PurposeThe study aims to shed light on the role of university support (US), environmental concern (EC) and Sustainable Development Goal knowledge (SDGK) in forming students' intention (SI) to engage in sustainability-driven entrepreneurship. The authors attempted to blend the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and social cognitive career theory (SCCT) as a potentially useful theoretical base for sustainability-driven entrepreneurial intention (SDEI) development.Design/methodology/approachThe responses were collected from university students in India using a self-administered questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and partial least squares structured equation modelling (PLS-SEM) are used to examine the data.FindingsThe university support strongly influences students' attitudes towards sustainable entrepreneurship (ATT) and outcome expectations (OEs). Also, the degree of understanding about SDGs among students was alarmingly low, which has crucial negative consequences for future SDG achievement.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study may assist academicians and environmental strategists in deciding the crucial factors influencing SI to start a sustainable business. The study highlights the importance of universities in promoting entrepreneurial sustainability decisions.Originality/valueThis research will add value to the prevailing literature in the area of sustainable entrepreneurship as it explores the effects of environmental concern, SDGK and the role of US on sustainable entrepreneurial intention (EI) among Indian engineering students.
The paper studies democratic style of leadership and how the style influences the practices of leadership. Leadership can be categorized based on the level of involving team members and participating in the decision making process. The study is exploratory in nature and attempts to explore and analyze the democratic aspects of leadership style and its influence in the practices of leadership. The study adopts survey and interview techniques and 25 leaders of the state Manipur, India are considered as sample. The primary data are collected using interview cum questionnaire method from the top executives of the selected 25 organizations and also from two immediate subordinates of the sampled executives of the selected organizations and from two immediate subordinates of the sampled executives. The responses of the followers become essential to crosscheck the practices of the leaders. The study highlights how the democratic style influences the practice of leadership.
Purpose This study aims to identify factors affecting Generation Z (Gen-Z)’s online learning (OL) behavioural intention (BI) using the extended technology acceptance model by investigating gender differences in the BI of Indian students to adopt OL.Design/methodology/approach The proposed model was tested on 284 students from a higher education institution (HEI) in Gujarat, India, using the partial least square–structural equation modelling. Further, the subgroup analysis was conducted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to determine male and female OL adoption variances.Findings Based on the research findings, all the constructs positively influence the BI of Gen-Z to adopt OL, except the influence of information technology infrastructure (INF) on perceived usefulness (PU). However, no substantial difference was observed in the BI adoption of OL amongst males and females. Also, when gender was kept as a moderator between computer self-efficacy (CSE) and PU, and INF and perceived ease of use (PEU), no substantial difference was observed in the OL of Gen-Z.Research limitations/implications The study will benefit HEIs and associated government departments from a deeper understanding of Gen-Z’s BI to speed up deployment and consider key elements essential while considering OL.Originality/value This article found major determinants of Gen-Z’s BI to adopt the OL in HEI. To the best of the author’s understanding, this is amongst the few studies to explore these ideas in the context of India. The uniqueness of the topic has been brought to light by the fact that “gender” has been employed as a moderator between attitude and BI, INF and PEU, and CSE and PU.
Over the last two decades, industrialized nations and multilateral financial institutions have encouraged less developed countries to undertake institutional reforms to hasten socioeconomic development. Implicit in this advice is the idea that reform-minded countries will receive a foreign direct investment (FDI) dividend. But do nations with strong institutions attract proportionally greater levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) than those with weaker institutions? This study addresses that question by evaluating data on FDI inflows for a sample of African nations. We begin with a review of the literature on the determinants of FDI and the link between institutions and FDI flows to emerging economies. Next, we offer hypotheses about the nature of these flows and test them using statistical analysis. The paper concludes by interpreting the results, considering their policy implications, and offering directions for future research.
Self-care with over-the-counter (OTC) medicines have evolved from the "dark ages" of patent medicine manufacture and sale to a modem era of new drug development involving prescription-to-OTC switch. This evolution is largely due to the OTC review, which placed science at the cornerstone of safety, effectiveness, and labelling of non-prescription medicines. As selfcare with OTC drugs has evolved, the switching of drugs from prescription to non-prescription status has produced important benefits, creating more self-reliant consumers through novel self-care therapeutics, significant cost savings to the health care system, expanded markets for companies, enhanced science for regulatory decisions, a more consumer friendly label for all OTC agents, and a more consistent and predictable drug approval process. OTC drugs also known as Non-Prescription drugs are those medications which can be obtained without a Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) and can be easily purchased in pharmacies, grocery stores, and convenience stores. According to American College of Preventive Medicine, they define OTC as "Drugs (Prescription and OTC drugs) are substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease". The present study has been designed to investigate the benefits & risks, various classes and status of OTC medications in India.
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