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The study investigates the predisposition of generational cohorts toward entrepreneurship in an emerging economy as entrepreneurship has arguably become a panacea for unemployment and sustainable economic development.

The study adopts descriptive and cross-sectional survey designs. The study also employs quantitative approach to collect the data from 1,000 workers in 20 selected private and public organizations in Ghana. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation and hierarchical regression techniques.

The results reveal that baby boomers and Generation Z (Gen Z) have a higher predisposition toward entrepreneurship, while Generation X (Gen X) and Generation Y (Gen Y) have a lower predisposition toward entrepreneurship. However, the study found that baby boomers are more predisposed to entrepreneurship than all the generational cohorts. Furthermore, a generation may become entrepreneurs regardless of their gender. Finally, individuals with higher educational qualification (i.e. masters and doctorate) are more likely to become entrepreneurs in a given generation.

The findings imply that entrepreneurial opportunities (such as ease of doing business, favorable business regulations, access to credit facilities, low interest rate, ease of registering business, start-up capital, etc.) should be created by government and its stakeholders to serve as stimuli for members of these generations (particularly baby boomers and Gen Z) to participate fully in entrepreneurial activities. In addition, the culture of “go to college and graduate with the expectation of government employment” and “job for life” should be discouraged to allow members of Gen X and Gen Y build up entrepreneurial mindsets.

This study contributes to generational cohorts and entrepreneurship literature by providing a perspective from the cultural and socio-economic background of an emerging economy. Additionally, this study demonstrates that irrespective of gender, one may become an entrepreneur and highly educated individuals tend be entrepreneurs.

Humans are the most significant entity in the fast-growing tourism ecosystem. Paradoxically, many of the environmental crises caused by tourism are the consequences of anthropocentrism. Therefore, initiatives for regenerative tourism are imperative. This paper aims to identify and understand the key barriers and their interrelationships under regenerative tourism and provide recommendations for progress.

The literature review and focus group approach identified barriers to regenerative tourism. Then, the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) methodology was applied to analyse the strength and cause-and-effect interrelationships between the barriers.

The scatter plot and digraph of the data set from DEMATEL have provided useful insights. The strongest barrier is the absence of an evolved comprehensive framework for regenerative tourism for each location. A linear mindset and lack of a single-window approach for regenerative initiatives are the two cause barriers. The two strongest effect barriers are the lack of symbiotic relationship/management between various entities in the tourism ecosystem, and operational barriers focused only on short-term routine business objectives.

The DEMATEL approach has brought out useful stakeholder insights. It has set the priorities for focus based on the degree of interrelationship strength and the relationship’s kind (cause or effect). It has provided stakeholders for futuristic regenerative tourism.

Application of the DEMATEL approach for analysing the cause-and-effect dynamics between the twelve barriers to the future of regenerative tourism.

This study investigates the relationship between job autonomy and burnout among healthcare professionals, focusing on two key contextual elements that moderate this relationship: role ambiguity and workers’ age.

Employing an integrative approach, this research combines the Job Demands-Resources model with the lifespan developmental framework. A multilevel analysis was conducted on a sample of 1,232 hospital workers, nested within 74 units, to examine the relationships between job autonomy and burnout across teams with varying levels of aggregated role ambiguity, incorporating the factor of workers’ age.

The results indicate significant interaction effects between job autonomy, age and role ambiguity in relation to burnout. Job autonomy is associated with lower levels of burnout in contexts of moderate role ambiguity. In contrast, in highly uncertain contexts, job autonomy proves more beneficial for older workers, while it appears to have negative effects on younger workers.

This study enhances our understanding of the complex dynamics between job autonomy and burnout among healthcare professionals by utilizing a multilevel approach to examine the impact of contextual role ambiguity and workers’ age. The multilevel analysis offers original insights into the role of ambiguity, while the integration of two robust theoretical frameworks (i.e. JD-R model and Lifespan framework) provides a solid foundation for contributing to the discussion.