Model of Sustainable Development Based on FinTech in Financial and Banking Industry: A Mixed-Method Research

AbstractThis research attempts to answer whether Cittaslow is a myth or an effective model for development for Taraklı, a small town in the Sakarya province of Turkey. The study was designed and analysed using the mixed method research model. The results are as follows. Since Taraklı became a Cittaslow, the number of tourists increased which ultimately helped to fight against unemployment and also increased income of people. Women's participation in the labour force had increased and their representation in public places was enhanced. Important steps were taken towards the preservation of cultural heritage. Along with quantitative and qualitative improvements in green areas, the local people's awareness of environmental protection has increased.

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Principled instrumentalism: a theory of transnational NGO behaviour

Review of International Studies ◽

10.1017/s0260210513000387 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 40 (3) ◽

pp. 487-504 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

GEORGE E. MITCHELL ◽

HANS PETER SCHMITZ

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Human Rights ◽

Mixed Method ◽

Formal Model ◽

Environmental Stewardship ◽

Mixed Method Research ◽

Humanitarian Relief ◽

Face To Face ◽

Research Initiative ◽

Global Norms

AbstractScholarship has traditionally portrayed transnational NGOs (TNGOs) as ‘principled’ actors animated by global norms to advance human rights, sustainable development, humanitarian relief, environmental stewardship, and conflict resolution. However, scholarship has also identified instances in which TNGOs appear to act ‘instrumentally’ by engaging in resource-maximising behaviour seemingly inconsistent with their principled nature. Moreover, prior scholarship addressing this puzzle has been constrained by the limitations of small-n case studies examining relatively narrow subsectors of the TNGO community. Addressing these limitations, we reexamine the logic of TNGO behaviour in light of findings from an interdisciplinary, mixed-method research initiative consisting of in-depth, face-to-face interviews with a diverse sample of 152 top organisational leaders from all major sectors of TNGO activity. Using an inductive approach to discover how TNGO leaders understand their own behaviour, we introduce the heuristic of ‘principled instrumentalism’ and specify our framework with a formal model.

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Using Documentary to Make the Teaching of Environmental Literacy Engaging among Market Communities in the Three Senatorial Districts of Ogun State

Journal of Education Society and Behavioural Science ◽

10.9734/jesbs/2021/v34i1130369 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 83-94

Author(s):

Makanjuola, Adekunle Emmanuel ◽

Fabunmi, Samuel Kehinde ◽

Akiode, Janet Idaraesit

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Waste Disposal ◽

Mixed Method ◽

Environmental Literacy ◽

Mixed Method Research ◽

Research Focus ◽

Safe Environment ◽

Governmental Agencies ◽

Ogun State

This study aimed at assessing the deplorable state of environmental degradation and waste disposal compliance in markets across the three senatorial districts in Ogun State. This study investigated the literacy level of waste disposal among the traders in the markets in relation to the principles of sustainable development. In doing so, this work considered the use of documentary mode of teaching in making environmental literacy more engaging and realistic through environmental education. This will help in formulating guidelines on how positive attitude towards waste disposal can be achieved through environmental literacy as a vehicle to realize the educational agenda of sustainable development which cannot be over-emphasized. The research employed a mixed-method research. Focus groups were selected from the markets within the sampled three districts of the state. 270 traders of different groups of interest were selected into the focus groups and 16 market heads were also interviewed. Result showed that the market users have to be educated of the various possible dangers of the degradations they engage in unconsciously. Government is therefore expected to partner market communities, cooperate bodies and non-governmental agencies with interest in healthy and safe environment to raise the awareness level of the market communities in environmental management.

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Triangulating Area Studies, Not Just Methods

10.1093/oso/9780190846374.003.0013 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Rudra Sil

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Qualitative Methods ◽

Mixed Method ◽

Mixed Method Research ◽

Area Studies ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Middle Range ◽

Causal Laws ◽

Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This chapter revisits trade-offs that qualitative researchers face when balancing the different expectations of area studies and disciplinary audiences. One putative solution to such trade-offs, mixed-method research, emphasizes the triangulation of quantitative and qualitative methods. CAS, as defined above, essentially encourages a different form of triangulation—the pooling of observations and interpretations across a wider array of cases spanning multiple areas. This kind of triangulation can be facilitated by cross-regional contextualized comparison, a middle-range approach that stands between area-bound qualitative research and (Millean) macro-comparative analysis that brackets out context in search of causal laws. Importantly, this approach relies upon an area specialist’s sensibilities and experience to generate awareness of local complexities and context conditions for less familiar cases. The examples of cross-regional contextualized comparison considered in this chapter collectively demonstrate that engagement with area studies scholarship and the pursuit of disciplinary knowledge can be a positive-sum game.

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Evaluating a social marketing campaign on healthy nutrition and lifestyle among primary-school children: A mixed-method research design

Evaluation and Program Planning ◽

10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101965 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 101965

Author(s):

Costanza Nosi ◽

Antonella D’Agostino ◽

Carlo Alberto Pratesi ◽

Camilla Barbarossa

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Research Design ◽

Social Marketing ◽

School Children ◽

Mixed Method ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Mixed Method Research ◽

Marketing Campaign ◽

Social Marketing Campaign ◽

Healthy Nutrition

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For the Sustainable Development of Universities: Exploring the External Factors Impacting Returned Early Career Academic’s Research Performance in China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13031333 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 1333

Author(s):

Xiantong Zhao ◽

Hongbiao Yin ◽

Chenyang Fang ◽

Xu Liu

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Mixed Method ◽

Research Performance ◽

Ecological Systems ◽

Early Career ◽

External Factors ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Mixed Method Design ◽

Good Research

Early career academics are the key agents for the sustainable development of higher education institutions. In China, those who were educated overseas and have returned to Chinese universities to seek academic positions are becoming a fast-growing group. Good research performance is critical to survive in the increasingly competitive environment in academia. Improving research performance requires an understanding of the factors that facilitate or inhibit research performance. In the light of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, this study, using a mixed-method design (20 interviewees and 136 respondents), elaborates on a number of external factors affecting returned early career academics’ research performance. Understanding these factors is helpful for the building of a favorable environment that can improve the research performance of the returned early career academics, and hence the sustainable development of universities.

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Toward a better understanding of team decision processes: combining laboratory experiments with agent-based modeling

Journal of Business Economics ◽

10.1007/s11573-021-01052-x ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Iris Lorscheid ◽

Matthias Meyer

Keyword(s):

Laboratory Experiment ◽

Mixed Method ◽

Agent Based Modeling ◽

Decision Processes ◽

Mixed Method Research ◽

Team Cognition ◽

Agent Based Model ◽

Agent Based ◽

Individual Level ◽

Team Decision

AbstractDespite advances in the field, we still know little about the socio-cognitive processes of team decisions, particularly their emergence from an individual level and transition to a team level. This study investigates team decision processes by using an agent-based model to conceptualize team decisions as an emergent property. It uses a mixed-method research design with a laboratory experiment providing qualitative and quantitative input for the model’s construction, as well as data for an output validation of the model. First, the laboratory experiment generates data about individual and team cognition structures. Then, the agent-based model is used as a computational testbed to contrast several processes of team decision making, representing potential, simplified mechanisms of how a team decision emerges. The increasing overall fit of the simulation and empirical results indicates that the modeled decision processes can at least partly explain the observed team decisions. Overall, we contribute to the current literature by presenting an innovative mixed-method approach that opens and exposes the black box of team decision processes beyond well-known static attributes.

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Leveraging CSR for Sustainability: Assessing Performance Implications of Sustainability Reporting in a National Business System

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13115987 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 5987

Author(s):

Labrini Sideri

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Banking Industry ◽

Sustainability Reporting ◽

Future Research ◽

Sustainable Development Goal ◽

Development Goal ◽

Sustainable Solutions ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Business System ◽

National Business

In the light of Agenda 2030 awareness of sustainability is steadily growing all over the world. Devastating phenomena like pandemics (Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)), poverty (Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)) as well as climate change (Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)) threaten humanity, calling for more sustainable solutions. Although economic growth (Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)) is one of the principal goals for a sustainable future, little research has been devoted to the interface of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability and their contribution to the financial sector, in view of sustainable banking. Even fewer are the studies concerning sustainable banking in Greece. This paper attempts a comparative overview of sustainability integration into businesses, focusing on the banking industry. The current theoretical analysis initially provides an extended review of the CSR and sustainability concepts, which is followed by a comprehensive analysis of non-financial disclosures (NFDs) and their business value, providing some evidence from Greece. The following sections refer to the performance implications and sustainability integration in the banking industry. Eventually, sustainable banking seems to enhance banking performance in a national business system. This is a very important deduction for sustainability to be both the cause and effect of corporate banking. Along with the discussion, some avenues for future research are highlighted.

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Barriers to recognition for migrant teachers in Ireland

European Educational Research Journal ◽

10.1177/14749041211031724 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 147490412110317

Author(s):

Rory Mc Daid ◽

Emer Nowlan

Keyword(s):

Mixed Method ◽

Ethnic Diversity ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Teaching Experience ◽

Accreditation Process ◽

Mixed Method Research ◽

Registration Process ◽

Sequential Explanatory Mixed Method ◽

Formal Accreditation ◽

Selection Of

Despite an increase in ethnic diversity within the state, the Irish teaching workforce remains starkly mono-ethnic. This article is based on an analysis of data generated through a sequential explanatory mixed method research project involving questionnaire responses from 240 migrant teachers and subsequent focus group with a selection of teachers. Findings suggest that migrant teachers are slow to engage in the formal accreditation process, and face considerable challenges when they do. This reflects not only practical difficulties, but also narrow discourses of who can legitimately be recognised as a teacher in Ireland. This in turn is linked to cultural arbitraries highlighted through the research, such as a requirement to be able to teach through the Irish language in primary school and a requirement to be registered to teach in primary or post-primary schools only. In exploring these barriers, we draw broadly on Bourdieu and Passeron’s (1990) work, which understands teachers as pedagogic agents, imbued with pedagogic authority through formal processes of accreditation and selection. These processes involve the imposition of cultural arbitraries which legitimate certain languages, content or stances over others. Recommendations include revisions to the registration process to take previous teaching experience into account.

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