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PurposeThis study seeks to examine the influence of market orientation on Chinese buyer‐supplier relations. A model is proposed depicting relationships among retailer market orientation, supplier market intelligence, supplier role performance, and retailer economic and social satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 99 chain store buyers and managers from 25 cities in China. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data.FindingsA retailer's market orientation is critical for its own economic and social satisfaction by increasing supplier market intelligence (MI) and supplier role performance.Practical implicationsRetailers' MO increased supplier MI and role performance. This study found that economic performance was more important in channel relationships than social relationships. Therefore, suppliers should focus on improving retailers' economic satisfaction through role performance and market intelligence rather than social satisfaction.Originality/valuePrevious MO literature has focused primarily on the firm's performance and ignored the interactive aspect of business performance among channel members. The current study fills this gap by demonstrating the significant influences of retailer MO on supplier MI and on supplier role performance, as well as on retailer satisfaction – both the economic and social components. To the authors' knowledge, the current study is the first to relate retailer MO, supplier MI, and supplier role performance to two types of retailer satisfaction – i.e. economic and social satisfaction.

This article shares reflections regarding the construction of a professional ethical political project that has started to develop within the Puerto Rico's Association of Social Workers. Contributions from key social work figures in Latin America, with a historic-critical perspective, proposing key elements in the development of a profes sional project are discussed. In particular, the relationship between the profession and social policy, in the context of the colonial-modern capitalist system and the neoliberal agenda, is discussed. Favoring a democratic, pluralist and revolutionary project, some preliminary reflections regarding the relation between theoretical-methodological, technical-operative and ethical political aspects are discussed. ; En el presente artículo se comparten reflexiones acerca de la construcción de un proyecto ético-político profesional que se ha comenzado a gestar desde el Colegio de Trabajadores Sociales de Puerto Rico (CTSPR). Se sintetizan contribuciones importantes de académicos del Trabajo Social en América Latina quienes, a partir de una perspectiva histórico-crítica, proponen elementos claves para el desarrollo de dicho proyecto profesional. En particular se discute la vinculación entre profesión y política social en el marco del capitalismo colonial-moderno y la agenda neoliberal. Argumentando a favor de un proyecto democrático, pluralista y revolucionario se elaboran algunas reflexiones preliminares acerca de la relación teórico-metodológica, técnico-operativa y ético-política para el colectivo profesional.

Abstract  The Japanese term, shakaijin, refers to becoming a social adult, and locates the transition to adulthood in leaving school/university and entering an employment relation. In this paper we explore the role of company socialization in producing social adults. Company socialization is explored through a case study of a securities company, and an additional study of a large bank. New employee training programs are a central socializing event, and bridge the transition from school/university‐to‐work. In this study, events prior to and subsequent to new employee training arc also shown to play key roles in company socialization. Recruitment practices socialize as well as screen job applicants. Regular personal assessments continue socialization throughout the working life cycle. Based on the analyses of socialization in recruitment, training and assessment, two aspects of company socialization in Japan are emphasized. First, company socialization involves gender socialization. Male employees are the main subjects of company socialization, and their induction to social adulthood seeks to generate commitment and social integration to company life. Social adulthood of female employees is defined in connection with future familial roles rather than commitment to work. Second, the meaning of social adulthood for men is fused with acceptance of management goals. Company socialization attempts to align individual attitudes and behaviors with company goals.

A review of the history of the sociological literature on "informal organization" (see abstract of Part I in this section). It is demonstrated that the concept is not consistent with structural & rationalistic approaches to social action, & a reformulation is proposed according to the heuristics of discourse analysis. It is claimed that there is an as yet insufficiently acknowledged theoretical convergence toward the notion of an essential indeterminacy of social organization & social process. This situation requires that key terms associated with studies of organizations, interactions, institutions, exchanges, & social change be fundamentally reconceptualized, & that methodological disputes be reconsidered. In particular, the concepts of "history" & "society" need to be theoretically rather than synthetically reconciled, which is exemplified by a critique of the historiography of the communist movement in the US. A revision of the typological distinction between "formal" & "informal" organization to constitute irreducible terms of analysis is proposed. It is concluded that it is the nature of social action, from the point of view of its informal aspect, that can leave no valid, self-indicating traces. It follows that descriptions of instances of social action are inherently reviewable, revisable, & subject to constant retheorization mediated by the mix of nontechnical, extradisciplinary discourses that account for the socialization of theory as knowledge. 43 References. Modified AA

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is generally defined as a condition that affects movement and coordination. In children aged 5-10 years, DCD can significantly impact various aspects of their lives, including academic performance and learning. DCD may be accompanied and connected with difficulties in cognitive skills, resulting in learning challenges, particularly evident in school subjects such as arithmetic, language, or overall literacy, in this way affecting and reducing academic performance and learning outcomes. The instrument used to collect the data of the study was a questionnaire addressed to parents in order to: identify the rate of children with suspect DCD within the age group of 5-10 and see where our country stands in comparison to other studies carried out in other countries; identify the learning difficulties of typically developing children and children with an indication of/ suspect DCD; see any significant differences between typical children and DCD suspect children as related to school settings and learning difficulties. After the statistical processing of the collected and filtered data it is identified that the total percentage of suspect DCD children is 9.3%, ranging from 2.3% - 21.1% at 12 different cities in Albania, and it is slightly higher in boys, 10% in boys vs. 8.6% in girls. Moreover, the results show that 'suspect DCD' children encounter most of the learning difficulties. Whereas, regarding the total number of our subjects we identified that children of this age group tend to take slightly more time to complete school tasks; they do not seem to like changes in daily routine/ environment; they also have difficulty understanding reading passages and tend to respond by repeating questions.

Received: 14 February 2024 / Accepted: 24 April 2024 / Published: 5 May 2024

In the dynamic landscape of education, the exploration of life values has emerged as a cornerstone of personal and societal development. This study delves into the shared perceptions of life values between university lecturers and pedagogical students in Vietnam. It seeks to understand the depth of their agreement and the potential ramifications for pedagogical practices. Additionally, this research investigates the multifaceted manifestations of life values among pedagogical students, as perceived by both students and lecturers. A questionnaire was meticulously designed, featuring two vital components: (1) the conceptual awareness of "life value", and (2) manifestations of life values of pedagogical students. A diverse array of participants, consisting of 816 pedagogical students and 98 lecturers from prominent institutions, was involved in the survey. The collected data underwent rigorous mathematical and statistical analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were employed, unveiling compelling insights. The perceptions of life values among participants underscored their significance. Both students (86.0%) and lecturers (78.6%) held the perspective that life values encompassed meaningful and beneficial elements. Furthermore, their convergence on the importance of life values in guiding various life aspects is evident. Regarding the manifestations of life values among pedagogical students, nuanced perspectives emerged. Students displayed attributes such as self-care, positive attitudes, willingness to help, and emotional control. While this study offers valuable insights, limitations such as sample specificity and self-reported data bias should be acknowledged. Nevertheless, it lays the foundation for understanding the role of life values in education and informs potential interventions to enrich the educational journey for students and educators alike.

Received: 27 October 2023 / Accepted: 23 February 2024 / Published: 5 March 2024

At the conflict of interests designates, in the general sense, that situation in which, when making a decision or participating in the deliberation process for making a decision, a person has a personal patrimonial interest that may have influence regarding the objective fulfillment of the duties assigned to him according to the legislation in force.
Both in European and domestic legislation, when the conflict of interests is regulated, a distinction is made between persons exercising public dignities and offices and persons exercising their duties within companies with legal personality in the private sector. Of course, in the case of persons who exercise certain dignities or public offices, the principle of the supremacy of the public interest must be respected, which is why, in the case of these persons, the legal regime of the conflict of interests is much more restrictive, unlike the case of persons who carry out their activity in the private sector, in which case they receive the interest of the legal entity within which they exercise their duties. In other words, a distinction must be made between conflict of interests in the public domain and conflict of interests in the private domain.
Considering the particularities and special importance of the legal regime regarding the conflict of interests in the private field, this paper proposes a detailed analysis of the way in which criminal protection is provided to the legal regime regarding the conflict of interests in the case of companies with legal personality. A clarification is made of the notions of incompatibility, indignity and conflict of interests, by highlighting the common characteristics and aspects that differentiate these notions, highlighting the particularities of the way of criminalizing the conflict of interests in the domestic legislation.

Sexual cognitions that flow from gender roles and previous history of victimization are strong predictors of sexual assault victimization. Because these cognitions reside within the individual themselves, we hypothesized that these same cognitions will also be predictors of subsequent reporting behavior to formal campus supports. An online self-report survey for assessing student awareness and perception of sexual safety was administered in a random stratified sample of college students (<em>N </em>= 98; 78% female). Participants were shown a hypothetical vignette involving a quid pro quo sexual harassment incident involving a student and were asked to rate their likelihood of making a formal report if this happened to them. Controlling for Type 1 error rates, a backward-chunk-wise elimination procedure was used to build a regression model involving nine predictors grouped into five categories: (1) conformity to traditional gender roles; (2) rape myth acceptance beliefs; (3) token resistance; (4) sexual assertiveness; and (5) prior history of victimization. Three of the five categories remained in the model after a sequential process of eliminating non-significant predictors. Specifically, lower agreement with token resistance beliefs, stronger sexual assertiveness, and not being a victim in the past increased the likelihood of respondents stating they would initiate a formal report. When predicting reporting behavior among the general college student sample, sexual cognitions related to token resistance beliefs and sexual assertiveness appear to be more robust predictors compared to conformity to traditional gender roles alone. Programming activities could consider targeting these attitudes as opposed to broad aspects of traditional gender roles. Future studies should test this model in a confirmatory manner to determine its reliability in subsequent samples, in addition to the potential role of toxic masculinity attitudes.

Value added tax (VAT) is indirect sources of revenue collection of nation. It has been the most essential choice like our developing countries, Nepal. Which leads to revenue enhancement and sustainable economic development. As VAT was an emerging concept in Nepal, a comprehensive taxpayer education program was launched to impart knowledge regarding the various aspects of VAT to parliamentarians, industrialists, businessmen, consumers as well related society. The study used descriptive and survey research design. Data were collected through questionnaires. Statistical tools were used to make a proper analysis. It is found that 20% businessmen and 33.33% consumers are not aware that the Government of Nepal is levying VAT on all kind of products, 36% consumers are not aware of the fact that you pay VAT whenever you purchase any product, 88 % of the total respondents knowledge on earning from VAT is a major source of revenue for Government, only 44 % response of respondents are in favor of billing system, 33.33% consumer are not aware about existing rate of VAT in Nepal, 44% consumers specify the other problem in the present VAT implementation except VAT collection ,VAT refund and registration. Most of them ask for tax invoice to get the authenticity of sellers. VAT must be successful and this largely depends upon the public awareness, honesty, faith and morality of tax officials and the business community. There is a need for willpower and action. It is also found that public awareness program and tax education play prime role to increase the VAT revenue in Nepal. The finding of this study is majority of Tax expert and businessmen are aware about VAT system but the training and awareness program is essential.

As for a recent learning platform as synchronous online learning through Microsoft Teams (MS Teams) in Academic English course based on particular three learning domains, very few previous studies were conducted and explored in Thailand and Asia. Due to the unending epidemic of COVID-19, the pedagogy in EFL context at every level of educational institutes has to be shifted to an online approach that has never been implemented in Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Tak (RMUTL Tak), Thailand. The current study has mainly addressed the research gap by determining underlying cognitive, affective, and behavioral aspects in synchronous online learning. Therefore, this paper aimed to investigate perceptions and difficulties of synchronous learning in Academic English course through MS Teams. Academic English skills are not only acquired during the early years of Thai educational system but also at tertiary level. RMUTL Tak has currently provided an Academic English course as a mandatory subject that every undergraduate student has to pass this course before graduation. Promoting synchronous learning to Academic English course allows students have greater learning motivation. In the study, two hundred and fifty four undergraduate students studied in three faculties comprising Business Administration and Liberal Arts, Engineering, and Sciences and Agricultural Technology at RMUTL Tak. They were all enrolling in an Academic English course in the first semester, academic year 2020. Additionally, an online questionnaire including twenty one items and one open-ended question was employed in the study. All obtained data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings revealed that most of the participants have positively perceived synchronous learning as their fruitful online platform. Nonetheless, it was found that poor internet signal was considered as a dominant factor preventing them from learning online.

Received: 8 March 2021 / Accepted: 2 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021

La carrière d'un cadre de gauche après 1968.
Cet article étudie sur un cas limite le problème de la professionnalisation secondaire de jeunes qui se reconvertissent au métier de cadre moyen dans l'industrie après avoir reconnu l'impossibilité pour eux d'exercer des métiers libéraux ou universitaires plus conformes à leur vocation «d'intellectuel». L'analyse est centrée sur le cas d'un petit groupe de psychologues militants d'extrême-gauche en 1968 et devenus animateurs de formation dans une grande entreprise privée. La description de leur carrière et le commentaire détaillé d'une conversation à l'usine permettent de saisir, à la fois, les modalités subjectives de l'adaptation au métier, les techniques utilisées par la direction des relations humaines pour intégrer les nouveaux entrants et la contribution -sans doute involontaire- des jeunes «contestataires» au travail d'adaptation de l'encadrement au contexte politique de l'après mai 1968. Pour établir une continuité entre leur passé d'intellectuel et de militant et leur pratique professionnelle, les animateurs intègrent un vocabulaire et des thèmes politiques à leur idéologie professionnelle. L'embarras des autres membres de l'entreprise qui les classent tantôt comme «agents de la direction», tantôt comme «gauchistes» montre qu'ils contribuent objectivement à ambiguiser la situation. Or précisément, en cette période, la stratégie de la direction est orientée vers la dénégation des aspects «autoritaires» et «conservateurs» de l'encadrement et vers l'assimilation et la réinterprétation progressive des «idées de mai 1968». En affrontant avec passion les catégories les plus traditionnelles de l'encadrement subalterne, les animateurs sont sans doute les artisans les plus zélés de la politique de la direction générale. Pourtant, ils raisonnent en terme de «lutte des classes» et se disent «à l'avant-garde des forces populaires».

Los Países Bajos tienen una larga tradición en la búsqueda del consenso sobre objetivos y mecanismos para el despliegue de políticas sociales y económicas, a través de consultas y acuerdos entre las distintas partes. Esta modalidad de "gobierno por acuerdos" denota la naturaleza multiforme y descentralizada del ámbito político y social del poder en los Países Bajos. Los acuerdos del gobierno central con los interlocutores sociales, con otros niveles de gobiernos y hasta con los partidos políticos de la oposición, sobre elementos de la política gubernamental, representan un aspecto consolidado de una sociedad pluralista y de un Estado unitario descentralizado, que ha contribuido a configurar la gobernanza en los Países Bajos durante siglos. Partiendo de estas consideraciones, el propósito del presente trabajo es analizar los acuerdos energético y climático neerlandeses, acuerdos políticos nacionales entre múltiples partes interesadas, institucionales y no institucionales, con el propósito de favorecer la transición energética y la acción climática. Se valorarán, concretamente, en su perspectiva de instrumentos de gobernanza colaborativa y multinivel en el ámbito de las políticas climáticas. ; The Netherlands has a long tradition of seeking consensus on objectives and mechanisms for the deployment of social and economic policy, through consultation and agreement between different stakeholders. This form of 'government by agreement' shows the multiform and decentralised nature of the socio-political and power spheres in the Netherlands. Central government agreements with the social partners, with other levels of government and even with opposition political parties, on elements of government policy have helped to shape governance in the Netherlands for centuries. Agreement-based governance ultimately represents an established aspect of the pluralistic society and the unitary but decentralised Dutch state. Against this backdrop, the purpose of this paper is to study Dutch energy and climate agreements in order to support energy transition and climate action. They will be considered in their perspective as instruments of collaborative and multilevel governance, as a framework for climate policies.

This book consists of 26 articles and introduces the reader to different fields, methods and aspects of life course and generation research. It is published on the occasion of Martin Kohl's 60th birthday and focuses on his research program. Most of the authors of the articles are
personally involved and committed to his research program. Despite some critical remarks mentioned in this review, altogether this book is enriching to the field. It is also appealing for nonexperts because even the basic concepts of life course research are discussed.

Kujala's (2017) target article is ostensibly focused on how everyday folk (fail to) make sense of canine emotions. However, the theories outlined in the article apply to making sense of all aspects of the mentality of both human and non-human animals. The target article neglects the fundamental arguments surrounding the problem of other minds. I explore the relevant arguments and briefly review approaches suggesting that our everyday-life sense that both human and non-human animals are thinking, feeling, emotional beings has a secure epistemological basis.

The article examined sin as a deception and the game in the context of the dialectic of sin and hope. Selected philosophical and psychological aspects of the review only correlated to the religious. Based on the modes of "being" and "having" by E. Fromm and "flow" by M. Chiksentmihayi conducted polemics with the postmodern view that for the destruction of the will to power is required the destruction of the subject and its consciousness. Opposes the flow and consumerism, happiness and pleasure, personal development and selfish.