The study provides compelling evidence of why a children dimension should be included in hospitality and tourism curriculum. The evidence are articulated around a reviewed and revisited approach of the Principle of Responsible Management Education, namely: Children: An Industry and Society Perspective (Principle 1: Value, Partnership and Dialogue); Children: Expertise and Research (Principle 2: Research and Method; and Children Tourist: A Conceptual Category (Principle 3: Purpose and Practice). Having said that, the suggested development of hospitality and tourism education curriculum is coming with challenges such as the emergence of hidden curriculum and opportunities such as augmented profile of students. Future research could look at investigated how a children dimension could be included in curriculum.
This paper presents the findings of a study, conducted as part of a PhD thesis, exploring ways in which translanguaging can be used to support the development of conceptual understanding of division. The study focused on 18 8-9-year-old pupils learning mathematics through the instructional languages of English and French in an 'immersion-style' bilingual education context in England. The data was collected from four consecutive mathematics lessons focusing on division, the first two taught through English by a monolingual English teacher and the second two taught in French by a bilingual French teacher. Both teachers were interviewed directly following their second lesson and the pupils participated in two focus groups, following their lessons in English and then French. This paper focuses on three of the seven translanguaging cycles that were identified as part of the analysis, each with a different combination of interlocutors. The first extract presents a peer-peer discussion of division involving exchange, the second involves a teaching assistant scaffolding learning for a new-to-French pupil and the third illustrates a pupil seeking clarification from the teacher. The findings reveal that crosslinguistic translanguaging affords a flexible space in which pupils are able to draw upon their linguistic repertoires to make linguistic and conceptual connections. The use of multiple representations and reprocessing opportunities further supported crosslinguistic transfer within these translanguaging cycles.
This study addresses the ongoing challenge of concurrently integrating Lean and Industry 4.0, a critical need for companies striving to enhance operational capabilities in increasingly digital environments. While past research focused on sequential approaches or high-level conceptualizations, this research delves into the level of 'how', applying Dynamic Capabilities theory through a deductive, four-stage mixed-method design, focused on large German manufacturing firms. First, expert interviews underwent thematic analysis to identify strategies and courses of action for integration. Next, an exploratory survey refined these results statistically. Third, the findings were validated and triangulated via a Delphi study, from which a structured integration framework emerged. Finally, confirmatory composite analysis of 236 managerial responses confirmed the reliability and validity of the framework. The study presents 44 validated actions grouped into six dimensions: Initiating, Sensing, Seizing, Transforming, Resources and Capabilities. Notably, it introduces the new 'Initiating' dimension, expanding the Dynamic Capabilities theory. While the study's focus on large German manufacturers is a limitation, the resulting framework offers practical pathways for companies unable to pursue sequential integration due to time pressures. Ultimately, this research provides both theoretical advancement and practical tools for successfully managing the simultaneous transformation towards Lean and Industry 4.0.
Urban pedestrian environments shape subjective thermal comfort under intensifying heat stress; however, the pathway through which shading translates into walking experience remains insufficiently specified, particularly regarding potential gender heterogeneity. This study examines how perceived shade quality relates to subjective thermal perception, walking satisfaction, and duration of public-space use in Macau. A mixed-method design integrates climate-informed solar-access screening and on-site surveys, and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling is applied to test a perception-led mediation structure with female–male multi-group comparison. Results indicate that shade quality contributes to walking satisfaction primarily through subjective thermal perception, while duration-related effects are more contingent. Multi-group tests show that the core behavioural paths are statistically comparable across groups, whereas gender-sensitive differences are detected in the perceptual linkage between shade quality and subjective thermal perception and, more clearly, in the associations between subjective thermal perception and concurrent microclimatic indicators (relative humidity, air temperature, wind speed, and solar radiation). These findings support heat-responsive shading strategies that prioritise perceptual thermal relief through shade continuity while providing microclimatic options that accommodate heterogeneous regulation under hot-humid exposure.
Existing research offers a moral critique of the neoliberal approach to corporate environmental ethics in the oil and gas industry, highlighting its reliance on private market dynamics and managerial agency, which are often invoked to shape strategic decisions and justify delays or resistance in addressing environmental responsibilities. However, the micro-foundations of this phenomenon—how individual employees respond to the moral challenges attributed to oil and gas companies in the context of climate change—remain underexplored. Drawing on Albert Bandura’s cognitive model of moral disengagement, this study examines their micro-level responses. Based on interviews with 30 industry employees, we identify a broad spectrum of moral disengagement mechanisms articulated in discussions, aligned with three core tenets of neoliberal environmentalism, with only a small number of individuals showing little or no such evidence of disengagement. This analysis contributes to the literature on corporate environmental ethics by revealing how an unchallenged neoliberal mode of reasoning hampers a deeper moral engagement with nature-centred environmental ethics at the employee level. We also highlight potential avenues for further research and for group or institution-level intervention aimed at fostering moral engagement with sustainable development beyond organisational boundaries.
