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Addressing the urgent issue of climate change and its impact on society requires immediate attention and innovative solutions. This chapter explores research that examines previous studies about the strategies companies use in their human resources (HR) departments to lessen the impact of climate change and support good social results.

This section conducted a thorough search of academic literature to find relevant studies on the connection between HR strategies, addressing climate change, and social impact. The inclusion criteria for this research targeted empirical studies on the relationship between HR practices and environmental and social outcomes. It employed particular keywords such as well-known academic databases.

This review discusses the important influence of HR strategies in addressing climate change and promoting positive social effects in companies. It evaluates successful HR practices that specifically endorse environmental and social goals through a comprehensive analysis of academic studies. The results offer useful knowledge for HR professionals and business leaders looking to align their HR strategies with climate change.

The findings of this chapter can benefit a diverse audience such as scholars who deal with human resource management, knowledge management and organizational innovation, HR personnel, business stakeholders and the employees.

This review offers a novel viewpoint by exploring the less-studied area of HR's potential to drive positive environmental and social changes. While past research has acknowledged HR's significance, this review goes further by analysing the specific HR approaches that have been successful in tackling climate change and enhancing social welfare.

We examine how formal institutions influence the employment growth ambitions of entrepreneurial firms with an explicit focus on how their influence varies for early-stage versus established entrepreneurial firms.

We develop four moderation hypotheses based on a review of research on entrepreneurial growth ambitions and formal institutions. Then, we use comprehensive institutional and entrepreneurship performance data from three large international data sources to examine the hypothesized relations.

Our findings suggest that effective formal institutions promote employment growth for established entrepreneurs in particular. Moreover, we found that ineffective formal institutions hinder employee growth for early-stage firms in particular.

We offer several original implications for policymakers and ecosystem builders seeking to support and encourage the early-stage entrepreneurship that accounts for the majority of new job growth in socioeconomic systems.

The purpose of this research is to examine the role of human social responsibility (HSR) in addressing climate change, focusing on the differing impacts and responsibilities of developed and developing countries. It aims to assess the performance of countries in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and formulate policies that align with their social and economic contexts.

This chapter uses sampling of cities ranked by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network to explore how civil society NGOs, particularly those focused on climate change, serve as powerful agents of global change, filling gaps unaddressed by the state.

Rapid population growth and evolving human behaviour are accelerating environmental impacts. To combat climate change, this study proposes the HSR model, enhancing collective social responsibility by ensuring transparent government budgets and social accounts, promoting accountability and reducing misleading communication to foster collective social responsibility and welfare.

This study highlights the need to bridge the gap in Human Social Development literature by incorporating political perspectives, enhancing understanding of climate change and social behaviour. It emphasises the importance of integrating social and political views, promoting circular economy principles and extending HSR beyond organisational confines for better environmental outcomes.

This chapter emphasises introducing the HSR model in the organisations in both developed and developing countries by ensuring transparent government budgets and social accounts. It emphasises the role of social responsibility advocating for technological and financial support to the poor and integrates market-based policies for sustainable growth and reduced emissions.

This study aims to examine the determinants of disclosing repetitive year-to-year key audit matters (KAMs) content by auditors for a client and whether repetitive KAMs content is indicative of lower audit effort.

The authors use a sample of publicly listed firms from New Zealand between 2016 and 2020. Multivariate regression models are used to test the determinants of the extent of repetitive content in the KAMs section of the audit report. The authors compare the KAMs disclosed in the current period to those disclosed in prior period(s) to determine the level of recurring items and repetitive textual content.

The authors find evidence of repetitive KAMs content being disclosed at the client level since the reporting requirement was introduced. In multivariate analyses, the authors find that client business risk and auditor reputation are negatively associated with auditors’ reporting of repetitive KAMs. Furthermore, the authors find that auditors exert lower effort on audits for which they report a higher level of repetitive content in KAMs.

The study provides novel findings that contribute to the literature on auditors’ voluntary reporting of KAMs and provide important practical implications for investors and regulators.

This article problematizes the concept of freedom rooted in liberalism, examining the detention of historian Ilan Pappe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at Detroit Airport in the United States as an emblematic case study.

The research adopts a methodological triangulation approach, based on an analysis that combines data about the event and theories about the concept of freedom, problematizing authors who focused on the relationship between the individual and society in a liberal context, where individualism serves as the basis for specific conceptions of social relations.

Through the use of authors such as John Stuart Mill and John Locke, as well as the contributions of authors like Norbert Elias, it is argued that true freedom is relational, rooted in social interdependencies and the social construction of an individuality that is not individualistic but intrinsically linked to collective aspects.

Pappe’s case illustrates the tensions between individual freedom and collective interests, highlighting the need to reassess freedom of expression in complex political and social contexts.

This article proposes a more inclusive and interconnected view of human freedom, where individual and collective interests are negotiated within a dynamic web of social relations.

This paper aims to study the bibliometric analysis of resource orchestration research in management and businessareas.

The research method is based on a three-step protocol of dataset setting, dataset refining and analyzing the data. First, the 202 published articles in the resource orchestration field were collected from the Web of Science database. Second, the document information was refined. Finally, we used the bibliometric analysis toolbox to investigate the documents. Also, bibliometric analysis in this research has been conducted using VOSviewer and SPSS software.

The findings of this research examined the evolution of the resource orchestration theory. Also, this paper has identified five major themes in this field: resource orchestration for entrepreneurship and innovation, orchestrating supply chain, orchestrating information technology resources, orchestrating intangible resources and the role of resource orchestration in small firm performance. Finally, emerging trends in the resource orchestration area include sustainable development, innovation and information technology.

This paper is the first to use bibliometric analysis to examine resource orchestration theory. Accordingly, this research contributes to the resource orchestration area through the theoretical evolution, underlying streams of research and emerging themes in research topics and methodologies.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an in-depth analysis of the challenges associated with using artificial intelligence (AI) in academic research and suggest various preventive measures that can be taken to address these issues and transform them into opportunities.

To develop measurement items and constructs, the authors collected 248 responses through an online survey. These responses were then used to establish the structural model and determine discriminant validity through the use of structural equation modeling with SmartPLS 4.0.9.9. Additionally, the authors used SPSS (Version 29) to create graphs and visual representations of the challenges faced and the most commonly used AI tools. These techniques allowed them to explore data and draw meaningful conclusions for future research.

This research shows that AI has a positive impact on higher education, improving learning outcomes and data security. However, issues such as plagiarism and academic integrity can destroy students. The study highlights AI’s potential in education while emphasizing the need to address challenges.

This paper emphasizes the preventive measures to tackle academic challenges and suggests enhancing academic work.

This study examines how AI can be used to personalize learning and overcome challenges in this area. It emphasizes the importance of academic institutions in promoting academic integrity and transparency to prevent plagiarism. Additionally, the study stresses the need for technology advancement and exploration of new approaches to further improve personalized learning with AI.

With the launch of the Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP), the Canadian government named solidarity as a shared value and a driving motivation behind the FIAP. This paper explores how development workers understand and apply solidarity to their work, uncovering the opportunities and constraints they face.

In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 42 development workers from Canada’s federal development agency between 2019 and 2020. Transcribed data were coded by the author to identify how workers made sense of solidarity within the development industry.

The majority of workers were unsure of how to define or operationalize solidarity, demonstrating confusion. Commonality was routinely mentioned as a facet of solidarity, but workers understood this term in diverse ways, with some considering commonality as a precondition that inhibited a sense of solidarity with development partners in the global South due to differences in living conditions. About a quarter identified power and privilege as necessary considerations in the process of building solidarity, showing potential for bonds across the inequalities that define development. About 40% of workers identified the institutional structure of the organization as an obstacle to solidarity.

This paper presents original data from Canadian development workers, providing the first study of their understanding of solidarity as a development ethic. It shows the gaps between rhetoric and practice while recommending ways for development organizations to meaningfully engage with solidarity in their work.