[{"id": "ajssms-1023", "words": "5248", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Ghaffar, Suleman; Munir, Humaira; Nawaz, Shahbaz; Javaid, Anam", "title": "The Impact of International Trade on Economic Growth: A Case Study of Pakistan", "date": "2019", "keywords": "asian; exchange; factors; growth; impact; journal; pakistan; run; sciences; stationary; study; trade", "summary": "Conducted study focus on international trade impact on economic growth in Pakistan. Conclusion and Policy Implications ............................................................................................................................................. 21 References .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.20448/journal.500.2019.62.15.22&domain=pdf&date_stamp=2017-01-14 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3929-6585 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4584-3111 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6133-6518 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9774-9234 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AJSSMS/article/view/1023 http://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AJSSMS/article/view/1023 Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, 2019, 6(1): 15-22 16 \u00a9 2019 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution of this paper to the literature This study contributes to the existing literature by examining international trade impact on economic growth.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1038", "words": "5908", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "38", "author": "Baloyi, Wiston Mbhazima; Erasmus Beyers, Lourens Johannes", "title": "The Impact of Financial Malpractice on Service Delivery: A Conceptual Examination of Literature", "date": "2019", "keywords": "corruption; delivery; journal; malpractice; management; officials; paper; public; sector; service; service delivery", "summary": "It is evident that there is a consistent failure in the ability of public service to comply with and implement public service policies effectively and efficiently (Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA)-RSA, 2018). E-governance for good governance: Experiences from public service delivery.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1146", "words": "7029", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Weiss, Adam; Hwang, Sang", "title": "Utilizing American and Korean College Admissions Exams to Assess Adult ESL Students\u2019 College Readiness", "date": "2019", "keywords": "act; college; csat; english; esl; journal; korean; language; readiness; reading; research; students; study; test", "summary": "Moreover, nearly 24% of community college students and 20% of college students in the United States have parents who were born outside of the U.S. (Bergey et al., 2018). However, based on existing research of the English language needs of college students, the CSAT test could prove to be a very useful assessment for college-bound ESL students in the United States.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1160", "words": "3448", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Javaid, Anam; Nawaz, Shahbaz; Waheed, Muhammad", "title": "Statistical Analysis of Basic Necessities and Facilities Related to Human Development Index", "date": "2019", "keywords": "distribution; facilities; facility; frequency; journal; people; study; total", "summary": "Different questions were asked from people regarding different facilities related to HDI and the frequency distribution for them can be seen as below. If HDI of a country is increased, it\u2019s mean that its stability level has been increased and the people of that country or of that area has many facilities as compare to the underdeveloped country or areas.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1169", "words": "2768", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "., Winarto; Kusuma, Yanda Bara; Syarifudin, Muhammad", "title": "Information System Design Based E-Commerce in Food Marketing", "date": "2019", "keywords": "asian; company; group; information; kelapa; marketing; system", "summary": "Marketing information system is a complex structure of interaction between people, machines and procedures to produce an orderly flow of information from the sources outside the company and can be used for decision making that can be accounted for by leaders. Sari Kelapa Group so that it can be used as the media for implementing marketing information system.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1357", "words": "5616", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "A\u2019yuninnisa, Rizqi Nur\u2019aini; Haqqi, Muhammad Fashih Hibatul; Rusli, Nisfi Balqish; Puteri, Nabila", "title": "Indonesian Implicit Leadership Theory: Typical and Positive Leadership Prototypes for Indonesian Millennials", "date": "2020", "keywords": "asian; difference; journal; leadership; leadership prototypes; participants; prototypes; studies; study; theory", "summary": "There was a significant effect of leadership prototypes on perception of typical leadership at the p<.05 level for the three conditions for each of perception about how typical and effective the prototypes reflect leadership. Keywords: Leadership, Indonesian millennials, Leadership prototype, Implicit leadership theory, Effective leadership.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1358", "words": "8288", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Shoukat, Ayesha", "title": "From Rags to Riches: Corporate Elite of Pakistan from 1947-1970", "date": "2020", "keywords": "asian; bombay; business; development; east; economic; elite; government; group; india; industrial; industry; journal; karachi; pakistan; power; sector; west", "summary": "Analysts consider these contestations among the corporate elites of East and West Pakistan as the major reason for the division of the country in 1970 and the creation of Bangladesh. In less than two decades, the Adamjee group established and managed over forty industrial and financial enterprises in East and West Pakistan, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Lebanon and the United Kingdom.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1447", "words": "7238", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Hedhili, Mohamed Ali; Boudabbous, Sami", "title": "Recruitment and Evaluation Practices at the Service of Project-Based Organization and Competence Management: Case of Tunisian Companies", "date": "2020", "keywords": "asian; competence management; competencies; evaluation; interview; journal; management; managers; organization; project; project management; research; study", "summary": "A multidimensional analysis of project manager competences. Indeed, we preferred to interview project managers because they have a clear vision of the dissemination of competence management practices in their organizations.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1448", "words": "4333", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Zhang, Weibin", "title": "Social Capital, Endogenous Labor Supply, and Economic Development", "date": "2020", "keywords": "capital; goods; growth; household; sector", "summary": "Keywords: Social capital, Physical capital, Propensity to save, Propensity to accumulate social capital, Returns to scale in social capital, Economic structure, Chinese guanxi, Economic growth. For low levels of social capital productivities rise in association with increases in social capital; for high levels of social capital productivities fall as social capital rises.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1475", "words": "3477", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Cheong, Matthias", "title": "Unremarkable but Crucial: Motivating Employees in Business as Usual Work", "date": "2020", "keywords": "bau; deci; employees; journal; motivation; theory; work", "summary": "Self-determination theory and work motivation. This paper then concludes by highlighting Self-Determination Theory as the most appropriate and applicable one, as it allows for the employees\u2019 need of autonomy, relatedness and competency to be met, thus facilitating an integrated regulation that should see an increase in motivation for BAU work.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1490", "words": "9152", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Ndeke, Dominic M.; Luketero, Stephen W.; Rugendo, Chandi J.", "title": "Factors Influencing the Uptake of Internet Connectivity in Meru Municipality, Meru County in Kenya", "date": "2020", "keywords": "cost; internet; internet connectivity; level; majority; meru; municipality; percent; respondents; speed; study; table", "summary": "Abstract The main objective of the study was to investigate the factors influencing the uptake of internet connectivity among Meru Municipality residents. This study, therefore, examined the following factors affecting the uptake of internet connectivity: Bandwidth speed, cost of internet, advertisement, and literacy levels.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1495", "words": "4280", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Amuka, Joseph I; Nduaguba, Robinson I; Agu, Anthony O; Urama, Chinasa; Onah, Bernadette C", "title": "Segmentation in Agriculture and Farmers\u2019 Productivity: Evidence from Survey of Poultry Farms", "date": "2020", "keywords": "agriculture; egg; farmers; nigeria; poultry; practice; production; productivity; segmentation; yield", "summary": "Inquiry into low agricultural productivity in Africa and some other developing countries has been long. Past studies on the solutions to low agricultural productivity in Nigeria focused on improving financial access by the farmers (Awotide et al., 2015; Bassey et al., 2016), or making new technology available to farmers (Awotide et al., 2012).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1517", "words": "2537", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Sumipo, Jasmin M.", "title": "Effects of the Medium of Instruction in Comprehending Mathematical Word Problems", "date": "2020", "keywords": "cebuano; english; language; learners; mathematical", "summary": "Additionally, the study aimed to find out whether there is a significant difference in the mathematical performance of public school learners who were taught using Cebuano as MOI compared with private school learners who were taught using English as MOI. Anchored on Common Underlying Proficiency Theory of Cummins, Meaningful Verbal Learning Theory of Ausubel and other related studies, this research sough to know how the language affects mathematics learning. Furthermore, no significant difference was found between the performance of private school learners compared to the public school learners.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1524", "words": "6817", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "44", "author": "Baloyi, Wiston Mbhazima; Beyers, Lourens Johannes Erasmus", "title": "The Perceptions of Senior Management with Regard to Strategy Implementation in the Limpopo Provincial Department of South Africa", "date": "2020", "keywords": "department; implementation; journal; lpd; management; performance; respondents; sector; strategy; strategy implementation", "summary": "Strategy implementation in the public sector has not been researched extensively, and organisational culture, organisational structure, resource allocation and the processes of linking strategy formulation with implementation all remain a key challenges. The purpose of the article was to examine the perceptions of senior managers with regard to strategy implementation in the LPD.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1546", "words": "6002", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Godbless, Eromafuru, Edward,; Ewan, Aigbomian, Sunny", "title": "Focusing Organizational Culture and Employees\u2019 Citizenship Behaviour Narratives on Broadcasting Organizations in Nigeria", "date": "2020", "keywords": "asian; behaviour; citizenship; culture; employees; individual; journal; management; organizations; study; tolerance", "summary": "Influence analysis of organizational culture organizational commitment job and satisfaction organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) toward improved organizational performance. ABSTRACT The study was undertaken with a view to exploring if the dimensions of organizational culture predict the citizenship\u2019 behavior of employees in the Nigerian Broadcasting Organisations.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1568", "words": "8900", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Hassan, Mehreen", "title": "The Two Nation Theory and the Creation of Pakistan", "date": "2020", "keywords": "ali; hindu; identity; india; jinnah; muhammad; muslims; nation theory; pakistan; partition; religion; subcontinent", "summary": "Some people say that Pakistan identity was created when Pakistan came into being and some say that Pakistan identity was created before Pakistan came into being. This theory has played its part in making Muslims identity although still it\u2019s in liquid form.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1607", "words": "9303", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Patoari, Md. Manjur Hossain", "title": "Socio-Economic, Cultural and Family Factors Causing Juvenile Delinquency and Its Consequences in Bangladesh: A Look for Way Out", "date": "2020", "keywords": "activities; bangladesh; children; country; delinquency; drug; education; factors; family; involve; journal; juvenile; parents; society", "summary": "Due to juvenile delinquency children at their adult age become heinous offender. In Bangladesh children from poor families as well as rich and aristocratic families are involved in criminal activities.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1619", "words": "3846", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "ADEYEMI, Babatunde Adeniyi", "title": "Teachers\u2019 Effectiveness and Students\u2019 Academic Achievement in Senior Secondary School Civic, Osun State Nigeria", "date": "2020", "keywords": "achievement; area; civic; effectiveness; students; study; teachers", "summary": "It also determined the relationship between teachers\u2019 effectiveness and senior secondary school students\u2019 academic achievement and examined the difference between the academic achievement of the students taught by male Civic teachers and those taught by female Civic teachers in the study area. (iii) examine the difference between the academic achievement of the students taught by male Civic teachers and those taught by female Civic teachers in the study area.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1630", "words": "8878", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Quarshie, Michael Ayikwei; Attafuah, Alfred; Sarfo, Gifty", "title": "Motivation and Labour Turnover in the Health Sector: Perception of Healthcare Professionals at the Dunkwa-on-Offin Government Hospital, Central Region, Ghana", "date": "2020", "keywords": "employee; government; health; healthcare; hospital; job; journal; labour; management; motivation; professionals; respondents; role; stress; study; turnover; work", "summary": "Accessible data demonstrates that there is a high rate of employee turnover among healthcare professionals in Ghana (Adjei-Appiah, 2008). Theory of Organisational Equilibrium This theory proposes that desirability of movement and the ease of movement are the two main drivers of employee turnover.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1648", "words": "7281", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Opatha, H.H.D.P.J.; Uresha, K.I.", "title": "HRM and its Impact on Employee Happiness: An Empirical Study on Sri Lankan Employees", "date": "2020", "keywords": "employee; happiness; hrm; human; journal; level; life; management; organization; practices; resource; sri; study; work", "summary": "Employee happiness has taken the lime light in the context of managing human resources as literature discloses that effective functioning of human resource function may have an impact on employee happiness which will result in achieving satisfied labour force and satisfied labour force can be considered as a key feature of generating competitive edge. Impact of HRM on Employee Happiness The third research question of the study is: Does HRM impact on employee happiness?", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1649", "words": "8826", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Igbanibo, Dumini Solomon", "title": "Basel Capital Channel and Lending Behavior of Banking Institutions in Nigeria: An Empirical Investigation", "date": "2020", "keywords": "asian; bank; bank capital; banking; basel; basel capital; behavior; capital; credit; granger; growth; journal; lending; requirements; risk; study", "summary": "Abstract This study is on the role of bank capital on bank lending behavior and other macroeconomic variables. Introduction There has been the debate in literature with respect to the role of bank capital on bank lending behavior.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1698", "words": "6653", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Quarshie, Michael Ayikwei; Djimatey, Reginald", "title": "Financial Performance and Liquidity Trends of Banks in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from Ghana", "date": "2020", "keywords": "asian; assets; banking; banks; cash; ghana; journal; liquidity; management; performance; ratio; risk; study", "summary": "The theory holds that bank liquidity is retained if it has assets which, if appropriate, can be transferred to other banks before maturity. Taking the various determinants of bank liquidity into consideration, and how liquidity impacts bank profitability, efficient management of it would not only inure to the benefit of banks but also to individuals and business entities and thus the whole economy.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1699", "words": "6677", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Nanit, Rene G.", "title": "Kindergarten Pupils\u2019 Birth Order and Domains of Early Childhood Development", "date": "2020", "keywords": "achievement; birth; childhood; delay; development; domains; kindergarten; order; pupils", "summary": "Abstract This study aimed to find significant relationship of kindergarten pupils\u2019 birth order and achievement in domains of early childhood development (e.g., gross and fine motors, self-help, receptive and expressive languages, cognitive, and socio-emotional) using descriptive- correlational design. Recommendations .......................................................................................................................................................................... 151 References ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 151 http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.20448/journal.500.2020.72.143.151&domain=pdf&date_stamp=2017-01-14 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AJSSMS/article/view/1699 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-8946 https://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AJSSMS/article/view/1699 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-8946 https://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AJSSMS/article/view/1699 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-8946 https://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AJSSMS/article/view/1699 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-8946 Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, 2020, 7(2): 143-151 144 \u00a9 2020 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution of this paper to the literature This study has provided empirical pieces of evidence on the achievement of kindergarten pupils in domains of early childhood development and its relationship to birth order.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1718", "words": "4649", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Opatha, H.H.D.P.J.", "title": "COVID-19 in Sri Lanka and Seven HRM Related Recommendations against COVID-19", "date": "2020", "keywords": "coronavirus; covid-19; employees; health; hrm; lanka; management; organization; resource; sri", "summary": "HRM and its impact on employee happiness: An empirical study on Sri Lankan employees. The major objective of forming an ERG is to provide support for other employees in terms of various aspects relating to work.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1813", "words": "7231", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Fasih, Syeda Tayyaba; Shoukat, Ayesha; Khan, Marium Mateen", "title": "Professional Women Behavior Pertaining to Online Shopping in Pakistan", "date": "2020", "keywords": "behavior; information; journal; online; pakistan; product; purchase; research; risk; shopping; study; time; women", "summary": "Online shopping is a growing phenomenon around the world but the inclination towards online shopping in Pakistani culture is still in its nascent phase (Sajjad et al., 2012). Abstract While developing countries are increasingly benefitting from the convenience and time savings brought by online shopping, the concept has not gained much popularity in Pakistan.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1815", "words": "5918", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Nawaz, Maria Waris; Nadeem, Tooba; Rao, Sana Liaqat; Fatima, Tahira; Shoaib, Sidra", "title": "Impact of PUBG Game Addiction on Social Isolation and Narcissistic Tendencies among Gamers", "date": "2020", "keywords": "addiction; game; game addiction; gamers; gaming; isolation; journal; online; participants; personality; pubg; study; tendencies", "summary": "The results from this study suggest that online game addiction and gamer\u2018s psychological characteristics pertaining to social isolation and narcissistic tendencies have a negative relationship, which suggests that playing online games like PUBG can boost social interactions and establish good interpersonal skills among peers. The results also indicated that online game addiction, social isolation and narcissistic tendencies among PUBG game players are negatively correlated (<.05).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1817", "words": "5532", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Otache, Innocent", "title": "The Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Nigeria\u2019s Economy and Possible Coping Strategies", "date": "2020", "keywords": "business; covid-19; covid-19 pandemic; disease; economy; effects; government; journal; nigeria; online; pandemic; sector", "summary": "Covid-19 PKF Nigeria update. Nigeria economic alert: X-raying the 2020 FGN budget proposal.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1832", "words": "5598", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Uresha, K.I.; Opatha, H.H.D.P.J.", "title": "Measuring Instruments for Human Resource Management and Employee Happiness", "date": "2020", "keywords": "employee; happiness; hrm; human; journal; life; management; opatha; organization; resource; work", "summary": "180 \u00a9 2020 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies Vol. 7, No. 3, 180-187, 2020 ISSN(E) 2313-7401/ ISSN(P) 2518-0096 DOI: 10.20448/journal.500.2020.73.180.187 \u00a9 2020 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Measuring Instruments for Human Resource Management and Employee Happiness K.I. Uresha1\uf040 H.H.D.P.J. Opatha2 (\uf040 Corresponding Author) 1,2Department of Human Resource Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Abstract A contextual endeavor is made to discover trending and highly focused sector on measuring Human Resource Management (HRM) functions together with employee happiness.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1835", "words": "6654", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Arsyad, Muhammad; Maarif, M. Syamsul; Sukmawati, Anggraini", "title": "Effect of Quality of Work Life and Leadership on Job Satisfaction and Performance Workforce at the State University of Medan", "date": "2020", "keywords": "effect; influence; job satisfaction; journal; leadership; model; performance; quality; university; value; variables; work; work life", "summary": "In line with the opinion of Lubis (2009) leadership and job satisfaction simultaneously affect the performance of employees in the Class I Special Office Immigration Medan, it is clearly arranged that good leadership, gave birth to employee job satisfaction and will show the results of work in the form of good performance in running duty to immigration services in the city office. On the contrary, Asthu (2016) study in the hypothesis of job satisfaction has little effect on performance, any treatment on job satisfaction variable has no significant effect on the performance of nurses in Bandung city public hospital.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1836", "words": "7569", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Immelman, Arno T; Dankittikul, Thamonwan; Suttipun, Muttanachai", "title": "An Influence of Lean Manufacturing Practices on Firm Performance Measured by Balanced Scorecard: A Case Study of Manufacturing Firms in Thailand", "date": "2020", "keywords": "financial; firm; influence; jit; journal; lean; level; management; manufacturing; manufacturing firms; manufacturing practices; performance; practices; study; waste", "summary": "Abstract The study aimed to (1) investigate the extent and level of lean manufacturing practices as well as firm performance measured by balance scorecard of manufacturing firms in Thailand, and to (2) examine the influence of lean manufacturing practices on firm performance measured by balanced scorecard of manufacturing firms in Thailand. Manufacturing firms can consider the benefit of lean manufacturing practices in both financial and non-financial performance.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1882", "words": "8357", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Lacanilao, Roden Torrena", "title": "Stakeholders\u2019 Participation in School Activities in Public Secondary Schools in Los Ba\u00f1os, Laguna", "date": "2020", "keywords": "ba\u00f1os; level; los; mean; participative; school activities; schools; stakeholders; students; terms", "summary": "The findings of the study revealed that the overall mean assessment of stakeholders\u2019 participation in school activity is as follows; Tuntungin Putho National High School has the highest mean level of participation. Keywords: Stakeholders, School activities, Planning, Decision making, Information drive, School operation.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1883", "words": "10008", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Tweneboah-Koduah, Desmond", "title": "Worthy Programme, Unworthy Implementation: A Case of Ghana\u2019s Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty", "date": "2020", "keywords": "asian; beneficiaries; data; development; ghana; implementation; journal; leap; policy; poverty; poverty reduction; process; programme; reduction; respondents; selection; studies; study", "summary": "Alleviating poverty in Ghana: The case of livelihood empowerment against poverty LEAP. Alleviating poverty in Ghana: The case of livelihood empowerment against poverty LEAP.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-1963", "words": "5751", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "E., INIM, Victor; Sylvanus, UDOH, Francis; Samuel, EDE, Uzoma", "title": "Taxation and the Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria", "date": "2020", "keywords": "company; enterprises; growth; impact; journal; medium; nigeria; smes; study; tax; taxation; value; vat", "summary": "Company income tax (CIT) has no significant impact on SMEs growth in Nigeria. Finally, Company income tax (CIT) was found to have a negative but significant influence on SMEs growth in Nigeria.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2036", "words": "9718", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Islam, Muhammad Tanbirul", "title": "Rohingya Massive Exodus into Cox\u2019s Bazar Grows Security Concern: Impacts over Tourism Industry of Bangladesh", "date": "2020", "keywords": "area; asian; bangladesh; bazar; cox; crime; dhaka; group; journal; management; military; myanmar; news; number; online; people; rohingyas; security; studies; tourism; world", "summary": "Many Rohingyas including their child are seen begging for living hood. The Table 1 shows number of accused Rohingyas simultaneously is also increased more than thrice within two years between 2017-2019.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2102", "words": "6008", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Ebuka, Orabueze, Uchechukwu; Simon, Agbaji, Joseph; Yaro, Iyodo, Baba", "title": "Effect of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) on Sustainability and Survival of Banks in Nigeria", "date": "2020", "keywords": "banks; deposit; enterprise; enterprise risk; journal; management; money; money banks; nigeria; risk; risk management; survival; sustainability", "summary": "Thus, this study assessed enterprise risk management and its effect on sustainability and survival of deposit money banks in Nigeria. Keywords: Enterprise risk management (ERM), Sustainability, Survival, Banks.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2118", "words": "6352", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Hossain, Md. Bokul; Rahman, Md. Siddiqur; Habib, Tanzima Zohra", "title": "Influences of Cultural Dimensions on Obstetric Health in Northern Bangladesh", "date": "2020", "keywords": "bangladesh; culture; factors; family; health; journal; obstetric; period; practices; pregnancy; respondents; study; women", "summary": "A number of studies on factors influencing obstetric health care have been reviewed and the various cultural factors that were found to impact such health included gender, religion-based cultural practices, literacy and language barriers, shared cultural similarities across different religious faiths, gender role expectations in a patriarchal society, traditional medicines and spiritual healers (Pir),malnutrition and risky birth practices (Adamu & Salihu, 2002; Dennis, Fung, & Grigoriadis, 2007; Emily, 2013; Khanum & Taufikuzzaman, 2012; Lowe, Chen, & Huang, 2016; Shole, 2017; Walton & Schbley, 2013). Abstract The present study attempts to explore the cultural dimensions that influence obstetric health in suburban areas in northern Bangladesh.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2147", "words": "5104", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Adebusuyi, Adeola Samuel; Adebusuyi, Olubusayo Foluso", "title": "The Effect of Personality on EPL Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations among Graduates in Nigerian Universities", "date": "2020", "keywords": "career; efficacy; entrepreneurial; expectations; journal; leadership; outcome; personality; self", "summary": "These characteristics are also useful for entrepreneurial careers than salaried jobs. Social cognitive determinants of entrepreneurial career choice in university students.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2243", "words": "6759", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Atif, Tooba; Zubairi, Shameel Ahmed; Farhan, Sheeba", "title": "Influence of Occupational Stress (Occupational Role Stress) on Organizational Commitment: Evidence from the Banking Sector of Karachi", "date": "2020", "keywords": "affective; analysis; asian; banking; commitment; continuance; employees; journal; organization; relationship; role; role stress; stress; study", "summary": "It was likewise discovered that the way of association additionally influenced the relationship between occupational role stress and other two types of occupational commitments i.e. continuance and normative commitments of employees. A huge negative correspondence was found between occupational role stress and these two types of occupational commitment.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2309", "words": "7111", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Thevanes, N.; Harikaran, S.", "title": "Work-Life Balance and Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Citizenship Behavior", "date": "2020", "keywords": "balance; behavior; citizenship; employees; journal; life; life balance; management; ocb; ocbs; performance; relationship; study; work", "summary": "Employee work\u2013life balance outcomes in Ireland: A multilevel investigation of supervisory support and perceived organizational support. Conceptual frameworks of individual work performance: A systematic review.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2331", "words": "4951", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Olanipekun, Kehinde A.", "title": "Assessment of Factors Influencing the Development and Sustainability of Small Scale Foundry Enterprises in Nigeria: A Case Study of Lagos State", "date": "2020", "keywords": "development; enterprises; foundries; foundry; industry; journal; materials; nigeria; products; scale", "summary": "Parameters Mean K.I I.A F.F Consumers Provision of adequate foundry raw materials 3.44 3.00 3.57 3.36 Provision of good infrastructure 3.44 3.38 3.61 3.45 Provision of R and D control laboratory to ensure good quality 3.40 3.08 3.59 3.24 Enforcement of local utilization of local foundry products in all government contracts 3.40 3.25 3.88 3.33 Encourage metal scrap recycling 3.40 3.25 3.65 3.62 Interaction of the government agency with foundry industry to obtain specification of all their materials 3.28 2.88 3.45 3.13 Manual production on safety regulation to minimize accident and hazard 3.20 3.00 3.04 3.08 Maintaining national industrial policy as relate to the metal sector 3.20 3.88 3.28 3.16 Using local foundry products in other manufacturing industries 3.08 3.00 3.70 3.40 Availability of fiscal and monetary policy to support the industry exportation of foundry products 3.08 2.55 3.48 3.08 Maintaining good health and environment standard goo funding of R and D 3.20 3.00 3.22 3.16 Establishment of metal data bank 3.04 2.75 2.96 2.88 Compliance with international standard (SON,ISO) 3.04 2.75 3.28 3.25 Removing non -tariff barriers that disrupts industry access to international market 3.00 3.57 3.57 2.82 Tariff regulation on foundry industry 2.92 3.13 3.13 2.87 Key: K.I= Knowledge Institutions, I.A=Policy Implementing Agencies, F.F = Foundry Firms. From their survey, this sub sector has remained largely undeveloped despite the high demand for foundry products.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2337", "words": "5263", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "35", "author": "Madhuwanthi, L. A. Pavithra; Muthulingam, Aruna", "title": "Digitalization of Public Service Delivery: A Case of Immigration and Emigration Department of Sri Lanka", "date": "2020", "keywords": "department; digitalization; government; iedsl; information; journal; lanka; passport; process; public; service; sri", "summary": "It will be the breakthrough in Sri Lankan public service. Therefore, this paper intends to explore the adoption of digitalization in the Immigration and Emigration Department of Sri Lanka and to identify the lesson learnt from digitalization process at IEDSL.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2397", "words": "4350", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Akinbinu, Darasimi Favour; Olorunsogo, David", "title": "Utterances Functions and the Negotiation of Power in Courtroom Interactions: A Survey of High Courts in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria", "date": "2020", "keywords": "counsel; courtroom; discourse; judge; language; participants; power; study", "summary": "The role played by courtroom participants in the social structure influences power relations in courtroom proceedings. For instance, Ahmadu (2014) analysed power relations in courtroom language and how this power is used between authorities in courtroom conversation.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2442", "words": "5313", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Malik, Asma Amin; Khan, Wasmana; Yusuf, Fatima; Raza, Zainab; Zaidi, Kashaf Aqeel; Sarwar, Bilal", "title": "Expectations in a Marriage Proposal: A Gender-Based Comparison in Pakistan", "date": "2020", "keywords": "asian; family; journal; marriage; participants; people; preference; research; sample; spouse; study", "summary": "Transnational migration aspirations, educational capabilities, marriage preferences, and Health Outcomes: A mixed- methods study among Pakistani youth. In inter-caste marriages spouses prefer personality traits whereas in people marrying within their caste laid more emphasis on the family background.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2690", "words": "5432", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Khalid, Afifa; Khan, Aqsa Painda; Mangan, Sadia; Kumar, Sateesh; Golani, Shivam; Zaidi, Kashaf Aqeel", "title": "Joint Family or Nuclear Family: The Youth\u2019s Perspective", "date": "2021", "keywords": "children; families; family; journal; living; members; people; studies; study; system", "summary": "The global drift from joint family systems towards nuclear family systems was also evident in our study. Whereas, joint family systems are connected economically, physically, socially, and ritually (S\u00e4\u00e4v\u00e4l\u00e4, 1998).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2693", "words": "7776", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Myumbo, Ludovick Jacob", "title": "Young Women\u2019s Narratives of Lived Experience in Face of Multiple Constraints and Barriers in Tanzania", "date": "2021", "keywords": "asian; experiences; gender; group; journal; participants; research; sex; study; tanzania; urban; women; work", "summary": "This study employed participatory narrative inquiry (PNI) to afford a space for young rural women who relocate to urban centres for a better life to tell stories of their lived experiences. In relocating to urban centres, young rural women hoped to find decent work to earn an income but the lack of qualifications required for employment in the formal sector in the urban centres expose them to unconventional and dehumanizing livelihood strategies, including sex work.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2761", "words": "7190", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Murselzade, Vusal; Cavusoglu, Behiye", "title": "Relationship between the Service Sector and Economic Growth: Evidence from China", "date": "2021", "keywords": "catering; china; estate; gdp; growth; hotel; journal; model; results; run; sector; service; test; value", "summary": "In this study, the relationship between economic growth and two subsectors of the service sector, namely real estate and hotel & catering in China, is analyzed. The findings of the data analysis reveal that both sub sectors have a significant and positive impact on economic growth of China in both the long run and short run.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2769", "words": "6553", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Nawaz, Maria Waris; Imtiaz, Shumaila; Anwer, Syeda Sadia; Siddiqua, Seema; Ahmad, Kiran Bashir", "title": "Coping Strategies in Adolescent Siblings of Individuals with and Without Physical Disability", "date": "2021", "keywords": "asian; children; coping; disability; family; individuals; journal; self; siblings; strategies; study; support", "summary": "Researchers found out that most children having disabled siblings or siblings with chronic diseases can handle stressful situations well. Compliance with Ethical Standards ............................................................................................................................................. 29 References .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.20448/journal.500.2021.81.23.30&domain=pdf&date_stamp=2017-01-14 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AJSSMS/article/view/2769 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7560-9473 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6526-2368 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8599-8775 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6614-933X https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3322-4396 Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, 2021, 8(1): 23-30 24 \u00a9 2021 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution of this paper to the literature This study serves as an implication for the psychologists and care givers who need to be well- adjusted to the needs of both disabled and non-disabled individuals, as the results depict an integral literature for different institutionalized settings where disabled individuals receive better support needed by them to establish further stronger bonds within their household especially with their siblings.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2828", "words": "7866", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Espiritu, Mariella Alexes Rombaoa", "title": "Competencies of Grade 1 Teachers in Santa Ignacia North District: Basis for a Teacher Development Program", "date": "2021", "keywords": "asian; competence; curriculum; education; grade; journal; lesson; materials; school; study; teachers; teaching", "summary": "Highest attention should be paid to the utilization of the latest, relevant techniques and technologies in the field of teacher education. Cheng and Tsui (1988), stated that teacher competencies include the total behavioral, affective and cognitive competence of teachers at provincial, regional and national levels.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-2993", "words": "8882", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Abid, Asma; Farhan, Sheeba; Atif, Tooba", "title": "Academic Stress, Psychological Distress, Coping and Self-Efficacy among Undergraduate University Students during COVID 19", "date": "2021", "keywords": "coping; distress; efficacy; health; individual; journal; online; relationship; self; strategies; stress; students; study; university", "summary": "Student psychological distress: A psychometric study of 1750 Norwegian 1st-year undergraduate students. The analysis revealed that there is a significant predictive relationship of Academic Stress with Psychological Distress (R2 = .039, F = 12.18, P<.05), whereas significant negative relationship of academic stress with coping and self-efficacy is found (p<0.01).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3026", "words": "5876", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Akomeah, Chief Bright; Duah, Francis; Owusu, Ernest", "title": "A Study into the Nature of Emotional Intelligence in Public and Private Institutions in Ghana", "date": "2021", "keywords": "awareness; colleagues; dimensions; emotions; intelligence; journal; management; research; respondents; study", "summary": "Abstract The purpose of the study is to examine the nature of emotional intelligence in a survey using respondents from both public and private institutions. Various dimensions of emotional intelligence were identified as awareness of own emotions; management of emotions; awareness of others\u2019 emotions; and management of others\u2019 emotions.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3209", "words": "4670", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "63", "author": "Rangasamy, Satheeshkumar; Rawath, Sushma; Krishnan S, Gokula; D, Raja Gopal", "title": "Gender Based Mood Analysis on Purchase of Wrist Watches in Bangalore, Karnataka", "date": "2021", "keywords": "customers; e n; mood; respondents; watches; wrist", "summary": "The researcher has adopted structured questionnaire to get the primary responses from the respondent to study how far mood varies among the genders on purchase of wrist watches and researcher has made framework to highlight the order of the measures / attributes to be followed to trigger the customers\u2019 mood. Abstract Buying behavior and spending pattern are highly influenced by mood of the customer in general.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3264", "words": "5949", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Nguyen, Hai Ninh; Le, Thanh Ha Thi", "title": "Empirical Investigation of Omni-channel Customer Behavior: Multiple Mediation Effects of Website and Mobile Interactivity", "date": "2021", "keywords": "asian; attitude; channel; device; intention; interactivity; journal; literacy; mobile; online; payment; reality; technology; website", "summary": "Keywords: Omnichannel customer behavior, Technology literacy, Mobile payment technology, Live pop-up chats, Augmented reality. In which the technology literacy, mobile payment technology, live pop-up chats and Augmented reality have identified as the main antecedents.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3293", "words": "5170", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Edet, Lydia Udeme; Babatunde, Rosemaary Ugonma; Ogbulogo, Charles; Chiluwa, Innocent", "title": "A Semantic Analysis of Corona Virus Pandemic Terms", "date": "2021", "keywords": "analysis; asian; communication; coronavirus; covid-19; journal; language; meaning; register; study; terms; words", "summary": "Natural language process semantic analysis: Definition. Specifically, learners of English as a foreign language will get more familiar with the concept of meaning in language studies.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3525", "words": "7102", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "SOUSSI, Nour-Eddine; ELFATHAOUI, Habib; AGOURAM, Jamal", "title": "Governance and Performance of Agri-Food Exporting SMEs", "date": "2021", "keywords": "board; capital; company; control; directors; export; family; governance; manager; mechanisms; performance; smes", "summary": "If Porter identified supplier bargaining power as one of the six forces that characterize the industry environment in which the firm evolves and determines its competitive potential, corporate governance has elevated it to the status of an external mechanism that can participate in manager control under certain conditions. a. Operationalization of variables: \u23af SME governance: SME governance is represented by 7 variables \u2022 Board of directors, family, or advisory board variable \u2022 Variable debt \u2022 Variable capital structure \u2022 Variable hierarchical control Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, 2021, 8(4): 83-91 88 \u00a9 2021 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group \u2022 Supplier control variable \u2022 Variable control of subcontractor \u23af Export performance: Export performance is measured by the share of export sales and total sales.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3585", "words": "8194", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Qasim, Aisha; Muzaffar, Rabia", "title": "Emotional Abuse as a Predictor of Mental Health Problems among Married Individuals and its impact on their Quality of Life", "date": "2021", "keywords": "abuse; asian; depression; health; individuals; journal; life; qol; quality; relationship; research; results; role; study; violence", "summary": "Present research was quantitative correlational survey design, hypothesizing that there is a significant relationship between emotional abuse to develop mental health problems among married individuals and its impact on their quality of life. There is a significant role of emotional abuse to develop mental health problems among married individuals and its impact on their quality of life.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3692", "words": "7194", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Godbless, Eromafuru Edward; Israel, OMOYE Ezie ", "title": "Managing Information Communication Technology and Effectiveness of Electricity Distribution Companies: A Re-Strategizing and Evolving Paradigms", "date": "2022", "keywords": "analysis; asian; communication; distribution; effectiveness; ict; information; journal; management; model; organization; study; table; technology; value", "summary": "Deviation Remark OEs_1 ICT installation has increased our productivity and profit margin 3.755 0.432 Agree OEs_2 ICT Management has increased stakeholders\u2019 commitment to the organization 3.429 0.674 Agree OEs_3 ICT management has benefited our organization better than traditional and manual operating 3.825 0.381 Agree OEs_4 ICT management in our organization has helped to keep sales information intact 3.557 0.539 Agree OEs_5 Most organizations are starved of information that can improve and enhance their performance, thus justifying case for ICT Management to improve their operations (Aristovnik, 2012); thus aligning with the observation by scholars that no meaningful improvement can be made if ICT facilities are not adequately and appropriately managed (Brown, 2016).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3700", "words": "4679", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Ali, Aree Mohammed ; Doski, Shivan A M; Saadon, Aveen Idris", "title": "The Impact of Service Quality Dimensions on Customer Satisfaction: Case Study of University Utara Malaysia ", "date": "2022", "keywords": "customer; customer satisfaction; journal; model; quality; relationship; reliability; satisfaction; service; study", "summary": "3. Methodology All selected respondents (students) were involved in some aspect of customer service involving frequent interaction with customers or clients. Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of service quality (reliability, empathy, tangibility, assurance, responsiveness) on customer satisfaction in University Utara Malaysia (Education Service).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3703", "words": "6087", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Dugasan, Jennylyn Frances E; Napallatan, Jennifer Jane S; Nip, Fei Dhania V; Cabauatan, Ronaldo R", "title": "A Study on the Impact of Rural Electrification on the Agricultural Productivity in MIMAROPA-Region 4B, Philippines", "date": "2022", "keywords": "areas; asian; development; electricity; electrification; energy; journal; mimaropa; philippines; productivity; studies; study; test", "summary": "rrcabauatan@ust.edu.ph Abstract This study examines the effect of rural electrification to agricultural productivity in the MIMAROPA-Region 4B, Philippines. Rural electrification is said to have a significant benefit particularly in agricultural productivity.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3828", "words": "2499", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "WA, Akinfiresoye; SA, Adebayo; OO, Olarewaju ", "title": "Analysis of Social Economic Factors Affecting Cocoa Production in Ile Oluji Community of Ondo State, Nigeria", "date": "2022", "keywords": "cocoa; farmers; figure; journal; nigeria; production", "summary": "This include age of cocoa farmers, marital status, size of family, gender, size of farm, level of education, ownership, type of breed and fungicides used. As shown in Figure 2, about 37 % of cocoa farmers are 50 years and above, while about 25 % are between age 41 and 50.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3854", "words": "11598", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Musungu, Joseph Juma ", "title": "The Construction of the \u2018Other\u2019 through Oral Narrative Performance: A Case of the Bukusu Folktale", "date": "2022", "keywords": "asian; bukusu; bukusu community; bukusu narratives; circumcision; communities; group; hare; hermeneutics; journal; narrator; people; perception; strangers; woman", "summary": "It examines the references in Bukusu narratives with regard to strangers in order to examine how such references are likely to create or diffuse the tensions between the Bukusu and their neighbours. Review of Related Literature It suffices that Bukusu narratives on strangers are basically motivated by the former\u2019s anxieties regarding the presence and influence of minority strangers.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3902", "words": "8514", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Edosomwan , Henry Samuel", "title": "Relationship between Workplace Fun and Job Satisfaction among University Administrative Staff: Does Perceived Organizational Support Matter?", "date": "2022", "keywords": "effect; employees; fun; job satisfaction; journal; literature; management; pos; research; staff; study; support; university; workplace; workplace fun", "summary": "Also, further analysis showed that of the four dimensions of workplace fun, three were positive predictors of employee job satisfaction. Workplace fun acts as a form of enrichment, this enrichment can foster work meaningfulness, which in turn promotes employee job satisfaction (Mousa et al., 2021b; Scanlan & Hazelton, 2019).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-3962", "words": "7332", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Osazevbaru , Henry Osahon ", "title": "Chief Executive Officer Duality, Nationality and Firms\u2019 Growth Opportunities", "date": "2022", "keywords": "asian; board; ceo; ceo duality; duality; firms; growth; journal; management; nationality; opportunities; performance; relationship; study; variables", "summary": "Duality is favoured by stewardship theory in that accountability to stakeholders is enhanced (Kaur & Singh, 2019) while agency theory fears that it will affect the evaluation of CEO performance. Other studies such as those of Ujunwa (2012) and Badru and Raji (2016) found positive link between CEO nationality and firm growth performance, while Abdul et al. (2021) reported negative insignificant relationship.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4069", "words": "4043", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Tham, Pham Thi Hong ; Thuc, Pham Thi Phuong; Giang, Phan Thi Huong ; Tam, Nguyen Thanh ", "title": "The Current Status of Secondary School Teacher\u2019s Perception of Happiness in Nam Dinh Province during the Implementation Period of the 2018 General Education Program", "date": "2022", "keywords": "education; happiness; job; journal; level; satisfaction; teachers; work", "summary": "Within the framework of the survey, the author pointed out the level of job satisfaction of teachers and specific expressions of that satisfaction and, at the same time, stated the factors affecting teachers\u2019 perception of happiness as follows: \u2022 Teachers are currently evaluating their job satisfaction at a relatively high level. Deviation Social respect towards teaching 290 1.00 5.00 4.0517 1.20009 Professional development policy for teachers 290 2.00 5.00 3.4862 0.96378 Appropriate regulations of working time 290 2.00 5.00 3.3828 0.84123 Reasonableness in teacher assessment 290 2.00 5.00 3.9724 0.94810 Empathy from leaders and colleagues 290 2.00 5.00 3.9828 1.01018 Good relationships with colleagues 290 1.00 5.00 4.2793 0.95645 Students\u2019 good attitude towards their study 290 2.00 5.00 4.0414 0.89114 Teachers\u2019 satisfaction with students\u2019 results 290 1.00 5.00 3.2931 1.48357 Self-efficacy 290 1.00 5.00 4.1034 1.03050 Suitable teaching expertise 290 3.00 5.00 4.2138 0.78644 Valid N (listwise) 290 Table 3 presents the factors affecting teachers' perceived happiness at work, conducted by surveying and interviewing the teachers.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4131", "words": "3038", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Wodajo, Berhanu; Demelash, Sileshi ; Eshetu, Solomon ; Kebede, Aweke ", "title": "Food Service Provision Status and Patients\u2019 Satisfaction at Selected Government Hospitals in Ethiopia", "date": "2022", "keywords": "asian; data; food; health; hospital; journal; patients; provision", "summary": "Insufficient budget allocation, unskilled manpower, and less attention to hospital nutritional foods were common problems among the 13 governmental hospitals. Abstract The daily provision of hospital patients\u2019 nutritional food dietary intake is still a major problem at the majority of government hospitals found in Ethiopia.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4240", "words": "4126", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Zaidi, Shahrbano ; Razia, Esha-tur-; Shoaib, Sidra ", "title": "Role of Emotional Intelligence in Dyadic Adjustment of Married Couples", "date": "2022", "keywords": "adjustment; emotions; individuals; intelligence; journal; marriage; relationship; study", "summary": "Emotional intelligence and dyadic adjustment are significant but weakly correlated therefore it shows that emotional intelligence plays a minor in dyadic adjustment of married individuals, which can be justified by the fact the relationships in Pakistani society are bounded by hierarchies not by emotions. Abstract This study aims to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and dyadic adjustment of married individuals.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-425", "words": "4458", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Gideon.C, Onuekwusi,; C, Chukwu, Miriam.", "title": "Women Farmers\u2019 Participation in Agricultural Extension Activities in Ikwuano L.G.A, Abia State Nigeria", "date": "2014", "keywords": "activities; area; chukwu; extension; farmers; participation; respondents; study; women", "summary": "The study was aimed at assessing participation of women farmers in agricultural extension activities. determine the level of participation of women farmers in agricultural extension activities in the study area;", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-426", "words": "6859", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "George, R; Slabbert, A", "title": "A Focused Analysis of Recruitment and Performance Management in the Import and Export Industry", "date": "2014", "keywords": "employees; job; management; organisation; people; performance; performance management; programme; questionnaire; recruitment", "summary": "Recruitment and performance management are vital human capital and human resource (HR) functions that play a crucial role in guaranteeing an organisation\u2019s ability to achieve its business strategy. Furthermore, studies have shown that in recent years, performance management has become intrinsic to most organisations.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-429", "words": "4867", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Zibr\u00ednov\u00e1, \u013dubica; Birknerov\u00e1, Zuzana; Frankovsk\u00fd, Miroslav; Zbihlejov\u00e1, Lucia; Laj\u010din, Daniel", "title": "Cognitive Distortions in Thinking in Connection with Positive and Negative Emotions of Employed and Unemployed", "date": "2014", "keywords": "categories; cognitive; distortions; emotions; employed; facts; group; individuals; research; thinking", "summary": "The research presents an analysis of links between the occurrence of cognitive distortions specified by means of 10 categories of cognitive distortions based on the Beck's Cognitive Theory and the positive and negative emotions of the employed and unemployed as two separate categories. Cognitive distortions were identified by means of daily records containing 10 pages per diary.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-430", "words": "4634", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Tshabalala, Thembinkosi; Khosa, Mufunani Tungu", "title": "Awareness of Various Forms of Child Abuse: Pupils\u2019 Attributions \u2013 A Case Study of Gomadoda Cluster", "date": "2014", "keywords": "abuse; child; child abuse; children; neglect; pupils; research; study; zimbabwe", "summary": "Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent abuses a child for sexual stimulation (Gorcy and Leslie, 2007). Almost on a weekly basis, newspapers in Zimbabwe carry stories of child abuse of one kind or the other.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-431", "words": "4599", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Tshabalala, Thembinkosi; Ncube, Alfred Champion", "title": "The Role Played by School Climate on School Effectiveness in Zimbabwean Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Nkayi South Circuit", "date": "2014", "keywords": "climate; effectiveness; head; respondents; school; study; teachers", "summary": "This article draws on a quantitative inquiry on the role played by school climate in promoting school effectiveness in Zimbabwean secondary schools using a sample of 200 teachers from a population of 650 teachers in Nkayi South Circuit in Matebeleland North in Western Zimbabwe. The study confined itself to the impact of school climate on school effectiveness and other variables hat may also play a critical role on effectiveness of schools were outside the preview of this study.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-432", "words": "3580", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "60", "author": "Iqbal, Syed Muhammad Javed", "title": "Stress, Depression and Organizational Workplace", "date": "2014", "keywords": "depression; journal; people; person; signs; stress; symptoms; work", "summary": "Keywords: Depression, Signs and symptoms of depression. Depression victimizes the male and females in different way for example, when people are depressed they behave in different ways men use to 'explode' and women 'implode'(Johnson and Indvik, 1997) and this can helpful for organizations how to handle the gender in depression.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-433", "words": "4554", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Mhute, Isaac; Musingafi, Maxwell Constantine Chando", "title": "The Language Question, Development and the Education of the Disadvantaged through Open and Distance Learning (ODL): A Case of the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU)", "date": "2014", "keywords": "distance; language; learning; open; students; university; zimbabwe", "summary": "According to Krashen (1982), the monitor is an important component of a second language learner\u2019s language processing device that uses knowledge gained from language learning to observe and regulate the learner\u2019s own second language production, checking for accuracy and adjusting language production when necessary. Second language learning \u2013 the process in which people who have already acquired their first language are taught another language usually at school.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-434", "words": "9884", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Ghavifekr, Simin; Ibrahim, Mohammed Sani", "title": "Head of Departments\u2019 Instructional Supervisory Role and Teachers\u2019 Job Performance: Teachers\u2019 Perceptions", "date": "2014", "keywords": "departments; development; head; job; job performance; motivation; performance; practices; professional; role; schools; supervision; teachers; teaching", "summary": "Teacher supervision and evaluation: Theory in to practice. Perception of classroom supervision by secondary school teachers in the Harare region: Tshwane University of Technology.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4349", "words": "7306", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Kwabena, Francis Adjei ; Asare, Kwabena Obeng ; Ackah, Richard Nana ", "title": "Does Emotional Intelligence Influence an Employee's Job Satisfaction? An Empirical Assessment", "date": "2022", "keywords": "data; findings; intelligence; job; job satisfaction; journal; management; research; results; study; table", "summary": "Abstract Since job performance is a function of job satisfaction and emotional intelligence, the current research empirically evaluates the association between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction of respondents. The research tests whether emotional intelligence significantly affect job satisfaction or not.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-435", "words": "4436", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Musingafi, Maxwell Constantine Chando; Rugonye, Shillah", "title": "The Role of Cooperative Learning in the Teaching of Community and Developmental Subjects: The Case of Teaching History at Secondary School Level", "date": "2014", "keywords": "cooperative; group; history; johnson; learning; students; teaching; work", "summary": "Depending on the age level, History students may resist using cooperative learning in their classrooms. Since cooperative learning is centred on group work, History students may be concerned that other members of their group are going to bring their grades down.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4356", "words": "6891", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Al-Kandari , Heba Ahmed ", "title": "Social intelligence skills of high school students at Sabah Al Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity in the state of Kuwait and its relationship to some demographic variables", "date": "2023", "keywords": "axis; center; colleagues; intelligence; journal; sample; school; skills; students; study", "summary": "Parker, Summerfeldt, Hogan, and Majeski (2004) also conducted a study that aimed at identifying the relationship between social intelligence and academic achievement on a sample of (667) male and female students from the secondary phase , divided into two groups: The first: experimental consisting of two levels: high-achieving and low-achieving, and the second: Then the experimental group was exposed to enrichment programs for social intelligence skills. Ox.545@hotmail.com Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the degree of possession of social intelligence skills of High School students at Sabah Al Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity in the State of Kuwait.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-436", "words": "6797", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Nabayego, Catherine; Itaaga, Nicholas", "title": "How University Education in Uganda Can Be Improved To Prepare Economically Productive Graduates", "date": "2014", "keywords": "activities; activity; education; graduates; learning; level; students; training; uganda; university; university education; use", "summary": "Indeed Smith (2008) observed that with informal training activities, a need, problem or task is first identified from the surrounding environment either by the trainers or by the learners themselves. Findings in Table 2 further indicate that on average most of the respondents generally disagreed to the use of most training activities (most of the means are close to \u20181\u2019).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-437", "words": "6829", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "67", "author": "Anda, Rabiu IY", "title": "Curbing Societal Vices Through the use of Fables", "date": "2014", "keywords": "african; audience; culture; elephant; fables; king; language; literature; narrator; ones; people; society; story; tortoise", "summary": "Fables and parables are similar, but while fables are concerned with the impossible and probable, parables deals with possible events. In France in the 12 th century Marie de France published a collection of animal fables entitled, Roman de Renart, the principal character was a wily fox named Renard.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-439", "words": "2492", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Iroegbu, Manasseh N.", "title": "Impact of Role Overload on Job Performance among Construction Workers", "date": "2014", "keywords": "conflict; job; overload; performance; role; work", "summary": "It is recommended that organizations should reduce work load in line with human capacity, redesign jobs and employ more workers to reduce role overload. Role overload has been defined as a situation in which the various roles, assignments or work required of a role occupier exceed the amount of time and resources and energy available to the individual for their execution (Iroegbu, 1988).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4391", "words": "8457", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Duru, Innocent U; Eze, Millicent Adanne ; Yusuf, Abubakar ; Udo, Akpan Aaron ; Saleh, Abubakar Sadiq ", "title": "Effect of reward systems on workers' performance at the university of Abuja", "date": "2023", "keywords": "abuja; employee performance; employees; journal; management; nigeria; performance; research; reward; reward management; reward systems; study; supervisors; systems; university; workers", "summary": "Using a survey research design, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics on a sample of 169 employees\u2019 out of 300 senior employees of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences of the University of Ghana selected through the simple random sampling technique, the results showed that intrinsic and extrinsic rewards exerted a positive and significant impact on employee performance. Using regression techniques on a sample of 200 employees derived from the University of Malaya and the National University of Malaysia through purposive and simple random sampling procedures, the findings revealed that promotions, rewards and supervisor support had a positive impact on employee performance at Malaysian Universities.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-440", "words": "6166", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Abebaw, Maru", "title": "Impacts of Household Wastewater on the Environment: The Case of Debre Markos Town, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia", "date": "2014", "keywords": "debre; drainage; environment; household; household wastewater; management; markos; river; study; town; wastewater; wastewater management", "summary": "The paper aims at assessing the impacts of household wastewater management on environment. 3. Research Design Descriptive type of research helps in describing the existing condition of household wastewater management and its impact on the environment.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-442", "words": "3464", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "E, Olatunji, Toyin; A, Adegbite, Tajudeen", "title": "Investment in Fixed Assets and Firm Profitability: Empirical Evidence from the Nigerian Banking Sector", "date": "2014", "keywords": "assets; banks; investment; nigerian; profit; profitability; relationship", "summary": "1.34e+08 respectively, which signifies that for every 1% increase in bank fixed assets investment, net profit increases by up to 5.3%, this implies that there is a positive relationship between Bank fixed assets and Net profit of Nigerian banks. It also analyzed the significant components of fixed assets investment of selected Nigerian Commercial Banks.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-443", "words": "6183", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Hong, Zhaohui; Yan, Jiamin", "title": "Mapping Accessibility and Shortage of the Protestant Church in China: Applying Two Spatial Research Methods", "date": "2015", "keywords": "2sfca; area; china; church; church accessibility; church shortage; cities; driving; minutes; nam; protestants", "summary": "Spatial Maps of Church Accessibility in Central China by the 2SFCA Table 3 below provides the statistical perspective in identifying the rankings of church shortage cities and calculating the percentages of Protestants taking more than 30 minutes of one-way driving to the nearest churches. Acknowledgment.................................................................................................................................................................. 15 References ................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 The issues of church accessibility and church shortage are critical for understanding religious market and religious economy in China.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4445", "words": "10363", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "59", "author": "Myumbo, Ludovick Jacob ", "title": "Importance of participatory narrative inquiry in sensitive research", "date": "2023", "keywords": "asian; experiences; group; inquiry; journal; narrative; participants; pni; process; qualitative; research; sex; stories; tanzania; women; work", "summary": "In the same vein, McCosker et al. (2001) recommend that \u201cif we accept that qualitative research work is emotional work, we also ought to accept the embodied nature of the work\u201d (McCosker et al., 2001). Liberating method: Feminism and social research.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4447", "words": "5918", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Krishnegowda, Ashwini Tubinakere ; Durai, Tamizharasi; Sathyanarana, Suma ", "title": "Inter-linkages between the stock exchanges of emerging economies: Evidence from BRICS", "date": "2023", "keywords": "brics; countries; data; granger; india; integration; journal; markets; stock; stock markets; study; test", "summary": "Literatures on inter-linkages of global markets, emerging markets and BRICS stock markets are considered to review. Hence the research paper has used Descriptive Statistics, Unit Root Test, Granger\u2019s Causality Test and in addition Johansen Co-integration Tests are used to arrive at the results, as study of BRICS stock markets been carried out till 2016, considered the time series secondary data from 2015 to 2021.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-445", "words": "3270", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Lim, Boon-Yeow", "title": "Chinese Cultural Values as Institutional Forces in Shaping Board Involvement", "date": "2015", "keywords": "board; chinese; face; mien; social; values; yau", "summary": "Researchers in the study of Chinese cultural values find that Chinese values have formed a clear and consistent framework or understanding organizational relationships for generations (Hsu, 1983; Lim, 1997). 2. Literature Review and Critiques Researchers in the study of Chinese cultural values find that Chinese values have formed a clear and consistent framework for understanding organizational relationships for generations (Hsu, 1983; Schwartz, 2009).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4454", "words": "5219", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Ononye , Uzoma ", "title": "Quality of work life, work motivation, job satisfaction and ethical behaviour", "date": "2023", "keywords": "behaviour; employees; job; journal; quality; qwl; satisfaction; study; work", "summary": "Studies have explicitly demonstrated EB prediction of employee JS (Abadiga, Nemera, Hailu, & Mosisa, 2019; Kaffashpoor & Sadeghian, 2020; Vitell & Davis, 1990) however, JS has increasingly been recognised as a determinant of productive work behaviours in organisations (Zhang, 2020) suggesting that the level of EB displayed at work may be indicative of the extent to which JS is attained. Given that JS can be applied as a predictor and an outcome variable in research involving employee behaviours (Zhang, 2020) the study contends that JS concretised in QWL and WM determines EB.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-446", "words": "2195", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Ampomah, Philipina; Cudjor, Samuel K.", "title": "The Effect of Employee Turnover on Organizations (Case Study of Electricity Company of Ghana, Cape Coast)", "date": "2015", "keywords": "employees; management; new; organization; turnover", "summary": "Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................ 24 References ................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 This study focused on the effect of employee turnover on organizations with reference to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The study found that lack of promotion was the primary cause of employee turnover in ECG.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4466", "words": "8761", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Loong, Ng Yew; Jamaludin, Azahari ; Hashim, Raemah Abdullah ", "title": "Factors affecting the behavioral intention to park legally among urban Malaysian in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia", "date": "2023", "keywords": "behaviour; driving; enforcement; facilities; factors; fee; intention; journal; management; motorists; parking; percent; relationship; respondents; safety; security; street; studies; study", "summary": "Effects of searching for street parking on driver behaviour, physiology, and visual attention allocation: An on-road study. Current study focused on the relationship between motorist behaviour, safety and security, parking place and facilities, parking fee and intention to park legally.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-447", "words": "18217", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Imam, Haruna Abdallah; Tamimu, Hardy", "title": "'Life beyond the Walls of my Hometown': Social Safety Networks as a Coping Strategy for Northern Migrants in Accra", "date": "2015", "keywords": "accommodation; accra; area; associations; city; development; female; fire; ghana; girls; gomorrah; group; health; males; management; migrants; migration; networks; people; porters; respondents; sex; sodom; strategies; studies; study; total", "summary": "In the light of this, Acquah (1972) studied Accra migrants and observed that rural urban migrants in cluster settlements in Accra chose to appoint their own leaders to whom they could look up to for leadership and to whom they could turn in time of need and for the settlement of disputes. Young migrants from the Northern Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, 2015, 2(1): 25-43 27 region between the ages of 10 and 25 who either migrated individually or in the company of others to the Accra Metropolis formed the target for this study. 2.1.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-448", "words": "5702", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Gabriel, Ojide Makua Chukwu; I., Ikpeze Nnaemeka", "title": "Education, Health and Housing in Ogoni Community: Does Government or Oil Firms Intervention Matter?", "date": "2015", "keywords": "community; education; government; health; household; housing; intervention; model; nigeria; oil; provision; school", "summary": "* if 2 y* if 1 1 21 1 \uf0ef \uf0ef \uf0fe \uf0ef \uf0ef \uf0fd \uf0fc \uf03c\uf03d \uf0a3\uf03c\uf03d \uf0a3\uf03d \uf02d yY yY Y j\uf06d \uf06d\uf06d \uf06d 5....... ),,(fsin ),,,,(f ),,,,(f \uf0ef \uf0fe \uf0ef \uf0fd \uf0fc \uf03d \uf03d \uf03d DDHCSRhoGIhogHou incomeAPOSCSRheGIheHealth IncomeCSRschCSRsbGIschGIsbEducation Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, 2015, 2(1):44-52 48 Greater proportion (54%) of the respondents was household head. The gender distribution of household house heads, where respondents are not household heads, is as shown in table 8.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-449", "words": "4092", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Karkhaneh, Mahbobe; Movallali, Guita; Mohammadi, Mehdi Ali; Salehy, Zeinab", "title": "Effectiveness of Encouragement Training in Alleviating Depression among Mothers of Children with Hearing Impairment", "date": "2015", "keywords": "children; depression; encouragement; group; hearing; journal; mothers; study; training", "summary": "All these challenges and communicative problems of hearing impaired children contribute to the cause more issues for the mothers of impaired hearing children in contrast to mothers of hearing who face less physical health condition. Regarding advances in equipment and diagnosis programs, early diagnosis of hearing impaired children, the attention on psychological health condition of less hearing child, the essential role of parents in any kind of intermediation programs for development of disabled children, the need to conduct counseling and treatment programs (individually or in groups) for their parents should be considered.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-450", "words": "5667", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Chigozie, Uzoh, Bonaventure", "title": "Restricted Collective Bargaining and Wage-Related Industrial Unrest in the Public Service: The Nigerian Case", "date": "2015", "keywords": "bargaining; conditions; fashoyin; government; labour; nigeria; public; relations; service; wages; workers", "summary": "The government prefers to use direct intervention through wage commissions, semi-judicial tribunals, and wage committees or even government proclamations and pronouncements for fixing wages and other conditions of employment for its employees in the public service instead of collective bargaining. Keywords: Collective bargaining, Wage, Wage commission, Industrial unrest, Public service, Government.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-451", "words": "5752", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Brenya, Edward; Asamoah, Jennifer Aboagyewaah; Alhassan, Hadi Azindow", "title": "Electoral Systems and Antagonism in Politics: A Case Study of Ghana", "date": "2015", "keywords": "democratic; election; electoral; ghana; government; parties; representation; system; takes; winner", "summary": "It argues that the most significant aspect of democratic consolidation and development is not entirely about the type of electoral system adopted but the strengthening of the institutions of state. The type of electoral system adopted often determines the political process and the relationship between the political parties and actors in a political system.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-452", "words": "5503", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Resurreccion, Pamela F.", "title": "Cluster Analysis Approach to Understanding the Philippine Sustainable Consumer: An Initial Empirical Study", "date": "2015", "keywords": "cluster; consumer; consumption; environment; green; journal; market; marketing; products; social; study", "summary": "It is noteworthy to observe that the influence of age on attitudes and behavior are inconsistent as was found in the studies of Zimmer et al. (1994) versus (Roberts, 1996).Several research endeavors revolving around the determinants of sustainable consumer behavior have found a \u201crobust gender effect\u201d \u2013 that is, women are more likely to express concern about consumption\u201fs broader impacts and to act upon those concerns than men (Luchs and Mooradian, 2012). These identified segments serve as a guide in crafting programs and campaigns promoting and supporting sustainable consumption behavior that are more tailored to each of their attributes.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-453", "words": "3401", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Nutthakornkul, Prawichaya; Isarapreeda, Prasart", "title": "Stress of Male Homosexual Students: A Structure Model", "date": "2015", "keywords": "factor; feeling; level; male; stress; students; threshold", "summary": "Conclusion: The stress model of male homosexual students revealed 3 factors namely depressive anxiety and hostility factors. Keywords: Stress, Male homosexual students.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-454", "words": "5693", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Brenya, Edward; Kuffuor, Owura Kwabena", "title": "Regional Organizations and Response to Political Threat: A Review of the Role of ECOWAS in Ebola and Boko Haram Crises", "date": "2015", "keywords": "boko; boko haram; ebola; ecowas; haram; nigeria; peace; protocol; regional; response; security; states; threat", "summary": "Boko Haram was contacted by Mauritanian warlords who were to recruit mercenaries from among Boko Haram members to fight in the conflict that ensued after the military coup in the state. The UN Security Council has reported that it received information that Boko Haram members had also trained in AQIM camps in Mali (Brock, 2012) and there are reports that further link Boko Haram to the insurgency in Northern Mali.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-455", "words": "8692", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Uche, Nwankwo, Ignatius", "title": "Assessment of Level of Public Knowledge about Leprosy and its Effects on Leprosy Control Programmes in Anambra and Ebonyi States of Southeast Nigeria", "date": "2015", "keywords": "control; disease; education; health; income; knowledge; leprosy; leprosy control; level; nigeria; programme; research; respondents; states; study; treatment", "summary": "Qualitative data were generated through Focus Group Discussion (FGD) administered to persons affected by leprosy and In-Depth Interview (IDI) of leprosy control staff and officials of both World Health Organization and the donor agency supporting leprosy control in the two states. Such low level of knowledge about leprosy and low literacy level among patients were among major socio-cultural factors found to affect leprosy control in the area.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-456", "words": "6548", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Nyarko, Israel Kofi; Tsetse, Ernest Kafui; Avorgah, Simon Kojo Mesa", "title": "Is Billboard Advertising an Effective Tool in The Marketing of Home Appliances?", "date": "2015", "keywords": "ads; advertising; belch; billboard; consumer; factors; home; journal; marketing; media; respondents; study", "summary": "Moreover, despite numerous discussions of factors associated with billboard advertising success, the literature does not address the attributes of the medium that users see as the primary factors associated with successful billboard advertising. Findings of the study revealed that most respondents are of the view that billboard advertising is a good tool for creating awareness and persuading customer to choose appliances of their choice.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-457", "words": "5047", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "35", "author": "Shin, Soyoung; Lee, Julak", "title": "Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Special Forces in the ROK Army", "date": "2015", "keywords": "behavior; citizenship; citizenship behavior; effect; forces; leadership; self; supervisor; trust", "summary": "The results showed that Special Forces\u2019 self-leadership had a significant effect on trust in the supervisor and organizational citizenship behavior, and trust in the supervisor had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between self-leadership and organizational citizenship behavior. Keywords: ROK army special forces, Self-leadership, Trust in the supervisor, Organizational citizenship behavior, Mediating effect.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-458", "words": "3783", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Thong, Alex QUAH Ban; Johar, Md Gapar Md; Abeysekera, Nalin", "title": "Facebook Marketing by Private Design Schools in the Higher Education Industry in Sri Lanka", "date": "2015", "keywords": "design; facebook; lanka; management; marketing; media; pds; sri; users", "summary": "Corresponding Author 116 Facebook Marketing by Private Design Schools in the Higher Education Industry in Sri Lanka Alex QUAH Ban Thong 1* --- Md Gapar Md Johar 2 --- Nalin Abeysekera 3 1 PhD student, Management & Science University 2 Management & Science University, University Drive, Off Persiaran Olahraga, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia 3 The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka The usage of Facebook as the main tool to reach the target audience is phenomenal in Sri Lanka.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-459", "words": "6626", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Dube, Zanele; Moyo, Wisdom", "title": "The Impact of the Land Reform Programme in Matabeleland North Province: A Case of Woodlands Resettlement Area in Hwange, Zimbabwe", "date": "2015", "keywords": "area; farmers; land; land reform; poverty; programme; resettlement; resettlement area; wildlife; woodlands; woodlands resettlement; zimbabwe", "summary": "The market based approach was used in the early phases of land reform and later on, the government led compulsory land acquisition called the Fast track land reform programme. There are mixed feelings about the impact of land reform on livelihoods at Woodlands.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-460", "words": "7302", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Quansah, Joseph Yaw Dwamena", "title": "Utilization of Teaching Space Facilities at Sunyani Polytechnic in Ghana", "date": "2015", "keywords": "facilities; polytechnic; rooms; space; space facilities; sunyani; teaching; teaching space; time; use; utilization", "summary": "140 References .................................................................................................................................................................................... 140 This paper investigates how teaching space facilities were being utilized at Sunyani Polytechnic in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The report indicated that teaching space facilities with high rate of depreciation should be maximally utilized to reduce to a minimum, the unit cost of education, which arises from maintenance cost.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-461", "words": "5398", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Hong, Zhaohui; Jin, Jianfeng", "title": "The Spatial Study of Catholic Market in China", "date": "2015", "keywords": "accessibility; areas; catholic; china; church; churches; cities; number", "summary": "In reference to the three criteria used to judge the shortage of Catholic churches and the combined rankings of the selected nine cities, it is appropriate to identify the top five worst cities as the areas of Catholic church shortages in China--focusing on their church density, church availability and church accessibility by the two spatial methods. Selecting nine representative cities covering three regions of China, the article measures the density of Catholics through discussing the number of Catholic population and number of Catholic churches in an effort to calculate the average number of Catholics using each church.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-462", "words": "7138", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Mahtab, Naheem", "title": "Employee Stock Options: A New Possibility at Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited", "date": "2015", "keywords": "business; correlation; employee; employee stock; eso; job; level; management; option; performance; research; stock; stock option; variable", "summary": "Employee stock options: This variable informs us about the participants\u2018 future tendency on employee stock options and in questionnaire there are 5 questions about employee stock option. Keywords: Business assets, Business performance, Job performance, Employee attitudes, Employee stock options, External investment, Organizational encouragement, Firm profitability http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, 2015, 2(4): 152-162 153 1.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-463", "words": "6641", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Abiola, Ibraheem Mikail; Ibrahim, Hassan Ahmed", "title": "Urban Planning In Ibadan, Nigeria 1960 to 2010: A Historical Analytical Study with Special Reference to Islamic Connections", "date": "2015", "keywords": "cities; city; development; factors; growth; ibadan; islamic; nigeria; people; planning; research; study; urban; world", "summary": "This study is thus a historical analysis of urban planning in Ibadan, Nigeria, from 1960 to 2010, with special emphasis on its presumed Islamic connection. The possible influence of the Islamic connection on the socio-cultural, economic, and political structure of urban planning will also be investigated.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-464", "words": "4128", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Albasu, Joseph; Nyameh, Jerome; Umar, Mahmood Hamid", "title": "Employees Job Performance and Pursuit of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Banking Industry a Case Study of Zenith Bank Plc & First Bank Plc Jalingo", "date": "2016", "keywords": "business; employee; job; management; organization; performance; respondents; responsibility; study", "summary": "The study examine the correlation between employees job performance and corporate social responsibility, through the use of qualitative and quantitative research design paradigm, to do that effective there research objectives and two hypotheses were design; (1)To identify the contribution of employees job performance to corporate social responsibility (ii)To determine ways how corporate social responsibility can be improve in organization (iii)To analyzes the organizational excellence and the corporate social responsibility under the period under review. The link therefore is on the basis of output in term of the turnover of the organization other people may called it net profit, this implies that employee\u2019s job performance result to a better push for accomplishment of corporate social responsibility where the turnover is good but in the case where employee job performance is bad and the turnover is equally not too good, it will be difficult for organization to engage in corporate social responsibility.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-465", "words": "8184", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "YAMB, Benjam\u00edn; BAYEMI, Oscar", "title": "Bribery in Cameroonian Public Hospitals: Who Pays and How Much?", "date": "2016", "keywords": "amounts; bribe; cfa; characteristics; corruption; francs; health; hospital; income; level; patients; percentile; set", "summary": "Estimate of individuals\u2019 characteristics for bribe amounts above the 25th percentile Source: Our estimates from the survey data In Table 9 we find that for bribe amounts set below the 75 th percentile, the odds of men are about 120 times higher than that of women, to pay amounts less than 1,000 CFA Francs, instead of paying amounts over 1,000 CFA Francs. Amount of bribes paid (in CFA7 Francs) per scale Amount of bribes Classes Frequency Percentage 0 to 1,000 1 122 30.0 1,000 to 3,000 2 128 31.4 3,000 to 5,000 3 102 25.1 5,000 to 7,000 4 55 13.51 Total 407 100.0 This table shows the proportion of patients who pay bribes depending on amounts.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-466", "words": "8944", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Peltokangas, Hanna", "title": "Job\u2013Person Fit and Leader\u2019s Performance: The Moderating Effect of the Rorschach Comprehensive System Variables", "date": "2016", "keywords": "assessment; fit; job; journal; leader; performance; personality; personnel; rcs; rorschach; selection; self; step; studies; variables", "summary": "Leader performance was associated with the JP fit (r = 0.43, p < .001). The Zf (r = 0.09, p > .05) had no correlation with leader performance.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-467", "words": "2663", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Ampomah, Philipina", "title": "\u201cThe Effect of Training and Development on Employee Performance in a Private Tertiary Institution in Ghana\u201d (Case Study: Pentecost University College (Puc) - Ghana)", "date": "2016", "keywords": "development; employee; management; performance; study; training", "summary": "Employee training and development. Impact of investment in human resource training and development on employee effectiveness in Nigerian banks.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-468", "words": "6041", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Usoro, Abosede A.; Etuk, Grace R.", "title": "Workload Related Stress and Job Effectiveness of University Lecturers in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States, Nigeria", "date": "2016", "keywords": "community; effectiveness; influence; job; job effectiveness; lecturers; management; service; stress; study; teaching; universities; university; workload", "summary": "It also creates tension at home which compounds the problems caused by job stress. Evaluation of causes of job stress and prevention among Nigerian managers: A study or selected commercial banks in Okigwe, Imo State.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-469", "words": "4274", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Rahman, K. M. Atikur", "title": "Effects of Globalization on Health Governance in Bangladesh", "date": "2016", "keywords": "bangladesh; business; care; centers; countries; doctors; globalization; health; patients; people", "summary": "Here it is viewed that donor agencies have no strong concern of the irregularities as the MNCs have invested of million dollars in medical business of developing countries \u2013 they supply expensive medical equipments, consultant, pharmaceutical products, chemical raw materials \u2013 MNCs and domestic medical businessmen stand in a unique line in this regard. Keywords: Health business, Business elites, Privatization, High cost, Common people, Health tourism, Irregularities.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4690", "words": "4556", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Kisyeri, Dickson Matiko ; Kira, Alex Reuben", "title": "Seventh-day Adventist church corporate governance and educational institutions\u2019 financial stability in Tanzania", "date": "2023", "keywords": "church; crisis; governance; institutions; journal; percent; statement; table", "summary": "Additionally, Goodchild (2016) suggests that good corporate governance ensures the financial stability of church institutions. Furthermore, other studies have revealed corporate governance in terms of policies and financial instability, challenges of staffing and students\u2019 enrolment negatively influences the performance of church institutions in Zimbabwe (Nyarugwe, Rudhumbu, Chinhara, & Kurebwa, 2021).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-470", "words": "8002", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Chughtai, Muhammad Waqas; Nadeem, Zulfiqar Ali", "title": "Exploring the Effects of Training and Development Practices on Organization Performance: A Case Study of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority", "date": "2016", "keywords": "agree; development; employees; job; organization; programs; respondents; total; training", "summary": "When this query was raised, 28% to the total respondents answered that they are taught about the labor laws during training programs in organization. When it was investigated, whether training programs encourage employees for efficient performance, 39 % of the total respondents strongly agree and 54% of the total respondents has also shown their agreement.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4704", "words": "5592", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Edet, Inim Victor ; Sylvanus, Udoh Francis ; Denis, Lungu, Tumba ", "title": "Sovereign wealth fund on sustainable economic growth in Nigeria", "date": "2023", "keywords": "fund; future; generation fund; growth; journal; nigeria; results; stabilization; study; test; value; wealth; wealth fund", "summary": "Sovereign wealth fund investment and the return-to-risk performance of target firms. Sovereign wealth fund on sustainable economic growth in Nigeria.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4705", "words": "6726", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Kumari, Shabnam ; Kakar, Deepti ", "title": "Agricultural exports: Systematic literature review on determinants and export-led growth relationship across developing nations", "date": "2023", "keywords": "agricultural; analysis; asian; causality; determinants; economic; exports; growth; india; journal; price; rate; study", "summary": "Assessment of various policy regimes towards agricultural export growth in Nigeria. India 1969-2012 VAR and granger causality test The growth of exports positively depends on growth of GDP of the economy whereas GDP growth causes export growth in Indian economy.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-471", "words": "16544", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Low, Mei Peng", "title": "Corporate Social Responsibility and the Evolution of Internal Corporate Social Responsibility in 21st Century", "date": "2016", "keywords": "academy; business; commitment; community; company; csr; development; economic; employees; environment; ethical; ethics; european; health; internal; journal; management; new; organisation; performance; practices; research; responsibility; review; society; stakeholders; studies; theory; work", "summary": "In the 1950s, Bowen (1953) initially described corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a self-regulation means for business to informally monitor their behaviours without dependency on coercive authority of governments. Definition of Corporate Social Responsibility Over the past 40 years, scholars have debated the definition of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the constructs of the CSR paradigm (e.g. (Bowen, 1953; Carroll, 1979; Clarkson, 1995; Brown and Dacin, 1997; Carroll, 1999)).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-472", "words": "5951", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Hafeez, Amtul; Ahmad, Eatzaz", "title": "Analysis of Joint Hours of Work Function of Currently Married Working Couples: A Case Study of Pakistan", "date": "2016", "keywords": "areas; couples; hours; husbands; labor; market; supply; wives; work", "summary": "Couples comprising of husbands having secondary or higher education level are found to supply more labor market hours and the regression coefficients are statistically significant at 1 percent level in both the urban and rural samples. Second, it also creates awareness among husbands and wives and guides them to undertake important decisions regarding household labor supply.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-473", "words": "6359", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "C. T, Beeior,; S.O, Ajegi,; J. A, Tyoakosu,", "title": "Informal Financial Institutions (IFIs) and Poverty Reduction in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria", "date": "2016", "keywords": "area; beneficiaries; government; household; ifis; institutions; non; poverty; respondents; study", "summary": "Similarly, the study further revealed that the influence of sex, age and marital status on poverty level of the inhabitants of Konshisha local government was found to be insignificant at 5% level. The positive values of the coefficient of variables in both beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of informal financial institutions shows that higher values of these variables tends to increase the likelihood for better welfare and thus reduction in poverty status while the negative values of the variables on the other hand implies that a higher value tends to decrease the probability of better welfare and thus increase the poverty status of people in both beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of IFIs.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-474", "words": "6010", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Bigirimana, Stanislas; Sibanda, Esnath Ntombizodwa; Masengu, Reason", "title": "The Impact of Working Conditions on Academic Staff Turnover at Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe", "date": "2016", "keywords": "africa; conditions; employees; management; performance; research; results; staff; statement; university; workers", "summary": "This study found that the working conditions were unfavorable and this led to situations where academic staff leaving Africa University at the earliest opportunity. Is this high turner over of academic staff caused by working conditions?", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-475", "words": "1974", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Otu, William", "title": "Heading and Leading Educational Institutions in Rural Africa: A Western Trained Educationists Experiences in Ghana", "date": "2016", "keywords": "africa; chief; leadership; study", "summary": "16 November 2015 Publisher: Asian Online Journal Publishing Group The observation and experiential study talks about the demanding role of institutional heads and leaders in Africa; taking into consideration the culture and norms of governance in rural traditional Africa. The western trained educationalist can therefore not holistically practice effectively without learning some few domestic leadership skills in traditional rural Africa before becoming relevant to the teaching profession.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-476", "words": "3787", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Beheshtifar, Malikeh; Moghadam, Mahmood Nekoei", "title": "The Moderating Role of Personal Trust on the Relationship between Nurses\u2019 Social Skills and Need for Achievement in Arjomand and Razieh-Firoz Hospitals in 2014", "date": "2016", "keywords": "achievement; arjomand; hospitals; nurses; relationship; skills; social; trust", "summary": "Social skill in the workplace: What is social skill and how does it matter?, faculty of the graduate school. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between nurses social skills and need for achievement, according to a moderating role of personal trust in Arjomand and Razieh-Firoz hospitals in 2014.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-477", "words": "5317", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Hosain, Md. Sajjad", "title": "Impact of Best HRM Practices on Retaining the Best Employees: A Study on Selected Bangladeshi Firms", "date": "2016", "keywords": "analysis; bangladesh; employee; job; journal; management; practices; relationship; retention; study; training; turnover", "summary": "Although, there is no standard framework for understanding the employee turnover process as a whole, a wide range of factors have been found useful in interpreting employee turnover (Kevin et al., 2004). Employee turnover remains as one of the most widely researched topics in organizational analyses (Dalton and Todor, 1981).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-478", "words": "11651", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Chowdhury, Muhammad Faisol; Tanim, Tasnim Rezoana", "title": "Industrial Accidents in Bangladesh Apparel Manufacturing Sector: An Analysis of the Two Most Deadliest Accidents in History", "date": "2016", "keywords": "accidents; bangladesh; building; case; factories; factory; factory owners; fire; garment; health; journal; management; ohs; owners; provisions; rana; research; retailers; rmg; safety; studies; study; workers; workplace", "summary": "ILO, EU, Bangladesh government adopt new compact on garment factory safety. The involvement of ILO, global supply chain, and the local government in shaping the country\u2018s OHS system and imposing the OHS provisions on factory owners reaffirms the importance of practicing OHS requirements.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-479", "words": "4216", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Aldana, Gerson; Thiagarajan, Somanadevi", "title": "A Study of Female Entrepreneurs in Belize", "date": "2016", "keywords": "business; data; education; entrepreneurs; female; journal; level; success; women", "summary": "2. Literature Review Alam et al. (2011) while studying the factors that contribute to the success of women entrepreneurs in southern Malaysia concluded that women no longer adhere to the stereotype that only men can be wage earners in the family, and that besides numerous obligations assigned to women including reproductive chores, such as childcare and doing house work, women can find success through their own businesses. An overview of women entrepreneurs by Seenivasan (2014) posed many questions on factors that contribute to women as entrepreneurs, He emphasized that women\u2019s participation in entrepreneurship varies significantly across countries, across different phases of the entrepreneurial process, and with different sources of motivation.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-480", "words": "2516", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "27", "author": "Holmes, Barbara; Willis, Kent; Woods, Ericka", "title": "Strategic Onboarding of Online Doctoral Students: Creating a Pathway to Academic Persistence", "date": "2016", "keywords": "journal; learning; onboarding; online; program; students; study", "summary": "This study presents the process of strategic onboarding strategies for that will provide a smart start for online doctoral students. Similarly, doctoral students may benefit from clearly designed rules, protocols, and practices exclusive to the online doctoral experience.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-481", "words": "3864", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Umar, Hassan Said; Umar, Kasim", "title": "The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Corruption Management in Nigeria: A Perceptual Assessment of its Legal Framework", "date": "2016", "keywords": "agencies; commission; corruption; crimes; efcc; nigeria; powers; research", "summary": "Anti-corruption commissions: Panacea or real medicine to fight corruption. d. Long-Term Sustainability The sustainability of anti-corruption agencies is another of their defining traits.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-482", "words": "3377", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Moorthy, Thilip Kumar; Silvam, Yogerisham Panir; Vijaya, Jayanthi; Sundiran, Shandini", "title": "Lecturers\u2019 Perception on the Effectiveness of Formative Assessment on Evaluating Grammar Skills among Undergraduates", "date": "2016", "keywords": "assessment; grammar; language; learning; lecturers; students", "summary": "In general, formative assessment is known as using various methods in evaluating students throughout a particular learning period to achieve learning goals. It is important for students to learn grammar properly and it is believed that the implementation of formative assessment on learning grammar will aid students in understanding the skills well.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-483", "words": "11714", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "61", "author": "Aulia, Septa Akbar; Sukati, Inda; Sulaiman, Zuraidah", "title": "A Review: Customer Perceived Value and its Dimension", "date": "2016", "keywords": "concept; consumer; customer; customer value; dimension; journal; management; marketing; need; perspective; product; research; self; society; studies; study; value", "summary": "Keywords: Customer perceived value, Value dimension, Customer satisfaction, Customer repurchase intention, Loyalty Contents 1. It has been proven that the used of the concept of customer perceived value does not only result in creating more satisfied customer, but more importantly it is also found to have direct effect on customer repurchase intention and loyalty", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-484", "words": "9401", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Fukey, Leena Nitin", "title": "Qualitative Information Analysis on Managing Quality Service: Issues and Challenges", "date": "2016", "keywords": "analysis; business; customers; employees; hospitality; hotel; industry; journal; management; marketing; organizations; process; quality; quality service; research; service; study; training", "summary": "Objectives of the Study To plot the outlook towards quality services in the Hotel organization by finding the important process to enhance quality service and to identify barriers and ways towards service enhancement. The study of quality service has been dominated by studies of consumer expectations and perceptions of service in many sectors of the service industry based on the SERVQUAL model.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-485", "words": "5698", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Wang, Shen-Tsu", "title": "Analysis of Life Context of On-Line Group-Buying Population by Dynamic Decision", "date": "2016", "keywords": "buying; community; document; group; line; term; type; value", "summary": "Friendly interaction Master buyer responds to members' questions, and informs members of the matters concerned with group buying. According to the 863 data collected from group-buying websites, as shown in Table 2 the military, civil servants, and teachers account for a high proportion of group buying.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-486", "words": "6002", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Ci\u011fer, Ay\u015feg\u00fcl; Topsakal, Yunus", "title": "Intellectual Capital and Financial Performance: Case of Travel Agents", "date": "2016", "keywords": "agents; capital; financial; human; journal; performance; relationship; study; travel; travel agents; value", "summary": "Abstract The increasing of intangible assets and intellectual capitals of firms has shown that traditional accounting systems are not able to calculate intangible assets and intellectual capital sufficiently. The research about the relationship between financial performance and intellectual capital that conducted for travel agents, however, is a limited extent.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-487", "words": "5693", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Shamki, Dhiaa; Bamahros, Hasan Mohammed", "title": "Industry Type and Accounting Numbers Relevance: The Case of Jordan", "date": "2016", "keywords": "accounting; book; earnings; industry; price; relevance; security; type; value", "summary": "The differences in our models outcomes regarding the three price measures revealing which measure is the best to be depended on when determining accounting numbers relevance. Abayadeera (2010) tested the impact of industry type on the earnings and book value relevance for Australian companies.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-488", "words": "4348", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "McKeon, Kati", "title": "Achieving Performance Targets and Reducing Staff Turnover in a Not-For-Profit Organisation", "date": "2016", "keywords": "company; employees; management; performance; role; targets; training", "summary": "However, it seems that while performance review systems that are based on a purely strategic approach are favoured by senior management, line managers are more focused on the operational perspective (Nankervis et al., 2012) which may not match when it comes to measuring employee performance, especially in a customer service facing role. From an organisational perspective it is important to have some formalized key performance indicators (KPI) to measure employee performance to benchmark against others.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-489", "words": "1876", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Hua-Sun, Zhao", "title": "Discussion on Self Adjustment Method of Sports for Psychological Health", "date": "2016", "keywords": "competition; health; people; sports", "summary": "In fact, no matter what kind of sports events, this has a close relationship with beauty. Cultivating Sports Interest Sports interest is the direct motive of sports participation, if there is no interest as a guarantee, participation motivation will fall.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-490", "words": "5059", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Lee, Sooun; Sircar, Sumit", "title": "An Exploratory Comparative Analysis of Asian Markets: China versus India", "date": "2016", "keywords": "business; china; cia; countries; data; gdp; india; population; rate; world", "summary": "Economy Comparison: China vs. India USA China India GDP (US$ Trillion) (TWF-CIA, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, & 2015) $17.97 11.38 $2.183 GDP PC (The World Bank Data, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, & 2015) $53,042 $7,590 $1,581 GDP PC (PPP) (TWF-CIA, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, & 2015) $56,300 $14,300 $6,300 Number of Billionaires (Dolan and Kroll, 2015) 536 ( # 1) 213 (# 2) 90 (# 4) GDP Growth Rate 2015/2016 est. Business Environment Comparison: China and India USA China India Employee Earning Monthly (ILO (International Labor Organization), 2015) $3,518.60 $629.36 (3897.4 CNY) $163.43 (10291.3 INR)", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4901", "words": "3645", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Uloku , Ossai Peter Agbadobi ", "title": "Undergraduate students\u2019 differential performance in introductory course to guidance and counselling at Delta State University, Abraka", "date": "2023", "keywords": "counselling; guidance; knowledge; performance; services; students; study", "summary": "Teachers\u2019 perception of counsellors\u2019 role and students academic performance in public secondary schools in Rivers State. Using descriptive and inferential statistics for data analysis, the study showed that 80% of the students said their academic performance changed positively after receiving counselling services; 72% of the teachers\u2019 perceived students\u2019 academic performance as good while 20% perceived students\u2019 performance as very good.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-491", "words": "5543", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Bajwa, Ali Abdullah; Lin, Zhou Lu; Wahla, Naveed Ahmed", "title": "Implications of Correlation between Demographic Dynamics to Public Trust in Administration of Pakistan", "date": "2016", "keywords": "administration; correlation; governance; government; journal; performance; public; relationship; research; study; trust", "summary": "Abstract This paper highlights the issues facing the public administration of the Government of Pakistan by correlating public trust with multiple demographic variables. Keywords: Public trust, Demographics, Income, Age, Education, Religion, National pride, Administration, Cross tabulation, Pakistan.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-492", "words": "5474", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Yelkpieri, Daniel; Namale, Matthew Kojo", "title": "Challenges of Instructional Supervision of Senior High Schools in the Techiman Municipality in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana", "date": "2016", "keywords": "education; headmasters; heads; respondents; schools; study; supervision; supervisors; teachers; training", "summary": "To what extent are school heads equipped to implement modern models of teacher supervision? Training of School-Based Supervisors When the Municipal officer in charge of supervision was interviewed he indicated that he had not received any formal training in teacher supervision, however, various leadership courses have been provided for a number of years.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-493", "words": "3801", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Martha-Rose, Chima Ify", "title": "Multimodal Counselling Therapy in the Management of Intimate Partner Violence among Married Couples in Owerri, Nigeria", "date": "2016", "keywords": "counseling; mct; multimodal; participants; partner; study; test; therapy; treatment; violence", "summary": "Abstract The study investigated the effectiveness of Multimodal Counselling Therapy (MCT) in managing intimate partner violence such as all forms of wife battering, whether physical, psychological or emotional and marital rape. Findings reveal that MCT was very effective in reducing intimate partner violence.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-494", "words": "5505", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Abedi, Arezoo; Dadkhah, Asghar; Rostami, Mohammad; Soltani, Poriya Reza; Movallali, Guita; Salehy, Zeinab", "title": "Marital Satisfaction of Iranian Deaf Women: The Role of a Life Skills Training Program", "date": "2016", "keywords": "deaf; journal; life; relationship; satisfaction; session; skills; study; training; women", "summary": "As it is illustrated, the scores on marital life satisfaction in the first, second and third baselines indicate a low total score on the EMS. Teaching problem-solving skills, The stages of this skill, The role of problem- solving skills in resolving marital conflicts, The important role of this skill in overcoming marital life problems.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-495", "words": "1994", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Hua-Sun, Zhao", "title": "Research on Physical Training Methods Related To the Use of Weapons by the Police", "date": "2016", "keywords": "police; training; use; weapons", "summary": "Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies ISSN(E) : 2313-7401 ISSN(P) : 2518-0096 Vol. 3, No. 4, 241-243, 2016 http://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AJSSMS 241 Research on Physical Training Methods Related To the Use of Weapons by the Police Zhao Hua-Sun1 1 Instructors, department of police training, Liaoning police academy, Liaoning province, China Abstract For a long time, the using of weapons for the police training is also more concentrated in the technical level and there is little in depth of physical training.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4955", "words": "5394", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Hossain, Bokul ; Hosain, Zamil ; Islam, Shirazul ; Rahman, Siddiqur ", "title": "Intimate partner violence among minority groups: A view from northern Bangladesh", "date": "2023", "keywords": "bangladesh; frequency; health; ipv; journal; partner; partner violence; percent; study; total; violence; women", "summary": "Keywords: Bangladesh, Intimate partner violence, Minority groups, Rajshahi. Intimate partner violence among minority groups: A view from northern Bangladesh.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-496", "words": "2029", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "36", "author": "Akram, M. Salman; Naseem, Shahid; Niazi, Mushtaq; Waqas, Muhammad; Mustaasam, Tehami; Iqbal, Ayesha", "title": "Natural User Input Management (NUIM) Through Computer Architecture and Operating System in Virtual Reality", "date": "2016", "keywords": "applications; operating; reality; system; user", "summary": "In VR application environment new every inputs and outputs, an operating system that support VR applications needs to re-think every output and display abstraction exposed to exist applications. 4. Conclusion Overall, VR applications require new approach, mechanism and abstractions from the operating system for multiplexing sensor inputs and recognized NUI in different applications.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4969", "words": "10652", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Kabiito , Theopister Joseph ", "title": "Rural women's access to land: An appraisal of land rights campaigns in Missenyi district Tanzania", "date": "2023", "keywords": "access; awareness; campaigns; gender; group; journal; land; land rights; participants; rights; social; study; tanzania; ward; women", "summary": "According to the nature of this study, the researcher was aware of the sensitivity of the study that women rights concerning land rights in the societies is not well acknowledged, thus, some issues might arise if ethical consideration is not taken into account. The sample size involved rural women cultivators because were the ones who could provide their views, experiences and perceptions on women land rights.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-497", "words": "6303", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "54", "author": "Umar, Akmal", "title": "The Analysis of Investment, Labor, Exports, Exchange Rate\u2019s Effect toward the Indonesian Economic Growth", "date": "2016", "keywords": "capital; exchange; exports; growth; increase; indonesia; investment; labor; nett; period; rate; value", "summary": "Based on multiply reggression analysis with OLS approach, reggression coefficient of labor is 2.783 significantly with the significant level \u03b1 = 0.000%, this indicates that there\u2019s positive relationship between labor Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, 2016, 3(4): 248-255 253 variable with Indonesia economic growth. The analysis and implication of labor effect towards Indonesia economic growth show that in the period of 2007 \u2013 2013 the number of labor significantly affected towards Indonesia economic growth, or in other words the econmic growth as overviewed as DBP supported by tgw growth or the increasing the labor numbers.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-498", "words": "8363", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "59", "author": "Haryanto, Sindung", "title": "Muslim Students and Attitudes toward Gay Men", "date": "2016", "keywords": "age; attitudes; gay; gays; gender; homophobia; homosexuality; items; journal; lgbt; men; participants; religiosity; scale; students; study; women", "summary": "In the United States, 35% of homicide victims are gay men (National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP), 2015). Violence against gay men occur worldwide (Dworkin and Yi, 2003).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-4984", "words": "7419", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "36", "author": "Mazzaourou, Abdeljalil ; Agouram, Jamal ; Amzil, Mustapha ", "title": "Territorial human capital and the economic development of territories: Study socially innovative aspects of cooperatives in the prefecture of Agadir Ida Outanane", "date": "2023", "keywords": "agadir; asian; capital; cooperatives; development; factor; ida; innovation; journal; model; outanane; prefecture; study; territory", "summary": "Abstract This paper is situated within territorial economics, with the noble aim of elucidating the intricate interplay between territorial human capital and the economic advancement of the esteemed Agadir Ida Outanane prefecture, particularly within the social innovation concept. It endeavors to navigate the nuances of theoretical intricacies and empirical analysis tools, all in a concerted effort to address the paramount inquiry: To what extent can territorial human capital serve as a propelling force for the development of the Agadir Ida Outanane area, and how might social innovation contribute thereto?", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-499", "words": "5554", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "39", "author": "Doe, Mawutorwu; Owusu, Frank; Koranteng, Eugene Oware; Annan, Ebenezer Mensah", "title": "Auditor Independence: Evidence from Ghanaian Polytechnics", "date": "2016", "keywords": "act; audit; auditing; auditor; iaus; independence; management; polytechnics; sector; study", "summary": "Two factors affecting internal audit independence and objectivity: Evidence from Singapore. Internal audit independence in the public sector.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-500", "words": "6535", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Pak, Jinsik; Lee, Julak", "title": "A Study on South Korea\u2019s Public Confidence Regarding Its Police Authority", "date": "2016", "keywords": "authority; confidence; crime; korea; officers; police; police authority; public; south; south korea; victimization", "summary": "Many scholars and police officers agree that citizens\u2019 distrust of their police authority is the fundamental reason that leads to a trend whereby both the law and police power are ignored, and it weakens the capability of a police authority to fulfill its own duties for the maintenance of law and order. The KCVS 2000 surveyed the reasons that resulted in a victim making a decision not to report a victimization to the police, and found that while 37.7 % of respondents said that it was because the damage that was incurred was not serious, a high level of 23.0 % replied that it was because they did not trust police officers (Jang, 2000).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-501", "words": "4957", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "Nazal, Abdullah Ibrahim", "title": "Financial Analyst Work Papers to Analysis Insurance Types Affection in Islamic Bank (Jordanian Islamic Bank Case Study)", "date": "2016", "keywords": "accounting; bank; insurance; investment; islamic; risk; sharing; types", "summary": "Affection of insurance as way to managing risk is deferent from bank to other because there is no one insurance unit model to all Islamic banks therefore evaluate Islamic bank insurance will give deferent value. The Problem As result to external financial analyst misunderstand and to give fair value to Islamic bank insurance there is need to understand its types and ways of managing risk by insurance.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5017", "words": "5079", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Ejimofor, Francis Ndudi ; Ogundare, Justice Taiwo ", "title": "Job turnover rates and the Nigerian banking industry: Benefits, causes, challenges, and policy recommendations", "date": "2023", "keywords": "employee; environment; job; job turnover; management; performance; rates; turnover; turnover rates; work", "summary": "The findings emphasized the significance of initiatives like opportunities for growth and development, competitive pay and benefits, fostering a happy work environment, and lowering employee turnover rates. Strong employer brand: Organizations with low job turnover rates tend to have a positive employer brand, as they are perceived as stable, secure, and supportive workplaces.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-502", "words": "5583", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "44", "author": "Ahmad, Abdullahi Ayoade", "title": "The Principle of Non-Interference and the Question of Human Rights Violation: The Case of the Rohingya Minority", "date": "2016", "keywords": "asean; government; interference; international; malaysia; member; muslims; myanmar; non; principle; responsibility; rights; rohingya; states", "summary": "The principles of responsibility to Protect (RtoP) was universally adopted by the world leaders at the 2005 World Summit, including ASEAN member states. Although the RtoP principle was adopted by ASEAN member states, there has been no tangible step to discuss the principle widely within the ASEAN.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-503", "words": "3569", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "M., Chima Ify,", "title": "Efficacy of Cognitive Restructuring Techniques on Affluenza Syndrome of Nigerian Youths", "date": "2016", "keywords": "affluenza; participants; restructuring; ret; study; syndrome; treatment; wealth; youths", "summary": "The male and female participants who were identified as having affluenza syndrome were randomly assigned into cognitive restructuring treatment groups of RET, CON, TS and the control. This study is therefore carried out to ascertain the effects of cognitive restructuring (Rational Emotive Therapy (RET), confrontation (CON) and Thought Stopping (TS) in bringing sanity and discipline on Nigerian youths by curbing their affluenza syndrome.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-504", "words": "7856", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Abubakar, Musa Yelwa; Abdulsallam, Nasiru; Alkali, Muhammad Yusuf", "title": "The Impact of the New Accounting Reporting Among Listed Firms in Nigerian Stock Market", "date": "2017", "keywords": "accounting; adoption; assets; firm; ifrs; information; journal; market; relevance; study; value; value relevance; year", "summary": "Ordinary Least Square (OLS) estimation that has commonly been used in value relevance studies is employed to calculate the coefficients estimates. However, Cramer (1987) Z statistics provided no significance difference in value relevance between the two periods.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5041", "words": "3423", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "37", "author": "Bartolome, Jayron Concepcion ; Reario, Ma Rita Alindada ; Gallena, Jose P", "title": "Operation of unified financial assistance system for tertiary education in selected private institutions in Santiago city, Isabela", "date": "2023", "keywords": "education; implementation; respondents; student; study; subsidy; tes", "summary": "Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) grants amount to forty thousand pesos (Php 40,000.00) for State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) accredited by the Commission on Higher Education (CHE), and sixty thousand pesos (Php 60,000.00) for private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) per academic year. Purigay (2020) reveals that Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) positively influences students' persistence and academic performance.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-505", "words": "8191", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Manyathi, Sakhile", "title": "An Analysis of Various Types of Supply Chain Management Systems: Case of Global Public Sector versus Private Sector Procurement", "date": "2017", "keywords": "africa; chain; government; journal; management; managers; national; procurement; public; sector; sector procurement; services; south; suppliers; supply; treasury", "summary": "Keywords: Public sector procurement, Private sector procurement, Differences, Partnerships, Political ambiance. This is done by first considering the differences between public sector procurement and private sector procurement.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-506", "words": "8978", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Karedza, Godwell; Sikwila, Mike", "title": "The Impact of Packaging Designs on Consumer Buying Behaviour of FMCG during the Hyperinflationary and After the Dollarisation Era in Zimbabwe", "date": "2017", "keywords": "behaviour; buying; consumer; customers; deliya; factors; fmcg; information; journal; making; management; marketing; package; packaging; product; zimbabwe", "summary": "On the Role of Packaging on FMCG Products From the research findings it was revealed that protection is the main purpose of packaging FMCG products as highlighted by 63% of questionnaires ticking that packaging provides protection to a greater extend. After the Dollarisation Era in Zimbabwe Godwell Karedza1 \uf040 Mike Sikwila2 (\uf040 Corresponding Author) 1 Department of International Marketing Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe 2 Department of Consumer Science Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe Abstract Purpose \u2013 The main thrust of this research paper is to investigate the effect of designs that come with a package and how they influence consumer purchasing habit of FMCG products in Zimbabwe during and after the multi- currency period.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-507", "words": "4384", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Bodang, Juliana Rotkangmwa; Amwe, Rachael Asibi", "title": "The Need for Involving Parents in the Rehabilitation of Persons with Special Needs in Nigeria", "date": "2017", "keywords": "children; education; involvement; life; needs; parents; persons; rehabilitation", "summary": "SNC based on the aforementioned discussion, regarding parenting special needs child in terms of his/her arrival, parental reaction and attitude patterns develop in the Nigerian context the child in question suffers in almost all context of life. The same and even more for parents blessed with special needs child.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5076", "words": "8003", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Abdullah, Shubair ; El-Haj, Abdelrahman ; Ismail, Sameh Said; Alkharusi, Hussain ; El-Aani, Wajeha ; Al-Badi, Amal ", "title": "Faculty members\u2019 perceptions about the effectiveness of the procedures for applying the appraisal of academic staff at Sultan Qaboos University", "date": "2023", "keywords": "appraisal; appraisal form; appraisal process; education; faculty; journal; members; perceptions; performance; performance appraisal; process; respondent; staff; study", "summary": "The procedure of appraisal of academic staff is generally known in the literature as performance appraisal process. Problems in judgment are always inevitable, and the literature on performance appraisal process has long identified a number of basic problems in judgment that may impact negatively on the appraisal process.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-508", "words": "4230", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "38", "author": "Lkhagvamaa, Galbat; Lee, Julak", "title": "A Comparative Study of Private Security Regulations of Mongolia, Belgium and the United Kingdom", "date": "2017", "keywords": "background; belgium; companies; countries; mongolia; security; service; training", "summary": "For Mongolia, it is crucial to study experiences of foreign countries, especially those where private security service has been developed well, in order to improve legal regulations of the security service. Licensing Across the countries, provisions vary as to the entrance requirements to be fulfilled by companies setting up to provide private security services.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-509", "words": "9914", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "56", "author": "Ishibashi, Shohei", "title": "The Cointegration Analysis of the Long-term Bond Rates in Japan under the Zero Lower Bound Problems", "date": "2017", "keywords": "boj; bond; crloan; crmb; equation; inflation; interest; period; policy; qqe; rates; real; rgdp; rjgb10e; test; value; variables", "summary": "The former is thought to be influenced by the attitude of adamancy of the governor of BOJ and affect real interest rates much. Firstly, only by the increase of monetary base, real interest rates could not be lowered.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5099", "words": "9652", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Yen, Phuong Hoang; Thuy, Pham Trut ; Thao, Le Thanh; Thi, Nguyen Anh ; Tra, Nguyen Huong ; Thu, Huynh Thi Anh ", "title": "Multi-faceted identities of teacher assessors: A qualitative study in the Vietnamese educational context", "date": "2023", "keywords": "assessment; assessor; context; education; identities; identity; journal; participant; research; role; social; students; studies; study; teachers; teaching; vietnamese", "summary": "Numerous theories of teacher identity have been proposed, each emphasizing different aspects such as professionalism, relational dynamics, and agency (Day, Kington, Stobart, & Sammons, 2006; Pennington & Richards, 2016; Stenberg, Karlsson, Pitkaniemi, & Maaranen, 2014). The literature suggests that teacher identities are not static but evolve over time and are shaped by professional experiences and challenges (Akkerman & Meijer, 2011).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-510", "words": "6801", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Amuka, Joseph; Ezeudeka, Fidelis", "title": "Tax Incentives and the Flow of Foreign Direct Investment to Non-Oil Sector: Empirical", "date": "2017", "keywords": "country; flow; incentives; investment; nigeria; non; oil; policy; sector; study; tax; tax incentives", "summary": "In order to increase the flow of foreign direct investment, Nigeria like many other developing countries reformed her tax system in late 1990s to create incentives for the flow of foreign direct investment into the country. This study investigated whether the incentive policy has brought any significant change in the pattern of flow of foreign direct investment to the non-oil sector.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-511", "words": "3578", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Gere, Bryan Oweilayefa", "title": "Use of Mental Health Services in Primary Health Care Delivery Systems in a Developing Country: A Survey of Selected General Hospitals in Delta State Nigeria", "date": "2017", "keywords": "disorders; health; hospitals; mental; nigeria; patients; services; study; use; view", "summary": "The questionnaires completed by respondents included questions on demographics, awareness and use of mental health services, factors and situations constraining access to mental health services in primary health care settings, efforts made to extend competence in diagnosis and management of mental health, and how current services have met or have not met the mental health needs. Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies ISSN(E) : 2313-7401 ISSN(P) : 2518-0096 Vol. 4, No. 1, 65-69, 2017 http://www.asianonlinejournals.com/index.php/AJSSMS 65 Use of Mental Health Services in Primary Health Care Delivery Systems in a Developing Country: A Survey of Selected General Hospitals in Delta State Nigeria Bryan Oweilayefa Gere1 1 Alabama A&M University, Normal, United States Abstract Studies on the use of mental health services in Nigeria are scarce.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-512", "words": "4582", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "22", "author": "Purwana, Dedi; Widyastuti, Umi", "title": "Does Entrepreneurial University Support Entrepreneurship Education?", "date": "2017", "keywords": "business; education; entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship education; journal; learning; negeri; skills; students; university", "summary": "Entrepreneurship education was viewed from the aspects of curricular and non-curricular learnings. Keywords: Entrepreneurship education, Curriculum, Learning, Entrepreneurial university.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-513", "words": "4395", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "25", "author": "Iqbal, Farah; Shahzad, Sobia; Rattani, Sarwat Amin; Mustafa, Sadaf", "title": "Positive Organizational Study: A Comparison between Private and Government University Teacher", "date": "2017", "keywords": "behavior; capital; efficacy; google; health; journal; publisher; scholar; teachers; view", "summary": "The implications of positive psychological capital on employee absenteeism. Positive psychological capital: Beyond human and social capital.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-514", "words": "3869", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Quy, Vo Thi; Nhan, Duong Trong", "title": "Detecting Earning Management of Companies Listing on HOSE", "date": "2017", "keywords": "jones; management; t-1", "summary": "Earnings management is characterized as the adjustment of firms\u2019 financial statements and actual economic performance by insiders or administrators to either \u2015deceive some stakeholders\u2016 or to \u2015control contractual outcomes\u2016 (Healy and Wahlen, 1999). Earnings management is able to create unfavorable consequences for the value of the companies in the long term.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-515", "words": "5539", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "49", "author": "Aguilera-Velasco, Mar\u00eda de los \u00c1ngeles; Acosta-Fern\u00e1ndez, Mart\u00edn; Franco-Ch\u00e1vez, Sergio Adalberto; Pozos-Radillo, Blanca Elizabeth", "title": "Happiness: Cultural Meaning of the Concept in Elderly People without Social Security", "date": "2017", "keywords": "aguilera; children; elements; google; happiness; health; journal; retirement; salud; scholar; social; study; view", "summary": "On the other hand, it was found that large support networks favor greater happiness, good health and wellbeing among young adults. Guadalajara Jalisco, M\u00e9xico Abstract The goal of this investigation is to describe cultural meanings of the concept of happiness in the elderly without social security retirement benefits.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5154", "words": "7366", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "AlWadaani, Nada Zal ", "title": "Education in crises times: Lessons from an online practicum from the experiences of preservice early childhood teachers", "date": "2023", "keywords": "education; experiences; learning; online; participants; practicum; preservice; preservice teachers; study; teachers; teaching", "summary": "There is little known about how preservice teachers experienced online practicums. It proposes a need to allow preservice teachers to develop their thinking, teaching skills, and understanding of incorporating technologies for learning in the twenty-first century.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-516", "words": "4521", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "., Suhari; Yuswadi, Hary; Gumanti, Tatang Ary; Maarif, Syamsul", "title": "Study on the Effectiveness of the Policy Implementation on Disaster Mitigation of Mount Semeruin Lumajang, Indonesia", "date": "2017", "keywords": "disaster; disaster management; disaster mitigation; government; implementation; management; mount; policy; policy implementation; semeru", "summary": "The role of communication in disaster mitigation policy implementation on mount Semeru is important, whether it is done by the government to the public, or the conversely. Lack of Mitigation Policy Implementation Another weakness in the implementation of disaster mitigation policy is that it is too elitist and without involving many parties.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-517", "words": "6248", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "53", "author": "S.E, Ansar", "title": "A Pattern of Organization Management of Entrepreneurial Bugis Merchants Rice Trade in South Sulawesi, Indonesia", "date": "2017", "keywords": "bugis; business; management; market; merchants; organization; planning; quality; rice; rice trade; sulawesi; trade", "summary": "Pertani (Persero), which have the ability of capital and ownership of high capacity milling machines with higher quality rice, then getting sued employers or rice merchants to find new breakthroughs, in offset or compete with the PT. Rice trade venture merchant Bugis is inseparable on the need for careful planning, especially in planning rice stocks, and market analysis.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-518", "words": "4952", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Shoaib, Syed Muhammad", "title": "Inspiring, Exploring, Activating and Organizing: A Framework for Improving Communication Skills and Product Knowledge in Call Center", "date": "2017", "keywords": "agent; center; communication; framework; knowledge; marks; product; skills; training", "summary": "In call centers training is typically aimed for (1) New Staff and (2) Existing Staff. This paper deals with the training in a call center and suggest a framework for training to improve customer satisfaction by improving product knowledge and communication skills of call center agents.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-519", "words": "6849", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "58", "author": "Nugent, Patricia; Crowe, Helj\u00e4 Antola; Faber, Pamela", "title": "Becoming a Culturally Proficient Teacher in These Turbulent Times", "date": "2018", "keywords": "culture; diversity; education; experiences; international; life; school; students; study; teacher; teaching; time; view; world", "summary": "A variety of international cultures and other cultural experiences impact our views of life and how we live our interactions with teacher candidates. Keywords: Cultural diversity, Reflective practitioner, Culturally proficient instructor.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-520", "words": "3829", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Hureem, Uzooba; Butt, Zainab", "title": "Social Exclusion of Farmers of Arid Areas", "date": "2018", "keywords": "crops; exclusion; farmers; lack; land; production; productivity; respondents; studies", "summary": "The purpose of this research was to observe the existence of social exclusion among small farmers from different dimensions and to study their neutral relationship. Owing to lack of training farmer don\u2019t know about the proper dosage of pesticide, crops diseases and best fitted pest and time for the protection of their crops.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-521", "words": "5599", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "34", "author": "Halabi, Khairun Nisa Mustaffa; Hands, David", "title": "Identifying and Aligning Product \u2018Attributes\u2019 with Latent Consumer Purchase Motivations", "date": "2018", "keywords": "attributes; brand; consumer; design; google; journal; packaging; product; publisher; purchase; scholar; view", "summary": "The design of consumer packaging: Effects of manipulations of shape, orientation, and alignment of graphical forms on consumers\u2019 assessments. It is possible that the elements of product packaging are significant in communicating the value of product whilst building brand impressions with consumers for corporations striving to maximise innovation solutions in productivity and consumption value for the product through packaging.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-522", "words": "4190", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Hong, Zhaohui; Jin, Jianfeng", "title": "Digital Study of the Protestant Market: Taipei and Provincial Capital Cities in China's Southeast Coast as Case Studies", "date": "2018", "keywords": "accessibility; china; church; cities; mainland; protestant; taipei; taiwan", "summary": "This study is designed to utilize the digital and spatial methods in calculating and mapping the supply-side of the Protestant market or Protestant churches, as well as the demand-side of Protestant market or Protestant population in Taipei and other five east coast capital cities in mainland China. 2. Methodology and Data Benefitting from conventional statistical methods, this article discusses the density of Protestants through measuring the members of Protestants and the number of Protestant churches based on a case study of six cities, including Taipei, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Nanjing.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-523", "words": "5347", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Hajdari, Egzonis; Erl\u00fcle, Fulya", "title": "Causes and Consequences of Divorce - The Context of Kosovo", "date": "2018", "keywords": "cases; cause; court; divorce; family; kosovo; spouse", "summary": "Divorce cases have manifested a different presence degree observing this in the context of causes determining this harmful phenomenon. These consequences extend their effects especially in the family of divorced women origin, based on the fact that in more than 85% of divorce cases, the divorced woman goes in her genus family by becoming a burden of that family.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-524", "words": "3603", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "36", "author": "TANG, Haitao; MA, Jimei; LIU, Li; HUANG, Wenlong", "title": "Challenges and Strategy Design for the Globalization of Traditional Chinese Drugs", "date": "2018", "keywords": "china; export; internationalization; medicine; products; property; protection; quality; tcm", "summary": "According to export data from 2013-2016, the import and export status of TCM products (including extracts, Chinese patent medicines, TCM materials, herbal medicine and slices for decoction; see Fig. 1 to Fig. 3). For these four years, the export amount of TCM products exported from China was 30 billion US dollars.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-525", "words": "6118", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Solgi, Maryam; Nabavi, Zohrehsadat; Safara, Maryam", "title": "The Role and Position of Veil (Cover) in Promoting Family and Woman\u2019s Spiritual Health", "date": "2018", "keywords": "definition; family; health; hijab; human; journal; life; role; spirituality; tehran; veil; woman", "summary": "According to the above-mentioned definitions, perhaps we can provide a precise and comprehensive definition of spiritual health as follows: \u201cSpiritual health is the existence of a state in the human soul that with the existence of it, a person does not feel any shortage mentally, socially and so on. Veil is responsible for strengthening the family foundation, and guarantees its spiritual health and is as a phenomenon effective in providing family health, which appears as a dynamic and pioneer attribute and saves the family from disintegration.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-526", "words": "6406", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "37", "author": "Paturusi, Rahmahhayati; Sumarwan, Ujang; ., Sahara", "title": "The Design of Performance Measurement of Tadulako University Using Balanced Scorecard Approach", "date": "2018", "keywords": "bsc; et al; management; measurement; objectives; organization; performance; perspective; process; quality; scorecard; suhendi; untad", "summary": "This research uses descriptive technique through case study and focuses on observing the form of performance measurement used by UNTAD. Performance measurement is a process of performance evaluation conducted by standard setting, performance assessment in the form of comparing performance based on established standards and feedback whether by giving suggestion or inputs, and training for performance improvement, as well as reward as a form of appreciation for good performance (Dessler, 2006).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5262", "words": "5036", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Ashfaq, Mehwish ; Nasir, Summaiyyah; Noorullah, Aisha ; Rashid, Bushra ; Irfan, Meha ", "title": "Stigma towards people with mental illness and community mental health ideology among university students: A comparative study", "date": "2023", "keywords": "attitudes; community; health; ideology; illness; journal; non; people; psychology; stigma; students; study", "summary": "Mental illness stigma, help seeking, and public health programs. 1 \u00a9 2024 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies Vol. 11, No. 1, 1-7, 2023 ISSN(E) 2313-7401/ ISSN(P) 2518-0096 DOI: 10.20448/ajssms.v11i1.5262 \u00a9 2024 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Stigma towards people with mental illness and community mental health ideology among university students: A comparative study Mehwish Ashfaq1\uf040 Summaiyyah Nasir2", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-527", "words": "3437", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "KIRTEPE, Abdurrahman; \u00c7ET\u0130NKAYA, Turan; U\u011eURLU, Fatih Mehmet", "title": "Exam\u0131nat\u0131on of the Factors Effect\u0131ng the Use of Parks and Recreat\u0131on Areas in Terms of D\u0131fferent Var\u0131ables", "date": "2018", "keywords": "activities; areas; barriers; factors; individual; participation; recreation; time", "summary": "There were no significant differences between the income and the variables affecting participation in activities in parks and recreation areas (p> 0.05), and the absence of participation in activities in parks and recreation areas when women prefer park and recreation areas (p <0.05). Women in parks and recreation areas are more likely to be exposed to physical assault than men, and those who do not have the necessary spare time to participate in these areas are not very interested in recreation areas because of their family responsibilities they have not been able to use such areas.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-528", "words": "5361", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Suryanto, Tulus; Purnamasari, Femei; Kurniawan, Mohamad", "title": "Tax Revenue and Disparity: How to Improvement Income Inequality in Islamic Perspective", "date": "2018", "keywords": "disparity; growth; income; increase; indonesia; inequality; islamic; revenue; tax; tax revenue", "summary": "65 Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies Vol. 5, No. 2, 65-71, 2018 ISSN(E) 2313-7401/ ISSN(P) 2518-0096 DOI: 10.20448/journal.500.2018.52.65.71 Tax Revenue and Disparity: How to Improvement Income Inequality in Islamic Perspective Tulus Suryanto1 \uf040 Femei Purnamasari2 Mohamad Kurniawan3 (\uf040 Corresponding Author) 1,2,3Faculty of Economics and Islamic Business Raden Intan Lampung Islamic University (UIN Raden Intan Lampung) \u2013 Indonesia Abstract Tax revenue and income disparity Becomes attention and important study that need to be Analyzed, this is how tax revenues continue to increase it were an effect on income inequality in Indonesia. Analysis that will uses in this research is double semi-log linear regression through Pooled Least Square with Fixed Effects Model (FEM) analysis, in conclusion the research finds that tax revenues has positive correlation with income disparity and will be reviewed restaurants by an Islamic perspective.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-529", "words": "5497", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Abreu, Ant\u00f3nio; Piedade, R\u00faben", "title": "Decision Support Model in the Strategic Management of the Portuguese Air Force Alpha Jet Fleet", "date": "2018", "keywords": "alternative; analysis; criteria; decision; failure; fleet; journal; maintenance; management; model; reliability; risk; table; values; view", "summary": "In terms of maintenance planning, reliability is a very efficient variable for analyzing the likelihood of the adequacy of the functioning of components and systems, guaranteeing high safety standards (Kinnison, 2012) and thus optimizing the management of aircraft maintenance. \uf0b7 Level I: Definition of the Global Goal of Value Creation; \uf0b7 Level II: Criteria influencing the different decision scenarios (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5); \uf0b7 Level III: Decision alternatives or scenarios (AP, AM, AV, AR).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-530", "words": "4231", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Okyere, Joshua", "title": "Gender and Conflict", "date": "2018", "keywords": "conflict; development; gender; peace; post; reconstruction; role; view; war; women", "summary": "Women have different perceptions with regards to the emanation of certain conflicts, the ways to handle it and the prospects available to prevent its intensification specifically due to the patriarchal nature of the society that has virtually excluded women from the \u201cownership and control of contested resources\u201d (Sikoska and Solomon, 2002). Women, for instance, were given the same military training as men in the ANC forces in South Africa to fight during the apartheid era and in Vietnam and Southern Sudan women were mighty warriors (Afshar, 2003).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-531", "words": "2440", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Mathobo, Nkhumeleni; Maserumule, Mashupye Herbert; Moeti, Kabelo Boikutso", "title": "Development of a Budget Management Model for Managers in Public Hospitals in the Limpopo Province, South Africa", "date": "2018", "keywords": "budget; budget management; hospitals; management; managers; planning", "summary": "The study investigates budget management in the public hospitals. The findings showed that, as there is improvement in budget management, much needs to be done to improve budget management in the public hospitals.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-532", "words": "5706", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Kumari, Neeraj", "title": "Effective Motivational Tools in Hotel Industry", "date": "2018", "keywords": "employees; hotel; journal; management; managers; motivation; organization; responses; training; view", "summary": "Effect of employee motivation on organizational performance of Mogadishu al port in Somalia. It will require a lot of further research in different Hotel segments and employee segments to get an overall view of Training and Motivation of Hotel employees.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5322", "words": "5941", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "47", "author": "Ariani, Dorothea Wahyu ", "title": "SME\u2019s leadership in improving performance", "date": "2024", "keywords": "employees; influence; job; journal; leadership; management; performance; research; results; satisfaction; work", "summary": "Predicting employee performance through transactional leadership and entrepreneur's passion among the employees of Pakistan. Transformational leadership and employee performance: The role of identification, engagement and proactive personality.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-533", "words": "2312", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "41", "author": "Iqbal, Faiyaz Md.", "title": "Can Artificial Intelligence Change the Way in Which Companies Recruit, Train, Develop and Manage Human Resources in Workplace?", "date": "2018", "keywords": "companies; employees; intelligence", "summary": "The study finds that AI is having positive impacts on the management of workers in companies and comes up with a recommendation to invest more in AI processes to take HR management to the next level. It also goes on to explore some of the disadvantages of AI processes in HR and comes up with suggestions to incorporate some form of human control in the AI-aided HR processes to counter the deficiencies.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-534", "words": "4577", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "57", "author": "Hasan, Irteja; Sultana, Israt; Adnan, Ali; Hossain, Md. Delwar; Talukder, Md. Abdur Rouf; Jubayer, Md. Tareq; Rahman, Md. Mostafizur; Majumder, Md. Sagirul Islam", "title": "Social Safety Net Programs: Contribution to Socio-Economic Resilience of Vulnerable Group", "date": "2018", "keywords": "allowance; bangladesh; beneficiaries; money; program; respondents; social; source; study; survey", "summary": "On 2011 he was also got selected as old allowance beneficiary because of Maksuda Begum. For example, on 2008 Maksuda Begum was selected as old age allowance beneficiaries by Upazilla parishad.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-535", "words": "7781", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "44", "author": "Ingketria, Enny", "title": "Cultural Pride in the Era of Pluralism: A Closer Look to Chinese Indonesians\u2019 Ethnic Identity under the Reign of Jokowi", "date": "2018", "keywords": "chinese; context; distance; distance nationalism; esteem; google; identification; identity; indonesians; media; nationalism; pride; research; scholar; self; view", "summary": "In order to learn more about my Chinese background, I have often talked to other people about Chinese cultural identity. In short, Chinese Indonesians today have a strong sense of belonging to Chinese identity, regardless of the sociocultural context and political situation which to some extent influence their identity formation.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-536", "words": "7296", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Rusu, Marinela", "title": "Adolescents with Physical Deficiencies \u2013 Between Tolerance and Rejection Changing Negative Attitude", "date": "2018", "keywords": "adolescents; attitudes; children; deficiencies; deficiency; disabilities; disability; help; parents; people; person; society; studies", "summary": "Therefore, the present study proposes precisely a deeper understanding of these human adolescents, who have faced not only the inconvenience of physical deficiency, but must face the devaluating opinions of others, to fight continuously the unfounded doubts about their multiple disabilities, with the idea of personal and professional failure that is mistakenly associated with the presence of physical disability. Orlansky and Heward (1981) calls also other specialists who frequently offer help to adolescents with physical disabilities, such as: physical therapist or physiotherapist - he is encouraging children to become as independent in terms of motility, which helps to develop motor functions, to reduce pain, discomfort or long-standing problems related to physical impairments; biomedical engineers who create and develop specialized technology to meet special needs; a nursing social assistant that helps deficient students and their families to cope with difficulties; analysts of practical behaviour that closely follow the behaviour of adolescents with physical deficiencies.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-537", "words": "4501", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "GUO, Zhaolei; ZHENG, Yiping", "title": "Reflections on War Ethics in the Employment of UAVs", "date": "2018", "keywords": "human; journal; military; principle; proportionality; system; uavs; war; weapon", "summary": "Current UAVs still need an operator to make a decision, namely, \u201ehuman in the loop'. The Definition of UAVs In the paper, we are referencing UAVs as a weapon system commonly known as \u201eUnmanned Aerial Vehicles', a kind of autonomous weapons systems, but not fully autonomous.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-541", "words": "4149", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "62", "author": "., Rahmalia; Hikmah, Nurul", "title": "The Meaningful Place: Transforming Taman Sari Banda Aceh as City Park", "date": "2018", "keywords": "aceh; banda; city; city park; park; place; public; sari; taman", "summary": "One of the city parks intersecting with the center of facilities and infrastructure of Banda Aceh city is Taman Sari. One of the city parks intersecting with the center of facilities and infrastructure of Banda Aceh city is Taman Sari.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-542", "words": "5550", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Dansereau, Francesca; Flanagan, Tara", "title": "Online Pragmatic Language Use in Asperger Syndrome and Learning Disability Discussion Forums", "date": "2019", "keywords": "autism; communication; discussion; forums; group; individuals; language; online; spectrum; study", "summary": "1 \u00a9 2019 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies Vol. 6, No. 1, 1-6, 2019 ISSN(E) 2313-7401/ ISSN(P) 2518-0096 DOI: 10.20448/journal.500.2019.61.1.6 \u00a9 2019 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Online Pragmatic Language Use in Asperger Syndrome and Learning Disability Discussion Forums Francesca Dansereau1\uf040 Tara Flanagan2 (\uf040 Corresponding Author) 1,2Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Canada Abstract Research has indicated that self-expression for individuals on the autism spectrum may be facilitated through written language by promoting a more flexible environment within which to express beliefs, opinions, ideologies and expectations\u2014in essence, creating a safe place for communication. In their research, Schairer and Nelson (1996) found that the written modality increases the communication capabilities for individuals who are on the autism spectrum since the sentence length was significantly higher in the written modality even though the number of utterances was greater in the oral modality; meaning that spoken language occurs more rapidly than written language.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-543", "words": "7480", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Hong, Zhaohui", "title": "Mapping the Historical Development and Perceptions of Democratic Elections in China Since 1949", "date": "2019", "keywords": "ccp; china; chinese; congress; democracy; democratic; elections; journal; party; people; power; reform; rights", "summary": "In the process of party elections, the CCP has also conducted several local experiments, such as the permanent representatives of the party congress, the term limit of party representatives, the principle of majority voting system, and the direct elections at the local level. Similarly, the CCP in 2006 issued \u201cThe Rights Protection Regulations for CCP Members\u201d which protected party members\u201f different political opinions within the party (TCCoCCP, 2007).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5575", "words": "7389", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Okyere , Joshua ", "title": "Empowering communities for peace: Multitrack strategies for sustainable peacebuilding in Africa", "date": "2024", "keywords": "byrne; conflict; help; journal; leaders; parties; peace; peacebuilding; people; resolution; routledge; senehi; studies", "summary": "It is time African societies moved from violent and destructive patterns of conflict resolution to potential creative, constructive, and nonviolent ways of dealing with conflict. Keywords: Citizen diplomats, Conflict resolution, Inclusive approaches, Local participation, Multitrack diplomacy, Sustainable peacebuilding, Traditional rulers.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5576", "words": "7006", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Almehmadi, Wesam Saad ", "title": "Exploring the potential of AI techniques in teaching English as a foreign language: A systematic literature review", "date": "2024", "keywords": "asian; efl; english; journal; language; learning; research; speaking; students; studies; study; teaching; writing", "summary": "To examine the effects of using AI chatbots in class activities according to students\u2019 proficiency levels and how they motivate and shape students\u2019 speaking experiences in the EFL classroom Speaking 49 university students who enrolled in a general English course AI chatbots (Replika, Andy, and Google assistant) \u2022 Pre- and post-test \u2022 design (To compare students\u2019 improvement in English speaking within and between two proficiency levels) \u2022 Speaking practice with AI chatbots on students\u2019 smartphones 1. Students showed significant improvement in the speaking tasks, and most of them spoke more proficiently after practicing with AI chatbot 2.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5704", "words": "7791", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Yeo, Heejae; Mah, Jai S", "title": "Industrial policy and diversification in the economic development of Kazakhstan", "date": "2024", "keywords": "asian; bank; development; diversification; economic; fdi; gas; government; investment; journal; kazakhstan; oecd; oil; policy; sector; world", "summary": "Kazakhstan economic update: Economic recovery during challenging times. Kazakhstan economic update.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5706", "words": "9715", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "50", "author": "Alabi, Adeyemi Wasiu ; Akintoye, Ishola Rufus ", "title": "Impact of finance act 2022 on tax compliance among SMEs in Nigeria: A primary research study", "date": "2024", "keywords": "act; cit; compliance; finance; finance act; income; journal; nigeria; smes; study; tax; tax compliance; taxpayers; vat", "summary": "Through structural equation model (SEM), it was seen that audit probability, corporate reputation, and business ownership directly influenced voluntary tax compliance, while enforced tax compliance was directly influenced by audit probability, social norms, and sanction severity. 41 \u00a9 2024 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies Vol. 11, No. 3, 41-52, 2024 ISSN(E) 2313-7401/ ISSN(P) 2518-0096 DOI: 10.20448/ajssms.v11i3.5706 \u00a9 2024 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Impact of finance act 2022 on tax compliance among SMEs in Nigeria:", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5713", "words": "5391", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Mohamad, Musa, ; Kristen, Lwin; Rebecca, Sellan", "title": "Teaching note\u2014teaching and learning during the COVID-19 lockdown at the university of Windsor: Faculty, graduate teaching assistant and student experience", "date": "2024", "keywords": "course; education; graduate; journal; learning; online; pandemic; students; teaching; university; windsor; work", "summary": "What sets it apart is the comprehensive exploration of faculty, graduate assistant, and student experiences, offering nuanced recommendations for enhancing online social work education. Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 57 References .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 57 mailto:Mohamad_musa@cbu.ca mailto:kristen.lwin@uwindsor.ca mailto:sellanr@uwindsor.ca https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://www.doi.org/10.20448/ajssms.v11i3.5713 https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4370-0223 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4644-0629 Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, 2024, 11(3): 53-58 54 \u00a9 2024 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution of this paper to the literature This study presents a unique perspective on transitioning a Master of Social Work course, Challenges in Human Behavior, to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5798", "words": "7943", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "52", "author": "Okumu, Mary ; Wanyonyi, Luketero S; Wabuya, Kikete D", "title": "Uptake of health insurance by the informal sector workers at Kenyatta market, Kibra sub-county, Nairobi County, Kenya", "date": "2024", "keywords": "county; education; health insurance; income; influence; insurance fund; journal; level; national; national health; nhif; research; status; study; table; uptake", "summary": "Keywords: Education level, Health insurance uptake, Income level, Informal sector, Marital status and Religious affiliations. This study aimed at examining the influence of hypothesized determinants of health insurance uptake on the decision to enrolment in the national health insurance fund, which is a state health insurance scheme, among the informal sector workers domiciled at Kenyatta market, Kibra sub-county.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5882", "words": "7636", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "37", "author": "Walukano, Doris Nambuye; Wanyonyi, Luketero Stephen ", "title": "Sustainability of donor funded food security projects in Bumula Sub-County, Bungoma County, Kenya", "date": "2024", "keywords": "donor; education; food; food security; funding; journal; management; mean; participation; projects; security; stakeholder; study; sustainability; training", "summary": "The study concludes that a comprehensive approach addressing all four factors, with emphasis on stakeholder involvement, is most effective for ensuring project sustainability. Adequate funding is essential for project sustainability.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-5996", "words": "9373", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "43", "author": "Mbangiwa, Tendani ; Lunga, Patience; Pule, Johanna ; Joina, Evies ; Zivanai, Wiston; Kalayakgosi, Segolame", "title": "Attitudes of lecturers towards e-learning: BA ISAGO university", "date": "2024", "keywords": "access; age; attitudes; education; experience; gender; internet; journal; learning; lecturers; online; study; teaching; technology; university; use", "summary": "Proving that e-learning was an acceptable teaching method to be utilised at this tertiary education institution. However, for e-learning requires a number of factors such as technical know-how, internet accessibility and also affordability to be an effective tool for teaching and learning (Hasan & Khan, 2020).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-6005", "words": "7735", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "55", "author": "Shamma, Fathi ; Safadi, Eman ; Knifes, Amir ", "title": "Israeli Druze women in politics in the 21st century - supporting versus inhibiting factors", "date": "2024", "keywords": "asian; druze; education; family; gender; israel; journal; life; politics; society; study; women", "summary": "In recent years, most Druze women contribute to the family income by working outside the home, over 70% of young Druze women hold an academic degree, with the majority engaged in the teaching profession (Central Bureau of Statistics, 2022). Abstract The study aimed to examine the attitudes of the Druze community regarding the integration of Druze women in local and National politics.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-6180", "words": "8113", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "45", "author": "Akkaamnuai, Tiwaporn ; Chenpong, Sureerat ; Poodej, Chanut ", "title": "Enhancing innovation in elementary dance classrooms through the learning community model", "date": "2024", "keywords": "asian; classroom; community; dance; dance classroom; development; education; group; journal; learning; management; research; results; school; students; study; teachers; teaching", "summary": "Email: chanutp@swu.ac.th Abstract This study aimed to: (1) investigate current conditions and practices in developing dance classrooms using the learning community model for elementary dance teachers; (2) create a dance classroom using the learning community model with elementary dance teachers; and (3) assess the effectiveness of this development approach. The results revealed that employing a learning community model in dance classrooms effectively improved students into innovation creators.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-6181", "words": "21117", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "48", "author": "Hejase, Hussin Jose; Hamdar, Bassam ; Hejase, Ale Jose ; Raad, Hadi ; Kobeissi, Karim ", "title": "Factors that influence the attitude of young people to participate in crowdfunding campaigns", "date": "2024", "keywords": "ajzen; asian; attitudes; authors; behavior; business; campaigns; control; crowdfunding; factors; group; hejase; impact; intention; investment; investors; journal; management; model; online; pbc; people; personality; research; results; risk; sciences; studies; study; table; theory", "summary": "Short et al. (2017) contend that \u201cCrowdfunding research has focused on analyzing factors influencing campaign success and failure\u201d, while Macht and Weatherston (2015) posit that \u201csome other research tried to examine the perspective of those who support the conduct of crowdfunding contributions.\u201d Shneor et al. (2020) identify three key players in crowdfunding models: Fundraisers, Backers, and Platforms (see Figure 1 & 2, and Table 3).", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-6240", "words": "6653", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "37", "author": "Pozdnyakova, Alina Aleksandrovna ; Kolyadina, Tatiana Evgenievna ; Morozova, Larisa Yurevna ; Kalita, Marina Evgenevna ; D\u00fczg\u00fcn, Fatih ", "title": "Digitalization of the professional training of foreign students in a Russian educational institution", "date": "2024", "keywords": "digital; education; environment; information; journal; learning; russian; self; students; tools; training; university", "summary": "Horvitz, Dabbagh, & Bannan- Ritland, 2007; Neborsky, 2021; Peres & Pimenta, 2011; Yot-Dom\u00ednguez & Marcelo, 2017), technological aspects of digitalization of higher professional education (Evers & Chen, 2021; Garcia & Backer, 2005; Huerta, Atahua, Guerrero, & Andrade-Arenas, 2023; Parvez & Otri, 2017; Suleimanov & Porshnev, 2008; Ziegler & Moeller, 2012), problems of student readiness for digital and hybrid learning in various professional fields (Adams, Chuah, Sumintono, & Mohamed, 2022; Adams, Tan, & Sumintono, 2020; Gao, 2021; Kalogiannakis et al., 2023; Salim et al., 2018; Smith et al., 2019) and the readiness of the teaching staff to implement digital teaching (Ant\u00f3n, Fern\u00e1ndez Arias, & Vergara Rodr\u00edguez, 2023; Kalogiannakis et al., 2023; Salim et al., 2018; Zhao, Llorente, & G\u00f3mez, 2021); the role of the ethno-cultural component in the professional training of foreign students (Laskareva, Pozdnyakova, Bazvanova, Dmitrieva, & Chepkova, 2021; Nathadwarawala & Unhelkar, 2020; Pham, 2022; Pozdnyakova, Markova, Kolyadina, Zotov, & Kalita, 2022; Smith et al., 2019; Song & Oh, 2011); 2) analysis of modern pedagogical practices of the professional training of foreign students in remote conditions (Pathak, 2016; A. Pozdnyakova et al., 2022; Salim et al., 2018; Xidirbaev & Abdurahmanov, 2021; Yot-Dom\u00ednguez & Marcelo, 2017; Zotov et al., 2022); 3) analysis of statistical data assessing the state of digitalization of the professional training of foreign students in universities (Anisimov, Afanasyev, & Gohberg, 2022; Arefyev, 2020; OECD, 2021). 133 \u00a9 2024 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies Vol. 11, No. 4, 133-139, 2024 ISSN(E) 2313-7401/ ISSN(P) 2518-0096 DOI: 10.20448/ajssms.v11i4.6240 \u00a9 2024 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Digitalization of the professional training of foreign students in a Russian educational institution Alina Aleksandrovna Pozdnyakova1 Tatiana", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-6377", "words": "8555", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "51", "author": "Singh, Ashnita ", "title": "The conundrum lensing theories, models and drivers in deciphering petty delinquencies", "date": "2025", "keywords": "asian; behaviour; cent; countries; crime; criminal; development; factors; fiji; governance; high; human; ibid; journal; pacific; petty; population; poverty; studies; urban", "summary": "This qualitative approach involves reviewing selected published literature to build a comprehensive understanding of how urban crime is shaped by socio-economic conditions and governance challenges. The practical implications from the reviews suggest that addressing urban crime in PICs as elsewhere requires a multifaceted approach towards the underlying causes in mitigating urban crime.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-6635", "words": "8648", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Ali , Halimah Mohamed ", "title": "Higher education at the crossroads: What it takes to lead in an era of disruption", "date": "2025", "keywords": "asian; business; education; globalization; innovation; journal; line; new; performance; research; tbl; technologies; technology; world", "summary": "Disruptive higher education: Will lecturers be replaced by technologies. Challenges within higher education have come to a crossroads due to disruptive technologies, 21st-century skills, globalization, and global competition.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-6806", "words": "7572", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "36", "author": "Ewa, Uket E. ; Essien, Etim Ndu ; Adebisi, Adesola, Wasiu ", "title": "Is the auditor truly a watchman or a gate keeper in Nigeria?", "date": "2025", "keywords": "act; auditor; auditor general; general; government; independence; journal; management; nigeria; office; public; sector; shall", "summary": "Perception of audit expectation gap of public sector audit in Nigeria. On the issue of gratification as a factor that can imped the Auditor\u2019s independence, Auditor General Office is grouped in Section 84 (3) of the Constitution.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-6807", "words": "5992", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "40", "author": "Innocent, Chimankpa Mbadike ", "title": "Times higher education\u2019s administrative influence on tertiary education in Thailand: A comparative content analytical study", "date": "2025", "keywords": "education; impact; journal; ranking; research; score; sdg; thailand; universities; university", "summary": "However, THE Impact Rankings 2024 published also names of Thailand universities that made it to THE Impact Rankings 2024. Thailand universities in this category.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-6808", "words": "9863", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "33", "author": "Zheng, Chengde ; Zheng, Siyu ; Wang, Yuanwei ", "title": "Confucian ethical leadership, social-environmental CSR, and innovation in China: Transforming virtues into strategic value", "date": "2025", "keywords": "asian; business; case; china; company; confucian; csr; environmental; ethics; firms; innovation; journal; knowledge; leadership; management; research; responsibility; social; studies; study; wang", "summary": "Model 3 demonstrates that Confucian ethical leadership significantly and positively affects social- environmental CSR (\u03b2 = 0.552, p < 0.001), suggesting that firms with robust Confucian ethical leadership are more inclined to emphasize and effectively implement social-environmental CSR, confirming H2. Keywords: Confucian ethical leadership, Confucian ethics, Corporate innovation, Corporate social responsibility (CSR), Social-environmental CSR, Case survey.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-7290", "words": "7218", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "42", "author": "Salman, Hazzaa Dawood; Sabri, Jamal Tarek Mohammed", "title": "The role of environmental taxes in protecting the environment and the justifications for its creation in the Iraqi tax system", "date": "2025", "keywords": "activities; asian; effects; environment; iraq; journal; pollution; research; state; studies; tax; taxes; water", "summary": "Keywords: Environment, Environmental pollution, Environmental protection, Environmental taxes, Pollution. Iraq is one of the countries suffering from environmental pollution caused by numerous factors that have negatively impacted the Iraqi environment.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-7427", "words": "7051", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "46", "author": "Duru, Innocent Uchechukwu; Eze, Millicent Adanne; Danjuma, Iyaji; Odeh, Emmanuel Ejike; Favour, Ojo Toluwalashe", "title": "Promotion and employees' performance at University of Abuja: The moderating role of employees\u2019 belief that fairness in decisions of promotions motivates employees\u2019 performance", "date": "2025", "keywords": "analysis; asian; decisions; effect; employee performance; employees; fairness; job; journal; management; performance; promotion; study; university; workers", "summary": "Employee promotion on employee performance at the technical university of Kenya, Nairobi City County, Kenya. Analysis of the impact of training and employee promotion on employee productivity with motivation as a mediator at Reliance Insurance Indonesia.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-7634", "words": "6255", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "31", "author": "Poles, Meriam; Gunawan, Indra", "title": "Cross-industry project management: Insights into transition capabilities from Australian practitioners", "date": "2025", "keywords": "cross; environments; journal; learning; management; managers; mobility; project; project management; sector; skills; transitions", "summary": "Transferable skills and professional credibility in cross-sector project management. Institutional logics and cross-sector project management: Navigating accountability and legitimacy.", "mime": "application/pdf"}, {"id": "ajssms-849", "words": "8940", "extension": ".pdf", "flesch": "33", "author": "Mash, Roni; Cohen, Lihi", "title": "Followers' Perception of Leadership Style, Organizational Commitment and Regulatory Focus, Moderated by Organizational Types", "date": "2018", "keywords": "affective; commitment; connection; continuance; focus; followers; journal; leadership; model; organizations; prevention; promotion; promotion focus; study; style", "summary": "In order to test the hypothesis regarding the moderating influence of organization type (coercive, utilitarian) on the connection between transformational leadership and both affective commitment and promotion focus, and the connection between transactional leadership and both continuance commitment and prevention focus, a multi- group moderation examination was run using the x2 test. Lihi Cohen2 (\uf040 Corresponding Author) 1Senior Lecturer, the MA Program of Organizational Psychology, Ariel University, Israel 2Psychologist in Nonprofit Organizations, Israel Abstract Research hypotheses assumed that a positive connection would be found between transformational leadership, on one hand, and affective commitment and focus on promotion, on the other.", "mime": "application/pdf"}]