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تأثير أبعاد جودة النظام على الثقة في تبني التجارة الالكترونية من خلال الهاتف المحمول: وجهة نظر العميل الفلسطيني, Fadi Ahmad Herzallah Dr.

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

Several pieces of evidence evince that system quality is closely and importantly related to the use of the system in previous empirical work and studies chiefly in the mobile commerce (M-Commerce) systems. At present, in light of the marketing needs related to services and products, M-Commerce is regarded as the major method and channel to use in this area. Yet, it is contended that as system quality’s significance is unquestionable, it is a new area that still needs much exploration. Against this, this study aims at examining the system quality dimensions’ impact on customer trust in M-Commerce by adapting the …

واقع ممارسات إدارة المواهب وأثرها في تحقيق التميز التنظيمي: دراسة تطبيقية على الوزارات الفلسطينية في محافظات الضفة الغربية, Zaki A. M. Abu Zyeada, Muhammad Jadallah

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The study aimed to recognize the reality of talent management practices and their impact on achieving organizational excellence at the Palestinian ministries in West Bank governorates, and to recognize talent management practices and the organizational excellence, and to discover the relationship between them. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used a descriptive and analytical methodologies, where a questionnaire was designed and distributed to a random sample consisted of (347) employees at the upper and first administrative levels in the Palestinian ministries at West Bank governorates. The study reached many results, where the most important ones are: there …

العوامل المؤثرة في تبني نظام إدارة علاقات العملاء في المؤسسات الصغيرة والمتوسطة الفلسطينية: التحقق من الخبراء باستخدام النطاق الرباعي, Omar Salah, Qadri Alzaghal

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

Customer relationship management (CRM) refers to the practices, strategies, and technologies used by firms and businesses to manage and analyze customer interactions and data through the customer lifecycle. The main purpose of this study is to explore the influences of determinant factors on CRM adoption in Palestinian small and medium enterprises. This article summarizes the findings of previous studies that analyze the challenges associated with CRM utilization and Adoption. More than 100 studies were examined to find the primary variables for effective CRM adoption in various regions to discover the main aspects that influence the success of CRM adoption. The …

دور جامعة الاستقلال في تعزيز الأمن الفكري لدى طلبتها من وجهة نظرهم, Issa Najjar

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى التعرف على دور جامعة الاستقلال في تعزيز الأمن الفكري لدى طلبتها من وجهة نظرهم، من خلال دور أعضاء هيئه التدريس والمناهج التدريسية والأنشطة الطلابية، وكذلك الكشف عما إذا كانت هناك فروق بين متوسطات درجات الطلبة نحو دور جامعة الاستقلال في تعزيز الأمن الفكري لدى طلبتها من وجهة نظرهم تعزى إلى المتغيرات (النوع، التخصص (الكلية)، المستوى الدراسي). وجاءت مشكلة الدراسة متمثلة في سؤالها الرئيسي وهو: ما دور جامعة الاستقلال في تعزيز الأمن الفكري لدى طلبتها من وجهة نظرهم؟. ولتحقيق هدف الدراسة استخدم الباحـث المـنهج الوصـفي التحليلي، حيث قام الباحث بإعداد إستبانة اشتملت على (52) فقرة موزعة على …

مدى الجاهزية لاستخدام التطبيق الإرشادي الإلكتروني في الإرشاد الزراعي من وجهة نظر المرشدين الزراعيين, Yahiya Istaitih

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The study aimed to identify the extent of available readiness for the use of electronic extension application in the extension process in terms of the speed of link between the extensions and the farmer and the availability of technical instructions and information necessary for the extension process. The trends of agricultural extension agents for readiness were examined according to the variables of age, location, years of experience, university, and specialization. To achieve this, the researcher followed the descriptive approach, where a random sample of 30 questionnaires was collected from the total of 120 agricultural extensions workers in the north of …

تقييم دور برامج تأهيل الشباب في تحقيق التنمية المستدامة دراسة تحليليّة - وزارة العمل بقطاع غزة, Ramzi Mizher, Alaa El Ukosh

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The study aimed to assess the role of youth rehabilitation programs in the Palestinian Ministry of Labor in achieving sustainable development "Analytical Study -Ministry of Labor in the Gaza Strip", The researchers used the descriptive and analytical method, due to its relevance to the nature of the analytical study, and the method of content analysis was also adopted, By analyzing the content of a set of documents and reports issued by the relevant government agencies, The data were somehow reorganized and analyzed according to the objectives of the study, Significant indicators were obtained after analyzing the published documents, The most …

اختيار التخصص الجامعي والرؤيا المستقبلية لدى الطلبة الجامعيين في فلسطين, Rashid Arar, Molka Riahi

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The study aimed to identify the percentage of students enrolled in Palestinian universities obtaining services -at the secondary level, or university -that helped them identify their most appropriate university majors, as well as revealing their future vision for integrating into work after graduation, using the descriptive analytical approach. A random sample which consisted of (550) male and female students, (33%) of them males, and (67%) of them females from universities in the West Bank West Bank and Gaza Strip. Data was collected via Google forms. The results showed that (9%) of the Palestinian students in the school received services that …

عزوف طالبات جامعة فلسطين التقنية (خضوري) عن التصويت لانتخابات مجلس اتحاد الطلبة من وجهة نظر الطالبات أنفسهنّ, Khalil Abu Olba

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

This study aims at identifying the reasons behind the female students’ reluctance about delivering their votes to the Students’ Union Council’s elections at Palestine Technical University –Kadoorie from their points of view according to the variables: college type, place of residence, education level, and the GPA. The study was conducted during the first semester of the academic year 2020 –2021, and the study community consisted of all the 3750 female students at the university. The researcher used the descriptive survey method, and the study sample, which was randomly selected, consisted of 350 students. The researcher prepared a questionnaire to achieve …

فاعلية توظيف وسيلة تعليمية (‏‎3d Gym‎‏) على مستوى الأداء والاحتفاظ بالتعلم ببعض الحركات الأرضية بالجمباز لدى طلبة المرحلة الأساسية بمديرية تربية العقبة, Motasem Shatnawi, Muhammad Al-Saeedin

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

This study aimed at identifying the impact of using an educational tool on the level of performance and retention of learning some ground movements in gymnastics among the students of the basic stage in Aqaba directorate of education. The researcher used the experimental approach due to its compatibility to the study nature and objectives. The study sample consisted of (30) students from the lower basic stage, who were divided into two equal groups: experimental and control, with (15) students in each group. The proposed educational program was applied to the experimental group by using the educational aid, while the control …

درجة تطبيق مفهوم المدرسة الفاعلة في مدارس محافظة رام الله والبيرة الحكومية من وجهة نظر مديريها, Husam Tawfiq Herzallah, Basem Shalash

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The study aimed to identify the degree of applying the school concept based on standards from the point of view of principals of government schools in Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, it also aimed to reveal whether there are differences in the reality of the application of the active school due to the sex variables and the educational qualification, the study sample consisted of (78) male and female managers, the researcher prepared a questionnaire consisting of (34) items distributed over five areas(Vision and planning, And evaluation methods, Technology activation, Education community, Governance and community participation), the researcher used the descriptive method, …

‏ الاحتياجات التكنولوجية لتفعيل التعلّم الإلكتروني بناءً على نموذج تقييم احتياجات المدرسة ‏التكنولوجية ‏Stna‏ وعلاقتها بالقابليّة نحوه في مدارس الأونروا, Hasan Rebhi Mahdi

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the declaration of a state of emergency, UNRWA schools have committed themselves to use digital technology to activate learning goals, as e-learning has been activated in different forms and tools. The stakeholders faced many problems that compelled us as researchers to seek to shed light on the technological needs necessary to activate e-learning based on the STNA model and its relationship to the susceptibility it .The researcher followed the descriptive correlative approach, adopted the STNA scale to identify needs, and designed the susceptibility tool toward the e-learning, which was applied to (85) male …

فاعلية التنسيق بين الهـلال الأحمر والمستشفيات الحكوميـة من وجهة نظر العاملين, Alaa Musalam, Mohamad Salah, Nizam El-Ashgar, Raed Abunamous

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The study aims to assess the effectiveness of administrative coordination between the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the government hospitals in Gaza Strip, and to assess the impact of coordination on the quality of health services provided to patients in Gaza City and the Northern Gaza Strip. The researchers used the descriptive and analytical method of the data collected from the questionnaire. The number of questionnaires distributed to all study population reached (167), where(152) questionnaires were received with a response rate of (91%). The data were analyzed using the SPSS statistical analysis program. The results of the study showed that …

عمل المرأة مأذوناً شرعياً في الفقه الإسلامي والمعمول به في القضاء الشرعي الفلسطيني, Yousef Keleibi

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The issue of hired women as a Marriage official is considered One of the contemporary issues that have emerged in recent time, especially after some Islamic countries approved this matter from the Shari's perspective. However, the argument among most scholars is contradictory, some permissible and the others are prohibited. The present study aims to reveal to what extent the legitimacy of the current issue and to describe it in proper clarification. Also, to explain and showed the arguments, evidence about it. Added to that, the study aimed to reveal the procedures executed in the Palestinian legal judiciary. The study conducted …

تأثير التدخين على بعض المتغيرات الفسيولوجية لدى طلاب تخصص التربية الرياضية في جامعة فلسطين التقنية – خضوري, Mahmoud Azab

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The study aimed to know the effect of smoking practice on some physiological variables among a sample of students of physical education specialization at Palestine Technical University –Kadoorie, so the researcher assumed that there were statistically significant differences in the effect of smoking habit on some physiological variables among students of physical education at Palestine Technical University Kadoorie. The study was con-ducted 0n a sample of students consists of (30) students divided into two groups-a group of smokers 15 students and a group of non-smokers 15 students. The researcher used a set of standardized physiological tests (weight, lipid ratio, physical …

قياس وتحليل أثر استخدام مؤشرات الصحة المالية على القيمة السوقية "دراسة تطبيقيّة على المصارف المدرجة في بورصة فلسطين", Abd El Rahman Mohammed Soleiman Rashwan Dr., Hassan Abu Nasser

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The study aimed to identify the measurement and analysis of the impact of the use of financial health indicators on the market value of banks listed on the Palestine Stock Exchange, and to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses of the study, the researchers relied on the descriptive analytical method, and collected data from the annual financial reports of the targeted banks during the period Between (2009-2018), as a time series for the purpose of analyzing and measuring the impact between the study variables during this period with (60) views per variable of the study, using the statistical …

مستوى الاغتراب الوظيفي لدى معلمي المدارس الحكومية في محافظة الخليل, Nisreen Arafih, Ashraf Abu Khayran, Mahmoud Abu Samra

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

This study aimed to investigate the job alienation level among the teachers of government schools in Hebron Governorate. The study based on a descriptive approach. The study population consisted of all teachers at government schools in Hebron Governorate during the 2018-2019 academic year numbered (8663). A sample of (717) school teachers were used to collect data; besides that, the instrument of this study was a (questionnaire) consisting of (41) items and divided into (5) aspects which represent the aspects of job alienation. The validity and the reliability of the instrument were determined by appropriate methods. The questions and hypotheses of …

عمليات إدارة المعرفة المتضمنة في نظم التعلم الذكية بجامعة فلسطين التقنية خضوري من وجهة نظر أعضاء هيئة التدريس, Murad Awadallah, Asem Obied

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The study aimed at identifying the degree of knowledge management processes involved in smart learning systems at Palestine Technical University from the point of view of faculty members. The study aimed at identifying the effect of the variables of university branch, academic rank, gender and experiences. A questionnaire was developed. The study sample consisted of (82) faculty members. They were chosen in a simple random. The study used the descriptive developmental approach. The results showed that the mean of the responses of the faculty members of knowledge management processes involved in smart learning systems at Palestine Technical University, from the …

فاعلية برنامج إرشادي يستند إلى العلاج متعدد الوسائل (نموذج لازاروس) في تحسين تأكيد الذات وخفض قلق المستقبل لدى طالبات الصف العاشر, Hosni Awad, Rana Khattab

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

This study aimed to investigate The Effectiveness of a counseling program based on Multimodal Treatment (Lazarus model) in improving self-assertion and reducing Future Anxiety Among a sample of Tenth Grade Students. The study used the semi-experimental approach through a sample of 24 students (females) who recorded low degrees on the Self-Assertion Scale and high degrees on Future Anxiety Scale. The sample was divided into two groups: experimental group and controlling group. The Self-Assertion Scale and The Social Anxiety Scale were used to collect the data, while a counseling program based on the Effectiveness of a counseling program based on Multimodal …

مستوى مهارات البحث العلمي لدى طلبة الدراسات العليا في كليات التربية بالجامعات الفلسطينية من وجهة نظر أعضاء هيئة التدريس, Randa Al-Alem, Hazem Badarneh

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The purpose of the study is to investigate the level of scientific research skills among graduate students in the faculties of education at Palestinian universities as perceived by faculty members in the summer semester of 2019/2020. The descriptive survey approach was used, through a questionnaire administrated on all faculty members who supervises graduate students and discuss their dissertations totaling (54) faculty members. The questionnaire consisted of (52) items divided into five domains: study topic, literature, and previous studies. Methodology, findings and discussion as well as references. The findings; of the study showed: that the level of scientific research skills of …

مستوى الخوف الناجم عن تعلم مهارات السباحة الأساسية وعلاقته بالنوع الاجتماعي لدى طلبة تخصص التربية الرياضية, Prof. Bahjat Bu Tame,

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The study aimed to investigate in level of fear that resulting from learning basic swimming skills among Physical Education students, in addition to determine the difference in the fear among males and females, and the relationship between the level of the fear and students gender. To achieve this, the researcher followed the quasi-experimental method, by using a fear questionnaire associated with learning to swim on a randomly sample included of (67) students, who registered in swimming course (1), and who have no previous experience in swimming. Results of the study showed that the level of fear caused by learning basic …

Can Democratic Subjectivity Be A Way Out Of Recent Crisis Of Democracy? The Case Of Turkey, Erdem Damar

International Journal of Business and Technology

Drawing from poststructuralist perspective with a specific emphasis on agonistic democracy, this paper emphasises on the notion of democratic subjectivity as a possible way out of the contemporary crisis of liberal democracy. The two faces of this crisis will be elaborated in the first part. While the crisis of democracy is largely produced by the implementations of conservative, technocratic and capitalist politics that embrace minimalist approaches to democracy by reducing it into a set of rules to govern politics, it also gains visibility to the emergence of a wide range of counter-mobilisations contesting these neoliberal variants. In that respect, post-structuralist …

When Sarah Meets Lawrence: The Effects Of Coeducation On Women's College Major Choices, Avery Calkins, Ariel J. Binder, Dana Shaat, Brenden Timpe

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

We leverage variation in the adoption of coeducation by U.S. women's colleges to study how exposure to a mixed-gender collegiate environment affects women's human capital investments. Our event-study analyses of newly collected historical data find a 3.0-3.5 percentage-point (30-33%) decline in the share of women majoring in STEM. While coeducation caused a large influx of male peers and modest increase in male faculty, we find no evidence that it altered the composition of the female student body or other gender-neutral inputs. Extrapolation of our main estimate suggests that coeducational environments explain 36% of the current gender gap in STEM.

The Adoption Of Food Safety Practices And The Implications Of Regulation For Small Scale Farms, Elizabeth Canales, Juan Silva, Joy Anderson

Journal of Extension

In this article we examine the adoption of food safety practices among produce growers in the south and discuss implications of food safety regulations in the U.S. Produce growers have adopted standard food safety practices to varying degrees, but there is still an adoption gap, particularly among small scale operations. Market-driven and regulatory food safety enforcement continues to tighten, and this can further hinder market access for small scale producers.

Full Issue - Nonprofit Resources

Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

Learn more about nonprofit resources and what's available. Did you know? There are 10 million nonprofits and charities working around the world.

The majority of US based nonprofit make under $1 million a year, with the most of these nonprofits being small, making under $50,000 a year. As these nonprofits work to solve community and global issues, they struggle with limited resources and funding. There is a great need to provide these nonprofits tools and resources to help in their efforts.

A research study from 2020 shows that when nonprofits work together, outcomes are improved (Holzer, 2020). There is a …

Organizational Compassion: Ameliorating Healthcare Workers' Suffering And Burnout, Rachel Thienprayoon, Shane Sinclair, Beth A. Lown, Teresa Pestian, Eli Awtrey, Naomi Winick, Jason Kanov

Journal of Wellness

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Best Cities For Affordable Homeownership In The Mountain West, Kelliann Beavers, Olivia K. Cheche, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Housing & Real Estate

This fact sheet highlights data on the best cities for affordable homeownership in the Mountain West, based on the SmartAsset report, “Best Cities to Buy an Affordable Family Home – 2021 Edition.” The report is SmartAsset’s second annual study, following the 2020 report, and includes data on 100 of the largest cities in the United States. This fact sheet highlights the rank, index, down payment-to-income ratio, housing costs as a percent of income, and four-year change in homeownership rate within each of the 15 Mountain West cities included in the original report.

Leadership Through Budgeting: Controlling Taxes And Increasing Services, Tony Sims

Certified Public Manager® Applied Research

Local budgets are the key responsibility of elected and appointed leaders, as are ultimate control over how tax dollars are allocated, and which services are provided to the citizens. Nowhere else is leadership more important than during budget preparation. However, local budgeting is typically more an annual event than an ongoing efficient and effective process. By implementing a budgeting process and preparing a budget in accordance with the criteria required by the Government Finance Officers Association’s (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award Program and earning the award, local governments can create more efficient and effective operations, improve public trust, and have …

العلاقة بين معدل التضخم ومعدل البطالة في مناطق السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية دراسة قياسية للفترة (1997- 2019م), Jalal Sheikhalid

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

This study discusses the problems of both unemployment and inflation in the areas of the Palestinian National Authority, compare with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip separately, during the period (1997-2019). This study aims to show the strength of connection between unemployment and inflation in whole Palestinian economy, and the economy of both the West Bank and Gaza Strip, separately, highlighting the results of the most important statistical tests (F, T, DW, ARCH, LM, Godfrey Breusch-Pagan, White) between unemployment and inflation in the Palestinian economy as one unit, compared to the economies of the West Bank and Gaza Strip …

العوامل الاقتصادية والتنظيمية المؤثرة في تولي المرأة الموظفة للمواقع القيادية في وزارة التربية والتعليم الفلسطينية, Asem Obied, Israa Qateere, Thanaa Zaidan, Lana Ghazi, Marah Mansour

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

This study aimed to identify Economic and organizational factors affecting the occupying of womenemployees to leadership positions in the Palestinian Ministry of Education, and to identify the effect of the variables of job classification, qualification, and experiences. The study population consisted of (278) women employees at the Palestinian Ministry of Education and the sample was (79) employees, and they were selected in a simple random method. A questionnaire was designed consisting of (26) paragraphs distributed on both the scale of economic and organizational factors and use the descriptive approach. The results showed that the degree of economic and organizational factors …

اتجاهات معلمي الرياضيات نحو استخدام التعليم الإلكتروني في المدارس الثانوية في محافظة طولكرم, Husam Tawfiq Herzallah, Basem Shalash

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

This study aimed to identify the attitudes of math teachers towards the use of electronic education in the secondary schools in Tulkarm Governorate, the study also identified the impact of the study variables (gender, educational qualification, experience, and the ability to use the computer) on the attitudes of teachers. The researchers used the descriptive analytical method, the study sample consisted of (83) male and female teachers (36) of them are female teachers and the remaining others (47) are male teachers, the researchers used a questionnaire which consists of (35) items, which were applied in the second semester of the academic …