44 research outputs found
Supply chain management and practices of firm performance: A review paper
Objective: The aim of this study is to discover the components of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and their outcome in terms of economic performance, environmental performance, and social performance.
Methods: Researchers have performed a focused search for articles on (1) green supply chain management (GSCM) practices (2) economic performance, environmental performance, and social performance, in four major databases: Web of Science, Science Direct, IEEE Xplore and Scopus. Those databases are deemed broad enough to cover both green supply chain management and outcomes performances literature.
Results: The final set included 80 articles. Most articles are reviewed and surveys that refer to actual literature to describe green supply chain management for a specific specialty, or purpose; or to provide a general overview of the green supply chain management. Another group carried various studies, from evaluation of its performances.
Conclusions: Research on green supply chain management (GSCM) is active and various. We hope that this survey contribute to the understanding of the available options, and for other researchers to join this line of research
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A literature review
This paper aims to give an overview on the topic and impact of the corporate social responsibility on employeeâs attitudes and behaviours (CSR), it can be noticed that different scholars still continue to look at the concept of CSR from different perspectives. In 1970, Milton Friedman was the first scholar who wrote an article regarding the responsibilities of corporations. After that academicians started to look at the concept of CSR in more details, and made a move from the general debates discussing about the legitimacy of CSR to other perspectives to get deeper understanding about the concept of CSR. But, most of the researches that have been conducted with regard to CSR were mainly focused on macro perspective with their great emphasis on the relationship between CSR initiatives and financial performance
A study of player behavior andmotivation to purchase Dota 2virtual in game items
Purpose â The goal of this study is to examine the factors (e.g. enjoyment, skills, challenge, telepresence and flow) that influence playersâ purchase intention toward Dota 2 virtual in-game as well as examine the effect of flow toward purchase intention of Dota 2 through the critical mechanism (i.e. continuous intention). Notably, the analysis of the moderating role of enjoyment of buying on the relation of (a) flow and purchase intention of Dota 2 in-game, as well as (b) between flow continuous intention and finally (c) between continuous intention purchase intention of Dota 2.
Design/methodology/approach â The data were gained from 331 users using Google Forms and posted to respondents on social media platforms and forums such as Facebook and Reddit, as these websites have the closest reach to gamers.
Findings â The study revealed that enjoyment, skill, challenge and telepresence have a positive effect on flow. Also, the flow was significantly related to purchase intention. The continuous intention has significantly mediated the relationship between flow and purchase intention. Importantly, this study found that the moderating role of buying enjoyment increases the relationship between flow and purchase intention (H7a) and between continuous intention and purchase intention (H7c). In contrast, the moderating role of buying enjoyment on the relationship between flow and continuous intention (H7b) was not supported. Hence, this study sheds new light on the notable Dota 2 in-game and continuous intention purchase intention of the users.
Originality/value â In response, this studyâs main research question can be highlighted on testing how
enjoyment, skills, challenge, telepresence, in-game virtual items influence purchasing intention when the enjoyment of buying moderates the proposed relationship? Therefore, this study aims to examine the significant elements like enjoyment, skills, challenge telepresence toward flow, and subsequently, the effect of flow toward purchase intention of Dota 2 in-game through continuous intention as a key mechanism which is urgently needed to minimize the gap in-game virtual items literature. Significantly, this study also intends to explore the contingent role of enjoyment of buying on the relation of flow and purchase intention of Dota-2 ingame, as well as between flow and continuous intention and finally between continuous intention and purchase
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Impact of ethical leadership on affective commitment through mediating impact of ethical climate: A Conceptual study
The ethical leadership has received attention in recent years due to the various business scandals and ethical issues including corporate leaders. Recently ethical climate has been issued as a vital environmental factor. The main purpose of this study was to develop a conceptual model based on existing studies. The proposed theoretical framework suggests the mediating role of ethical climate
in the relationship between ethical leadership and affective commitment. Thus, the ethical climate
could act as a mechanism that brings a greater affective commitment in the workplace
Risk Perception, Self-Efficacy, Trust in Government, and the Moderating Role of Perceived Social Media Content During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The publicâs actions will likely have a significant effect on the course of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Human behavior is conditioned and shaped by information and peopleâs perceptions. This study investigated the impact of risk perception on trust in government and self-efficacy. It examined whether the use of social media helped people adopt preventive actions during the pandemic. To test this hypothesis, the researchers gathered data from 512 individuals (students and academics) based in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results suggested that risk perception had a significant effect on trust in government and self-efficacy. Moreover, these correlations were stronger when social media was used as a source for gathering information on COVID-19. In some cases, it even helped users avoid exposure to the virus. This study assessed the relationship between risk perception and the awareness gained from using social media during the pandemic and highlighted how social media usage influences trust in government and self-efficacy
Who pays attention to the moral aspects? Role of organizational justice and moral attentiveness in leveraging ethical behavior
Purpose â Although there have been several studies on corporate justice and employee ethical behavior,
little is known about the conditions in which this link develops. The purpose of this study is to investigate the
direct effect of organizational justice and moral attentiveness toward employee ethical behavior. Importantly,
this study also considers the moderating role of moral attentiveness on the links between organizational
justice and employee ethical behavior.
Design/methodology/approach â The data was collected from 350 employees who were assessed
directly to supervisors in 12 manufacturing companies placed in Malaysia, operated full-time, and had regular
interaction with their direct supervisors. In particular, using two-wave survey data obtained from 270
employees working in the manufacturing industry in Malaysia.
Findings â Results showed that organizational justice and moral attentiveness positively impact the employee
ethical behavior as predicted. New to the literature, findings disclose that moral attentiveness strengthens this
relationship. Importantly, the positive impact of organizational justice is sharply positive under high than low moral
attentive employees and ceases to be significant among low morally attentive personnel.
Research limitations/implications â This research focused on the notion of ethics and how important
it is for society. The principles, norms and ideals that guide an individualâs behavior are referred to as ethics.
Because the authors need to be treated with dignity as human beings, ethical behavior is essential in society.
Practical implications â The findings of this study send a clear signal to managers that âfailing to ensure
that their employees perceive organizational justiceâ may undermine every effort made by them to improve their
organizationsâ ethical quality. Importantly, the findings emphasize the role of moral attentiveness in improving the
ethical behavior of employees both directly and by strengthening the effectiveness of organizational justice to
impact such a behavior positively. So, given the advantages of moral attentiveness in terms of improving employee
ethical conduct, businesses should make every effort to hire and choose people who meet this requirement because
it is not easy to spot this personality trait. Human resource managers may assess candidatesâ moral attentiveness
using a range of methods such as group debate, an in-basket exercise, organized interviews and business games
that concentrate on specific ethical concerns.
Social implications â This research focused on the notion of ethics and how important it is for society.
The principles, norms and ideals that guide an individualâs behavior are referred to as ethics. Because the
authors need to be treated with dignity as human beings, ethical behavior is essential in society
Do ethical leaders enhance employee ethical behaviors Organizational justice and ethical climate as dual mediators and leader moral attentiveness as a moderator--Evidence from Iraq's emerging market
Corruption devours profts, people, and the planet. Ethical leaders promote ethical
behaviors. We develop a frst-stage moderated mediation theoretical model, explore
the intricate relationships between ethical leadership (member rated, Time 1) and
employee ethical behaviors (leader rated, Time 3), and treat ethical climate and
organizational justice (member rated,Time 2) as dual mediators and leadersâ moral
attentiveness (leader rated, Time 3) as a moderator. We investigate leadership from
two perspectivesâleadersâ self-evaluation of moral attentiveness and membersâ
perceptions of ethical leadership. We theorize: These dual mediation mechanisms
are more robust for high moral leaders than low moral leaders. Our three-wave data
collected from multiple sources, 236 members and 98 immediate supervisors in the
Republic of Iraq, support our theory. Specifcally, ethical leadership robustly impacts
organizational justiceâs intensity and magnitude, leading to high employee ethical
behaviors when leadersâ moral attentiveness is high than low. However, ethical leadership only infuences the ethical climateâs intensity but has no impact on the magnitude when leadersâ moral attentiveness is high than low. Therefore, organizational
justice is a more robust mediator than the ethical climate in the omnibus context
of leader moral attentiveness. Our fndings support Western theory and constructs,
demonstrating a new theory for Muslims in Arabicâs emerging markets. Individual
decision-makers (subordinates) apply their values (ethical leadership) as a lens to
frame their concerns in the immediate (organizational justice and ethical climate)
and omnibus (leader moral attentiveness) contexts to maximize their expected utility and ultimate serenity-happiness. Ethical leadership trickles down to employee
ethical behaviors, providing practical implications for improving the ethical environment, corporate social responsibility, leader-member exchange (LMX), business ethics, and economic potentials in the global competitive markets
Uncovering the antecedents of trust in social commerce: an application of the non-linear artificial neural network approach
Purpose â The internet creates ample opportunities to start a mobile social commerce business. The
literature confirms the issue of customer trust for social commerce businesses is a challenge that must be
addressed. Hence, this study aims to examine the antecedents of trust in mobile social commerce by applying linear and non-linear relationships based on partial least squares structural equation modeling and an artificial neural network model.
Design/methodology/approach â This study applied a non-linear artificial neural network approach to
provide a further understanding of the determinants of trust in mobile social commerce based on a non-linear and non-compensatory model. Besides, a questionnaire was distributed to 340 social commerce customers in Malaysia.
Findings â The conceptual framework for investigating trust in mobile social commerce has various
advantages and contributions to predicting consumer behaviour. The results of the study showed there is a positive and significant relationship between social support, presence and unified theory of acceptance and use of technology2 (UTAUT2). In addition, UTAUT2 has fully mediated the relationship between social support, presence and trust in social commerce. Finally, the results concluded the relationship between UTAUT2 and trust in social commerce would be stronger when the diffusion of innovation and innovation resistance is high and low, respectively.
Research limitations/implications â The current study provides a novel perspective on how
customers can trust social m-commerce to provide real solutions to managers of encouraging e-marketing among consumers.
Practical implications â This paper shows how businesses can develop trust in social m-commerce in
Malaysian markets. The findings of this study probably could be extended to other businesses in Asia or
other countries. Because trust in social e-commerce has a dynamic role in consumer behaviour and intention to purchase.
Originality/value â This study provided a new perspective on mobile social commerce and paid more
attention to an investigation of such emerging commerce. The originality of this study is embodied by
investigating an integrated model that included different theories that presented new directions of trust in mobile social commerce through social and behavioural determinants
Gain More Insight from Common Latent Factor in Structural Equation Modeling
There is a great deal of evidence that method bias is really sure influences item
validities, measurement error, correlation and covariance between latent constructs and thus
leading the researchers to erroneous conclusion due to inflation or deflation during hypothesis
testing. To remedy this, the study provides a guideline to minimize the method bias in the
context of structural equation modeling employing the covariance method (CB-SEM) using
medical tourism model. A practical approach is illustrated for the identification of method bias
based on the new construct namely common latent factor. Using this latent construct, we
managed to identify which item has potential to permeate more variance from common latent
factor. Nevertheless, we figure out that the method bias is do not exist in our developed model.
Therefore, this measurement model is appropriate for structural model in order to achieve the
research hypotheses. We hope that this discussion will help the researchers anticipate which
items are likely exposed on method bias before proceed to advance modeling
The impact of organizational justice on the ethical leadership under the moderating influence of perceived support: A conceptual study
While a number of the researchers have conducted several studies on ethical leadership, however, not much is known about the role of organizational fairness in relationship to the ethical leadership behavior. This paper presented the proposed model in order to find out the perception of justice towards ethical leadership by using the two moderators namely perceived organizational support and perceived supervisor support. Thus, the proposition was made with respect to the impact of organizational justice on ethical leadership. It is also proposed that the perceived support such as organizational support and supervisor support could moderate the relationship between organizational justice and ethical leadership. The proposed model has been developed after reviewing the relevant existing studies and two underpinning theories namely social exchange theory and organizational support theory have been used to support the proposed model as wel