Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2021 (vol. 69), issue 2
Some Statistical Properties of Models of Transitory Earnings
Miroslava Vlčková, Tomáš Buus
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 189-198 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.015 
The fact that most of the financial ratios are mean-reverting, is well known. Due to the importance of earnings forecast accuracy, relevant scientific literature in this area concentrates on transitory earnings. The main models used for description of earnings and/or profitability time series are adaptive expectation, autoregressive and partial adjustment models. However, their construction implies severe drawbacks like assumption of intentional adjustment of earnings, sometimes even towards unknown target or towards company-specific target uninfluenced by market, instead of rather realistic assumption of random push of market forces, as we found earlier....
Thermal Work Limit Index in Cattle Farm
Dimo Dimov, Ivaylo Marinov, Toncho Penev
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 199-202 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.016
The survey was conducted in workers in dairy farming in Bulgaria. In the survey were not reported Thermal Work Limit (TWL) index values, which require cessation of employment and constitute a danger to human health. The lowest values of TWL were registered during the summer and spring months, respectively 229.3 and 258.4 W/m2. The highest are normally registered in the autumn and winter months - 318.3 and 312.2 W/m2. Outdoor the lowest average TWL values were reported in the summer and spring months 236 and 287.9 W/m2, respectively, and the highest in the autumn and winter months - 316.4 and 317.2 W/m2. An...
Productivity of Young Rabbits at Different Sources of Cuprum in the Mixed Fodder
Oksana Kuzmenko, Vitalii Bomko, Olena Tytariova, Аnna Horchanok, Serhii Babenko, Mykhailo Slomchynskyi, Oleksandr Cherniavskyi
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 203-209 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.017
The impact of different levels and sources of coppermixedligand on productivity and its metabolism in young rabbits of California breed in combination with sulfates was investigated in experiment. For rabbits of the 1st control group 7.81 g/t of copper sulfate was injected into the mixed fodder, of the 2nd experimental group - 7.81 g/t of coppermixedligand, of the 3rd, 4th and 5th experimental groups, respectively, g/t: 5.86; 3.91 and 1.95. As a result, the rabbits of the 1st control group and the 2nd experimental group deficit of copper was eliminated by 100% to the existing...
Marketing Dialogue With Pressure Groups
Jiří Boháček, Zdeněk Linhart, Peter Matisko, Miroslav Špaček
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 211-220 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.018
CSR actions are often controversial due to either the excessive voluntary or narrow standardized approach. The objective of this article is to find indices, which homogenize CSR campaigns of corporations according to specific attitudes and behaviour of individuals. Cluster analysis has significantly differentiated CSR volunteering contributors from non-volunteering critics. A small cluster of non-volunteering respondents calls for support of kids, criminals and addicts. Volunteering clusters are composed of employed respondents who are predominantly calling for equality and environment according to their work and leisure interest. The technology volunteering...
Learning Competencies and Possibilities of Their Development in Military Professionals
Ľubomír Kubínyi, Radomír Saliger
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 221-229 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.019
The contribution is aimed at describing the importance of competencies in the lifelong learning processes, the definition of the concept of competency and the components of a learning competency. On the basis of the above-mentioned theoretical approaches, it identifies the possibility of using the most current approaches to increase the measure of efficiency of educational and training processes in military professionals of the Army of the Czech Republic. A system of further education has been created in the Army of the Czech Republic, which is designed as a system of various courses, trainings, stays abroad and other activities. These are formulated...
Knowledge and Competence of Agricultural Extension Field Workers in Farmer-Group Facilitation in Kwara State, Nigeria
Kemi Funmilayo Omotesho, Blessing Akinola-Soji, Gbolagade Benjamin Adesiji, Oluwasanjo Biodun Owojaiye
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 231-239 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.020
The weakness of most farmer-groups in Nigeria has been linked to poor group facilitation by field agricultural extension workers. The study assessed the knowledge and competence of extension officers in group facilitation. A two-stage random sampling technique was used to select 174 farmers on which a structured interview schedule was administered. A questionnaire was administered on all 69 field extension workers in the study area. Descriptive statistics, regression analysis, Pearson's Product Moment Correlation and t-test were used for data analyses. Results reveal that 65.2% of extension workers had good knowledge of group facilitation. Farmers...
Devianct Behavior of Employees and Job Performance - Evidence From Selected Agricultural Research Institutes in Nigeria
Bolaji Grace Abiona, Dele Akin Adesanya, Samuel Temitope Oyekanmi, Micheal Tunde Ajayi
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 241-249 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.021
This study determined the effects of workplace deviance on employees' job performance in selected Research Institutes in Oyo State, Nigeria. A multistage random sampling technique was used to sample two hundred and fifty five (255) respondents. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire and were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. Results revealed that mean age of respondents was 36.9 years and that majority (53.7%) of the respondents were male. The hierarchical regression analyses results indicated that overall job performance was significantly related to political deviance (b1 = -2.015, p < 0.05),...
Employee Retention in Selected Spanish Hotels: Motivation and Satisfaction
Silvie Zámečník, Radovan Kožíšek
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 251-257 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.022
The purpose of this study is to understand internal main activities in Spanish hotels that managers use to maintain a good working climate and to compare them with the Herzberg's Two Factor Theory of satisfaction in hospitality business environment. This analysis shows the fact of motivation factor which can influence an individual employee commitment in order to increase internal satisfaction, improve the performance and avoid the staff fluctuation in hospitality environment. For qualitative interviews there were selected full-time employed managers working in five- and four-stars hotels in Barcelona. The obtained results and comparison demonstrated...
Consumer Ethnocentrism: Comparison of Slovakia and the Czech Republic
Marián Čvirik
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 259-266 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.023
Consumer ethnocentrism is an important concept that few scientists are researching in the context of comparing two countries. The main aim of the article is to examine the level of consumer ethnocentrism and its differences in selected countries - Slovakia and Czech. The measurement was performed on the basis of the CETSCALE instrument. We verified the reliability of the instrument on the basis of Cronbach's alpha, while high reliability can be stated. The results suggest that Czechs are more consumer ethnocentric than Slovaks (about 9%). The one-way ANOVA test was used to explore the impact of selected demographic factors (age and gender) on consumer...
The Diversity of Insect Visitors on Indonesian Salacca (Salacca Spp.) in Mekarsari Fruits Garden, Bogor, Indonesia
Tri Atmowidi, Sih Kahono, Dorly, Suci Dwi Rahmawati, Delbert Reinaldo, Eris Safiril Ummah
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 267-273 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.024
Salacca (Salacca spp.) is a dioecious plant with male and female flowers existing on a different plant, therefore requires agents of pollination. More than thirty cultivars of salacca are found in Indonesia. This research aimed to study the diversity of visiting insects on the three varieties of salacca, i.e., Pondoh, Mawar and Kalimantan in Indonesia, as well measuring the pollen load on the pollinators. The visiting insects were observed on the male flowers using the fix sample method in ten minutes for fifteen days. Results showed that nine insect species visited the flowers and three species were potential pollinators, i.e., Nodocnemis sp., Apis...
The "Normatives" Controlling Approach in SMEs in Bavaria
Stefan Ehrnböck, Pavel Žufan
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 275-279 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.025
This paper analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency of the normatives' controlling against the operational and strategic controlling. The general focus in studies and focus of the controlling experts is mostly on the operational controlling. For the analysis of the normatives' controlling in Bavarian SMEs a primary research data set is used. The survey was aimed on Bavarian SME's in the machine building sector. We employ regression models for the assessment of significance of the influencing factors, which are causing the negation of the normatives' controlling. We use monthly hours worked in the normatives' controlling, percentage acceptance of the...
Educational Structure of Refugees
Katja Stammen
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 281-290 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.027
Since 2015, the Federal Republic of Germany has accepted more than one million refugees. In many cases, the refugee crisis in Germany is seen as an opportunity to compensate for the need for skilled labour. By 2030 there will be a shortage of around 3 million skilled workers. Therefore, this article focuses on the educational structure of refugees in the years 2015-2017. A survey of a total of 687 refugees and a comparative analysis using data from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) revealed that about 70% of asylum seekers are of working age. 14% of the refugees have no formal education. More than 50% have attended primary and secondary...
Effects of Stabilised Nitrogen Fertilizers in Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus L.) Nutrition
Dominika Mikusova, Pavel Ryant
Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2021, 69(2), 291-298 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun.2021.028
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of added nitrification inhibitor (NI) and urease inhibitor (UI) to urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) on oilseed rape yield and seed oil content in 3-year field trials and to assess their environmental impact by analysing the content of nitrates in water extracts in the form of soil laboratory experiments. The UAN stabilisation was provided by the addition of PIADIN (1.5% methylpyrazole, 3% triazole) serving as NI and StabilureN (NBPT) used as UI. The experiment consisted of four variants: 1. UAN; 2. UAN + NI; 3. UAN + UI; 4. UAN + NI + UI. The obtained data showed the increased rates of the yield and seed...