PROPOSED COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES OF CONTRACTOR COMPANIES

The construction industry is one such sector that is quite promising regarding governmental support in this area. The needs of the Indonesian state regarding development are one of the key factors for improving this sector. The construction industry consists of several groups; the small groups are often the target of competitive businesses within the industry, which often negatively impacts their expansion and growth. This makes the government support for small construction service providers a crucial stage in enabling them to compete with larger companies, one of which is CV. IWK. This company currently relies upon and utilizes the owner's extensive experience within the sector and its overall quality of work. However, the company has yet to focus on its marketing and workforce to capitalize on its potential growth fully. Thereby, it tends to find it difficult to meet project targets and obligations. The company needs to maximize its strengths and further its current position in the sector by employing an appropriate strategy to implement continued market penetration via internal development. This is reinforced by the QSPM analysis results, which show that this strategy is the best choice for the company moving forward in such a competitive market. To succeed, the company's main focus is to delegate labor to the marketing function.

Corporate social responsibility for climate change using social contracts: a new research agenda

Climate change is one of the long persisting problems in the past few decades. Political leaders, world organizations, corporate sector and the citizens are affected by the climate change. The catastrophic effect of climate change is the increasing frequency and magnitude of disasters across the globe. Hence, this is a global problem which needs a global solution. The main aim of this paper is to propose a model for disaster mitigation which can be sustainable. The study uses a systematic literature review approach which includes the articles published in different databases. The output proposed a new conceptual model using a social contract theory where there is a holistic approach and each one takes up the responsibility to mitigate disaster between all the stakeholders. The study aligns with one of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SGD) set by the United Nations (UN). © 2020 Massachussetts Medical Society. All rights reserved

The role of corporate social responsibility for flood mitigation among Malaysian companies

Rapid industrialisation in the developing countries has contributed to an increase in natural disasters such as flood hazards. Rise in the losses due to disasters is an indicator of non-sustainable development. Although the natural forces in Malaysia have been mainly liable for the natural disasters in the past, recently human intervention in nature is worsening the flood hazards. As the world moves closer to the year 2020, the country is expected to face serious challenges in flood management. The floods in the year 2014 is an example of the increase in the magnitude of the flood disaster. In this scenario, it is imperative to have a holistic plan to face this challenge. Since private sector can play a key role in flood mitigation, the role of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) in flood mitigation is one area that has to be studied. This study aims to understand the role of Malaysian listed companies in flood mitigation through their CSR programs and involvement of other stakeholders in successful implementation of flood mitigation process. The study also highlighted a few recommendations to improve the CSR effort of companies in the process of flood mitigation. The research employed a qualitative method and the data was collected using the semi-structured in-depth interview. The first stage of the research involves a content analysis of 928 company websites and online published CSR related documents of the Malaysian listed companies. The second stage involves an in-depth interview with the companies CSR executives, NGO representatives, individual volunteers, CSR advisors and the government representatives. Subsequently, the data was analysed using qualitative content analysis. The key findings of the study indicated the need for the companies, NGO and the government to understand the multifaceted meaning of CSR. The study also highlighted the importance of understanding the need for flood mitigation, each stakeholder’s roles and responsibility and their contribution in the flood mitigation exercise. The findings also proposed to have collaboration among the stakeholders. Based on the findings, the research has presented a model in which the companies, NGO and the government need to share the responsibilities equally and develop a social contract that leads to the effective and successful implementation of flood mitigation exercise. Theoretically, the study proposed a model between stakeholders for flood mitigation in Malaysia. Practically, the results will provide good guidelines for the corporate sectors and the government to cope up with the challenge of flood management and in building a resilient community which will be well equipped to handle the effect of such disasters. It will encourage the corporate to help the government in pre-disaster mitigation and preparedness instead of only contributing to the relief funds after the disaster. Hence, this research will help in managing the expenditure efficiently on the flood risk management initiatives by choosing the right collaboration for maximum business and societal outcomes that aligns with the government policy in the 11th Malaysia plan

Impact of motivation and job satisfaction on turnover: a case study of food additives producer company

In the current working environment, employee turnover focused as the main issue found in almost many organizations. Employees are the key to a company's productions and services. When employees are taken good care of by focusing on their needs, they will bring up the company’s performance. However, the increasing percentage of employee turnover makes the company pay more attention to motivation and job satisfaction. Thus, an organization strongly thinks that employee motivation and job satisfaction should reduce the employee turnover rate. This action research was conducted to analyze the current factors influencing motivation and job satisfaction that brings to turnover intention. This research also suggests professional leadership training as a planned intervention towards this company. This research was focused on estimating the outcome of the planned intervention to reduce employee turnover intention in the Company. This action research study was conducted using two frameworks which are Social Exchange Theory and Theory Planned Behaviors. The methodology used in this research was a mixed-method approach by taking two interviews with managers (Qualitative approach), while a questionnaire survey (Quantitative Approach) was conducted with 35 respondents. Thematic Analysis and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) were utilized to analyze the data. Before the intervention, motivation and job satisfaction among employees were evaluated as low, and turnover intention was high based on an interview with managers and pre-survey results. The positive effects of the professional leadership training as intervention organized in the Company initiated are notable in thematic analysis and post-training survey results retrieved from employees. Based on the research, professional leadership training will be recommended for future researchers

Efficacy and pitfalls of digital technologies in healthcare services:A systematic review of two decades

The use of technology in the healthcare sector and its medical practices, from patient record maintenance to diagnostics, has significantly improved the health care emergency management system. At that backdrop, it is crucial to explore the role and challenges of these technologies in the healthcare sector. Therefore, this study provides a systematic review of the literature on technological developments in the healthcare sector and deduces its pros and cons. We curate the published studies from the Web of Science and Scopus databases by using PRISMA 2015 guidelines. After mining the data, we selected only 55 studies for the systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis. The study explores four significant classifications of technological development in healthcare: (a) digital technologies, (b) artificial intelligence, (c) blockchain, and (d) the Internet of Things. The novel contribution of current study indicate that digital technologies have significantly influenced the healthcare services such as the beginning of electronic health record, a new era of digital healthcare, while robotic surgeries and machine learning algorithms may replace practitioners as future technologies. However, a considerable number of studies have criticized these technologies in the health sector based on trust, security, privacy, and accuracy. The study suggests that future studies, on technological development in healthcare services, may take into account these issues for sustainable development of the healthcare sector

The investigation of sustainable environmental performance of manufacturing companies: mediating role of organizational support and moderating role of CSR

China is transitioning towards green and sustainable manufacturing, considering environmental measures as per external environment demands. This research investigates the impact of green entrepreneurial orientation, social entrepreneurship, and organizational ambidexterity on sustainable environmental performance. Besides, examining the mediating role of organizational support and moderating the role of corporate social responsibilities (CSR) are also included in the aim of this research. The present study has used quantitative data of 510 respondents from China’s manufacturing industry; further structural equation modelling (SEM) was employed to analyse the data. The results revealed that organizational ambidexterity, green entrepreneurial orientation, and social entrepreneurship are positively associated with sustainable environmental performance. Organizational support positively mediates among the nexus of green entrepreneurial orientation, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable environmental performance. The findings also showed that CSR significantly moderates the relationship between organizational support and sustainable environmental performance. These outcomes provide various implications for policymakers while making policies regarding CSR and sustainable environmental performance

Effect of personality traits and learning styles towards students' academic achievement in Johor Bahru

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of personality traits and learning styles towards the students' academic achievement in Johor Bahru. A total of 101 students from IPG Kampus Temenggong Ibrahim were chosen to be part of the respondents with the use of simple random sampling. The instrument Big Five Inventory (BFI), Kolb's Learning Style Inventory and The students' academic achievement is measured through the Cumulative Grade Point Average, also known as CGPA. Descriptive statistics, Chi-Square Test, Spearman's Correlation and Multiple Regression was used to anser research questions. The findings revealed that the most common per-sonality traits displayed by the students are Openness and Conscientiousness while the most common learning style displayed by the students is Converger. The research also revealed that there is no significant effect of the combination of both the personality traits and learning style towards the prediction of the academic achievement among school students. The same goes to the difference of personality traits and learning style between male and female students was not significant as well

Ecological innovation for environmental sustainability and human capital development: the role of environmental regulations and renewable energy in advanced economies

This study examines the trends in environmental sustainability and human well-being through green technologies, clean energy, and environmental taxes using panel data for the top eight advanced economies from 1990 to 2018. The study applies an advanced panel technique, cross-sectionally augmented distributed lags (CS-ARDL), to find long-run and short-run associations between these variables. Moreover, the role of foreign investment is added as a control variable. The CS-ARDL estimation confirms the productive impact of green technologies on environmental and human well-being, providing that it helps to reduce haze pollution while promoting human development. Moreover, clean energy and environmental taxes contribute toa sustainable environment and human development. Moreover, foreign investment is a direct source of haze pollution because of more industrialization and economic activities. The study finally recommends strengthening the promotion of green technology and clean energy to achieve both environmental and human well-being in the long run

The impact of CSR and green investment on stock return of Chinese export industry

A green and sustainable business environment has gained the attention of recent researchers and policymakers due to environmental and social issues globally. Therefore, the present research investigates the impact of corporate social responsibilities (CSR), green investment, green credit, and assets return on the stock return of the Chinese export industry. This study has taken the ten top export companies from China using the database of the Shanghai stock exchange. This study collected data from financial statements and stock exchange databases from 2009 to 2020. This study has used panel data analysis techniques such as robust standard error and fixed effect model (FEM) to examine the relations among the variables. The results revealed that CSR, green investment, green credit, and return on assets have a significant and positive association with the stock return of selected industries. These results imply that CSR instigates higher financial performance in the export industry; thus, improving CSR and sustainable financing promote socio-economic and societal development