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Maturana’s Non-Dualist Philosophy of Living
No full textI connect Druzhinin and Ramírez’s analysis of Maturana’s approach to uncertainty to ancient Chinese philosophy. I show how Maturana’s fundamentally non-dualist framework posits distinction and transformation as mutually constituting principles. It is an enactment of uncertainty, which engenders a philosophy of living
Implementing Public and Private Law Enforcement to Counter Corporate Fraud on the Stock Market - A Comparative Study Between China and Australia
No full textEnforcement mechanisms of securities law may be divided into public law enforcement and private law enforcement. This thesis provides information and analysis of the public law enforcement on the stock market which is initiated by administrative government regulators for regulation, or initiated by a public prosecutor for punishment; also this thesis provides information and analysis of private law enforcement, which can take the form of securities class action by private market participants for compensation
Safe and secure accommodation solutions for seasonal and vulnerable workers in regional industries, AHURI Final Report No. 447
Get PDFEmbracing imperfections: a predictive analysis of factors alleviating adult learners’ digital learning stress on Singapore’s lifelong learning journey
No full textThis research paper examines the intersection of self-determination theory and its constructs of autonomy, competence and relatedness with the effects of learning support levers available to online educators. The learning support levers of social, technical and financial support are considered against their ability to impact online learning satisfaction and overall digital well-being. In surveying 246 adult learners, the research analysis uses structural equation modelling to yield results that highlight the opportunity for suitably planned social and technical support design to enhance the effectiveness of online teaching and learning. The overall findings add to understanding in the domain of digital learning effectiveness and possible strategies for improving online teaching and learning instructional design, including the surrounding environmental support variables. The paper further highlights the benefits of a cross domain approach to exploring learning effectiveness goals in a digital context. Given the increased prevalence of online education, the methodology and resultant findings of this paper are novel, reflecting the lack of research in the digital learning domain
Environmental stewardship and climate change management as foundational learnings in sustainability education
No full textInfluence of shame on young consumers’ purchase intentions: A social sustainability perspective
No full textPurpose
This paper aims to explore the influence of social frame (worker vs animal rights), product category (hedonic vs utilitarian) and social presence (similar age, younger and older) on expected shame and purchase intentions for sustainable products.
Design/methodology/approach
This study used an online experiment with a 3 × 2 between-subjects design to manipulate social frame (workers vs animal rights and a control group) and product category (hedonic vs utilitarian) with 252 young German consumers (under 30 years old).
Findings
This study finds that social frame and social presence influence expected shame, which in turn positively affects purchase intentions for sustainable products, in the presence of people with similar age, but with no difference between hedonic and utilitarian product types.
Research limitations/implications
This study tested the influence of social frame, product type and social presence on German young consumers using specific purchase scenarios. Future research may test the generalizability of the model in diverse cultural settings.
Practical implications
This study would help marketers and public policymakers identify factors that may motivate young consumers to act in a sustainable manner and to develop suitable strategies and messages to improve their pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors.
Originality/value
This study uses Schwartz’s norm activation theory to investigate the link between consumer emotions and sustainable consumption and shows that social sustainability can trigger expected shame through message framing especially in the presence of others, which in turn could increase the probability of environment-friendly product choice
A systematic review on public perceptions of RNAi-based biopesticides: Developing Social Licence to Operate
Get PDFAgriculture is fundamental to ensuring humanity’s food and fibre security. Synthetic pesticides pose
challenges due to resistance, emissions, toxicity, and harm to beneficial organisms. A novel approach
involves RNA-based biopesticides, eliciting an RNA interference (RNAi) response via topical
application of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), avoiding genetic modification. However, potential
issues surrounding RNAi, including policy controversies and regulatory gaps, may affect public
perception and acceptance of topical RNAi, impacting the acquisition of a social licence to operate
(SLO). This qualitative systematic literature review examines public perceptions of RNAi-based
biopesticides, the associated policy considerations and their implications for developing an SLO. The
results show that factors influencing public perceptions and SLO emphasise human and
environmental safety and costs, including also off-target impacts, degradability, protection window,
resistance, toxicity, and ethical and cultural considerations. Finally, we discuss strategies from social
science literature for RNAi-biopesticides to achieve an SLO towards sustainability, enhancing food
safety and productivity
Home-winners and bread-makers: gender role norms and the consumption of childcare
Get PDFDespite the progress made in gender equality since the latter half of the 20th century, there are still significant structural gaps in the relative position of women to men in a number of areas, including labour supply and wages. Childcare subsidies are at the forefront of policy interventions to address this issue. However, these policies assume that mothers are responsive to economic incentives, generated by a rise in lifetime income, and ignore the role of culture in a mother’s decision to provide care to her children. We assess the impact of a mother’s and her partner’s attitudes to gender role norms on the household consumption of formal childcare, given their labour supply. Using detailed microdata, we show that traditional gender role attitudes of a mother and her partner are associated with a lower consumption of formal childcare at the extensive and intensive margins, net of labour supply. Furthermore, we use a novel mediation analysis to reveal that the variation induced in formal childcare consumption by gender attitudes can be decomposed into fast-moving peer-effects, slow-moving intergenerational transmissions and internal learnings. Our findings support the assertion in recent literature that gender norms may be blocking the effectiveness of family policies, however, a societal evolution towards gender-egalitarianism, coupled with a deeper understanding by policymakers of how these attitudes are diffused throughout society, will enhance the efficacy of these policies and foster greater convergence of gender disparities in labour market outcomes
Innovate or exploit? Unveiling the international entrepreneurial odyssey through the lens of status quo bias
Get PDFWe contribute novel insights into how status quo bias may play a part in identifying and capitalizing on international opportunities, thus addressing a previously overlooked aspect of cognitive perspective in international entrepreneurship research. First, from an entrepreneurial process perspective, we assert that internationalizing firms can attain a performance advantage by adopting Kirznerian and Schumpeterian types of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) with the mediation of opportunity recognition and exploitation. Building on cognitive bias theory, we further posit that status quo bias plays a significant role in shaping the relationship between EO and opportunity recognition and exploitation. We test our hypotheses using survey data collected from 275 internationalizing firms. The empirical results suggest that EO variants exhibit distinct influences and are influenced in unique ways by international opportunity recognition, exploitation and status quo bias. Specifically, we find that a higher level of status quo bias strengthens the relationship between Schumpeterian EO and opportunity recognition, whereas a lower level strengthens the association between Schumpeterian EO and opportunity exploitation. However, no significant effect of status quo bias is found in Kirznerian firms. The study offers both theoretical and practical implications, and provides valuable recommendations for future research