Nurture

The Influence of LMX and TMX on Employee Attitudes and Performance Moderated by Individual Differences

Dorothea Wahyu Ariani — 2025-04-05

Purpose: Individual differences as dispositional factors influencing attitudes and behaviors in the workplace are still in need of further exploration. Therefore, this study aimed to examine employee engagement (WEN) as a mediator in the relationship between leaders and subordinates (LMX) as well as team-member exchange (TMX) on out-of-role performance (OCB). It also analyzed how factors such as gender, organizational position, tenure, and education acted as moderators in the relationship model.

Methods: A total of 500 employees from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) including both leaders and operational employees participated in this study. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were also assessed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis as well as internal consistency measured by Cronbach's Alpha. Furthermore, structural equation modeling was adopted to examine the proposed relationship model.

Findings: The results consistently found that WEN mediated the influence of social exchange in the organization on employee attitudes and performance. Gender, organizational position, and tenure were found to be moderating variables while education showed no significant moderating influence. A detailed discussion of the results was presented in this study.

Research Implications/Limitations: This study strengthens the evidence that individual differences play a role in determining how relationships with leaders and coworkers affect attitudes and work outcomes. Research with longitudinal data and other assessments can further prove the mediation model.

Practical Implications: Companies need to pay attention to individual differences of their employees. LMX and TMX may affect employees' work attitudes and performance differently because of these differences.

Factors Affecting the Ability to Mobile Deposits of Joint Stock Commercial Banks

Vu Thuy Linh — 2025-04-21

Purpose: This study shows the level of influence of factors on the ability to mobilize deposits of joint stock commercial banks through survey and analysis of data recovery of 37 joint stock commercial banks in Vietnam.

Design/methodology/approach: The article uses two basic research methods including: qualitative and quantitative research. In which, the qualitative method is a synthesis of research works related to the article, thereby determining the research hypothesis. The quantitative method is implemented on the basis of building a scale for 8 factors affecting the ability to mobilize deposits and survey data, analysis from 37 joint stock commercial banks in Vietnam to test the published hypotheses.

Findings: The research results show that 5/8 factors have an impact on the ability to mobilize deposits of joint stock commercial banks in Vietnam, including: bank brand (BB), interest rate policy (IRP), marketing policy (MP), service quality (SQ) and depositor awareness (DP).

Conclusion: Of which, bank brand is the strongest impact factor, depositor awareness has the weakest impact on the ability to mobilize deposits of commercial banks Vietnam.

Limitations/significance of the study: From the results of this study, the author makes recommendations for commercial banks in Vietnam in their deposit mobilization activities.

Practical significance: The results of this study are completely consistent with previous domestic and foreign studies.

Contribution in terms of documents: The study provides necessary information to help joint stock commercial banks in Vietnam improve their ability to mobilize deposits in the coming time.

Neighbours of People Who use Nyaope are Anxious Too!

Oria Ramatsui — 2025-04-21

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence and severity of anxiety symptoms among neighbours of people who use nyaope. Nyaope, a very addictive substance with severe consequential social and behavioral impacts, is reported to contribute to mental disorders including anxiety symptoms among family members of users. However, the members of the immediate community are also affected due to various activities associated with nyaope usage.

Methodology: A quantitative design was used to collect data from four hundred and twenty-two (422) adult neighbours of people who use nyaope in six townships of Tshwane Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) questionnaire that was used to screen for anxiety symptoms had the following four categories: no symptoms, mild, moderate and severe symptoms.

Findings: The participants were comprised of 48,46% males and 51,54% females and their age ranged from 18 to 88 years. The prevalence of anxiety symptoms was 53.62 % (n=222), with the majority presenting mild symptoms (n=112; 27.05%), followed by moderate (n=78; 18.84%) and severe (n=32; 7.73%). The factors associated with anxiety symptoms were age, gender and religion.

Conclusion: Neighbours of people using nyaope have anxiety symptoms that are higher than the general public. The community around nyaope usage is mostly assumed to be disaffected by this, but the study proves otherwise.

Practical Implications: Psycho-social support should be provided to community members living in areas of rife nyaope use.

Contribution to Literature: This study would contribute important literature on how nyaope usage affects the immediate community.

The Current Situation of Cost Accounting and Costing for Higher Education Services at Training Institutions Under the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam

Ngo Thi Thuy Quyen — 2025-06-16

Purpose: This article surveys, analyzes, and evaluates the current practices of cost accounting and costing for higher education services at training institutions under the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam. Based on the findings, the study proposes scientific foundations to improve cost accounting practices and enhance financial management efficiency.

Design/methodology/approach: The research is conducted by systematizing theoretical issues related to cost accounting and costing in public higher education. The author carries out field surveys at several training institutions affiliated with the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, focusing on key aspects such as an overview of training services, legal regulations, cost classification, identification of cost accounting objects, accounting methods, and the provision of information for management purposes.

Findings: The results indicate that cost accounting practices at these institutions still face many limitations: accounting methods lack consistency, and the information provided for management is insufficient.

Conclusion: This study serves as a valuable reference for policymakers and educational institutions in refining financial management mechanisms to better align with the realities of public higher education institutions under the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam.

Innovative Development of the Modern School in the Conditions of Digitalization of Education

Kadyrova Rano Mamadjanovna — 2025-06-16

Purpose: The article reveals the importance of the development of modern schools in the Republic of Uzbekistan based on digital technologies that allow teachers to use online learning platforms, which allows students to learn at their own pace and access information from anywhere in the world.

Design/methodology/approach: One of the innovative developments in modern schools is the application of a student-centered approach to learning. It allows them to take responsibility for their own learning and become active participants in the educational process.

Findings: The digitalization of education allows the effective use of digital technologies to solve the problems of education at the current stage of society's development. Innovative processes help to find a way out of stagnation, serve as an effective means of resolving contradictions, transition from the statement of existing problems to the search for their rational solution.

Conclusion: However, modern primary schools in our region are quite heterogeneous and are in a transitional stage of their formation. In general, they represent a variety of organizational and pedagogical, scientific and methodological approaches, not adapted to specific curricula teaching methods, where pedagogical conditions play a significant role in the implementation of the main substantive principles and directions of pedagogical innovation.

Scopus Delisting Process Behind Closed Doors: A Case Study of Nurture

Sadie Ahmad — 2025-04-21

The journal Nurture (Online ISSN: 1994-1633), which publishes peer-reviewed research in the social sciences was removed from the Scopus database after a re-evaluation by the Scopus Content Selection and Advisory Board (CSAB). This article carefully explains what happened before and after the delisting, and examines whether Scopus followed its own guidelines during the review. It highlights how the reasons given by the CSAB do not match the rules and benchmarks published by Scopus. It also questions the fairness and professionalism of the CSAB and the review process. Most importantly, this article argues that the Scopus team made an unethical decision. The way they evaluated Nurture was not only unfair but also biased against journals from developing countries. The article calls for more transparency, fair practices, and accountability in the way global academic indexing platforms make decisions.