• Journal of Distribution Science
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.15-22
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• 2021

Purpose: There is still lack of guidance for merchants toward price discount presentations (absolute/relative), especially for consumers in different purchase contexts. Based on the general evaluability theory, this study investigates consumers' preferences for the presentation of discounts in various contexts through experiments. Research design, data and methodology: The relationship between discount presentation and consumers' preference is investigated in Study 1 using a two-factor between-subject design of 2 (purchase type: material vs. experiential) ×2 (discount type: absolute vs. relative). The Moderating effect of thinking mode has been examined in Study 2 via a multi-factor intergroup design of 2 (purchase type: material vs. experiential) ×2 (discount type: absolute vs. relative) ×2 (cognitive load: high vs. low). One-way ANOVA and planned contrast have been performed for analysis. Results: Experiment 1 reveals that consumers prefer absolute discounts rather than relative discounts when in material purchases. However, when in experiential purchases, they are willing to choose relative discounts. Experiment 2 verifies the boundary conditions of matching effect and illustrates the generation of matching effect is determined by thinking mode. Conclusions: Our study enriches the theories of purchase type and thinking mode. Simultaneously, the results provide practical guidance for merchants to formulate the discount presentation and distribution pricing strategies.

• Journal of Distribution Science
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.57-69
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aims to measure whether the business performance of Padang restaurants in North Jakarta is primarily affected by service distribution strategy and other factors, specifically the local-based organizational culture and entrepreneurial orientation. Research design, data and methodology: This quantitative research has used Structural Model-Partial Least Square (PLS-SEM) with SMART PLS 3.0 as the analytical tool. The study's sample focus is the owner or person in charge of the Padang restaurant business in North Jakarta. Data has been collected using a questionnaire instrument with a Likert scale scale ('1-strongly disagree' to '5-strongly agree'). A total of 86 samples with a random technique were obtained from three areas in North Jakarta: Kelapa Gading, Pademangan, and Penjaringan. Results: Interestingly, this research finds that service distribution strategy does not affect business performance, either directly or indirectly. Business performance in this study is affected by entrepreneurial orientation. In additional results, the local organizational culture significantly affects the entrepreneurial orientation, but does not affect the business performance in terms of management process. Conclusions: This study provides practical implications for restaurant businesses regarding the use of local cultural concepts to consider strategies for survival in today's challenging times while continuing operations during limitations.

• East Asian Journal of Business Economics (EAJBE)
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.103-111
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• 2021

Purpose - We attempt to provide a background, a review of current development of the digital technologies and their effect on the digital transformation process, and then offer our recommendations for identifying and taking strategic actions to exploit them. More importantly, we also aim to offer important recommendations for policymakers and practitioners how to better advance the innovation system by facilitating the development of digital technologies and take advantage of improvements in digital technologies. Research design, data, and methodology - This study undertakes an extensive and critical review of the digital transformation literature and identifies several important issues with relevant practical examples of best practices in the transition to digital transformation process. Results - This paper finds that digital technologies with strong technological backing have brought technological spillovers to the economy while also generating shocks. Conclusion - To maintain a healthy and developing market order, it is necessary for governments to innovate regulatory models. This study offers several important suggestions for government regulatory innovation that we believe should help to better deploy digital transformation initiatives and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of government regulation in contributing more to the high-quality and healthy development of the digital economy.

• East Asian Journal of Business Economics (EAJBE)
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.29-41
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• 2021

Purpose - The current study explores pro-environment human resource management attributes like an organization's leadership support, training, empowerment, and motivation practices to encourage employees to adopt an environmentally friendly lifestyle, leading to the success of the pro-environmental initiatives pursued by the organization. Research design, data, and methodology - The research subject is a considerable determinant that helps the research choose which qualitative textual analysis will suit that specific research. This study is suitable to conduct qualitative textual research because the justification for the qualitative content analysis used by a researcher is guided by the subject of the research, the available funds, the available time, and the research objectives. Result - Various solutions have been identified to ensure that all interventions taken by an organization, especially in educating and training their employees, are efficient, effective, and impactful. They revolve around the individual group, organizational, societal, and government policy approaches. Solutions will create a dedication to developing sustainability and ensuring that employees are positive when dealing with the surrounding. Conclusion - Consequently, combined efforts involving employees, society, organizations, and the government are necessary for formulating and implementing a practical course of action. This is to end the ongoing environmental degradation and foster positive behavioral change that involves activities and initiatives that will improve environmental performance for current and future generations.

• Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.106-116
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• 2021

Purpose: This is to provide fundamental resources for the improvement in the department of dental technology curriculum which will ensure effective preparation for the license examination for dental technicians as well as improvement in the students practical skills. Methods: Research analysis was conducted regarding the 2020 academic curriculum table of the department of dental technology established in 19 universities nationwide, from 5th of October 2020 to 30th of November 2020. Results: Research of the ratio of the establishment credit of the 3-year-course major in department of dental technology to the establishment credits of the license examination subjects showed, second semester of the first year (p<0.05), by academic discipline the whole first year (p<0.05) and second semester of first year, to be statistically significant. Conclusion: Hence, it can be concluded that there is a need for the management of a curriculum with distribution of adequate subjects according to academic year and semester, in order to satisfy not only the preparation for the license examination for dental technicians, but also students' academic desires.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.125-132
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• 2021

In this study, the improvement of the IP system, which is the core infrastructure of the MRO project, and its effect were analyzed. Systematic problems and problems that are not competitive in the actual operating environment were systematically derived, and based on this, the most suitable method for target system development was found and improved. And the data of the improved system was analyzed and the effect was verified through empirical analysis of the system improvement effect through the user questionnaire. As a result of the study, the item with the highest improvement effect was convenience, which increased by 12.43 points. Then it increased by 10.25 points in terms of features. In particular, you will notice a significant improvement in speed by 30-50%. This is because the empirical analysis results are more objective and realistic than other conceptual models. Also, from the practical point of view, based on the results of the empirical analysis, corporate management can more effectively promote the intellectual property system, which is expected to contribute to the enhancement of corporate competitiveness.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.105-110
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• 2021

The article presents the idea that in the conditions of modernization of higher professional education, there is an obvious contradiction between the practical need of higher education for a scientifically grounded theory and methodology of distance learning for students and the lack of the necessary didactic and content-methodological guidelines for its implementation. In theoretical research and applied development, as a rule, the technocratic approach prevails. The emphasis is on the technical capabilities of modern computers and telecommunications. Productively, from a pedagogical point of view, this contradiction can be resolved on the basis of modeling distance learning management for students, developing and implementing a corporate information educational environment in universities, increasing the effectiveness of the methodology of pedagogical interaction between students and teachers during the implementation of distance learning.

• Journal of Smart Tourism
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.41-52
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• 2021

This paper explored the digital application of intangible cultural heritage from the perspective of cultural ecology. Through field investigations, combined with cultural ecology theory, an ontology-based semantic web technology was proposed, and Nanjing "Yunjin" brocade weaving technique was selected as the research object. The specific steps were as follows: First, based on the field surveys and cultural ecology theory, the intangible cultural ecological environment was divided into natural and social environments. Next, constructing the intangible cultural heritage ontology was constructed, including the collection and collation of Nanjing Yunjin weaving technique knowledge corpus, based on user needs analysis and corpus analysis, CIDOC CRM was used to create rules to build the ontology. Finally, based on the MediaWiki platform and Semantic MediaWiki, the semantic web model of the intangible cultural heritage was designed, and its semantic retrieval function was realized, thereby achieving the practical application of intangible cultural heritage digitization. Based on the perspective of cultural ecology, a set of intangible digital application models was proposed, which expanded the digital application of the cultural ecology theory, verified the application of this model in the sustainable development of cultural tourism, and provided reference for the sustainable development of cultural tourism.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.149-165
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• 2020

Purpose - This study investigates how employee personality traits affect psychological contract breach. Also, our study examines how Guanxi, a unique socio-cultural characteristic of China, moderates the relationship between personality traits and psychological contract breach. Design/methodology/approach - To test our ideas, we constructed a survey questionnaire based on the literatures on personality traits, Guanxi, and psychological breach. The questionnaires were distributed to Chinese employees, and then we conducted a regression analysis using 378 questionnaires. Findings - We found that neuroticism is positively related to perceived psychological contract breach. We also identified support for the prediction that the positive link between neuroticism and psychological contract breach becomes weaker when employees' awareness of Guanxi is high. Research implications or Originality - This study provides several theoretical and practical implications. First, this study elaborates the personality traits-psychological contract breach relationship by incorporating Guanxi, a critical contingency factor of China. Second, given that the relationship between neuroticism and psychological contract breach can be affected by employees' perceptions of Guanxi, managers should administer Guanxi to function as a lubricant within the organization.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.1031-1038
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of organizational culture on job satisfaction and organizational commitment among employees in small and medium-sized enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The study hypothesized that organizational culture has a significant influence on employees' satisfaction and that satisfaction also significantly impactsorganizational commitment among employees. The data are collected from a sample of 240 office employees. Structural Equation Modeling is used to determine the influence of organizational culture dimensions,including open working environment, salary, and rewards, empowerment, management style, corporate values, on employees' satisfaction and organizational commitment. The findings showed that the five dimensions of organizational culture positively impact employees' satisfaction and that job satisfaction significantly influences organizational commitment. Thus, job satisfaction serves as the bridge between organizational culture and commitment. The current study contributes to providing a practical insight into the relationships between organizational culture, employees' job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Based on that, managers can develop suitable personnel policies for their organizations to simultaneously enhance employees' performance and satisfaction, which makes them stay with the company.