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Determinants of participation in collaborative fashion consumption - provider perspectives

Michalak Szymon, Bartkowiak Paweł, Ankiel Magdalena, Olejniczak Tomasz, Stachwiak-Krzyżan Magda

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2022

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z. 158

413--442

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Purpose: The development of digital technology is one of the most important factors driving changes in consumer behavior in the 21st century. Today, the sharing economy covers more and more areas of consumers' daily lives. Using online apps to exchange, sell, buy or rent clothes has become one of the most popular ways of consuming fashion around the world. The main objective of this paper is to assess the importance and estimate the impact of the determinants (motives and unpleasant user experience) of providers' engagement in collaborative fashion consumption (CFC). Design/methodology/approach: The study was conducted using an online survey with 420 respondents in Poland - users (providers) of CFC platforms. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation model (SEM) was performed using AMOS 21.0 version. The conducted research allowed to identify the importance and to determine the influence of examined factors on attitudes toward CFCs and willingness to use CFC apps in the future. Findings: Economic motives did not outperform non-economic motives to participate as a provider in CFC. Pragmatic motives were by far the most important determinants of fashion sharing. Environmental factors are an important reason for providers to participate in CFC but they may not be a direct motivation for CC participation. Social motives recorded the lowest average importance rating in the context of participation in CFC. Unpleasant user experience negatively influence both the attitudes toward using CFC apps and the willingness to use them in the future Research limitations/implications: The research was conducted only on Polish users, so due to cultural differences, the meaning and impact of the motives of using these apps may be different in other countries. Due to the method of sampling and sample size, the results cannot be treated as representative for the population of Polish users of CFC platforms. Future research could include conducting cross-country research and one may attempt to broaden the scope to include other categories of motives. Future research could also extend the scope of unpleasant user experience with other factors. Practical implications: The results of research on the motives of users' use of CFC apps should be useful for enterprises in the context of designing activities in the field of marketing communication. Originality/value: The paper fills a research gap in the field of research on the determinants of polish providers' engagement in collaborative fashion consumption (CFC).

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Influence of citizenship behaviour in the workplace on achieving organisational competitiveness

Ramalakshmi K., Ravindran K.

Polish Journal of Management Studies

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2022

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Vol. 25, No. 2

247--265

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This study aims to estimate the level of corporate citizenship behavior impact on organizational competitiveness. Further, the study investigates how organizational competitiveness leads to better organizational performance. This study was conducted using a descriptive research approach. The novelty of this research is that Organisational Citizenship Behaviour is studied with Organisational Performance alone which is found in the literature review. This research aims at finding the mediating effect of Organisational Competitiveness. The researcher herein used a simple random sampling technique. From the analysis, it was found that the variables considered under organizational citizenship behaviour, organizational performance and organizational competitiveness are reliable and can be considered for futuristic studies. From the analysis, it was found that Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) has a significant impact on Organizational Competitiveness. Furthermore, it was shown that organizational citizenship conduct significantly impacts organizational performance, with organizational competitiveness acting as the mediating variable. In addition to that, organizational citizenship conduct has been found to have a direct impact on the organization's performance.

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Niniejsze badanie ma na celu oszacowanie wpływu zachowań obywatelskich korporacji na konkurencyjność organizacji. Ponadto w badaniu zbadano, w jaki sposób konkurencyjność organizacyjna prowadzi do lepszych wyników organizacyjnych. Niniejsze badanie zostało przeprowadzone przy użyciu opisowego podejścia badawczego. Nowatorstwo tego badania polega na tym, że zachowanie obywatelskie organizacji jest badane wyłącznie na podstawie wyników organizacji, które można znaleźć w przeglądzie literatury. Badanie to ma na celu znalezienie pośredniczącego efektu konkurencyjności organizacji. Badacz zastosował tutaj prostą technikę losowego próbkowania. Na podstawie analizy stwierdzono, że zmienne brane pod uwagę w ramach zachowań obywatelskich organizacji, wydajności organizacyjnej i konkurencyjności organizacyjnej są wiarygodne i można je uwzględnić w badaniach futurystycznych. Na podstawie analizy stwierdzono, że zachowanie obywatelstwa organizacyjnego (OCB) ma istotny wpływ na konkurencyjność organizacji. Ponadto wykazano, że postawa obywatelska organizacji istotnie wpływa na wyniki organizacyjne, a konkurencyjność organizacyjna jest zmienną pośredniczącą. Ponadto stwierdzono, że postępowanie obywatelskie w organizacji ma bezpośredni wpływ na wyniki organizacji.

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Structural Diversity Closely Associated with Canopy Species Diversity and Stand Age in Species-Poor Montane Forests on Loess Plateau of China

Liu N., Wang H., Nan H.

Polish Journal of Ecology

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2017

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Vol. 65, nr 2

183--193

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High species diversity is often accompanied with and supported by a diversified stand structure in species-rich natural forests. However, the relationship between species diversity and stand structural diversity is less examined in species-poor forests. In montane forests on Loess Plateau of north-central China in a semi-arid climate zone, canopy species diversity and vertical structure of 57 broadleaves, conifer and mixed stands, with varying stand ages and site conditions, were randomly sampled. Canopy species diversity was represented by Shannon's index (H'). Stand structural diversity was represented by two indices respectively, i.e. coefficients of variation of diameter measurements at breast height (CVdbh) and Shannon's index of diameter classes (H'dbh). Structural equation models (SEMs) were constructed to explore multiple relationships between stand structural diversity and canopy species diversity, stand age and elevation. Both stand structural diversity indices increased directly with H' and stand age. However, indirect positive effect of stand age via increasing H' was only significant on CV. H'dbh provided positive feedback on H', while effect of stand age was only indirect via increasing structural diversity. Elevation significantly affected coefficients of variation of diameter, which was probably a sampling effect due to narrow distribution of broadleaves-conifer stands in altitudinal range. In conclusion, the results showed that stand structural diversity and canopy species diversity and stand age are closely associated with the species-poor montane forests like these on Loess Plateau of north-central China.