Organizational factors influencing pharmacy practice change

Creating and sustaining competitive advantage through the adoption and implementation of innovative technologies is a strategic imperative for all learning organizations. Despite this, manufacturing companies in developing countries such as Zimbabwe are confronting challenges in implementing e-business practices. Against this background, the objective of this study was to understand organizational factors influencing e-business adoption in Zimbabweâ€™s manufacturing sector. The study was motivated by the need to appreciate factors that facilitate or inhibit the adoption of e-business in the context of developing countries such as Zimbabwe. A questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 118 companies registered by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries in 2015. Regression analysis was used to test the posited hypotheses. Results revealed that manufacturing companies in Zimbabwe differ significantly in their inclination to adopt and implement e-business strategies. Innovation orientation, financial resources, perceived usefulness and size of the firm were found to be positively associated with e-business adoption. The study also found that technological resources did not have a statistically significant relationship with e-business adoption. The study furthers current debate on e-business adoption by identifying the drivers of e-business adoption in the manufacturing sector in the context of a developing country. The importance of this study lies in its contribution to theory and practice. In terms of theory, this study contributes to the body of knowledge on organizational factors influencing e-business adoption and provides avenues for further studies. In practice, the findings of this study add to the insights of managers in the manufacturing sector in developing countries, which influence the adoption of e-business practices.

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Factors Influencing the Willingness to Mentor Students within Campus Recreation

Recreational Sports Journal ◽

10.1123/rsj.29.1.59 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 59-77 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Glenna G. Bower ◽

Mary A. Hums ◽

John L. Keedy

Keyword(s):

Phenomenological Study ◽

Comparative Method ◽

Research Question ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Campus Recreation ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Recreation Directors ◽

Primary Means ◽

Recreation Professionals ◽

The Individual

The purpose of this study was to discover factors influencing a person's decision to mentor students within campus recreation. The present study investigated four areas of inquiry within campus recreation: (a) What are the individual reasons for mentoring students? (b) What organizational factors inhibit or facilitate mentoring students? (c) What protégé characteristics attracted mentors?, and (d) What outcomes are associated with mentoring students? The phenomenological study relied on in-depth interviews of five campus recreation professionals. This research study utilized three in-depth phenomenological interviews with each participant as the primary means of collecting data. The researcher used the constant comparative method of analysis throughout the study. Analysis of the data produced personal life history portraits of each participant and provided themes and categories for each research question. Study findings provided valuable information for campus recreation directors wishing to successfully mentor students entering the campus recreation profession.

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Developing a model for analyzing the factors influencing interpersonal conflict

Management Decision ◽

10.1108/md-08-2018-0857 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 57 (5) ◽

pp. 1127-1144

Author(s):

Zeinab Lalegani ◽

Ali Nasr Isfahani ◽

Arash Shahin ◽

Ali Safari

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Mixed Method ◽

Interpersonal Conflict ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Contributing Factors ◽

Content Type ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Interpersonal Conflicts ◽

Factors Influencing

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and analyze a model of factors influencing interpersonal conflicts. Design/methodology/approach This research was conducted using a mixed method approach. In the qualitative study, the conceptual model of the factors affecting interpersonal conflicts was extracted from semi-structured interviews with 17 relevant experts using a theme analysis technique. Then, three hypotheses were developed based on the model and relevant theoretical evidence. Using a researcher-made questionnaire which was developed earlier based on the qualitative results, a quantitative-based survey was performed to assess the interpersonal conflicts and also the standard scale of the level of interpersonal conflicts (Jehn, 1997). The hypotheses were tested on a sample of 160 employees of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Gas Company (CBPGC). Findings The results of the qualitative study indicated that individual factors including personality dimensions and individual differences; organizational factors including five dimensions of organizational culture, organizational structure, management characteristics, intra-organization factors and human resource systems; and environmental factors influenced the creation of interpersonal conflicts. The results of the quantitative study indicated that organizational factors with an effect size of 0.502 were identified as the most important factor influencing interpersonal conflicts. Research limitations/implications The findings of this study can provide a roadmap to managers of the CBPGC to be aware of the contributing factors to conflict within their organization. Originality/value The use of mixed method to identify the causes and factors of interpersonal conflict and analyzing a context different from previous studies can be considered as the innovations of this study.

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Temporal Comparative Analysis of Industrial Symbiosis in a Business Network: Opportunities of Circular Economy

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12051832 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 1832

Author(s):

Fabiane Florencio de Souza ◽

Mariane Bigarelli Ferreira ◽

Adriana Valélia Saraceni ◽

Leozenir Mendes Betim ◽

Tafael Lucas Pereira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Circular Economy ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Organizational Factors ◽

Significant Advance ◽

Industrial Symbiosis ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Business Network ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Made In

The objective of this work is to perform a temporal comparative analysis in a network of companies in the furniture sector, in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, presenting drivers through circular economy modeling. The study was performed applying the model proposed by Saraceni et al. (2017) in a network of Furniture companies in Concórdia, Brazil. The model diagnoses the presence of industrial symbiosis practices in five domains variables involving Technical, Economic, Political, Information and Organizational Factors, influencing three spheres: by-product exchange, service sharing, and managerial cooperation. The study addressed the positive relationship aspects of the circular economy as guidelines for improving the industrial symbiosis of the network. The results of data collection in 2019 were compared with the results of the application made in 2014. The comparison revealed a significant advance from 2014 to 2019 towards Industrial Symbiosis, highlighting that corrective actions and circular economy strategies may lead this business network to be the first Industrial Symbiosis case in Brazil in the next few years, meanwhile fostering the ecological network’s process to the country.

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