Empowering Leadership, Professional Isolation, and Emotional Exhaustion:A Daily Diary Investigation

Due to the numerous challenges employees are facing during the Covid-19 outbreak, emotional exhaustion is considered to be a serious threat. Therefore, it is vital to gain more insights into how organizations can counteract emotional exhaustion in pandemic settings. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we propose a model in which daily empowering leadership reduces daily emotional exhaustion through daily professional isolation. To test our hypothesis, we used a daily diary methodology. Data were collected during the pandemic, between October and December 2020. The sample consists of 39 (n = 39) employees from a variety of companies in the Netherlands. Participants were asked to provide daily scores on the study variables for a period of ten consecutive working days, leading to 231 (n = 231) daily observations. In order to analyse the data, we performed multilevel path analysis in Mplus. Daily empowering leadership was negatively related to daily professional isolation, and subsequently daily professional isolation was positively related to daily emotional exhaustion. Results showed that daily empowering leadership indirectly contributes to the reduction of emotional exhaustion through professional isolation. The findings contribute to the body of knowledge on leadership behaviours, professional isolation and emotional exhaustion. In the context of a pandemic, when working remotely is the only option, leaders are advised to engage in empowering behaviours to reduce employees’ exhaustion (indirectly) and to help them deal with professional isolation experiences. This can be done, for instance, by affording employee autonomy, allowing them to participate in making decisions, and asking them for input. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to explore the impact of empowering leadership on emotional exhaustion on a daily basis. In addition, we examine the potential of empowering leadership to help employees cope with professional isolation, a relationship that has not been scrutinized thus far. Another valuable contribution of this study is that it focuses on the leadership-employee isolation-emotional exhaustion relationship in the setting of a pandemic. Thereby, we add to the literature on coping with challenging working conditions during a crisis

Fitokemijska analiza etil-acetatnog ekstrakta iz biljke Astragalus corniculatus Bieb. i antihipoksični učinak u mozgu

Dry ethyl acetate extract containing flavonoids was obtained from above ground parts of Astragalus corniculatus Bieb. Seven flavonoids were isolated and identified as rutin, hyperoside, isoquercitrin, narcissin, quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin for the first time. The extract was found to be practically non-toxic (acute oral toxicity > 5 g kg-1 in mice). The extract was investigated for antihypoxic activity in two models of experimental hypoxia - haemic and circulatory. Antihypoxic activity was especially pronounced in the model of circulatory hypoxia. This effect may be attributed, at least in part, to the presence of flavonoids in the extract.Iz nadzemnih dijelova biljke Astragalus corniculatus Bieb. priređen je suhi etil-acetatni ekstrakt u koje su identificirani sljedeći flavonoidi: rutin, hiperozid, izokvercitrin, narcisin, kvercetin, kempferol i izorhamnetin. Ekstrakt je praktički netoksičan (akutna toksičnsot nakon peroralne primjene > 5 g kg-1 kod miševa). Ispitivan je antihipoksični učinak ekstrakta na dva modela eksperimentalne hipoksije – krvne i circulacijske. Antihipoksično djelovanje je jače izraženo kod cirkulacijske hipoksije. Taj učinak se barem djelomično može pripisati flavonoidima

Learning climate and workplace learning: Does work restructuring make a difference?

In the current study, we propose that organizational learning climate in terms of facilitation learning climate, appreciation learning climate, and error-avoidance climate has the capacity to enhance employees’ level of newly acquired competences. Additionally, we investigated whether this relationship holds when employees face work-restructuring. Structural Equation Modeling was used to test the hypotheses on a large sample of the Dutch working population (N = 1013). The results showed that work restructuring moderated the hypothesized relationships. Under conditions of high restructuring, facilitation learning climate was an important predictor of learning outcomes; yet, under conditions of low work restructuring, appreciation learning climate was more effective. The current paper contributes to research on organizational change and workplace learning by providing evidence that organizational change can impact the way organizational learning climate supports employee learning

Aspects of the Evolution from Risk Management to Enterprise Global Risk Management

Industry 4.0 transforms the economy through “destructive” technologies and new risks. It is requiring update of the views and the dealing with uncertain environment. The goal of this paper is to summarize the mainly used risk management standards, to analyze the general aspects of evolution of risk management, enterprise risk management, enterprise integrated risk management and to suggest the concept for the next step which is enterprise global risk management, where are implemented Industry 4.0 risk and Artificial Intelligence. The proposed concept considers organizational-hierarchical structure of the enterprise as complex, the risk management policy as global, the respective actions as permanent and the orientation toward risks as adaptive. It is determent the future development in connection with enterprise resource planning

Fitokemijska analiza etil-acetatnog ekstrakta iz biljke Astragalus corniculatus Bieb. i antihipoksični učinak u mozgu

Dry ethyl acetate extract containing flavonoids was obtained from above ground parts of Astragalus corniculatus Bieb. Seven flavonoids were isolated and identified as rutin, hyperoside, isoquercitrin, narcissin, quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin for the first time. The extract was found to be practically non-toxic (acute oral toxicity > 5 g kg-1 in mice). The extract was investigated for antihypoxic activity in two models of experimental hypoxia - haemic and circulatory. Antihypoxic activity was especially pronounced in the model of circulatory hypoxia. This effect may be attributed, at least in part, to the presence of flavonoids in the extract.Iz nadzemnih dijelova biljke Astragalus corniculatus Bieb. priređen je suhi etil-acetatni ekstrakt u koje su identificirani sljedeći flavonoidi: rutin, hiperozid, izokvercitrin, narcisin, kvercetin, kempferol i izorhamnetin. Ekstrakt je praktički netoksičan (akutna toksičnsot nakon peroralne primjene > 5 g kg-1 kod miševa). Ispitivan je antihipoksični učinak ekstrakta na dva modela eksperimentalne hipoksije – krvne i circulacijske. Antihipoksično djelovanje je jače izraženo kod cirkulacijske hipoksije. Taj učinak se barem djelomično može pripisati flavonoidima

Iron Gates – The Green Reopening

Former industrial communities in the Iron Gates area are facing development challenges. At the same time, examples of successful redevelopment in such communities exist both internationally and in the Danube region. The project aims at using a transdisciplinary case study method in order to: identify and analyze existing redevelopment initiatives, select pilot communities in the project region and negotiate with them development scenarios for economic revitalization. The main scientific and practical outputs will include a system model of possible sustainable revival in former industrial communities and a practical Tool Kit for community-based local redevelopment.Danube: Future project is a Flagship Project of the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region, in the Priority Area ‘Knowledge Society’. Danube: Future is a joint network project of the Danube Rector’s Conference (DRC) and the Alps-Adriatic Rector’s Conference (AARC), co-funded by the Central European Initiative (CEI) Cooperation Fund

Comparative analysis of certain aspects of teaching physiology to Bulgarian and foreign medical students

The aim of the present study is to do a comparative analysis of some aspects of theoretical and practical teaching of physiology to second year Bulgarian and foreign medical students from the Medical University-Varna. We conducted a survey among 206 Bulgarian and foreign students, enrolled in the Bulgarian and English language programs. The questionnaire included questions, which allowed us to draw conclusions about the attendance, respectively non-attendance, of physiology classes and the reasons for this; the student evaluation of both the physiology course and the importance of the knowledge gained in the study of physiology during the course of the medical education.The analysis of the results reveals similar trends in the assessment of Bulgarian and foreign students regarding their evaluation of the physiology teaching. The research is a first attempt to compare and analyze some aspects of teaching physiology to Bulgarian and foreign medical students from the second year of study. The data obtained provide information on some common problems in teaching physiology and could serve as a basis for a comparative study over a longer period.The aim of the present study is to do a comparative analysis of some aspects of theoretical and practical teaching of physiology to second year Bulgarian and foreign medical students from the Medical University-Varna. We conducted a survey among 206 Bulgarian and foreign students, enrolled in the Bulgarian and English language programs. The questionnaire included questions, which allowed us to draw conclusions about the attendance, respectively non-attendance, of physiology classes and the reasons for this; the student evaluation of both the physiology course and the importance of the knowledge gained in the study of physiology during the course of the medical education.The analysis of the results reveals similar trends in the assessment of Bulgarian and foreign students regarding their evaluation of the physiology teaching. The research is a first attempt to compare and analyze some aspects of teaching physiology to Bulgarian and foreign medical students from the second year of study. The data obtained provide information on some common problems in teaching physiology and could serve as a basis for a comparative study over a longer period