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This paper aims to consider whether the hospital mission statement can be used as a management tool to improve service provision in failing hospitals.

A literature search into the potential value and harm of hospital mission statements was done, followed by a survey of initial attitudes within a failing hospital. Do they indicate likely success of the tool?

Mission statement is a potentially valuable leadership tool in the hospital environment. The success of its implementation is broadly dependent on its being developed with the support of stakeholders and its real application to all management decisions and questions of asset allocation. The potential danger lies in the fact that it can be seen as an expensive expression of politically correct platitudes which leads to cynical alienation of stakeholders.

This was a small study within a single UK failing hospital, and extending its range will help to clarify whether its findings are typical of attitudes within such institutions.

The likely success of the hospital mission statement as a management tool within a failing hospital is significantly limited by initial attitudes and preconceptions. Our research suggests that implementation is likely to be detrimental without preparatory involvement of the local community and hospital staff at all levels.

Hospital management cannot be divorced from the local community where patient confidence must be maintained.

This paper complements previous research, which has looked at mission statement acceptance among the upper echelons of hospital management.

The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technological development has undeniably brought major challenges to the agricultural labour market, hampering the adoption of smart technologies in the sector. This study aims to explore a series of literature on the 4IR aspects surrounding agri-food research. In particular, this study will evaluate the challenges faced by the agri-food labour market in response to the emergence of 4IR and propose solutions to strengthen the agri-food sector in response to 4IR.

The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses methodology was used to systematically screen, review and synthesize the literature on 4IR surrounding agri-food research.

While applying 4IR technologies spells opportunities for productivity growth and food security, the results revealed that these advanced technological innovations also create challenges to the agri-food sector labour market. Some identified challenges are financial constraints, lack of “Industry 4.0” knowledge and skills, lack of awareness and interest and inadequate government support. Correspondingly, to smoothen the transition to 4IR workplaces, the proposed solutions include offering relevant education and training, gaining access to government support and engaging in collaborative public-private partnerships.

Given the limited understanding of how technological applications can affect the agri-food sector, this study offers a more nuanced understanding of the gaps related to 4IR within the agri-food sector. By assessing the labour market challenges and addressing solutions for the adoption of digital technologies in agriculture, this study presents valuable insights into how relevant stakeholders in the agri-food sector should embrace Agriculture 4.0.

The Indonesian Government has a vision to make Indonesia the center of the World’s Islamic Economy and Finance. Based on this vision, the government must provide and facilitate all economic and financial activities with the Islamic system, including BPJS Ketenagakerjaan. This study aims to explore the factors determining the intention to use Islamic services in the BPJS Ketenagakerjaan program.

The researcher adopted an interpretive philosophy with a phenomenological approach to investigate the life experiences of informants. The determination of informants using the purposive method with 10 interviewees from nine companies representing companies in Jember, Pasuruan and Sidoarjo Branch, East Java province, Indonesia. This study used an in-depth interview method with a semi-structured interview approach to collect the data.

Variables of Islamic values, Islamic financial literacy (IFL), Islamic religiosity and internal and external factors influence the participants’ intention to use Sharia services of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan programs. Islamic values are measured by blessing and justice, and the measurement of IFL uses knowledge. Religiosity is related to the measurement of Godly values that exist in individuals. Meanwhile, researchers found internal factors related to the measurement of service quality, program benefits, choice flexibility of investment-based programs and external factors using subjective norm measurement, namely, the influence of companies and friends. The theory of Islamic reasoned action (TIRA) and the indicators of each variable are successfully created by researchers from a combination of TRA concepts and findings in the field.

BPJS Ketenagakerjaan institution can implement TIRA as a basis for expanding research across all of its branch offices in Indonesia to obtain national data related to participants’ intentions in using Islamic services so that service provision can be realized immediately.

This research is a pioneer in exploring the plan to implement the Islamic service of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan in Indonesia and success in creating the TIRA, a new approach to examining the determinants of intention to choose or use goods and services provided by companies with an Islamic concept.

This study is an attempt to explore the determinants of entrepreneurial intentions in the context of family business background. There is a dearth of studies on the relationship between family business and entrepreneurial intentions. Three constructs of social cognitive theory (SCT) have been applied as mediators: self-efficacy, subjective norms and outcome expectations.

To measure entrepreneurial intentions, the data have been collected from the postgraduate students of three universities in Pakistan. The questionnaire was distributed among the respondents, and 416 complete responses were taken from the students. Simple random sampling has been applied, and measurement and hypothesized models are tested by using the structural equation modeling technique in WarpPLS.

The results of this research reveal that family business background significantly affects the three elements of SCT (self-efficacy, subjective norms and outcome expectations), which further develop the individuals’ entrepreneurial intentions (EIs). The results showed that social cognitive elements are the underpinning mechanism that explains the relationship between family business background and EIs.

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