Impact of Training and Development on Employee Performance: A Comparative Study on Select Banks in Sultanate of Oman

This paper studies the impact of Training and Development practices on the employee performance in the select Omani Public and Private sector banking organizations. The aim of the paper is to analyze the impact of training and development practices on employee performance. The study adopts descriptive research design and it imbibes both primary and secondary data. Convenience sampling method is applied for collecting the data through administering a structured questionnaire. The sample size for the study is 300. Statistical tools like Pearson Correlation Analysis, Regression Analysis and ANOVA were applied to test the proposed alternate hypothesis. The study concludes that Training and Development Practices have a positive influence on employee performance in the Omani Banking Industry. Keywords: Training and Development, Employee Performance, Impact.

Supply Chain Management Practices and Organizational Performance: An Investigation from Service Industry

ABSTRACT This objective this study was to evaluate how SCM practices dimension (SC partnerships, company relationships with customers, information sharing in supply chains, information technology, employee training and company internal operations) are related to the performance of business organizations in the tourism service industry. The target respondents in this study were tourism service provider (hotel, restaurant and transportation company). There were four hypotheses that have been tested on this research. Hypothesis (H1), the standard path coefficient between the strategic SC partnership and organizational performance was .56 and is significant at the level of .001. Thus, H1 was supported. Hypothesis (H2), the standard path coefficient between customer relations and organizational performance was .15 and was significant at the .001 level. Therefore, H2 was supported. Hypothesis (H3) examines the effect of information sharing and organizational performance. The standardized path coefficient between information sharing and organizational performance was .52 and was significant at the .001 level. Thus, H3 is supported. Hypothesis (H4), the standard path coefficient between information technology and organizational performance is .62 and was significant at the level of .001. Therefore, H4 was also supported. Hypothesis (H5) examines the effect of internal operations and organizational performance. The standardized path coefficient between internal operations and organizational performance was .42 and was significant at the .001 level. Thus, H5 is supported. Keywords: Supply chain management practices, organizational performance

Insights into rising environmental concern: prompt corporate social responsibility to mediate green marketing perspective

Green investment is a trending marketing strategy that has been endorsed as a prominent financial actor due to the growing environmental issues and business sustainability. With the introduction of green and climate bonds in the last decade, the investment in eco-friendly projects has been deemed a paradigm shift. China has been a pioneer in introducing green and climate bonds, setting a precedent for green investment in the global market. Following the green strategy, therefore, the main aim of this study is to examine the importance of green investment and green marketing for enhancing business performance. Besides, this study has also examined the critical mediating role of CSR. Data were collected from 619 respondents from Chinese manufacturing companies via questionnaires. This study employed the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique to test hypotheses in Smart PLS software. This study revealed that green marketing strategy and green investment positively complement the CSR of companies and their business performance. Moreover, results also showed that CSR plays a significant mediating rolein enhancing business performance positively by stimulating the targeted relationships. With the ascendency of being environment friendly, this study will also be a powerful magnet for practitioners and policymakers

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

Role of Social Media in Greta Thunberg’s Climate and Sustainability Action

Climate change remains a threatening issue to humanity, and lots of people still think of climate change as a growing issue that needs regular measures to curtail it. However, it is not such an easy task to influence a huge mass, but now it has become possible by social media. Because the role played by social media is enormously huge nowadays and many are relying on the internet to gain knowledge, gather data, and socialize. A 16 year old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has used social media to raise her voice against climate change and started her first school strike, Fridays For Future, against this in August 2018 at the Swedish parliament. In propagating this narrative, she uses various social media and digital platforms to attract people and institutions in developing a climate activist movement with a united voice and intention. This chapter reveals Greta’s social media activity, how Greta uses the affordances of social media to frame the climate crisis and to build a worldwide action-based conversation

Logistics Service Performance and Tourist Satisfaction in Salalah Tourism Industry: A Conceptual Framework

Abstract---This study examine the link between the quality of services provided by tourism supplier and tourist satisfaction. This research also investigates the moderating role of logistic service performance on the relationship between quality service provided by tourism supplier and tourist satisfaction. The objectives are as the follows: (a) Identify the dimensions of quality services provided by in tourism supplier and the performance of logistics services perceived by tourists; (2) Examine the linkage between the quality of service provided by tourism supplier to tourist satisfaction (3) propose theoretical framework and suggest for building the Salalah tourism industry become a better and can be one of unique tourist destination. The target respondents in this study are tourists come for tourist purpose stop at Salalah International airport, stay at hotels, apartments, and visit major tourist locations and shopping centres. The survey will explain to the tourists the purpose of conducting the survey and if they are willing to be a respondent, the questionnaire will be distributed for content and after filling out, the researcher will take the questionnaire for processing Keywords: Logistics service performance, quality service, tourism supplier, tourist satisfaction

The nexus between top management support on change management, cloud ERP implementation, and performance of SMEs

Top management support (TMS) is a critical success factor in cloud computing (CC) implementation and firm performance. However, extant empirical research on these relationships has obtained mixed findings due to earlier studies focusing on a one-dimensional TMS construct with diverse measurement items that muddle up different behaviours of top management. TMS is typically a multi-dimensional construct, such as TMS change management (TMSCM), TMS resource provision (TMSR), and TMS vision sharing (TMSV). The aim of this study is to examine a specific TMS dimension, TMSCM, on cloud ERP implementation and, further, to measure the effect of TMSCM on the financial performance of manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through the mediating effect of cloud ERP implementation. The proposed research model was validated using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) with a sample of 204 Malaysian manufacturing SMEs. Results reveal that TMSCM significantly impacts cloud ERP implementation and financial performance. Moreover, cloud ERP implementation is a significant driver of financial performance, and it partially mediates the relationship between TMSCM and financial performance. Contributing to disentangling the mixed findings of TMS impact on cloud ERP implementation and firm performance, this study also generates insights for practitioners that they need to balance TMSCM and cloud ERP implementation to improve the financial performance of SMEs

Government financial support and financial performance of SMEs: a dual sequential mediator approach

Government financial support (GFS) is an important factor for firms in developing countries, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to be competitive and perform better. Nonetheless, studies on the relationship between GFS and firm performance have yielded inconclusive results. Researchers' efforts to resolve the inconclusiveness led to an examination of competitive advantage (CA) as a simple mediator. This study contends that CA should not be the first mediator but rather a resource acquired with GFS, such as cloud ERP, which has CA-enabled qualities, as opposed to GFS, which lacks the ability to offer CA to firms. Hence, using 204 Malaysian manufacturing SMEs as a sample, this study investigates the dual sequential mediation of cloud ERP implementation (CERPI) and CA in the GFS-financial performance (FPER) relationship. PLS-SEM was employed as a data analysis method and for hypotheses assessment. Findings reveal that the GFS is not directly associated with FPER. However, GFS is positively related to CERPI, which subsequently enhances CA positively. CA is also positively associated with FPER, and CERPI and CA sequentially mediate the GFS and FPER relationship positively. This study makes a contribution to the literature by providing a more holistic understanding of the complex relationship between GFS and FPER. This study could assist SMEs and policymakers in gaining a better understanding of the process and requirements for realising valuable benefits from GFS