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Merits, Volume 4, Issue 2

2024 June - 7 articles

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Articles (7)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,642 Views
20 Pages

Leadership Energy Theory for Sustaining Leadership Competence and Effectiveness

  • Oluseye Olugboyega,
  • Obuks Ejohwomu,
  • Emmanuel Dele Omopariola and
  • Alohan Omoregie

7 June 2024

Leaders who lack leadership energy may struggle to demonstrate sustained competence and achieve effectiveness in difficult leadership situations. This research investigates the sources of leadership energy and examines the impact of leadership energy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,813 Views
18 Pages

Automated Competence Assessment Procedures in Entrepreneurship

  • Markus Marschhäuser,
  • Fabienne Riesel and
  • Volker Bräutigam

2 May 2024

This study endeavors to automate the assessment of competencies within the domain of entrepreneurship, specifically targeting the augmentation of entrepreneurial cognition and conduct within universities in German rural regions, like Lower Franconia....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,899 Views
13 Pages

Knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control and Practice Behaviors among Career and Volunteer Firefighters in Rural Communities

  • Edrisa Sanyang,
  • Ashley Adams,
  • Ritchie Taylor,
  • Vernell McDonald,
  • Gretchen Macy and
  • Jacqueline Basham

10 April 2024

Due to the emerging threat conditions in the work environment, firefighters are at a high risk of exposure to not only toxic substances but also biological agents in the dayroom and during emergency runs. The aim of this study is to evaluate firefigh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,389 Views
14 Pages

Exploring the Influence of Crime on NEET Rates: A Regional Analysis of Italy

  • Iacopo Odoardi,
  • Dario D’Ingiullo,
  • Ada Di Nucci and
  • Davide Quaglione

10 April 2024

The occurrence of criminal activities has the potential to hinder socioeconomic advancement, preventing individuals from investing in human capital and pursuing employment opportunities. Our investigation focuses on the hypothesis that the NEET (not...

  • Project Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,332 Views
14 Pages

8 April 2024

This paper presents the outcomes of the “Training for Sustainable Employment of Youth and Young Adults” project, originally developed with the assistance of a consortium of institutions in six countries. These countries comprised five EU...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,835 Views
9 Pages

26 March 2024

The present study evaluated the empirical distinction between the PERMA-Profiler and the Workplace PERMA-Profiler, which measure flourishing using the same items with different contexts (i.e., general vs. workplace orientations). Both scales were adm...

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Merits - ISSN 2673-8104