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Personality Traits, Sedentariness, And Personal Dilemma As The Dynamic Predictors Of Intention To Use Public Transportation In Greater Jakarta, Juneman Abraham, Muhammad Sahid Wirayudha Dec 2015

Personality Traits, Sedentariness, And Personal Dilemma As The Dynamic Predictors Of Intention To Use Public Transportation In Greater Jakarta, Juneman Abraham, Muhammad Sahid Wirayudha

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

The management of mass public transportation requires the psychology of transportation in order to design and operate a transportation system which suits the social psychology dimension of urban citizens. The aim of this research is to examine the role of personality traits, sedentariness, and personal dilemma in predicting the intention of a particular group of urban citizens to switch from using private cars to using mass public transportation. This research uses the predictive correlational design, while the research data are analyzed using the multiple linear regression technique in order to identify the main effects and interaction effects of variables which …


Factors Influencing The Knowledge Seekers In Adopting The Knowledge Management System (Kms), Setiawan Assegaff Jul 2015

Factors Influencing The Knowledge Seekers In Adopting The Knowledge Management System (Kms), Setiawan Assegaff

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

One indication of KMS success is when the knowledge seeker actively access the knowledge stored within the system’s repository. Unfortunately, studies that specifically designed to provide more understanding about the behavior of the knowledge seeker with regard to their acceptance of KMS are still quite rare. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that influence the behavior of knowledge seeker(s) in KMS acceptance. A research model for this study was developed using the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), and the data was collected from 125 knowledge seekers from three companies in Indonesia. By utilizing the Squares Structural …


Employee Embeddedness And Turnover Intentions: Exploring The Moderating Effects Of Commute Time And Family Embeddedness, Debora Eflina Purba Jul 2015

Employee Embeddedness And Turnover Intentions: Exploring The Moderating Effects Of Commute Time And Family Embeddedness, Debora Eflina Purba

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

This study aims to investigate the moderating effects of commute time, availability of nearby replacement jobs, and family embeddedness to the relationship between employee embeddedness and turnover intentions. Employee embeddedness includes organizational and community embeddedness. Previous studies showed that employee embeddedness is a good predictor of turnover. However, other studies have subsequently demonstrated different results in employee embeddedness-turnover relationship. The present study hypothesizes that commute time, availability of nearby replacement jobs, and family embeddedness moderate the relationship between employee embeddednessturnover intentions. Data were obtained from a sample of 330 full-time employed nurses in two hospitals in Jakarta, Indonesia. Results showed …


Potential Conflict Between The Malay And The Dayak Ethnic Groups In The Hinterland Region Of West Kalimantan, Edlin Dahnia Alfath Jul 2015

Potential Conflict Between The Malay And The Dayak Ethnic Groups In The Hinterland Region Of West Kalimantan, Edlin Dahnia Alfath

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

This research was conducted in two villages in the hinterland region of West Kalimantan. The two villages are separated only by a small stream, and they are inhabited by two different ethnic groups. Seen from the upstream of the river, the left side of the riverbank is where the Dayak lived, while at the right side of the riverbank is where the Malay ethnic resided. The Malay, as Muslims, led their live according to Islamic teaching, while the Dayak is oblivious to their neighbor’s Islamic way of life. This in turn had fostered seeds of tensions with a potential for …


Culture Of Control Versus The Culture Of Resistance In The Case Of Control Of Forest, Prudensius Maring Jul 2015

Culture Of Control Versus The Culture Of Resistance In The Case Of Control Of Forest, Prudensius Maring

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

The implementation of rights, policy, forest official, and repressive approach by the government shows that the culture of control is applied at forest tenure. This research showed that the application of cultural control by the Government clashed with the interests of local wisdom and socio-economic communities around the forest. The local community have developed strategies and tactics to resist the Government through controlling the land, determining the types of plant, and by implementing community-based forest management system. These resistance strategies and tactics is the manifestation of the socio-economic conditions which are integrated in the community culture. Through the perspective of …