EFFECTS OF ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE ON SOCIAL VALUE: MEDIATING ROLE OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Social enterprise (SE) is a hybrid organisation, which combine two different goals in their mission and vision. In an attempt to sustain their operation, social enterprise must ensure that both mission (social and financial) is equally balanced and achievable. The existence of SE is to fill the gap leave behind by traditional profit organisation, non-profit organisations (NPOs) and the government. The aim is to positively impact the social, cultural and environmental issues through their unique business model. Their uniqueness, while can benefit the community and society as a whole is prone to fraud and misuse of funds which would eventually affect the survival of SE. The issues are originated from weak governance particularly the structure of their organisations. Hence, this study is aims to examine the relationship between the organisational structure, financial performance and social value of SE in Malaysia. On the other hand, the study also aim to examine the mediating role of financial performance on the relationship between organisational structure and social value. Organisational structure is vital as carefully selected, well designed and well managed organisational structure will improve the impact of social enterprise on the society. This study is based on the 134 data obtained from the SE in Malaysia and registered as Company Limited by Guarantee (CLBG). The study found that, organisational structure and financial performance significantly influence the social value of SE. Furthermore, it was also found that financial performance indeed mediate the relationship between organisational structure and social value. It is hoped that the study can contribute to the improvement of performance of SE in Malaysia and as well as encourage the development of research in the area of SE.

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Reaffirming trust in social enterprise in the COVID-19 era: Ways forward

Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review ◽

10.22495/cgsrv5i1sip3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1, Special Issue) ◽

pp. 120-130

Author(s):

Michael Snowden ◽

Roopinder Oberoi ◽

Jamie P. Halsall

Keyword(s):

Social Enterprise ◽

Developing Economies ◽

Social Enterprises ◽

Social Value ◽

Social Entrepreneur ◽

The Social ◽

The Us ◽

Societal Problems ◽

The Impact

COVID-19 has overwhelmed and stretched existing healthcare infrastructure in both developed and developing economies and pushed governmental response mechanisms to the brink. Globally, governments elicited the call for corporate support, asking social entrepreneurs and social business ventures to organise efforts to build voluntary support for the large-scale response needed during the sudden lockdown disruptions. By April 2020, 26.5 million jobs were lost in the US alone (Lambert, 2020), global stocks plummeted at least 25% and gross domestic product (GDP) contracted significantly for all countries. With reduced domestic demand for non-food goods, reduced foreign demand for US goods exports, supply-chain disruptions, and plant closures, the manufacturing sector saw a huge decline (Reinicke, 2020). Governments all over the world announced massive stimulus packages. The US has approved $2 trillion financial support to combat the economic downturn so far (Emma & Scholtes, 2020) and EU finance ministers have recently approved €500 billion in stimulus measures (Riley, 2020). It is estimated that the global economy will grow at -3 percent in 2020. This article sheds light on the role of social enterprises in addressing the societal problems caused by COVID-19. The authors highlight the efforts of virtual and collaborative associations who seek to swiftly recognise issues and develop solutions, which create social value and alleviate the plights of suffering communities. This article sheds light on the role of social enterprises in addressing the societal problems caused by COVID-19. The authors highlight the efforts of virtual and collaborative associations who seek to swiftly recognise issues and develop solutions, which create social value and alleviate the plights of suffering communities. The authors place emphasis upon the role of the social entrepreneur in developing a way forward in these challenging times and present a contemporary conceptualisation of the social entrepreneur in the form of an “avatar” and the impact that this may have on social enterprise.

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Impact of Green Training on Environmental Performance through Mediating Role of Competencies and Motivation

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13105624 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (10) ◽

pp. 5624

Author(s):

Eiad Yafi ◽

Shehnaz Tehseen ◽

Syed Arslan Haider

Keyword(s):

Environmental Performance ◽

Online Survey ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Public And Private ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Social ◽

Green Human Resource Management ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This work aims to examine the impact of green training on green environmental performance through the mediating role of green competencies and motivation on the adoption of green human resource management. The convenience sampling technique was employed to collect data through an online survey undertaken at public and private universities in Malaysia. The analyses were conducted using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) v.25 and Smart PLS v.3 software, with the aim of testing the predefined hypotheses. It was revealed that green training has a significant impact on green environmental performance, and all six dimensions of green competencies, namely, skills, abilities, knowledge, behavior, attitude and awareness, were also green motivations. Both green competencies and motivations positively and significantly mediated the relationship between green training and environmental performance.

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The role of financial resources in SMEs' financial and environmental performance; the mediating role of green innovation

Green Finance ◽

10.3934/gf.2022002 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 36-53

Author(s):

Rizwan Ullah Khan ◽

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Hina Arif ◽

Noor E Sahar ◽

Arif Ali ◽

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Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Financial Resources ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Green Practices ◽

The Government ◽

The Relationship

<abstract> The current study investigates the influence of financial resources on environmental and financial performance with the mediating role of green practices (innovation) in manufacturing firms of the emerging economy, Pakistan. The research model and its proposed hypothesis was using 294 manufacturing firms' samples, for fruitful insights, the hypothesis was tested through a structured equation model using Smart PLS 3. Our results exhibited a positive and significant impact of financial resources on financial performance but not on environmental performance. However, green innovation fully mediates the relationship between financial resources and financial performance, while partially mediate the relationship between financial resources and environmental performance. Considering our insight, we suggest to the government that financially support the SMEs sector because they have a lack of tangible and intangible resources due to small size, and to easily adapt the green practices. </abstract>

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The investigation of the mediating role of innovation and organizational intelligence on the relationship between knowledge management and financial performance of the organizations active in the e-banking industry

Independent Journal of Management & Production ◽

10.14807/ijmp.v12i1.1267 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 054-079

Author(s):

Ardeshir Bazrkar ◽

Mohammad Hajimohammadi

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Financial Performance ◽

Banking Industry ◽

Research Data ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Organizational Intelligence ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Knowledge management is essential for activities such as problem-solving, dynamic learning and decision making, and can improve organizational performance and in particular the financial performance of the organizations by enabling the organization to perform smarter. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of knowledge management on the financial performance of the organizations considering the mediating role of innovation and organizational intelligence in the e-banking industry. The statistical population of the study consisted of senior executives of 31 public and private banks active in the e-banking industry of Iran (n=54). Library and field research (questionnaire) was used to collect research data. In this study, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Spearman-Bartlett tests were used to analyze the data to determine the normality of the research data and to determine the adequacy of the sample size (using SPSS software). Then, structural equation modeling was used to analyze the conceptual model and to test the hypotheses (using Smart PLS software). The hypotheses test results showed that knowledge management has a positive and significant impact on the financial performance of the organizations active in the e-banking industry and the innovation and organizational intelligence influence the relationship between knowledge management and the financial performance of the organizations. Thus, the mediating role of these two variables (innovation and intelligence) was confirmed.

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Mediasi Kepuasan Kerja dan Stres Kerja pada Hubungan antara Program Jamsostek dan Kinerja Karyawan Studi Kasus pada Perusahaan Swasta di DIY dan Solo

Jurnal Maksipreneur Manajemen Koperasi dan Entrepreneurship ◽

10.30588/jmp.v3i1.89 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 75

Author(s):

Eny Sulistyowati ◽

Totok Danangdjojo

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Social Security ◽

Job Stress ◽

Work Stress ◽

Program Performance ◽

Social Security Program ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Social ◽

The Relationship

This study aims to explain the influence of the Social Security program on performance and job satisfaction and job stress as a mediating variable. In addition, this study also describes the effect of job satisfaction on the performance and the effect of work stress on performance. The relationship of each variable in this research is to be measured by conducting a survey on 145 employees of private companies that included in Social Security program on DIY and Solo. Then the path analisys used to test the effect of social security program performance in mediation by job satisfaction, performance and job stress, job satisfaction, and examines the effect on the performance and the effect of work stress on performance. The results showed that the social security program significant positively affects job satisfaction and performance. Job satisfaction was also positively and significantly affect performance. Even though mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between social security program performance partial. Because merely direct relationship between social security program with greater performance than the mediating role of job satisfaction. Social Security program did not significantly affect the stress of work, as well as job stress did not significantly affect performance. Therefore, the mediating role of work stress on the relationship between social security program with the performance did not occur. Individual differences and work experience may be a factor that causes no significant relationship between the two variables.

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Social comparison orientation and mental health: The mediating role of psychological capital

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.9767 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Guoliang Yang ◽

Zhihua Wang ◽

Weijiong Wu

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Comparison ◽

Psychological Capital ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Social ◽

Social Comparison Orientation ◽

Using Data ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Little is known about the relationship between social comparison orientation and mental health, especially in the psychological capital context. We proposed a theoretical model to examine the impact of ability- and opinion-based social comparison orientation on mental health using data from 304 undergraduates. We also examined the mediating effect of the four psychological capital components of hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism in the relationship between social comparison orientation and mental health. Results show that an ability (vs. opinion) social comparison orientation was negatively (vs. positively) related to the psychological capital components. Further, the resilience and optimism components of psychological capital fully mediated the social comparison orientation–mental health relationship. Our findings indicate that psychological capital should be considered in the promotion of mental health, and that the two social comparison orientation types have opposite effects on psychological capital.

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Gene regulation contributes to explain the impact of early life socioeconomic disadvantage on adult inflammatory levels in two cohort studies

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-82714-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Cristian Carmeli ◽

Zoltán Kutalik ◽

Pashupati P. Mishra ◽

Eleonora Porcu ◽

Cyrille Delpierre ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dna Methylation ◽

Gene Regulation ◽

Cohort Studies ◽

Early Life ◽

Life Experiences ◽

Socioeconomic Disadvantage ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

AbstractIndividuals experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood have a higher rate of inflammation-related diseases decades later. Little is known about the mechanisms linking early life experiences to the functioning of the immune system in adulthood. To address this, we explore the relationship across social-to-biological layers of early life social exposures on levels of adulthood inflammation and the mediating role of gene regulatory mechanisms, epigenetic and transcriptomic profiling from blood, in 2,329 individuals from two European cohort studies. Consistently across both studies, we find transcriptional activity explains a substantive proportion (78% and 26%) of the estimated effect of early life disadvantaged social exposures on levels of adulthood inflammation. Furthermore, we show that mechanisms other than cis DNA methylation may regulate those transcriptional fingerprints. These results further our understanding of social-to-biological transitions by pinpointing the role of gene regulation that cannot fully be explained by differential cis DNA methylation.

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Factors affecting the organizational performance of manufacturing firms

International Journal of Engineering Business Management ◽

10.1177/1847979017712628 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 184797901771262 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Ahmad Adnan Al-Tit

Keyword(s):

Organizational Performance ◽

Measurement Instrument ◽

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Values And Beliefs ◽

The Individual ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Numerous studies have been conducted to explore the individual effects of organizational culture (OC) and supply chain management (SCM) practices on organizational performance (OP) in different settings. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of OC and SCM on OP. The sample of the study consisted of 93 manufacturing firms in Jordan. Data were collected from employees and managers from different divisions using a reliable and valid measurement instrument. The findings confirm that both OC and SCM practices significantly predict OP. The current study is significant in reliably testing the relationship between SCM practices and OP; however, it is necessary to consider cultural assumptions, values and beliefs as the impact of OC on OP is greater than the impact of SCM practices. Based on the results, future studies should consider the moderating and mediating role of OC on the relationship between SCM practices and OP.

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The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and god image among Turkish Muslims

Archive for the Psychology of Religion ◽

10.1177/00846724211047274 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 008467242110472

Author(s):

Ferdi Kıraç

Keyword(s):

Childhood Maltreatment ◽

Short Form ◽

Self Esteem ◽

God Image ◽

Image Of God ◽

Negative Image ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Childhood maltreatment is widespread in predominantly Muslim countries. However, the research investigating the impact of childhood maltreatment on the adult survivors’ religious and spiritual lives has mainly focused on Western Judeo-Christian samples. Considering cross-cultural differences in religious beliefs, in this study, we investigated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and god image, and the mediating role of self-esteem in a sample of Muslim Turkish adults. Eight hundred two participants completed Childhood Trauma Questionnaire–Short Form, God Perception Scale, and Self-Esteem Scale. Findings revealed that all childhood maltreatment subtypes predicted negative image of god and self-esteem mediated some of the negative effects of each maltreatment subtype on god image. The study also found that emotional neglect was the most prominent predictor of negative image of god, followed by emotional abuse. Based on attachment theory, we concluded that the emotional component of childhood maltreatment had more long-lasting adverse consequences in survivors’s relationship with god in Muslim adults.

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The Relationship among Emotional Leadership, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment: Taking China’s Hotel Industry as an Example

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202021804014 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 218 ◽

pp. 04014

Author(s):

Yixing Jin ◽

Peiying Wu ◽

Cheng Lin ◽

Yingda Wang

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Organizational Commitment ◽

Hotel Industry ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Emotional Leadership ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Positive Effect

This study investigated the impact of emotional leadership of leaders on organizational commitment of hotel employees, as well as the mediating role of job satisfaction. The results indicate that: (1) Emotional leadership and job satisfaction have positive effects on organizational commitment. (2) Emotional leadership has a positive effect on job satisfaction. (3) Job satisfaction plays a mediating role between emotional leadership and organizational commitment.

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