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Wasiat Wajibah Bagi Suami Murtad Dalam Pendekatan Teleologik Menuju Realisme Hukum (Suatu Analisis Terhadap Putusan Ma Nomor 331 K/Ag/2018), Raju Mohammad Hazmi, Nurul Adhha, - Kamarusdiana Dec 2021

Wasiat Wajibah Bagi Suami Murtad Dalam Pendekatan Teleologik Menuju Realisme Hukum (Suatu Analisis Terhadap Putusan Ma Nomor 331 K/Ag/2018), Raju Mohammad Hazmi, Nurul Adhha, - Kamarusdiana

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The Compulsory will (wasiyah wajibah) is one of the products of ijtihad in the field of contemporary Islamic jurisprudence. The case of compulsory wills is also included in the sub-discussion of inheritance in family or civil law in several countries with a majority Muslim community. The provision of a mandatory will appears as an alternative to several inheritance problems, such as the right to inheritance for heirs of different religions, children and adoptive parents. This condition is faced with the reality of the inheritance law of a society that cannot be separated from the structure, norms and traditions of a …

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Rekonstruksi Undang-Undang Perbankan Untuk Mewujudkan Perlindungan Nasabah Penyimpan Yang Integratif Dan Berkepastian Hukum, Danu Febrianto, Joni Emirzon, Febrian Febrian Dec 2021

Rekonstruksi Undang-Undang Perbankan Untuk Mewujudkan Perlindungan Nasabah Penyimpan Yang Integratif Dan Berkepastian Hukum, Danu Febrianto, Joni Emirzon, Febrian Febrian

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Banks have an important role in economic development through their function by collecting funds from the public in the form of deposits and channeling them to the public in the form of credit in order to improve the standard of living of the people at large. Currently the banking business is regulated in Act Number 7 of 1992 concerning Banking as amended by Act Number 10 of 1998 (abbreviated as "Banking Act”). In a period of 20 years from 1998 to 2018, there have been developments in regulations relating to the depositors protection which are scattered in various laws and …

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Potensi Pengembangan Wakaf Saham Sebagai Objek Wakaf Baru Di Indonesia: Perspektif Hukum Islam, Fahrul Fauzi Dec 2021

Potensi Pengembangan Wakaf Saham Sebagai Objek Wakaf Baru Di Indonesia: Perspektif Hukum Islam, Fahrul Fauzi

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Share waqf is holding one or more shares owned by wakif in a company that is engaged in a field that is permitted under sharia, the profits of which are used according to the purpose of waqf both for public and private in the framework of worshiping Allah SWT. The regulation of share waqf in Indonesia is still incorporated in the provisions of waqf in general. The existence of this regulation is the result of ijtihad by Indonesian ulama who adjusts to the needs and current social conditions. Shares in Islamic law are categorized as a form of Syirkah. The …

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Tindak Pidana Pencucian Uang Yang Dilakukan Oleh Korporasi: Studi Kasus Putusan Pengadilan Negeri Nomor: 64/Pid.Sus/Tpk/2016/Pn.Bgl, Jeanny Jessica Dec 2021

Tindak Pidana Pencucian Uang Yang Dilakukan Oleh Korporasi: Studi Kasus Putusan Pengadilan Negeri Nomor: 64/Pid.Sus/Tpk/2016/Pn.Bgl, Jeanny Jessica

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The typologies of money laundering are very closely related to corporate activities, which the activities of corporation are involved indirectly or are associated with financial institutions that made corporations very high risk as criminal offender of money laundering crimes. The handling of money laundering cases that corporation as subjects have only been carried out in Bengkulu with the corruption as primary criminal act, whereas will be expected that the application of corporations as subjects of money laundering crimes will also trigger other law enforcement agencies to uncover money laundering cases that made by corporations

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Implikasi Pilihan Metode Konversi Suara Terhadap Proporsionalitas Perolehan Kursi Dalam Pemilihan Umum Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, Bimo Fajar Hantoro Dec 2021

Implikasi Pilihan Metode Konversi Suara Terhadap Proporsionalitas Perolehan Kursi Dalam Pemilihan Umum Anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, Bimo Fajar Hantoro

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Choice of vote conversion method, as an element of the general election system, has implications for the degree of proportionality. The degree of proportionality in question is divided into two elements, namely between the percentage of seats acquired and the fairness to large and small parties. The author here is interested in measuring the degree of proportionality generated by each of the vote conversion methods. The author then performs a simulation to measure these two elements from two families of vote conversion methods, namely the Quota method and the Divisor method. The simulation results show that in terms of proportionality …

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Keberlakuan Klausula Security Exceptions Dalam Perjanjian Trade-Related Aspects Of Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19, Daniel Nicholas Putra, Yetty Komalasari Dewi Ykd Dec 2021

Keberlakuan Klausula Security Exceptions Dalam Perjanjian Trade-Related Aspects Of Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19, Daniel Nicholas Putra, Yetty Komalasari Dewi Ykd

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

WTO commitments, particularly related to intellectual property rights in the TRIPS Agreement, could potentially hinder efforts to increase access to medicines and vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic. In time of emergency, these commitments can be overridden using the WTO security exceptions clause. This article compares the WTO security exceptions to general exceptions in Article XX of the GATT 1994 and non-precluded measures in the Argentina-US BIT, India-Germany BIT, and India-Mauritius BIT, and analyses how the Covid-19 pandemic can be a valid reason to waive the obligations under the TRIPS Agreement using the security exceptions clause. In particular, this article discusses …

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Eksistensi Perlindungan Paten Atas Vaksin Covid-19, Adzhani Tharifah, Agus Sardjono Dec 2021

Eksistensi Perlindungan Paten Atas Vaksin Covid-19, Adzhani Tharifah, Agus Sardjono

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The Covid-19 vaccine is expected to be a solution to return to normal life. However, the need for vaccines that are global in nature raises several questions in the community, especially regarding the existence of patent protection. For this reason, this paper will answer these questions by discussing the patentability of the Covid-19 vaccine as well as how to implement patent protection in the midst of a pandemic and public concerns about limited access to vaccines. The research method used in the writing of this thesis is normative juridical with a qualitative approach where the data comes from literature studies …

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Evaluasi Kebijakan Peradilan Elektronik (E-Court) Mahkamah Agung Republik Indonesia, Abdul Rachmat Ariwijaya, Palupi Lindiasari Samputra Dec 2021

Evaluasi Kebijakan Peradilan Elektronik (E-Court) Mahkamah Agung Republik Indonesia, Abdul Rachmat Ariwijaya, Palupi Lindiasari Samputra

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This study aims to evaluate the administrative policies and electronic trial (E-Court) of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia and the judicial bodies under it in achieving the principles of administering judicial power, namely: simple, fast, and low-cost justice. The research method uses a retrospective evaluation theory that directs the present results after implementing the E-Court policy. The data used consisted of secondary data (documents) and primary data through in-depth interviews from experts and E-Court policymakers. The results showed that the E-Court policy succeeded in clarifying the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia's organization in realizing simple, …

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Cyberbullying Victimization As A Predictor Of Depressive Symptoms Among Selected Adolescents Amidst The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jeyaseelan Maria Michael, Marc Eric Reyes Dec 2021

Cyberbullying Victimization As A Predictor Of Depressive Symptoms Among Selected Adolescents Amidst The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jeyaseelan Maria Michael, Marc Eric Reyes

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

Cyberbullying victimization has become a significant mental health concern, particularly among adolescents at risk of experiencing negative consequences like depression. As the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic forced everyone to stay at home and participate in all their educational, recreational, and entertainment activities online, this study investigated the relationship between cyberbullying victimization (CV) and depressive symptoms among 612 college students in Tamilnadu, India. We hypothesized that experiences of cyberbullying victimization would predict depressive symptoms among the participants. Adolescent participants aged 18 to 19 years old from colleges in Tamilnadu completed an online survey composed of the Cybervictimization questionnaire for adolescents …

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Family Resilience Model: The Influence Of Cultural Identity, Coping, Family Strain, Socioeconomic Status, And Community Support To The Formation Of Family Resilience Among Batak Toba Ethnic Group, Sri Redatin Retno Pudjiati, Sri Hartati Dewi Reksodiputro, R. Urip Purwono Dec 2021

Family Resilience Model: The Influence Of Cultural Identity, Coping, Family Strain, Socioeconomic Status, And Community Support To The Formation Of Family Resilience Among Batak Toba Ethnic Group, Sri Redatin Retno Pudjiati, Sri Hartati Dewi Reksodiputro, R. Urip Purwono

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

A resilient family is a family that is capable of survival, overcoming difficult challenges, and then grow stronger (Walsh, 2006). Cultural identity is one of the factors that play a role in forming family resilience, because in order to build the understanding and values of family resilience one needs to build it in accordance to local culture. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that build family resilience in Indonesian families, especially Batak Toba families. The measurement tool used in this study is Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire (WFRQ) to measure family resilience (α = .879), The Responses …

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The Mediating Role Of Interpersonal Relationship In The Effect Of Emotional Competence On Prosocial Behaviour Among Adolescents In Malaysia, Pit-Wan Pung, Doh Hian Koh, Soon Aun Tan, Ming Hui Yap Dec 2021

The Mediating Role Of Interpersonal Relationship In The Effect Of Emotional Competence On Prosocial Behaviour Among Adolescents In Malaysia, Pit-Wan Pung, Doh Hian Koh, Soon Aun Tan, Ming Hui Yap

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

Prosocial behaviour has been regarded as a necessity for a society to function well. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between emotional competence, interpersonal relationship and prosocial behaviour among 496 school-going adolescents in Malaysia. The subjects were selected using Multistage Cluster Sampling method. Profile of Emotional Competence (PEC), Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment Scale (IPPA) and Strength and Difficulties Questionnaires (SDQ) were used to measure emotional competence, interpersonal relationship with peers and adolescents’ prosocial behaviour respectively. The results showed that there were significant positive relationships among emotional competence, interpersonal relationship with peers and prosocial behaviour. Further analysis …

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Psychological Birth Order And Achievement Goal Orientation Of High School Students Engaged In Shadow Education, Ryan Francis O. Cayubit, Nestlhyn B. Ligot, Jamie Therese T. Lim, Inah Karla R. Malaluan, Erika Mae U. Managbanag, Gretchen Hazelle D. Quindoza Dec 2021

Psychological Birth Order And Achievement Goal Orientation Of High School Students Engaged In Shadow Education, Ryan Francis O. Cayubit, Nestlhyn B. Ligot, Jamie Therese T. Lim, Inah Karla R. Malaluan, Erika Mae U. Managbanag, Gretchen Hazelle D. Quindoza

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

The focus of the current study is to examine the nature of the relationship of goal orientation with psychological birth order. Likewise, it also looked into the ability of psychological birth order to influence the endorsement of achievement goals (mastery-approach and avoidance; performance- approach and avoidance). A total of 220 high school students engaged in shadow education answered the White-Campbell Psychological Birth Order Inventory (PBOI) and the Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ). Based on the regression analysis performed, only the pairing of psychological birth order and performance-approach is significant while those of psychological birth order, mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, and performance-avoidance are not …

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A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Of Most Endoparasites And Ectoparasites During Past Decade In Iraq, Karwan S. Najm Al-Marjan, Hawri H. Mohammed Jabbary, Liza J. Yousif, Fouad H. Kamil, Najat J. Ahmed, Suzan S. Ali, Layla A. Kareem, Ahmed A. Ab.Jabar, Awat M. Mustafa, Kalthum Kh. Ahmed Dec 2021

A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Of Most Endoparasites And Ectoparasites During Past Decade In Iraq, Karwan S. Najm Al-Marjan, Hawri H. Mohammed Jabbary, Liza J. Yousif, Fouad H. Kamil, Najat J. Ahmed, Suzan S. Ali, Layla A. Kareem, Ahmed A. Ab.Jabar, Awat M. Mustafa, Kalthum Kh. Ahmed

Polytechnic Journal

Today, our society is polluted with the diseases belong to various types including inherited, germs, hazard infectious with physiologic one. Information on the disease epidemiology and reviewing data analysis helps us in controlling strategies. Since the early 1980s, this region has faced wars, political irregularity, and economic collapse, leads to the migration of over ten million people, two million have internally displaced. In addition to several other factors which mentioned by ministry of health includes poor sanitation, poor nutrition and also population density because population of Iraq has more than doubled in the last 25 years. The aim of any …

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Visioning Science, Governance, Whole-Of-Government Strategy, Romeo B. Lee Dec 2021

Visioning Science, Governance, Whole-Of-Government Strategy, Romeo B. Lee

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

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Empowering Nurses To Go The Extra Mile Through Ethical Leadership: A Covid-19 Context, Kaleem Ullah Irfan, Talat Islam Dec 2021

Empowering Nurses To Go The Extra Mile Through Ethical Leadership: A Covid-19 Context, Kaleem Ullah Irfan, Talat Islam

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This study attempts to investigate how ethical leadership enhances nurses’ in-role and extra-role performances with the mediation of psychological empowerment. We used a cross-sectional time-lag design and collected data from 371 nurses and their immediate supervisors through a questionnaire-based survey. The data on ethical leadership and psychological empowerment were collected from nurses at T1, whereas data on in-role and extra-role performance were collected from their immediate supervisors at T2. The results revealed positive associations of ethical leadership with psychological empowerment, in-role, and extra-role performance. Further, hierarchical regression confirms the mediating role of psychological empowerment between the associations of ethical leadership …

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Communicative Action In Covid-19 Prevention: Does Religiosity Play A Role?, Ying Shin Chin Dec 2021

Communicative Action In Covid-19 Prevention: Does Religiosity Play A Role?, Ying Shin Chin

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has presented the world with a major challenge in curbing infection. Information is important for public awareness of the pandemic and its prevention as part of the problem-solving efforts. Grounded on the situational theory of problem solving (STOPS), this study extends the theory by adding religiosity, an important factor that affects health-related behaviors, to examine its role as an antecedent to the situational perceptions that motivate people to take communicative action in preventing COVID-19, and to investigate the factors that lead to precautionary behavior in response to the pandemic. Based on the online survey responses from 371 …

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A Review Of Rice Tariffication In The Time Of Covid-19: Rationale And Road To Rice Self-Sufficiency In The Philippines, David Michael M. San Juan Dec 2021

A Review Of Rice Tariffication In The Time Of Covid-19: Rationale And Road To Rice Self-Sufficiency In The Philippines, David Michael M. San Juan

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The Philippine government passed the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) in 2019, despite a strong and united peasant opposition to rice industry liberalization, which the RTL facilitates and further accelerates. Amid falling Filipino farmers’ incomes due to the deluge of imported rice, negligible milled rice price decreases for consumers, rising rice prices globally, and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic that has already disrupted food supplies and is poised to cause continuing instability in the price of imports, this paper is aimed at reviewing recent rice tariffication policy literature. Such review will be a springboard in making a case in …

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Socioeconomic Characteristics Of Households, Government Programs On Human Capital, And Natural Shocks As Determinants Of Philippine Household Income Mobility, Melcah Pascua Monsura Dec 2021

Socioeconomic Characteristics Of Households, Government Programs On Human Capital, And Natural Shocks As Determinants Of Philippine Household Income Mobility, Melcah Pascua Monsura

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The purpose of this study is to introduce income mobility analysis to examine households’ welfare through time. Income mobility in the Philippines has been characterized by offsetting forces of upward and downward mobility. In this kind of scenario, policy targeting for households’ welfare can be done by examining the drivers of income mobility. Pseudo-longitudinal panel data generated from the Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES), through the household matching method, were used to identify the households included in the study. The needed information on the levels of living and differences in income and expenditure of Filipino families were provided by …

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How Does Psychosocial Safety Climate Affect Burnout Among Malaysian Educators During The Covid-19 Pandemic?, Kok Ban Teoh, Daisy Mui Hung Kee, Nadeem Akhtar Dec 2021

How Does Psychosocial Safety Climate Affect Burnout Among Malaysian Educators During The Covid-19 Pandemic?, Kok Ban Teoh, Daisy Mui Hung Kee, Nadeem Akhtar

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Nowadays, the COVID-19 pandemic has led Malaysian educators to experience more significant burnout due to job demands. This paper is an effort to examine the reasons that caused burnout among Malaysian educators. A total of 413 Malaysian educators participated in the study. This study’s findings revealed that PSC has a significant negative relationship with hindrance demands and burnout, whereas both challenge and hindrance demands have insignificant positive relationships with burnout. Furthermore, the study showed that two variables—challenge demands and hindrance demands—played significant mediators in the relationship between PSC and burnout. As a result, it is concluded that PSC can reduce …

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Does Gender Divergence Matter? The Moderating Effect Of Media Exposure On Adherence To Covid-19 Quarantine Protocol, Luz Suplico Jeong, Nelson Guillen, Reynaldo Bautista Jr., Rhiana Toledo, Bienvenido Lorenzo Encarnacion Dec 2021

Does Gender Divergence Matter? The Moderating Effect Of Media Exposure On Adherence To Covid-19 Quarantine Protocol, Luz Suplico Jeong, Nelson Guillen, Reynaldo Bautista Jr., Rhiana Toledo, Bienvenido Lorenzo Encarnacion

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This study aimed to find out if there are gender differences in how Filipinos adhere to the COVID-19 quarantine protocol. This research utilized the theory of planned behavior (TPB) as a framework. According to the TPB, the behavior to follow the COVID-19 protocol will be determined by one’s attitude, subjective norms, controllability, and self-efficacy. Media was added as a moderating variable between these predictors and the behavior to follow the COVID-19 protocol. An online survey was conducted amongst 200 females and 200 males in Metro Manila. This research locale was chosen as it had the highest COVID-19 infection rate in …

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Impact Investment For Brics Cooperation On Sustainable Development, Anita Mujumdar, Alexey Shadrin Dec 2021

Impact Investment For Brics Cooperation On Sustainable Development, Anita Mujumdar, Alexey Shadrin

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

A sustainable development agenda has always been at the core of BRICS cooperation. However, the progress has been limited for many reasons, including economic diversity, over-reliance on Western technologies and capital, lack of own sources of financing, and common strategy. At the same time, accounting for over 40% of the global population, over 20% of the world’s GDP, and contributing to more than 40% of global CO2 emissions, BRICS countries are among the world’s most important players in sustainability and climate. Therefore, finding organic ways of sustainable growth in these countries is crucial to global efforts in achieving sustainable development …

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Do Voluntary Corporate Risk Disclosures And Board Leadership Effectiveness Predict Firm Performance? The Moderating Role Of Audit Committee Financial Expertise In Malaysia, Wong Baan Wahh, Mazni Abdullah, Edward Wong Sek Khin Dec 2021

Do Voluntary Corporate Risk Disclosures And Board Leadership Effectiveness Predict Firm Performance? The Moderating Role Of Audit Committee Financial Expertise In Malaysia, Wong Baan Wahh, Mazni Abdullah, Edward Wong Sek Khin

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Deficiencies in the quality of risk reporting impede investors’ ability to make well-informed investment decisions. In the wake of unexpected corporate collapses, calls for a greater amount of voluntary risk disclosures by the regulators are entirely legitimate, in the expectation that improved risk reporting published in the annual report enables investors to assess a firm’s risk profile and its firm value more accurately. This study investigates the relationship between the voluntary corporate risk disclosures (VCRD), board leadership effectiveness, audit committee financial expertise, and firm performance of 290 companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). To collect and measure …

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Contested Representations Of Agent Orange’S Destruction In Vu Le My’S Where War Has Passed And Masako Sakata’S Agent Orange: A Personal Requiem, Nguyen Thi Nhu Trang Dec 2021

Contested Representations Of Agent Orange’S Destruction In Vu Le My’S Where War Has Passed And Masako Sakata’S Agent Orange: A Personal Requiem, Nguyen Thi Nhu Trang

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This study examines two documentaries on the impact of Agent Orange in post-war Vietnam: Where War Has Passed (1997), by the Vietnamese director Vu Le My and Agent Orange: A Personal Requiem (2007), by Japanese director Masako Sakata. In order to depict the destructiveness of Agent Orange, these directors focus exclusively neither on the footprints of war in Vietnam’s physical landscape nor the sufferings of Vietnamese victims. By highlighting the existence of Agent Orange victims in the landscape that was once the target of a series of American spraying missions, both documentaries urge the audience to remove the boundaries between …

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The Brics Plus Cooperation In International Organizations: Prospects For Reshaping The Global Agenda, Ekaterina Y. Arapova, Yaroslav D. Lissovolik Dec 2021

The Brics Plus Cooperation In International Organizations: Prospects For Reshaping The Global Agenda, Ekaterina Y. Arapova, Yaroslav D. Lissovolik

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The research is based on the Russian approach to implementing the BRICS Plus concept. The “BRICS Plus Circle” could unite the members of the five integration blocks, driven by the BRICS countries, which are mainly developing countries. These countries call for the creation of a more balanced global architecture based on the principles of non-discrimination, equal access to resources, and their fair distribution. Multilateral cooperation in the Bretton Woods institutions (the WTO, IMF, and the World Bank) may become one of the main modalities of the BRICS Plus interaction. In this regard, the paper aims to analyze the prospects for …

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Does Performance Management Effectiveness Matter? Testing The Expanded Expectations Disconfirmation Model Of Local Disaster Risk Reduction, Reginald G. Ugaddan Dec 2021

Does Performance Management Effectiveness Matter? Testing The Expanded Expectations Disconfirmation Model Of Local Disaster Risk Reduction, Reginald G. Ugaddan

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

With the heightened demand for the public sector to adopt various measures needed for disaster management, local governments are expected to employ adaptive and innovative organizational approaches in enhancing the quality of local disaster management. Primarily, although studies have examined various predictors of disaster management performance, few explored the possible contribution of the performance management system through the lens of the expectancy disconfirmation model (EDM). Also, the study examines and finds support for EDM, positing that it functions well in light of local government employees’ perception of disaster management performance. Employing data from a regional survey in the Philippines of …

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Visioning Science, Governance, Whole-Of-Government Strategy, Romeo B. Lee Dec 2021

Visioning Science, Governance, Whole-Of-Government Strategy, Romeo B. Lee

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

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Communicative Action In Covid-19 Prevention: Does Religiosity Play A Role?, Ying Shin Chin Dec 2021

Communicative Action In Covid-19 Prevention: Does Religiosity Play A Role?, Ying Shin Chin

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has presented the world with a major challenge in curbing infection. Information is important for public awareness of the pandemic and its prevention as part of the problem-solving efforts. Grounded on the situational theory of problem solving (STOPS), this study extends the theory by adding religiosity, an important factor that affects health-related behaviors, to examine its role as an antecedent to the situational perceptions that motivate people to take communicative action in preventing COVID-19, and to investigate the factors that lead to precautionary behavior in response to the pandemic. Based on the online survey responses from 371 …

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A Review Of Rice Tariffication In The Time Of Covid-19: Rationale And Road To Rice Self-Sufficiency In The Philippines, David Michael M. San Juan Dec 2021

A Review Of Rice Tariffication In The Time Of Covid-19: Rationale And Road To Rice Self-Sufficiency In The Philippines, David Michael M. San Juan

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The Philippine government passed the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) in 2019, despite a strong and united peasant opposition to rice industry liberalization, which the RTL facilitates and further accelerates. Amid falling Filipino farmers’ incomes due to the deluge of imported rice, negligible milled rice price decreases for consumers, rising rice prices globally, and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic that has already disrupted food supplies and is poised to cause continuing instability in the price of imports, this paper is aimed at reviewing recent rice tariffication policy literature. Such review will be a springboard in making a case in …

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Socioeconomic Characteristics Of Households, Government Programs On Human Capital, And Natural Shocks As Determinants Of Philippine Household Income Mobility, Melcah Pascua Monsura Dec 2021

Socioeconomic Characteristics Of Households, Government Programs On Human Capital, And Natural Shocks As Determinants Of Philippine Household Income Mobility, Melcah Pascua Monsura

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The purpose of this study is to introduce income mobility analysis to examine households’ welfare through time. Income mobility in the Philippines has been characterized by offsetting forces of upward and downward mobility. In this kind of scenario, policy targeting for households’ welfare can be done by examining the drivers of income mobility. Pseudo-longitudinal panel data generated from the Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES), through the household matching method, were used to identify the households included in the study. The needed information on the levels of living and differences in income and expenditure of Filipino families were provided by …

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How Does Psychosocial Safety Climate Affect Burnout Among Malaysian Educators During The Covid-19 Pandemic?, Kok Ban Teoh, Daisy Mui Hung Kee, Nadeem Akhtar Dec 2021

How Does Psychosocial Safety Climate Affect Burnout Among Malaysian Educators During The Covid-19 Pandemic?, Kok Ban Teoh, Daisy Mui Hung Kee, Nadeem Akhtar

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Nowadays, the COVID-19 pandemic has led Malaysian educators to experience more significant burnout due to job demands. This paper is an effort to examine the reasons that caused burnout among Malaysian educators. A total of 413 Malaysian educators participated in the study. This study’s findings revealed that PSC has a significant negative relationship with hindrance demands and burnout, whereas both challenge and hindrance demands have insignificant positive relationships with burnout. Furthermore, the study showed that two variables—challenge demands and hindrance demands—played significant mediators in the relationship between PSC and burnout. As a result, it is concluded that PSC can reduce …

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