Strong Positive Impact Research Articles

PENYUKIA (PENYULUHAN DAN EDUKASI KESEHATAN IBU DAN ANAK) PADA PUSKESMAS RAWAMERTA KARAWANG

The knowledge of maternal and child health and nutrition in Sukamerta Village is highlighted in the context of community well-being. The limited understanding of this issue has led to the need for interventions aimed at raising awareness of the importance of health aspects. This study aims to provide sustainable solutions through counseling and education efforts at Rawamerta Community Health Center. The research method applied includes a series of systematically designed steps. Starting from pre-event questionnaire filling to evaluate the initial level of knowledge, direct counseling, educational video screenings, interactive question and answer sessions, and distribution of brochures as additional sources of information. This approach not only delivers information but also encourages active participation of participants to enhance the effectiveness of knowledge transfer. The research results show a significant improvement in understanding of maternal and child health and nutrition after participating in the educational event. The success of the counseling, reaching a rate of 86.78%, confirms that this approach has a strong positive impact on enhancing community knowledge regarding crucial health issues.

Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Employment Generation: Evidence from FDI Recipient Economies

Remarkable global FDI flows during last two decades have substantial impact on labor market in developed and developing economies. The present study intends to explore the role of FDI in employment generation. By taking the data from 1991-2020 for top twenty FDI recipient economies (developed and developing) the study used system GMM model to test the hypothesis empirically. Employment level is taken as dependent variable and net inflows of FDI to GDP ratio is taken as principal variable. Other control variables include in the study are, Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), inflation (INF), Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, labor force (LF) and trade openness (TOP). The findings of study reveal that inward FDI has strong positive impact on employment levels in both developed and developing economies. As policy suggestion it is recommended that inward FDI should be encouraged in those sectors which can generate more employment opportunities for local labor especially in developing economies.

Factors Affecting Intention to Buy Organic Food after the Covid-19 Pandemic: Case of Vietnamese Customers in Higher Education

This study investigates consumers' intention to purchase organic foods in Vietnam after social distancing because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, we established and explained the relationship between the factor "perceived value" and buying organic food intentions along with the lens of TPB. The sample included 362 MBA students from three prominent universities in Ho Chi Minh. Latent structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to analyze this reliability and confirm these relationships. The results stated that factors "age" and "perceived value," including functional, economic, social, and emotional value, have effects on "subjective norms" and "attitude toward buying organic food." With "perceived behavioral control," these factors had a positive impact on the purchase intention for organic food. The study's originality extends TPB to explain intention in the organic food field with two new constructs, "age" and "perceived value." Because the intention factor had a strong positive impact on purchasing behavior, results help marketers and managers have a sustainable policy to encourage people to buy organic foods during and post-pandemic.

Democracy, military expenditure and economic growth: A heterogeneous perspective

ABSTRACT Countries with different democratic levels tend to show various degrees of emphasis on military expenditure and a consensus can hardly be reached on the economic effect of democracy and military expenditure. By applying a panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) approach, this article examines the potential dynamic and endogenous relationships among democracy, military expenditure and economic growth of 126 countries from 1990 to 2020. Furthermore, the k-means clustering algorithm is employed to account for the heterogeneous interaction between democracy and military expenditure in different countries. The empirical results reveal that the strong positive impact of democracy and the negative effect of military spending on economic growth exists in the full sample and the cluster of countries with low democratic levels and a high military burden. For democratic countries with low military expenditure, there is a more significant and negative impact both of military expenditure on democracy and vice versa.

The greater the incentives, the better the effect? Interactive moderating effects on the relationship between green motivation and green creativity

PurposeThis study aims to address the gap in hospitality and tourism (H&T) research concerning green creativity (GC) and seeks to identify the ways in which the interaction between spiritual incentives (SI) and material incentives (MI) affects the relationships among green intrinsic motivation (GIM), green extrinsic motivation (GEM) and GC.Design/methodology/approachIn accordance with the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, this paper examines studies related to GC in the H&T industry and analyses them using content analysis and critical analysis.FindingsBy integrating self-determination theory and the componential theory of creativity, this study enhances the understanding of the interactive moderating role played by SI and MI in the relationship between green motivation and GC. When the level of SI is high and the level of MI is low, GIM has the strongest positive impact on GC. When the levels of MI and SI are both high, GEM has the strongest positive effect on GC.Practical implicationsIn practical terms, “high SI-low MI” is the optimal combination for achieving high GC and promoting sustainable long-term green-oriented incentives.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper represents the first investigation of the interactive moderating effects of SI and MI on the relationships among GIM, GEM and GC, thus enriching the research on the factors influencing green motivation and GC. In addition, this paper proposes a better decision-making basis for organizations facing a green-oriented incentive situation, according to which “high SI-low MI” can facilitate the achievement of high GC at a low cost.

Anaerobic digestion of algal–bacterial biomass of an Algal Turf Scrubber system

This study investigated the anaerobic digestion of an algal–bacterial biofilm grown in artificial wastewater in an Algal Turf Scrubber (ATS). The ATS system was located in a greenhouse (50°54′19ʺN, 6°24′55ʺE, Germany) and was exposed to seasonal conditions during the experiment period. The methane (CH4) potential of untreated algal–bacterial biofilm (UAB) and thermally pretreated biofilm (PAB) using different microbial inocula was determined by anaerobic batch fermentation. Methane productivity of UAB differed significantly between microbial inocula of digested wastepaper, a mixture of manure and maize silage, anaerobic sewage sludge, and percolated green waste. UAB using sewage sludge as inoculum showed the highest methane productivity. The share of methane in biogas was dependent on inoculum. Using PAB, a strong positive impact on methane productivity was identified for the digested wastepaper (116.4%) and a mixture of manure and maize silage (107.4%) inocula. By contrast, the methane yield was significantly reduced for the digested anaerobic sewage sludge (50.6%) and percolated green waste (43.5%) inocula. To further evaluate the potential of algal–bacterial biofilm for biogas production in wastewater treatment and biogas plants in a circular bioeconomy, scale-up calculations were conducted. It was found that a 0.116 km2 ATS would be required in an average municipal wastewater treatment plant which can be viewed as problematic in terms of space consumption. However, a substantial amount of energy surplus (4.7–12.5 MWh a−1) can be gained through the addition of algal–bacterial biomass to the anaerobic digester of a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Wastewater treatment and subsequent energy production through algae show dominancy over conventional technologies.Graphical abstract

Plea for a Simple But Radical Change in Scientific Publication: To Improve Openness, Reliability, and Reproducibility, Let's Deposit and Validate Our Results before Writing Articles.

Limited reproducibility and validity are major sources of concern in biology and other fields of science. Their origins have been extensively described and include material variability, incomplete materials and methods report, results selection, defective experimental design, lack of power, inappropriate statistics, overinterpretation, and reluctance to publish negative results. Promoting complete and accurate communication of positive and negative results is a major objective. Multiple steps in this direction are taken, but they are not sufficient and the general construction of articles has not been questioned. I propose here a simple change with a potentially strong positive impact. First, when they complete a substantial coherent set of experiments, scientists deposit their positive or negative results in a database [“deposited results,” (DRs)], including detailed materials, methods, raw data, analysis, and processed results. The DRs are technically reviewed and validated as “validated DRs” (vDRs) or rejected until satisfactory. vDR databases are open (after an embargo period if requested by the authors) and can later be updated by them or others with replications or replication failures, providing a comprehensive active log of scientific data. Articles, in this proposal, are then built as they currently are, except they only include vDRs as strong and open building blocks. I argue that this approach would increase the transparency, reproducibility, and reliability of scientific publications and have additional advantages including accurate author credit, better material for evaluation, exhaustive scientific archiving, and increased openness of life science material.

Teacher Retention in Private Schools of Nepal: A Case from Bhaktapur District

Retention of qualified teachers is a crucial part for the quality education in schools because qualified, experienced and stable teachers can enhance the academic standard of students. It is equally important for the smooth operation and success of schools. Considering these facts, a quantitative research with correlational research design was carried out with the objective of finding out relationship between teacher retention and domains of its determinants in private schools of Bhaktapur district, Nepal. The data was collected through a questionnaire. This study concluded that financial and school culture domains have a powerful and significant impact on teacher retention. Similarly, there is a significant association between teacher retention and social domain, and between teacher retention and emotional domain. This study suggested that school administrators and policy makers need to understand that there is a strong positive impact of financial domain and school culture domain on teacher retention. They need to formulate policies which can satisfy financial needs and create a good school culture. Similarly, they need to improve teacher retention by addressing emotional domain and social domain.

An exploratory study of sustainability and firm performance for Indian manufacturing small and medium enterprises

In this paper, an exploratory study of the drivers of sustainability, sustainable environmental and social practices, and firm performance for Indian manufacturing SMEs is presented. Exploratory/confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling have been employed for data analysis. Some of the major findings of the study are as follows. The leadership and ethical orientation of owners/managers and employees has a strong positive impact on sustainable waste management and human resource management (HRM) practices, environmental benefits and firm performance. A positive association has been found between sustainable HRM practices and waste management. Although no direct relationship has been found between sustainable HRM practices and firm performance, sustainable HRM practices have an indirect positive impact on firm performance through the mediating role of environmental benefits. Further, the effects of moderating variables on the structural relationships have been explored. The study highlights the managerial implications and concludes with possible directions for future research.

Effect of corporate social responsibility performance on dividend pay-out: Role of corporate governance quality.

The goal of this study was to analyze the influence of corporate social responsibility on dividend pay-out while considering the role of corporate governance quality on mutual funds operating in Pakistan. This study used a two-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) to control not only endogeneity problems caused by inclusion of firm-specific variables, but also the endogeneity caused by dividend pay-out selection. The findings are that mutual funds that engage in higher levels of corporate social responsibility pay greater dividends. The quality of corporate governance not only has a strong positive impact on mutual fund’s dividend pay-outs, but also moderates the association between dividend pay-out and corporate social responsibility. Furthermore, differences exist between socially responsible Islamic and conventional mutual funds in terms of dividend pay-out policy. These findings imply that the quality of corporate governance performs a substantial role in dividend decisions. Policymakers and regulators should also encourage asset management firms to improve corporate governance quality and engage in more socially responsible activities, which can lead to improved fund performance and dividend pay-out.

Influence mechanisms of the National Pollution Source Census on public participation and environmental consciousness in China

The National Pollution Source Census has been conducted in China to strengthen environmental supervision and management while mobilizing the public to participate in census work. Public participation usually plays an important role in environmental governance, but its development in China is relatively inadequate at present. However, the implementation of the National Pollution Source Census has created favorable conditions for promoting public participation. To explore the influence of the National Pollution Source Census on public participation, we conducted a nationwide questionnaire-based survey, recording the public's perceptions and behaviors related to environmental issues following the census. Structural equation modeling and logistic regression were conducted to analyze the data. The main findings indicate the following. First, the implementation of the National Pollution Source Census has had a strong positive impact on environmental consciousness, which, in turn, has had a positive effect on public participation. Environmental consciousness plays a fully mediating role in the relationship between the implementation of the National Pollution Source Census and public participation. Second, among the measurement indicators of the implementation of the National Pollution Source Census, environmental information disclosure, the extent of the popularization of environmental pollution knowledge, media-based publicizing of the significance of pollution source censuses, and the legislation-driven establishment of channels for public participation have a significant positive impact on environmental consciousness and public participation. Third, demographic characteristics such as the age and income of the public further affect their environmental consciousness and participation in environmental governance activities. • Implementing the NPSC strongly improves public's environmental consciousness (EC). • EC positively affects public participation (PP) in environmental governance. • China's NPSC has a strong positive impact on PP via EC's mediating effect. • Info disclosure promotes public EC and motivates PP in environmental governance. • Public's age and income significantly affect their EC and PP in environmental governance.

The Impact of Individualism and Collectivism on Employee Radical and Incremental Creativity

Although individualism-collectivism orientations play pivotal roles in determining individual creativity, the conclusions on the topic are inconsistent. Based on sensemaking theory, our research aims to examine how individualism and collectivism differentially affect individual creativity by classifying creativity into radical creativity and incremental creativity. Time-lagged data from 342 Chinese employees and their supervisors indicated that vertical individualism has a stronger positive impact on radical creativity than on incremental creativity, whereas horizontal individualism has no significant effect on radical or incremental creativity. Meanwhile, the positive effect of vertical collectivism on incremental creativity is stronger than that on radical creativity; in contrast, the difference between the effects of horizontal collectivism on radical creativity and incremental creativity is insignificant. Our research further underscores the crucial theoretical perspective of multifaceted creativity for explaining how individualism-collectivism values drive employee creativity and highlights the vital implication for predicting employee creativity on the basis of employees’ cultural values (individualism vs. collectivism).

The Impact of Capital Budgeting on the Innovation Capability of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nakawa Division, Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda

The study examined the impact of capital budgeting on the innovation capability of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nakawa Division, Kampala Capital City Authority. The study was premised on the following research objective: to find out the impact of capital budgeting on the innovation capability of SMEs in Nakawa Division. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional survey design using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. In this study, data was collected from a sample of 437 respondents. The data was collected using questionnaires and a key informant interview guide. Analysis was done using Pearson correlation coefficients and simple regression analysis. Qualitative analysis was done using thematic analysis. Findings revealed a strong positive impact of capital budgeting on the innovation capability of SMEs in Nakawa Division; the coefficient is 0.911 ** and p-value = 0.000. It was concluded that proprietors of SMEs still struggle to remain operating beyond one year and need training in financial management practices to gain the capability to innovate and thus address the challenge of quick collapse. It was recommended that SMEs' owners in Nakawa Division should be well versed and acquainted with capital budgeting tactics to shield their enterprises from financial challenges.

Architecting rural smartness: A collaborative platform design for rural digital business ecosystem

AbstractThe wide urban–rural economic gap, particularly in developing countries, has led to various problems. To lower the gap, the participation of rural communities in digital business ecosystems is being viewed as a promising approach. To this end, we use design science research methodology to present a reference architecture of a rural smartness platform that facilitates the emergence of a smarter business ecosystem. This ecosystem embodies the characteristics of rural smartness, which are empirically proven to have a strong positive impact on improving the rural economic climate. Evaluation by means of expert opinion, technical action research, and empirical research suggest that the proposed architecture effectively improves the rural economic climate and is feasible to be implemented in a real‐world setting. This paper contributes to the body of knowledge regarding the establishment of a digital business ecosystem for rural communities, particularly by proposing a solution resulting from a design science perspective that is backed by empirical evidence.

How Green Organizational Strategy and Environmental CSR Affect Organizational Sustainable Performance Through Green Technology Innovation Amid COVID-19

The growth of green-oriented businesses for sustainable development (SD) is no longer optional in the current dynamic world, especially for manufacturing businesses in general. Accordingly, the present study investigates the interlinkages between green organizational strategy (GOS), environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR), and organizational sustainable performance (OSP) by exploring the key mediating role of green technology innovation (GTI). This study uses a quantitative method to gather data from Chinese manufacturing industries, employing a well-structured questionnaire. Senior and middle-level managers were the intended respondents. From the primary survey, 264 valid responses were gathered. The final data were analyzed using SmartPLS (version 3.3.9) by adopting structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the associations between the targeted constructs, and the results add to the recent literature by offering a cohesive model of GOS, ECSR, GTI, and OSP. The findings revealed that GOS has a strong positive effect on ECSR, GTI, and OSP. Further, ECSR has a strong positive impact on GTI and OSP. Meanwhile, GTI is a key mediating variable in these relationships, which previous studies have not explored. This study innovatively integrates the three green traits, namely, GOS, ECSR, and GTI, into a comprehensive model that is understudied in existing literature in order to help businesses improve their sustainable competitive advantage. The ultimate aim is to help businesses improve their environmental performance and achieve solid sustainability over the long term.

Capital regulation, market power and bank risk-taking in the MENA region: New evidence for Islamic and conventional banks

This paper investigates the impact of capital requirements and market power on the risk of financial institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. We test the hypothesis that capital requirements have a significant effect on risk behavior of both Islamic and conventional banks in the MENA region. We also investigate the moderating effect of market power on the relationship between capital requirements and bank risk. Our analysis indicates that capital ratio has a strong positive impact on the credit risk of conventional banks, whereas this effect is insignificant in the sample of Islamic banks. For the conventional banking sector, the increase in the capitalization level imposed by the regulators is negatively linked to the credit risk level only for banks with high market power. Regarding the IBs behavior, that the relationship between capital ratio and credit risk is not moderated by market competitive conditions. This means that Islamic banks are less sensitive to the conditions of market competition in the MENA countries but strongly depend on the regulatory authorities’ initiatives. Our findings inform the policymakers and regulators concerned with improving the banking sector’s stability in the MENA region to set their policy differently depending on the level of banking market competition.

Urban Policy Sustainability through a Value-Added Densification Tool: The Case of the South Boston Area

Over the past decade, urban density has been growing faster than ever, forcing high-density expansion. The aim of this study is to verify whether urban density is accepted as a sustainable value-added quality, internalized in the willingness to pay on a buildable per square feet basis. To explore the relationship between land prices and densification processes, this study focused on a low-density area, which recently went through a densification policy process with the approval of a new zoning tool. The study analyzes land price trends on a 144-Acre of area, located in the South Boston Submarket, identified as the Dorchester Ave Area. I analyzed land transactions in this area between 2012 and 2021. I also examined land price variations before and after the approval of a densification plan in correlation with the overall trend of the real estate market in that area. The results suggest that density is a value-added feature that affects land prices. Indeed, a higher density leads to higher values per buildable square feet. Densification policies have a strong positive impact on land transaction prices. Community and developers valued density with a greater willingness to pay, internalizing the economic, social, and environmental sustainability benefits. This phenomenon should be taken into consideration by local public authorities implementing their zoning tools.

Servant leadership: The missing community component

Research shows servant leadership has a strong positive impact on employees and the businesses they run. More than 300 peer-reviewed articles support the myriad benefits, including increased profit, improved work climate, and enhanced employee well-being and productivity. Servant leaders are knowledgeable, ethical people who bring value to organizations and the people they serve by developing followers via prioritizing work needs, valuing growth, empowering employees, and being sensitive to personal concerns. By doing this, servant leaders encourage followers to contribute to organizational goals, develop a sense of belonging, and increase confidence in their work and leadership skills, increasing happiness, health, and productivity. Servant leadership also uniquely involves a concern for the community. Our research shows that leaders have the least confidence in this most distinguishing aspect of servant leadership. We offer 32 practical ideas on implementing servant leadership with special attention to the community component to help leaders develop this valuable leadership style.

The Nexus Between CO2 Emission, Economic Growth, Trade Openness: Evidences From Middle-Income Trap Countries

In recent years, the carbon dioxide emissions generated by the massive consumption of fossil energy have been increasing year by year, resulting in more and more obvious greenhouse effect, and the occurrence of climate disasters around the world has become more and more frequent. This study analyses the long-term effects of economic growth, trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and gross domestic product (GDP) on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Latin American countries that are in the middle-income trap (MIT). Using annual time-series data for the period 2000–2020, the results of middle-income countries of Latin America are compared with higher-income countries (Singapore, the United States, and South Korea) and an upper-middle-income country, China. Specifically, we examine the role of sector value addition to GDP on the CO2 emission nexus for middle-income economies, controlling for the effects on GDP, FDI, and trade. Using regression and path analysis (multiple regression) we find that for higher-income countries FDI, GDP and trade are the important variables that have a strong positive impact on CO2 emission, but that positive impact is weak in MIT countries, which makes this study significant as it highlights important variables needed for MIT countries to remain focused. Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model results also explore that FDI, GDP growth and trade variables can significantly accelerate the environmental quality by CO2 emission, while tourism/travel services and education do not much impact the environment. Hence, our paper provides solid ground for developing a sustainable and pro-growth policy for MIT countries because they are plagued by the decline or stagnation of economic growth.

Economic Literacy, Self-Control, Religiosity, and Consumption: A Mediation Study on Shopee Users’ Lifestyle

This study explores the impact of economic literacy, self-control, religiosity, and lifestyle on consumption behaviour among Shopee customers. The research method utilizes path analysis to identify the influence of lifestyle variables that have been considered. This study’s regression analysis revealed that economic literacy, self-control, and religiosity negatively impacted consumptive behaviour. The variables of economic literacy, on the other hand, have a strong positive impact on lifestyle. Furthermore, self-control and religiosity have a negative and minor impact on one’s lifestyle. Lifestyle variable routes can mediate the influence of economic literacy on wasteful behaviour in the analytical test. On the other hand, lifestyle cannot mitigate the impact of self-control and religiosity on consumption.