Value-Motivational Aspects Social Activity Development at the Higher Education Institution Specialists

Using the latest educational technologies and active methods of social activity development in future specialists in the educational space under today’s conditions is significantly complicated by existing levels of the object and subject studies of various patterns. The authors studied a wide range of foreign and domestic interdisciplinary works and models which describe the implementation of research methodology of the individual socialization process to study the development of specialists’ social activity. Also, the authors defined the relevant patterns of students’ involving in socially significant activities due to the changes in value-motivational aspects at different stages of social activity development at the higher education institution. The structural and functional components are determined, and the research parameters specifying the changes of value-motivational factors of social activity development in future socionomy specialists are substantiated. The article provides empirical diagnostics of values among the students of socionomic professions within the sociological and pedagogical research of social activity with the participation of 610 students from four Ukrainian higher education institutions. The diagnostics was carried out by means of the shortened version of the “Portrait Questionnaire of Values - PVQ-Revised”. It has been found out that the development of social activity in future socionomy specialists is mainly related to changes in motivational aspects at different levels of generality and complexity; it includes such constructs as values, goals, behavior plans which require a qualitative analysis of social factors and identification of relevant patterns of students’ involvement in socially significant activities

Leadership in environmentally sustainable transformation of private companies in Russia : Multiple Case Study

As the number of global problems is proliferating, the issue of sustainability is gaining increasing recognition. One of the most imperative aspects of sustainable development is environmental sustainability. Since multinational corporations are the main drivers of global economy, maintaining the balance between economic interests and the health of natural ecosystems would have been impossible without drastic transformation of organizational business practices. The focus of this paper is oriented at the corporate greening undertaken by companies in the country with a huge potential to influence the state of the world ecology: the Russian Federation. The purpose of the study is to gain deeper understanding of the motives of Russian firms to make their operations more environmentally sustainable and of the challenges embedded in the Russian setting that hinder that process. We test the relevance of factors discussed in the greening literature on the Russian context i.e. financial and market-based incentives, stakeholders’ pressure, regulatory setting and leadership perspective and ethical considerations. Within the data collected from 8 business leaders, it was found that the main motives to go “green” were the financial one and the ethical stance of the leaders. Additionally, companies were motivated to go “green” due to forecasts on the future development of the Russian market, i.e. explaining their “green” initiatives as a part of strategic planning programs. Among the main challenges mentioned by the study participants were weak environmental regulatory apparatus and low participation of the Russian civil society. The study concludes by putting forward recommendations of how to facilitate the corporate greening process in Russia stating that legislation should be solidified, transparency of the economy should be strengthened, market-based instruments shall be further developed and educational events for raising environmental awareness should be get wider application

Leadership in environmentally sustainable transformation of private companies in Russia : Multiple Case Study

As the number of global problems is proliferating, the issue of sustainability is gaining increasing recognition. One of the most imperative aspects of sustainable development is environmental sustainability. Since multinational corporations are the main drivers of global economy, maintaining the balance between economic interests and the health of natural ecosystems would have been impossible without drastic transformation of organizational business practices. The focus of this paper is oriented at the corporate greening undertaken by companies in the country with a huge potential to influence the state of the world ecology: the Russian Federation. The purpose of the study is to gain deeper understanding of the motives of Russian firms to make their operations more environmentally sustainable and of the challenges embedded in the Russian setting that hinder that process. We test the relevance of factors discussed in the greening literature on the Russian context i.e. financial and market-based incentives, stakeholders’ pressure, regulatory setting and leadership perspective and ethical considerations. Within the data collected from 8 business leaders, it was found that the main motives to go “green” were the financial one and the ethical stance of the leaders. Additionally, companies were motivated to go “green” due to forecasts on the future development of the Russian market, i.e. explaining their “green” initiatives as a part of strategic planning programs. Among the main challenges mentioned by the study participants were weak environmental regulatory apparatus and low participation of the Russian civil society. The study concludes by putting forward recommendations of how to facilitate the corporate greening process in Russia stating that legislation should be solidified, transparency of the economy should be strengthened, market-based instruments shall be further developed and educational events for raising environmental awareness should be get wider application

Study of the development trajectory of the status indicator in employment in the context of digital transformation

Changes in employment status and rising unemployment are global and driven by rapid technological progress. The coronavirus pandemic also played a huge role, increasing the unemployment rate by 2-4% in different economies. The most declining industries are arts, culture and recreation; spheres of education, law and social, communal and state services; trade. Today, the fragmentation of employment up to self-employment and the spread of various forms of precarious work are clearly visible, and there is an inverse relationship between the share of self-employed workers and the GDP of their countries: in 2018, Burundi had the highest level of self-employment in the world - almost 95%. Arab countries posted the lowest self-employment rates at 1.7%. The emergence of new professions and employment profiles opens up a number of opportunities for the unemployed and the self-employed

Native state, energetic interaction of chlorophyll precursors and intraplastid location of S-adenosyl-L-methionine: Mg-protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase <span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN; mso-fareast-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:HI" lang="EN-IN">in etiolated leaves</span>

192-201Low temperature fluorescence spectra (FS) and fluorescence excitation spectra (FES) of protoporphyrin IX (Proto),Mg-protoporphyrin IX and its monomethyl ester (MgProto-ME) and protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) in etiolated barley leaves treated with 5-aminolevulinic acid and/or 2,2'-dipyridyl were studied. The spectra of Proto and MgProto-ME showed a little dependence on temperature of registration and exhibited similarity to low temperature spectra in diluted organic and buffer solutions. However, a red wavelength shift for Soret bands of Proto and MgProto-ME was observed due to porphyrin interaction with bovine serum albumin in 0.05 M, Na2HPO4 solution at room temperature. Disaggregating treatments had no effect on Proto and MgProto-ME spectra in plants. These results suggested that in etiolated leaves Proto and MgProto-ME molecules were in a monomer state. The spectral properties of these molecules were determined by interaction of porphyrins with proteins and other plastid membrane components. The spectral analyses indicated an efficient energy migration from Proto and MgProto-ME molecules to active form of Pchlide which emitted at 656nm, and no energy transfer from carotenoids to porphyrins in vivo. These findings suggested that Proto and MgProto-ME from carotenoids, and close location of these porphyrins and photoactive Pchlide in etioplast membranes. The latter conclusion was strongly supported by an observation that in etiolated leave s, S-adenosyl-L-methionin:Mg-protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase, which converts MgProto into MgProtoME, were located not only in prothylakoids but also in prolamellar bodies containing photoactive Pchlide.</span