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This study investigates the intricate dynamics of the hidden curriculum and its influence on student achievement in teacher education programs. Specifically, the study examines the mediating role of professional and constitutional values and the moderating role of sex in this relationship.

A total of 282 bachelor of education fourth semester students (151 female and 131 male) participated in the study. General linear modeling in Jamovi 2.4.4 was utilized to analyze the data. The general linear model (GLM) mediation model was used to measure the mediation effects of the hidden curriculum via professional value and constitutional value on student achievement. Sex was accepted as a dichotomous moderator in the model.

Hidden curriculum had positive significant direct and total effect on student achievement. The mediation of constitutional values between hidden curriculum and student achievement was found to be significant and negative. Professional value was not found to be a significant mediator. The interaction between sex and constitutional value was significant and positive. Apart from this sex moderated professional and constitutional values differentially. Constitutional and professional values had significant direct component effects on student achievement. The findings contribute to the discourse of hidden curriculum by providing insights into the interplay of sex, professional values, constitutional values and student achievement.

The study has implications for educational policies and curriculum design, urging stakeholders to pay attention to the implicit messages communicated by the curriculum. Professional and constitutional values influence the hidden curriculum and achievement. Therefore, teachers should be equipped with an understanding of these values to manage the hidden curriculum in their classrooms. The study also highlights the gendered educational experiences and the necessity of implementing gender-sensitive policies and practices in schools and classrooms.

This study provides unique insights into the complex relationship between the hidden curriculum and student achievement in the context of a teacher education program in India. The findings highlight the importance of addressing the hidden curriculum in educational settings and emphasize the need for gender-sensitive policies and practices.

The study aims to investigate returns on investment (ROI) from the academic library of India's top ten leading university libraries in terms of research publication. Librarians help academic researchers in a variety of ways. Some of these methods are collection oriented, whilst others are service oriented. The study investigates many factors responsible for the increased or decreased institutional ROI, performance and research out of the institution, such as total library budget, staff, library collection, service and facilities. The ROI % shows the institution's highest and lowest investment return in research publication.

The study is expiation about ROI from the academic library of India's top ten leading university libraries in terms of research publication. The study is based on primary and secondary data gathered from the Ministry of Education, Government of India and universities ranking in June 2020. The data were compiled from the ranking list regarding total library budgets, staff and research publications for 2017–2020. The research is limited to a ROI analysis of university libraries. The study should aid libraries in better understanding the idea of ROI in order to improve library services. The study then looked at various institutions' ROI from 2017 to 2020.

The study aims to investigate ROI from the academic library of India's top ten leading university libraries in terms of research publication. This study investigates many factors responsible for the increased or decreased institutional ROI, performance and research out of the institution, such as total library budget, staff, library collection, service and facilities. The study found that the overall highest research output is by the Indian Institute of Science and the lowest by Jamia Millia Islamia among the ten leading university libraries in India.

The ROI study displays the importance of libraries in terms of research publication of the institutions. This research can also support decision-making, library collection development and institutional library system analysis. The library can assist with publications, sponsorships, grants, finances and teaching enhancement research output. The last point justifies the library's increased importance in establishing an organisation's status and obtaining accreditation.

The purpose of the study was to develop and validate a scale for measuring epistemic trust in open educational resources (OERs).

A mixed methods approach was employed, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The scale development involved several stages, including various iterations of exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).

The study resulted in a valid and reliable nine-factor scale for measuring epistemic trust in OERs. These factors are reliability and credibility of information, source competence and expertise, goodwill and intentions of the source, transparency and openness, consistency and stability, accessibility and usability, peer and social validation, engagement and interaction and ethical and moral integrity. The CFA confirmed the nine-factor structure and showed good model fit. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the dimensions ranged from 0.668 to 0.823, indicating acceptable to excellent internal consistency. Extracted (AVE) value for each factor indicates the strong convergent validity of the scale.

The study’s focus is on measuring epistemic trust of university students in OERs.

By providing a reliable and valid instrument to measure epistemic trust in OERs, the study provides a practical approach for OER creation, curation and use.

The study proposes a framework for combating misinformation by providing a scale to assess the epistemic trust in OERs.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to develop a comprehensive scale specifically designed to measure epistemic trust in OERs.

This case study covers marketing concepts, including marketing mix, segmentation, targeting and brand positioning and communication. After completion of the case study, the students will be able to understand the importance of segmentation and targeting; recognize the differences between business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-customers (B2C) segments; gain knowledge about the points of parity and points of difference while positioning; and examine the elements of a marketing mix.

The case centered around Mr. Ashvinder Singh, founder and director of Uni Style Image (USI), who initiated the polo T-shirt business in 1990 in Okhla, Delhi. The brand expanded across the country, but from 2010, USI faced fluctuating demand due to the rise of online marketing and intense competition from global fashion brands. Revenues dropped massively, leading to a significant downsizing from over 300 employees to just 11 by the end of fiscal year 2016–2017. In 2018, Singh explored the B2B model; however, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 impacted many small- and mid-sized apparel businesses, including USI. In the fiscal year 2021–2022, the B2B segment accounted for 90% of total revenue, but the business size could not cover significant operating expenses. Despite only 10% of revenue coming from the B2C segment, Singh wanted to leverage the online space. In September 2022, Singh closed his factory in Noida, National Capital Region, Delhi. Amid the uncertainty, Singh explored various opportunities in the Indian market. In 2023, he even engaged a consultancy for expertise in marketing initiatives. He had to choose the target segment/s, develop a positioning strategy and create an effective marketing mix with very limited resources.

This case is designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students, offering a valuable teaching tool for essential marketing concepts, such as the marketing mix, segmentation, positioning and brand communication. It can be used in both core marketing courses and elective courses like brand management, consumer behavior and integrated marketing communication. The decision dilemma presented in the case enriches the understanding of these concepts, making it a valuable resource for marketing education.

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This study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of sustainable tourism research published in Scopus-indexed journals covering the period from 1997 to 2021. Articles published during these 25 years were subjected to science mapping and performance analysis to propose potential areas for future research.

A bibliometric analysis using performance analysis and science mapping was conducted on 1,754 research papers retrieved from the Scopus database using the keyword “sustainable tourism.” Biblioshiny and VOSviewer are commonly used bibliometric tools. Science mapping techniques use coauthorship, keyword co-occurrence and co-citation analyses.

This study revealed the sustainable tourism publications’ spatial and temporal patterns, indicating a yearly growth rate of 19.9% during a 25-year period. The study identified Stefan Gossling as the most influential author, the “Journal of Sustainable Tourism” as the leading journal and Australia as the most productive country in sustainable tourism literature. The study used co-citation analysis to identify five thematic clusters, namely, reconceptualization and criticism, the role of residents, eco-labeling and the role of stakeholders, community-based tourism and the shift toward establishing sustainability indicators and effective governance and policymaking. The coauthorship analysis identifies the most influential author in collaborative efforts, and the most common pattern of collaboration is between researchers from different institutions in the same country, such as China and the Philippines, followed by collaborations between authors from other countries. The keyword co-occurrence analysis uncovered keywords that aligned with theme clusters generated from the co-citation analysis.

This study comprehensively uncovers five thematic clusters that have never been extracted so far in the literature. Also, it attempts to fill the gaps related to sustainable tourism by suggesting directions for future research.

This paper draws attention to the importance of Smart Human Resource Management (Smart HRM) practices in Industry 4.0. Human Capital is inevitable in the growth and development of the organization. Hence, it is germane that the companies align their HR processes with the ever-changing technological landscape to harness growth, productivity and create value. The paper illustrates the smart HR practices of Tech Mahindra and the benefits derived from them.

The paper illustrates the case of Tech Mahindra’s HR digitalization journey to transform HR processes in the era of Industry 4.0

Smart HR 4.0. implementation is vital to coping up with the challenges of Industry 4.0.. The transformation of HR processes in Tech Mahindra led to improved productivity, reduced cost, reduced manual work, smart workforce, retention of talent and competitive edge.

To match the pace of industry 4.0 and leverage its true benefit the companies should focus on automation of HR processes, make the workforce smarter and agile to drive efficiency, innovation, improve productivity, save cost and stay hyper-competitive. This paper offers insights on that how Tech Mahindra promoted the Industry 4.0 technologies in various HR functions to foster a climate of innovation, growth, and development, thereby facilitating the company to stay ahead of the curve.

The present study explores the effect of environmental, social and governance (ESG) controversies on firm value. Further, the study investigates when industry munificence moderates this association.

The research employs 5,670 firm-year observations from 2012 to 2018 for the United States (US)-based firms from the Refinitiv database. The direct and moderating effects were tested using a fixed effect panel regression model.

The primary analysis unexpectedly demonstrates that ESG controversies do not affect firm value. On the contrary, ESG controversies decrease firm value when interacting with industry munificence; this interaction effect is both positive and highly significant. We observed that reduced (increased) ESG controversies translate to higher (lower) firm value in industries with high munificence and lower (higher) firm value with low munificence. These results remain consistent with alternative proxies for size and CSR. Conducting sample split analysis over time, we discovered significant results in 2015–2018, indicating stakeholders' awareness has increased over time.

The findings offer policymakers distinctive perspectives on the moderating role of munificence that impacts companies’ strategic imposition or limitation of ESG controversies to boost their value. Managers can gain valuable insights from the results regarding the importance of munificence in the relationship between ESG controversies and firm value.

This study is the first to examine the moderating effect of industry munificence in the relationship between ESG controversies and firm value for US firms.

Green and digital transitions (twin transition) help in achieving climate neutrality, cutting down the pollution level and reviving biodiversity. Organizations can mitigate their ecological footprint, improve their digital portfolio and fulfil their ethical responsibilities by fostering a sustainable global community and adhering to a well-defined plan. In such backdrop, this study aims to propose strategies by identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the twin transition and to categorize and evaluate the internal and external factors for achieving environmental sustainability.

Following a comprehensive review of the literature, 27 factors have been identified and analyzed using the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threat matrix (SWOT). Threats, opportunities, weakness, strength matrix analysis approach is used to limit risk, overcome weaknesses and take advantage of opportunities. Effective strategies are designed and implemented using strategic planning action and evaluation matrix (SPACE) and quantitative strategic planning (QSPM) approach.

The study found that aggressive strategies considering economic strength and global opportunities must be used to accomplish green growth objectives. Out of three strategies, the focus on green technological innovation by taking advantage of financial mechanisms at the international level is highly recommended to achieve environmental sustainability.

Through promoting green and digital transformation, the current study provides insightful policy recommendations for economic development. It may help to improve operational efficacy and to obtain a competitive edge by successfully limiting their adverse environmental effects in the global market through the implementation of twin transition. The process of developing a strategy aids stakeholders, including society, workers and other parties, in giving environmental sustainability a top priority while making financial decisions.

Strategy development helps society, employees and all the other stakeholders to prioritize their green and digital transition decisions for environmental sustainability.

The current study identifies the factors formulating strategies using SWOT, TOWS, SPACE and QSPM matrix analysis for achieving environmental sustainability in the pervasive twin transition.

Cryptocurrency, an emerging asset class, is a virtual form of currency that uses cryptography for security and operates on decentralised networks based on blockchain technology. It offers both challenges and opportunities for investors, particularly in terms of diversification, risk management and potential returns. Considering this, the present study attempts to investigate the sentimental factors influencing cryptocurrency while unravelling the intricate interplay among these factors.

To achieve this, interpretive structure modelling (ISM) identifies the hierarchical model of critical sentimental factors, while Cross-Impact Matrix Multiplication Applied to Classification (MICMAC) explores their dependency and driving power. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is adopted to rank the drivers.

Findings reveal that the pandemic, war, religiosity and economic uncertainty are top-level factors dominantly shaping cryptocurrency trends. Simultaneously, Google Search Trends and Herding emerge as the most dependent factors, influenced by sentiments that emerged from other factors.

The study unpacks implications, acknowledges limitations and proposes avenues for future research.

By exploring the interactive interrelationships among identified sentimental factors through ISM-MICMAC analysis and ranking via the AHP, this paper will have a great influence while contributing towards this evolving field.

The objective is to develop an empirical model estimating the relationship and interaction amongst the factors affecting and enhancing green finance (GF) in developing economies like India.

Around nine growth-accelerating enablers of green financing were found through literature and unstructured interviews and analysed using the total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) method. The hierarchical link between each factor is established using TISM, and further to evaluate the driver-dependent relationship the Matriced’ Impacts Croises Appliquee Aaun Classement (MICMAC) approach is utilised.

The findings demonstrate an interrelationship between growth-accelerating factors, where the political environment and information and communication technology (ICT), have minimal dependency but a strong driving force. Political environment and ICT are found as strategic-level factors lying at the bottom of the model driving towards the dependent variables. The government should focus on enacting effective policies such as the green credit guarantee scheme and carbon credit and establishing a regulatory framework to enhance green financing.

This study examines the literature to generalise the findings and focus on the primary motivators for developing green financing. To increase green financial activity, practitioners must concentrate on aspects with significant driving forces. Furthermore, it makes organisations more profitable, efficient and competitive and promotes long-term growth.

The study is the first in the literature which identifies the growth-accelerating factors of green financing using the TISM and MICMAC-based hierarchical models.