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BackgroundA number of motor abnormalities have been reported in psychotic disorders, including dyskinesia and psychomotor slowing. There is also evidence for many of the same motor abnormalities in biological first-degree relatives and accruing evidence for motor abnormalities in bipolar disorder. In addition to motor dysfunction, there are also shared symptom domains amongst these populations.ObjectivesWe explored the associations of (1) current and lifetime psychosis and mood symptom domains and (2) domains of psychosis proneness with various domains of motor function in a transdiagnostic sample (n = 149).MethodIndividuals with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder, biological first-degree relatives of individuals with a psychotic disorder, and controls completed measures of psychomotor speed and movement fluidity, and neural activity related to motor preparation (stimulus-locked lateralized readiness potential, S-LRP) and execution (response-locked LRP) was assessed using EEG. All participants completed the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; patients were additionally assessed for lifetime psychosis and mood episode symptoms, and relatives and controls completed the Chapman psychosis proneness scales.ResultsMultiple regression revealed levels of current negative symptoms and mania were significantly positively associated with psychomotor slowing even after accounting for current antipsychotic medication dosage and duration of illness. S-LRP onset latency was significantly positively associated with magical ideation.ConclusionDomains of motor function are associated with various mood and psychosis symptom domains in a transdiagnostic sample, which may provide insight into brain abnormalities relevant to the expression of symptoms across disorders.

In this paper the subject of study is the characteristics of textile industry businesses in crisis conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper is based on the fact that economic entities in their operations often encounter disturbances caused by the action of a large number of factors that lead to a crisis in their operations and which imply the implementation of appropriate activities in order to overcome these disturbances. The textile industry is an economic branch that is sensitive to crisis disturbances and was particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper is structured so that it consists of three parts. In the first part of the paper, it studies the impact of the crisis on the operations of textile companies, with a special focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as on the necessity of applying the concepts of circularity and sustainability. In the second part of the paper, the impact of the pandemic on the EU textile industry is analyzed, both from the point of view of the characteristics of that impact, and from the point of view of the measures and future strategic directions of the development of this sector. In the final part of the paper, the study focuses on the business characteristics of the domestic textile sector, while analyzing its indicators in crisis conditions and in the period from the onset of the pandemic until today. It is concluded that the application of the concept of a circular and sustainable economy represents the only long-term solution for the exit of this sector from the crisis, as well as a condition for its further development.

Rural development is one of the most important elements of the overall economic development. The level of entrepreneurship development, which is closely related to the available human capital of a certain area, has a particularly great impact on the speed and structure of the rural economic growth, along with outdoor amenities of rural areas. The paper provides an overview of foreign and domestic academic literature which deals with the issue of rural development and indicates the necessity and importance of achieving a stronger connection between rural outdoor amenities and the socio-economic development of rural areas. The paper also presents the results of the research aimed at the formulation of the relevant models of economic growth of rural areas in the 21st century. The aim of this paper is to point out the importance and possibility of implementing successful models of rural economic growth in Serbia.

For a long time, corporate identity, corporate image and corporate reputation have been studied from a number of academic perspectives, due to their intangibility and their significant role in gaining an organization's competitive advantages. Recent business circumstances (for example, the economic downturn due to the Covid-19 pandemy) bring new challenges for companies and their long-term survival. The aim of this paper is to review the constructs of corporate identity, corporate image and corporate reputation, and, thus, to remove or reduce the misunderstanding of the three constructs in the relevant literature. After a thorough theoretical review, some influential conceptual models were examined, pointing out the role of communication in the whole process of corporate marketing.

Numerous branches of industry, involving the textile and clothing sector, are subjected to various negative trends of the COVID-19 pandemic period and other crises. Crisis management in a systematic manner within a company represents one of the possible replies aiming at reducing the adverse effects of these events. The analysis of companies' experiences in encountering such an unwanted event shows that good communication facilitates crisis management. The main goal of this paper is to consider the role of public relations in the crisis management. The first part of this paper considers different forms of crisis that every production company has to take into account. The middle part of the paper focuses on the crisis management process, and, also, analyzes possible communication strategies. In the final part of the paper, attention is paid to the recent experiences in terms of crisis communication management in well-known companies.

Benchmarking represents a contemporary method which provides opportunityy for learning and change of behaviour based on comparison with the ones best in class. It creates a base for many developmental opportunities for the organizations which are capable to recognize benneffits from practical implementation of this method. Benchmarking has an important place in the development of new product, as well as services, of which a large proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still unaware. In initial phase of new product development, in the phase of idea generation, results of benchmarking analysis may affect the projection of success path of following phases of product development. Considering the process of development and marketing of new textile products raises the question of best practice of the process itself, as well as the role and place of benchmarking within the stages of the process of development of new textile products. The paper focuses on looking at modern product innovations marketed by organizations operating within the textile industry and drawing conclusions about the level at which the development of operational performance and the innovation incentive of organizations depends on the implementation of the benchmarking process in the process of developing new textile products.

Social responsibility is applied in many industrial branches around the world, and in recent decades, various aspects of corporate social responsibility have been analysed in the apparel and textile industry. The textile and clothing industry is rapidly developing branch of the industry, so modern corporations must be able to respond to market demands and place products on the market as soon as possible. In doing so, they must be aware of their environment and actors who are involved in the process in any way and must adapt their business in order not to cause harm to others and do not pollute the environment. However, in spite of the efforts of organizations to be socially responsible, we still meet today with textile and clothing companies, which behave very unethically towards their actors. As long as there is an opinion that the realization of a profit is on a far higher scale and that it is far more valued by employees, consumers, investors and other stakeholders, there will exist a problem of implementing a socially responsible business. Organizations tend to reduce all critical aspects that negatively affect the production itself and are often criticized by the community. They try to behave ethically towards all actors, but the unethical reflection in the business is present to a lesser extent. The aim of this paper is to study the textile and clothing industries through the prism of corporate social responsibility at the national level. Particularly important is the way companies in this sector are dealing with social responsibility issues.

Business processes provide description of way in which organizations realize their businesses. Orientation to business processes significantly influences the overall performance of organizations. Process-oriented organizations tend to reach the best business practices by carrying out actions such as process definition, process performance measurement, and process improvement processes, among others. The results of the research are focused on examination of differences according to dimensions such as the definition of the process, the focus on process performance and the presence of process improvements within the production organizations covered by research, grouped according to the criteria of years of operation. By using the ANOVA test, within the software package for statistical data processing SPSS, the presence of a statistically significant difference between individual groups of organizations was determined. Ranking of the groups according to the adoption of defined dimensions is performed using the TOPSIS method.

Contemporary business brings with itself a great number of challenges, especially business in the context of labor-intensive and resource-intensive activities, which includes the production of clothing products. Such a nature of work within the clothing industry causes the appearance of variety of issues which require application of corporate social responsibility activities. Although examples of unethical practices in business continue to be present, many large companies involved in the production of clothing are investing efforts and significant resources in the implementation of socially responsible business activities. Small and medium-sized enterprises have to follow their steps. They have to develop awareness of the impacts of current business practices on the stakeholders and the environment in which they operate. And then to introduce changes in business practice that will ensure active engagement in reducing negative impacts, external, as well as and internal, which are primarily related to employee impacts, which should not be neglected at all. This paper deals with the application of social responsibility practices, the nature of activities related to social responsibility, and the specificity of their application by small and medium-sized enterprises operating within the clothing industry.

One of the key factors in business optimization is business process management (BPM), a discipline that combines knowledge in information technology (IT) and management sciences, and applies them to operational business processes, whether it enables process monitoring or execution or management processes, through design, modeling, simulation and analysis, or reengineering and optimization. Modeling is a research methodological process by which a model can be generated, which can replace the actual phenomenon, and involves designing the process by including all costs, resources or constraints, in order to determine the functioning of the process under different circumstances. Often, modeling is treated as the only way to create a 'perfect' process, and so the management of business processes is often treated as a modeling of business processes. After the implementation of specific methodological procedures in the process of collecting and systematizing data for model formation, the paper presents ways of participating, exploiting and benefiting computer modeling, as the final phase of generating new, optimized and efficient SME models. More precisely, it is about the activities of generating a new model of SMEs for the production of clothes, through reengineering the production process by improving the performance that is, through the optimization of production by the flexible and phase implementation of the CAD/CAM system. It should be noted that the model is based on the data presented in the first part of the work (brainstorming and Ishikawa), as well as on the basis of basic research on the work and operations of SMEs (survey, SWOT and PEST analysis).

The business dynamics of modern organizations require a proactive approach to protecting the health and safety of employees at work, which will identify potential risks, eliminate them, or reduce the likelihood of their occurrence to an acceptable level by preventive action. In this regard, the research in this paper focuses on the analysis of the working environment and working conditions, from the aspect of risk assessment, in various industrial sectors in the territory of the Jablanica Administrative District. Twenty work places in different manufacturing processes were observed and analyzed, those work places where the level of occupational risk is increased and where employed women are exposed to a number of negative influence of risk factors that occur in the work process. Based on the results, it was concluded that the most common negative impact on the health and safety of employees has noise and chemical hazards. It has been found that there is a high level of risk due to the exposure of employees to chemical hazards in textile manufacturing. The obtained results indicate that the methods used in this research can be successfully used in order to identify risk factors in the work process, and thus to manage the quality of the work environment.

Natural beauties of Eastern Serbia combined with the culture, traditions, food specialties and music, can become a recognizable tourism brand, which could improve the image of this part of Serbia, and that is the reason why Eastern Serbia has been recently discovering its potential for tourism development. The aim of this paper is to analyze the current and potential elements for tourism development of Eastern Serbia's products. Based on the relevant literature and factual situation on the field, the goal is to rank strategies for tourism development on the territory of Eastern Serbia in order to enable better positioning of tourism in Eastern Serbia on the Serbian tourist map. In order to rank tourism development strategies we have used neutrosophic sets. The justification and usability of the proposed approach for the selection of tourism development strategy is demonstrated in the implemented numerical example.

This study examines success factors and motivation of entrepreneurs in the rural areas of the Eastern Serbia. The survey of the eighty entrepreneurs in the two municipalities has been conducted on the Zaječar district territory, and it included 14 villages. The weak economy, the depopulation process and the lack of financial sources are identified as problems, while the hard work and the quality of the products (services) are crucial success factors. On the other hand, political involvement had the lowest significance as the success factor. The results also indicate that the strongest motivators of the researched entrepreneurs were to be one's own boss and to increase one's own income.

Qualitative methods have an increasing importance and are increasingly used as one of the tools used to manage all types of organizations. The application of these methods brings significant advantages in conducting research. This paper presents an overview of the application of qualitative methods in management and the importance of using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in the research.

Textile industry is a very important industrial branch because it produces clothes for nearly seven billion people and textile materials for technical usage. It employs a huge number of competitive and qualified, mostly female work force. It is also technologically and technically challenging. Thus, it is vital to employ qualified and well trained employees with certain competences, knowledge and skills in order to respond to rapid technological and market changes. Here, we will consider the influence of the career development on doing business in the textile industry while acquiring the competitive advantage. Career development is a lifelong process and it is includes knowledge management. The term career has several meanings while nowadays it can mean advancement. The career usually reflects the professional development path of an individual during his or her working career. The career is that concept which connects and unifies most strongly and explicitly individual and organizational interests and needs. The theoretical part explains terms such as career development, importance and improvement of employees for an organization, the possibility for career development within the textile industry. The second part of the paper deals with research conducted among the employees of the textile sector in Leskovac, the town in Serbia with a long-lasting textile tradition.

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Safety and health measures have a very important role in any kind of industry, especially in the textile, which emit a wide range of pollutants at all stages of processing fibers into textile materials. Most processes have a negative impact on the living and working environment. However, their health and their safety at work are exposed almost daily dangers, depending on the nature of work and the conditions under which the work takes place. Therefore, the modern organization requires to create a safe and harmless working conditions, in order to adequate protection of their health and their safety. This paper will analyze the work environment in three textile factories involved in the production and processing with consideration of end jobs where there are potential threats to the health and safety of employees. An effective and powerful system of managing the health and safety of employees at work can help to translate the uncontrolled hazards controlled risk and thus better protect the welfare of employees and companies. Key words: textile industry, working conditions, safety, health, employees

Today, more attention is paid to development of mining tourism, which constitutes one of the important components of development of not only tourism, but also of integrated and sustainable development of the region as a whole. To select a strategy for positioning of mining tourism in the tourist map of the region, it is necessary to consider the economic importance of development the specific regions. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to propose the right approach to the choice of development strategy of mining tourism on Stara planina (Old Mountain), a tourist destination located in eastern Serbia, on its border with Bulgaria. The proposed approach for selection of strategies is based on the use the grey relational analysis. The usability and efficiency of the proposed approach is considered on the conducted numerical example.

Today, more attention is paid to the leadership and leaders in the mining industry. Leadership and leaders have a key role in creating a sustainable competitive advantage of enterprises. Leaders initiate changes and create conditions for higher quality products and services and contribute to the improvement of market position of the company. Enterprises in their operations seek to ensure personnel that possess leadership skills due to their belief that such people can provide the additional value to their organizations. Bearing in mind the importance of the leaders for organization, therefore this manuscript is aimed to the selection of leaders in the mining industry based on the use of multiple-criteria decision-making methods (MCDM). The proposed approach for selection of leaders is based on the use of the SWARA method and a weighted sum preferred levels of performances approach (WS PLP). The usability and efficiency of the proposed approach is considered on the conducted empirical example.

To motivate employees and create conditions for their satisfaction is one of the most important tasks of management aiming to create a successful organization. Employee satisfaction can lead to greater support of employees in achieving goals of the organization and creating a wider and larger market of products and services and higher profits. The paper's objective was to examine key elements that influence satisfaction and motivation of the employees in public sector, i.e. in PE 'Post of Serbia'. Public and private companies are different in material incentives which they provide to their employees, in fact public companies do not provide them, but are replaced by other factors of motivation and satisfaction, such as security. The paper also analyses the interactions between demographic factors-level of qualifications, years of work experience and age, on perception of satisfaction and motivation of employees as well as the consequences of these relations. Perception of satisfaction and motivation of employees is analyzed by using the responses of employees on questions divided into six groups: material conditions, safety, acceptance and social component, respect and status, self-confirmation and loyalty. The research uses the questionnaire methodology to collect data and it includes 31 questions regarding the satisfaction and motivation of the employees and demographic questions. The statistical analysis of the survey results provides the information on this area's condition in Serbia, and first of all it points out the key elements of possible improvements. Instruments for collecting data used in this paper and data analysis gained in this way represent the very useful mechanism for helping the management to achieve better motivated and satisfied employees.

Brand allows for market offer to be identified and differentiated from the competitive offers. The very essence of brand is based not only on potential sales figures, but on the philosophy that makes it posssible for a customer to identify with the brand. Faced with the plenty of market offers customers undoubtedly prefer well-known companies and brands, thus minimizing risk and time consuming activities of gaining futher knowledge concerning alternative offers. The consumers often wonder whether the branded goods are more worth from the other, similar goods without any famous trademarks. There are many questions and theories but only one is undeniable: one should never doubt the companies that invest great amount of assets, ideas, talents, love and risk, intend to risk previously stated items with bad design, services or products’ quality. Brand building in textile industry differs from branding of market offers targeting general public. Branding in textile industry requires more focused approach. Fashion companies are facing with bigger challenges when fighting to attract and keep new consumers who are offered new products and markets. In order to create strong brand, it is necessary to possess expert planning and long-term capital investment. Successful brand is actually an excellent product or service, with creatively designed and conducted marketing. Branding has become marketing’s priority, because successful brands achieve higher prices and gain over loyalty, and attract both consumers and financiers. Marketing agents of the successful 21st century brands must be extremely efficient in strategic brand management, which assumes implementation of marketing activities and programmes in order to build brands, as well as brand management to increase its value. Brands and its value must be regarded and recognized as strategic capital.

This article explores the impact of the main occupational safety and health (OSH) factors in the overall OSH climate of production organizations in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, South Serbia, as an important segment of their strategic development. The article aims to validate and test the proposed conceptual model of OSH. Hence, the SmartPLS methodology was applied. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 21.0. The hypothesized model was developed and tested on a sample of 871 participants employed in production companies. The results indicate that the development of an OSH climate in production organizations primarily depends on the commitment of the management to the OSH system. The results obtained indicate that the methods used in this research can be successfully used in order to identify the OSH factors in the work process, and thus to manage the quality of the work environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The issue of employee turnover in apparel industry organizations is an essential element in influencing their overall business success. The constant shift of workers leads to oscillations in the quality of work output. This paper initially examines the effect of the level of employee satisfaction with business processes functioning on the occurrence of internal or external turnover intentions. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) methods are applied with the purpose of the determination of the potential of corporate social responsibility (CSR) dimensions integration into the business processes of apparel industry organizations to reduce external turnover rates. Through the conducted research, conclusions about the potential success of the proposed measure of the integration of CSR dimensions in apparel industry organizations of different sizes are drawn, as well as practical implications for engineering managers within apparel industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]