Research purpose. The link between culture and sustainable development has been frequently debated by European authorities and academicians. Culture is treated as a tool for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and considered as the fourth pillar of sustainable development. The research goal is to investigate the relationship between culture-related indices and a country’s sustainable development based on European sample data. Design / Methodology / Approach. To complete research, culture-related statistics indicators from Eurostat were collected and regressed against the SDG index, based on data covered 2016-2019. Findings. The relationship between culture-related indices and SDG score was specified using European statistical data. The most significant impact on sustainable development measure was revealed regarding the factors “cultural employment” and “government expenditure on culture”. Originality / Value / Practical implications. The current research differs from most studies that investigated cultural issues using the mathematical apparatus versus the commonly used practice of interviewing consumers or representatives of the cultural sector. The results of this research could be used by municipalities, the cultural private sector, and NGOs by arguing for funding and applying for EU grants. On the other hand, the results and approach of this research could be transposed to other regions to understand the common cultural impact on sustainable development in the non-EU part of the world.
This paper reflects the results of the pilot research within the series of studies aimed at evaluating the level of knowledge about financial investments among Latvian citizens, perceived complexity of the investments-related issues, attitudes towards financial products, savings, and investments, as well as at getting a general insight about citizens’ investment behaviour. The goal of the pilot research was to evaluate the perceived complexity of the investments-related questions, as well as to get an insight about the motives and barriers to start investing. The sample included 300 respondents. The survey was made using the authors’ developed questionnaire; the data was processed by means of the frequency analysis. To analyze open-ended questions consistent with the discourse analysis methodology, the openaccess software AntConc was used. Most difficult questions for respondents were those about bonds. Most respondents treat their knowledge about investments at the below-average level. Lack of free financial resources was mentioned as the most important barrier for making investments by 35% of respondents.
Research purpose. Due to the COVID pandemic, the culture and leisure industries were affected by many restrictions and canceled projects and events. Possibly cultural sector is one of the most affected by COVID-19 and one of the latest to recover from the pandemic restrictions (Radermecker, 2020). This situation changed not only the consumption habits of the cultural events attendees’ but also stopped many projects, both national and international forcing cultural institutions, including the sector of professional music, to find new solutions for concert activities locally and new possibilities for development. The orchestra RĪGA used this time to review the area of international cooperation and to find out how to look effectively for partners abroad. The purpose of the study is to determine how the professional orchestras can identify potential partner countries and which aspects should be taken into account in order to ensure sustainable and successful international cooperation in the field of classical music. Design / Methodology / Approach. The study used empirical research methods: questionnaires and in-depth interviews, as well as modeling on international cooperation on the basis of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. In total 149 musicians of three Latvian professional orchestras took part in the survey. Five in-depth interviews with the musicians with international experience and orchestra managers were conducted. Findings. Intercultural differences must be considered to promote international cooperation, so the authors conclude that with the help of Gert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory, it is possible to assess the potential cooperation opportunities and threats of countries by comparing them. After in-depth interviews with experts and the analysis of the survey, it can be concluded that all respondents emphasize the need to develop a strategy for the promotion of international cooperation for Latvian professional orchestras. The results of the questionnaire show that the musicians of all 3 Orchestras consider that specific countries of international cooperation were named - Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany, which is in line with expert advice and the results of Hofstede’s 6-dimensional analysis. Originality / Value / Practical implications. Based on the research, both empirical and theoretical, a model for international cooperation for professional orchestra was developed. The model consists of 3 aspects – existing cooperation on the city-level (partner-cities), countries which are closer to Latvia in according to Hofstede’s 6-dimension model and personal contacts of musicians and music managers.
Research purpose. The research aimed to identify digital barriers in the digital transition and digital transformation in businesses and industries under the umbrella of human resource management. The topicality of the research relates to the need to identify digital barriers impeding digital transition and transformation that can be addressed through the prism of human resource management policies or that can be related to human resource management. Design / Methodology / Approach. The research method was the analysis of the keywords and keyword concordances, conducted on the sample of the created corpus of 50 recently published scientific papers, which were analysed using the text analysis instruments AntConc and Voyant Tools. Findings. Two digital barrier types were postulated - individual and organisational barriers, which were further spread across five digital barrier areas - human resource, technological, management, business development, and financial ones that were able to accommodate the following barriers: general human resource, staff resistance, psychological, staff digital competences, decision-makers digital competences, internal information exchange, external information exchange, data processing, technical, IT complexity, poor usability, cybersecurity, general management, business structure, business 4.0, industry 4.0, creativity, and costs. Originality / Value / Practical implications. The created structure of digital barriers provides human resource departments with a global picture of barriers that should be reviewed within their competence areas to ensure the recruitment of specialists capable of conducting specified digital operations and the continuous development of digital competencies of the entire labour force of the organisation. The suggested digital barrier structure can also be used to develop the organisational strategy for the digital transition and digital transformation.
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