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The Impact of Oil Price Shock on Rice Prices in Asean Area: A Framework
Authors: Herliana Sri , Hakim Dedi Budiman , Syaukat Yusman , Novianti Tanti
Published: December 2020

The conditions of the world rice market and the domestic rice market are unstable markets and are heavily influenced by external factors. There are many factors that can affect the price of unhulled rice and rice at the farm level, one of which is the effect of the integration of world and domestic rice markets. Thus the events or shocks that occur on the world market will affect the conditions of the domestic rice market. External factors affecting rice trade include petroleum. Oil as one of the factors influencing changes in the demand and supply of various traded commodities because of its vital role. Oil price fluctuations are often used as a benchmark for the stability of world trade conditions.Research specifically on the impact of rice was carried out by Chintia (2013) which states that oil price shocks cause domestic rice prices to have a fluctuating pattern and have an increasing trend, but domestic rice prices always fluctuate on trend. An attractive characteristic of the domestic rice price is that it is always above the world rice price. This occurs because rice is a commodity that has many interventions by the government in maintaining domestic rice price stability and maintaining the purchasing power of the public as consumers and farmers as producers. In the short term, the domestic rice price is influenced by the domestic rice price itself, the imported rice price, and the world crude oil price. In the long run, the domestic rice price is influenced by world rice prices, imported rice prices, and rice production. This paper will discuss the framework for the impact of oil shocks on rice prices in the ASEAN region. This framework is the basis for the stages in conducting further research

Keywords: Impact, Rice, oll price, Rice, ASEAN
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Investments
Authors: Gao Song , Chan Peng , Hosein Nasim
Published: December 2020

This paper investigates the increasing use of artificial intelligence in the field of investments today. It seeks to explore how artificial intelligence strategies can help investors make better investment decisions as well as highlight the risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence. In the digital era, transformational technology is powering new forms of automation that are more universal and smarter than ever before. The technology has not only changed significant operational aspects such as logistics, manufacturing, and warehousing but also the investment industry at large. Technologies associated with artificial intelligence help in performing tasks commonly associated with human beings such as logical operations, visual operations, speech recognition, visual perceptions, language translation and decision-making. Today, Computer technology has the capabilities of trouncing human intelligence in solving complex computations in shorter periods. The same technique can be replicated in investment in problem solving, decision-making and risk management. For instance, artificial intelligence tools helps in making faster precise assessment of potential borrowers at minimal cost which accounts for better informed and data backed decision that reduces human bias.

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Investments
Responsible Tourism Situations in Krabi Province
Authors: Chaiyakot Prachyakorn , Visuthismajarn Parichart , Techato Kua-anan , pakongsup Panot
Published: December 2020

Krabi Province is located on the Andaman Sea, about 814 kilometers from Bangkok along National Highway No. 4 head to the south, with an area of 4,708 square kilometers (https://th.wikipedia.org,2020). The area consists of upland mountains, plains, and more than 154 islands; it is rich in mangrove forests and there is a river of about 5 kilometers long, that flows through the city into the Andaman Sea. Krabi Province is the main tourist city in the Southern Andaman Coast (https://www.tourismthailand.org, 2020). It is famous for its scenic view and breathtaking beach and island. It has the most beautiful coral reef vistas, in the world which makes the city a great spot for coral diving. Its tourist attractions include hot springs, a wildlife sanctuary, sea caves, flourishing coral reefs and exotic marine life, limestone cliffs that draw rock climbing enthusiasts from around the world, and national parks that include the island paradises of Koh Phi Phi and Koh Lanta. The top 5 foreign tourists that visited Krabi Province in 2018 are citizens of China, Malaysia, England, Germany and France. Krabi has 592 accommodations with 21,853 rooms in total around the province. It can be said that Krabi Province is an important tourist destination of the Andaman Coast after Phuket. Availability of infrastructure, accommodation, airports, seaports, travel connections between tourist spots within the province, and tourist attractions both on land and in the sea has attracted tourists from all over the world to travel continuously to the area every year. They are responsible for the consistent growth of Krabi tourism service industry. Therefore, the aim of this research is to study the readiness of relevant agencies to support the provincial tourism growth using the responsible tourism model of key tourism stakeholders within the province and related agencies - involving government agency, tour operators and community-based tourism.

Keywords: Responsible Tourism, Sustainable Tourism Benefits, Tourism Resources in Krabi
The Holistic Accountability Practices among Malaysian Non-Government Organizations: A Conceptual Paper
Authors: Masdar Noor Muafiza , Basiruddin Rohaida
Published: December 2020

Accountability practices are essential for all aspects of the public, private, and third world sectors as a way of transmitting information to stakeholders. Formal or informal ways of disseminating knowledge can be used. Non-governmental organizations have worked on all sides to meet their various stakeholder groups, in particular donors and beneficiaries. Most of the time donors want detailed information on the management and distribution of funds especially for NGOs that have funds collected and fund transfer across countries. However, NGOs find it difficult to deal with a lack of employees in the preparation of records. Not limited to this, certain significant donors have the ability to control NGOs and lead NGOs unable to channel desired outcomes of the beneficiaries or the so-called as mission drift phenomenon. This phenomenon has caused NGOs to lose their role in supporting the needy and alleviating poverty. With regard to this problem, the aim of this study is to investigate the way in which upward and downward accountability is being practiced and to understand the preference of these complex upward and downward accountability practices by the NGOs.

Keywords: Downward accountability practices, non-government organizations, upward accountability practices.
Benefits of Enterprise Risk Management: A Systematic Review of Literature
Authors: Naik Sankalp , Prasad Ch V V S N V
Published: December 2020

In an enhanced risk climate, the firm's stakeholders desire a risk management framework that promises benefits of efficiencies, transparencies, and solutions for interrelated risks. This calls for a deepening and widening of insights into risk management. Enterprise risk management (ERM) is widely seen as a suitable instrument to address these issues. ERM challenges the traditional silos style approach to risk management. The core notion of ERM is to adopt a portfolio approach to managing risks. ERM seeks to create a 360-degree system of monitoring risks by actively engaging all personnel and facilitating coordination and communication among all departments within the firm. ERM promises to lower the firm's total risk by building resilience against systematic failures and monitoring growth opportunities. It aims to optimize performance and consequently increase the firm's value and longevity. Most definitions note ERM as a process conceived in consultation with the board of management, management, and other personnel to manage the firm's risk within its appetite. Studies from (Beasley, Pagach, & Warr, 2008; Hansen & Andersen, 2014; Hoyt & Liebenberg, 2011) confirms roles in value creation, risk reduction, performance enhancement, and strategic decision making. However, not all are convinced of ERM's benefits and performance. Researchers have criticized ERM as a management fad and noted that the research is centric to only the financial sector. Studies from (Arena, Arnaboldi, & Palermo, 2017; Bromiley, McShane, Nair, & Rustambekov, 2015) have found mixed to no evidence of ERM's role in delivering benefits to the firm. The criticism has only sharpened post-2007 when several firms claiming high standards of 'holistic' risk management failed in the face of the global financial crisis. Besides, researchers have also pointed out endogeneity issues with ERM research. This necessitates a review of extant literature and collating it to generate interrelated insights. Collating and reviewing these articles enables the mitigation of data gaps and provide directions for future research.

Keywords: Enterprise risk management (ERM), firm value, firm performance, ERM benefits, COVID19
The impact of routine on employees' creativity and innovation
Authors: Ghinea Assoc. Prof. Valentina Mihaela
Published: December 2020

Routines are an integral part of all modern jobs, either as a result of organizational policies
which require the employees to follow certain steps or as a result of people’s innate tendency
towards the creation of habits. The research on the impact of routines on employee’s creativity is
scant and widely divided. Certain authors argue that work routines are beneficial to creativity
and innovation since they free up time for more complex tasks and creative thinking while also
raising the employees’ perception of self-efficacy and self-confidence. In contrast, other authors
view work routines as detrimental to creativity and innovation since they lower the employees’
overall work motivation and create barriers to change. Based on the analysis of the results of a
web survey completed by 233 Romanian employees, the present study proves that there is a
direct negative effect of work routines on employees’ ability to generate creative solutions to
newly identified problems, either when they are directly asked to do so or when they volunteer.
The analysis also shows that holding a managerial position reduces the negative impact that a
high level of work routine has on the employees’ creativity and innovation, but that the type of
job does not mediate or moderate the negative effect of work routines. The results are significant
for improvement of job design by showcasing the need of reducing the level of work routines in
order to improve the overall organizational creativity.
Keywords: routine, creativity, employee driven-innovation, employee's perception.
The Impact of Monetary and Fiscal Policies on the Stock Market in the United States (U.S); Evidence from Linear ARDL Framework
Authors: Emamian Aref
Published: December 2020

This study examines the impact of monetary and fiscal policies on the stock market in the United States (US), were used. By employing the method of Autoregressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) developed by Pesaran et al. (2001). Annual data from the Federal Reserve, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund, from 1986 to 2017 pertaining to the American economy, the results show that both policies play a significant role in the stock market. We find a significant positive effect of real Gross Domestic Product and the interest rate on the US stock market in the long run and significant negative relationship effect of Consumer Price Index (CPI) and broad money on the US stock market both in the short run and long run. On the other hand, this study only could support the significant positive impact of tax revenue and significant negative impact of real effective exchange rate on the US stock market in the short run while in the long run are insignificant.

Keywords: ARDL, monetary policy, fiscal policy, stock market, United States
The Comparison between Cost and Benefit Business Model of Organic and Chemical Agricultural Vegetable Farming System
Authors: Puengpapat Peerasak
Published: December 2020

This research is intended to compare and demonstrate the difference between the cost and benefit of organic farming and chemistry. Compare differences in the quality of yields and minerals in the soil both before and after cultivation and modeling of agribusiness. Using Business Model Canvas for the decision of agricultural entrepreneurs who want to modify the farming process.The research found that in the experiment comparing between the costs of Organic farming and Chemical farming to produce three types of vegetables that are cucumber ,red oak salad and radish, with the total cost of growing vegetables in Organic farming, higher than the total cost of growing vegetables in Chemical farming. There is a greater frequency of fertilizing and injecting Organic matter than chemical farming. The net profit from the sale of vegetables in the Organic agricultural sector is higher than the net profit from the sale of vegetables in the Chemical agricultural sector, as the production price of Organic agricultural sector is higher than the production price of Chemical agricultural sector because the production process of organic farming has a higher production process and requires higher production attention to produce quality, and another factor is that Organic vegetables have a higher production cost than vegetables from chemical farming, resulting in less volume of organic production in the market than vegetables from Chemical agricultural sector. Consumers are demanding more healthy Organic vegetables. As a result, the price of vegetables that produced by Organic agricultural sector is higher than the price of vegetables that produced by Chemical agricultural sector, and the Return on Investment in Organic vegetables is higher than the vegetables that produced by Chemical agricultural .The Return on Investment in production of Organic farming is 61.48% and The Return on Investment in production of Chemical farming is 33.87%. It is therefore possible to conclude that growing vegetables in Organic way is safe for vegetable farmers who do not have to be exposed to any harmful Chemicals, as well as the resulting produce that is safe from residues, allowing consumers to be safe from toxin residues and receive good quality vegetables.
Type of Paper: Empirical/Experimental

Keywords: Agricultural; Organics; Cost ;Business Model ;Comparison.
Examining the Impact and Influencing Channels of Emission Trading Pilot Markets in China
Authors: Wu Qiong , Tambunlertchai Kanittha , Pornchaiwiseskul Pongsa
Published: December 2020

The global warming has become a serious issue in the world since the 1980s. The targets for the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol cover emissions of the six main greenhouse gasses (GHGs). China is the world's largest CO2 emitter and coal consumer and was responsible for 27.3 percent of the global total CO2 emission and 50.6 percent of the global total coal consumption in 2016 (BP, 2017). As China plays an important role in the global climate change, China has set goals to improve its environmental efficiency and performance. In 2011, the Chinese government for the first time announced an intent to establish carbon emission trading market in China. Eight regional emission trading schemes have been operating since 2013 (seven pilot markets during the 12th Five Year Plan period and one pilot market during the 13th Five Year Plan period) including provinces of Guangdong, Hubei, and Fujian, and cities of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Chongqing. The goal of these regional emission trading pilot markets is to help the government establish an efficient carbon emission trading scheme at national level. Some researchers have been focused on examining the impact of emission trading schemes in China using CGE model by constructing different scenarios and ex-ante analysis using data prior to emission trading pilot markets implementation. While this paper tries to conduct an ex-post analysis with data of 2005-2017 to evaluate the impact of emission trading pilot markets in China at provincial level using difference-in-difference (DID) model. By including both CO2 and SO2 as undesirable outputs to calculate Malmquist-Luenberger (ML) Index to measure green total factor productivity, this paper plans to evaluate the impact of carbon emission trading pilot markets in China via emission reduction, regional green development, synergy effect and influencing channels. This paper tries to answer the following research questions: (1) Do emission trading pilot markets reduce CO2 emission and increase regional green total factor productivity? (2) Is there any synergy effect from emission trading pilot markets? (3) What are the influencing channels of emission trading pilot markets?

Keywords: Emission trading, CO2 emissions, Different-in-difference
Design of Competency Model for Labor Social Security Practitioners Facing Jobs In The Future
Authors: Mahfudz Naufal , Satria Arif , Hubeis Aida Vitayala S. , Suroso Arif Imam , Uchrowi Zaim
Published: December 2020

To meet the very large coverage of employment social security of Indonesian workers, including the growth of jobs in the future, labor social security practitioners need an adequate development process to become competent practitioners in their fields. This study aims to analyze the objective conditions of the competence of labor social security practitioners in Indonesia today, analyze and formulate competency standards for the field of labor social security, and design competency models of labor social security practitioners to produce competent labor social security practitioners in dealing with jobs in future. Primary data will be collected by distributing questionnaires to 300 labor social security practitioners and will be analyzed to produce situational analysis. In-depth interviews will be submitted to 20 experts to explore the competencies of labor social security practitioners and the results will be outlined according to the Soft System Methodology stage. The data will be processed using the Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing to identify strategic assumptions, Interpretive Structural Model to design system modeling, and Analytical Hierarchy Process to set strategic priorities.

Keywords: competency, social security practitioners, jobs in the future
The Effect of Regulatory Performance on Economic Growth
Authors: Abd Rahman Nur Hayati , Ismail Shafinar , Ahman Eeng , Nurasyiah Aas , Wulandari Neni Sri
Published: December 2020

The World Bank Group (2018b) announced that the upper-middle-income economies (UMIE) tend to fall into a middle-income trap position for a long period. This usually happens when countries are not progressing economically at a promising rate and are unable to catch up with the developmental pace of high-income economies (HIE). One of the main contributing factors to this situation is the weak regulatory performance of these countries. Since the regulatory environment in these countries were far from conducive, businesses were reluctant to start up or even operate there. When this happens, UMIE will find it even more difficult to move up from their current economic level as most investors would already be disinterested to invest in a country whose economy is stagnated¬¬¬. Based on these arguments, regulatory performance is considered as one of the most vital factors that determine the financial progression and stability of a nation. Nevertheless, this variable is often overlooked in previous economic growth literature. Hence, this study aims to examine the important role of regulatory performance in accelerating the economic growth of 30 upper-middle-income economies countries within the timeframe of 2000 to 2018.

Keywords: middle-income trap, upper-middle-income economies, regulatory performance, economic growth, system GMM
The Likelihood of Forced Financial Restatement: The Case of Malaysia
Authors: Othman Intan Waheedah , Slack Richard , Stratling Rebecca
Published: December 2020

Forced restatement is the corrections made to published financial statements as prompted by the auditors or regulators due to non-compliance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) (Palmrose and Scholz, 2004). Forced restatements that are due to aggressive financial irregularities, lead to the impairment of investors' confidence on the quality of financial reporting, increase investors' concerns on managerial opportunistic decision-making, and cause substantial losses to shareholders. Forced restatement creates great concern, not only in developed countries, but also in developing countries, thus threatening local and foreign investments in these markets. The effort to determine early warning signals of firms that warrant investigation, specifically in the emerging country of Malaysia remain significant. The review from this study would be beneficial to the auditors and regulators to intervene earlier in terms of formulating plans and strategies to minimize aggressive managerial behaviour, and investors, customers, and suppliers to identify and avoid firms at risk of requiring a forced restatement.

Keywords: Forced restatement, earnings management, corporate governance, Malaysia.
Behavioral Intentions to Employ Financial Technology (Fintech) Services among Commercial Banks' Customers: Empirical Evidence in Malaysia
Authors: Peong Kwee Kim , Peong Kwee Peng , Tan Kui Yean
Published: December 2020

Most recently, the revolution of technology has threatened the current doctrines in labour and the economy (Belanche, Casalo & Flavian, 2019) of a nation. The presence of technology and automation plays a significant role in the financial services market worldwide for shaping the social environment and the economic (Darmansyah, Fianto, Hendratmi & Aziz, 2020). The rationale behind this is that automated technology penetration grows at a 20 per cent rate annually (Belanche et al., 2019) as the speed of information processing, and connectivity are enhanced and expanded in both back-office processes and at the customer interface (Gomber, Koch & Siering, 2017; Gupta & Xia, 2018). The growth of mobile broadband global coverage has grown remarkably in developed markets at 86.7 per 100 inhabitants subscription, whereas, emerging markets have a high subscription of merely 39.1 per 100 inhabitants (Gupta & Xia, 2018). For instance, the growth of broadband penetration in Malaysia with 91.2 per cent coverage in populated areas and 58 per cent in road networks in 2016 is 81.5 per cent higher as compared to 55.6 per cent in 2010 (Economic Planning Unit, 2017). Hence, it anticipates that almost half of current occupations would be replaced with technologies in the next 20 years (Belanche et al., 2019). In the finance industry, financial technology (FinTech) is a key strategy for financial start-up firms and banks (Belanche et al., 2019) particularly in the pre-digital economy (Chanias, Myers & Hess, 2019).

Keywords: Social Influence, Trust, Privacy Risks, CyberSecurity Risks, Behavioural Intention to Use
Lifelong Learning and Work-life Balance among the Teacher
Training Faculty of State Universities and Colleges: Basis for
Human Resource Development Program
Authors: Coronado Ninfa D. , Alentajan Jelyn O.
Published: December 2020

This descriptive-correlational research presented lifelong learning and its relationship to work-life balance of teacher training faculty of state universities and colleges in Western Visayas, Philippines. Using researcher-made questionnaires on lifelong learning and work-life balance to gather data from 274 randomly selected teacher education faculty from eight (8) state universities and colleges in Region VI, the study revealed varying levels and significant differences in the level of lifelong learning and work-life balance in the aggregate and in their various dimensions. In particular, significant differences were noted in the level of lifelong learning of the faculty in terms of critical thinking and problem-solving, creativity, communication, and computing when they were grouped according to area of specialization and in terms of critical thinking and problem-solving and computing when they were grouped as to academic rank. A significant difference was also noted in the level of their work-life balance in terms of time management when they were classified as to area of specialization. Finally, there was a positive and significant correlation between lifelong learning and work-life balance. In this sense, lifelong learning is related to work-life balance; hence, teacher education faculty who are equipped with more and better lifelong skills can also create greater balance between work and personal or family life. This study recommends that a human resource development program which will focus on technology use, self, time, and leisure management shall be developed by the institutions to enhance the lifelong learning and work-life balance of the faculty

Keywords: lifelong learning, work-life balance, teacher education faculty, descriptive research Philippines
Work Engagement of Public Elementary School Teachers and Organizational Support
Authors: Basañes Runato A. , Dagol Junelene May C.
Published: December 2020

The study aimed to determine the relationship between work engagement and organizational support of 167 randomly selected public elementary school teachers in the District of San Jose, Schools Division of Antique, Philippines. Data were gathered using the Individual Performance Commitment and Review Form of the Department of Education and the Eisenberger's Perceived Organizational Support Scale. Data were analyzed with frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation for descriptive statistics while t-test for independent samples, One-way ANOVA and Pearson's r for inferential statistics. The findings showed that as an entire group, the level of work engagement of teachers was very satisfactory in all of the four work engagement aspects (teaching-learning process, students' outcomes, community involvement, and professional growth and development). There was a significant difference in the level of work engagement in the aspect of community involvement when grouped according to teaching load and in the aspect of professional growth and development when grouped according to sex. No significant difference was observed among the following groups: teaching position and marital status, the level of organizational support in terms of teaching load, teaching position, sex, and marital status, work engagement and organizational support of teachers.

Keywords: community involvement, Organizational Support Public Elementary School Teachers, professional growth and development, teaching-learning process, students' outcomes, Work Engagement
Linking Brand Trust to Brand Engagement and Loyalty on Green Products
Authors: Khamtanet Sirinna , Jitkuekul Premruedee
Published: December 2020

In recent years, Thailand has faced a number of environmental issues, such as air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution and noise pollution (Panya, Poboon, Phoochinda, & Teungfung, 2018) Especially in the past 2 years, Thailand has experienced severe air pollution, causing the PM 2.5 level to exceed the standard level. It then affects people's living style so they have more concerns about environment changing behavior and wish to focus more and more on green consumption (Thongplew, Spaargaren, & van Koppen, 2017). Companies and brands have been developing their products to be more environmentally friendly to gain a competitive advantage. However, companies are still facing unpredictable customers' minds and decision-making (Gen, Juan, & Xixiang, 2019) caused by the price sensitivity of customers and other factors. Nevertheless, previous research has found that customers the green products when they trust the brand (Liobikienė et al., 2017; Tseng & Hung, 2013; Wu, Lin, & Chen, 2017). Although there is various research on trust affecting green product buying behaviors, there is little research focusing on brand trust, leading to brand engagement and loyalty to green products. That could contribute to our understanding of brand strategies in green product markets.

Keywords: Brand engagement, Brand trust, Green product, Loyalty
Antecedents of Employee Disengagement Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Moyo Ngqabutho
Published: December 2020

The covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on various aspects of people's lives around the world. Despite the risk of the pandemic, most workers who are engaged in delivering essential services are still reporting for duty as usual (Business and Human Right Resource Centre, 2020). Although this is part of their professional obligation, most of them are highly concerned about their working conditions amid the pandemic (Fernandez, Lord, Halcomb, Moxhama, Middletona, Alananzeha, and Ellwood, 2020). Their anxiety is mainly centred on the perceived risk of contracting the virus, transmission of the virus to their family members, stigma surrounding the vulnerabilities of their work and the threat towards their personal freedom (Fernandez, 2020; Chiang, Chen, and Sue, 2007). In addition, these workers have also been inundated with increased workload and longer working hours (Mhango, Dzobo, Chitungo and Dzinamarira, 2020). This has affected their level of motivation, engagement, commitment, and job satisfaction. Perceived poor working conditions are associated with negative outcomes for employee behaviours, such as turnover intentions (Arnoux-Nicolas, Sovet, Lhotellier, Fabio, and Bernaud, 2016), disengagement, dissatisfaction and lack of commitment. Several researchers have tried to understand the causes and effects of corona virus pandemic on various aspects of life. Although this is the case, little attention has been directed towards examining the key factors influencing employee disengagement amid covid-19 pandemic. To address this gap, the researcher seeks to test the effect of covid-19 pandemic on poor working conditions, the perceived risk of covid-19 pandemic and employee disengagement.

Keywords: Covid-19 Pandemic; Employee Disengagement; Working Conditions; Perceived Risk Of Covid-19 Pandemic.
Purchase Behaviour of Environment-Friendly Automobiles in the Southern part of China
Authors: Mabaire Anesu M. , Guangquan XU , Moyo Ngqabutho
Published: December 2020

This research seeks to examine the purchase behaviour of environment-friendly automobiles in the Southern part of China. The researcher adopted a quantitative approach to analyse primary data using Smart PLS3. Independent variables of this study include environmental attitudes such as; environmental knowledge, environmental values and responsibility feeling. These variables were tested against purchase intention, which is regarded as the dependent variable of this study. Based on the findings, all the proposed hypotheses of this study are positive. Environmental knowledge has a significant effect on the establishment of environmental values. Environmental values have a positive effect on the formation of a responsibility feeling. Responsibility feeling has a significant effect on the purchase intention of environment-friendly automobiles. Individuals who possess adequate knowledge about their environment are likely to develop environmental values, which then transforms into a responsibility feeling towards the environment and then predict the purchase intention of environment-friendly automobiles. It is therefore recommended that the Government of the People's Republic of China should ensure that its citizens are imparted with adequate knowledge about the environment, through formal and informal education, and through socialization agencies and awareness campaigns, as this will help in boosting pro-environmental and sustainable human behaviours.

Keywords: environment-friendly automobiles; purchase intention; environmental knowledge; environmental values; responsibility feeling.
Forecasting the Logistics Demand of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port
Authors: Yue Guoyou
Published: December 2020

In February 2007, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Government integrated Fangcheng, Qinzhou and Beihai three coastal ports to establish Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co., LTD. At this point, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port integration of three, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port ushered in a major development opportunity. Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port is one of the important ports in China's coastal cities open to the outside world. It is the meeting point of the three economic circles of South China, Southwest China and ASEAN, and also the most convenient land and sea passage between China and ASEAN countries. With the vigorous implementation of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the construction of new land and sea passages in western China, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port has become an important gateway and connection point for the implementation of these strategies. Its strategic status keeps rising, and Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port has also developed rapidly. In recent years, how is the port logistics development of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port? What are the changing rules and trends of its cargo throughput and container throughput? What measures can continuously and effectively promote the port logistics development of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port? This paper will carry out research and analysis on these problems in order to better promote the healthy development of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port.

Keywords: Logistics demand forecast, Cargo throughput forecast, Container throughput forecast, Weighted moving average prediction method, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port
Protection and Utilization of Indonesia Genetic Resources: Disentangle of Regime Complex
Authors: Lubis Efridani
Published: December 2020

This paper investigates the effective regulation of genetic resources (GR) in Indonesia. Using comparative study between related legal framework, this study explores which approach will be benefit mostly for the GR itself, since there is overlapping guidelines in term of GR. There are three legal systems, i.e., International Law, Intellectual Property Law, and Environmental Law that related to GR in Indonesia, but none of them directly and precisely regulate the protection and utilizing of the GR. The study results indicate that the most effective way to protect and utilizing GR continuously is to arrange the sui generis system that take into account its biology, genetic, technology, culture, and legal aspects at the same time.

Keywords: Genetic Resources, Sui Generis System, Intellectual Property.
Analysis of Impacts Malaysia's Territorial Limitation (Lockdown) Policy on Indonesia-Malaysia Border Area, Sanggau District
Authors: Patriani Ira
Published: December 2020

Border areas, is one of affected area on COVID_19 this present. Many of people cn not go out as usually, adding almost each country has to implement their territorial limitation (lockdown policy) to minimalize this virus spreading. One of Malaysia State, where very close and get direct border with Indonesia. This research took place at Sanggau District, Entikong, Gun Tembawang Village.The research approach used is qualitative, using data collection methods in the form of interviews, observations, and documentation supported by interviews with the theoretical approach to the negative and positive aspects on policy implementation. Research results, The results stated that the lockdown activities of Malaysia which were affected by the corona virus outbreak needed to be carried out in an effort to minimize the spread of the virus outbreak. Although of course it has a negative impact on the country's economic structure, social issues and other sector. In implementing this lockdown, there is a need for cooperation between the government and the community as well as an agreement with neighboring countries in terms of the mobility of residents closest to each other's territory on exemptions in order to realize social welfare and public health without limiting the origin of the state, religion, community and profession. Especially in border areas where mobility and kinship ties have always been closer than in other regions.

Keywords: Border area, lockdown policy, covid_19
Role of Feedback for Bridging Theory- Practice Gap in Teaching Practicum
Authors: Masood Faiza , Behlol Dr. Malik Ghulam
Published: December 2020

Incorporating theory into practice is not a simple rather dialectical and complex process of observing, scaffolding, reflecting, and coordinating prospective teachers. It has been observed that interaction in the form of academic feedback between CTs and PTs is missing in the teaching practicum. The present study aims to investigate the perceptions and practices of PTs and CTs about Feedback in teaching practicum to bridge the gap between theory and practice in the Pre-service Teacher Education Program. It is an exploratory investigation applying survey method and semi-structured interview to collect data from PTs and CTs to answer the investigation inquiries about the role of Feedback practices in bridging the theory-practice gap. Purposive and Criterion sampling techniques were applied to select the participants of the study. Findings reveal that the CTs are working as mentors without any professional training and recognition in their department and universities for their contributions in teaching practicum. They are lacking to perform their role effectively in providing written and oral Feedback to PTs for their professional development. School Practicum is suggested to be regular, well organized, and structured instead of a command-based component of the Pre-service Teacher Education Program.

Keywords: Feedback, Teaching practicum, Cooperative teacher, Prospective Teacher
Critical Success Factors of High Performance Work System (HPWS) Practices: Findings from Malaysian SMEs
Authors: Husin Noor Hassanah , Mansur Nur Naha Abu , Mansur Nur Naha Abu , Kelana Beni Widarman Yus
Published: December 2020

Innovation plays a major role and is a crucial component of the organization’s growth. Creativity and innovation have become increasingly popular as key contributors to firm success in the last few decades or so. The incoming technology of Industrial Revolution 4.0 forced many companies to be innovative to compete in technological era. However, many SMEs are not ready and less innovative. Furthermore, there is lack of research focus on HPWS implementation amongst SMEs indicates that further research must be conducted along these lines. Therefore, this study aim to investigate the effect of high performance work system (HPWS) towards innovative work behaviour of employees in small and medium enterprises. This study used quantitative approach to identify the critical success factor of high performance work systems (HPWS) in Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SME) manufacturing industry. This study used descriptive analysis to analyze the data. Five-point Likert scales items ranging from (1-strongly disagree, 5 – strongly agree) employed for measuring the HPWS. Therefore, the total of 81 items survey questions were adapted to obtain the respondents for SME manufacturing industry. Reliability analysis shows that all the HPWS dimensions have very good reliability with Cronbach’s alpha value range from 0.884 to 0.976. According to Tang et al (2014), Cronbach’s alpha range between 0.70 and 0.80 considered as good reliability whereby 0.80 and 0.90 considered as very good reliability. Result also showed that selective staffing has the highest mean score followed by employee participation, which are 3.951 and 3.833 respectively. This proved that selective staffing is most important critical success factor in the HPWS implementation for Malaysian SME manufacturing industry.

Keywords: high performance work system, work engagement, innovative work behaviour, small and medium enterprise.
Perceived Leadership Behaviors among Multigenerational Managers
Authors: Hartijasti Yanki , Irawanto Dodi Wirawan , Riani Asri Laksmi
Published: December 2020

Managing four generations with different set of beliefs, values and attitudes is a critical challenge for an organization. Intergenerational conflict may emerge from diverse preferences and misinterpretation of words and actions. For instance, in the digital era tech-savvy millennials wanted to have flexible work schedules (Clendon & Walker, 2012) and less interaction with their managers (Schultz & Schwepker, 2012). Meanwhile, Baby Boomer managers preferred direct communication (Holian, 2015) because they wanted to have face-to-face discussion. Additionally, in many organizations Baby Boomer managers were still implementing command-and-control management (Faller & Gogek, 2019), while Gen Y and Gen Z workforce favored constructive feedbacks (Anderson & Buchko, 2016). For young workforce, specifically Gen Z, if their managers practice the traditional boss-subordinate relationship, they prefer to quit and move to another company. On the one hand generational diversity is an advantage, but on the other hand it can be disastrous if not handled well. Leaders are expected to minimize workplace miscommunication and conflict arising from multigenerational differences between staff and managers to attain organizational performance. To date, many leadership styles have been researched, however Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire XII has been the most widely used to measure how a leader should behave to reduce conflict in the multigenerational work environment, criticize poor work of older-generation followers, and emphasize on high levels of performance (Littrell et al., 2018). The objectives of this study are to investigate the perceived leadership behaviors and the differences in perceived leadership behavior among multigenerational managers.

Keywords: Gen Y, Indonesia, LBDQ-XII, Multigenerational Workforce, Perceived Leadership Behavior
Strategies and Performance Nexus in the Zimbabwean Manufacturing Sector during the Economic Crisis
Authors: Nyoni Josphat , Mago Stephen
Published: December 2020

The performance and the contribution of the Zimbabwean manufacturing sector to the Gross Domestic Product, employment and export revenues has declined significantly since 1996. However, some manufacturing firms are operating at more than 60% capacity utilisation and posting positive profit margins. This shows significant performance variation of firms operating in the same business environment which may be a result of variation the strategies used by firms. Knowledge of the most effective strategies in economic crisis will help several manufacturing firms that are currently struggling to survive in the economic crisis. The main goal was to determine the strategies used by manufacturing firms during the period of economic crisis in Zimbabwe. In addition the study also sought to establish the most effective strategies that improved the performance of manufacturing firms in period of an economic crisis.The study used the descriptive research design, which is also a type of the conclusive research design. A survey questionnaire was administered to 272 firms in the nine sub-sector of the manufacturing sector that are currently operational. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the influence of the strategies on the profitability of firms of different sizes.The results of the study showed that there is a positive relationship between strategies with a greater emphasis on analysis and pro-activeness and performance. In addition results of the study indicated that there is a negative and significant relationship between strategies oriented towards aggressiveness and riskiness and performance.

Keywords: management strategy, business performance, manufacturing, economic crises, Zimbabwe
Health microinsurance in Zimbabwe: a contexual review
Authors: Bote David , Mago Stephen
Published: December 2020

Health microinsurance, a relatively novel financial product, is garnering increasing recognition as an important part of the solution to healthcare financing problems and poverty reduction efforts for low income households (World Health Organisation [WHO], 2000; Murdoch, 2004; Cohen and Sebstad, 2005; Churchill, 2006; Dror, 2006; International Labour Organisation [ILO], 2008; Ruuskanen, 2009). The adverse implications of health shocks and the consequent huge expenditures disproportionately impoverish millions of low-income households across the globe, especially those living in developing countries. Put bluntly, health risks are an enduring poverty reduction and development challenge at large. In fact, World Bank (2010) reports that more than 100 million people are driven into poverty every year by health-related costs across the globe (as cited in Mosley, 2009). Regardless of microinsurance's acclaimed benefits in securing the lives of low-income people, its potential to secure poor households is yet to be ascertained in Zimbabwe, where the poor are extremely vulnerable to fall and be entrapped in poverty, a monumental development challenge to this country.

Keywords: Health insurance, health financing, health costs, Zimbabwe.
Enhancing the Competitive Advantage of the Geminated Parboiled Rice (Khao Hang) Community Enterprise Group, Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand
Authors: Intarawong Watcharapong , Ayudhya Pattama Suriyakul Na , Limsurapong Chattawat , Sripongpun Kullanun
Published: December 2020

At present, the production of Khao Hang is produced in large quantities, and it is in demand from both domestic and international markets. It is also one of the famous products of Sakon Nakhon Province. Therefore, a group of Khao Hang community enterprise was established in Sakon Nakhon Province, by receiving support from the government agencies to promote the community's income and preserve local wisdom. Currently, there are 36 groups of Khao Hang Community enterprise, and a total of 920 farmers are members of the group (Sakon Nakhon Province Office, 2020). In the aspect of business operations of the Khao Hang community enterprise had various problems such as; insufficient production, insufficient inventory management due to produce process depends on the purchase order only. There is no advance production, because it is believed that it causes Khao Hang to lose taste. In addition, some rice paddy is stored for production but not enough for market demand, non-standard production processes include cleanliness in the production process. Financial and accounting, there is no clear account separation between groups and there is no clear revenue and cost analysis. Marketing aspect; the packaging is not unique, the color and package design is not beautiful. As for the website, there is still no website for publicizing the product. Regarding human resource management, it was found that community enterprise groups have a shortage of labor. Because Khao Hang has not yet reached the new generation. The problems presented that affect the competitiveness and firm performance of the geminated parboiled rice (Khao Hang) community enterprise group in Sakon Nakhon province. From the above reasons, it is the source of this research in order to find ways to enhance the competitive advantage and firm performance for the geminated parboiled rice (Khao Hang) community enterprise of Sakon Nakhon province.

Keywords: Geminated Parboiled Rice, Competitive advantage, Firm performance
Design Intervention Assessment of Urban Public Park for Physical Activity Promotion in Bangkok, Thailand
Authors: Arifwidodo Sigit , Chandrasiri Orana
Published: December 2020

Public Park is considered one of the essential settings for physical activity, especially in urban areas. Parks support physical activity through their accessibility, their provision to facilitate active pursuits; their capacity to provide opportunities to a wide range of users; and their semi-permanent nature. The paper explores the design intervention assessment of Benchakitti Park, which serves as the pilot project for active park and showcase during the past ISPAH 2016 conference. The objective of the paper is to understand the health and well-being benefits of an urban park in increasing PA levels of urban population and promoting a healthy and active lifestyle.

Keywords: Public park; physical activity; urban landscape design; public health; SOPARC