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Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an important driver of student well-being, academic achievement, and future success. Despite decades of work on motivation theory and frameworks to promote student motivation and achievement outcomes, connections between motivation and recent frameworks and measures of SEL could be stronger. The purpose of our chapter is to help address this shortcoming. First, we begin by reviewing which theories of motivation currently appear in major SEL frameworks. Second, we introduce how a more comprehensive theory of motivation (based on an expectancy–value–cost framework) could be incorporated into SEL frameworks to advance their overall impact. Third, using examples from our ongoing research in STEM classrooms, we show how a broader knowledge of motivation can inform practitioners on how to promote key SEL competencies and subsequent achievement and engagement for students, especially to address inequities for historically marginalized and minoritized students. Finally, we close with recommendations for future directions for research and practice.

Latino youth represent more than one quarter of the overall public school population in the United States. For decades, Latinos have been found to perform significantly lower than their peers in standardized academic and some social and emotional measures. A unique subpopulation of this ethnic group, Latino Youth of Immigration (LYOI), has historically been underrepresented in the research literature, specifically, attempting to identify effective interventions that align with their unique social, emotional, and academic needs. In this chapter, we describe the unique sociocultural risk and protective factors for this population. In addition, we provide a brief synthesis of the extant literature on the sociocultural factors that researchers and practitioners need to address in partnership with the LYOI community when developing and implementing preventative programs. We emphasize the unique impact culturally responsive social and emotional learning (SEL) can have in this population. In addition, we provide models and examples on how school-based interventions can be implemented in a transformative manner for this vulnerable population, highlighting implications for researchers and practitioners to better collaborate with the LYOI community.

This chapter wants to understand under which circumstances and conditions non-traditional aids are effective in the strategic process. This study builds an agent-based computational simulation model – the S-uFUNK 2.1.0 – to explore the research question. The model features a group of managers that seeks to interpret environmental cues using both traditional and non-traditional tools. When interpretations converge, the group then settles on different focus areas to define a business strategy for their organization. The process is set in a way such that 11 parameters can be manipulated to explore the different conditions under which non-traditional aids are of use. Results suggest that non-traditional aids differ from traditional aids only in limited circumstances and that social dynamics and dispositions within the group are crucial. In general, the simulation helps us reflect on the way in which we consider traditional aids to strategy. In fact, if they are no different than non-traditional aids, their effectiveness is directly challenged.

Geht man den Wechselwirkungen zwischen Flugverkehr und Tourismus etwas nach, so muss sich das jüngste Verkehrsmittel auch im “Zeitalter des Luftverkehrs” bescheiden: Fremdenverkehr, auch internationalen, gab es längst, bevor Louis Blériot im Jahre 1909 den triumphalen Erstflug über den Ärmelkanal ausführte, längst bevor Oskar Bider 1913 als erster Schweizer das Zentralalpenmassiv auf seinem Flug Bern‐Domodossola‐Mailand bezwang. War doch der europäische Flugverkehr in seinen Anfangs‐jahren der Entwicklunginsbesondere vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg und nachher noch bis etwa 1925 — als Verkehrsmittel wirtschaftlich gesehen bedeutungslos; das Flugzeug spielte für die Beförderung von Touristen zwischen Wohndomizil und Ferienort (und übrigens auch im Geschäftsverkehr) praktisch überhaupt noch keine Rolle. Mehr als bescheiden, aber immerhin doch schon vorhanden war demzufolge in jener Zeit auch die gegenseitige Beeinflussung von Flugverkehr und Tourismus: Einerseits lösten die schon recht zahlreich abgehaltenen “Flugmeetings” in den Jahren 1910 bis 1914 und nach 1920 sowohl im Ausland, als auch in der Schweiz eine ungeheure Welle von Flugbegeisterung und kühnen Zukunftshoffnungen für die Fliegerei aus und vermochten Fremde in grosser Zahl aus dem In‐ und Ausland nach den jeweiligen Veranstaltungsorten anzulocken; anderseits konnte das jüngste Verkehrsmittel besonders in den Zentren des Fremdenverkehrs bereits damals auch schon vom Tourismus profitieren. (So führte zum Beispiel die “Aero‐Gesellschaft” in Luzern, gegründet unter anderem auch unter Mitwirkung von seiten des Gastgewerbes, schon während der Jahre 1910 bis 1913 zahlreiche Rundflüge mit Luftschiffen, Land‐ und Wasserflugzeugen als grosse Attraktion für Fremde und Einheimische aus.)

Drawing upon Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory, a comprehensive model exploring the relationships among four distinct culture values and their influence on employees' turnover intention through the mediating roles of organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior was developed and tested.

This study covers 585 migrant workers from nine countries who work in the food and beverage industry in Guangzhou, China. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data collected from these migrant workers.

The results reveal that (1) among the four culture values, only uncertainty avoidance, collectivism orientation and masculinity orientation significantly affect organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior, (2) organizational commitment is significantly positively related to organizational citizenship behavior and (3) both organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior have a negative direct effect on turnover intention, while organizational citizenship behavior has a stronger impact on migrants' turnover intention than organizational commitment.

The issue of cultural diversity, particularly among relevant migrant workers in the hospitality industry in developing countries, such as China, needs more attention than ever.

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of logistics outsourcing in Northern Europe through survey research. Research work intends to shed more light on logistics outsourcing with other than case‐based company examples.

Survey was completed during late 2007 and early 2008 in Finland and Sweden for the largest companies in industrial and service sectors. Altogether 34 answers were received, and they were gained mostly from industrial and trading companies.

The research results show that warehousing, IT, and customs brokerage outsourcing could have impact on some managerial and strategic aspects of supply chains (SC). Thus, none of the identified difference areas was found to be statistically significant. Potential impact areas of SC strategy and management are integrated IT systems of manufacturing and logistics, reverse logistics procedures, and re‐engineering of logistics processes. However, research shows that in‐house produced IT function, and potentially outsourced warehousing, have important roles in more international purchasing.

Altogether, the amount of responses in the survey was relatively low, but treating Finnish and Swedish companies as one group gives us some opportunity for statistical analysis. This grouping might be one limiting factors of our study, and especially in its generalization power; however, our earlier analysis with the data shows that these countries operate in a rather similar interest area. Another limiting factor of our research findings is the difference in respondent profiles – operating principles of logistics and trade companies are different as compared to manufacturing.

Research shows that IT is potentially having an important role in both, international purchasing emphasis as well as on warehousing outsourcing activities. Contrary to the common view, this research gives some indication that in‐house IT is valuable, and more integrated applications are needed for example, when warehousing is being outsourced.

This is one of the seminal research works regarding North European outsourcing practices, and their affects on SC strategies and management. Both of the countries have an advanced industrial sector, which gives perspective for the readers world wide.

Worldwide, schools implement social-emotional learning programs to enhance students' social-emotional skills. Although parents play an essential role in teaching these skills, knowledge about their perspectives on social-emotional learning is limited. In providing insight into the perspectives of parents from adolescent students this paper adds to this knowledge.

An explorative qualitative study was conducted to gain insight into parents' perspectives (N = 32) on adolescent social-emotional learning. A broadly used professional framework for social emotional learning was used as a frame of reference in interviews with parents from diverse backgrounds. Within and across case analyses were applied to analyze the interviews.

A conceptual model of four social-emotional skills constructs considered crucial learning by parents emerged from the data: respectful behavior, cooperation, self-knowledge and self-reliance. Parents' language, interpretations and orderings of skills indicate that the model underlying these constructs differs from skills embedded in the professional framework.

Participants were small in number and mainly female. Therefore, more research is necessary to test the model in other parent populations.

The social-emotional skills students in prevocational secondary education learn at home differ from those targeted in SEL programs. Engaging students’ parents in SEL program implementation is indicated to align the skills taught at home and school. Preparing teachers to implement such programs requires training them on engaging parents from diverse backgrounds.

The study is one of the first providing insight into parents’ perspectives on SEL, the social-emotional skills deemed crucial to master for adolescents, and the roles they view for themselves and school on teaching these skills.

The purpose of this paper is to critically explore hybrid organisations in health care. It examines the broad literature on hybrids focusing on issues of perspective, definition, sub-type and level. It then presents the results of the literature review of hybrid health care organisations, exploring which organisations have been viewed as hybrids, and then examining studies in more detail with respect to the research questions.

It critically explores the literature on hybrid organisations in health care through a structured search.

It is found that a wide variety of hybrid forms exist, but not clear what they combine or how they combine it. However, the level of depth from some of these studies is rather limited, with little consensus on definition, and relatively few drawing on any explicit conceptual perspective. It seems that the wider hybridity literatures have limited influence of studies of hybrid health care organisations.

As far as the authors are aware, this paper is the first attempt to critically review the literature on hybrid organisations in health care. It is concluded that it is difficult to define and explain hybrid health care organisations. Health care hybrids appear to be chameleons as they appear to be able to change their form to different observers.

Currently, the expectancy that surrounds the Fourth Industrial Revolution, commonly referred to as Industry 4.0 (I4.0), is huge. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to unveil whether and how organizational and managerial practices are associated to different levels of adoption of I4.0 technologies.

To reach this aim, the authors carried out a survey involving Italian manufacturing firms. Then, the authors used a cluster analysis and t-test to analyze data.

Results show that two clusters of firms based on their level of adoption of I4.0 technologies (high vs low) can be identified. Then, using a t-test, the authors found statistically significant higher levels of a number of organizational and managerial practices for firms with a higher level of adoption of I4.0 technologies.

This paper contributes to the debate surrounding I4.0 by stressing the organizational and managerial challenges that firms willing to undertake an I4.0 transformation have to face, which goes beyond the sole application of I4.0 technologies.

Entrepreneurs and managers need to be aware that the path toward I4.0 requires not only focusing on the application of the I4.0 technologies, but also on the development of a series of organizational and managerial practices that become key to face the fourth Industrial Revolution.

The authors posit here that I4.0 requires firms to bridge the capability gap, as well as overcome cultural barriers preventing entrepreneurs and managers to change their way of doing business. To this regard, this study highlights I4.0 is an all-encompassing paradigm that involves many dimensions of the firm.