Over time, the concept of sustainable development may transform into a business practice that mandates organizations to contemplate interconnectedness between economic, social, and environmental factors. For grow in competitive market, they should adopt cohesive policies founded on reliable sustainability strategies combine this with efficient knowledge sharing. This approach supports an organi...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning in physical and health education encountered multiple barriers resistance. Barriers faced include inadequate facilities infrastructure, mastery of technology by teachers, limited internet networks. So, to measure achievement PESH objectives, an evaluation process is needed. The Physical Education, Sport, Health (PESH) quantitative survey research ai...

Abstract Background Health organization research is experiencing a strong refocus on employees’ individual innovative behavior (IIB), revealing that many of the influential factors at work remain uncertain. Hence, this study empirically examines fostering hospital IIB by focusing direct and indirect relationships organizational culture (here labeled internal market-oriented , IMOC), psychologic...

The purpose of this paper is to try to analyze the Shadow Economy (SE) and its determinants by means of the Structural Equation Model (SEM)-Partial Least Squares (PLS). The overall topic of the SEM-PLS approach is controversially debated in the literature. In the past decades, the focus on the SE has increased and the range in the estimated size of this phenomenon is very divergent. By examinin...

This study explores the mechanism which triggers consumer's immediate gratification behavior. It is proposed that consumer's expectation of meaningful life transformation by acquisition of a product causes her perception of product hedonic and utilitarian value, which can further predict immediate gratification. The positive impact of perception of hedonic value on immediate gratification can b...

This tutorial explains in detail what factorial validity is and how to run its various aspects in PLS. The tutorial is written as a teaching aid for doctoral seminars that may cover PLS and for researchers interested in learning PLS. An annotated example with data is provided as an additional tool to assist the reader in reconstructing the detailed example.

This study attempts to investigate the effects of entrepreneurial orientation and learning orientation on SMEs’ performance. A total of 200 SMEs from the electronic and electrical sector, and 250 SMEs from food and beverage industries were chosen randomly. The results of this study show that entrepreneurial orientation dimensions (innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk taking) and learning ori...

Structural equation modeling employing the partial least squares method (PLS-SEM) has been extensively used in business research. Often the use of this method is justified based on claims about its unique performance with small samples and non-normal data, which call for performance analyses. How normal and non-normal data are created for the performance analyses are examined. A method is propo...