Economics may dent Russian police reform

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Support Staff ◽  
Police Force ◽  
Police Reform ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Current Economic Crisis ◽  
Terrorism Threat ◽  
Indirect Impact ◽  
Comprehensive Reform

Subject Russian police reform. Significance Russia's police force, historically the least well-resourced and politically powerful of the nation's security institutions, has experienced a comprehensive reform since 2011, starting with its renaming from the old Soviet term 'militia'. Nonetheless, the direct and indirect impact of the current economic crisis is putting further progress in doubt. Impacts Russia's police have been unable to prevent a substantial increase in crime. The rise in the terrorism threat facing Russia will stretch police further. Police will try to cut backroom support staff roles to save frontline officers.

Agripreneurship development: a strategy for revamping Nigeria’s economy from recession

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 474-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Innocent Otache
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Current Economic Crisis ◽  
Leadership Failure ◽  
Oil Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore agripreneurship development as a strategy for economic growth and development. Design/methodology/approach Though a few related literature were reviewed, this paper relies heavily on the author’s viewpoint regarding how Nigeria can grow and develop its economy through agripreneurship development. Findings The present economic challenges that Nigeria is facing are blamed on overdependence on the oil sector, bad governance, corruption, leadership failure, policy inconsistency, overdependence on imported goods and ostensible neglect of the agricultural sector. Also, policymakers, economic analysts and the government have advocated strongly for diversification of the economy. Besides, there is a consensus among scholars, economic analysts and policymakers that “agriculture is the answer.” Research limitations/implications This paper addresses specifically one sector of the economy – the agricultural sector. On the other hand, economic crisis needs to be addressed holistically by resolving specific issues that confront different sectors of the economy. Practical implications This paper has some insightful policy and practical implications for the Nigerian Government and Nigerians. The government and Nigerians need to take practical steps to grow and develop the economy. On the part of the government, apart from the need to transform the agricultural sector by allocating enough funds to it, the government should establish well-equipped agripreneurship development centers and organize periodically agripreneurship development programmes for the main purpose of training and developing both current and potential agripreneurs who will be able to apply today’s agricultural techniques and practices which involve a great deal of creativity and innovation for a successful agribusiness. The federal government should integrate agripreneurship education into Nigeria’s education system. Similarly, the Nigerian people, particularly the youths or graduates should be encouraged to choose agribusiness as a career. Originality/value While previous papers have offered different solutions to the current economic crisis that Nigeria is experiencing, ranging from economic to structural reforms, this paper differs significantly from others by recommending specifically agripreneurship development as a strategy for revamping Nigeria’s economy from its current recession. Moreover, there is a dearth of literature on agripreneurship and agripreneurship development. This paper therefore fills the literature gap.

Greek public libraries in economic crisis: the past, the present and the future

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 77-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgenia Vassilakaki
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current Economic Crisis ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Challenges

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to discuss the challenges that the current economic crisis has posed for Greek public and municipal libraries. Design/methodology/approach – This is a viewpoint paper discussing the past, present and future directions that Greek public and municipal libraries have adopted or should adopt in the context of the present economic crisis. Findings – Greek public and municipal libraries ought to see the economic crisis as a challenge for development, improvement and the promotion of their presence and role in the community which they serve. Originality/value – The paper discusses the factors affecting the past and present situation relating to public and municipal libraries in Greece and addresses the future challenges for promoting development and innovation.

Organizational reform in a hierarchical frontline organization

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 858-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Vuorensyrjä
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Positive Function ◽  
Police Force ◽  
Labor Turnover ◽  
Logit Models ◽  
Police Reform ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Reform ◽  
Organizational Stressors

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to track changes in organizational and occupational stress in the Finnish police force during the police reform years. It also estimates the effects of organizational stressors on labor turnover intention (LTI). Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on six distinct cross-sectional Police Personnel Surveys from 1999 to 2012. The surveys are not sample based, but have targeted the entire police force with good response rates. The study employs hierarchical logit models to predict LTI. Findings – Police agencies can be depicted as hierarchical frontline organizations. Major reforms in such agencies can be expected to give rise to increased organizational conflicts and stress. The empirical findings of the paper fall in line with the theory. Organizational stress and LTI have been increasing in the Finnish police force during the police reform years. However, at the same time, personal and occupational stressors have actually been reducing in the police force. Turnover intention was observed to be a positive function of those particular organizational stressors that have increased the most over the reform years. Research limitations/implications – The data are cross-sectional. No direct causal conclusions can be drawn from the results of this study. A non-material violation of the linearity assumption was detected in two logit models. Originality/value – Relying on Tops and Spelier's 2013 theory of police organizations as frontline organizations, the paper introduces a new theoretical construct – hierarchical frontline organization – and combines its theoretical ideas with comprehensive long-term data from the Finnish police force.

Chile police reform will need long-term culture shift

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Police Force ◽  
Police Chief ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
Police Reform ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Indigenous Activism ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Culture Shift ◽  
Opinion Polls

Subject Modernisation of the police force. Significance After appointing a new police chief, President Sebastian Pinera, who took office on March 11, aims to implement the most far-reaching modernisation of the country’s uniformed police force since the restoration of democracy in 1990. This follows the discovery of a major internal fraud and accusations of the planting of false evidence. Impacts Future opinion polls will indicate the extent to which public trust in police has been undermined by recent scandals. Police legitimacy will matter if, as expected, there are significant street demonstrations against the new centre-right government. Better intelligence, distinguishing between indigenous activism and for-profit crime, would help to counter violence in southern Chile.

Political groups will exploit Lebanon’s water failures

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Farming Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Communal Violence ◽  
Current Economic Crisis ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Political Groups

Significance Water pollution has long been a problem in the area, linked to poor sewage, farming practices and rubbish disposal. Despite abundant water resources from the mountains, state dysfunction and corruption have prevented construction of adequate infrastructure. Shortages of clean water are exacerbated by the current economic crisis and COVID-19 pandemic. Impacts The mounting crisis could focus popular concerns more closely on the provision of basic necessities, especially in cities. The civil war model of factions providing food and aid raises risks of communal violence. Infrastructure failures are likely to boost public resentment of hosting the world’s largest per capita refugee presence.

Multiple crises mean future instability in Madagascar

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Humanitarian Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
International Pressure ◽  
Inner Circle

Significance Rajoelina faces a wide array of challenges as he looks towards the final two years of his current presidential term. These include severe tensions within his inner circle, a substantial economic crisis, problems linked to his management of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a major humanitarian crisis. Impacts Increasing domestic and international pressure will lead to an opening of borders, possibly by October. The planned vaccine campaign will not prevent a new wave of COVID-19 infections. Economic recovery will be slow.

ISO 9001: a vaccine for time of crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronny Alexander Zayas-Mateo ◽  
Ángel Rafael Martínez-Lorente
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Iso 9001 ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Operating Income ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
The World

Purpose ISO 9001 is applied by hundreds of thousands of companies throughout the world. For this reason, its effect on company results has been extensively studied. However, the results of those studies are inconclusive and sometimes contradictory. More in-depth research, with a new approach, is therefore necessary. The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether ISO 9001-certified companies suffered the effects of the financial and economic crisis of 2007–2008 to a lesser degree than non-certified ones. Design/methodology/approach A set of 179 companies certified by ISO 9001:2008 and 154 non-certified ones were analysed, as well as the accounting figures for net sales and operating income (EBIT: earnings before interest and taxes) from 2004 to 2012. Findings Companies from the industry and services sectors showed different results. Certified industrial companies achieved better outcomes than their non-certified counterparts. However, the deviations in outcomes were not significant for services companies. Research limitations/implications One limitation of this study is that companies’ official results are not always their true results. Another limitation is that having to do with the criteria followed to suppress extreme cases, which is always subjective. Furthermore, the implications of the results could be of use for those managers who are responsible for implementing ISO 9001 and for deciding whether obtaining the ISO 9001 certification would be beneficial to their companies. Originality/value This study constitutes a new approach for the assessment of the benefits of the ISO 9001 certification.

Exploring readiness of learners to transfer training: an interactionist approach

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ragini ◽  
Piyali Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Training Transfer ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Situational Factor ◽  
Learner Readiness ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Indirect Impact ◽  
Transfer Training ◽  
Motivation To Transfer ◽  
Interactionist Approach

Purpose Purpose of this study is to investigate the role of learner readiness in enhancing transfer of training by empirically testing a moderated mediation mechanism in which learner readiness influences transfer through motivation to transfer, and this indirect impact is moderated by supervisor support. Design/methodology/approach The perception of trainees about the constructs considered has been captured through a survey of 250 employees of a unit of a manufacturing organization in India. For hypotheses testing, PROCESS macro developed by Hayes (2013) has been used. Findings Results have confirmed the significant role played by learner readiness in predicting transfer. This apart, supervisor support has been proved to moderate the indirect impact of learner readiness on transfer. Practical implications Trainees need to have pre-requisite knowledge to learn the content of a training programme, which would enable them to grasp such content and transfer the same subsequently to work. It is also essential that trainees are willing to attend any training voluntarily. Specific interventions may be designed for supervisors to bolster their catalytic role in training transfer. Originality/value An interactionist approach has been adopted by focussing on learner readiness as a less-studied trainee characteristic and supervisor support as a situational factor of transfer. This is construed as a significant contribution of this study to training literature. The potential overlap between learner readiness and motivation to transfer as trainee characteristics is seen to be neutralized by the presence of supervisor support as a moderator. Findings help in understanding how a trainee’s readiness and motivation, together with supervisor’s positive attitude, can enhance transfer.

scholarly journals Soaring Spain: A Dream Deferred?

2014 ◽  
pp. 12-14
Author(s):  
Laura E Rumbley ◽  
Laura Howard
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Current Economic Crisis

Universities in Spain were committed to an active internationalization agenda with government initiatives such as Estrategia Universidad 2015 and Universidad.es set to help them along this path. However, the current economic crisis has dramatically slowed down this process. Spain’s continued success in attracting international students may keep the momentum going.

Chinese and Vietnamese international students in Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 1278-1292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huong Le ◽  
Jade McKay
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Support Staff ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Actual Experience ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the voice of Chinese and Vietnamese international students through studying the similarities and differences in their learning experiences and the reasons underlying their experience. Design/methodology/approach In total, 57 Chinese and Vietnamese international students participated in focus groups and interviews regarding their experiences of higher education and their suggestions for improvement. Findings The findings show that Chinese and Vietnamese students had varying levels of challenges and different progress in the adaptation process and that Chinese students were more vocal and less satisfied with their experience of higher education than Vietnamese students. This is due to the mismatch in their expectation and the actual experience and the cultural influence. Research limitations/implications The sample size is relatively small. This study only looked at Vietnamese and Chinese students in one university, which might have limitations in relation to subjectivity and bias. Practical implications The findings provide useful implications for educators, institutional leaders and support staff to improve facilities, teaching quality and service to students. Originality/value In the current era of internationalisation, commercialisation and mobility in institutions around the world, this study advances current research and provides timely insight into the experiential differences of the Chinese and Vietnamese student experience and their voice.

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