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ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the effects of physical activity and antidepressive agents on depressive symptoms in older adults: a meta-analysis of existing evidence

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics
Background Although a wide range of treatments for depression are currently available, the condition continues to pose a substantial threat to the physical health of older adults.
Shuai Zhang, Chenglong Miao
doaj   +1 more source

Exercise intervention on sleep quality in Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine
BackgroundPatients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are often accompanied by severe sleep disorders, which exacerbate with disease progression. Currently, pharmacological treatments have limitations, and the effect of exercise as a non-pharmacological ...
Zelong Tan, Yichen Jin, Zhipei Niu
doaj   +1 more source

Multispecies leisure: human-animal interactions in leisure landscapes

open access: yesMultispecies Leisure, 2019
The emerging multidisciplinary field of human-animal studies encourages researchers to move beyond human-centric practices and to recognise that human and nonhuman beings are positioned within shared ecological, social, cultural and political spaces ...
P. Danby   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do Eco‐Emotions and Climate Change Perceptions Influence Environmentally Conscious Decisions? Implications for Business Strategies

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing research on explicating travelers' decision‐making processes regarding greener travel options, there remains potential for exploring nuances of different factors and mechanisms that may encourage higher green travel. Grounded in the propositions of the push–pull–mooring framework, our study attempts to explicate whether eco ...
Chuhong Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship between Leisure Activities Demand and Attitudes of Adolescents

open access: yes, 2010
[[abstract]]Leisure activities help adolescents release pressure and get sound both in mind and body. It also helps adolescents to interact with society and achieve self-realization.
Ya-Se Chu
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Human rights, leisure and leisure studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
© 2015 World Leisure Organization. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, endorsed by the United Nations in 1948, includes the right to leisure time, to cultural participation and to travel.
Veal, AJ
core   +1 more source

The socio-economic impact of Africa’s oldest marine park

open access: yesKoedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2010
South African National Parks (SANParks) plays a major role in the tourism industry and has three primary functions, namely to conserve biodiversity, to create tourism and recreational opportunities and to build strong community relations.
Susan Oberholzer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A study on The Relation among Elementary School Teachers’ Leisure Involvement,Leisure Benefit and well-being in Tainan city

open access: yes, 2010
[[abstract]]The purpose of this study was to inguire into the relationships among the leisure involvement, leisure benefits and well-being from elementary school teachers’ perspective.The themes of this scale all used to do it.
Chin-Hsing, Chen
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