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    Inclination of higher education students towards medical and healthcare start-ups : an empirical study in the post covid scenario
    (NeuroQuantology, 2022-06-01) Lourens, Melanie Elizabeth; Newaskar, Prabha Shakya; Satyamurthy, D.V.Satyamurthy.G; Tamijeselwan, S.
    In an advanced world, extra fees aren't always a supply of worry, particularly if the pleasant of products and offerings received is better. Also, there's not anything uncommon approximately a populace stresses extra of a positive type of provider whilst its earnings capability increases. A better fashionable of dwelling is in truth a number of the elements which have brought about the increase in fitness care expenditure in latest decades. In maximum areas of the economy, the numerous troubles going through the fitness care machine might be alleged as possibilities with the aid of using marketers. However, on the grounds that health facility and scientific offerings believed to be vital are dominated with the aid of using the government – which price range 70% of the nation’s general fitness care costs – marketers are with the aid of using definition omitted from a massive a part of the fitness sector. In spite of governments having installation several running agencies and commissions, and regardless of the funding of huge sums of cash in latest years, our fitness care machine continues to be suffering to meet the people’s hopes. There isn't any uncertainty that marketers can be referred to as upon to soak up the demanding situations posed with the aid of using the getting older of the populace and the developing prices of fitness care on this nation. Sample of 215 students from higher education were considered to know different factors and their impact on Inclination of Higher Education Students Towards Medical and Healthcare Start-Ups. The study concludes that Scope and Opportunities, Skill and Talent, Entrepreneurial Consciousness and Awareness towards healthcare are the factors that determines the Inclination of Higher Education Students Towards Medical and Healthcare Start-Ups.
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    Social norm compliance and involvement with Covid-19: demographic differences in developing and developed countries
    (www.ssbfnet.com/ojs/index.php/ijrbs, 2022-06-30) Mason, Roger Bruce; Corbishley, Karen Margaret; Dobbelstein, Thomas
    Consumer decisions are influenced by various variables, including compliance with society’s social norms and by involvement by consumers with the issue under consideration. Both variables have influenced consumers’ actions during previous pandemics. Therefore, this study investigated involvement with the Covid-19 pandemic, together with social norm compliance (SNC), their mutual influence, and how demographic characteristics and country of residence influenced these three issues. The methodology involved a quantitative descriptive cross-sectional survey, with a quota sample of 1096 responses, based on age, gender, education, habitation, and income. The research was conducted with populations representing the consumers who patronize major retailers in a developed country (Germany) and a developing one (South Africa). Data was collected via questionnaires e-mailed to commercial consumer panels covering both countries. The findings showed that involvement is influenced by gender, age, education, habitation, and country of residence, but that SNC is not influenced by demographics but does differ according to country. Further findings were that involvement with Covid-19 strongly influences SNC and, similarly, SNC also strongly influences involvement with Covid-19. Furthermore demographics, excluding habitation, also influence these variables. However, the relationship between the involvement and SNC variables does not differ between the two countries. This study has provided a better understanding of consumers’ involvement with Covid-19 and SNC as components of consumer behavior, which is important since, during the Covid-19 pandemic, retailers have been instrumental in implementing health protocols. Therefore, understanding the relationship between involvement with Covid-19 and SNC, and how they are influenced by consumer demographics, is important.
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    COVID-19 involvement, shopping motives and buying behaviour : a German/South African comparison
    (Expert Journals, 2022-04-25) Corbishley, Karen M.; Mason, Roger B.; Dobbelstein, Thomas
    This study aimed to investigate whether consumers’ personal involvement with the COVID-19 pandemic led to hedonic or utilitarian buying motives, and how these buying motives might encourage impulse or planned buying behaviour. Furthermore, it examined whether these influences differed between a developed country (Germany) and a developing country (South Africa). The methodology involved a quantitative, descriptive, cross sectional survey, using a questionnaire based on the literature and sent by e-mail to a quota sample from an online-accessed consumer panel. Useable responses of 548 each from the two countries were analysed, showing that respondents with high levels of involvement with COVID-19 also show high levels of hedonic motivation, whereas utilitarian motivation appeared less important and not linked to a greater involvement with COVID-19. The study also found that a high hedonic motivation is associated with more impulsive shopping, whereas utilitarian motivation is not. The implication is that those with a utilitarian motivation tend towards planned shopping. Finally, the findings show that there appear to be no significant differences between the buying behaviour of consumers in a developing country and a developed country. This study contributed new knowledge about consumer shopping behaviour by examining the interaction of the hedonic/utilitarian construct and the impulsive shopping construct as components of consumer behaviour, research that has not been done before, and especially not in a developing country nor relative to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    The effect of layoffs on the performance of survivors at healthcare organizations
    (Aliva Global Research and Development, 2021-12-02) Wisetsri, Worakamol; Lourens, Melanie Elizabeth; Cavaliere, Luigi Pio Leonardo; Chakravarthi, M. Kalyan; Nijhawan, Gitu
    For years, workers of an organization have strivedto strengthen it and expand it with fresh concepts and strategies to accomplish new objectives.The layoff is,by definition,a spontaneous release from an institution, i.e. a compulsory resignation for certain purposes of employee categories, of permanent or temporary personnel (economic reasons, downsizing personal management).Outsourcing is a way of reducing costs and changing fixed costs to varying expenses for companies. It transfers work or researches to outside households,which lead to job losses.Finishing is a major business challenge, forced disconnected jobs and survivors.This sudden dismantling was triggered by theeconomic depression,which increased with corruption by governments. The COVID-19spread around the world is further overcome day by day.When the layoff is mass, companies may notify the workers of the reasons for the reduction.Some hospitals issued departed personnel a warning for clarifying things and preparing the workers even though they could do serious harm. This form of warning illustrates a pandemic COVID-19 by delivering unemployment until layoffs explainthe financial downturn for workers.Certain hospitals and organizations offer warning without consideration about the discharged workers on the same day. Moreover, this existed in tiny clinics, where there were not very significant layoffs. Substantial government institutions,including A.U.B.M.C., B.M.G.and other hospitals,prefer cuts as a remedy.This research aims to determine the effect of forced termination health care institutions on survivors' effectiveness, performance, quality of service, and relational results
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    The impact of the shutdown in the South African economy
    (Solid State Technology, 2020-11-10) Mbandlwa, Zamokuhle
    The global economy has been affected by the scourge of COVID-19, the pandemic came at a time that was not expected by most countries in the world. The economy of developing countries has been more affected by the less movement and the shutting down of businesses and the economy. South Africa is not immune to the global economic crises caused by the pandemic. The public suffering has led to stringent measures to stop the spreading of the pandemic. The president of South African decided to shut down the country on the 26 March to stop the infection rates. This article will focus on the impact of the shutdown in South Africa and the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Further, the National Development Plan vision 2030 (NDP) will be discussed about the disturbance of the plan caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The socio-economic impact on public services and businesses in South Africa will be analyzed and discussed. This study applied a secondary research methodology which is normally known as desktop research. A combination of journal articles, newspaper reports, various meetings reports, and reports of economic experts in different platforms was utilized.