Sustainable Development Of Organization Research Articles

Perceived Influence of Digital Competence on Knowledge Sharing Behaviour of College Librarians in the South-East and South-South Geo-Political Zones of Nigeria

Knowledge and the competence to share it in the digital age have become potent tools for the attainment of competitive advantage and sustainable development in organizations and institutions of learning. This awareness has necessitated the need to embark on a study with the main objective of determining how digital competence variables influence the knowledge sharing behaviour of librarians in college libraries in the South–East and South–South of Nigeria. The research was supported by the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Survey research method was used to investigate a sample of 264 librarians. A validated and structured questionnaire with a correlation coefficient of 0.92 was used to collect data for the research through the census method. A response rate of 82% (217) was received and analysed. Findings reveal that librarians in college libraries possess the ability to use and manipulate a broad range of digital devices like smart phones, tablets, lap/desk tops; have a working knowledge of the World Wide Web (www); use social media platforms to maintain workplace collaboration; and use popular library application software packages. The study concludes that librarians in the institutions studied have shown significant skills in the use of ICT in their knowledge sharing behaviour and therefore should be sustained. The research recommends amongst others regular ICT training, workshops and conferences to enhance the knowledge sharing behaviour of the librarians and the creation of digital platforms and infrastructure for knowledge creation and sharing for professional and institutional ranking and visibility. Keywords: Digital Competence, Knowledge Sharing Behaviour, College Librarians, Nigeria DOI: 10.7176/IKM/13-3-03 Publication date: March 31 st 2023

Position Statement on Cancer Nursing Leadership.

Position Statement on Cancer Nursing Leadership.

Addressing the Societal Challenges in Organizations: The Conceptualization of Mindfulness Capability for Social Justice

Social inequalities are partly caused by habitual organizational practices. In this vein, to overcome those, organizations now need to develop new organizational capabilities aimed at enhancing their attention towards societal issues. In our study, we apply the theory of mindfulness to explain how it may help organizations overcome habitual organizing that fuels social inequalities. Guided by the microfoundational perspective of organizational capability, we conceptualize individual characteristics, processes, and structures that collectively form mindfulness capability for social justice. We perceive it as an organizational capability that reflects the extent to which an organization possesses a collective social justice awareness, i.e., awareness of the impact on social justice in society through its organizational practices. We argue that, when adopted by organizations, mindfulness, by increasing the awareness of the organizational impact on society, helps notice, examine, and question the correctness of taken-for-granted organizational practices. From our perspective, this new capability will lead to changes in organizational practices that fuel social inequalities. Our study contributes to the literature on sustainable organizational development and mindfulness research in organizations. Managerial implications and future research directions are also discussed.

Enhancing Sustainable Development in Northeastern Brazilian Organizations through Product Innovation, Environmental Strategy, and Circular Economy

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of product innovation, environmental strategy, and circular economy on sustainable development in organizations in Northeastern Brazil. The study used a quantitative and descriptive research method, employing a survey with the snowball sampling technique applied to 557 companies in the region. Three research hypotheses were formulated and analyzed using statistical tests, confirmatory factor analysis, and multiple linear regression. The results showed that the relationships between product innovation, environmental strategy, and circular economy had a moderate intensity of influence on sustainable development with an explanation index greater than 37% (R2). The study concludes that Model 3, representing the relationship between circular economy and sustainable development, had the greatest influence on sustainable development with a moderate intensity of 46.20%. As natural resources are finite and the world population continues to grow exponentially, organizations must reduce their impact on the environment and consumption of natural resources. Environmental strategy and circular economy can effectively contribute to sustainable development, which is crucial for meeting the increasing demands for new products, food, housing, health, education, employment, and income.

Assessing the Contribution of Managerial Accounting in Sustainable Organizational Development in the Healthcare Industry

Sustainability and digital transformation are two phenomena influencing the activities of all organizations. Managerial accounting is an essential component of these transformations, having complex roles in decision-making to ensure sustainable development through implementing modern technologies in the accounting process. This paper studies the roles of digitized managerial accounting in organizational sustainability drivers from a decision-making perspective. The empirical investigation assesses the influence of managerial accounting on the economic, social, and environmental drivers of sustainability from the perception of 396 Romanian accountants using an artificial neural network analysis and structural equation modeling. As a result, the research provides a holistic view of the managerial accounting roles enhanced by digital technologies in the sustainable development of healthcare organizations. From the accountants' perception, the leading managerial accounting roles on organizational sustainability are enablers and reporters of the sustainable value created in the organization. Additionally, the roles of creators and preservers are seen as relevant by a significant part of the respondents. Therefore, healthcare organizations must implement a sustainability vision in managerial accounting and accounting information systems using the capabilities offered by new digital technologies.

Діджиталізація бізнесу як запорука зростання конкурентоспроможності та успішного розвитку компаній у динамічному середовищі господарювання

A key factor of success for modern companies is the timely restructuring of business processes, considering the penetration of digital technologies in all spheres of society. Approaches to the definition of terms "digitization", "digitalization" and "digital transformation" are analysed. Attention is focused on the need to implement digital technologies in the activities of business structures for their successful functioning. The main stages of the business digitalization process are outlined, the need to adjust the architecture of solutions in accordance with the specifics of companies and business conditions is emphasized. The measures of implementation of digitalization in the business processes of companies that lead to tracking the parameters of all production operations, their control and making timely decisions on the need for corrective actions are revealed. On the example of leading companies, it is proved that the challenges of recent years have contributed to the restructuring of business processes, changes in business models, the use of digitalization to ensure the sustainable development of business organizations in today’s changing external medium. It is emphasized that the effectiveness of business structures largely depends on the innovative and technological potential of each country, the level of technology development, the ability of the country’s economy to develop in the context of digital transformations, which are increasingly taking place every year. The rating of countries by the level of network readiness is analysed, the place of Ukraine in this rating is determined. It is emphasized that despite the complexity of modern economic conditions in Ukraine, the government is working to increase the cyber resilience of the state and further improve digital technologies in all spheres of life. Such measures show that digitalization in Ukraine is gaining momentum and is the key to the survival and further development of domestic business structures.

Good nutrition across the lifespan is foundational for healthy aging and sustainable development.

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing across the age spectrum are essential to sustainable development. Nutrition is at the heart of the World Health Organization (WHO) Sustainable Development Goals, particularly for Sustainable Development Goal 2/Subgoal 2, which is to End all forms of malnutrition by 2030. This subgoal addresses people of all ages, including targeted groups like young children and older adults. In recent decades, there have been marked advances in the tools and methods used to screen for risk of malnutrition and to conduct nutritional assessments. There have also been innovations in nutritional interventions and outcome measures related to malnutrition. What has been less common is research on how nutritional interventions can impact healthy aging. Our Perspective article thus takes a life-course approach to consider what is needed to address risk of malnutrition and why, and to examine how good nutrition across the lifespan can contribute to healthy aging. We discuss broad-ranging yet interdependent ways to improve nutritional status worldwide-development of nutritional programs and policies, incorporation of the best nutrition-care tools and methods into practice, provision of professional training for quality nutritional care, and monitoring health and economic benefits of such changes. Taken together, our Perspective aims to (i) identify current challenges to meeting these ideals of nutritional care, and to (ii) discover enabling strategies for the improvement of nutrition care across the lifespan. In harmony with the WHO goal of sustainable development, we underscore roles of nutrition to foster healthy human development and healthy aging worldwide.

The Role of Environmental Education and Green Supply Chain Practices in Achieving Sustainable Development: Evidence from Indonesia

Globally, environmental education and green supply chain (GSC) practices are considered essential elements for sustainable development, and this aspect needs new literature and policymakers' attention. Hence, the present article examines the impact of GSC practices on the sustainable development of manufacturing organizations in Indonesia. The article also investigates the moderating role of environmental education among green purchasing, IEM, and sustainable development in manufacturing organizations in Indonesia. The study applies primary data collection technologies such as survey questionnaires to gather primary data from respondents. The study also applies the smart-PLS to test the association among variables. The outcomes revealed that eco-design, green purchasing, and IEM have a positive linkage with sustainable development in manufacturing organizations in Indonesia. The outcomes also exposed the environmental education significantly moderating among green purchasing, IEM, and sustainable development in ABC organizations in Indonesia. The article guides the regulators in developing regulations regarding sustainable development using GSC practices and environmental education.

Cross-level research on the impact of self-serving leadership on employee innovation behavior: The roles of workplace anxiety and team psychological safety.

Employee innovative behavior is significant in maintaining an organization's sustainable development. This study explored the impact of team psychological safety and workplace anxiety on the association between self-serving leadership and employee innovation behavior by synthesizing social information processing theory, conservation of resources theory, and ego depletion theory. We conducted a hierarchical linear model analysis using three-wave paired data collected from 86 leaders and 392 employees. The research results showed that self-serving leadership is negatively correlated with employee innovation behavior. Meanwhile, team psychological safety and workplace anxiety mediated this relationship. In addition, team psychological safety mitigates the impact of workplace anxiety on employee innovation behavior and the indirect impact of self-serving leadership on employee innovation behavior via workplace anxiety. These findings have a number of theoretical and practical implications in the domains of self-serving leadership and employee innovation behavior.

Can the innovation in sustainability disclosures reflect organisational sustainable development? An integrated reporting perspective from China

AbstractIntegrated reporting (IR) represents the newest development of organisational reporting approach. Although IR approach is gaining momentum globally, its relevance in decision‐making for stakeholders is experiencing ongoing debate. Studies on the relationship between IR practices and organisations' sustainable development are scarce. Using a sample of Chinese listed firms between 2006 and 2019, this article examines the association between IR practices (the integration level of sustainability disclosures) and firms' sustainability performance excellence. We provide strong empirical evidence showing that higher IR practices can offer a positive signal about firms' excellent sustainability performance. Firms tend to signal their excellent sustainability performance in the aspects of social service, environment protection and product quality by increasing their IR practices, which is consistent with the argumentation of signalling theory. Our findings are robust to a number of sensitivity analyses. The empirical evidence of this study enhances stakeholders' confidence in IR as an approach to disclosing a company's sustainability information.

Towards Green and Sustainable Healthcare: A Literature Review and Research Agenda for Green Leadership in the Healthcare Sector.

The health sector is one of the keys to sustainable development. Although it is directly related to only one Sustainable Development Goal (Goal 3, "Ensuring a healthy life and promoting well-being at all ages"), the sector itself, which aims to protect health, is paradoxically at the same time the main emitter of environmental pollutants that have a negative impact on health itself. Therefore, sustainability has become a key priority for health sector organizations, and leadership in this area is essential at all levels. Scientific research plays a particular role here, helping to more clearly define the links between environmental sustainability and the health effects of a polluted environment and climate change as well as indicating the direction of actions needed and disseminating good practices that can help accelerate the adoption of efforts towards climate neutrality and sustainable development of health sector organizations. The aim of this article is to present the current state of the art and future research scenarios in the field of green and sustainable healthcare through a literature review by using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method to perform a bibliometric analysis of papers published in 2012-2022. The Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database is used for this purpose. A total of 144 papers are included for analysis, categorized based on eight fields: author(s), title, year of publication, country, journal, scientific category, and number of citations. Based on the results, themes for future research on green leadership in the healthcare sector are identified and recommended.

Հարկային քաղաքականության հիմնախնդիրները լեռնահանքային արդյունաբերության կայուն զարգացման համատեքստում / Issues of Fiscal Policy in the Context of Sustainable Development of the Mining Industry

The mining industry is distinguished by the special fiscal policy applied. The range of taxes applied in the sector is wider, and in addition to traditional taxes, it also includes natural resource levies, royalties, and environmental taxes. By fulfilling tax obligations to the state, the mining industry has expectations from the state itself in terms of fair redistribution of taxes. Studies show that the fiscal policy applied in the RA does not contribute to the sustainable development of mining organizations, as their expectations for state financial support are much higher than what actually happens. Tax organizations seek state financial support for the implementation of new mining technologies, investments in waste management with modern methods, as their implementation is costly and requires external financial support. On the other hand, effective redistribution of taxes is also required by the communities formed around the mining organizations, as they are the ones, who first feel the harmful impact of the sector on environmental protection. Therefore, when developing a tax policy in the mining industry, there is a need to solve not only the problems of tax collection, but also the fair redistribution of taxes. The paper focuses on the issues related to improving the fiscal policy applied in the field of mining industry, proposing potential solutions that can foster sustainable development of the sector. In particular, it is proposed to establish an information feedback mechanism between external and internal stakeholders of the mining industry. This mechanism will provide an opportunity to assess the degree of realization of the goals of the stakeholders of the sector in the context of the interaction between the ongoing fiscal policy and the sustainable development of organizations.

СУЧАСНІ ПРОБЛЕМИ РЕАЛІЗАЦІЇ КОНЦЕПЦІЇ СТАЛОГО РОЗВИТКУ В ТУРИСТИЧНІЙ ГАЛУЗІ УКРАЇНИ

Attention is paid to the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of sustainable development concept implementation in the tourism industry of Ukraine. It is emphasized that nowadays in Ukraine, as a result of the fullscale war of Russia against Ukraine (from February 24, 2022), the Russian military is destroying the economy and environment of Ukraine, including tourism industry. The modern approaches to defining sustainable development in the tourism industry are analyzed. Attention is focused on the concept, essence and importance of ecological and rural tourism in the conditions of the sustainable development principles implementation. It is substantiated that the development of the tourism industry in Ukraine involves, first of all, the territorial stimulation of the sustainable development of tourism, the analysis of the tourism resources and infrastructure assessment, as well as the analysis of investment proposals at the local level of administrative-territorial units. It is determined that the implementation of the goals of sustainable development in the tourism industry of Ukraine requires profound changes in the behavior and way of thinking of humanity. Attention is focused on the fact that one of the ways to achieve awareness of the effects of tourism on the environment and to unite interested parties is the certification of sustainable tourism. It has been found that many initiatives with relevant standards have been formed over the past three decades, leading to the introduction of various sustainable tourism certification schemes. It is emphasized that since the certification process is voluntary, full transparency of practices, measures and results is the most important condition for the process of achieving sustainable development of a tourism organization or destination. The recommendations for the sustainable development principles implementation in the tourism industry have been formed, which contribute to the sustainable (balanced socio-ecological and economic management) of natural resources, the attraction of investments for environmental protection activities, biodiversity conservation and the involvement of local population into an ecologically oriented development process.

Complementary asset management in the implementation of regional projects

The relevance of the research topic is conditioned by the functioning of the national economy, which is associated with the development and improvement of the project management system and the mechanism of the innovation process in the country. New trends in economic development and conditions of uncertainty in innovation processes force organizations to look for new approaches to manage innovative projects. Ensuring sustainable and stable development of organizations requires finding sources of competitive advantages, as well as maintaining these advantages over competitors. Strong competitive advantages depend largely on its unique resources, resource solutions, competencies, organizational and production positions, as well as unique management technologies. It is necessary to improve the methods of evaluating innovative projects, since only the implementation of cost-effective innovative projects in the development of new technological developments and innovative products makes possible the transition to sustainable economic growth. Until now, there is no integral unified system for supporting the adoption of coordinated innovative decisions, taking into account the assessment and management of project risks, therefore, there is no mechanism that "standardizes" business processes that guarantees the timely achievement of tactical and strategic goals. Thus, innovation is one of the key factors both for the long-term development of an individual firm and for solving macroeconomic problems. Creation of conditions for Russia most favorable to its entry into the top five world economies is becoming an urgent task of one of the economic components of our country's foreign policy. The relevance of this study is due to the need for a scientifically grounded decision to manage innovative projects, which determined the choice of the topic of this study.

Formation of multinational personnel loyalty as an organization sustainable development factor

The object of the research is represented by foreign employees working in the Russian Federation as part of the multinational personnel of the organization. The aim of the work is to develop theoretical provisions and practical recommendations to increase the level of sustainability of multinational organization development on the basis of effective management of international staff loyalty and its optimal use. The work used complementary methods of questioning and expert survey, based on the assessment - Likert scale with subsequent comparison of the actual state of management processes with expert assessments, determining the sustainability of organizational development. The system of factors influencing the formation of multinational personnel loyalty in the organization was formed, focusing on the importance of mechanisms of adaptation and motivation of foreign workers. The method of predicting the performance of enterprises on the basis of calculation of the recommended level of use of adaptation and motivation processes which form the loyalty of multinational personnel in organizations is proposed. The method is based on the expression of traditionally qualitative indicators of human resource management in quantitative formats in order to determine the regression dependences of the sustainability of organizations’ performance on the initial processes of personnel management. The scientific novelty of the research results consists in substantiating the specifics of forming the loyalty of multinational personnel and developing practical recommendations aimed at enhancing the sustainable development of multinational organizations, taking into account the cross-cultural characteristics of human resources. The application of the author's methodology and algorithm in the practice of organizations with multinational staff allows to estimate the level of actual use of factors influencing the formation of multinational staff loyalty and their significance, as well as to develop a set of measures aimed at increasing the sustainability of organization development.

МЕТОДИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ И АНАЛИЗА ИНФОРМАЦИИ ОБ УСТОЙЧИВОМ РАЗВИТИИ СТРОИТЕЛЬНОГО БИЗНЕСА

The article discusses the methodological aspects of accounting and disclosure of information on the sustainable development of construction organizations, and proposes a methodology for analyzing the information generated within the company on sustainable development. As part of this work, a study was made of the specifics of the activities of construction companies, the main aspects of the existing accounting system in the construction business were studied, and recommendations were proposed for the development of accounting in construction companies, in particular for the disclosure of non-financial information.

Ensuring the environmental safety of a transport company in the direction of achieving sustainable development goals

Objective: to develop approaches to solving problems in the field of sustainable development of a transport organization that can ensure the formation of practical tools and business process management, taking into account the optimization of activities in the field of environmental friendliness. Methods: the work was carried out on the basis of a study of trends in sustainable development of PJSC TransContainer; a comparative analysis of existing methods and tools for assessing and managing sustainable development. When considering issues in the field of risks, approaches, standards and guidelines on control and risk management are taken into account. Results. The conclusions are substantiated that the implementation of the sustainable development Goals in Transcontainer involves the integration of the principles of sustainable development into its business processes. On this basis, the goals of sustainable development and the actions of TransContainer to ensure their achievement have been coordinated, the system of ESG indicators has been modified to objectively assess the state of the Company in each of the aspects of sustainable development, risks in the field of sustainable development and risk management tools have been established. The practical significance lies in the justification of measures to achieve sustainable development in accordance with the principles developed by TransContainer.

УПРАВЛЕНИЕ ВОВЛЕЧЕННОСТЬЮ ПЕРСОНАЛА В ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЕ КАЧЕСТВА ФУНКЦИОНИРОВАНИЯ АПТЕЧНЫХ СЕТЕЙ

In the article the authors reveal the results of the search for motivational factors affecting the involvement of personnel of retail pharmaceutical organizations (pharmacies) – pharmaceutical workers, pharmacists, in the work process in order to ensure the sustainable development of the pharmaceutical organization and improve the quality of pharmaceutical services.

Factors Influencing Sustainable Development of Healthy Organization: A Review

Factors Influencing Sustainable Development of Healthy Organization: A Review

A digital sustainability approach for effective knowledge and information management in education specific non-profit organizations: Culture Intelligent IS Solutions

Information and knowledge management plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of educational organizations with significant impacts on academic communities ‘behavioral patterns. Leveraging digital technologies into academic processes have been considered as a promising way for effective management of information and knowledge. However, superficial or ungrounded adoption of information systems without consideration of the academic and information culture of a given organization may result in ineffective or useless operations that will subsequently burden staff with irrelevant actions. In this regard, this paper aims to provide an approach for sustainable growth of educational organizations with culturally savvy Information System solutions in information and knowledge management challenges. By this approach, enhanced value systems and a better cycle of information\knowledge among the academic community are intended to be achieved. Stakeholder analysis, objective sampling, and literature review were applied for data collection procedures, which provided ultimate identification of information and academic culture patterns and factors on information and knowledge management. By these patterns and factors, we found effective Information System (IS) solutions that match well with generic features of academic and information cultures in Uzbekistan such as data-driven systems, decision support systems, and discourse analysis. Finally, we have drawn implications for educational institutions to manage information effectively and develop a healthy organizational information environment. Additionally, future research directions will be identified in the digital sustainability domain of effective information and knowledge environment.