Research on the Impact of Work Flexibility on Employee Happiness—Based on the Perspective of Ecological Balance Theory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenxuan Xing ◽  
Xinwen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Balance Theory ◽  
Ecological Balance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Employee Happiness

scholarly journals The Impact of Work From Home to Work Life-Balance and Its Implication to Employee Happiness: The Moderating Role of Organizational Support

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Gracelia Elnanto ◽  
Lieli Suharti
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Employee Happiness

Working from home was an increasing phenomenon to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Although WFH has been expendable well documented, there are still limited studies related to the subject of life balance, happiness and organizational support. This study aimed to figure out; 1) The influence of work from home on work-life balance, 2) The influence of work-life balance on happiness, 3) The moderating role of organizational supports towards work from home and work-life balances. The respondents used in this research were the 94 lecturers who worked in Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana. The study was done in a quantitative method through cross-sectional data and non-probability sampling method. The analysis model used was Path Analysis, Moderated Regression Analysis and Simple Regression test. The result of this research indicates that WFH has positive effects on WLB and WLB has positive effects on employee happiness. The testing done on moderating effect appeared that organizational support does not moderate the effects of WFH on WLB. Apart from that, theoretical and practical implications were also given in this research.

scholarly journals Quantitative Evaluation of Groundwater–Surface Water Interactions: Application of Cumulative Exchange Fluxes Method

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Mingqian Li ◽  
Xiujuan Liang ◽  
Changlai Xiao ◽  
Yuqing Cao
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Hydrological Cycle ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Balance Theory ◽  
Aquifer System ◽  
Flow Monitoring ◽  
Controlled Irrigation ◽  
Downstream Flow ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Taizi River Basin

Interactions between groundwater and surface water (GW-SW interactions) play a crucial role in the hydrological cycle; thus, the quantification of GW-SW interactions is essential. In this study, a cumulative exchange fluxes method based on mass balance theory is proposed for a stream-aquifer system. This method determines the curve of cumulative fluxes through the water balance term, which can characterize GW-SW interactions, determine the amount of exchange fluxes, and reveal the dynamic process of interactions. This method is used in a reach of the Taizi River Basin, and the GW-SW interactions observed in 2016 are categorized into seven stages and four types (natural controlled, reservoir and irrigation controlled, irrigation controlled, and irrigation hysteresis type). The natural recharge in the study reach is approximately 3.03 × 105 m3·day−1, and the increase caused by irrigation is 7.8–13.87 × 105 m3·day−1. After the irrigation stops, the impact can be sustained for 48 d with an increase of 3.03 × 105 m3·day−1. The most influential factor of the results is the runoff coefficient. The method is applicable to the stream in the plains with upstream and downstream flow monitoring data and can be used to analyze complex GW-SW interactions under the conditions of reservoir storage and agricultural irrigation. The analysis results will provide guidance for the other study of GW-SW interactions in this reach.

scholarly journals Innovation Mirage: The Role of Technological Uncertainty in Military Instability

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 7-52
Author(s):  
I. A. Istomin
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Balance Theory ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Technological Uncertainty ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Impact

The article examines the impact of technological changes on the risks of military clashes between states. Currently, experts express increasing concerns about the destabilizing effect of new weapons (including anti-missile and anti-satellite weapons, hypersonic missiles, autonomous lethal systems, and artificial intelligence). These assessments are rarely based on solid theoretical foundations. The author seeks to fill this gap, arguing that the emergence of new weapons has a negative impact on international stability, and this effect is weakly related to the specific characteristics of underline technologies. The theory of technological uncertainty offers an alternative to the offense-defense balance theory. The latter developed since the 1970s, but its validity is questionable. The theory of technological uncertainty attributes the destabilizing effect of weapons to the divergence of states' perceptions of the balance of powers, to the hyped expectations regarding the ability to compensate quantitative limitations with qualitative superiority, to the alarmistic sense of closing windows of opportunities and growing vulnerabilities. The article tests the theory against the historical record of military clashes in Europe from the end of the 18th to the middle of the 20th centuries, as well as the crises between superpowers during the Cold War. The empirical cases are selected in order to cover the period marked by the intensification of qualitative arms races between states. In addition, it is also the period most often used to substantiate the offense-defense balance theory. The history of the last two and a half centuries provides a solid foundation for the theory of technological uncertainty. All instances of large-scale military clashes were preceded by significant technological changes, while peace fell on periods of technological stagnation. The author addresses the policy implications of the theory for the discussions on emerging weapons in the 2010s and 2020s. The study confirms that concerns regarding their destabilizing effect are justified, but for the different reasons from those put forward by most analysts. A somewhat optimistic caveat to its conclusions is the fact that currently emerging weapons are at various stages of development. The greatest likelihood of military clashes corresponds to the overlap of several technological uncertainties. Therefore, an increase in the time lag between introduction of various arms can mitigate destabilizing effect.

scholarly journals Ecopedological research for ecological rehabilitation of degraded lands from Eastern Romania

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
L. Bireescu ◽  
G. Bireescu ◽  
C. Constandache ◽  
M.V. Sellitto ◽  
M. Dumitru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Ecological Effects ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Ecological Balance ◽  
Degraded Ecosystem ◽  
Degraded Ecosystems ◽  
The Impact

The assessment study of the global ecological impact tries to highlight the main factors and negative ecological determinants, due to a lack or excess, and it also focuses on highlighting the main negative ecological effects with the aim to rehabilitate and restore the ecological balance within degraded ecosystems. The methodology used in the assessment process was based on graphs, tables in the shape of Leopold matrix, considerably improved by authors. In order to assess qualitatively the negative ecological effects, a reliability scale with 3 indicators and 3 graduations was used, designed to underline the importance of the impact (minor, medium, and major), the quality of the impact (neutral, negative, and positive) and the certainty of the appearance of a negative impact (improbable, probable, and certain). Our research was accomplished in the pasture ecosystem degraded by pluvial erosion from the Tutova Hills, located in the Eastern part of Romania. This ecosystem is characterized through active geo-morphological processes in the depth and on the surface and it drew attention to the presence of 8 negative ecological factors grouped in 3 main categories: geo-climatic, pedological, and anthropogenic. 8 main negative effects were identified and quantified by means of 3 qualitative indicators with 3 graduation scales. The analysis of the current state of the effects of the complex ecological impact upon the degraded ecosystem ask for a series of urgent measures elaborated by scientists, researchers, and representatives of the local administration system. The aim of these measures is to improve the ecological balance and to eliminate the negative anthropogenic impact that augments and aggravates the action of the negative geo-climatic and pedological factors, in of with the protection of soil quality.

THE CONDITION OF THE ECOLOGICAL BALANCE OF THE FERGANA VALLEY IN THE YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE HEALTH OF THE POPULATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-63
Author(s):  
Dadahon Norkuziev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Population Density ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
High Population Density ◽  
Ecological Situation ◽  
Ecological Balance ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Ferghana Valley ◽  
The Impact

This article describes the ecological situation in the Ferghana Valley over the years of independence, its impact on public health, the high population density in the region, the negative impact of industrial enterprises on the environment, environmental degradation, and the impact of various diseases on public health

Developing the ecological balance sheet for agricultural sustainability

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Ogilvy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ecological Balance ◽  
Ecological Assets ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ecological Capital

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to suggest a practical means of incorporating ecological capital into the framework of business entities. Investors and shareholders need to be informed of the viability and sustainability of their investments. Ecological (natural) capital risks are becoming more significant. Exposure to material risk from primary industry is a significant factor for primary processing, pharmaceutical, textile and the financial industry. A means of assessing the changes to ecological capital assets and their effect on inflows and outflows of economic benefit is important information for stakeholder communication. Design/methodology/approach – This paper synthesises a body of literature from accounting, ecological economics, ecosystem services, modelling, agriculture and ecology to propose a way to fill current gaps in the capability to account for ecological capital. It develops the idea of the ecological balance sheet (EBS) to enable application of familiar methods of managing built and financial capital to management of ecological assets (ecosystems that provide goods and services). Findings – The EBS is possible, practical and useful. A form of double-entry bookkeeping can be developed to allow accrual accounting principles to be applied to these assets. By using an EBS, an entity can improve its capability to increase inflows and avoid future outflows of economic benefit. Social implications – Although major efforts are under-way around the world to improve business impact on natural resources, these efforts have been unable to satisfactorily help individual businesses elucidate the practical economic and competitive advantages conferred by investment in ecological capital. This work provides a way for businesses to learn about what the impact of changes to ecological assets has on inflows and outflows of economic benefit to their enterprise and how to invest in ecological capital to reduce their enterprise’s material risk and create competitive advantage. Originality/value – No one has synthesised knowledge and practice across these disciplines into a practical approach. This approach is the first demonstration of how ecological assets can be managed in the same way as built capital by using proven practices of accounting.

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