competitiveness and special condition in industry of hospitality. Methodology of research. The tasks of the article are solved with the helping of the following general scientific and special methods of research: analysis and synthesis, systematization and generalization, dialectical approach. Findings. On the basis of research of domestic and foreign scientific sources, which is devoted the issues of ecological direction, the author’s interpretation the concept of "ecologization of the enterprises of restaurant sphere" is offered. The levels of realization (internal and external) are defined and examples of practical application and realization of ecologization of restaurant economy are given. The proposed measures, according to the authors, are strategic directions and innovative solutions in the implementation of the concept of ecologization the activity of the restaurant industry, which is a source of ensuring additional profit and increasing the level of customer’s loyalty. Practical value. The provisions proposed in the article are the practical recommendations for restaurateurs to implement the innovative concept of ecologization activities, it can helps them to get competitive benefits. Keywords: ecologization, restaurant management, eco-design, biophilia, recycling of the resources, environmental responsibility. REFERENCES 1. Pityk, O. V. & Tabenska, O. I. (2017). Upravlinnia zakladamy restorannoho hospodarstva, oriientovanymy na ekolohichnyi napriamok [Management of restaurant business targeted on the ecological direction]. Bulletin of the Khmelnytskoho natsionalnoho universytetu – Newsletter of the Khmelnitsky National University, 6. T 1, 155–158 [in Ukrainian]. 2. Shevchenko, R. Yu. (2014). Ekolohichna bezpeka sporud turystychnoho obsluhovuvannia (na prykladi ob’iektiv hotelno-restorannoho hospodarstva) [Ecological safety of tourist services facilities (on the example of hotel and restaurant facilities)]. Ekolohichna bezpeka – Ecological safety, 1. 20–24. 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Multi-criteria optimization of the arable land use

The article concludes that it is necessary to optimize the use and reproduction of productive lands, taking into account the intensity of the natural and anthropogenic load on cultivated lands and the possibilities for their improvement. Improving the stability of cultivated lands is proposed to provide on the basis of a compromise between the economic and environmental orientation of agro-economic systems. The procedure of optimizing the use of productive land, taking into account the assessment of the stability of cultivated lands, is demonstrated. The solution of this problem consists in optimization of the arable land structure using multi-criteria optimization methods in the search for a compromise solution by minimizing the weighted amount of pull-backs from the extreme values of the criteria used (the sum of net or gross income, integral estimates of resistance to anthropogenic load, wind and water erosion).

직무환경과 직무만족, 고객지향성과의 영향관계 연구 -조직지원인식의 조절효과를 중심으로-

직무환경과 직무만족, 고객지향성과의 영향관계 연구 -조직지원인식의 조절효과를 중심으로-

How environmental orientation influences firm performance: The missing link of green supply chain integration

AbstractAlthough the importance of environmental orientation has been recognized, how it affects firm performance remains unclear. Drawing on resource dependence theory, we explore how environmental orientation affects firm performance via green supply chain integration and the moderating effect of technology turbulence. We test hypotheses using hierarchical regression analysis by collecting data from 264 Chinese firms. The results reveal that both external environmental orientation and internal environmental orientation are positively related to green supply chain integration. Furthermore, green supply chain integration partially mediates the relationships between external environmental orientation and two types of firm performance and fully mediates the relationships between internal environmental orientation and two types of firm performance. The results also indicate that technology turbulence negatively moderates the relationship between internal environmental orientation and green supply chain integration and positively moderates that between external environmental orientation and green supply chain integration. This article contributes to green supply chain integration theory and practices by providing novel insights into how environmental orientation influences firm performance.

Diseño de un sistema de apoyo a la regulación social del aprendizaje en los xMOOC

This research aims at studying the processes of learning regulation in xMOOC environments, attending to both the individual and social dimensions of learning. Specifically, it attempts to analyze how the processes of self-regulation, co-regulation and socially shared regulation can be supported and promoted in open and massive learning contexts to achieve a deeper learning. To this end, a design-based research model is applied to allow a direct intervention in pedagogical practice, through a cyclic process of four stages: design, intervention, evaluation and reflection and redesign of a support system for the regulation of learning in an xMOOC. This paper presents the first iteration of the research together with the results of semi-structured interviews with some participants. First, we present the theoretical foundations of the design that have been applied to the proposed regulation support system as a result of a comprehensive literatura review. Next, we describe the implementation of the system, composed of a set of promptsstrategically administered into an xMOOC on gamification. Then, we present the results, among which we highlight the diverse use of the promptsmade by the participants and the challenges to activate traces of social orientation and reflection in a learning environment of the characteristics of an xMOOC. Finally, some conclusions and recommendations for the design of learning regulation and practice in xMOOC are drawn.

Self-assembly of highly sensitive 3D magnetic field vector angular encoders.

Novel robotic, bioelectronic, and diagnostic systems require a variety of compact and high-performance sensors. Among them, compact three-dimensional (3D) vector angular encoders are required to determine spatial position and orientation in a 3D environment. However, fabrication of 3D vector sensors is a challenging task associated with time-consuming and expensive, sequential processing needed for the orientation of individual sensor elements in 3D space. In this work, we demonstrate the potential of 3D self-assembly to simultaneously reorient numerous giant magnetoresistive (GMR) spin valve sensors for smart fabrication of 3D magnetic angular encoders. During the self-assembly process, the GMR sensors are brought into their desired orthogonal positions within the three Cartesian planes in a simultaneous process that yields monolithic high-performance devices. We fabricated vector angular encoders with equivalent angular accuracy in all directions of 0.14°, as well as low noise and low power consumption during high-speed operation at frequencies up to 1 kHz.

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: PERSPECTIVES OF EMPLOYEES ON HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM SECTORS IN WEST SUMATERA

This study aims to analyze employee perceptions regarding the implementation of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) in the hospitality & tourism sector in West Sumatra. GSCM reflected by the dimensions of internal environmental management and green purchasing can be influenced by environmental orientation (internal and external environmental orientation). GSCM are tested at the second-order construct reflective level and first-order reflective level. Linkages between variables in this study were identified through quantitative explanatory research techniques by testing hypotheses. Non-probability sampling through purposive sampling method from 77 respondents is carried out directly in the two main sectors. The results showed that all hypotheses had a significant effect. Internal environmental orientation and external environmental orientation have a significant effect on GSCM. Interestingly, environmental orientation has become an important predictor affecting the application of GSCM in the hospitality and tourism sector in West Sumatra.

Function, energy and environment orientation in innovation research of rare earth materials

Function, energy and environment orientation in innovation research of rare earth materials

An Experimental Vignette Study on the Attractiveness of Ownership-Based Carsharing Communities: A Social Capital Theory Perspective

Although the sharing economy is rapidly growing, it is still in its infancy. One of the key challenges is successfully expanding the number of users joining the sharing economy. Our research empirically assesses which organizational form is most successful in attracting new consumers to the sharing organizations that are co-owned by their users. The structure and scope of these sharing communities may differ substantially: while closed sharing communities are neighborhood based, open sharing communities establish broad communities without geographical boundaries. Building on social capital theory, we find that open sharing communities are more attractive than closed sharing communities because they foster trust and alleviate perceived scarcity risk. Yet, important boundary conditions exist. While a social and environmental orientation increases the likelihood to join open sharing communities, this is not the case for closed sharing organizations. These results highlight the value of examining distinct organizational forms of sharing organizations.

The Predictors of Consumer Behavior in Relation to Organic Food in the Context of Food Safety Incidents: Advancing Hyper Attention Theory Within an Stimulus-Organism-Response Model.

Despite the rapid development of China’s organic food industry in recent years, the market size of this industry remains relatively small. Since the organic food market started late in China, consumer groups are mainly concentrated in large cities at present. It is, therefore, urgent to take effective measures to promote the development of China’s organic food market. The current study focuses on the direct and indirect relationships between food safety incidents and organic food purchases by considering the Chinese context, using stimulus-organism-response model and information use environment theory, and introducing a hyper attention cognitive model. The results show that external stimulus (food safety incidents) and internal stimulus (consumer environment orientation) can significantly affect consumers’ response (namely, consumer organic cognition), and the enhancement of consumer organic cognition can promote consumer organic purchase. In addition, consumers’ information environment (the information relating to food safety incidents and environment) can significantly affect their organic food purchase. Moreover, food safety incidents can attract consumers’ hyper attention and thus has a positive impact on consumers’ cognition of organic food. These findings have important implications for research and practice.

Organizational and regulatory stakeholder pressures friends or foes to green logistics practices and financial performance: Investigating corporate reputation as a missing link

Exploring ways to protect and promote environmental sustainability have recently become critical to organizations survival due to pressures from diverse stakeholder groups. The aim of this study is to explore the effects of organizational stakeholder pressure and regulatory stakeholder pressure on green logistics practices and financial performance whiles investigating if environmental reputation and social reputation are missing links in mediating the relationships between organizational stakeholder pressure, regulatory stakeholder pressure, green logistics practices and financial performance. It is proposed that organizational stakeholder pressure and regulatory stakeholder pressure influence green logistics practices and financial performance, and in turn, environmental reputation and social reputation mediate these relationships. A thorough review of literature showed that organizations choose to either adopt a proactive or reactive approach to green practices based on organizational or regulatory stakeholder pressures. This research adopted partial least square structural equation modeling technique in analyzing the data due to it having more predictive power. The results show that pressures from organizational and regulatory stakeholders influence the adoption and implementation of green logistics practices, thereby enhancing environmental reputation, which also improves financial performance. The results specifically highlights that regulatory stakeholder pressures significantly influences social reputation, which also significantly influence financial performance. Environmental and social reputations proved to play mediating roles in the hypothesized relationships. These findings evidence that organizational and regulatory stakeholder pressures depending on how they are responded to can be friends or foes to green logistics practices, environmental reputation, social reputation and financial performance. Thus, the scope of stakeholder pressures appear to be potent and wider than previously understood. This study was tailored to the logistics sector because previous researches have concentrated on the manufacturing sector. Moreover, few researches have incorporated reputation as an intermediate variable in the relationships between stakeholder pressures, green logistics practices and financial performance. • Companies that adopt reactive approaches to environmental orientation are mostly pressured by regulatory stakeholders. • Organizational stakeholder pressure motivates companies in adopting proactive approaches to environmental practices. • Stakeholder pressure, corporate reputation and green logistics practices significantly impacts financial performance. • Environmental and social reputations strongly and significantly correlates with financial performance. • Long-term investments in environmental practices improve performance due to cost reduction from cleaner productions.

The Impact of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) Practices on Environmental Orientation of Chemical Industrial Companies in Jordan: The Moderating Role of Employee Environmental Knowledge

The Impact of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) Practices on Environmental Orientation of Chemical Industrial Companies in Jordan: The Moderating Role of Employee Environmental Knowledge

THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR

The article deals with the actual problems of providing the economy with energy-efficient vehicles. The global development trend of the transport sector is its environmental and energyefficient orientation. In Kazakhstan, at the state level, legislative measures and concepts for the introduction and development of the "green" economy are being taken. The article analyzes the causes of high energy consumption in transport, the main directions of implementation of energy efficiency policy in transport. On the example of the largest metropolis of Kazakhstan – Almaty, the main measures to ensure sustainable development of transport, reducing emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere are presented. Also, the international experience in reducing air pollution by exhaust gases is considered, recommendations for its use are given. Energy-efficient focus of the transport sector will ensure the transition of the cities of Kazakhstan to the modern level of development and sustainability, in accordance with the best international practices and strategic documents of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Environmental orientation, sustainable behaviour at the firm-market interface and performance

Abstract This study aims to enrich sustainability research and practice by being the first study to systematically review empirical studies from the past ten years on how corporate-level environmental orientation influences environmental marketing and firm performance and improves the understanding of the roles of environmental contingencies. A review of the extant literature describes how the investigation of this field has evolved over the past ten years, provides a managerially relevant meta-framework of variables based on previous studies and suggests areas for future research. Structural equation modelling of cross-sectional survey data from 296 firms in Hungary shows that the environmental orientation of the firm is an important driver of environmental marketing, which in turn, has a weak, positive effect on performance. Environmental contingencies have more influence on how firms profit from environmental marketing initiatives than on how firm-level environmental attitudes and visions translate into behaviour. Stringent environmental regulations and the environmental orientation of competitors reinforce the profit outcomes of environmental marketing, while the environmental norms of customers and the natural environment do not influence this effect. This study concludes with important sustainability implications for policy makers and managers.

Popular Coastal Environment Issues and Orientation for Solutions in Vietnam

The process of interaction and exchange of material between continents and oceans in coastal areas (DVB) creates a dynamic balance on environment, ecology and natural resource structure. Due to anthropogenic impacts and climate change, this balance is disrupted and leads to many negative consequences. The coastal area of ??Vietnam is located in the monsoon tropical region where large rivers with basins in six countries enter and the outer sea has ecological and environmental relations with the waters of many countries in the region. This is a very sensitive area and ecosystems, especially coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, etc. very vulnerable to environmental impacts. Along with economic development and population growth, humanitarian activities have a major impact on the coastal environment. People, environment and coastal ecosystems are also affected by abnormal climatic and hydrological changes that have recently increased. Not to mention the risk of natural disasters, including volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis, has not been fully assessed. Environmental stresses and coastal catastrophes are generated not only locally but also from continents and oceans. Therefore, the strategy for coastal environmental protection needs to be viewed from the macro-relations of the continental-ocean interaction in the coastal region.

Popular Coastal Environment Issues and Orientation for Solutions in Vietnam

The process of interaction and exchange of material between continents and oceans in coastal areas (DVB) creates a dynamic balance on environment, ecology and natural resource structure. Due to anthropogenic impacts and climate change, this balance is disrupted and leads to many negative consequences. The coastal area of ​​Vietnam is located in the monsoon tropical region where large rivers with basins in six countries enter and the outer sea has ecological and environmental relations with the waters of many countries in the region. This is a very sensitive area and ecosystems, especially coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, etc. very vulnerable to environmental impacts. Along with economic development and population growth, humanitarian activities have a major impact on the coastal environment. People, environment and coastal ecosystems are also affected by abnormal climatic and hydrological changes that have recently increased. Not to mention the risk of natural disasters, including volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis, has not been fully assessed. Environmental stresses and coastal catastrophes are generated not only locally but also from continents and oceans. Therefore, the strategy for coastal environmental protection needs to be viewed from the macro-relations of the continental-ocean interaction in the coastal region.

Congestion assessment for the Belt and Road countries considering carbon emission reduction

Abstract In the context of resources saving and climate change, this study extends the Cooper-family model by using a range adjusted measure (RAM) approach to incorporate carbon emissions under the data envelopment analysis (DEA) framework. Comparing congestion effects under three orientations (operational orientation, environmental orientation, and sustainable orientation) of 46 primary countries along the Belt and Road (B&R countries) from 2003 to 2016, this study has a sight for the impact mechanism of development orientation on congestion effects and put forward policy suggestions on development orientation for B&R countries. The results show that: 1) Congestion effects have existed in some B&R countries during the sample period. Labor congestion mainly occurs under environmental orientation, capital congestion mainly appears when operational performance or sustainable development is the priorities orientation, and energy congestion under operational orientation is more severe than the other orientations. 2) Countries rich in a production factor tend to have congestion of such production factor. Specifically, high population density countries, developed countries, and countries rich in energy resources tend to have labor congestion, capital congestion, and energy congestion, respectively. 3) Sustainable orientation will help to alleviate congestion effects. Serious capital and energy congestion have occurred under operational orientation, whereas they are basically eliminated when under sustainable orientation. The findings are helpful to improve resource utilization efficiency and provide foreign investors with investment reference information.

Innovation Ecosystems in the EU: Policy Evolution and Horizon Europe Proposal Case Study (the Actors’ Perspective)

At the European Union (EU) level, innovation matter is acknowledged as crucial for progress and sustainability. Related policy action is materialized through Horizon Europe, the 9th Framework Program (FP) for research and development (R&D). The present 8th FP, Horizon 2020, is already considered the biggest public innovation support program in the world. Accordingly, the 9th FP is a cornerstone of innovation ecosystems configuration in the EU and, thus, should be carefully evaluated. In this paper, the analysis of the forthcoming FP proposal is made and a previously developed framework for the structural advancement assessment of innovation ecosystems was applied. The Actor’s viewpoint from the “innovation helix” is especially advantageous for a thorough evaluation. In conclusion, the Horizon Europe proposal does take into account the knowledge triangle or triple helix (Academia, Government, Industry) with “tacit”, however not very explicit, commitment towards complementing Society and Natural Environment dimensions. The process perspective of innovation is highlighted, particularly in terms of overcoming the “valley of death”; nevertheless, private innovation financing levels are still a matter of concern. If the sustainability is to be achieved, consistently allowing for socioecological transformation, authors recommend the orchestration of efforts, especially in the involvement of Society and implication in innovation, as well as in the Natural Environment orientation.

Effects of green human resource management: testing a moderated mediation model

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine organizational attractiveness as a mechanism through which adoption of green human resource management (GHRM) practices affects potential employees’ intent to pursue career in an organization. Specifically, an integrative moderated mediation model with employees’ personal environmental orientation as moderator of the above-stated relationship was proposed.Design/methodology/approachThe sample comprised 172 final-year engineering students registered in a four-year undergraduate program in one of the top higher education institutes in India. SPSS 24 was used to test the moderated mediation model with the help of hierarchical regression procedures.FindingsResults provided support for the moderated mediation model in which the indirect effect of GHRM on job pursuit intention through organizational attractiveness was moderated by environmental orientation of prospective applicants.Practical implicationsResults highlight the potential of GHRM in turning the organizations into talent magnets. This knowledge will motivate practitioners to effectively integrate GHRM with human resource policies, practices and employee initiatives for attracting quality applicants.Originality/valueThis research by presenting the positive outcomes of GHRM for the organizations contributes to scant academic literature on sustainable human resource management which is deficient with regard to knowledge around its consequences.

Organizational environmental orientation and employee environmental in‐role behaviors: A cross‐level study

AbstractAmid the growth of scholarly research on environmental workplace behaviors, two limitations stand out. First, there has been scant research on the cross‐level effects of organizational‐level determinants on individual employee environmental behaviors using a methodologically appropriate multilevel analytic approach. Second, there has been an overwhelming focus on voluntary, as opposed to task‐related, employee environmentally friendly behaviors. In addressing these limitations, this field study (N = 615 U.S.‐based employees nested in 51 organizations) makes a theoretical and empirical contribution to the literature, specifically by linking the dimensions of organizational‐level environmental orientation with individual‐level employee environmental in‐role (i.e., task‐related) behaviors using multilevel analysis. The results indicate that organizational internal environmental orientation is positively related to employee recycling behavior. Managerial status exerts a moderating effect, such that the positive relationship between internal environmental orientation and energy‐saving behavior is stronger among managers than among non‐managers. Furthermore, an organization's external environmental orientation has an unequivocal positive relationship only with employee energy‐saving behavior. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.