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CO2 emission in transportation sector across 51 countries along the Belt and Road from 2000 to 2014, published in
Journal of Cleaner Production
The transportation sector is a key economic sector and an important source of CO2 emissions. Due to these environmental implications and a desire to reduce emission levels, the number of empirical analyses on the transportation sector have increased significantly in recent times. Given this pretext, our study examines the heterogeneity and spatial autocorrelation CO2 emissions of the transportation sector for 51 Belt and Road economies from 2000 to 2014. As part of analysis, we examine the heterogeneity of CO2 emissions in the transportation sector through the use of the Theil index and semi-variogram analysis. Furthermore, our study also analysed the global and local spatial autocorrelation of transport sector CO2 emissions using the Moran index for participating countries. From the analysis, this study found that the transportation CO2 emission intensity of Central and Western Asia and North Africa is significantly higher than that of other regions along the Belt and Road, and there is a strong spatial correlation in Southeast Asian countries. Our research provides a key reference point for governments by proposing carbon-reduction policies and the promotion of greener developmental initiatives within the transportation sector.
This impactful international trade paper received a Scopus citation of 52 and Google Scholar citation of 58 in just two years, making it the top 5% citation percentile worldwide by field-weighted citation index.
Stay connected with our research in: Marketing & International Business
Why wouldn't green appeal drive purchase intention? Moderation effects of consumption values in the UK and China, published in the
Journal of Business Research
Although a positive relationship is expected between consumers' awareness of green benefits in a green product and their purchase intention, several studies have demonstrated otherwise. Against this back-drop, this article investigates how three personal consumption values—namely, environmental, status, and value-for-money consciousness—moderate the relationship between consumers' awareness of a product's green benefits and their purchase intention. From a survey of 956 consumers across the United Kingdom and China, we found a positive and significant relationship between consumers' awareness of green benefits and their purchase intention. However, these consumption values significantly moderate this relationship. In the United Kingdom, environmental consciousness strengthens the relationship. On the other hand, status consciousness and value-for-money consciousness strengthen the relationship in China. The findings make original contributions to the literature by highlighting how to integrate individual consumption values in differing national cultures to refine green marketing theories.
This insightful marketing paper achieved a Scopus citation of 42 and Google Scholar citation of 59 in merely two years, making the contribution the top 5% citation percentile by field-weighted citation index.
Stay connected with our research in: Management & Human Resources
Walking the Talk on Diversity: CEO Beliefs, Moral Values, and the Implementation of Workplace Diversity Practices, published in
Journal of Business Ethics
Although CEO commitment is recognised as being crucial to organisational diversity efforts, we know little about how CEOs signal their priorities and mobilize key organisational actors to implement diversity management. We tested an integrative model in which CEO beliefs about diversity were theorised to predict the implementation of organisational diversity practices through two consecutive mediating steps—via greater CEO engagement in pro-diversity behaviour, and in turn, higher perceived CEO commitment by their HR manager. In this model, we also proposed a moderating effect such that when CEOs have less positive beliefs about diversity, CEOs espousing higher moral values will display greater pro-diversity behaviour. Results supported the proposed model. Taken together, our findings indicate that a CEO’s words and actions alone are not sufficient for the implementation of diversity management practices. HR managers must view their CEOs as being committed to workplace diversity in order for diversity management practices to be implemented.
This impactful article achieved a Scopus citation of 37 and Google Scholar citation of 106 in just two years and is therefore ranked in the top 1% citation percentile worldwide in both Citescore percentile and by SJR.
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Effect of work engagement on meaningful work and psychological capital: perspectives from social workers in New Zealand, published in
Employee Relations
Purpose: This paper investigates the effect and the predictive capacity of work engagement on personal and job resources, in the form of psychological capital (PsyCap) and meaningful work in the non-profit organisations (NPOs) settings.
Design/methodology/approach: Data was collected from 303 social workers working in New Zealand's NPOs. The hypotheses were tested using the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).
Originality/value: This study advances our understanding of the relationship of outcomes to resources as postulated in the JD-R theory. This is one of the first few studies to examine the effect of work engagement on PsyCap and at meaningful work, as well as the mediating effect of PsyCap on the relationship between work engagement and meaningful work. At the same time, it provides conceptual clarity on the role of specific job resource and personal resource, demonstrating that resources do not operate in isolation but can build more resources. This study also contributes to the field of human resource management using a predictive PLS-SEM technique.
Findings: Results of this study reveal that work engagement is positively related to both PsyCap and meaningful work. It shows that work engagement is instrumental in enhancing one's PsyCap at the same time improving one's perception of work. The model demonstrates good predictive power.
This work engagement paper received a Scopus citation of 15 and Google Scholar citation of 22 as of 5 April 2023, making it top 5% citation percentile by field-weighted citation index.
Stay connected with our research in: Tourism & Hospitality
Motivating or manipulating: the influence of health-protective behaviour and media engagement on post-COVID-19 travel, published in
Current Issues in Tourism
COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease) is a contagious global pandemic that impacted tourism in 2020. Tourist behaviour and destination image are significantly influenced by the tourist’s perception of safety and risk. This research letter focuses on post-pandemic travel behaviour through an understanding of how mediating factors can change the relationship of destination perception and travel intentions post-crisis. Drawing from the Protection Motivation Theory model, it proposes an adapted model and provides new insights with the addition of mediating roles of tourist health-protective behaviour and media engagement in influencing tourists’ post-COVID-19 travel.
This impactful article received a Scopus citation of 77 and Google Scholar citation of 133 in merely two years, making it top 5% citation percentile by field-weighted citation index.
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COVID-19 in Singapore and New Zealand: Newspaper portrayal, crisis management, published in
Tourism Management Perspectives
News has the capacity to influence the reputation of travel destinations. Research has primarily focused on social media impact relative to destination reputation. Newspaper reporting is a major source of information which remains a study area underexplored when assessing news media framing. This study fills the gap by analysing how newspapers from tourist generating countries such as China, USA, and Australia portrayed reputable destinations like New Zealand's and Singapore's efforts to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The ProQuest library database was used to collect 192 newspaper articles. The software Qualtrics Text iQ and Leximancer were used to track sentiments and identify themes and concepts correlating with literature on tourism crisis management. Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic yielded a negatively lower sentiment value for New Zealand, than Singapore's higher sentiment value. The contribution lies in the relationship concept emphasizing shifts in destination reputation corollary to crisis management, and to account for reputation fluctuations in media framework theory.
This article achieved a Scopus citation of 20 and Google Scholar citation of 33 in just two years, making it in the top 10% citation percentile by field-weighted citation index, Citescore percentile and SJR.
Stay connected with our research in: Accounting & Finance
“Green washing” or “authentic effort”? An empirical investigation of the quality of sustainability reporting by banks, published in
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
This study explores the quality of sustainability reporting (QSR) and the impact of regulatory guidelines, social performance and a standardised reporting framework (using the Global Reporting Initiative [GRI] guidelines) on QSR in the context of banks in Bangladesh. Using a sample of 315 banking firm-year observations over 13 years (2002–2014), a content analysis technique is used to develop the 11-item QSR index. Regression analysis is used to test the research hypotheses. Initially, QSR evolved symbolically in Bangladesh's banks but, over our investigation period, with QSR indicators gradually improving, the trends became substantive. The influences on QSR were sustainable banking practice regulatory guidelines, social performance and use of the GRI guidelines. However, until banks improve reporting information, such as external verification and trends over time, QSR cannot be regarded as fully substantive. This study is the first on QSR in the banking industry context, with previous research mostly investigating the quantity of sustainability reporting. The current study also synthesises QSR with sustainability regulation and social performance factors which are rarely used in the sustainability literature. To gain a holistic understanding of QSR, existing QSR measures are advanced by combining external reporting efforts with banks' internalization initiatives.
The accounting paper achieved a Scopus Citation of 32 and Google Scholar citation of 72 in just two years, making this contribution top 1% citation percentile worldwide by field-weighted citation index.
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Corporate Social Responsibility as Obligated Internalisation of Social Costs, published in
Journal of Business Ethics
We propose that corporations should be subject to a legal obligation to identify and internalise their social costs or negative externalities. Our proposal reframes corporate social responsibility (CSR) as obligated internalisation of social costs, and relies on reflexive governance through mandated hybrid fora. We argue that our approach advances theory, practice and policy, by building on and going beyond prior attempts to address social costs, such as prescriptive government regulation, Coasian bargaining and political CSR.
This article received a Scopus Citation of 15 and Google Scholar citation of 33 as of 5 April 2023, achieving the top 1% citation percentile worldwide in both Citescore percentile and by SJR in SCIVal.
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