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2020-January-31-Etsu Celebrates Black History Month, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Jan. 31, 2020) – A variety of educational and entertaining events will be held at East Tennessee State University throughout the month of February in celebration of Black History Month.

The following programs are free and open to the public:

• Red, Black and Green Ribbon Giveaway – Tri-colored ribbons commemorating Black History Month, with information on the meaning of the colors, will be provided by the Multicultural Center.  Feb. 3, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Borchuck Plaza in front of Sherrod Library and the Dining Hall on the third floor of the D.P. Culp University Center.  Contact: Tedra Bennett, 423-439-6171 …

Applying Academic Selection Criterion To Work-Integrated Learning Programmes: Risk Management Or Perpetuating Inequality?, Denise Jackson

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

This study explores whether academic selection criterion should be imposed on students wishing to participate in work-integrated learning (WIL) during their degree studies. Its conceptual framework addresses the limitations of human capital theory and draws on theories about social and cultural capital to understand the role of WIL in developing individual employability. It explores whether WIL should be open to all students, particularly given those who perform less well academically may be of lower socio-economic status with fewer networks and less developed cultural capital. The relationship between academic course average and workplace performance during WIL was examined, rated by 2012 …

The Role Of Bonus Allocation In Project Investment: An Experimental Study Using Balanced Scorecard (Bsc) Training Treatment, Fauziah Rahman, Harry Suharman, Sofik Handoyo

Journal of Accounting Auditing and Business

This research aims to determine the role of bonus allocation and balanced scorecard training in the selection of investment projects. This research used a controlled laboratory experiment method with a pretest-posttest control group experimental design which involves two groups, namely the experimental group and the control group. The experiment was carried out on 46 accounting graduate students as participants. The results of this research indicate that in selecting the investment projects, participants tend to comply with the bonus allocation policies and that balanced scorecard training is capable of predisposing participants to select projects that are oriented to long-term benefits by …

Sustainable Stock Market And Sustainability Reporting Propensity Of The Public Sector: Mediating Role Of The Private Sector, Ali Uyar, Cemil Kuzey, Merve Kilic

Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity

The objective of this article is to investigate the mediating role of the private sector between sustainable stock markets (i.e., the existence of a sustainability index) and the sustainability reporting level of the public sector through spillover theory. The sample of the study consists of 115 country records for 2015 and 2016. The results confirm that the private sector mediates the association between sustainable stock markets and the sustainability reporting level of the public sector. Hence, establishing sustainability indices in stock markets first helps the private sector achieve a higher level of transparency, and then they indirectly help public organizations …

2020-January-30-Us Surgeon General Dr Jerome Adams Visits Etsu For Roundtable On Opioid Crisis, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (Jan. 30, 2020) – United States Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams visited the campus of East Tennessee State University with U.S. Rep. Dr. Phil Roe on Thursday, Jan. 30, where they hosted a roundtable discussion about opioids.

Approximately 65 university, community, state and federal leaders attended the roundtable discussion, held in ETSU’s Interprofessional Education and Research Center (also known as Building 60) on the VA campus. Adams and Roe were joined on the platform by Dr. Lisa Piercey, commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Health and an alumna of ETSU’s Quillen College of Medicine.

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. …

Local Knowledge Centres As Development Hubs In Rural Regions, Know-Hub Project, Erasmus+ Funded., Aidan Kenny, Klas Tallvid, Begona Arenas, Zofia Pal, Lotta Svensson, Hugrun Harpa, Goergia Pantiora, Noa Oles

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The Know-Hubs project offers a unique opportunity for the partners to share experience about the operations and functions of knowledge centres, to identify different ways of working, to explore the diverse services provided, consider the different missions and to develop relevant state-of-the-art resources for use. The Know-Hubs project will allow for the transfer of knowledge between both the partners and the organisations of interest. The project will enable both direct and indirect engagement of participants from different sectors and in a range of country settings. This engagement will assist in mapping out; innovations, best practice and useful resources. Additionally, the …

Factors Supporting Turkey’S Policy To Purchase Russian S-400 Anti-Air Strike Defense Units, Chendika Yonanda, Maryam Jamila, Zulkifli Harza, Ilman Syarif Masri

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

Turkey is a member of the NATO military alliance since 1952, as a member of NATO, cooperation between Turkey and Russia invites counterparts from other NATO alliance countries. But even with criticism, Turkey continues purchasing S-400 from Russia . Therefore, this study aims to analyze the factors that support Turkey's policy on purchasing S-400.This research is a descriptive research through internet-based literature.Turkey's policy in purchasing S-400 analyzed using the concepts of Arms, Alliances and Security Tradeoffs proposed by James D. Morrow. James stated that there are three factors that influence the state to conduct arming; economic & military technological factors, …

Determinants And Prediction Accuracy Of Price Multiples For South East Asia: Conventional And Machine Learning Analysis, Himanshu Joshi, Rajneesh Chauha

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

The present study evaluates determinants of price multiples and their prediction accuracy usingordinary least square (OLS) regression and machine learning-based shrinkage methods for the South East Asian markets. Price multiples examined in the research are price to earnings (P/Es), price to book (P/B), and price to sales (P/S). Data has been collected from Thomson Reuters Eikon. The study recommends that the P/B ratio is the best price multiple for developing a price-based valuation model. Beside fundamental determinants of the multiple, various firm-level control variables, namely, firm size, cash holding, strategic holding, stock price volatility, firms’ engagement in Environment, Social, and …

2020-January-30-Women On Wednesdays Dr Chelsea Wessels, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (Jan. 30, 2020) – How do women filmmakers thrive in the historically male-dominated film industry?

Dr. Chelsea Wessels will highlight the methods of filmmakers in the Pacific Northwest in “Ecofeminism and Industry: Women in Peripheral Film Environments,” a free public talk kicking off the spring semester in East Tennessee State University’s “Women on Wednesdays” lecture series.  Her talk, sponsored by the university’s Women’s Studies Program, will be held Wednesday, Feb. 5, at noon in the Reece Museum. 

Wessels will discuss how such filmmakers as Kelly Reichardt, Lynn Shelton and Megan Griffiths engage with their environments through an ecofeminist …

Human Capital Is Not Enough: How Offshore Bpo Professionals Use Social Support To Deal With Strenuous Work Conditions, Jonathan W. Whitaker, Violet Ho, Sunil Mithas, Dongwon Lee

Management Faculty Publications

The past decade has witnessed explosive growth in the segment of information technology (IT) professionals who work in the offshore business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. BPO positions are highly regimented and standardized with coercive and normative controls to deter employees from deviating from prescribed work procedures and exercising independent judgment. Coping with these challenges requires a different set of skills than human capital and technical competencies that are discussed in most prior information systems (IS) research. This paper develops theory on the role of social support in employee compensation, and tests the theory using a unique data set of 8,000+ …

Mad-Lib Style Game Sheet For Calculating Returns, Brett Whysel

Open Educational Resources

A short activity in which students pair up, fill in blanks with nouns, numbers, etc., creating their own practice problems to calculate returns.

The Effect Of Family Ownership And Control On Dividend Policy Of Publicly Listed Firms In Indonesia And Malaysia, Laras Ayu, Viverita Viverita

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of family ownership and family control ona firm’s dividend policy of publicly listed firms in Indonesia and Malaysia. This study applied thegeneralized least square panel data over 2003-2016 and considering the period of global financialcrisis 2008-2010. The results show that a firm with a higher percentage of family ownership paysmore dividend compared to non-family firms. The same effect applies to the percentage of familycontrol. In contrast, we found that higher debt levels will reduce the dividend payment. These findingsindicate that dividend distribution can be used as a policy to lessen …

Volatility Forecasts Jakarta Composite Index (Jci) And Index Stock Volatility Sector With Estimated Time Series, Muhammad Rifki Bahtiar

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

This study aims to explore the comparative ability of forecasting models and the time series volatility of capital markets in Indonesia using JCI daily index data and sectoral indices from January 2010 to December 2014. The use of ARCH-family ARCH model (1.1) and GARCH (1.1) used to capture symmetrical effects, while TGARCH (1.1), EGARCH (1.1), APGARCH (1.1) on asymmetric effects. The results show that JCI return has an asymmetrical effect and the closest forecasting model is EGARCH (1.1). Returns for AGRI, MINING, BASICIND, INFRA, FIN, TRADE indices also have asymmetrical effects but are modeled with TGARCH (1.1). Meanwhile, the MISCIND, …

Capital Market And Financial Development On Growth: A Panel Ardl Analysis, Michael Appiah, Derrick Yaw Idan Frowne, Derrick Tetteh

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

This study evaluates the influence of capital market development and financial development ongrowth in the three West African countries. Data used for the research is from the World Bank and Pen World Table (PWT). This research uses the Panel ARDL test to examine the long-term relationship, as well as the error correction model to analyze the existence of a short-term relationship. The results show that in both the long term and short term, there is a negative influence of capital market development on economic growth. On the same line, in the long term, financial development is also negatively associated with …

Co-Integration And Co-Movement Between Asian Stock Price Index And Jakarta Composite Index, Stevanius Stevanius, Sukmawati Sukamulja

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

The profit from international diversification to eliminate risks has caused investors to spread their capital to different international stock exchanges. The dynamic relations among stock exchanges indicate the presence of one or two-way relations among the stock exchanges. This happens because of the interdependence and integration that takes place among stock exchanges, such as interdependence among Asian markets. This research aims to analyze and discuss co-integration and co-movement between Asian stock price index and Indonesia. The research design used Vector Error Correction Model. The results of this research prove that in the short-term, there is a relationship between Kuala Lumpur …

2020-01-30 Faculty Senate Newsletter, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate newsletter from January 30, 2020.

2020-01-30 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from January 30, 2020.

2020-01-30 Assessment Of Minors Resolution, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Resolution on Assessment of Minors submitted on January 30, 2020.

2020-01-30 Facilitating Assessment, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Facilitating assessment and clarification of standards, a document submitted to the Faculty Senate on January 30, 2020.

Youth In Need Attends Finding Neverland At J. Scheidegger, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Lindenwood Co-Hosts Area Leadership Conference; Students May Attend For Free, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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2020-January-29-Intermountain Brain Injury Conference, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (Jan. 29, 2020) – The 14^th annual Intermountain Brain Injury Conference, “Special Topics in Brain Injury,” will be held at East Tennessee State University on Friday, March 6, at the Millennium Center.

Sponsored by the ETSU Office of Professional Development, the conference begins with registration and a continental breakfast at 8 a.m. and features sessions on a variety of topics throughout the day until 4:45 p.m.

Scheduled speakers and their topics include keynote speaker Dr. Katherine Gifford, assistant professor of neurology at Vanderbilt University, on “Concussion: From Diagnosis to Management” and “Traumatic Brain Injury: Cognitive, Behavioral and …

2020-January-29-Festival Of Ideas, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (Jan. 31, 2020) – The competition was fierce, but three teams were successful in convincing spectators that their service projects were worthy of $5,000 service grants from East Tennessee State University to fund projects aimed at improving the lives of people across the region.

Now it is time for the winners – Unicoi County Animal Shelter, the International Storytelling Center and Girls Inc. of Johnson City/Washington County – to begin implementing their projects.

Last week, five teams were drawn from a pool of applicants to present their service project ideas at the ETSU Elevates Pitch Competition Thursday night …

2020-01-29 Pac29 Revisal, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Motion and acceptance to revise PAc-29 on January 29, 2020.

Sustainability Issues And Challenges In Aviation, Maria Gabriela Kaselow Salas, Sunder Raghavan

Sustainability Conference

Air transportation is essential in moving people and cargo across the globe. There is however increasing recognition by the general public about the negative impact of aviation on the environment. Studies show that commercial aviation is responsible for 2.4% of global carbon emissions (Wright, 2019). Aircraft manufacturers and airlines are reducing their carbon footprint by investing in environmental projects including forest conservation; capturing and reusing methane gas emitted from landfills; and developing fuel-efficient engines, biofuels and electric aircraft. British Airways and other airlines in the International Airlines Group (IAG), have committed to reach the UK government’s target of net zero …

Texas Decreased Caseworker Turnover. The Qic-Wd Is Implementing And Testing Some Of Their Strategies And Building Evidence, Quality Improvement Center For Workforce Development

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The QIC-WD is dedicated to building evidence. Foundational work in the early years of the Center included combing the literature from multiple fields (e.g., business, education, industrial-organizational psychology) to inform strategies to strengthen the child welfare workforce. In 2018, Casey Family Programs reported on how the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) reduced caseworker turnover by implementing multiple changes to system operations (How did Texas decrease caseworker turnover and stabilize its workforce?). This post discusses how the QICWD is working with eight other jurisdictions and building on what was learned in Texas. According to the report, Texas initiated …

2020-January-28-Clemmer Earns A-Plus, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY – (Jan. 28, 2020) East Tennessee State University’s undergraduate elementary teacher preparation program has been named one of the top in the country by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), a nonpartisan, not-for-profit research and policy organization, for its strong commitment to evidence-based reading instruction.

This month, NCTQ released its “2020 Teacher Prep Review: Program Performance in Early Reading Instruction,” which finds significant progress on the science of reading instruction in teacher preparation. For the first time since NCTQ began publishing ratings in the 2013 Teacher Prep Review, 51% of the over 1,000 evaluated …

2020-January-28-Etsu Elevates Pitch Competition, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (Jan. 28, 2020) – Following the successful launch of a new initiative introduced by East Tennessee State University President Brian Noland last fall, the second ETSU Elevates Pitch Competition will take place Thursday, Jan. 30.

Five competitors were randomly drawn last week and will pitch their service project ideas to a live audience in the ETSU Millennium Center ballroom beginning at 6:30 p.m. During this “Shark Tank” style competition, teams will attempt to earn audience votes and ultimately service grants of $5,000 to fund projects aimed at improving the lives of people across the region. The event …

Johnson Order Denying Defendants’ Motion For Protective Order, Kelly Lee Ellerbee

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

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2020-January-28-Roan Class Of, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY (Jan. 28, 2020) – The Roan Scholars Leadership Program has selected eight high school seniors for the incoming Roan Class of 2024. Those students will join 24 returning Roan Scholars at East Tennessee State University this fall as part of the prestigious four-year scholarship program.

“2020 is a milestone year for the Roan Program, as it marks the 20^th anniversary of the first class entering ETSU,” said Scott Jeffress, Roan director. “The Roan Program has established a tradition of recruiting to ETSU outstanding young leaders who have already demonstrated commitment to leadership excellence in a variety of …