Positive Effect or Negative Effect? Judging the Social Impact of Guanxi in the Perspective of Traditional China Culture

AbstractBy using multiple satellite measurements, the changes of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) over South Korea were investigated from January to March 2020 to evaluate the COVID-19 effect on the regional air quality. The NO2 decrease in South Korea was found but not significant, which indicates the effects of spontaneous social distancing under the maintenance of ordinary life. The AODs in 2020 were normally high in January, but they became lower starting from February. Since the atmosphere over Eastern Asia was unusually stagnant in January and February 2020, the AOD decrease in February 2020 clearly reveals the positive effect of the COVID-19. Considering the insignificant NO2 decrease in South Korea and the relatively long lifetime of aerosols, the AOD decrease in South Korea may be more attributed to the improvement of the air quality in neighboring countries. In March, regional atmosphere became well mixed and ventilated over South Korea, contributing to large enhancement of air quality. While the social activity was reduced after the COVID-19 outbreak, the regional meteorology should be also examined significantly to avoid the biased evaluation of the social impact on the change of the regional air quality.

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Exploring the Social Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Institutional Change

Multinational Enterprise Management Strategies in Developing Countries - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0276-0.ch010 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 198-214

Author(s):

Natalya Smith ◽

Ekaterina Thomas

Keyword(s):

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Institutional Change ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Multinational Firms ◽

Social Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Social Significance ◽

The Social ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Positive Direct

Despite the vast and growing literature on the economic impact of foreign direct investment (FDI), its social significance is somewhat a neglected issue. Focusing on Russia, this chapter examines the effect of FDI and (formal) institutions (proxied, alternatively, by the [1] accumulated stock of small and medium sized firms or SMEs and [2] number of economic crimes per 100,000 population or corruption) on (informal) institutional change (proxied by the change in the number of violent and property crimes per 100,000 population). The empirical findings provide robust support for a significantly positive direct impact of SMEs, whilst observing a significantly negative effect of corruption and either significantly positive impact of FDI or insignificant effect of multinational firms in this context.

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THE AFFECTIVE ELICITING AND REDUCING PROPERTIES OF ATTRACTION STIMULI

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.1973.1.2.93 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 93-107 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John Lamberth ◽

Charles Gouaux ◽

Wayne Padd

Keyword(s):

Positive Affect ◽

Social Avoidance ◽

The Social ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Powerful Stimulus ◽

Distress Scale ◽

The Stranger ◽

Affect Adjective ◽

Positive Effect ◽

Reducing Properties

Three different experiments investigated the affect eliciting and reducing properties of attraction stimuli. In Experiment 1 it was found that dissimilar attitudes elicit negative effect (as measured by the Semantic Differential), while the evaluation of the stranger holding those attitudes reduced affect. Similar attitudes did not elicit positive affect. Further, affect was not reliably altered by similar or dissimilar attitudes when the affect was measured by the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist or the Social Avoidance and Distress Scale. In Experiment 2 it was tentatively concluded that the simultaneous use of more than one measure of affect can influence scores of all affective measures used. The inconsistency in results in Experiment 1 was attributed to the use of multiple affect measures in certain groups. In Experiment 3 the results of Experiment 1 were replicated while introducing a more powerful stimulus in an attempt to elicit positive effect. As in Experiment 1, negative stimuli elicited negative affect and, as predicted, positive evaluations elicited positive affect. Evaluation of the person who had delivered the affect eliciting personal evaluations effectively reduced that affect.

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Unravelling the function of dolphin leaps using the dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) as a model species

Behaviour ◽

10.1163/1568539x-00003434 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 154 (5) ◽

pp. 563-581 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Heidi C. Pearson

Keyword(s):

Social Facilitation ◽

Foraging Behaviour ◽

Prey Capture ◽

Foraging Efficiency ◽

Lagenorhynchus Obscurus ◽

The Social ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Dusky Dolphins ◽

Dusky Dolphin ◽

Positive Effect

The prevalence of leaping across delphinids indicates it has an adaptive benefit. I examined leaping behaviour in dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) according to signalling, social facilitation, and prey capture hypotheses. I quantified the effect of leaping on group behaviour and fission-fusion and the behavioural context of leaping. I observed dolphins in Admiralty Bay, New Zealand during 171 focal follows totalling 157 h. Data were analysed using generalized estimating equations. Clean leaping had a positive effect on party fission () and foraging behaviour (). Coordinated leaping caused a short-term wane in foraging behaviour () and had a positive effect on party fusion (). Noisy leaping had a negative effect on perpetuating resting and traveling cessation (both ). The signalling hypothesis was the most strongly supported. The social facilitation and prey capture hypotheses were moderately supported. Leaping may provide adaptive benefits such as reduced scramble competition, increased foraging efficiency, and social bonding.

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Analisis faktor – faktor yanng mempengaruhi minat kunjungan ulang wisatawan ke Kebun Binatang Taman Rimba Provinsi Jambi

e-Jurnal Perspektif Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Daerah ◽

10.22437/pdpd.v10i1.12496 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 19-28

Author(s):

Mesi Fitriani ◽

Syaparuddin Syaparuddin ◽

Jaya Kusuma Edy

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Data Collection ◽

Service Quality ◽

Primary Data ◽

Tourist Attraction ◽

The Social ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Data Source ◽

Return Visits ◽

Positive Effect

The purpose of this study was conducted to determine (1) the development of tourists to the Taman Rimba zoo in Jambi Province (2) to analyze the factors that influence tourist attraction, facilities, accessibility, and service quality on the interest in visiting tourists' return visits. Methods of data collection through observation and distribution of questionnaires to respondents. The data source used is primary data obtained directly from the distribution of questionnaires as many as 157 with 5 question items each. The software used in this research examiner is Statistical Package for The Social Sciences (SPSS). The results of the analysis of this study indicate that simultaneously or together the attractiveness and facilities have a significant or positive effect on the interest in visiting tourists' return visits. Meanwhile, accessibility and service quality has a negative effect on the interest in returning tourists. Partially the average attractiveness, facilities, accessibility, and service quality have a positive or significant effect on the interest in revisiting tourists. Keywords: Tourist attraction, Facilities, Accessibility, Service quality, Interest of return tourists.

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The Influence of Competence, Organizational Culture, Spiritual Leadership on Organizational Behavior and Its Impact on Lecturer Performance at Higher Education in Baubau City

International Journal of Management Progress ◽

10.35326/ijmp.v1i2.784 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 50-72

Author(s):

Hardin H ◽

Azelia Monica Azizu ◽

Wa Ode Dian Purnama Sari

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Organizational Behavior ◽

Significant Influence ◽

Spiritual Leadership ◽

Academic Culture ◽

Explanatory Models ◽

Significant Positive Effect ◽

The Social ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Positive Effect

Lecturer performance is closely related to various factors such as inadequate competence of lecturers, weak organizational culture, low spiritual leadership and organizational behavior that is not suitable for improving lecturer performance. The objectives of this study are: (1) Testing and analyzing the positive and significant influence between lecturer competence, academic culture, spiritual leadership and organizational behavior simultaneously on lecturer performance; (2) Testing and analyzing the positive and significant influence between lecturer competence on lecturer performance; (3) Testing and analyzing the positive and significant influence between academic culture on lecturer performance; (4) Testing and analyzing the positive and significant influence between spiritual leadership on lecturer performance; (5) Testing and analyzing the positive and significant influence between organizational behavior on lecturer performance. The research method is a combination of sequential explanatory models or designs. The research sample was 140 lecturers. The data analysis in this study used multiple linear regression statistical analysis using the Social Sciences Program Statistics version 20. The results of this study were: (1) The simultaneous regression hypothesis was the Fcount of 254 and the Sig. shows that the probability value of 0.000 is smaller than 0.05, this means that the independent variables, namely lecturer competence, academic culture, spiritual leadership and organizational behavior simultaneously have a positive and significant effect on lecturer performance; (2) The value of tcount 2.271 > ttable 1.978 and the value of Sig. variable X2 0.025 < 0.05, it can be concluded that the variable competence of lecturers has a significant positive effect on lecturer performance; (3) The value of tcount -1.023 < ttable 1.978, and the value of Sig. variable X3 0.308 > 0.05, it can be concluded that the academic culture variable has an insignificant negative effect on lecturer performance; (4) The value of tcount -1.115 < ttable 1.978 and the value of Sig. variable X4 0.267 > 0.05, it can be concluded that the spiritual leadership variable has an insignificant negative effect on lecturer performance; (5) The value of tcount 16.896 > ttable 1.978 and the value of Sig. variable X5 0.00 < 0.05, it can be concluded that the variable organizational behavior has a significant positive effect on lecturer performance.

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THE ETHICAL CULTURE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH ◽

10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i6.2017.2030 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. 292-309

Author(s):

Saud AL-Otaibi

Keyword(s):

Organizational Performance ◽

Ethical Reasoning ◽

Data Gathering ◽

Main Tool ◽

The Public ◽

The Social ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Influential Variable ◽

Applied Education ◽

Positive Effect

Numerous customers and business owners trust that organizations ought to make a benefit as well as consider the social ramifications of their exercises. It is characterized that social duty as a business' commitment to amplify its positive effect and limit its negative effect on society. The current research study seeks to examine the influence of ethics and ethics in business on the organizational performance through the dimensions of the ethical reasoning process. The research employed the quantitative approach in which a self-structured questionnaire was the main tool of the data gathering. The sample of the study consisted of (262) leaders, managers, supervisors and employees from the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training in Kuwait. The results of the study indicated that relativism – as a variable of the ethical code – appeared to be the most influential variable of the ethical approach given that a person will consider what is ethical and what is not according to their own culture and stream of thinking. The study recommends that organization must realize the idea of ethics among its employees through the internal members including managers and supervisors.

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DUALISMO ECONOMICO E MOBILITÀ SOCIALE IN ITALIA. UN CONFRONTO TRA CENTRO-SETTENTRIONALI, MERIDIONALI E IMMIGRATI INTERNI

10.31235/osf.io/gvdrc ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nazareno Panichella

Keyword(s):

Working Class ◽

Social Mobility ◽

Geographical Mobility ◽

Gender And Education ◽

Petty Bourgeoisie ◽

The Social ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Internal Migrants ◽

Positive Effect ◽

Urban Working

This paper studies the association between south-to-north internal geographical mobility and social mobility in Italy. Two issued are analysed: the association between migration and social mobility pathways, comparing the movers with the stayers, i.e. those who did not experienced any episode of geographical mobility; b) whether the effect of south-to-north mobility changes according to gender and education. Analyses are based on the Longitudinal Survey on Italian Households (ILHS) and use Mobility tables and Linear Regression Panel Models with random effects. Results shown that the social mobility of internal migrants are characterized by three main pathways: a) to the urban working class, which concerned the southerners originally from the lower classes, especially the children of peasants and laborers; b) to the white collars, which instead mainly concerned the bourgeois and the white-collar middle class; c) mixed pathways, which involved people from the petty bourgeoisie and the urban working class. Results also shown a gender divide, where a positive effect of geographical mobility is found for men and a negative one for women. Finally, the negative effect among women is confirmed only when they are lower educated.

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The Social Context of Men's and Women's Job Search Ties: Membership in Voluntary Organizations, Social Resources, and Job Search Outcomes

Sociological Perspectives ◽

10.2307/1389465 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. 601-622 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

John J. Beggs ◽

Jeanne S. Hurlbert

Keyword(s):

Job Search ◽

Organizational Context ◽

Social Resources ◽

Voluntary Organizations ◽

Individual Action ◽

Organizational Contexts ◽

The Social ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Positive Effect

We address a neglected issue in the literature on social resources by asking how one aspect of the context of searcher-contact ties, shared membership in voluntary organizations, affects social resources and, through them, job search outcomes. We also ask whether these effects differ by gender. Our results show that using a contact with whom a job searcher shared membership in a fraternal/service organization decreased the probability that the searcher-contact tie was weak, but membership in these organizations and in church and recreational organizations increased the probability that the tie was gender homophilous. Both church and business voluntary organizational contexts had a positive effect on the use of a contact who was significantly older. Finally, for women, we find a negative effect of shared membership in school organizations on the probability that the searcher-contact tie was weak and, for men, a positive effect of business organizational context on the probability that the tie was gender homophilous. We also find that voluntary organizational contexts exert indirect effects on search outcomes through these tie and contact characteristics, but these effects depend not only upon the type of voluntary organizational context and the gender of the searcher, but also upon the type of social resources through which the effects are exerted. We suggest that the structure of voluntary organizations may underlie these effects. In our conclusions, we examine the implications of these analyses for studying this and other tie contexts, for understanding resource-building, and for studying the role of social networks in individual action.

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Development of a Web-Based “Let's Donate” Fundraising Information System

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202132804014 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 328 ◽

pp. 04014

Author(s):

Husni Husni ◽

Sigit Susanto Putro ◽

Yudha Dwi Putra Negara ◽

Nurma Ulfa Yuana ◽

Sri Herawati

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Social Life ◽

Negative Impact ◽

High Standard ◽

Web Based ◽

Development Life Cycle ◽

The Social ◽

Negative Effect ◽

To Come ◽

Positive Effect

This study aims to make it easier for donors who will donate without having to come to the place so that it is more effective and efficient. The development of this information system uses SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle), which includes four stages, namely planning, analysis, design and implementation. By implementing this information system application, it is hoped that it will facilitate fundraising activities during both pandemic and non-pandemic periods. Fundraising is the process of collecting contributions from donors. Through data analysis, it is known that religious factors, the influence of campaigns and platform innovations have a positive effect, while the social spirit of the community has a negative effect. Overall, all factors are very important in influencing people to donate through online crowdfunding. The results of this study indicate that the factors of people's social life have a negative impact, because people believe that if someone has a high standard of social life, they are more likely to choose to provide assistance or donations directly rather than using the online system.

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