Recent years have seen growing scholarly interest in circular economy approaches to procurement. However, a systematic review of this knowledge remains lacking, particularly for developing economies. This review aims to address that gap by examining how Circular Procurement (CP) can support Sierra Leone’s sustainable development objectives and enhance resource efficiency. Following PRISMA 2020 guidelines, we conducted a systematic literature review of publications from 2016-2024, employing rigor...

Social Issues and Public Policy  Public Administration  Supply Chain Management 

This study investigates the influence of Digital Transformation (DT) on Knowledge Management (KM) of teleworking employees at the Federal Institute of Bahia (FIBA). Using a quantitative approach with Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Simple Linear Regression, the research is characterized as descriptive and exploratory, focusing on identifying and quantifying the relationships between DT and KM. The research analyzed 47 variables related to DT and KM, of which 42 were grouped into two main ...

Information Technologies  Technology  Labor Economics  E-Learning and Knowledge Management  Public Administration 

There is ample evidence that Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) play an increasingly important role within the child welfare system, yet not much is known about the factors that contribute to the development of successful CBO collaboratives in the field. This paper explores factors that contribute to Collaborative stability using data from 41 collaboratives that used the Matrix Outcomes Model between 2002 and 2022. The data analysis and interviews with 3 collaborative coordinators revealed tha...

Public Administration 

The increasing popularity of natural parks as tourist destinations presents economic benefits but also environmental challenges, necessitating a balance between conservation and visitor experience. This study in the Bicol region, Philippines, examines the relationship among resource conservation strategies, visitor experience, and satisfaction at natural parks governed by the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act. Utilizing a descriptive-correlational research design and stratif...

Tourism Economy  Environmental Sciences  Public Administration  Strategic Management  Strategic Management Policy 

Government trust and risk communication of public health emergencies is a concomitant relationship. Good government trust is a booster for effective risk communication, and effective risk communication will also promote and strengthen government trust. Currently, with the improvement of people’s economic and cognitive levels, people are increasingly concerned about the social risks around them, especially the high sensitivity to risks related to physical health and safety. Risk communication has...

Public Administration  Public Health 

This study models an assessment of the driving factors for effective stakeholder management and performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and heightens an acute research area that is currently growing and demanding more studies to substantiate its place in extant literature. A theoretical framework was developed from the macro, meso and micro dimensions of stakeholder management, and the best-worst method was used to analyze and rank the identified driving factors for effective s...

Business Management  Public Administration 

This study is a preparation phase under the Tourism Assessment Process (TAP) in the Local Government Unit (LGU) of San Jose, Philippines, which gathered data on the destination’s internal and external environments using SWOT analysis. The collection of data was done through rapid rural appraisal where all concerned stakeholders were involved in the process of decision-making from analyzing problems and conditions, setting-up objectives, and identifying strategies to plan implementation. It was a...

General Management  Project Management and Strategy  Business Management  Public Administration  Strategic Management  Rural Planning 

In order to control the rapidly rising housing price, the State Council launched the “New Eight” real estate purchase restriction policy. With the help of event history analysis (EHA), this paper analyzed the internal and external influencing factors of the diffusion of the policy in first-tier and second-tier cities. The results show that the monthly average increase of housing price has a significantly negative impact on the diffusion of policies. That is, the cities with high monthly price in...

Public Administration