Environmental degradation remains one of the most pressing existential threats confronting humanity (Dalby, 2022). The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2025 ranks environmental hazards among the top global threats for the next decade, occupying four of the first five positions (Global Risks Report 2025).…
Spirituality in aviation safety and emergency training for cabin crews represents an untapped potential to enhance emergency preparedness and efficiency. Traditional training primarily emphasises technical skills and procedural responses, often neglecting the psychological and emotional aspects of emergencies (Kim, Yu, & Hyun, 2022). By integrating…
Sustainable water supply is a problem in many parts of the world. Central to the problem is the lack of adequate water supply which has engulfed the sub-Saharan Africa region. In South Africa, similar negative effects show deficiencies in meeting water supply needs in a…
The surge in private international education provision, driven by globalisation, neoliberalism, and increased mobility, has transformed education into a global trillion-dollar industry, with Asia playing a pivotal role in this growth trajectory (ISC Research, 2023; Le, 2014; Machin, 2017). International schools are transnational spaces that…
There have been significant shifts in perspectives of the global energy landscape in the last decade and even more within the last 5 years. The quest for cleaner energy sources has rapidly increased with unfavorable climatic changes associated with carbon emissions from traditional fossil fuel…
South Africa has one of the highest recidivism rates in the world, estimated to be between 50% and 90% (Schoeman, 2010; Khwela, 2014; Karrim, 2018; Cronje & Peacock, 2023). Approximately 11.5 million offenders are incarcerated in the world’s correctional facilities, 6.9% of them are women…
Developing, growing and sustaining relationships with customers is fundamental to the success of an organisation. In a rapidly changing environment where work has become vulnerable, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (“VUCA”), this remains a key challenge (Raja, 2021). Amid this VUCA world, a variety of tri-partite…
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) matured over the last years. We have entered an era of global business responsibility where a growing number of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) laws and regulations are pushing multinational corporations (MNCs) to ‘adapt or die’. This evolution appears to be…
Strategic managerial decision-making in a new era of quantum computing (“QC”) and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) may become pivotal to the competitive edge of interconnected corporate success (Cavers, 2017; El Karoui, 2022; Klioutchnikov, 2017; Orrell, 2020). In recent years, traditional computing methods, driven by Moore’s Law…
The Latino market in the U.S. has emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies, contributing $2.8 trillion dollars to the GDP in 2021. The Latino community represents 18.9% of the U.S. population, and it significantly influences the economic framework in the United States (U.S. Census…
The analysis of economic challenges in developing countries reveals several flaws and dysfunctions including (i) high rates of unemployment; (ii) rising inequality; (iii) disruption of major economic activities due to the pandemic; and (iv) low productity due to poor human capital development (UNICEF, 2021). To…
Employee engagement is critical in driving organisational success. Leadership styles, behaviours, and competencies are vital in shaping employee engagement levels. Organisations need engaged employees to achieve business growth, market share, and competitive advantage (Kular, Gatenby, Rees, Soane, & Truss, 2008). In South Africa, small, medium,…
Oil and Gas has been produced from UK reservoirs since 1967, and although the industry is past its peak, it remains an important contributor to the UK economy (Green & Keogh, 2000). UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) Production Efficiency (PE) and Well Delivery (WD) productive time…
The contemplated research aims to explore the relationship between the different components of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee attitude and behaviour and their influence on Affective Organizational Commitment (AOC). The research will focus on the dimensions classified by Turker (2009) as targeting four types…
The Ugandan financial sector comprises non-deposit-taking microfinance institutions and deposit-taking institutions (BoU Annual Report, 2021). Microfinance institutions provide financial assistance to the underprivileged worldwide to finance their small businesses (Sekabira, 2013). According to Ssekiziyivu et al. (2018), microfinance institutions in Uganda are essential in providing…
It is argued that the Black employee career experience and development is different from that of their Caucasian counterparts due to their socio-economic background in South Africa (Watson & Stead, 2001). This experience results from the emerging Black workforce being subject to the ramifications of…
A great deal of international financial and technical support has been provided to Africa to build the capacity of the continent to harness science, technology and innovation opportunities to address critical challenges like food insecurity and malnutrition. However, African countries still remain among the most…
Women Entrepreneurs are understood to be an under-utilized group with significant potential for global and national economic growth and development (Hechevarría, Bullough, Brush, & Edelman, 2019; Sajjad, Kaleem, Chani, & Ahmed, 2020). With the necessary drivers to foster their success, women entrepreneurs could enhance national…
Ireland is an innovation leader according to the Global Innovation Index, and is rated in the top ten consistently across all performance indicators since the report’s inception in 2007 (Dutta et al., 2020). Ireland’s economy is highly globalized (Brennan, 2022). According to the Irish Central…
Organizational culture and effective change are regarded as vital for organizational transformations including digital culture transformations (IGI Global, 2021). According to Henley (2021) adaptive cultures contribute positively to digital transformation. A McKinsey study by Goran, LaBerge and Srinivasan (2017) further highlights that cultural and behavioral…
