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Tourism, one of the economic sectors that has experienced great development in recent decades and must face unexpected challenges related to the evolution of the global context, needs a sustainable approach to harmonise its effects and impact on the natural and social environment. The aim of this research was to investigate the pro-environmental behaviour of young tourists in hotels versus at home and the main influencing factors of behavioural intention to reuse towels in hotels. The primary data were collected using a survey that was applied to Romanian young people. Eight hypotheses were formulated and tested through paired samples t-tests, a correlation analysis and a hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Our results showed the higher pro-environmental conduct of young guests at home than in hotels, both through their general behaviour regarding the reduction of resource consumption and through their specific behaviour of reusing towels. Our empirical findings also highlighted that tourists’ behavioural intention to reuse towels was positively influenced by an eco-friendly attitude, pro-environmental past experiences and habits to reuse towels at home. In order to achieve sustainable tourism, hotel management should convince guests to bring their ecological habits with them, and educational institutions should use specific methods of raising awareness among young people about an environmentally friendly attitude.
Maria-Ana Georgescu; Emilia Herman. Are Young People Ready to Have a Pro-Environmental Sustainable Behaviour as Tourists? An Investigation of Towel Reuse Intention. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9469 .
AMA StyleMaria-Ana Georgescu, Emilia Herman. Are Young People Ready to Have a Pro-Environmental Sustainable Behaviour as Tourists? An Investigation of Towel Reuse Intention. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (22):9469.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria-Ana Georgescu; Emilia Herman. 2020. "Are Young People Ready to Have a Pro-Environmental Sustainable Behaviour as Tourists? An Investigation of Towel Reuse Intention." Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9469.
In the current economic and social environment, a real challenge for youth is the acquisition and development of the relevant skills in entrepreneurship in order to consider entrepreneurship as a desirable employment choice. Given this aspect, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the main factors influencing students’ entrepreneurial intentions, paying particular attention to their entrepreneurial family background. Additionally, the paper aims to explore the effect of entrepreneurial family background on the relationship between effectiveness of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention. We conducted a study where results were based on the outcomes of a survey among Romanian high school and university students in the final year (N = 617). Our four main hypotheses were tested through independent samples t-tests, correlation analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis. The findings highlighted that the students with an entrepreneurial family background reported a higher entrepreneurial intention than those without such a background. The variables that positively influenced the entrepreneurial intentions of the students were entrepreneurial family background, effectiveness of entrepreneurship education, and entrepreneurial personality traits. Furthermore, this entrepreneurial family background negatively moderated the relationship between effectiveness of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention. For this reason, emphasis should be placed on both formal and informal entrepreneurial education, which will increase the propensity of young people to choose an entrepreneurial career.
Maria-Ana Georgescu; Emilia Herman. The Impact of the Family Background on Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions: An Empirical Analysis. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4775 .
AMA StyleMaria-Ana Georgescu, Emilia Herman. The Impact of the Family Background on Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions: An Empirical Analysis. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):4775.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria-Ana Georgescu; Emilia Herman. 2020. "The Impact of the Family Background on Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions: An Empirical Analysis." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 4775.
Our work focuses on a theme related to the long-term strategic objectives of the EU in the field of education and training, as established by the EU Council since 2009. In the theoretical part of the paper, we presented the regulations regarding the continuous professional training in Romania, but also the institutions with attributions in the field of vocational training. The practical part is based on a case study conducted in a field that attracts much attention from the point of view of the current sustainability issues, namely in the forestry field. As methodology, we conducted an opinion poll by means of a questionnaire applied to a large part of the employees of the Gurghiu forestry zone in Mureș County Forestry Department. Our goal was the identification of the training needs of the employees, as well as the identification of their perception on the professional training at the organization level. The most important topics selected for analysis concern the types of courses followed by the employees, their opinions on their usefulness, on the importance of vocational training, on the correlation between the courses taken and their personal aspirations, as well as on the barriers involved in vocational training. Because in Romania the education through vocational schools has been neglected for several decades, this has affected the sustainability of working practices in different organizations that need qualified staff. We emphasize that it is very important to have more trainers and more training courses for workplace specialization, including in the forestry field.
Maria-Ana Georgescu; Crina Gliga. Continuous Vocational Training for Sustainable Work Practices in Forestry. Procedia Manufacturing 2020, 46, 299 -307.
AMA StyleMaria-Ana Georgescu, Crina Gliga. Continuous Vocational Training for Sustainable Work Practices in Forestry. Procedia Manufacturing. 2020; 46 ():299-307.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria-Ana Georgescu; Crina Gliga. 2020. "Continuous Vocational Training for Sustainable Work Practices in Forestry." Procedia Manufacturing 46, no. : 299-307.
It is widely recognized that achieving highly productive employment is a serious challenge facing inclusive and sustainable development. In this context, the aim of this article was to highlight the main characteristics and mechanisms of productive employment, focusing on the interrelationships between productive employment, and inclusive and sustainable development in European Union countries, during the recent economic crisis and recovery period (2007–2016). The results of the correlation and regression analysis suggest that the high level of inclusive and sustainable development in some European Union countries can be mainly explained by high labor productivity, an efficient sectoral structure of employment, a low level of vulnerable and precarious employment, and low working poverty. Moreover, the results of the principal component analysis and cluster analysis show that there are common features and differences between the European Union member states in terms of their interrelationship between productive employment, and inclusive and sustainable development, which emphasizes the need to take specific actions to transform unproductive employment into productive employment, especially in southern countries and some central and eastern European countries, so that productive employment will be the driving force for development.
Maria-Ana Georgescu; Emilia Herman. Productive Employment for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in European Union Countries: A Multivariate Analysis. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1771 .
AMA StyleMaria-Ana Georgescu, Emilia Herman. Productive Employment for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in European Union Countries: A Multivariate Analysis. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (6):1771.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria-Ana Georgescu; Emilia Herman. 2019. "Productive Employment for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in European Union Countries: A Multivariate Analysis." Sustainability 11, no. 6: 1771.