In this era of technology, electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) is an influential factor that can impact tourists’ behavior and decision-making. This study is aimed at exploring the influence of eWOM on promoting sustainable tourism in Bangladesh. A mixed-method approach is used in the study, considering both qualitative and quantitative data analysis. Ten independent variables related to eWOM, including online reviews, source credibility, sentiment, and social media influencers, were identified through in-depth qualitative interviews and an analysis of the literature, with the promotion of sustainable tourism in Bangladesh maintained as the dependent variable. A questionnaire was constructed to gather information and insights from the respondents through a quantitative survey method using non-probability judgment sampling. A total of 350 individuals were approached with an online questionnaire, and 307 individuals responded with great interest, resulting in a response rate of 87.7%. The data collected from the survey was thoroughly analyzed using SPSS 25, which confirmed the validity and significance of the findings. Participants acknowledged the impact of online reviews and recommendations on their travel decision-making. The research highlighted the value of reviews from verified users, social media influencers, digital platforms, and visual material to improve the credibility of information. The results showed strong support for the use of incentives to stimulate travelers’ eWOM and highlighted the need for government regulatory support. In addition, there was a substantial desire found among the participants to engage in different online forums devoted to sustainable tourism. This research shows how eWOM greatly helps to create awareness and encourage sustainable tourism practices in Bangladesh. It suggests spreading the power of eWOM via strategic partnerships with social media influencers. Additionally, it emphasizes boosting the accessibility of information on sustainable tourism to fully utilize the potential impact of eWOM.
Jeeyoon Jeong, Byung-Jik Kim, Byung-Jik Kim
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The dynamic interplay between Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption in modern organizations and its implications for employee well-being presents a paramount area of academic exploration. Within the context of rapid technological advancements, AI’s promise to revolutionize operational efficiency juxtaposes challenges relating to job stress and employee health. This study explores the nuanced effects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption on employee physical health within organizational settings, investigating the potential mediating role of job stress and the moderating influence of coaching leadership. Drawing from the conservation of resource theory, the research hypothesized that AI adoption would negatively impact employee physical health both directly and indirectly through increased job stress. Critically, our conceptual model underscores the mediating role of job stress between AI adoption and physical health. Further, introducing a novel dimension to this discourse, we postulate the moderating influence of coaching leadership. To empirically test the hypotheses, we gathered survey data from 375 South Korean workers with a three-wave time-lagged research design. Our results demonstrated that all the hypotheses were supported. The results have significant implications for organizational strategies concerning AI implementation and leadership development.
The research aspired to determine the effecting determinants of the implementation of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies in the manufacturing industry, examining how 4IR readiness (R) acts as a mediator to facilitate the process of 4IR adaptation (ADP) in Bangladesh. Employing the extended technology–organization–environment (TOE) framework, the research method integrated both quantitative approaches and structured surveys using random sampling approaches to explore the specific determinants that influence the adoption of 4IR technologies. A total of 500 organizations were approached with an online questionnaire, yielding 370 completed responses, a response rate of 74%. After ensuring the reliability and validity of the findings, the structural equation model was analyzed using SmartPLS 4.0 and SPSS 29 with structural equation modeling (SEM). A statistically significant positive correlation was observed among technology readiness (TR), government support (GS), and technology innovation decision-making (TIDM) on 4IR R, as well as 4IR R on 4IR ADP based on the findings. Practical implications were discussed with a focus on strategic recommendations for policymakers and industry leaders to enhance the structural and supportive infrastructure necessary for 4IR integration. To extend the R and flexibility of the manufacturing sector in anticipation of the 4IR, policymakers must urgently contemplate the expansion of government aid and the formation of expert consulting groups. The originality of this study applied in its ADP of the TOE framework to the context of a developing country, specifically targeting the R factors that facilitate technological ADP in Bangladesh. Unlike traditional models that focus solely on technological adoption, this extended model integrates organizational and environmental factors, offering a comprehensive view of industry R. The findings highlighted the significant positive correlations between technology infrastructure R, governmental support, and decision-making processes in technology innovation, which distinguish this model by its specific ADP to the developmental and economic conditions in a developing economy like Bangladesh.
Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh Penggunaan digitalisasi terhadap efektivitas dalam pengumpulan zakat pada BAZNAS Provinsi Kalimantan Barat.
Desain / metodologi / pendekatan penelitian kuantitatif, dengan jumlah sampel penelitian 43 responden lembaga BAZNAS Kalbar. Informasi penelitian ini dikumpulkan melalui kuesioner dan dianalisis menggunakan analisis regresi linear sederhana dengan menggunakan program SPSS Versi 25.
Temuan Penelitian hasil penelitian disimpulkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan antara digitalisasi zakat dan efektivitas dalam pengumpulan zakat pada BAZNAS yang dilihat dengan nilai signifikansi 0,000 < 0,05 dan dan t-statistik bernilai positif (12,122) sedangkan nilai t-tabel 1,681, berdasarkan penelitian yang dilakukan dalam digitalisasi zakat terhadap tingkat efektivitas dalam pengumpulan zakat BAZNAS berpengaruh terhadap efektivitas karena dari hasil pernyataan yang ada bahwa tingkat pencapaian atau banyaknya hasil kerja yang dicapai telah sesuai dengan tingkat ukuran mutu kerja dengan sesuai tujuan BAZNAS. Melakukan transaksi digitalisasi zakat menggunakan aplikasi LinkAja, dapat dilakukan tanpa batas waktu dalam membayar zakat dan juga dapat dilakukan dengan cepat tanpa adanya hambatan dengan efektif dalam membayar zakat.
Economics as a science, Management. Industrial management
In recent years, both mindfulness and character strengths have started to garner interest in industrial and organizational psychology. The growing research interest in their effects on employee well-being and performance, individually, has strong practical implications for organizations. Given the interconnection of mindfulness and character strengths, the present study examined the effectiveness of training that combined the two practices regarding well-being and work-related outcomes, and it tested the potential mediators of the effects at work. A total of 63 participants from various job branches were randomly assigned to three conditions: (a) mindfulness-based strengths practice (MBSP), (b) mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), and (c) wait-list control. Participants’ applicability of character strengths at work, well-being, perceived stress, job satisfaction, and task performance (supervisor rating) were assessed before and after the intervention, and 1, 3, and 6 months afterward. A set of linear mixed-effects models was applied, modeling changes in participants’ outcome variables over time. Potential mediators for the intervention effect of MBSP at work were tested using four criteria adapted from a previous study. Results showed the MBSR was effective for increasing well-being, reducing perceived stress, and increasing job satisfaction, whereas the MBSP was effective for increasing well-being, job satisfaction, and task performance. These findings suggest that mindfulness alone seems to function better when regarding well-being at work, while fusing character strengths on top of it seems to influence the participants, on a motivational level, and thus bolsters task performance.
Современные информационные технологии с высокой эффективностью обеспечивают процессы манипулирования текстами. В первую очередь это хранение, редактирование и форматирование текстов и их составляющих. Добившись значительных успехов в разработке средств бессодержательной компьютерной обработки текстов, исследователи столкнулись с проблемами их содержательной обработки. Поэтому дальнейшие шаги в этом направлении связаны с созданием, в том числе, методов автоматизированного целенаправленного манипулирования текстами с учетом заложенного в них содержания. Проведен анализ работ, посвященных исследованию проблем формального представления текстов и их последующего использования. Несмотря на ряд успешных проектов, задачи по разрешению проблемы соотношений между содержанием текста и его смыслом остаются актуальными. По-видимому, формализация текста общего назначения при сохранении его семантики на данном этапе развития науки не осуществима. Вместе с тем существуют типы текстов, для которых формализация с сохранением существенной части их семантики представляется возможной. Одним из них является регулятивный тип текста, который по существу представляет собой словесно выраженный алгоритм последовательности целенаправленных действий. Его отличают логичность и точность (отсутствие иносказаний), связность и цельность, ясность, понятность (за счет отсутствия эмоциональной окраски и образных средств), доступность (за счет использования специфической терминологии). Иначе говоря, при разработке регулятивных текстов обычно стараются как можно понятнее отображать механизмы описываемых действий. Цель: разработка метода формализации регулятивного текста с сохранением его семантики. Методы: структурная лингвистика, представление объектов в виде онтологии, конструктивные алгоритмы. Использование данного метода демонстрируется на примере описания решения системы алгебраических уравнений. Результаты: метод построения математической модели регулятивного текста. Практическая значимость: применение разработанного метода обеспечивает возможность разработки программных комплексов для построения библиотек отдельных предметных областей, разработки средств оценки регулятивных текстов на предмет их определенности, полноты, связности и других характеристик, а также тренажеров и средств самообучения.
Mohammad Vahidi, Abbasali Rastgar, seyed abbas Ebrahimi
Jihadist management is a new model of management ideas developed after the Iran’s Islamic Revolution. Management, which has been able to open up new windows into the country's management system through the use of the art and management science and applying Islamic concepts. The purpose of this research is to investigate the challenges of jihad management. In this research, the Q method has been used. The participants of this research were 10 members of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation directors who had direct relevance to the research. discourse space of the present study was gathered from a variety of sources. After evaluating and summarizing the discourse space, out of 197 Quo's terms, at last, 70 sentences were as the sample of (Q's category), followed by a survey of experts. Data gathering from Q sorting, this information was analyzed by Q Factor Analysis Method. The distribution analysis showed that four distinct mental patterns could be identified among the participants in the research on the factors influencing the identification of the challenges of jihad management. Finally, 74.91% of the total variance was explained. These four subjective patterns were named according to the names of Necessary requirements: behavioral requirements, approach requirements, basic requirements.
Aim: The aim was to evaluate the “effect size (ES),” tolerability, and acceptability of lithium, carbamazepine, and sodium valproate in the acute phase treatment of pediatric Bipolar 1 disorder patients during manic phase. Materials and Methods: This hospital-based, prospective, open-label study included 67 patients in manic phase of bipolar I disorder, aged 6–17 years, after informed consent by the caregivers. The patients were randomly assigned to the lithium group (n = 30), carbamazepine group (n = 20), and sodium valproate group (n = 17). They were assessed with the Schedule for Affective Disorders for School Age Children's-Present and Life time version administered to the parent and child separately, Conner's Abbreviated Rating Scale, and Cassidy Scale for Manic States (CSMS). Lithium was started in the dose of 30 mg per kg of body weight, carbamazepine in the dose of 10–20 mg/kg/day, and sodium valproate in the dose of 10–20 mg/kg body weight. Antipsychotic (chlorpromazine [CPZ] 100–500 mg per day or haloperidol up to 750 mg of CPZ equivalent) was allowed in the study. Injection haloperidol 10 mg and injection promethazine 50 mg intramuscular were allowed for initial 3–5 days to combat acute agitation. Rescue medication such as injection lorazepam 2–4 mg intramuscular was allowed throughout the study duration. The patients were rated weekly on CSMS, Bipolar Clinical Global Impression, Udvalg for kliniske Undersogelser Side Effect Rating Scale, and side effect checklist for lithium, sodium valproate, and carbamazepine, respectively. The serum level of concerned drug was obtained at weekly intervals and dose hiked, if needed to get target serum level. Results: The response rate was 90% in lithium group, 70% in carbamazepine group, and 88% in sodium valproate group on the basis of ≥33% reduction from baseline CSMS. The effects of change of CSMS over the 6 weeks across the three treatment group were found to be highly statistically significant. Conclusions: In the acute phase treatment of pediatric bipolar 1 disorder patients during manic phase, the ES for lithium was 0.85, for carbamazepine 0.71, and for sodium valproate 0.84. These agents are well tolerated in treating bipolar disorder in children.
The term ‘conversion’ (from Latin ‘conversio’ – change, transformation) is used in different fields: economics, industry, marketing, finance, psychology and even linguistics. If, for example, in defense industry this word is now not as topical as in the period of reduction in defense in the 1990s, in urbanism, on the contrary, conversion (reconsideration of urban quarters and even districts) is a point of interest among town planners and architects. It concerns first of all the city districts that were abandoned as a result of industrial decay in the same 1990s. Let’s try not to forget that conversion is not only loss of old meanings, but also acquisition of new ones.
Susanne Hagatun, Øystein Vedaa, Allison G. Harvey
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Background: Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTi) is considered the standard treatment. The internet has proven to be a useful and successful tool of providing CBTi. However, few studies have investigated the possible effect of unguided internet-delivered CBTi (ICBTi) on comorbid psychological symptoms and fatigue. Methods: Based on a randomized controlled trial, we investigated whether unguided ICBTi had an effect on comorbid psychological symptoms. Adults with insomnia (n = 181; 67% women; mean age 44.9 years [SD 13.0]) were randomized to ICBTi (n = 95) or to an online patient education condition (n = 86) for a nine-week period. Results: The results from mixed linear modelling yielded medium to large between-group effect sizes from pre- to post-treatment for symptoms of anxiety or depression (d = −0.57; 95% CI = 0.79–0.35) and fatigue (d = 0.92; 95% CI = 1.22–0.62). The ICBTi group was reassessed at a 6-month non-randomized follow-up, and the completing participants had on the average a significant increase (from the post-assessment) on symptoms of anxiety or depression, while the reduction in symptoms of fatigue (on post-assessment) was maintained. However, due to high dropout attrition and no control group data, caution should be made regarding the long-term effects. In conclusion, the present findings show that unguided ICBTi positively influence comorbid symptoms in the short-term, thereby emphasizing the clinical relevance of unguided ICBTi. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02261272 Keywords: Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia, Internet-based intervention, Fatigue, Depression, Anxiety
Subjek dalam studi kasus ini adalah anggota keluarga terdiri dari ibu (52 tahun), Anak laki-laki (35 tahun), Anak perempuan (30 tahun), menantu (32 tahun) dan cucu (4 tahun). Metode assesment yang digunakan adalah wawancara, observasi dan skala pengukuran. Hasil asesmen menunjukkan bahwa keluarga mengalami kegagalan dalam pola komunikasi, interaksi dalamkeluarga kaku dan saling menutup diri. Intervensi yang digunakan adalah strategic family therapy dalam enam sesi, yang bertujuan untuk mengubah komunikasi antar anggota keluarga. Hasil intervensi menunjukkan bahwa masing-masing anggota keluarga menjadi lebih terbuka dan tidak ada lagi salah paham antar anggota serta ada kerjasama dalam melaksanakan tanggungjawab terkait pekerjaan rumah tangga
Background: Quality of life (QOL) is a novel and holistic parameter in measuring health outcome. Recently, the concept is gaining importance as an outcome measure in illnesses, with a chronic and progressive course. Schizophrenia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are psychological and physical illnesses, respectively, which share this characteristic. Studies comparing the QOL of psychological and physical illnesses are few. The extant literature did not reveal any studies comparing the QOL of schizophrenia and COPD. Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the QOL of patients with schizophrenia, a chronic psychiatric disorder, and COPD, a chronic physical illness. Materials and Methods: The study was cross-sectional in design. The QOL of thirty patients each with schizophrenia and COPD, from a tertiary care teaching hospital, was assessed using the WHO Quality of Life Assessment-BREF scale. Comparison was done between the two groups. Results: The QOL of patients with schizophrenia was significantly better in the physical domain (Z = 2.75, P = 0.006) and overall perception of life (Z = 3.25, P = 0.001). Overall perception of health was also better in schizophrenia (Z = 1.94, P = 0.052). The social domain was the only one in which COPD patients had a better score than schizophrenic patients, though it was not statistically significant (Z = 0.17, P = 0.86). Conclusion: The QOL of schizophrenic patients is slightly better compared to that of COPD patients. Only in the social domain was the QOL of schizophrenic patients inferior to that of COPD patients. Therefore, in schizophrenic patients, priority interventions to improve the social deficits are important because these determine their QOL vis a vis, a chronic physical illness.
Llewellyn E. van Zyl, Elzabe Nel, Marius W. Stander
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Orientation: Lack in congruence amongst industrial and organisational psychologists (IOPs) as to the conceptualisation of its profession poses a significant risk as to the relevance, longevity and professional identity of the profession within the South African context.
Research purpose: This study aimed to explore the professional identity of IOPs within the South African context. Specifically, the aim of this study was four-fold: (1) to develop a contemporary definition for IOP, (2) to investigate IOP roles, (3) to determine how the profession should be labelled and (4) to differentiate IOP from human resource management (HRM) from IOPs’ perspectives within South Africa.
Motivation for the study: IOPs do not enjoy the same benefits in stature or status as other professions such as medicine, finances and engineering in the world of work. IOPs need to justify its relevance within organisational contexts as a globally shared understanding of ‘what it is’, ‘what it does’ and ‘what makes it different from other professions’, which is non-existent. In order to enhance its perceived relevance, clarity as to IOPs professional identity is needed.
Research design, approach and method: A post-positivistic qualitative content analytic and descriptive research design was employed in this study. Data from practising industrial and organisational psychology (IOP) within South Africa (N = 151) were gathered through an electronic web-based survey and were analysed through thematic content analysis.
Main findings: The results indicate that IOP in South Africa seeks to optimise the potential of individuals, groups, organisations and the community by implementing scientific processes to support both individual and organisational wellness and sustainability. ‘Work Psychology’ was considered a more fitting professional designation or label than industrial and/or organisational psychology. The industrial psychologist’s major roles related to the well-being and development of employees. A clear distinction between a more dynamic, pro-active approach of IOP compared to a more transactional approach of HRM was also evident. IOP within South Africa appears to have a community development function.
Practical/managerial implications: The longevity, relevance and impact of IOP as a profession requires alignment amongst practitioners as to shared common professional identity.
Contribution/value-add: This study provides a contemporary understanding of the roles, functions, labels and unique value proposition of industrial and organisational psychology within the South African context.
Orientation: The context of this research is the coping and wellness of call centre agents in a characteristically high-stress work environment. Research purpose: The purpose of the study was to construct a psychological coping profile by investigating the overall relationship between individuals’ wellness-related dispositional attributes and their resiliency-related behavioural capacities.
Motivation of the study: It is important that coping in the call centre environment be understood in light of the complexity of the challenges that call centre agents experience in terms of their wellbeing.
Research design, approach and method: A quantitative cross-sectional survey approach was followed, using a non-probability purposive sample (N = 409) comprising predominantly early career, permanently employed black females in call centres in Africa.
Main findings: A canonical correlation analysis indicated a significant overall relationship between the wellness-related constructs (sense of coherence, emotional intelligence and burnout) and the resiliency-related constructs (career adaptability and hardiness). Structural equation modelling indicated that managing own emotions and cynicism contributed significantly to explaining the participants’ resiliency-related behavioural capacities (hardicommitment and hardi-control).
Practical/managerial implications: Enhancing call centre agents’ emotional intelligence and lowering cynicism will increase resiliency-related capacities, such as sense of control and commitment, and will significantly increase the resiliency and capacity of call centre agents to cope with pressure, which can lead to positive work attitudes.
Contribution/value-add: The findings may provide valuable pointers for the design of wellness intervention practices and could potentially add to the body of knowledge concerned with employee wellness in call centres.