School library and students’ understanding of public administration

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-05-18 DOI:10.1177/01447394221103956

Fred Awaah, P. Okebukola, J. Shabani, Solomon Yeboah, Olasunkanmi A. Gbeleyi, Heloo Sefiamor Emmanuella

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Abstract

Student difficulty in public administration has witnessed some writings within the African context. Although these studies are emerging, there seems to be minimal research on the influence of school libraries on students’ understanding of public administration. This gap in the public administration literature precludes educational managers from determining whether or not the variable influences students understanding of the course/programme. Not establishing this places educational managers in a situation that inhibits them from placing measures to enhance the understanding of the course from the lenses of school libraries. This study responds to the gap in the public administration literature by employing a mixed-method approach to investigate the influence of the variable in the study of public administration by Ghanaian and Nigerian university students using a sample of N = 650. Anchored on the Culturo-Techno- Contextual Approach, the study results suggest significant differences in corruption, governance, and defining public administration ( p < .001) when there are poor school libraries. Both theoretical and practical implications have been proferred for the use of school libraries to enhance students’ understanding of difficult concepts in the study of public administration in Ghanaian and Nigerian universities.

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学校图书馆与学生对公共管理的认识

学生在公共管理方面的困难见证了一些非洲背景下的写作。虽然这些研究正在兴起，但关于学校图书馆对学生理解公共行政的影响的研究似乎很少。公共行政文献中的这一空白使教育管理人员无法确定变量是否影响学生对课程/方案的理解。如果没有建立这一点，教育管理者就无法采取措施，从学校图书馆的角度来加强对课程的理解。本研究针对公共管理文献的空白，采用混合方法，以N = 650为样本，调查加纳和尼日利亚大学生在公共管理研究中变量的影响。在文化-技术-语境方法的基础上，研究结果表明，当学校图书馆条件差时，腐败、治理和公共管理的定义存在显著差异(p < 0.001)。在加纳和尼日利亚大学的公共行政研究中，利用学校图书馆来提高学生对困难概念的理解，提供了理论和实践意义。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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