Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nadežda Jankelová Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia Author-Name: Zuzana Joniaková Title: Increasing the work engagement of agrarian enterprise employees through the support of the direct manager, organisational trust and job autonomy Abstract: The aim of the paper is to research the interrelationships between variables - the support of the direct manager (SDM), work engagement (WE), organisational trust (OT), and job autonomy (JA) in enterprises operating in agriculture. Both direct and indirect effects affecting the increase in work engagement of agrarian employees are analysed. For the data collection, a questionnaire survey among the employees of agrarian enterprises in Slovakia was used (680 respondents). For testing, we applied the theoretical research model and purposed hypotheses with the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method through the SmartPLS 3.0 software. The findings point out the existence of a statistically significant relationship between SDM and WE, which is, though, weaker than the overall effect by involving the mediation variables. Both mediation variables (OT and JA) separately increase the overall effect, but their common mediation influence mainly has a substantial significance. The intensity of the researched relationship increases with the length of employment. In the case of the employee's age and the size of the agrarian enterprise, there was a negative moderating effect on the relationship of the main proven variables. Keywords: agricultural enterprise management, autonomy of the employees, engagement, level of trust, managerial support, mediation, staff Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 239-249 Volume: 68 Issue: 7 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/92/2022-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/92/2022-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-202207-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:68:y:2022:i:7:id:92-2022-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Denisa Bogdana Abrudan Author-Workplace-Name: Management Department, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, East European Center for Research in Economics and Business (ECREB), Timisoara, Romania Author-Name: Nosheen Rafi Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan Author-Name: Dana Codruta Daianu Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Arad, Romania Author-Name: Masood Nawaz Kalyar Author-Workplace-Name: Lyallpur Business School, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan Title: Linking green intellectual capital with green innovation: Examining the roles of green dynamic capabilities and 'motivation to achieve legitimacy' Abstract: The present study aims to investigate the roles of agricultural firms' green dynamic capabilities (DCs) and 'motivation to achieve legitimacy' in the relationship between green intellectual capital (IC) and green innovation. We posit the 'resource-capability-outcome' model according to which green IC is an important strategic resource which helps firms to build and increase green DCs in order to achieve green innovation outcomes. The data were collected from 146 firms operating in both primary and secondary sectors. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used with WarpPLS 8.0 to process and analyse the data. The results indicated that green DCs serve as an important underlying mechanism and mediate the relationship between green IC and green innovation. Moreover, results also supported the moderating role of the firms' motivation to achieve legitimacy, implying that high motivation strengthens the relationship between green DCs and green innovation. However, the results did not support moderation for the relationship between green IC and green DCs. Keywords: environmental degradation, green capabilities, pro-environmental performance, sustainability-oriented intangible assets Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 250-258 Volume: 68 Issue: 7 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/97/2022-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/97/2022-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-202207-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:68:y:2022:i:7:id:97-2022-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Chong Cao Author-Workplace-Name: School of Economics and Management, West Anhui University, Lu'an, China Author-Name: Guojun Yuan Title: Foreign trade and virtual land resources: A case study of China's grain Abstract: This paper selects four grain crops of rice, wheat, soybean, and corn, analyzes their foreign trade from 2002 to 2020, and estimates the virtual land resource. The research results show that China's grain has always been in the state of net import. China mainly exports rice and imports soybeans, and the market structure has an obvious trend of simplification. The net import of virtual land resources in China's grain has grown significantly and has outstanding contribution ability. The average annual net import is 62.25 million ha, which is almost equivalent to the arable land area of China's one-cropping area. The net import contribution of soybean virtual land resources is about 101 times of its sown area, while corn, rice, and wheat account for about 10.42, 11.69, and 74.66% of its sown area. The net importers of virtual land resources are relatively concentrated, mainly in Brazil, the US, Argentina, Ukraine, and Canada. Keywords: evolution trend, food security, grain trade, virtual land use Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 259-270 Volume: 68 Issue: 7 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/85/2022-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/85/2022-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-202207-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:68:y:2022:i:7:id:85-2022-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Milos Hitka Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Management and Business, Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia Author-Name: Silvia Lorincova Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Management and Business, Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia Author-Name: Milos Gejdos Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Forest Harvesting, Logistics and Ameliorations, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia Author-Name: Martina Lipoldova Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Management and Business, Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia Title: Employee motivation during the time of the crisis in agricultural and forestry organizations: Case study Abstract: The aim of the paper was to define the effect of the pandemic on employee motivation. Following the questionnaires, the level of motivation in agricultural and forestry organizations before the COVID-19 pandemic in the years 2018-2019 and after the crisis in the years 2020-2021 was defined. The hypotheses were tested using the variance analysis with interactions. The analysed field (financial, social, work, and career-related) was presented by the dependent variable. The categorical independent variables were used to describe the age, gender, and the time before or after the COVID-19 pandemic. A reduction in the level of the requirements in all areas of motivation in terms of age and gender is the result of the study. The needs and requirements of the employees of agricultural and forestry organizations are reduced. The order of importance of the groups stays almost the same. The finding that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has, besides others, effect on human resource management, especially on employee motivation, is considered the main contribution of the study. The results of the study result in enhancing the knowledge about economic development through human resource management at the time of the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Keywords: age, ANOVA, COVID-19 pandemic, gender, human resource management Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 271-281 Volume: 68 Issue: 7 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/71/2022-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/71/2022-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-202207-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:68:y:2022:i:7:id:71-2022-AGRICECON