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Firm Resources, Strategies, And Survival And Growth During Covid-19: Evidence From Two-Wave Global Surveys, Sheng Fang, Chorching Goh, Shaomin Li, L. Colin Xu

Management Faculty Publications

This study examines how firms have made strategic choices and performed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on the organizational resources and strategic change literature, it uses World Bank Enterprise Surveys and the COVID-19 Follow-up Enterprise Surveys to examine how different endowments in organizational resources affected firm performance as measured by their survival status and sales growth, and how these resources interact with and affect strategic responses in the supply of inputs, response to changing demand, liquidity management, and innovation. The results indicate that larger firms, firms with foreign or state ownership, and subsidiary companies performed better during the pandemic by …

Charitable Organizations In Singapore: From Clan Based To State Facilitated Endeavors, Hang Wu Tang

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Singapore, with a five million population, has a vibrant charitable sector with over 2000 registered charities attracting approximately USD$2.18 billion in annual donations. How did Singapore’s charitable sector achieve its current level when it has been, in the past, segregated along mainly religious, race and clan-based communities? This paper explores this question by piecing together the current ecosystem, regulatory and tax infrastructure which facilitates the charitable sector in Singapore. Central to the development of the charitable sector has been the Singapore government’s role of being a gatekeeper, regulator and enabler of charities. In analysing the government’s role in the charitable …

Workplace Information Literacy: Current State Of Research Published From South-Asia, Haleema Saadia, Muhammad Asif Naveed

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper intended to provide and critical and analytical review of research on workplace information literacy published form South-Asia with a view to inform policy and practice. Library, Information Science and Technological Abstracts (LISTA) was searched to identify the key studies published in the proposed research area using multiple keywords. The search process resulted in 384 citations which was screened for duplication and relevance. As a result, 375 citations were excluded due to duplication and non-relevance. Only nine citations remained to deal with for review. The reference lists of these citations were also examined to identify more related citations which …

Review Of Manuscripts On “Library Marketing” Published In Library Philosophy And Practice (E-Journal), Ikram Ul Haq, Muhammad Tanveer, Haider Mahmood

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objective: The assessment of scholarly communication on the particular area of knowledge has been used frequently by the subject specialists. The current study aimed to observe the coverage of articles on the subject area of “Library Marketing” in one of the library and information science journals, Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal).

Methods: Data search was performed on the Elsevier’s Scopus database on October 10, 2021. The name of the journal was written in the main search box after selecting the “source title” option and in the second search box, “library marketing” was written …

Understanding Librarian Transformational And Transactional Leadership Capabilities Through The Lens Of Students Response While Spending Time In University Library, Naveed Saif, Sadaqat Ali, Imrab Shaheen, Salman Ayaz

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The current study tries to understand the prospective of students about librarian leadership approach during their time spent in university main library. In this regard librarian transformational leadership attributes (Articulating Vision, Individualized consideration, Group Goal, Idealized Influence) as well as transactional approach (Contingent Reward, Contingent Punishment) was assessed through the students response based on age, gender differences and their background from three different campuses. In this regard data was analyzed through SPSS via one sample t-test and ANOVA as well as regression analysis. Findings depict that students perceive librarian transformational and transactional leadership on the basis of different characteristics. Similarly …

Does Librarian Job Satisfaction Mediate The Relationship Between Librarian Leadership Styles, Library Culture And Employees Commitment?, Tahammul Shah, Naveed Saif, Imrab Shaheen, Naseeb Ullah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The current study tries to align various model of mediation through leadership styles (Transformational, Transactional), organization culture types (innovative, supportive and bureaucratic) with employee’s commitment thorough job satisfaction among the employees of government libraries from Khyber pakhtoonKhwa Pakistan. The data was collected through adopted construct from finite sample and it was analyzed through (Barron and Kenny) meditational procedure. Findings depict that employees commitment with job depend upon the leadership styles and it is positively mediated by their satisfaction from job. In contrast from three different cultural set up only bureaucratic cultural attribute shows significant relationship with employee’s commitment through meditational …

Social Movement Splintering: An Examination Of Stockton Stands With Minneapolis And News Media Representation, Kevin Ozomaro

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The phenomenon surrounding news media’s power to alter group identity and group cohesion is something that rarely a point of focus in communication studies. In this study I worked with a local social movement group called Stockton Stands with Minneapolis. This group illustrated the importance of maintaining shared values. Utilizing relational Interviewing, SSWM members provided evidence showing the connection between news media and group success. News media has had a role in shaping group members’ understanding of SSWM and activism. SSWM has faced internal conflict as a result of negative news representation. SSWM is a relatively small and young (2 …

Sport Organizations And Reconciliation In Australia, Ashlee Morgan, Violetta Wilk

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Sport can be a driver of change, promoting social cohesion and inclusion. However, it can also create conflict and be arena of discrimination and divide. This article explores the current mobilization of Australian sport organizations in contributing to reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians. This study focuses on the formal commitment of sport organizations to the reconciliation process. Through a stakeholder theory perspective and a shared value lens, 22 Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) were examined using text analytics and visualization software, Leximancer. It is concluded that, while continuing their regular business, sport organizations can be …

Promoting Awareness Of Sex Trafficking In Tourism And Hospitality, Joshua Aston, Jun Wen, Edmund Goh, Oswin Maurer

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Purpose: This cutting-edge short commentary is intended to raise awareness of sex trafficking in the tourism and hospitality industry. The purpose of this paper is to also advocate for further research to identify and hopefully prevent sex trafficking in related settings.

Design/methodology/approach: This paper provides a descriptive overview of the current knowledge base on sex trafficking in tourism and hospitality. Based on gaps in the literature, future research agendas and directions are suggested.

Findings: Academic research on sex trafficking in tourism and hospitality remains limited. More scholarly attention is needed to this matter. The tourism industry is directly and indirectly …

Pray And Play: The Impact Of Fellowship Of Christian Athletes Among Di African American Collegiate Football Players In Kentucky, Rasheed Flowers

Theses and Dissertations--Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation

Participation in athletics provides student-athletes with opportunities to further themselves outside of athletics through academic assistance, educational opportunities and experiences, physical wellness, and personal/professional development. One often overlooked portion of this holistic development is spiritual development. As demonstrated in the name student-athlete, it implies a dual identity. Few student-athletes navigate multiple identities and a myriad of additional challenges in their collegiate journey than African American football student-athletes (AAFSAs). Spiritual development is vital for student-athletes; the literature validates that student-athletes growing in their faith may be better equipped to navigate the tension of multiple identity roles and cope with various circumstances. …

Effective Leadership In The Us Fire Service Requires Training Programs Geared Toward Ongoing Leader Development For All Personnel, Shelley Marie Wheeler

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of 50 personnel from four Metro Washington D.C. area fire departments, 23 firefighters and 27 officers, at varying experience levels and ranks to determine if there was leadership training throughout a firefighter’s career that enhanced their leader development, improving teamwork needed to achieve operational objectives. Based on the analysis of the data retrieved from the participants, the proposed research problem does exist within all four departments: leadership training may not be provided at varying levels of a firefighter's career within Metro Washington D.C. area fire departments which could …

Reconstructability Analysis: Discrete Multivariate Modeling, Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

An introduction to Reconstructability Analysis for the Discrete Multivariate Modeling course and for other purposes.

Invited Perspective - Engaging Aspirations To Nurture Communities, Kentaro Toyama

Subsistence Marketplaces

For subsistence communities, the question is whether aspirations can be applied to motivate behavior that is, on the one hand consistent with people’s aspirations, but which might otherwise be difficult to elicit. Could poorer households be encouraged to save, to spend more on their children’s education, or to act against unhealthy social norms? A couple of examples suggest this is not only possible, but highly successful in contexts where other appeals fail.

Food Tourism Experience And Changing Destination Foodscape: An Exploratory Study Of An Emerging Food Destination, Eerang Park, Andy Widyanta

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This research investigates how and the extent to which co-creation activities of food tourism in the context of the commercial tourism sector shape and influence the foodscape in an emerging food tourism destination. An exploratory qualitative study conducted in Yogyakarta, Indonesia discovers how and where co-creative food activities take place through the mode of interaction, customisation, and co-production. Moreover, this research uncovers how the act of negotiation and the creation of food experiences co-created by tourists and suppliers contributes to the evolving destination foodscape. These processes contribute to the invention of new food offerings; the inclusion of tourists in the …

The Career Resilience Of Senior Women Managers: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Uma Jogulu, Esmé Franken

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This article examines how cultural contexts influence the demonstration of resilient behaviors of women senior managers in large organizations. We compare the experiences of Malaysian and Australian women overcoming key challenges and obstacles in their career journeys by engaging in the resilience strategies of network leveraging, learning, and adaptability. Our findings reveal the unique, complex, and contextual nature of career resilience, and show how resilience can be demonstrated, often differently, across culture and context. Our study adds to the existing body of literature in the areas of careers, gender in the workplace, and resilience, by highlighting how senior women sustain …

Forecasting Locational Marginal Prices In Electricity Markets By Using Artificial Neural Networks, Kim Jay R. Rosano, Allan C. Nerves

Journal of Economics, Management and Agricultural Development

Electricity price forecasting is an important tool used by market players in decision-making and strategizing their participation in the electricity market. In most studies, market-clearing price is forecasted as it gives an aggregated overview of system price. However, locational marginal price (LMP) gives better outlook of the price particular to the customer location in the electrical power grid. This study utilizes Artificial Neural Networks to forecast weekday LMP of generator and load nodes. Various inputs such as historical prices and demand, and temporal indices were used. Using data for selected nodes of the Philippine Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, forecast Mean …

Ham-Tmc Facts And Figures 2020-2021, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, Houston Academy Of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library

Library Statistics

No abstract provided.

Annual Report 2020 - 2021, Houston Academy Of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library

Annual Reports: 1943 - Present

This file contains the Annual Report for the library from 2020-2021.

Usf Jamovi Tutorial Project: Open Education Resource, Aline Hitti, Saera Khan

USF OER Faculty Grant Projects

Jamovi is an open source free software that USF staff, faculty and student can download to carry out any statistical analyses. The current report summarizes the progress made on an Open Education Resource Grant funded project, which aimed to created Jamovi tutorials. In this report, student feedback and faculty reaction are summarized after one semester of using the tutorials created.

Text Contention Behind Sharia Supervisory Board Reports: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Ari Ermawati, M Nur A Birton, Irfan Tarmizi, Muhammad Muttaqin

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

Sharia Supervisory Board Reports (SSBRs) have an interest in convincing the public that entities supervised by a Sharia Supervisory Board (SSB) are sharia-compliant and reflective of Good Corporate Governance (GCG) practices. Failure in public convincing will be detrimental to Islamic banks’ reputation as well as the SSB’s image and credibility. This study aimed to critically assess how the SSB produces reports as texts to persuade the public using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). We analyzed four SSBRs from two Islamic Commercial Banks (ICBs) and two Islamic Business Units (IBUs) owned by other ICBs as well as interviews for data triangulation. We …

The Evolution Of The Internet And Social Media: A Literature Review, Charles Alves De Castro, Isobel O'Reilly Dr, Aiden Carthy

Articles

This article reviews and analyses factors impacting the evolution of the internet, the web, and social media channels, charting historic trends and highlight recent technological developments. The review comprised a deep search using electronic journal databases. Articles were chosen according to specific criteria with a group of 34 papers and books selected for complete reading and deep analysis. The 34 elements were analysed and processed using NVIVO 12 Pro, enabling the creation of dimensions and categories, codes and nodes, identifying the most frequent words, cluster analysis of the terms, and creating a word cloud based on each word's frequency. The …

The Effect Of Personal And Situational Factors On The Intention Of Whistleblowing With Moderated Legal Protection, Daisar Rahman, Nur Hayati

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

This research is to determine the effectiveness of legal protection in strengthening the relationship between attitude toward behavior, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, the seriousness of wrongdoing, status of the wrongdoer, and reward with whistleblowing intentions. The population in this research was civil servants who were Regional Inspectors in all regencies in Madura. The sampling technique in this study was purposive sampling consisting of 104 civil servants who had functional positions as auditors, staffing auditors, or supervisors of regional government (P2UPD). Data was collected by distributing questionnaires directly to the respondents. The data analysis technique used in this study was …

Integral Method For Assessing The Sustainable Competitiveness Of Service Enterprises Selling Food Products, Niyozov Jamoliddin Safarivich

Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

After the transition to the market economy, the consumer market of the Republic of Tajikistan faced different problems of the competitiveness of retail trade enterprises and the quality of services. In the result of our previous research about retail competitiveness, we defined some of the disadvantages in this sphere, expressed in the candidate dissertation on theme “Improving the retail enterprise competitiveness management system”. Problems regarding to the competitiveness of enterprises and the provision of quality services to consumers influenced the research an integral assessment of competitiveness. So, just only with by an integral assessment of competitiveness, economically sound solutions are …

Problems Of Training Qualified Personnel For The Sphere Of Physical Culture And Sports, Abdimalik Nurullaevich Shopulatov

Eurasian Journal of Sport Science

Purpose: To study the issues aimed at increasing the knowledge and experience in the effective use of physical culture and sports in the restoration of public health, as well as to analyze the work being done to train qualified personnel in the field of physical culture and sports and identify problems.

Methods: Methods such as analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observation, questionnaire were used in the study.

Results: From the research it was revealed that today it is important to develop the knowledge of the population on physical education and sports, that is, to create educational and scientific …

Analysis Of General And Special Physical Training Of Qualified Greco-Roman Wrestlers, Eldor Tolibjonovich Rakhmonov

Eurasian Journal of Sport Science

Aim: Study and analysis of the features of general and special physical training of qualified Greco-Roman wrestlers.

Methods: The level of development of physical qualities and motor skills of Greco-Roman wrestlers, ensuring the effective performance of combinatorial movements in competitions, was determined using test methods compiled with special exercises that allow determining the level of general and special physical training. Also in the course of the study, the analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observation, questionnaires, mathematical statistics were widely used.

Results: In the control group, it was found that the average relative difference between the general and specific …

تآكل الاحتياطيات الأجنبية ما بين دوافع نافذة البيع وتغطية متطلبات الاستيراد وتراجع دورة الموارد المالية في العراق للمدة (2014-2018), مصطفى راشد علي, محسن خضير عباس

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يمتلك البنك المركزي العراقي الاحتياطيات الاجنبية الناجمة عن شراء الدولار من وزارة المالية وتزويدها بالدينار العراقي لإنفاقه على بنود الموازنة العامة، اذ ان معظم واردات وزارة المالية هي بالعملة الاجنبية ومعظم نفقاتها بالدينار العراقي، فتقوم وزارة المالية بيع الدولار الى البنك المركزي، الذي يتولى اعادة بيعه الى القطاع الخاص للحصول على الدينار، اذ يغطي القطاع الخاص استيراداته بالدولار المشترى، فضلاً عن تغطية الطلبات الاخرى، فعندما يكون الطلب على الدولار اقل مما يحصل عليه البنك المركزي يذهب الفائض الى احتياطي العملة الاجنبية، وعندما يكون الطلب على الدولار اكبر من المورد الاجنبي المتاح يستخدم احتياطي العملة الاجنبية لتغطية العجز، لذلك يزداد الاحتياطي …

دور الرشاقة الاستراتيجية في تعزيز نظم المناعة التنظيمية للمصارف الحكومية والخاصة العاملة في العراق, سلام جاسم حمود العارضي, حسين صكبان حسن

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

بهدف بيان وتحليل العلاقة بين الرشاقة الاستراتيجية ونظم المناعة التنظيمية للمصارف عينة البحث فقد انطلق البحث بهدف الحصول على اجابة للسؤال التالي : هل لابعاد الرشاقة الاستراتيجية (الحساسية الاستراتيجية , وحدة القيادة , سيولة الموارد ) اثر في نظم المناعة التنظيمية ؟ وانطلق البحث من فرضية تفيد بوجود علاقة تأثير ذات دلالة احصائية بين متغير الرشاقة الاستراتيجية بابعاده ومتغير نظم المناعة التنظيمية , بعد الفرضية اتبع البحث الحالي المنهج التحليلي الوصفي لاختبار وتحليل نتائج البحث من خلال استمارة الاستبيان التي وزعت على (230) متخذ قرار في المصارف الحكومية والخاصة عينة البحث تم استرداد (221) استبانة منها وكان الصالح للتحليل (200) …

دور القيادة الخادمة في تعزيز البراعة التنظيمية (دراسة تحليلية لعينة من المصارف الحكومية والخاصة), سلام جاسم حمود العارضي, خيرات عطية حمزة

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث للتعرف على دور القيادة الخادمة في تعزيز البراعة التنظيمية في مجموعة من المصارف الحكومية والخاصة العاملة في العراق ، وقد تمحورت مشكلة البحث في مجموعة من التساؤلات كان ابرزها التساؤل المتمثل بالحصول على اجابة عن التساؤل الاتي:- هل لابعاد القيادة الخادمة اثر في تحقيق البراعة التنظيمية للمصارف عينة البحث؟ وحدد البحث بفرضية رئيسية كان مفادها توجد علاقة ذات دلالة احصائية بين متغير القيادة الخادمة ومتغير البراعة التنظيمية ، وبعد الفرضية حيث اتبع البحث الحالي المنهج التحليلي الوصفي لاختبار وتحليل نتائج الدراسة واستخدام الاستبانة كأداة رئيسة لجمع البيانات والمعلومات وتم توزيع (230) استمارة استبيانة على متخذي القرار في المصارف …

الدور الوسيط لحوكمة تقارير الاستدامة على العلاقة بين التحفظ المحاسبي وجودة التقارير المالية., قاسم محمد دهش, صفاء الطيف عبد الأمير

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث إلى بيان أثر تطبيق حوكمة تقارير الاستدامة على مستوى التحفظ المحاسبي التي تتبناها الإدارة في إعداد التقارير المالية وذلك من خلال تحقيق أعلى جودة ممكنة للتقارير المالية بالشكل الذي يساعد في تلبية احتياجات المستخدمين . وقد تم طرح الفرضية الآتية : إن التحفظ المحاسبي يمكن أن يساعد في تحسين جودة التقارير المالية في ظل تطبيق حوكمة تقارير الاستدامة . ويتمثل مجتمع البحث بالشركات الصناعية العراقية، إما عينة البحث فتتمثل بالشركة العامة لصناعة البطاريات، وهي أحدى تشكيلات وزارة الصناعة والمعادن العراقية، عن السنوات المالية 2017، 2018، 2019 . وقد تم إتباع أسلوب الدراسة التطبيقية، حيث تم التوصل إلى مجموعة …

فرص تحقق الاستدامة المالية في ظل عجز الموازنة العامة للدولة, عقيل حميد الحلو, ام البنين حميد الجياشي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

ينطلق موضوع البحث من الاستدامة المالية والأهمية القصوى لعلاقتها بعجز الموازنة العامة، لاسيما في ظل الأزمات والصعوبات الإقتصادية، وقد تبلورت مشكلة البحث حول العوامل الإقتصادية المؤثرة في ظاهرة عجز الموازنة العامة وعدم تحقق فرص الاستدامة المالية في العراق، ولتحقق هدف البحث تم أستخدام التحليل الوصفي الأحصائي لبيان قدرة الحكومة على تحقق الاستدامة المالية وتحليل هيكل الموازنة العامة في العراق وبيان أثر العجز فيها للمدة قيد البحث، وتوصل الباحث إلى جملة من الأسباب أهمها أرتباط الاستدامة المالية في العراق بسعر برميل النفط، فمتى ما إرتفع سعر النفط إنخفض العجز في الموازنة العامة وتحققت فوائض مالية، وبالعكس، كما أن أعتماد الإقتصاد العراقي …