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One impediment of e-government implementation is the lack of e-(government) competences among public officials, especially because foundational education programs fail to teach them. Therefore, this study suggests massive open online course (MOOC)-based continuous education. This study aims to design and evaluate a MOOC and MOOC platform for acquiring e-competence in the public sector and principles for such platforms to capture their inherent design knowledge.

This study uses design science research incorporating qualitative and quantitative methods and draws on established patterns of formulating design principles (DPs).

The core results are a physically instantiated MOOC platform and six DPs: DP of 1) easy access and easy use, 2) professional exchange, 3) protected space, 4) domain focus, 5) cooperation with higher education institutions and 6) promotion from higher government level.

This study contributes to e-government research by extending the design knowledge for the construction of domain-specific MOOC platforms. Moreover, the study contributes to platform economics by discussing existing theses and outlining new opportunities. The research also entails limitations, as the authors have solely considered MOOCs and neglected complimentary offers to sustain learning success.

This study provides practitioners with design principles they can use in their efforts to construct education platforms for the public sector. Moreover, the study presents a working MOOC platform instantiating these DPs, and thus provides an exemplary reference.

Not fulfilling expectations regarding digital public services comes with a risk of decreasing trust in public organizations and the overall government. The results of this study contribute to enabling public officials fulfilling stakeholders’ expectations and generating public value.

By linking e-government competence education with MOOC platform design, this research approximates an important research gap. Scholars previously investigated e-competences and focused on alone-standing MOOCs to convey those. The results of this study offer the potential to construct platforms to centralize such fragmented solutions, maximizing their impact among public officials.

Human resource management professionals strive to establish a high person–organization (PO) fit when hiring, as doing so ultimately reduces turnover and increases employee performance outcomes. However, tailored strategies toward improving the PO fit of military veterans have yet to be explored – a particularly concerning oversight considering the prevalence of veteran hiring initiatives and correspondingly high turnover rates of former servicemembers in their first nonmilitary jobs. This paper aims to explore the PO fit model’s application toward military veterans in nonmilitary organizations.

A review of veteran transition literature was conducted to identify aspects of military veteran career transition issues, which suggested a perceived gap in fit between their job or organization.

The review revealed prevailing transition challenges which likely arose, at least in part, due to veterans’ lack of fit in nonmilitary organizations. The findings informed development of a veteran–organization fit model based on a needs-supplies conceptualization of PO fit.

The authors apply the needs-supplies perspective of PO fit to address identified veteran career transition challenges. Importantly, the authors offer organization management scholars concrete steps for assessing the impact of integrating the proposed framework within civilian organizations.

This study sheds light on how PO fit practices can be tailored and integrated by HR professionals for their military veteran newcomers. The authors offer HR practitioners POF strategies for military veteran newcomers in nonmilitary organizations.

This paper offers organization management and HR scholars and practitioners a needs-supply informed approach toward improving PO fit of military veteran newcomers.

The purpose of this study is to systematically examine the existing literature published on the circulation methods used in academic libraries and to discuss a proposed model for the self-check-in and check-out methods using quick response (QR) codes.

A systematic literature review (SLR) provided a complete overview of circulation systems used in academic libraries for the last more than 140 years. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) method for SLR was used. Several databases such as ProQuest, Emerald, Library and Information Science Abstracts, EBSCO and Google Scholar were searched. Out of 277 papers retrieved in the search, 43 most relevant papers were taken up for the SLR. These were classified into four themes based on the systems of circulation used, namely, manual (5), mechanized (13), automated (5) and networked system (20). Based on the findings of the SLR, a model of circulation system in which QR code technology has been used.

The result of SLR identified 33 systems used in above mentioned four groups. Among this, a large number 48.48% of mechanized systems were found. Each system has limitations either because of devices used or of technology. The present study proposes a QR code-based model at the circulation desk, for which a prototype of Android app has been designed. This would help to initiate the new “self-services” facility to users at the circulation desk.

The proposed model, after its successful implementation, can be adopted by academic libraries. Guidelines and a graphical representation of this study can be used by any researcher for further experimentation.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first kind of study in which a QR code-based Android app model has been proposed for library circulation records.

Organizational pursuit of sustainability in multi-tier supply chain systems operating in unpredictable environments is often associated with the emergence of paradoxical tensions. This study aims to summarize and synthesize existing literature on managing various paradoxical tensions in supply chains (i.e. sourcing, making, delivering and reverse logistics) as organizations pursue sustainability transformation. It also strives to motivate new academic research inquiry into developing responses to sustainability paradoxes.

The study draws on a systematic literature review of 73 papers from the Web of Science database selected at the intersection of paradox, sustainability and logistics/ supply chain management (SCM). Applying paradox theory as a guiding lens, we investigate organizational strategies, practices and capabilities described in the literature to navigate sustainability paradoxes in supply chains.

The results assert that the success of sustainability transformation will depend on an organizational ability to recognize, accept and navigate paradoxical tensions in one's supply chain. This requires developing the dynamic capabilities of paradoxical leadership, strategic agility, innovativeness, collaboration with contextualization and governance. Successful sustainability transformation is not reliant on finding an optimal, final design but rather the continuous balancing of tensions inherent within or across the organizations that make up one's supply chain.

The research offers an integrative conceptual framework to guide organizations in navigating sustainability paradoxes in supply chains, embracing strategic, practice and capability levels. It also outlines opportunities for future research inquiries connected to this framework that are needed to build additional insight for addressing paradoxical tensions related to the pursuit of sustainable supply chain management.

This study takes a dynamic capabilities approach to navigating paradoxical tensions in pursuit of sustainable supply chain management.

The purpose of this study is to examine Construction 4.0 trends, identify potential areas of growth, and explore the use of Industry 4.0 enabling technologies in the construction sector.

Research papers from referred international journals are reviewed to identify the use of Industry 4.0 enabling technologies in the construction sector. Then, Visualization of Similarities viewer software is used to analyze the keyword co-occurrence network, overlay and density visualization. Finally, the roadmap for the adoption of the Industry 4.0 concept in the construction sector is proposed.

Thirteen technologies of the Industry 4.0 concept have an impact on the construction sector. However, Digital Twins, the internet of things, Smart Sensors and 3D printing have the potential to support the Construction 4.0 concept, whereas applications of machine learning, autonomous robotics and augmented/virtual reality still offer plenty of opportunities for future applied research.

This research paper will help decision-makers in the construction sector to adopt the Industry 4.0 enabling technologies. Also, it will serve as a road map for future research in Construction 4.0.

The literature studied for the content analysis includes the years 2013 through 2023, which aids in the development of plans by policymakers for the adoption of the digital construction sector.