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2023 Archive
| Number 2 |
Title: A Study on the Consumer Activeness in New Media Advertising Author: Minook Choi Abstract: ... This study analyzed the consumers activeness in the new media advertising, which are the common traits of the new media advertising. Methods/Statistical Analysis: After going over the theories regarding consumers activeness in advertising, it examined specifically the consumers motives for using the new media advertising and the interactive actions in the new media advertising, which are the key concepts regarding the consumers activeness in the new media advertising. Findings: The concept of consumer activeness is dealt with mainly in the researches on new media advertising, such as the Internet advertising, smart phone advertising, IPTV advertising, and personal media advertising, proving that the growth in the consumers activeness in advertising is the most representative phenomenon of todays advertising environment. Improvements: This study can contribute to understanding the paradigm change of today’s advertising. Keywords: Advertising Environment, Consumer Activeness, Interactive Action, Motives for using Advertising, New Media Advertising. Show More |
| Number 2 |
Title: Influence of Perceived Organizational Justice on Empowerment, Organizational Commitment and Turnover Intention in the Hospital Nurses Author: Myeong Jong Abstract: ... The purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of perceived organizational justice on empowerment, organizational commitment and turnover intention in the hospital nurses in Korea. Methods/Statistical Analysis: A self-reported questionnaire was completed by three hundred hospital nurses in general hospital after hearing the purpose of the study. The instruments of the questionnaire consisted of organizational justice, empowerment, organizational commitment, and turnover intention measured by a five point Likert scale. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 22.0 and AMOS 21.0 program. Technical statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, Cronbach’s alpha, and EFA were done. Findings: The path model was analyzed to evaluate the hypothesis and overall fit measures. The model’s overall fit measures were Χ2 = 122.765, d.f. = 23, p = .000, GFI = .914, AGFI = .832, RMR = .031, NFI = .872, IFI = .893, CFI = .892. Model evaluation measure of overall fit is desirable when GFI, CFI, NFI, and IFI are above .9, AGFI above .8, and RMR below .05. While NFI, IFI, and CFI values in this study were somewhat lower, because RMR, GFI, and AGFI values were high, it was deemed acceptable without a revised model. Organizational justice had a positive direct effect on empowerment (r = .446, p = .004) and organizational commitment (r = .608, p = .004) and a negative direct effect on turnover intention (r = -.357, p = .004). Empowerment had a notable direct effect on organizational commitment (r = .213, p = .007), but no notable direct effect onturnover intention (r = .097, p = .155). Organizational commitment had a negative effect on turnover intention (r = -.381, p = .004). Organizational justice had an indirect effect on organizational commitment and turnover intention. Empowerment, too, had an indirect effect on turnover intention. Organizational justice, followed by organizational commitment, had the most overall effect on turnover intention, and both were negative effects. The coefficient of determination (R2), which explains external and internal variables, was examined. The value of R2 for empowerment was .199 (19.9%), organizational commitment’s R2 was .530 (53%), and turnover intention’s R2 was .407 (40.7%). This study shows that, as the nurses’ perception of organizational justice becomes greater, empowerment and organizational commitment are heightened while turnover intention goes down. Improvements: Therefore, for effective hospital human resources management, nursing organizations and hospital organizations must change the design and system of the organization so that the nurses’ perception of organizational justice will become greater. Keywords: Empowerment, Nurses, Organizational Commitment, Organizational Justice, Turnover Intention. Show More |
| Number 2 |
Title: Influence of Public Perception on Islamic Banking Author: Pengaruh Bauran Abstract: ... The purpose of this research was to test and empirically analyze the effect of commitment, culture, and organizational support on Organizational Citizenship Behavior. The mediating role of job satisfaction. The design of this research using survey method with the collection of data in cross-section through the questionnaire. Simple random sampling is used on 200 employees, hypothesis testing using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). This study provides evidence that commitment, culture and organizational support is a positive and significant effect on the job satisfaction. The other causality shows that organizational commitment and organizational support is a positive and significant effect on the Organizational Citizenship Behavior. The organizational culture and job satisfaction is positive but not significant effect on Organizational Citizenship Behavior. Job satisfaction is not a mediating role in explaining the effect of commitment, culture and organizational support on Organizational Citizenship Behavior. The practical implications of this research provide increased knowledge and understanding of the employees and the management to make changes in Organizational Citizenship Behavior of the Islamic banking employees to the good direction through organizational commitment and organizational support. The limitations of this study on the sample size using only permanent employees and the Islamic Banks just so limit the ability to generalize the results of the research findings. Originality of research provides basic configuration modeling development towards using SEM and conceptual models that proved the effect of commitment, culture and organizational support to increased Organizational Citizenship Behavior to employees-good direction by entering the job satisfaction Keywords: organizational commitment, organizational culture, organizational support, job satisfaction, organizational Citizenship Behavior. Show More |
| Number 2 |
Title: Revisiting Child Labor, Human Trafficking and Forced Labour in Nigeria Author: Mfon U. Ekpootu Abstract: ... Child labour, human trafficking and forced labour are varied but interlocking aspects of transnational crime. In Nigeria, this constitutes a severe social issue that continues to mutate and take on new faces; its sustenance propelled by social cleavages, poverty, ethno-religious conflict and political mismanagement of the Nigeria State. As a topical issue, it has garnered a lot of scholarly attention, yet its mutative capacity raises the need for continuous research. This paper therefore revisits child labour, human trafficking and forced labour, paying attention to new directions and current trends as well as continues. It adopts the historical approach to tease out the nuances. Fieldwork done in a previous study on human trafficking provides useful data. Primary documents including official gazettes, personal interviews as well as desk review provided the data for the study. The work contributes to the literature on trafficking and transnational crimes Keywords: Child Labour, Human Trafficking, Forced Labour, Nigeria. Show More |
| Number 2 |
Title: Instructional Media: Components, Classification and Benefits Author: Nkasiobi C. Wordu (PhD) & Lloyd C. Ogwo Abstract: ... The use of media in instruction is very crucial hence, this paper discussed, instructional media, its components, classification and benefits under which it tried to define the term instructional media as materials and resources that support learning and covering whatever the teacher uses to enhance the teaching learning process. It discussed the components of instructional media as the message, medium, method and material. It mentioned some of the characteristics of instructional media, stating that they must be accurate, relevant to the lesson objectives and learner’s level of understanding, engaging and interactive making learners active and not passive learners. Instructional media was then classified under: The Sense they appeal to, types and format, the basis of concrete abstract continuum, beginning with direct experience to symbolic representation, a hierarchy of great and greater abstraction beginning with what was referred to as the total situation, ending with words on the top of the hierarchy. The benefits included: Enhancing Engagement and Motivation, Visual and Auditory Stimulation, Real-World Relevance, Improving Learning Outcomes, Knowledge Retention, Facilitating Personalized Learning and Accessibility. It was recommended amongst others that Teacher use of instructional Media in teaching and learning processes should be encourage at all levels and that the Government should help teachers improve their knowledge on the use of instructional media by organizing Seminar for them. Keywords: Instructional Media, Classification, Components, Characteristics, Benefits. Show More |
| Number 2 |
Title: Impact of Education Level on Firm Performance: Examination of Job Satisfaction Author: Bredha Atenag & Elayum Ahasab Abstract: ... This study focused on employees who work in the service industry where there are no specific assigned tasks or duties. The respondents of the study comprised of 210 employees of Malaysian Alliance Assurance Berhad (MAA), and Perodua Malaysia Berhad. They were 89 males; 55 school-leavers and 34 graduates, and 121 females; 60 school-leavers and 61 graduates. They were randomly selected to answer the questionnaire to get high response rate. These companies are chosen because they are well-established with population of at least 2000 employees of each company with different educational background. It is believed that the turnover rate is very low. This study used Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) as a data gathering tool. The MSQ is offered in a long form, and a short form, which measure on a five-point Likert scale. The format of MSQ is a paper and pencil inventory, which measures vocational needs and social values based on job satisfaction. Show More |
| Number 2 |
Title: Environmental Rights and Equitable Resource Distribution Question in The Niger Delta of Nigeria: The Isaac Boro Legacy Author: Stephen Temegha Olali (Ph.D) Abstract: ... The struggle for environmental rights and equitable distribution of resources began in the ninteenth century when the kings of the Niger Delta challenged the British monopolistic economic policies in the Niger Delta or on the River Niger itself. Kings Jaja, Koko, Pepple, Ibanichuka and Prince Nana of Itsekiri amongst several others, agitated for economic equity in the trade in their respective domains. But it was in the twentieth century that an average non-royal personality, Isaac Boro, carried out his protest, taking up arms against the Administration of Eastern Nigeria and by extension, Nigeria. Although his protest which became known as the Twelve-Day of Creek Revolution, was put down after about twelve days and he and his companions sentenced to death. Although, Isaac Boro did not achieve the establishment of the Niger Delta Republic which he advocated, his agitation led in part to the creation of Rivers State and twenty-nine years later, Bayelsa State. This treatise is therefore about the legacies of Isaac Boro in his protestation about environmental and economic justice in the Niger Delta. Keywords: Environmental Rights, Equitable, Distribution, Resources, Niger Delta, Isaac Boro. Show More |
| Number 2 |
Title: Correlation between Brand Attitudes and Purchase Intent in Samarinda Author: Rawat Jalan Abstract: ... This dissertation analyzes the role of endorser and creativity Pantene shampoo advertisement in Attitude, Intention and consumer purchasing decisions (a case study in Mulawarman) Based on the data that has been processed and tested using smart PLS showed that: 1. there is positive but not significant influence between creativity endorser of the brand attitude, 2. there is a positive and significant relationship between the endorser credibility with advertising attitude, 3. there is positive and significant correlation between creativity of advertising on brand attitudes, 4. there is positive and significant correlation between creativity of advertising on ad attitude, 5. there is positive and significant correlation between brand attitudes toward purchase intent, 6. there is positive and significant correlation between ad attitude toward purchase intent, 7. there is positive and significant correlation between purchase intention on purchasing decisions. Keywords: endorser credibility, creative advertising, brand attitude, attitude advertising, purchase intent, and purchase decisions. Show More |
| Number 2 |
Title: Cross-Sectional Survey of Management Strategies in Nakuru Town Author: Nadab Henchard & Manah Jemen Abstract: ... Despite the many individual case studies on various knowledge management initiatives in large organizations’, the perception of knowledge management practices and developments in Small and Medium enterprises suffers certain drawbacks. As such, there is paucity of information on the effects of different knowledge management strategies used by small firms in the hospitality industry in Kenya. The study sought to determine the contribution of knowledge management strategies on sales growth in the hospitality industry. Objective was to determine the contributions of knowledge management strategies on small and medium business sales growth. A cross-sectional survey research design was used for this study and a census was conducted on 39 businesses. A questionnaire with structured and unstructured questions was used to collect primary data from all the 39 top managers and supervisors of selected hospitality businesses since they are the key decision makers. Descriptive and regression analysis were used to analyze the data with the help of Statistical package for social sciences computer software. The findings from this study indicate that, though knowledge management strategies were used to a greater extent among the businesses, they did not significantly contribute to sales growth in the hospitality industry. This implies that the relationship was not significant because the use of the knowledge management strategies did not fully actualize the intended sales growth in the hospitality businesses. The results of this study have implications in enhancing the growth of Small and medium enterprises in Kenya. Key Words: Knowledge, Management, Strategies, Sales, Growth. Show More |
| Number 2 |
Title: Information Structure and Topic Strategy in the Clauses of Selected Pentecostal Christian Sermons Author: Cynthia Moun Priye & Vincent Obobolo, Ph.D Abstract: ... The information encoded in a clause is determined by the arrangement of the grammatical elements. The position of the clause elements, to a great extent, is contributory to the actual meaning contained in the clause. Clauses in their basic order may not have the capacity to capture the essence of a speaker’s message, hence, the employment of syntactic strategies comes to play. The paper, on this note, examined the clauses of selected Nigerian Pentecostal Christian preachers to establish the topic strategies employed in line with the information structure (IS) principles. Particularly, the paper was set to ascertain the role of the syntactic strategies that assist to highlight the topic element, using Construction Grammar (CxG) as the theoretic basis. The sample is forty (40) clauses from the sermons of Pst Kumuyi, Pst Adeboye, Pst Oyedepo, and Pst Chris. The syntactic strategies investigated are Preposing and Topicalisation. Aside passing information, preposing and topicalisation are clause constructions that are used for reasons of information structure to create prominence on the topic element. Among the four pastors whose sermons were investigated, three, Pst Adeboye, Pst Oyedepo, and Pst Chris made use of both preposing and topicalisation as topic strategies but Pst Kumuyi, who used other strategies entirely. Out of the forty clauses, nine with preposing, and fifteen with topicalisation constructions. Topicalisation is readily used as a topic forming strategy in Christian preaching. Keywords: IS, Christian Sermons, Clause, Elements of Clause, CxG, Syntactic Strategies. Show More |
| Number 2 |
Title: Language as a Factor in Participation and Exclusion Author: Glory Ikechukwu Worukwo Abstract: ... This paper starts by recognizing the existence of different criteria within a society which bring about both the exclusion and the participation of individuals within the society. The paper presents some of the parameters for classification as color; race, gender, religion, occupation, social class, ethnicity, caste, age, etc., all of which function to create a class of the excluded within the society. The various ways in which language creates a class of the excluded are discussed in turn. The paper concludes by suggesting that speakers of the languages that are accorded prestige in the society should take steps to empower the language of the excluded as this will make for the participation of more citizens in official domains, and therefore national development. Keywords: Language, Participation, Exclusion. Show More |
| Number 2 |
Title: Art Pedagogy in Post-Independence Nigeria and EL Anatsui’s Paradigm: Visual Arts and Ways of Knowing Author: Graves, Nelson, P. (Ph.D) Abstract: ... “Natural synthesis” labelled the black art world. This essay unpacks how the artist, EL Anatsui, in a “selective critiquing and re-evaluation of self” dared to “wriggle out” of that dilemma. Thusly, reactivating the dynamic terrain that lives and is vibrant from within the soul of artists, he forged a new path of creativity. With empirical analysis and the engagement of storytelling mechanisms, this article unreels that artistry. Anatsui, despite his academicization and art practice, threads a detour to cloth making craft traditions, chiefly the Kente weave and its autography for inspiration. Hence, the “vital and enabling” intellectual paradigm “resumptions, disappearances, and repetitions” makes possible an intersection with knowledge, while the “uniting representation” of the synthesis in the adoption of Memory and Interview grounds the contexts within w artwork is experienced. EL’s “non-fixed forms” make visible the temerity of new shapes and forms forged directly from the wellsprings and fecundity of African roots as exemplars of the art of the new dawn (Ben Shahn, 1998:53). Deconstruction of EL’s artworks reveals the groundings of his discourses on assemblages of “Forgotten Biography” and the engagement of “mythopoetic imagination” (Marina Paolo Banchetti-Robino, 2011) in the recalibration of personal expression in language and imageries that inflect spiritual ties to ancestry and memory. This is sufficient basis for the historical narration of Ways of Knowing in the Visual arts. Keywords: Visual Arts, Knowledge; “Mythopoetic Imagination”, Forms and Shapes; Iconography. Show More |