Post-Pandemic Realities and Growth in Eastern Europe: The Griffths School of Management & IT 12th Annual Conference on Business, Entrepreneurship and Ethics

Contents
Chapter 1: Conceptual Model of Communication in the Relationship Marketing of Public Institutions in the Post-pandemic Period
	1.1 Introduction
	1.2 Literature Review
	1.3 Preliminary Research
	1.4 Discussion
	1.5 Conclusions
	1.6 Research Limits
	References
Chapter 2: Cultural Consumption in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Approach
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Marketing the Cultural Products
	2.3 Coronavirus Impact on Cultural Products Consumption
	2.4 Methodological Notes
	2.5 Research Results
	2.6 Conclusions and Discussion
	References
Chapter 3: Pillars of Interest of the Twenty-First Century: Digitalization and Job Satisfaction
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Literature Review
	3.3 Digitalization and the Two Sides of Job Satisfaction
	3.4 Research Methodology
	3.5 Research Results
	3.6 Conclusions
	References
Chapter 4: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Propensity of Emerging Entrepreneurs to Start Social Enterprises in Romania
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Literature Review
	4.3 Social Entrepreneurship in Romania
	4.4 Methodology
	4.5 Results and Discussion
	4.6 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 5: The Influence of COVID-19 Crisis on Teachers’ Attrition in Israel 2021
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Literature Review
		5.2.1 Teacher Attrition Phenomenon
		5.2.2 Teacher Attrition Worldwide Perspective
		5.2.3 Teachers’ Attrition Phenomenon in Israel
		5.2.4 The COVID-19 Crisis and Teachers’ Attrition Teaching Predictors
	5.3 Research Methodology: The Influence of COVID-19 Crisis on Teacher’s Attrition
		5.3.1 Research Findings
			5.3.1.1 Distance Learning During COVID-19 Period
			5.3.1.2 Stress Experienced During COVID-19 Period
			5.3.1.3 Teaching Attrition
		5.3.2 Findings’ Analysis
	5.4 Discussions, Conclusions, and Limitations
		5.4.1 Discussions
		5.4.2 Conclusions
		5.4.3 The Research Limitations and Recommendations to Future Research
	References
Chapter 6: The Students’ Perception on Incorporating Google Classroom in Learning Economic Disciplines
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Literature Review
	6.3 Research Methodology
		6.3.1 Survey and Sample Characteristics
		6.3.2 Conceptual Model and Research Hypotheses
		6.3.3 Data Analysis
		6.3.4 Results
	6.4 Conclusion
	Appendix
	References
Chapter 7: The Good Part of COVID-19 Pandemic: Increasing the Living Standards of Physically Challenged People by Accepting Telework as a New Normality, in Association with Assistive Technologies
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Literature Review
		7.2.1 Home Office and Wellbeing
		7.2.2 Disability Infrastructure for Employment
		7.2.3 Eye-Tracking Technology
	7.3 Methodology
	7.4 Results
		7.4.1 Telework Statistics
		7.4.2 Disabled Persons’ Employment Rate Statistics
		7.4.3 Forecast of Disabled Persons’ Employment Rate
		7.4.4 IR Eye-Gaze Technology
		7.4.5 Infrastructure to Support the Employment Process and the Usage of Associated Technologies for People with Disabilities
	7.5 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 8: Post-pandemic Quality and Performance of the Romanian Consular Services
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 The Need for Improving Romanian Consular Services
		8.2.1 The Need for More Online Romanian Consular Services
		8.2.2 The Need of a Simplification of the Romanian Consular Procedures
		8.2.3 The Ministry’s Foreign Affairs Process of Reflection
	8.3 The Reality of the Consular Services Post-Pandemic Online Mode
		8.3.1 The Quality and Performance of the Romanian Consular Services Based on the Legislation in Force
		8.3.2 Actual Situation when Processing a Consular Service
	8.4 The New Vision of Offering More Quality Consular Services Driven by SARS-CoV-2 Virus
	8.5 Conclusions
	References
Chapter 9: Religion in Young Romanian People Before and During COVID-19: A Marketing Perspective
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 Marketing in Religious Organizations
	9.3 Religion in Romanian Young People: Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic
	9.4 Methodology
	9.5 Research Results
	9.6 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 10: An Examination of the Pet Food Buying Behavior Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 Literature Review
	10.3 Materials and Methods
		10.3.1 Sampling Method and Data Collection
		10.3.2 Scale Development
		10.3.3 Statistical Analysis
	10.4 Results and Discussions
	10.5 Conclusions
	10.6 Limitations of the Study
	References
Chapter 11: Is Telework Really Feasible in Israel?
	11.1 Introduction
	11.2 Covid-19 and Telework
	11.3 How Important Is Telework in a Post-Pandemic Reality?
	11.4 Research Methodology
		11.4.1 Research Method
		11.4.2 The Sample
		11.4.3 Research Question
		11.4.4 Hypotheses
	11.5 Findings
	11.6 Conclusion and Limitations
	References
Chapter 12: Highlighting the Main Poles of Political Performance and Governance Capacity at EU Level. Implications in the Context of COVID-19 Crisis
	12.1 Introduction
	12.2 Theoretical Considerations
	12.3 Data and Methodology
	12.4 Empirical Results
	12.5 Implications in the Context of COVID-19 Crisis
	12.6 Conclusions
	References
Chapter 13: Challenges in Managing the Resources of the Economic Entity Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic
	13.1 Introduction
	13.2 Literature Review
	13.3 Research Methodology
	13.4 Analysis and Discussion
		13.4.1 Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19 on the Overall Activity of Companies
		13.4.2 Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19 on the Management of Companies’ Human Resources
		13.4.3 Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19 on the Management of Companies’ Material Resources
		13.4.4 Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19 on the Management of Companies’ Financial Resources
	13.5 Conclusion, Limitations, and Future Research
	References
Chapter 14: Analysis of the Role of Trust and Uncertainty in Tourism Decision-Making as a Result of the Security Measures Introduced by SARS-CoV-2
	14.1 Introduction
	14.2 Literature Review
		14.2.1 Tourism
		14.2.2 Trust
		14.2.3 Uncertainty
		14.2.4 Decision-Making
	14.3 The Effects of COVID-19 on Tourism
	14.4 Measures Introduced as the Result of COVID-19 in Romania
	14.5 Methodology
	14.6 Results and Discussion
	14.7 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 15: Sustainable Industrial Development in Romania During the COVID-19 Pandemic
	15.1 Introduction
	15.2 Lіtеraturе Rеvіеw
	15.3 Rеsеarch Mеthodology
	15.4 Rеsults and Dіscussіons
	15.5 Conclusіons
	References
Chapter 16: Green Economy: Opportunities for Reshaping Personal Transportation? Between Tough Technological Choices and Induced Client Behavior
	16.1 Introduction and Motivation
	16.2 From Global and General to More Local and Specific Energy Instances
	16.3 Cost of Transportation Modes Under Various Conditions
		16.3.1 Some Comments on Economic Costs and Ecologic Impact of Vehicle Propulsion
		16.3.2 Cost-Benefit of Replacing a HC-Car Fleet by Electrical Vehicles in Romania
		16.3.3 Cost-Benefit of Fleet Replacement: Some Ecological Impact Dimensions
	16.4 How to Shape Mechanisms for Environmental Influencing?
		16.4.1 Social Dimension: Problems of Motivation, Acceptance, and Attitude
		16.4.2 Finding the Relevant Social Targets: A Recommendation Multi-Game?
	16.5 Conclusion and Outlook
	References
Chapter 17: Comparative Analysis of Romania’s Regional Competitiveness
	17.1 Introduction
	17.2 Romania’s Development Regions Ranking According to the Regional Competitiveness Index
	17.3 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 18: Elaboration of a Circular Economy Composite Index for the EU27 Countries
	18.1 Introduction
	18.2 Literature Review
	18.3 Methodology
	18.4 Results and Empirical Findings
		18.4.1 Selection of Indicators
		18.4.2 Normalization of Indicators
		18.4.3 Selection of Appropriate Indicators by Having Considerations on Redundant Ones
		18.4.4 Aggregation of Indicators and Formation of the Composite Index of Circular Economy Indicators
	18.5 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 19: Shedding Light on the Effects of Corruption on Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence Across EU Countries Based on Panel Data Analysis and Simulation Forecast Scenarios
	19.1 Introduction
	19.2 Theoretical Considerations
	19.3 Measurement of Corruption
	19.4 Mapping the Level of Institutional Credibility at the European Level
		19.4.1 Data and Methodology
		19.4.2 Empirical Results
			19.4.2.1 Evaluating the EU Member States Performance Based on Multicriterial Analyses
			19.4.2.2 Capturing the Corruption Effects on Economic Growth Across the EU Member States
			19.4.2.3 Quantifying the Effects of Corruption on Economic Growth Across EU Countries in the Context of a Post-Pandemic Period Using Simulation Forecasting Scenarios
	19.5 Conclusions
	References
Chapter 20: Mapping the Field: Investigating the Literature on Informality and COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Text Analysis Approach
	20.1 Introduction
	20.2 Theoretical Considerations
	20.3 Data and Methodology
	20.4 Empirical Results
		20.4.1 Word Cloud Analysis
		20.4.2 The Relationship Between Words: Bigrams and Correlations in the Analysis Between Informal Economy and COVID-19
		20.4.3 Exploring the Words That Are Important to One Document Within a Collection of Documents for the Four Most Cited Papers
		20.4.4 Exploring the Relationship Between Informal Economy and COVID-19 Using Topic Modeling
	20.5 Conclusions
	References
Chapter 21: The Opportunity to Approach Sustainable Development from the Perspective of the Economic and Social Environment in the Context of the Covid-19 Crisis
	21.1 Introduction
	21.2 Lіtеraturе Rеvіеw
	21.3 Rеsеarch Mеthodology
	21.4 Rеsults and Discussions
	21.5 Conclusions
	References
Chapter 22: Forecasting the Bitcoin Closing Price in Times of the Pandemic Using Box-Jenkins Methodology
	22.1 Introduction
	22.2 Theoretical Considerations
	22.3 Data and Methodology
	22.4 Empirical Results
		22.4.1 Testing for Non-stationarity
		22.4.2 Identification Stage
		22.4.3 Estimation Stage
		22.4.4 Diagnostics Stage
		22.4.5 Forecasting the Bitcoin Closing Price
	22.5 Conclusions
	References
Chapter 23: The Role of the Professional Accountant in Identifying Solutions for a Fast Business Recovery
	23.1 Introduction
	23.2 Accounting
	23.3 Methodology
	23.4 Conclusion
	References
Index