Organisational (un)learning of public research labs in turbulent context

2018

AOP

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This paper has two goals. The first is to analyze the possible association between demographic factors and effects of terrorist attacks in society. The second is to detect possible socioeconomic and psychosocial risk factors. These topics are basic in social sciences because terrorism is growing both in rich and in developing nations (Devezas & Santos, 2006; Root causes, 2015;Li & Schaub, 2004;Norris et al., 2013; Reardon, Abstract.A fundamental problem in psychosocial sciences is how to explain the root causes of terrorism. The vast literature has analyzed several determinants of terrorism. However, the precise role of demographic factors for the evolution of terrorism is hardly known. Statistical evidence here reveals that fatalities for incidents of terrorism are associated with growth rates of population. This finding seems to suggest that terrorism thrives -in average-in specific regions with high growth rates of population that may generate income inequality, subsistence stress and relative deprivation of people. In addition, geospatial analysis here reveals that countries with high association between fatalities from terrorist incidents and population growth are mainly in Africa and Middle East. Overall, then, the study here can clarify and generalize whenever possible, one of the causes of terrorism, which seems to be due to sociodemographic factors combined with psychosocial risk factors. Finally, the study suggests socioeconomic policies directed to reduce this critical problem in society.

Section: Concluding Observations and Policy Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Theory of General Causes of Terrorism - High Population Growth, Income Inequality and Relative Deprivation

2018

AOP

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“…Engelbrecht and Scholes (2021) argue that if effective strategies of vaccination and/or vaccination plans have delayed, the progress of pandemic wave may generate additional health and socioeconomic issues. Overall, then, the implementation of optimal level of vaccination as suggested in scenario A is a significant challenge for all countries globally because it is associated with manifold socio-cultural and political-administrative factors, and enormous public investment in health system and research labs (Ethgen et al, 2019;Coccia, 2008Coccia, , 2018b2019, 2021g, 2022Coccia and Cadario, 2014). Hence, countries can adequately prepare for, prevent, detect, and respond to both epidemics and inevitable pandemics, over the next ten years, with a better governance, innovative partnerships, financial investments, and efficient utilization of economic resources in health and other sectors ( Coccia, 2017b;2018a;2019c;Coccia and Bellitto, 2018; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2021).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The evolution of COVID-19 pandemic wave and optimal levels of vaccination to reduce negative effects in society

2021

Preprint

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to be a pandemic threat with new mutations of the viral agent (SARS-CoV 2) that are generating a constant state of attention in manifold countries. Innovative drugs, such as vaccines can sustain, as far as possible, immunity of people and decrease negative effects in society. The study here, using data of vaccines and confirmed cases of COVID-19 between countries from March to May 2021, clarifies different optimal levels of vaccination associated with the growth of pandemic wave for reducing infected individuals in society. Findings reveal that a vaccination campaign in the initial phase of pandemic wave has a lower optimal level of doses administered per 100 inhabitants, but the growth of pandemic wave moves up the optimal level of vaccines from 58.5 in March to more than 86 doses per 100 people in May 2021. This study suggests that the optimal strategy and response to pandemic crisis is a rapid vaccination rollout, before the takeoff of pandemic wave, for an effective response to reduce numbers of COVID-19 related infected individuals and deaths and negative effects of pandemic crisis on environment and socioeconomic systems.

“…One of the problems in public economics and public administration is to detect the factors associated with high levels of compensation for high public officials (Hood and Peters, 1994;Hubbard, 2005). Many studies on compensation of public managers explain some ISSN 2161-7104 2018 components of salary and support reforms directed to increase the efficiency of public organizations as well as of overall public administration (Chen and Bozeman, 2014;Gao and Li, 2015;Malul and Shoham, 2013;Rimington, 2008;cf., Coccia and Rolfo, 2007Coccia and Cadario, 2014). In general, the average compensation of managers has risen in recent years both in public and private sectors (Benati and Coccia, 2017;Jarque, 2008).…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Relation between Public Managers’ Compensation and Governance

Benati

2018

JPAG

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A vast literature in the field of public organizations has analyzed several factors of the compensation of government senior managers. However, the institutional factors associated with high levels of compensation of public managers are hardly known. In particular, studies about the possible relation between factors of governance and compensation of public managers are scarce. The statistical evidence here reveals that in the OECD countries, high levels of compensation for central government senior manager (standardized with GDP per capita) seem to be associated with low government effectiveness, low regulatory quality, low freedom, low rule of law and control of corruption (in short, bad governance). These results suggest insights for general reforms of governance aimed to support equitably levels of compensation of public managers and efficiency of public institutions.