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Creating a social dialogue policy in the Indonesian tourism industry to lessen the effects of COVID-19 is one of the goals of this research. Qualitative analysis is the research methodology used. The findings of this study suggest that the Indonesian government should develop five measures to promote social discourse in the travel industry, including The tourism industry's allocation of cash for managing COVID-19, along with economic stimulation for corporate actors, which constitutes the first social dialogue policy. To prevent worker layoffs, the economic stimulus is meant to encourage corporate actors to keep up their operations. The second strategy involves social dialogue in the tourism industry, offering initiatives in the form of income tax benefits, easing loan/credit payments, and, soon, a policy easing social security contributions for employment will be published to alleviate formal sector workers. The third strategy is to offer an informal sector workforce with a social safety net. Workers in the unorganized sector are considered poor and vulnerable, and the government provides social support for them. The fourth idea is to give laid-off people priority in receiving training incentives through a pre-employment card scheme. The government has offered training incentives with a target year of recipients, and it has become clear that the beneficiaries are primarily laid-off workers. The fifth policy is to expand job opportunities through initiatives including entrepreneurship, cash labour intensive, productive labour intensive, Applied Appropriate Technology, and Independent Manpower. In addition, the protection of Indonesian migrant workers, particularly those working in the tourism industry and those who have returned to Indonesia and those still overseas.
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The present monograph aims to describe comprehensibly the difficulties organisations have to face when trying to introduce changes. One of them is internal resistance to change. The sources of resistance are complex and varied. Among them, one may find uncertainty, need to feel secure, fear of losing power, unwillingness to change habits, and economic factors. Through a selective literature review, this paper seeks to offer some recommendations that may prove useful when designing and implementing change initiatives within an organisation. Some steps to follow are identifying what can be changed, establishing affordable goals, identifying change agents, creating trust, and developing commitment and a positive attitude towards change.
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The productivity of the few established cash crops in Makueni County is affected by low rainfall reliability, which in turn leads to drought and crop failure. Thus, the dairy sector is a crucial source of livelihood for the residents in Makueni County. The dairy sector, however, is constrained by the lack of adequate processing capacity which has the potential to enhance the shelf life and retail price of milk. It’s for this reason that the Kikima dairy plant was established to provide a ready market for farmers’ milk and enhance the processing capacity within Makueni County. However, there is scanty empirical evidence on the impact this dairy plant has had on farmers’ welfare. The current study assessed the impact of participation in milk processing on farmers’ welfare in Makueni County using farm income as the welfare indicator. The study used primary data with a sample size of 200 respondents drawn from Mbooni and Kilome sub-counties in Makueni County. The respondents were stratified by participation and farmers were randomly selected from the two sampling frames to give a sub-sample of 100 project participants and 100 non-participants. Data were then analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The endogenous switching regression model was used to analyze the impact. The results indicated a negative impact of participating in milk processing on farmers’ income.
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The importance of work motivation is a significant element for private or government organizations because Motivation plays a vital role in the achievement of any organization. Motives are forms of wants and needs. Employee motivation is a procedure in which organizations must motivate employees through bonuses, rewards, and other incentives to achieve complex organizational and individual goals. So every employee in an organization is inspired by a variety of tactics. Many things can be done to improve the performance of KORMI West Papua, including work motivation and job satisfaction. In line with the problem, this research has the following objectives: The importance of the role of work motivation and job satisfaction. The method used in this study is a frequency description analysis, the sample of this study amounted to 188, and the results showed that the urgency of work motivation is a feature of work in the form of incentives such as salary, promotion, job security, and adequate funds are very important and work motivation activities can increase job satisfaction, a performance which includes indicators such as incentives, promotions, and job security. Work motivation is a construct (latent variable) built from three observation indicators: incentives, promotions, and job security. The importance of job satisfaction is a reflection of a person's positive feelings about his work obtained from an evaluation of the characteristics of the job itself. Activities in getting job satisfaction may include professional development, working relationships with superiors, and relationships with coworkers. Job satisfaction is a construct that is built from three observation indicators, namely: professional development, working relationships with managers, and relationships with colleagues.
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It is now seen that more and more women are wearing headscarves or hijabs is a standard view that attracts attention. The hijab trend continues to grow to become a variety of trendy hijab models; it can be seen that many outlets or outlets specifically sell hijab products along the way and are easy to find. The author's research objectives in conducting this research are as follows: 1) Analyzing the effect of brand image, Customer Trust on E-WOM. 2) Analyzing the influence of brand image and Customer Trust on Customer Satisfaction. 3) Analyzing the effect of E- WOM on Customer Satisfaction. 4) Analyzing the influence of brand image and Customer Trust on customer satisfaction through E-WOM at Sallyscarf Hijab Gallery. This research method was designed using explanatory research that explains the position and influence of the variables studied (Sugiyono, 2014). This study examines the effect of brand image and Customer Trust on Customer Satisfaction through Electronic-Word of Mouth. The number of samples is 80 people, using the probability sampling technique. The data analysis technique in quantitative research uses SPSS 19 statistics (Regression). The results of the study show that the high brand image and customer trust can create e-word of mouth customers in the sallyscarf hijab gallery; improved brand image and customer trust can create customer satisfaction in the sallyscarf hijab gallery, and the high value of Electronic-Word of Mouth can create customer satisfaction, the importance of The value of brand image and Customer Trust can create customer satisfaction if it is supported by Electronic Word of Mouth at the Sallyscarf Hijab Gallery, especially the product attribute factor. The Sallyscarf Hijab Gallery manager, to create e-word of mouth value, should pay more attention to brand image factors, mainly product attributes factors such as affordable prices for Sallyscarf hijab and product information using social networking sites.
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The relationship between energy use and GDP is a hotly debated topic in energy economics. In this study, an attempt is made to explain the link between the variables from the perspective of Bangladesh. Using data from 1976- 2014, a Johansen co-integration and Granger causality test are carried out to determine whether there is a causal connection concerning Bangladesh. According to the findings of the Johansen co-integration test, there is co-integration between GDP and energy use. The VECM estimate establishes no short-run relationships between variables. The Granger causality test reveals a unidirectional causal relationship between GDP and energy consumption. Therefore, initiatives that promote energy saving may not impede the nation's overall economic development.
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Public universities play an important role in economic development in Uganda. As the number of public universities increase, their performance becomes key competitive factor. Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERPs) is seen as a solution for improved performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Enterprise Resource Planning System capabilities on performance of Uganda universities. Universities in Uganda have been performing poorly because of inadequate infrastructure, poor service delivery, lack of management support and unwarranted information insecurity. The objective of this study was to establish the role of information security, examine the influence of management support, evaluate the effect of information system infrastructure and to determine the relevance of service delivery on performance of universities in Uganda. The study was guided by the contingency theory and the Actor Network Theory. This paper discusses secondary data evidence that prevail on the role of Enterprise Resource Planning System integration in Public Universities in Uganda. A number of journal articles were reviewed. The study found out that management support, information security, service delivery, information system infrastructure has a positive effect on performance of universities. Results depicted that Enterprise Resource Planning System had strong effect on performance of organizations including public universities, though less studied in the Uganda context. Conclusively, the role of Enterprise Resource Planning System on performance of Public Universities in Uganda requires field-based empirical evidence by recent research attention. This could also be utilized to develop a model for assessing performance of organizations by Enterprise Resource Planning System.