Regional Formation and Development Studies

Vartotojų komunikacijos procesas socialiniame feisbuko tinkle gali būti apibūdinamas kaip socialinė percepcija (socialinis suvokimas, pažinimas), esant abipusiam ryšiui, kai tiek siuntėjas, tiek ir gavėjas atlieka vienas kito vaidmenis – keičiasi informacija. Vartotojų komunikacija feisbuke daro socialinę įtaką: bendraujant su kitais veikiamas elgesys, kuris pagrįstas orientaciniais modeliais. Lietuvoje feisbukas yra populiariausias socialinis tinklas, kurį renkasi 97 proc. socialinių tinklų vartotojų. Vartotojų komunikacijos feisbuko socialiniame tinkle percepcija gali būti įvairių formų, jos priklauso nuo gaunamos ir naudojamos informacijos interpretavimo, įprasminimo, vartotojo asmenybės, asmeninio požiūrio ir informacinių poreikių. Socialinis feisbuko tinklas vartotojams yra reikšminga socialinio bendravimo priemonė ir svarbus informacijos šaltinis bei pramogų paieškos erdvė. Jo vartotojų asmeniniai informaciniai poreikiai, individualūs komunikaciniai tikslai ir orientaciniai modeliai lemia komunikacijos percepciją. Jeigu vartotojų informaciniai poreikiai susiję su neigiamo pobūdžio informacija, jie labiau linkę į neigiamas emocijas ir jų percepcija apie socialinį feisbuko tinklą taip pat turės neigiamą foną ir atvirkščiai.

Klaipėda is the third largest city in Lithuania, but its population is decreasing, while its suburbs are expanding and growing. This study reveals population migration to Klaipėda suburbs at the level of the smallest administrative unit – elderships. This helps with sufficient precision to identify not only the most attractive suburban residential areas, but also to determine the social-demographic problems faced by the local population. Due to uneven population change and structure, there is already a shortage of educational institutions and educators in some elderships. In the remote elderships from Klaipėda city, the population is rapidly aging, the unemployment rate is relatively higher than in other elderships, and the connection with the Klaipėda city by public transport is insufficient. Proposals for administrations of elderships and district municipalities are formulated taking into account the trends of population change. Comparative analysis, cartographic analysis, document analysis, expert interview method and others were applied in this study.

T&T confirms its importance, as it contributes significantly to global GDP and creates jobs worldwide. These numbers began to

We are participants of ever changing peripherization. A growing external control over social sciences has been spotted lately in academic community. This inspires to investigate a Lithuanian case on the discourse of regional governance in order to understand the impact of social research methodology in the processes of peripherization. With the intention to deemphasize domination, the article describes eleven stories designed for constituting methodological meanings of regional governance (RG) arrived at while reflecting upon public, academic and legal written texts. Texts were chosen to illustrate variety of international and national discourses, which manage the chain of reasoning on RG. The article ends with some insights on understanding RG and its methodological roots associated with three sets of principles drawn from qualitative research, quantitative research and discourse research.

Human resource management uses social networks to identify new employees. This research investigates if people use social networks to identify employment opportunities and how they improve their networks to get easier and quicker access to information and resources. Researchers worldwide devote their attention to different aspects of identification of new employees via social networks. The authors of the paper have done empirical research based on an online survey with 298 respondents, and the data obtained from the survey has been analysed using various statistical tools. The number of suitable candidates for employment is decreasing and companies need knowledge about the employment seeking process to have an effective and efficient recruiting strategy. This paper studies the information channel on employment possibilities, i.e. social network, and how individuals develop and improve their networks for the employment seeking process. Moreover, the authors analyse how people use social networks in the employment seeking process compared with other channels on possible employment opportunities.

Finansinių išteklių trūkumas yra viena pagrindinių tvarių projektų pradėjimo ir įgyvendinimo kliūčių. Projektų, kuriais siekiama

Straipsnyje analizuojami įmonių socialinės atsakomybės įgyvendinimo regioniniai skirtumai. Mokslininkų darbuose pripažįstama, kad įmonių socialinės atsakomybės įgyvendinimo skirtumai egzistuoja įvairiuose regionuose, atsižvelgiant į pabrėžiamus aspektus, įmonių socialinės atsakomybės sritis, teikiamas ataskaitas ir pan. Šiame straipsnyje siekiama išanalizuoti įmonių socialinės atsakomybės regioninius skirtumus, regionus suskirstant pagal socialinius-ekonominius modelius. Europos valstybes susiskirsčius pagal socialinius-ekonominius modelius ir jas įvertinus, remiantis taikomais tarptautiniais standartais bei gairėmis, nustatyta, kad Rytų ir Vidurio Europos regionas atsilieka, kontinentinis ir skandinaviškasis regionai pirmauja pagal GRI ataskaitų teikimą. Viduržiemio jūros regionas išsiskiria mažų ir vidutinių įmonių aktyvumu teikiant GRI ataskaitas, diegiant SA8000 standartą ar dalyvaujant Jungtinių Tautų Pasaulinio susitarimo tinkle.

Creativity in organizations has always been important, but in the twenty-first century, it is becoming object of interest among scientists in the field of management. The article discusses the essence of creativity and its benefits to organizations. Although researchers of various fields, including management, emphasize the benefits of creativity in everyday activities, but the skeptical view, that creativity can be applied only in art and not in everyday activities, still persist. This paper analyzes the scientific problem that is the lack of application of creativity in organizations. The object of research is application of creativity. The purpose of article is to research the applicability of creativity in organization through the analysis of the concept of creativity and its benefits to organizations. Objectives are to identify the benefits of creativity to the organization and to reveal the practice of application of creativity in Klaipeda organizations.

The aim of this paper is to analyse concepts of sustainable development directed at addressing the needs of society and undertaking

The continuous reduction and aging of population poses a serious threat to social economic development in Latvia. The consequence may be an imbalance of the social budget and the pension system, lack of human resources, reduction of business activity, etc., which has the potential to cause deeper economic and political crisis. Particular importance in this context takes early identification of negative trends and development of adequate strategic decisions.Three hypothetical scenarios of social economic development in Latvia are generated using simulation model based on system dynamics methods. The novelty of research is the design of the model, range of selected factors and their structure, dependency between factors and time horizon. This made possible to calculate dynamics of population and its structure in dependence on GDP and average income.General trends for social economic development in Latvia are shown and several recommendations are offered. The research can be used for dynamic analysis in any specific field related to social economic development and demography.