Authors:Ања Митић, Вељко Ђурић, Ивана Петровић Pages: 213 - 229 Abstract: The prognostic and mediational influences of basic and aversive personality traits, and social rank styles on individuals’ attitudes towards conspicuous consumption (ATCC, an indirect measure of the actual behaviour) were examined via path analysis[1]. The model (n=400, mean age=22.3) emphasised the direct and indirect effects of Extraversion, and the indirect effects of Neuroticism and Agreeableness which were sequentially mediated by all Dark Triad traits, and by two individualistic social rank styles: Dominant Leadership and Ruthless Self‑advancement. Dark Triad traits occupied the central position in the model connecting basic personality traits with social rank styles, and ultimately with ATCC. Machiavellianism was the only Dark Triad trait directly linked with ATCC, Dominant Leadership, and Ruthless Self-advancement. Narcissism exerted the main mediating effect on Dominant Leadership, while Machiavellianism and Psychopathy mediated the negative influence of Extraversion and Agreeableness on Ruthless Self-advancement. Both Dominant Leadership and Ruthless Self-advancement were directly predictive of ATCC. As two basic prosocial personality traits (Conscientiousness and Openness) and one prosocial rank strategy (Coalition Building) did not enter the model, we conclude that, from the present perspective, positive ATCC is linked to uncooperative and self-centred mindsets striving for superior positions in the social hierarchy. [1] The path analysis model upholds the dark side of affinity for conspicuous consumption. The model connects the personal traits domain with the personal strategies domain. Social rank styles are differentiated by basic and aversive personality traits. Each social rank style has a specific trajectory predictive of ATCC.[1] The path analysis model upholds the dark side of affinity for conspicuous consumption. The model connects the personal traits domain with the personal strategies domain. Social rank styles are differentiated by basic and aversive personality traits. Each social rank style has a specific trajectory predictive of ATCC. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME220627015M
Authors:Snežana Đorđević Pages: 231 - 247 Abstract: This article takes the concept of gated communities to represent a special form of securitised housing, developed in the United States in the 20th century and popularised around the world in later years, and examines it as such. The neo-liberal society is an especially fertile ground for the development of this concept due to the unequal distribution of wealth, growing social stratification, poverty and segregation. Often, the surrounding roads are privatised and access to public areas is restricted for the purposes of these settlements, which leaves entire complexes within cities inaccessible to the majority of citizens. All these processes are in conflict with the democratic concept of the open city and the model of mixed housing, nurtured in the welfare state. The segregation of citizens, and their marginalisation and displacement (gentrification), along with the endangerment and privatisation of public spaces significantly reduce the democratic capacity of urban communities. The main concern of this research is the examination of the reasons which contribute to the expansion of gated communities, and the effects they have on the spirit of the urban community (alienation) and the democratic capacities of cities. The aim of the paper is to examine the notion of gated communities on a sample of cities in the Anglosphere (USA, Canada, New Zealand), and to analyse their specific effects. The analysis of the existing research and case studies concerning gated communities in the world often consists of the use of statistical methods, regulatory change analyses, and the interviews and surveys of tenants, managers, politicians and officials. The comparative method, used in this paper, focuses on the similarities and differences of gated communities in different countries, which enabled us to draw conclusions on better housing and urban development policies (synthesis). PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME220514016D
Authors:Александар Ковачевић Pages: 249 - 265 Abstract: Big cities confront several transportation concerns, including traffic congestion, air pollution, public transportation availability, and infrastructural issues. City governments must provide residents with the best solution to these problems. The goal of this study is to examine the development of smart transportation in smart cities. Smart transportation is the most significant functional feature of any smart city, as it provides high-quality, environmentally friendly transportation serving a specific population. It encompasses a variety of forms of transportation, including walking, biking, carsharing, and public transportation. This research focuses on the question of whether various modes of smart transportation can resolve Belgrade’s persistent transportation problem. Firstly, we define smart cities, smart transportation, smart mobility, and sustainable urban mobility. The evolution of smart transport requires changes in spatial planning, which include monitoring people’s mobility (sensors), and their (non-)retention in squares and other public places, and developing these locations to meet residents’ demands. Secondly, we consult data on smart cities like Copenhagen, Vienna, and Ljubljana in order to develop the optimal scenario for our case study of Belgrade as a smart city in the transportation field. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME220226017K
Authors:Nenad Tomić, Violeta Todorović, Aleksandra S. Vasić Pages: 267 - 279 Abstract: The effects of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, reached on 17 October 2019, on the stocks listed on the London Stock Exchange are the subject of the paper. The classic event study methodology was used to quantify impact. This research is based on a sample of 138 stocks, divided into five sample sections according to the company’s business sector. In contrast to the research conducted after the referendum, which showed a clear negative impact on almost all of the observed sectors, the research conducted in this paper does not provide a unique conclusion. Three sectors recorded obvious positive effects, namely the financial sector, the food industry, and the medical sector, while no sector suffered obvious negative effects. The remaining two sectors did not provide data to aid in reaching a clear conclusion, as there were positive, negative and statistically insignificant results across different tests. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME210204018T
Authors:Jasmina Ognjanović Pages: 281 - 297 Abstract: The employer brand is seen as part of the intangible assets of a hotel that provides economic, functional, and psychological benefits to current and potential employees. This paper aims to identify and examine the influence of EBA on potential employees in the hotel industry. The study analyses the relationship between the dimensions of employer brand attractiveness and the decisions of potential employees - intent to join hotels and future behaviour. The sample includes 203 final year bachelor’s students and master’s students in the Hotel management course. The results reveal a positive effect of the dimensions of employer brand attractiveness (compensation and benefits, management value, and development and training) on intent to join. Also, the results reveal the effect of the dimensions (work/life balance, compensation and benefits, and development and training) on the future behaviour of potential employees. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME220305019O
Authors:Никола Стакић, Лидија Барјактаровић Pages: 299 - 316 Abstract: Throughout the past decade, sustainability has been one of the most important topics among academics and within the business community. The adoption of ESG practice and the creation of holistic business models is on the agenda of the entire financial industry, predominantly among banking and investment entities. The paper aims to analyse the regulatory framework and current practice of sustainable business models with respect to the most important international banks operating within the Serbian economy. The analysis encompasses the descriptive assessment of ESG regulations, the reporting framework in the sustainability domain, and the quantitative analysis of ESG metrics and their statistical relationship with banks’ financial performance. Due to various limitations, such as a lack of quantitative metrics and an unstandardized reporting practice, research was performed on a sample of four international banks operating in Serbia, for the period between the years 2015 and 2021. The statistical results of the regression analysis do not show a significant relationship between ESG metrics and the financial performance of the examined banks. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME220721020S
Authors:Ahmedin Lekpek, Zenaida Šabotić Pages: 317 - 336 Abstract: This paper analyses the direction and intensity of the impact of economic trends on the profitability of banks in Serbia and Croatia in the period between the years 2006 and 2021. This paper aims to determine which indicators of economic trends have the most substantial impact on the profitability of banks in the selected countries. As key indicators of economic trends, GDP per capita, the GDP growth rate, inflation rate, real interest rate, broad money growth, general government final consumption expenditure, current account balance, gross savings, trade, and unemployment are selected as independent variables. At the same time, bank profitability was measured with bank return on equity, in percentages (ROE), and bank return on assets, in percentages (ROA) – two indicators which represent the dependent variables selected for this research. Descriptive analysis, mean difference, correlation, and univariate and multivariate regression were used in the research. Research results show that changes in real interest rates and unemployment have a significant impact on the profitability of banks in both of the selected countries, while changes in GDP per capita growth have a statistically significant effect only in Serbia, and general government final consumption expenditure has a statistically significant impact only in Croatia. The influence of other indicators of economic trends is not statistically significant. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME210614021L
Authors:Nebojša Janićijević, Ljiljana Kontić Pages: 337 - 354 Abstract: The paper analyses the mechanism, that is, the way in which organisational culture impacts corporate entrepreneurship. Additionally, the paper analyses the direction of this impact, that is, the assumptions, values, and norms through which culture creates a positive context for corporate entrepreneurship. Corporate entrepreneurship, broadly defined as entrepreneurship within organisations, becomes a prerequisite for the organisations’ survival and development in the era of globalisation, and radical technology and market changes. Organisational culture as a system of assumptions, values, and norms shared by employees and managers significantly determines their opinions and behaviour. The paper demonstrates that organisational culture impacts corporate entrepreneurship by shaping the employees and managers’ interpretative schemes through its assumptions and values. Thus, organisational culture impacts employees and managers’ behaviour in everyday work, and thereby the extent to which this behaviour will be entrepreneurial. We applied the fragmented and integrated approaches in identifying the cultural assumptions, values, and norms through which organisational culture positively impacts corporate entrepreneurship. The fragmented approach showed that organisational culture positively impacts corporate entrepreneurship if it highly values innovations and changes, people development, open and intensive interactions and communications, the autonomy of employees and loose control, identification with the company, focus on work, and openness towards the environment. The integrated approach showed that the following culture types positively impact corporate entrepreneurship: adhocracy culture in Quinn and Cameron’s classification, and constructive culture in Human Synergetics’ classification. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME220828022J
Authors:Nedeljko Milanović, Marina Matejević Pages: 355 - 369 Abstract: The aim of this article was to determine and consider the attitudes of parents towards cooperation with teachers during the SARS-CoV2 pandemic. The sample included 110 parents of primary school students from the territory of the Republic of Serbia. We used a descriptive-analytical method. We also used surveying and scaling techniques, and we created a special instrument based on tangential literature for the purposes of this research. The research was conducted electronically, and the data was processed in the SPSS program. The obtained results show that mothers cooperated with teachers more often than fathers, and that the most common forms of cooperation were telephone conversations, and messaging via mobile applications. Unlike fathers, mothers believe that frequent cooperation is very important during the process of children’s formal education. The obstacles to cooperation during the pandemic cited by parents are: the impossibility of visiting schools and teachers; the lack of face-to-face communication, as well as the lack of advisory conversations with the teacher; the lack of adequate technological equipment and appropriate applications mediating the communication between parents and teachers; and insufficiently developed technological skills. The findings of this empirical research can motivate scholars to embark on future research that could more thoroughly consider the different forms of cooperation and communication between parents and teachers during unstable circumstances and conditions. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME220801023M
Authors:Marija Trajković, Branislava Popović-Ćitić, Luka Mijatović Pages: 371 - 384 Abstract: A sense of school belonging is considered a protective and promotive factor for a wide range of academic and developmental outcomes of students. However, previous research efforts were overly focused on examining the factors and processes that underlie it, and the available literature identifies a lack of a clear model of action that school actors should apply in order to improve it and, consequently, enjoy its benefits. The main goal of this paper is the analysis of relevant literature, with the aim of identifying the factors that contribute to the development of a sense of school belonging among students. In accordance with the basic principles of the adapted Bronfenbrenner’s bio-psycho-socio-ecological model of school belonging, the findings of the conducted review indicate that the sense of school belonging is of a systemic nature, and that its development and intensity are determined by multiple experiences, interactions and factors that usually exist on the individual, school-relational and contextual level. Although the paper provides preliminary insights into the factors that contribute to the development of a sense of school belonging, further research into these factors, which will examine their predictive effect, provide the possibility of defining a clear model of action, and represent a starting point for designing adequate interventions, is necessary. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME220805024T
Authors:Ivana Arsenić, Nadica Jovanović Simić, Mia Šešum, Bojana Drljan Pages: 385 - 403 Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the acoustic characteristics of voice and speech in adults with ataxic dysarthria, and to examine the extent to which they differ from those of typical speakers. The sample consisted of 30 patients with ataxic dysarthria, ages 21 through 82 (M = 56.07). Using the computer programme for multidimensional voice analysis (MDVP), the individual values of 10 acoustic voice parameters were determined for each sex. Additionally, the programme provided the frequency values of the first two formants for all five vowels of the Serbian language, based on the participants’ reading of the Balanced Text. The results of the analysis showed statistically significant differences in the values of the acoustic parameters between the participants with ataxic dysarthria and the reference values valid for typical speakers, which were generated by the MDVP. These differences were observed in parameters indicating voice frequency variability (F0, Fhi, Flo, STD, Jitt, vF0), voice intensity variability (Shim and vAm), and the presence of voice interruptions (DVB) and voiceless periods (DUV). Furthermore, a statistically significant difference was found between participants with ataxic dysarthria and typical speakers in the second formant (F2) of the vowels /E/ (p <0.01), /I/ (p <0.01), and /U/ (p <0.05). The significant deviations from the norms applicable to typical speakers indicate the substantial changes present in the voice and speech of individuals with ataxic dysarthria. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME220322025A
Authors:Lidija Beko, Dragoslava Mićović Pages: 405 - 422 Abstract: Since comics are known as an increasingly popular modern educational strategy which have not been common in university classes so far, this paper represents a creative attempt to change this practice. Namely, we believe that a good comic, or more precisely an educational-scientific comic, could be a useful tool for teaching, bringing about change and inventiveness, and connecting topics and narratives in a multitude of registers. Additionally, we believe that the potential of university teaching can be increased by combining comics and foreign language teaching, not only due to the already mentioned interest in comics as a language method but also due to its multidisciplinarity and the possibility of interfaculty cooperation as a completely new language practice, hitherto unexamined or insufficiently tested in language learning. The paper first discusses the arguments for and against the use of comics in teaching foreign languages, and then offers a practical overview on how to create a comic. Finally, we present our experiences in achieving interfaculty cooperation. In other words, this paper intends to shed light on three aspects: (1) promoting the idea of the teacher as a creator of innovative materials and strategies in education; (2) using comics as a language activity; and (3) the intellectual flexibility of students and lecturers in using comics at two different faculties. The research was conducted with the students of the Department of Geology of the Faculty of Mining and Geology of the University of Belgrade, and with the students of the Department of Forensic Engineering of the Belgrade University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME220216026B
Authors:Jovana Marceta Pages: 423 - 439 Abstract: Word associations are an important part of cognitive-linguistic and ethnolinguistic research on semantics. Associative responses to stimulus words provide important information about their lexical meaning. In cognitive studies, there is a vast interest in examining the connection between language and music. The aim of this research is to determine and compare the conceptualisations of music in the French and Serbian languages through the associative connection between the stimulus word music and the responses given by French and Serbian students. The conceptual organisation of the associative material will establish the extent to which the perception of music in the two observed linguacultural communities is specific, and the extent to which it expresses universal characteristics. The empirical material for the research was excerpted from two associative dictionaries of French and Serbian. PubDate: 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.22190/TEME220521027M
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