Authorship has important implications and carries considerable responsibilities. The present study explored faculty members knowledge and perceptions of authorship at Jordanian universities. For this research a survey was distributed to faculty members at three major universities in Jordan. The study found that only 33% of the participants were aware about International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). In addition, the knowledge of the participants about basic principles of authorship was rated as medium. The number of research and level of ICMJE knowledge was found to exert a significant effect on commitment to authorship principle subscale score. Finally, the majority expressed good authorship believes that graduate students should be the lead authors on the publications that are derived from their thesis. Knowledge about authorship principles among faculty members in Jordan needs improvements.
The current research aimed to identify the relationship of internalized (anger and hostility) and externalized (physical and verbal) aggression of students’ academic success. The specimen of the study was comprised of 200 undergraduate students (including 100 male and 100 female) of cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Two questionnaires were used for data collection. Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (1992) was used to measure internalized and externalizes aggression, whereas Academic Motivational Scale was utilized for measuring students’ academic success. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation. Findings exposed that boys expressed more externalize aggression than girls and in educational setting girls performed much better than boys. Further findings exposed a negative but moderate relationship between externalized aggression and students’ academic performance and a weak correlation was found between internalize aggression and the academic performance of male students. The further result indicated a weak but negative correlation of internalizing aggression with academic performance of female students and a positive correlation of externalizing aggression with academic performance.
Debre Tabor is one of the ancient towns in history of Ethiopia which has significance tangible cultural heritage resources. The main objective of the study was to assess the challenges of tangible cultural heritages conversations in Debre Tabor and its surrounding. Data was collected through questionnaires, observation, interview and secondary data. Descriptive techniques were employed for data interpretation. Many resources were identified as potential attractions for tourism development, but some tangible heritages are being underutilized. Thus, rescue the heritage sites from further deterioration and use their potential in sustainable ways.
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship and difference among the continuous improvement tools such as just in time (JIT), total quality management (TQM), and lean six sigma (LSS). It also emphasizes these variable implementations and practices for competitiveness and achievement of integrated model development with common and unique success factors for a company's better competitiveness. Besides, it provides a case application evaluation of the model with the Bishoftu Automotive industry. Comparative study of TQM, JIT, LSS uses available literature critical analysis and knowledge of state of the art for competitive advantage. An in-depth analysis showed that a continuous improvement (CI) approach is necessary for the survival of industries in the dynamic and competitive market. Firms have employed CI strategies such as TQM, JIT, and LSS. However, most studies have demonstrated that factors concerning distinct approaches have advantages and limits in their situation. The integrated method would lead to the best competitive organization and resolve the shortcomings of each CI program. A thorough review of quality management (QM) methodology offers some possible explanations of why specific methods alone could not give an enterprise an absolute competitive advantage. This study, therefore, established an integrated model using the most commonly recognized variables by most research findings and practices. The research is exceptional in its scope by giving an insight into the advancement of CI and quality management in the context of an integrated model and introduced two new factors on existing CI factors.
The article substantiates the expediency of classifying labor law violations that are not crimes or misdemeanors of officials and employees in the field of public administration, to disciplinary offenses entailing non-material and material disciplinary liability, which must be provided for in the future Labor Code of Ukraine. This position is primarily due to the fact that a citizen (employee), being a general subject of a labor offense (as opposed to an employer as its special subject), is not endowed with official powers in public administration and cannot bear administrative (managerial) responsibility for committing an offense as detailed in the article.
Investing in women’s health is still an island in this huge sea of knowledge. Hence, this research intends to focus on role of mass media on Pakistani women’s wellbeing. The scoping review synthesized data from Pubmed and Google scholar databases reaped 17 eligible studies, of which 5 studies were on family planning/ contraception use and 3 studies on STD’s prevention, 3 studies on breast cancer and its screening, 3 studies on cervical cancer and its screening and 3 studies on social media exploitation among Pakistani women. Findings revealed that reliability and active participation in mass media has fetched many educational programs in improvement women psychological and physical health awareness. But at the same time excessive use of media caused troubles and negative impact on youth’s perception and attitude regarding women reproductive and sexual health resulting in obscenity leading to sexually transmitted diseases, unplanned pregnancy and miscarriages; which has inevitably affected women’s health. Therefore, effective strategies are need of an hour to ensure that mass media services should provide positive awareness and parents continual monitoring on their children networking websites will help community to refrain from occurrence of various adverse health consequences as well as from unwanted sexual and risky behaviors.
This study focused on examining the roles of tourism enterprises in relation to job opportunities and the challenges faced for sustainable tourism development. The study used descriptive research design and mixed research approach. The target population of the study were tourists community representatives, souvenir shop employees, tour guides, culture and tourism employees, travel agents, transport service providers and government officials. The data gathering tools were questionnaire survey, key informant interview, field observation, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and literature review. Both probability and non-probability sampling techniques were applied for sample size determination. To the questionnaire survey, 400 tourists were participated and 385 returned. Quantitative data was analysed with the help of SPSS version 20. Qualitative data was analyzed by using thematic analysis with identification of common themes. The result revealed that major roles played by tourism enterprises include: promote good image, encourage participate in conservation, creating sense of ownership, diversifying the livelihood of locals and reinforcement of environmental quality. However, the creation of job opportunities by tourism enterprises were hindered by different major challenges specifically; seasonality of jobs created in tourism, lack of coordination among enterprises, political instability affecting visitors, lack of appropriate training for employees and poor organizational structure of enterprises. So different concerned stakeholders should work in cooperation to minimize the challenges faced to tourism enterprises.
Demotivation is subject of vital interest for second language researchers because it is linked with academic success of students directly indirectly. This study purpose was to determine demotivation factors that influence effective English language learning of students. 200 college students (100 males and 100 female) from 2 colleges participated in this study. Random sampling method research technique was employed. Data collection instrument was questionnaire. Sakai & Kikuchi (2009) demotivation questionnaire was adopted to collect data from respondents. Questionnaire contained 35 close-ended items based on demotivation factors for instance, ‘teacher, class characteristics, experiences of failure, class environment, class materials, and lack of interest’. Data were tested through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, 23.0) software. Findings exhibited that significant differences in terms of ‘class material and lack of interest’ were noted in first and second year college students. However, ‘experiences of failure, class environment and class materials’ recorded low scores. Study insights would be useful for effective English language learning in Pakistan.
The study was carried out at tehsil Bela and Wadh using random sampling method. The data was collected from 05 union councils (UC) of each tehsil. From each UC 20 farmers were interviewed. Data was collected out of 200 respondents to complete this survey. The result revealed that a majority of the livestock owners earned Rs. 25,000 – Rs. 30,000 per month, while 29% and 25% of them earned Rs. 20,001 – Rs. 25,000 per month, on average. A majority of the livestock owners (55% and 47%) were of the view that income earned from livestock fulfill their needs while 16% from Wadh and 13% from Bela reported that income received from livestock farming contribute meaningfully to meeting their domestic needs to a much extent. 14% from Wadh and 17% from Bela are of the view that income received from livestock farming fulfilled their domestic needs to an average extent. Regression analysis revealed that livestock ownership significantly improved welfare in form of greater household income. From the regression analysis, it was also found that cows and camel ownership affect household income the most. Thus, cows and camels may be the most important livestock that can be used to improve smallholder farmers’ welfare through suitable policy actions in Pakistan. Based on the findings, the study concludes that livestock production is an integral part of rural farmers in tehsil Bela and Wadh, contributing towards development particularly in those areas. Farmers own livestock as one of the prime income generating source to support their livehood.
The present article seeks to answer India’s evolving foreign policy approach towards Look East to ‘Act East’ policy during the Narendra Modi government. We can see in the present context that India’s foreign policy and its diplomatic approaches took a paradigm shift in the present century, especially during the Narendra Modi era both in terms of pragmatism as well as ideals. The study begins with a brief introduction in a historical and geopolitical perspective in foreign policy representations of India’s engagement with the states of Southeast Asia before and during the cold war as well as in the post-cold war period. Further, the article tries to analyze the India’s economic co-operation and strategic dimension of ‘Look East’ to ‘Act East’ policy and diplomacy in general and to inquire particularly into economic and strategic dimension towards its Look East to ‘Act East’ policy
This study attempts to explain why Phyto-medicine referred to as Ogwu Igbo has remained relevant in the health care delivery system of Nsukka Igbo despite its derision following the advent of Western medicine. Nsukka people have had a rich tradition of herbal medicine for their health challenges but much has not been researched, a gap this intends to fill. Primary and secondary data such as journals, books, interviews and Ad-Hoc observations and accounts were analysed qualitatively using historical and self-report technique which revealed the people were depending on traditional medicine increasingly due to several factors. It submits that economic hardships and the efficacy of traditional medicine have promoted its acceptance.
Teacher knowledge is an aspect of dynamic and contextual competence. In the field of education, one form of knowledge considered suitable to global developments in the current 21st-century is teacher's technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). For this reason, this study examines the natural science teacher assessment results, measured employing an essay instrument. The assessment was carried out based on group differences in three factors considered influencing the assessment results. A total of 250 natural science teachers in Banten Province were voluntarily given questions within the TPACK framework to be done online. Automatic scoring was applied in this assessment to get a consistent score from the answers given by the participants. The assessment score data were then analyzed by descriptive-quantitative research methods. The first results revealed in this study were based on educational background factors, where the highest mean score was obtained by a group of teachers with less suitable educational backgrounds. In the teacher group based on different working periods, the highest mean score was attained by the group of teachers with more than ten years of working period. In addition, the analysis results by gender indicated that the mean score of female teachers was slightly higher than that of male teachers. In this case, there was no significant difference in the scores between the groups based on the different tests performed on all the compared factors.
The Border Region of the State is the front porch that describes the existence of a country in the presence of another country. High dependence on neighboring countries can affect the loyalty of its citizens so that the Border Region is often associated with the nationalism of its weak citizens. This study aims to examine the practice of nationalism of the Indonesian-Malaysian border community on sebatik island, North Kalimantan province which is directly adjacent to Sabah, Malaysia. Easy accessibility leads to high intensity of social interaction between people in two different countries of nationality. This study uses a qualitative approach with a case study method using Nationalism theory and Border theory. The results showed that Nation Character Building in sebatik island border communities is realized through the practice of daily life oriented to the interests of the nation and the State in various aspects, namely economic, Political, Educational, and Social. In economic aspects, the practice of nationalism is realized through the role of some local entrepreneurs in Sebatik in presenting Indonesian Shops to compensate for the Hegemony of Foreign Products and the use of Foreign Currencies (Malaysia), Political Aspects are realized by the political participation of sebatik people in the general election as a form of loyalty to the State, The education aspect is realized by the role of Education activists in presenting Tapal Batas School as a special Nationalism Education school for Indonesian Labor children in Malaysia located in Sebatik, Social Aspects are realized by the Existence of BERJOKO Youth in building harmonious social relations between communities with different ethnicities and religions in Sebatik as a barometer of national strength. The practice of Sebatik Community Nationalism can strengthen the Sovereignty of the State at the Border.
Block-chain technology will allow more transparent and reliable end-to-end monitoring in the supply chain. Construction companies can digitize physical assets and establish a decentralized, secure database of all purchases, allowing assets to be monitored from source to distribution or used by the end consumer. We seek to guide construction supply chain research to leverage blockchain technology to enhance supply chain management in the construction industry. Although considerable research on opportunities that blockchain technology presents for supply chain management, little is known about the factors that will lead to better management of the construction supply chain. We first identify the opportunities that blockchain technology offers for the construction supply chain by conducting an extensive search on available literature. Next, the authors categorized the key benefits that can be leveraged by implementing blockchain technology into the construction supply chain. Finally, we present our results that implementing blockchain technology can positively impact supply chain management in the construction industry through improved transparency, traceability, information sharing, and trust among key stakeholders. These findings provide a promising measurement model for empirical research and a foundation for descriptive and normative research on blockchain applications for improved supply chain management in the construction industry.
The main thrust of this study is to determine the managerial skills and leadership styles of the women administrator-educators in state universities and colleges at the National Capital Region (NCR) and use them as bases for a proposed capability enhancement program. The study applied the mixed method of research, i.e., the use of quantitative technique through survey supported by the qualitative technique through one-on-one interviews to measure the respondents’ level of adeptness in four managerial skills such as technical, conceptual, interpersonal, and decision-making and their exercise of leadership styles such as authoritarian, democratic, and delegative.
This study investigates the moderating role of emotional intelligence (EI) on the relationship between perceptions of organizational politics(POP) and work outcomes. In addition, it also examined the effects of POP and EI on work outcomes. Participants (n=332) from three public universities in Amhara region, Ethiopia has been selected using simple random sampling techniques. Results from structural equation modeling (SEM) shows that perceptions of organization politics (POP) are negatively linked to job satisfaction and affective commitment. Further, EI was positively related to job satisfaction and affective commitment. However, to the proposed moderating effects of EI, support was provided for job satisfaction only.
Much research has been conducted to examine models related for understanding social satisfaction and the acceptance of e-government quality of services, but residents’ services is a significant research topic. This may be related to the point that not many investigations have been carried to realize inclusively the connection between the adoption and acceptance-of e-services and citizens’ satisfaction. This resulted in a wide gap between the adoption of e-government and necessity for the awareness concerning how citizens' happiness affects the use e-services. In relation, this experimental study aims at evaluating the effect of e-Government quality of services on citizens’ satisfaction and in Saudi Arabia from a conceptual perspective. The sample of the study included 500 participants who were mainly administrators and government employees. The researcher used a questionnaire survey to elicit data from participants. This study is based on the Expectation-Confirmation Theory (ECT) by Oliver (1980) extended by Bhattacherjee (2001). Also, the researcher adopted SPSS.v25 to conduct factor analysis, item-total correlation test, Cronbach’s alpha used to achieve the validity and reliability of the research instruments. The findings of the study showed that 58% said they used e-Government services to a “large” extent, 27% stated that they “somewhat” used e-Government services, whilst 15% of them said that they “little” used e-Government services Conceptually, the results may be taken at a basis for further investigations on e-Government quality of services’ evaluation to develop citizens’ satisfaction in Saudi Arabia, particularly within 2030 Vision. This study recommends future research be conducted.
Natural fibers have recently gained attention due to low environmental impact, biodegradability, low cost and easy availability. In this research work, water hyacinth (WH) fiber was used as reinforcement in the fabrication of the natural fiber composites. WH plant fiber reinforced high-density polyethylene (HDPE) thermoplastic composites were fabricated by compression molding process. Fabrication parameters such as water hyacinth content, alkali treatment concentration, treatment time and coupling agent amount were varied in three levels and composites specimens were fabricated according to Taguchi’s L9 orthogonal array. Grey Relation Analysis (GRA) was used to optimize the fabrication parameters. The results showed that the increase in WH fiber volume fraction, NaOH concentrations and treatment time increased the tensile and flexural strength of the composite up to some point and after that, it decreased. However, the strength of the composite was found to decrease with the increase of NaOH concentration and decrease of coupling agent concentration. ANOVA analysis revealed that the water hyacinth particle content had the highest contribution to tensile and flexural strength, followed by coupling agent dosage, treatment time, and NaOH concentration in order. Mechanical properties were optimized when the WH/HDPE composite fabricated with 30% water hyacinth fiber treated with 5wt% NaOH concentration for 12 hours and mixed with 15% coupling agent. The simultaneous effects of fabrication parameters on tensile and flexural strength of the WH/HDPE composites were studied. The fabricated WH/ HDP composite can be used as a viable alternative material for making furniture, ceiling, tile and partition boards.
The article analyzes the scientific approaches of scientists regarding evolution, the essence and features of the concepts of responsibility, social responsibility, legal responsibility. It is stated that responsibility is determined by the level of development of public consciousness, the level of social relations, and existing social institutions. Responsibility as a social phenomenon can manifest itself in a positive way by receiving remuneration, and in a negative way as a reflection for committing offenses. The classification of responsibility as a social phenomenon depends on the sphere of social activity, in connection with which political, moral, social, legal and other types of responsibility are distinguished. It is theoretically substantiated that legal responsibility differs from other types of social responsibility in formal certainty, mandatory observance of legal norms, state control over their implementation, application of state coercion to the offender, prevention of offenses and the protection of law and order. The measure of responsibility in public and private legal relations has been determined. In this study public tort (crime and misconduct) is analyzed, problematic issues are outlined and proposals for their improvement are provided. The types of legal responsibility for committing offenses (tort) are considered. Attention is focused on the fact that responsibility is a prerequisite for the development and effective functioning of the state, its effectiveness depends on the mechanisms for implementing responsibility in front of the person and is determined by the level of development of public consciousness, the level of social relations, existing social institutions. The key task of responsibility is fair application and inevitability of punishment.
The composition of an organization’s human resources is important in that it is closely associated with the achievement of its goals. This study sought to find out the impact of workforce diversity on improving organizational innovation with reference to the telecommunication industry. The study employed descriptive research design used quantitative approach. A survey was personally administrated to a sample of employees ( n═248 ) at head office level. The finding of this study showed that gender, age and education background are positively linked with organization organizational innovation by high level of significance. Thus, the workforce diversity dimensions were considered as major determinant factors that affect organizational innovation. The implication is that ethio telecom has excellent age, gender and educational diversity composition and it needs to be manage properly to get the full advantage of the diversity. Additionally, the company needs to avail different skill maximization trainings to increase existing innovation capacity of the employees. Finally, based on the findings, the researchers forwarded recommendation and future research directions.
