Problems and Perspectives in Management Volume 18(2)

Supply chain disruptions in the context of early stages of the global COVID-19 outbreak Creative Commons

Lenka Veselovská

Problems and Perspectives in Management, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 18(2), P. 490 - 500

Published: June 6, 2020

T he world finds itself facing unprecedented conditions as the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus has led to fundamental changes in the global supply chains. This paper aims to assess the initial response undertaken by Central European companies in the early stages of the outbreak. The survey was conducted as a research method to collect data from a large number of companies. Since it takes time to assess long-term effects of the pandemic and related measures, various changes in supply chains are examined as the early results of the COVID-19 crisis and measures implemented by companies. The study examines …

Impact of leadership behavior on psychological capital: the mediating role of organizational support Creative Commons

Osama Marashdah,

Rokaya Albdareen

Problems and Perspectives in Management, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 18(2), P. 46 - 56

Published: April 24, 2020

Even though psychological capital has been identified as an important issue in the workplace, little research has focused on it through organizational support. Drawing on leadership theory and conservation of resources theory, this article examines the mediating role of organizational support in the relationship between leadership behavior and psychological capital in insurance companies in Jordan. The questionnaires were distributed randomly. Out of 350 questionnaires, 335 questionnaires were effective for analysis, after analyzing the data using the statistical program SmartPLS version 3.2.6. Based on the theories, a significant impact of organizational support on the relationship between leadership behavior and psychological capital …

The impact of quarantine due to COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism industry in Lviv (Ukraine) Creative Commons

Mykhailo Rutynskyi,

Halyna Kushniruk

Problems and Perspectives in Management, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 18(2), P. 194 - 205

Published: Aug. 4, 2020

T he global crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of long-term international quarantine measures have had a very negative impact on the tourism industry. The paper aims to analyze the sectoral losses of the tourism industry during quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Lviv, a city whose historical center is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The article highlights the potential of the tourism industry before the introduction of quarantine measures, as well as using extrapolation methods estimates the economic losses of the tourist industry of Lviv in the conditions of long-term quarantine. Besides, the anti-crisis …