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Assessment Of Financial Performance Indicators Of Sustainable Development In Russian Organizations Using Fuzzy Sets Theory, Vasili Nesvetailov, Tarik Hdeib

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

In practice, the analysis of sustainable development level of organizations can be carried out using different approaches. At the moment, there are more than twenty methods of numerical integrated assessment of the financial conditions of the organizations that can be indicated to the level of sustainable development. At the same time, such models are developed for economic conditions that are significantly different from those prevailing in Russia. Therefore, Russian organizations are faced with the task of choosing the optimal approach for evaluating sustainable development levels that are suitable with its economic conditions. One of these approaches is the assessment of …

The Effect Of Audit Committees Formation Controls On Reducing Earnings Management Practices: Applied Study On Palestinian Banks Public Shareholding, مجدي وائل الكببجي

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The study aims to identify the effect of Audit Committees formation controls proxy by (Independence of the Audit Committee, Rights and duties, Experience of Audit, Committee Members, Disclosure of the Audit Committee) on reducing earnings management practices, In addition to investigate the existence of earnings management practices of Palestinian banks Public Shareholding listed in Palestine exchange (PEX). Some boards of companies approach the earnings management practices through the influence of the measurement processes and accounting disclosure that serves their interests, taking advantage of the flexibility in the international accounting standards to choose between the methods and policies of the accounting …

Cultural Intelligence, Megan Paul

Umbrella Summaries

What is cultural intelligence?

Cultural intelligence (CQ) is “a person’s adaptation to new cultural settings and capability to deal effectively with other people with whom the person does not share a common cultural background and understanding” (Earley & Ang, 2003, p. 34). Note that this is about general capabilities that cut across different cultures, rather than effectiveness in a specific culture (Ang et al., 2015). Though this definition sounds like it includes all types of intercultural interactions, the focus is a bit more limited—work settings and situations that involve differences in race, ethnicity, and nationality, either within or across countries. …

2021-July-07-Bratislava Bound, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (July 7, 2021) — Students with the East Tennessee State University Chorale, along with the a cappella group Greyscale, are making travel plans to compete internationally next year and sing at some of Europe’s grand cathedrals alongside the world’s best choirs, and they are looking for public support to help fund this once-in-a-lifetime journey.

The multiple international award-winning ETSU Chorale most recently competed for Choir of the World in 2019 at the International Choral Competition in Wales, UK. In Summer 2022, they will have the opportunity to travel to Bratislava, Slovakia, where they will again represent ETSU on …

Mrs. Emily Pitts Named Chief Diversity Offer, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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2021-July-06-Dowling-Mcclay Awarded Rdc Grant To Study Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception, Bill Gatton College Of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (July 6, 2021) — Dr. KariLynn Dowling-McClay, an assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice at East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, has received an $11,998 ETSU Research Development Committee (RDC) Grant to study pharmacist-prescribed contraception (PPC) as a means of filling the gap in regional access to birth control in Appalachia and the southern U.S.  

“This is a nationwide issue with almost half of all pregnancies in the U.S. being unplanned or ‘surprise’ pregnancies each year,” said Dr. Dowling-McClay. “If a pregnancy occurs when it is not intended, there are greater risks to mom, baby and …

The Convergence Of Online Teaching And Problem Based Learning Modules Amid The Covid-19 Pandemic, Daniel Bumblauskas, Nick Vyas

Faculty Work

There is a convergence unfolding between two formerly unique and separate areas of teaching research methodology: distance education and problem-based learning (PBL) environments. Much has been published on each field independently, however, in the modern-era of online, distance, and hybrid educational programs there is a need for more case and experiential-based learning activities which can effectively measure stated learning objectives. Trends in education have led to the development of various methods to instruct courses and conduct research online. Teaching research methodology and pedagogy have evolved to include video capture, remote conferencing, and other real-time communications techniques allowing faculty and students …

2021-July-06-Dowling-Mcclay Research, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (July 6, 2021) — Dr. KariLynn Dowling-McClay, an assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice at East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, has received an $11,998 ETSU Research Development Committee (RDC) Grant to study pharmacist-prescribed contraception (PPC) as a means of filling the gap in regional access to birth control in Appalachia and the southern U.S. 

“This is a nationwide issue with almost half of all pregnancies in the U.S. being unplanned or ‘surprise’ pregnancies each year,” said Dr. Dowling-McClay. “If a pregnancy occurs when it is not intended, there are greater risks to mom, baby and …

2021-July-06-Intergenerational Day Camp, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

KINGSPORT (July 6, 2021) — The young and young at heart are invited to an intergenerational fun camp Thursday, July 22, for grandparents and their grandchildren ages nine and up. The one-day Summer Fun Camp featuring The Art of Zentangle®, is sponsored by the Kingsport Alliance for Continued Learning (KACL), a continuing education program offered through a partnership with East Tennessee State University at Kingsport to provide adults, regardless of education background or age, opportunities to attend stimulating courses, lectures and special events.

The one-day interactive experience will take place at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education (KCHE), located …

2021-07-06 Messsage From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message sent by the President of Morehead State University to the campus community regarding summer classes, fall registration, class schedules, and related other annoucements on July 6, 2021.

2021-07-06 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes from July 6, 2021.

A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Model For Understanding Social Commerce Adoption, Anand Jeyaraj, Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Elvira Ismagilova, Prianka Sarker, Yassine Jadil, Laurie Hughes

Management Information Systems Faculty Publications

Social commerce (s-commerce) has gained prominence with advances in social media and social networking technologies over the last decade. Prior research has employed diverse theoretical perspectives to understand and explain consumer behavior within s-commerce but has also produced inconsistent results. This study integrates different theoretical perspectives including trust, social support, and social presence. The research portrays an integrated research model involving factors that impact behavioral intention and use behavior of s-commerce consumers whilst synthesizing prior empirical findings. A meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) method was used to synthesize 189 findings reported in 68 s-commerce studies and to analyze the structural …

Mapping Research On Halal Logistics Using Vosviewer, Aam Slamet Rusydiana, Sri Rahardjo, Wahyu Sugeng Soeparno

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Indonesia is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. Food and beverage products originating from outside and within the country must be tested for halal. In 2019, the number of companies registering for product testing had increased compared to 2018. The achievement of increasing the number of products and companies is inversely proportional to providing halal product certificates. The decline in the number of recipients of product halal certificates is certainly a major problem in product marketing in areas where most of the population is Muslim. For this reason, the marketing of halal products requires good strategy and …

Keynes And Knight On Uncertainty: Peas In A Pod Or Chalk And Cheese?, Mark D. Packard, Per L. Bylund, Brent B. Clark

Marketing & Entrepreneurship Faculty Publications

For many years, the ideas of Knight and Keynes have been widely understood to overlap greatly and they are presumed to have developed notions of uncertainty that deeply intersect, both describing a state where outcomes have non-probabilistic likelihoods. Furthermore, even their political philosophies are historically somewhat homogenised, both considered ‘liberals’. We critically review the historical records and writings of these key scholars with the purpose of dehomogenising their political philosophies, scientific epistemologies and their famous works on uncertainty, published in the same year—1921. We show that neither Keynes nor Knight has been considered fairly by history. Keynes, far from a …

2021-July-02-Clarinet Academy, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (July 2, 2021) – Five East Tennessee State University students from the Department of Music clarinet studio will attend the sixth annual Minnesota Clarinet Academy, which will be held virtually July 5-9.

This international clarinet workshop draws advanced clarinet students and enthusiasts from around the world.

The participating ETSU students are Kate Boundy of Clinton; Sophia Holcomb and Emerald Mayes, both of Rogersville; Kamryn Vandyke of Grundy, Virginia; and Alexandria Harrison of Richlands, Virginia.

Each student will have the opportunity to play in two master classes, receive a private lesson with a member of the faculty, and attend …

The Nature Of Resilience: A Person-Centered Approach Using Latent Profile Analysis, Yuejia Teng

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Resilience research has become increasingly popular in organizational sciences in recent years. Different factor structures of resilience have been proposed and yet no consensus has been reached regarding its underlying dimensions. Such a variable-centered perspective of studying resilience may be well complemented by a typological approach, which may shed fresh light on the nature of resilience. The current study took a person-centered approach with the advantage of using latent profile analysis to explore a set of latent profiles of resilience. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1 (N = 479), archival undergraduate data were used to explore resilience profiles and …

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Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

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Better Together: The Effect Of Learning Communities On Business Student Retention And Performance, Lynn Murray, Alexander Binder, Gail Yarick, Mary K. Wachter

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

College student performance and retention have been areas of concern for higher education for decades, and increasingly so over the last quarter century. This study explores how creating a learning community comprised of a first-year seminar and two disciplinary gateway courses across two semesters affected student performance in the gateway classes and in student retention. The study found three things of interest: 1) participation in a learning community and in a residential learning community each slightly improve the likelihood that a student will enroll in the second semester; 2) performance in Introduction to Business, a disciplinary gateway course, is highly …

Key Factors Influencing Students' Post-Triability Intention To Adopt E-Textbooks In A Medium-Size University, Halbana Tarmizi, Hamdan Alabsi, Mahmoud Al-Odeh

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

In recent years, E-textbooks have become a real alternative to the traditional textbooks in higher education. Many institutions have been encouraging their usage with mixed success. This study investigates students’ perceptions of E-textbooks in a medium-sized university in the Midwestern United States and measures students’ intention to adopt E-textbooks where they had an option to choose between traditional textbooks and E-textbooks for their classes. Literature reviews indicated some inconsistencies related to E-textbook adoptions. We used the Technology Acceptance model to investigate these inconsistencies. We considered three factors in this study: Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Values, and Technology-Savvy. An E-textbook …

Lying, Cheating, & Stealing: Strategies For Mitigating Technology-Driven Academic Dishonesty In Collegiate Schools Of Business, Travis Hollman, Noel F. Palmer, Daniel Chaffin, Kyle Luthans

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

We summarize contemporary issues related to academic dishonesty and draw from relevant organizational ethics program research to present a dual framework that business educators can use to mitigate technology-driven cheating among their students. Based on a review of the relevant literature, we develop a rationale which identifies three key observations: 1) technology-driven academic dishonesty is pervasive among college business students, 2) there are proactive steps that can be taken to address this problem, and 3) faculty, staff, and administrators in collegiate schools of business can and should do more to mitigate cheating among their students. We first provide an overview …

The Effect Of Peer And Lab Reviews On Business Student Writing, Xanthe Farnworth, Eugene Seeley, Laura Ricaldi, Xiaoli Ortega, Ron Miller

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

This study was conducted to statistically assess the impact peer reviews and writing lab reviews have on student writing. The subjects of this research were business students taking an international business class that requires a writing assignment from all students. Four different sections of this class were used in the study. With one section as a control group, another section required students to participate in a student peer review of papers before submitting the final draft for grading. A third class was required to have its papers reviewed at a writing lab before submission. The fourth class did both. The …

What Makes For A Career In Higher Education?, Charles Bicak

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

Reflections on a career in higher education, offered by UNK Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic & Student Affairs Charlie Bicak.

Letter From The Editors

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

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Table Of Contents

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

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Editors And Reviewers

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

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التجارة الإلكترونية وأثرها على تسويق المنتجات الصناعية السعودية دراسة ميدانية على الشركات الصناعية السعودية, عبدالشكور عبدالرحمن الفرا استاذ مشارك

Journal of Al-Azhar University – Gaza (Humanities)

الملخص:

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى تعرف التجارة الإلكترونية وأثرها على تسويق المنتجات الصناعية للشركات الصناعية السعودية، وما طبيعة هذه الآثار في ظل بيئة الأعمال الإلكترونية التي تتميز بالتطور السريع. ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة اعتمد الباحث على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، من خلال إلقاء الضوء على الجوانب النظرية لموضوع التجارة الإلكترونية وأثرها على تسويق المنتجات في ظل بيئة تجارية تستخدم التجارة الإلكترونية، واستخدم الاستبانة أداة رئيسة لجمع بيانات الدراسة، وقد تم اختيار عينة عشوائية بحجم (60) من مديري التسويق في الشركات الصناعية السعودية، واستخدم الباحث برنامج (SPSS) للتحليل الإحصائي، وتم استخدام المتوسطات الحسابية والانحرافات المعيارية والنسب المئوية. ومن أهم النتائج التي توصلت إليها …

التمكين الإداري ودوره في تطبيق إدارة الجودة الشاملة في وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية - المحافظات الجنوبية, فادي محمد أبو زر, نهاية عبدالهادي التلباني أستاذ دكتور

Journal of Al-Azhar University – Gaza (Humanities)

الملخص:

هدفت الدراسة التعرف إلى واقع التمكين الإداري لدى الموظفين في وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية بالمحافظات الجنوبية، كذلك التعرف إلى مستوى تطبيق مبادئ إدارة الجودة الشاملة لديهم، ومن ثم اختبار العلاقة بين التمكين الإداري ومستوى تطبيق إدارة الجودة الشاملة وأثر التمكين الإداري على إدارة الجودة الشاملة لدى شاغلي الوظائف الإشرافية. وتم استخدام أسلوب المنهج الوصفي التحليلي وتم استخدام الاستبانة كأداة لجمع البيانات وتوزيعها على عينة عددها (305) من مجتمع الدراسة البالغ عدده (1479) موظفًا وموظفة من شاغلي الوظائف الإشرافية في وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية بالمحافظات الجنوبية. وقد خلصت الدراسة إلى مجموعة من النتائج أهمها: أن واقع التمكين الإداري ككل في وزارة الصحة …

محددات البطالة في فلسطين Determinants Of Employment In Palestine, سمير مصطفى أبو مدللة استاذ مشارك

Journal of Al-Azhar University – Gaza (Humanities)

ملخص:

هدفت الدراسة إلى تحديد محددات البطالة في فلسطين، كما قدرت الدراسة أثر المتغيرات المستقلة (الزيادة السكانية، التسهيلات الائتمانية المباشرة، الاستهلاك الكلي، الانفاق الحكومي) على نسبة البطالة في فلسطين خلال الفترة الزمنية 1995-2016م، وقد تم استخدام طريقة المربعات الصغرى العادية(OLS)، وقد توصلت الدراسة إلى جملة من النتائج منها: جميع المتغيرات المستقلة كانت دالة إحصائياً باستثناء الانفاق الحكومي، ووجود علاقة طردية بين الزيادة السكانية ومعدل البطالة حيث بلغت مرونة الزيادة السكانية (5.031)، كما بلغت مرونة التسهيلات الائتمانية المباشرة (-0.507)، أما مرونة الاستهلاك الكلي فقد بلغت(-0.809) .

واستناداً إلى نتائج الدراسة فقد أوصت الدراسة بضرورة البحث في آليات لتطوير القطاع الخاص الفلسطيني …

قياس فاعلية الأطر والمعايير الحديثة في تقويم نظام الرقابة الداخلية دراسة تطبيقية على شركات صناعة الحديد التجاري في مدينة جده المملكة العربية السعودية, عبدالشكور عبدالرحمن الفرا استاذ مشارك

Journal of Al-Azhar University – Gaza (Humanities)

ملخص:

تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى وضع إطار مقترح لنظام الرقابة الداخلية للشركات الصناعية السعودية لصناعة الحديد التجاري طبقاً لمفهوم إدارة مخاطر المشروع ( ERM ) ومعايير الأيزو الدولية الخاصة بإدارة المخاطر في هذا الإطار وآلية مقترحة لتقويمه من قبل قسم المراجعة الداخلية، في ظل التحديات والمنافسات الشديدة التي تواجه عالم الأعمال نتيجة للتطور التقني والمعلوماتي السريع، مما يتوجب على منشآت الأعمال الإستجابة للمتغيرات من خلال تبني الأساليب الإدارية الحديثة التي تحد من آثار المخاطر وتفعيل دور نظام الرقابة الداخلية لكي يساعد في الكشف المبكر عن المخاطر والحد من النتائج السلبية المتوقعة. وجاءت هذة الدراسة لتتصدى للمشكلة التي تواجه منشآت الأعمال …

Stream Sediment Monitoring In Morehead Kentucky, Kristopher Krolikowski, Jen O'Keefe

2021 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Oral Presentations

Sediment loads in stream systems play a big role in how overall runoff behaves. Streams naturally transport sediment at various ratios depending on precipitation. When vegetation is removed in upstream environments, sediment loads on streams increase. Sudden increases of sediments in streams can cause many issues, such as flooding or stream re-direction. In Morehead, KY, large-scale logging operations on the ridge above Knapp Avenue and on the ridge above the north end of Allen Avenue have caused increased sediment load in a small stream called Oxley Branch. This stream flows south parallel to Knapp Avenue and along the eastern property …