This study explores the effect of social isolation (SI) on the psychological wellbeing (PWB) of employees due to the imposed distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Drawing on individual psychological resources to improve wellbeing, researchers examine emotional intelligence (EI) as a possible mediator that reduces the effect of social isolation. In this quantitative study, questionnaires were administered to measure SI, EI, and PWB among academic and non-academic staff in Iraqi public universities during the height of the Covid-19 outbreak. The results suggest that EI and SI were strong predictors of PWB. While SI was negatively and significantly related to EI, the presence of emotional intelligence as a mediator reduced the negative effect of isolation on wellbeing. Gender was not found to moderate the mediating effect of EI on the SI-PWB association. These findings support the validity of incorporating EI interventions during pandemic outbreaks that produce distinct effects on the isolation and thus potentially result in improving the wellbeing of employees. Although employees high on EI are viewed less socially isolated and high on wellbeing within literature there is a relative dearth of supporting research that has not examined these inter-relationships during a genuinely imposed lockdown such as the one during the Covid-19 pandemic which provided standardization as to the social isolation context understudied. Another theoretical gap included the psychometric revision of the social isolation scale.

This research came to examine the influence of green supply chain practices on export performance. The research population consists of the decision-makers in pharmaceutical companies in Jordan. The Jordanian pharmaceutical industry is considered one of the oldest industrial sectors in the Arab region. Accordingly, the research took a purposive sampling method to collect primary data. The questionnaire was designed electronically via Google Forms and distributed to the study sample via e-mail. Data were analyzed using covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) by version 24 of AMOS software. The study results showed that green supply chain dimensions have influenced export performance of the pharmaceutical industry in Jordan. Based on the study results, the researchers recommend managers and decision makers of the pharmaceutical organizations to create a policy outlining the organization's commitment to sustainability and outlining its aims and objectives for decreasing its environmental effect.

This study analyzes the effect of organizational empowerment on innovative work behavior (IWB) mediated by knowledge management and teaching creativities. A questionnaire collected the research data. The sample of this research includes 386 teachers selected by accidental sampling. Data analysis uses path analysis supported by descriptive statistics and correlational. The results show that organizational empowerment had a positive and significant effect on IWB, directly and indirectly, mediating by knowledge management and teaching creativity. Thus, the teacher’s IWB can be improved through organizational empowerment, knowledge management, and teaching creativity. A fit research model about the effect of organizational empowerment on IWB mediating by knowledge management and teaching creativity was found. This model can adopt as a reference by researchers and practitioners in developing IWB models in the future and multiple organizations context.

Business executives and scholars are increasingly interested in learning how corporate environmental responsibility (CER) and firm success are related. However, prior research in this field requires consistent and contradictory findings. This study fills this gap by suggesting and verifying a moderated mediation theory that better explains the association between CER and company performance by considering organizational slack and strategy similarity. From 2015 to 2017, 260 listed Chinese companies provided the data for this study, yielding 780 firm-year observations. According to the multivariate analysis findings, the association between CER and company effectiveness is mediated by strategic similarity. The relation between CER and strategic identity and the direct effect of CER on organizational value via strategic similarity are both moderated by organizational slack. These findings imply that CER efforts and pursuing strategic similarities are crucial for coping with stakeholder pressure and being competitive in the market. They offer useful insights for corporate managers looking to make educated decisions regarding CER.

Saudi Arabia is attempting to structurally transform itself to move away from its dependence on oil. Towards this, its education sector plays an important role. It provides the economy with the needed graduates. It is highly desirable that the education sector of the country attains and maintains quality standards. This study identifies the three dimensions of teaching staff, administrative staff and systems towards the Total Quality Management in a University setting. The study finds a significant difference between the sample respondents over the satisfaction with the faculty, staff, and systems. Further, the study uses the method of logistic regression to analyze the responses of University students’ perspectives of quality. The results indicate that the odds of being satisfied with the University are the highest if the students are satisfied with the systems. It followed by faculty and then the non-teaching staff. Improving the quality of faculty, staff, and systems in education services is needed to achieve the structural transformation desired by the country.

Manufacturing companies are trying hard to anticipate a disrupted supply chain. Internal changes are encouraged to adapt to external conditions. Partnerships with external parties through supply chain collaboration are needed to improve supply chain performance and increase competitiveness. This research examines the effect of supply chain collaboration on supply chain performance by adopting new product development, product knowledge, and production technology. The study surveyed 148 manufacturing companies at managerial level using questionnaires. Data processing using SmartPLS software version 4.0. The results show that supply chain collaboration positively influences production technology, product knowledge, new product development, and supply chain performance. Production technology positively impacts product knowledge, new product development, and supply chain performance. The results also show that supply chain performance is influenced by product knowledge and new product development. In addition, production technology, new product development, and product knowledge mediate the indirect influence of supply chain collaboration on supply chain performance. This study contributes to enriching supply chain management theory. The practical contribution is to enlighten the company's managerial to run supply chain collaboration in generating performance and competitiveness.

This paper aimed to examine the determinants affecting students’ Grade Point Average (GPA) at the colleges of science in Prince Sattam Bin Abdul-Aziz University (PSAU). The study applied two approaches of Ordinary Least Square Method (OLS) and Quantile Regression (QR) to investigate the relationship between GPA and different factors; including secondary school rate, achievement test, gender, and department. The data were collected from the Deanship of Admissions and Registration for the academic year (2018) at PSAU. The sample size included (175) students selected from four departments. The data were analyzed using SAS and SPSS programs. The important results are: secondary school rate, achievement test, and gender were revealed to be variables that significantly impact GPA at all quantile levels. At 0.95 quantile the variable department has a significant effect on GPA. The OLS method revealed the significant effect of all four variables secondary school rate, achievement test, department, and gender on GPA. The study recommended that policy makers in higher education should think to add a new criterion for admission according to the privacy of every college or university.

Firms’ competitiveness plays an important role to achieve better performance and entrepreneurship; however, competitiveness needs to be supported by internal resources. The purpose of this paper is to examine the support of value creation, distinctive competencies, and market orientation on competitiveness creation by an entrepreneur. The study is based on the competitiveness phenomenon of SMEs in Jakarta, associated with the performance. So, this experimental research is conducted by a survey among 120 entrepreneur SMEs in Jakarta. The data are collected by questionnaire and data analysis is performed through some statistical tools. For research model, the study examined the result through the research hypothesis test. The result found that value creation correlates with competitiveness creation, market orientation and distinctive competencies which yields competitiveness.

Organizations in all sectors seek to achieve their goals and achieve competitive advantage in order to reach profits, which is the main goal of organizations. They work to determine their needs of human resources, and try to attract the largest possible number of job seekers, in order to choose the best elements among them and then plan the workforce, through which the full and good description of all the jobs to be filled and the specifications of those who occupy them are determined, and once this process is completed, the next step begins, which is to search for the most suitable people for these jobs and try to attract and attract the most qualified to work in the organization and entice them to stay in it. The aim of this paper is to identify the effect of the human resources employment strategy in achieving competitive advantage in Zain Jordan Telecom company. The descriptive and analytical approach was relied on. The study community consisted of all (1200) employees of Zain Jordan Telecom company, and a random sample of (180) employees was taken. The study concluded that there was a positive impact of the strategy of employing human resources in achieving competitive advantage, and the presence of a positive impact of the strategy of human resources in achieving the dimensions of competitive advantage (quality, cost, and innovation). The paper contributes to the development of literature related to the relationship between the strategy of employing human resources and achieving competitive advantage by providing field indicators on the nature of the between these two variables in the work environment.

This paper aims to investigate the impact of strategic intelligence on strategic flexibility, in addition, to identify the effective decision-making on Logistics Performance. Nevertheless, partial least squares (Smart -PLS- 4.0.8.7) are used to examine the hypotheses, the results indicate that strategic intelligence (organized thinking, strategic vision, foresight, partnership, and motivation) significantly affect Strategic flexibility. In addition, effective decision-making mediates the effect of strategic intelligence and strategic flexibility towards the performance of logistics companies. Moreover, the influence of effective decision-making on logistics performance is therefore clear and significant towards logistics performance. However, the study supports managers in enhancing sustainability practices in logistics organizations while also offering policy guidance to decision-makers.