scholarly journals Identification of Workplace Social Sustainability Indicators Related to Employee Ergonomics Perception in Indonesian Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 11069
Author(s):  
Chiuhsiang Joe Lin ◽  
Remba Yanuar Efranto ◽  
Melina Andriani Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Musculoskeletal Health ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
The Government ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Standard Framework

Sustainability indicators have provided a breakthrough for companies to assess their performance in supporting corporate sustainability. There is no standard framework for these support-defining indicators to conduct a social sustainability performance assessment. There is a limitation of quantitative social sustainability indicators appropriate for performing ergonomic concept assessments. Ergonomics, as a field concerning people and their interactions with the environment, in particular, the workplace, can play a role in social sustainability, besides its conventional approach of workplace re-engineering. Three major areas of ergonomics were analyzed. The indicators were established based on a review of the literature and confirmed using a factor analysis that covered all major aspects of workplace ergonomics. The factor analysis aimed to reduce the complexity of workplace social sustainability indicators related to ergonomics. The final result integrated 73 indicators into 17 indicators based on three major areas of ergonomics. The findings showed that the best workplace social sustainability indicators were divided into five factors: employee well-being, safety concerns, workplace comfort, musculoskeletal health, and environmental concerns. It would be very beneficial for the industry and the government to support corporate social sustainability and the global sustainability index.

Factor Analysis of Construction Waste in Riyadh Metro Project, KSA

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja Khan Mohammed Gopang ◽  
Qadir Bux Alias Imran Latif
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Material Procurement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Metro Project

Development of the infrastructure is favorable for the growth and economy for any country; however, the issues to manage construction waste due originating from development exercises is a noteworthy reason for concern. The waste from construction contributes to negative repercussions on time, cost, productivity, and environment. Therefore, to reduce these negative and undesirable effects, a detailed review of waste generation and management must be provided. The significant construction waste causes were identified and grouped into seven clusters: construction management, design, construction material procurement, construction material handling, construction site condition, and external factor. A total of 150 questionnaire survey forms were distributed to professionals working on the Riyadh metro project, and only 118 questionnaire forms were received. The collected data from the questionnaire is analyzed using the average index and factor analysis. Analysis identified that ‘Design errors; ‘Accidents; ‘Damage during handling’; ‘Communication problems; ‘Frequent variation orders’ ; ‘Congestion of the site’ and ‘Damage caused by workers’; are highest significant causes in each category respectively. Furthermore, factor analysis was conducted through Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) technique to the top fifteen (15) factors and found five factors responsible for the construction waste was identified such as management, workers issues, material related issues, improper handling, and design. The findings from this study are useful for policymakers to develop or/and enhance recommendations on construction waste generation to prevent problems in construction industries. The government or building industry should establish or strengthen regulations that regulates how construction materials should be disposed of.  

How do Indian mothers use feeding practices with children?

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyoti Vohra ◽  
Pavleen Soni
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Food Marketing ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Indian Mothers ◽  
The Government

Purpose The undesirable effects of TV advertisements and general parenting responsibility propel mothers to monitor and control the eating habits of children through meal time actions and feeding practices. The purpose of this paper is to identify feeding practices used by Indian mothers through the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) developed by Musher-Eizenman and Holub (2007) and to investigate differences in the use of feeding practices across demographic variables. Design/methodology/approach Using a cross-sectional design, a structured and pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data from 473 mothers of children aged four to 11 years from Punjab (India). Data were analysed using exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and ANOVA. Findings The present study confirms the validity and reliability of the nine-factor model through CFA with 28 items in the Indian context than original CFPQ. Further, significant differences exist in the responses of mothers for feeding practices followed with children across age and gender of child, mother’s education status and monthly family income. Practical implications Parents may understand the nature of feeding practices to mediate unhealthy food consumption habits of children. The government should formulate codes or regulations to sufficiently monitor food marketing activities directed at children. The food marketing companies should also act responsibly to protect well-being of children. Originality/value This piece of research is important as no such study (to the best of researchers’ knowledge) has already been conducted in India even though dietary patterns of children are transforming tremendously.

The Indonesian Government’s coercive pressure on labour disclosures

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fitra Roman Cahaya ◽  
Stacey Porter ◽  
Greg Tower ◽  
Alistair Brown
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Global Reporting Initiative ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government ◽  
Csr Disclosure ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on corporate social responsibility and workplace well-being by examining Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX)-listed companies’ labour disclosures. Design/methodology/approach – Year-ending 2007 and 2010 annual report disclosures of 31 IDX-listed companies are analysed. The widely acknowledged Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines are used as the disclosure index checklist. Findings – The results reveal that the overall labour disclosure level increases from 21.84 per cent in 2007 to 30.52 per cent in 2010. The levels of four of the five specific labour disclosures also increase with employment being the exception. The results further show that the Indonesian Government does not influence the increase in the levels of the overall labour disclosure or the four categories showing increased disclosure but, surprisingly, does significantly affect the decrease in the level of the employment category. Research limitations/implications – It is implied that the government is at best ambiguous given that, on one side, the government regulates all corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and reporting but appears to coercively pressure companies to hide employment-specific issues. Practical implications – It is implied that Indonesian companies need to have “strong and influential” independent commissioners on the boards to counter any possible pressures from the government resulting in lower disclosure levels. Originality/value – This paper provides insights into the “journey” of labour-related CSR disclosure practices in Indonesia and contributes to the literature by testing one specific variant of isomorphic institutional theory, namely, coercive isomorphism.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in Islamic banks of Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Anowar Hossain Bhuiyan ◽  
Md. Abud Darda ◽  
Md. Belal Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Arts And Culture ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Corporate social responsibility (CSR) influences an organization in deciding its ethical approaches in the corporate practices and also important to maintain sustainable development. Islamic banks are capturing almost 40% of the total bank account holders in Bangladesh and contributing to the socio-economic and environmental development of the country through their CSR activities. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of CSR activities of Islamic banks for sustainable development in Bangladesh from the perception of the beneficiaries. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a questionnaire survey of 200 conveniently selected beneficiaries from five purposively selected Islamic banks in Bangladesh. Respondents’ agreement score for various CSR-related activities has been observed in a five-point Likert scale and, finally, to identify the impact of CSR, exploratory factor analysis has been done. Findings Results revealed that respondents are expressing strong agreement for almost all the activities, and they are much satisfied with ongoing CSR activities by Islamic banks, which implies positive attitudes of beneficiaries regarding CSR activities. The results of factor analysis further confirm the perception of respondents toward CSR activities of Islamic banks in terms of social enhancement, education and health, socio-economic well-being and contemporary arts and culture. Originality/value The Islamic banks should enhance their CSR activities for socio-economic development, provide more allocation in education programs, increase sponsorship in sports events and assist in flourishing Bangladeshi arts and culture.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship: An Indian Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Archana Singh ◽  
Satyajit Majumdar ◽  
Gordhan K. Saini
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Business And Society ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The Government ◽  
Corporate Social

The present paper presents critical points of view on the existing corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in India. It argues that due to society's awareness, people's expectations from the government and companies have significantly increased due to various reasons. At the same time, performing on all the three parameters of `triple bottom line'- financial, social and environmental became extremely crucial for the corporate sustainability. In such a changing context, traditional form of CSR seems no longer relevant. The authors emphasize the need of thinking of more innovative models of CSR, so that business benefits and social benefits can be combined in true sense. Few examples of such innovative models of integrating CSR and social entrepreneurship (SE) are discussed in the paper. The authors believe that SE can support CSR, and effectively bridge the gap between business and society.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Case Study of Axis Bank Foundation

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
Kavitha S
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Complete Study ◽  
The Government ◽  
Corporate Social

The article aims to study the importance of CSR and the contribution of our industries towards the betterment and well being of the society. Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 has been referred to align industrial CSR activities with considered CSR activities from The Government of India. In the recent years, the banking industry has contributed a lot towards CSR. In this article, the author has taken Axis Bank foundation as a sample to study how exactly CSR activities are undertaken in the corporate, the accountability and reporting of CSR, and the utilisation of funds towards the progress of society. To study CSR activities of Axis Bank, CSR reports have been collected for a period of 3 years (2014-2015 to 2016-2017). The complete study is based on secondary data. The analysis shows that Axis Bank is succeeding in allocating the fund, identifying CSR activities and reporting the same through CSR audited report which is handled by the CSR committee.

scholarly journals INTEGRASI CSR DAN PROGRAM PERENCANAAN PEMBANGUNAN DAERAH DALAM KERANGKA MEWUJUDKAN MODEL BARU PELAKSANAAN CSR

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-77
Author(s):  
M. Lukman Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Satisfactory Outcome ◽  
Regional Budget ◽  
The Government ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Business As Usual

Implementation of the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is mainly not coincided with the local government policy.The local government development planner (Bappeda) designs its policy according to national plan and budget from the central government, whereas the company’s CSR team is doing “business as usual” regardless whether its program’s design match with the government plan or not. Consequently, many of CSR projects do not reach satisfactory outcome as it clashed with governments’ projects. A number of programs such as poverty alleviation, greening, and strengthening local economies that the company does are often collide with those from government. If there is a match, it leads to a double budgeting of same target place or a double counting in a program budget. This situation adds to the long list of classic local planning issues which is overlapping programs among government agencies. Hence, the implementation of CSR and the design of regional planning that are intended to further advance the regional development has often resulted in disappointment. An obvious example of this argument is in the case of PT Kalimantan Prima Coal (KPC) which operates in Kabupaten of Kutai Timur. Despite the fact that the district has a regional budget of Rp. 2.4 trillion, which is 86% of it obtained from the mine and mostly came from the royalty ofKPC, but the development process of the region is considered relatively slow. Many consider local government has failed in carrying out the development goal, whereas KPC is considered only want to make profits and ignoring the well-being of surrounding community.This paper argues that in order to find solution of this impasse formulation and a new conception is needed to integrate the company's CSR program with the development plan set out by the local government. By doing so, a new model of CSR is expected to be successfully implemented.

scholarly journals A CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE NEW MALAYSIAN INDEX OF ELDERLY WELL-BEING: A PRELIMINARY FINDINGS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
RAHIMAH IBRAHIM ◽  
◽  
HAZWAN MAT DIN ◽  
SITI FARRA ZILLAH ABDULLAH ◽  
TENGKU AIZAN HAMID
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Malaysia is experiencing rapid ageing. With such rapid demographic changes, the need for understanding elderly well-being become a necessity. This study aims to validate a new developed Malaysian index of elderly well-being (MIEW) among the Malaysian community-dwelling elderly. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the elderly in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The preliminary MIEW contained 40 items and is composed of five factors; economic, health, social, psycho-spiritual and environmental well-being. Confirmatory factor analysis using maximum likelihood estimation method was conducted to assess the validity and reliability of the instrument. A total of 629 respondents participated in this study, with an average age of 70.36 years old. Confirmatory factor analysis yielded 18 items with five factors. The model fitted the data well, showing strong construct validity and reliability of the instrument. The findings from this study suggested an acceptable level of validity and reliability for the new instrument. However, MIEW should be used with caution as the discriminant validity of social and environmental well-being was unsatisfactory. Further research in this section is recommended.

scholarly journals The GAP Model of e-Government Service in Thailand e-Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Sudarat Pongamponkaiwan ◽  
Adisorn Leelasantitham
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Actual Service ◽  
The Government

The objectives of this research were to develop service quality factors for Thailand’s e-Tourism provided by the government. This was done using Thai tourists as the samples who have used Thailand’s e-Tourism service to find out service quality using a total of 385 samples and determining the confidence level at 95 percent. The tool used for data collection was a service quality questionnaire for Thailand’s e-Tourism provided by the government. The confidence level for the whole research effort was 0.856 and the confidence level for each question was in the range 0.824-0.926. The statistics used in the data analysis included confidence test, frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, coefficient of dispersion, skewness, kurtosis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The results of the study showed that the exploratory factor analysis of the expectations and actual service received gave five factors (KMO = 0.789). Those indicators were not different from the theoretical models obtained from the confirmatory factor analysis. The five factors included 1) Tangibles, 2) Reliability, 3) Responsiveness, 4) Assurance, and 5) Empathy. The factors’ indicators are not different from the theoretical models. The researchers have modified the component of the second confirmatory factor analysis (S-CFA) model to check the construct validity of the scale after modifying the component and found Chi Square = 220.734, df = 165,     P = 0.002, Chi Square/df = 1.338, GFI = 0.913, AGFI = 0.878, CFI = 0.980, (RMR) = 0.018, and RMSEA = 0.040. This indicates that expectation for service, and actual service received, which affect user satisfaction, can create users’ loyalty. This results in the analytical model for the service quality component for Thailand’s e-Tourism provided by the government matching the empirical data

Corporate voluntary disclosures and board independence of Indian companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nidhi Sharma Sahore ◽  
Anshul Verma
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Voluntary Disclosures ◽  
Financial Disclosures ◽  
The Government ◽  
Corporate Social

Annual reports apart from being a means of communication are used as a vehicle of building and improving corporate image. Even the government and its institutions presiding over the corporate sector emphasize on additional disclosures related to corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability etc. apart from more voluntary financial disclosures to enhance the investor confidence at large. There are a number of studies which argue, corporate governance and its mechanisms or proxies act as catalyst for increased voluntary disclosures while there are a few studies which negate or nullify its role in enhancing voluntary disclosures. Hence it is important at this juncture to find how it is currently placed in Indian context. The findings of this study suggest the lowering importance of proportion of independent directors in the boards of the companies. The variation in the extent of corporate disclosures over a longer period of time is not caused much due to board independence. However the role of board independence and its consistently positive association with voluntary financial and voluntary non-financial disclosures is an encouraging precursor for corporate firms and their varied stakeholders.

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