The Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility on Customers’ Loyalty in Lao PDR

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an essential mainstream in research circles at present, especially for organizational business management and has been adopted as long-term strategic plans. It plays a crucial role in espousing robust business operation, moderating the harmful negative effect of environmental degradation and being an integral aspect in promoting social and community activities as well as enhancing people’s quality of life. Nevertheless, very few empirical studies focused on the effects of CSR on customers’ loyalty in a telecommunication sector and none of empirical evidence have investigated in case of Lao PDR. Hence, this paper empirically investigates on the effects of CSR on customers’ loyalty in Lao PDR by employing multiple linear regression model to uncover the relationship between an explained variable and a set of regressor in the estimated model. Empirical findings substantiated a positive effect and statistical significance of philanthropic, environmental and legal responsibility on customers’ loyalty, whilst legal responsibility has a weak positive influence on an explained variable and the outcomes also found that ethical behavior is positively affected but statistical insignificance on customers’ loyalty. In addition, the paper strongly averred that CSR contributes to increase customers’ loyalty, investments in CSR activities helps to reach sustainable business development goals and mitigate the potential adverse impact caused from business operation. More importantly, policy implications provide crucial insights and the fundamental role of CSR initiatives in establishing the innovative marketing strategy, contemporary business management and their survival in the era of high competition. Keywords: CSR, Customers’ Loyalty, Multiple Regression Model, Lao Telecom, Lao PDR DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-12-01 Publication date:June 30th 202

Economic Integration of Late-developing Countries: A Case Study of Lao PDR

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Social Justice and the Classroom

Children internalize messages of power from a young age that can affect their perspective on ethnicity, culture, gender, and identity. Without active discourse to these messages, a status quo that perpetuates injustice and the unmet basic educational needs of students will continue. Teaching with a social justice perspective can be overwhelming as it is difficult to transform theories into practice. Today’s students are diversifying more linguistically, culturally, ethnically, and socially. Additionally, more students are growing up in non-dominant groups or non-traditional homes which include children of color, children with single parents, children with same-sex parents, and children from immigrant families. The purpose of this research is to find concrete methods that educators can implement in their classrooms. The research question this study addressed was: How can social justice be incorporated in the classroom? In order to answer the research question, data was collected through literature research in addition to classroom observations at an elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area over the course of two semesters

TEAM Chapman: Lessons From Community Building

Organizations that wish to impact community health have better participation and outcomes if time is spent doing community building activities. This article showcases several community building activities that helped a low income, culturally diverse community come together to improve their health

Moving Towards the Future: Complete Streets Policy in the U.S.

Complete Streets (CS) policy is a commitment to creating streets that safely and conveniently accommodate not only motorists but also bikers, walkers, and those who use public transit. The distribution of this policy over time follows the Diffusion of Innovation theory. This project aims to assess if CS policy adoption reflects a pattern consistent with diffusion of innovation theory; determine if modes of transport to work differ between stateswith CS policy differ and states without CS policy.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/gis_poster/1152/thumbnail.jp

Knowledge, attitudes and preventive behaviors related to dengue vector breeding control measures among adults in communities of Vientiane, capital of the Lao PDR

Summary: This research aimed to determine the knowledge, attitudes and preventive behaviors (KAP) of adults in relation to dengue vector control measures in the communities of Vientiane, the capital of the Lao PDR. A total of 207 respondents were actively participating in this cross-sectional descriptive study in 2011. Representatives of households were interviewed face-to-face by six trained interviewers using a structured questionnaire. KAP reliabilities of 0.89, 0.91 and 0.95 were reported in the pilot sample of 30 cases. The associations between each independent variable and prevention behavior were tested with chi-square tests. Multiple logistic regression was used to determine the factors that were significantly associated with preventive behavior while controlling for the other variables. The results revealed that 51.69% of the respondents had a high level of knowledge. More than 94% of the respondents knew that dengue fever is a dangerous communicable disease and that dengue fever is transmitted from person to person via mosquitoes. More than half (56.52%) of the participants had positive attitudes toward vector control measures, and 52.17% exhibited a high level of preventive behavior in terms of dengue vector control measures. Preventive behaviors were significantly associated with information provided from sources that included health personnel (p = 0.038) and heads of villages (p = 0.031) and with knowledge levels (p < 0.001). This study suggests that proactive health education through appropriated mass media and community clean-up campaigns should strengthen and encourage community participation, particularly in terms of addressing mosquito larvae in overlooked places, such as the participants’ own homes, for example, in flower vases and ant traps. Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Preventive behavior, Dengue vector, Communit

High Mortality Risk in Hypoglycemic and Dysglycemic Children Admitted at a Referral Hospital in a Non Malaria Tropical Setting of a Low Income Country.

INTRODUCTION:Hypoglycemia is a recognized feature of severe malaria but its diagnosis and management remain problematic in resource-limited settings. There is limited data on the burden and prognosis associated with glycemia dysregulation in non-neonate children in non-malaria areas. We prospectively assessed the abnormal blood glucose prevalence and the outcome and risk factors of deaths in critically ill children admitted to a national referral hospital in Laos. METHODS:Consecutive children (1 month-15 years) admitted to the pediatric ward of Mahosot hospital, were categorized using the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI). Blood glucose was assessed once on admission through a finger prick using a bedside glucometer. Glycemia levels: hypoglycemia: 8.3 mmol/L (≥150 mg⁄ dl), were related to the IMCI algorithm and case fatality using univariate and multivariate analysis. RESULTS:Of 350 children, 62.2% (n = 218) were severely ill and 49.1% (n = 172) had at least one IMCI danger sign. A total of 15 (4.2%, 95%CI: 2.4-6.9) had hypoglycemia, 99 (28.2%, 95%CI: 23.6-33.3) low glycemia, 201 (57.4%, 95% CI: 52.0-62.6) euglycemia and 35 (10.0%, 95% CI: 7.0-13.6) hyperglycemia. Hypoglycemia was associated with longer fasting (p = 0.001) and limited treatment before admission (p = 0.09). Hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia were associated with hypoxemia (SaO2) (p = 0.001). A total of 21 (6.0%) of the children died: 66.6% with hypoglycemic, 6.0% with low glycemic, 5.7% with hyperglycemic and 1.4% with euglycemic groups. A total of 9 (2.5%) deaths occurred during the first 24 hours of admission and 5 (1.7%) within 3 days of hospital discharge. Compared to euglycemic children, hypoglycemic and low glycemic children had a higher rate of early death (20%, p<0.001 and 5%, p = 0.008; respectively). They also had a higher risk of death (OR: 132; 95%CI: 29.0-596.5; p = 0.001; and OR: 4.2; 95%CI: 1.1-15.6; p = 0.02; respectively). In multivariate analyses, hypoglycemia (OR: 197; 95%CI: 33-1173.9), hypoxemia (OR: 5.3; 95%CI: 1.4-20), presence of hepatomegaly (OR: 8.7; 95%CI: 2.0-37.6) and having an illiterate mother (OR: 25.9; 95%CI: 4.2-160.6) were associated with increased risk of death. CONCLUSION:Hypoglycemia is linked with a high risk of mortality for children in non malaria tropical settings. Blood sugar should be monitored and treatment provided for sick children, especially with danger signs and prolonged fasting. Further evaluations of intervention using thresholds including low glycemia is recommended in resource-limited settings. Research is also needed to determine the significance, prognosis and care of hyperglycemia

Conservation importance of Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area, Laos, for small carnivores based on camera trap data

Cnz, Coudrat, Nanthavong, Sayavong, Johnson, Jb, Johnston, Wg, Robichaud (2014): Conservation importance of Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area, Laos, for small carnivores based on camera trap data. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62: 31-49, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.535319