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{"title":"Mitigating Vulnerability of Adolescent Girls via Innovative Usage of Digital Technologies: Insights from a Field Trial","authors":"Chiranjeeb Ghosh, Sanjoy Paul, Nataraj Kuntagod, Anutosh Maitra, I. Bhattacharya","doi":"10.24191/SMRJ.V13I2.5703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/SMRJ.V13I2.5703","url":null,"abstract":"Adolescents and young adults, between the ages of 10 to 24, comprise approximately 30 percent of India’s population. These youths, 365 million strong, will shape the future of the nation. Although the Government of India has been spending enormous amount of money in a relentless manner over decades and the current cohorts of youth are healthier and better educated than ever before, the fact of the matter is, vulnerabilities still persist for adolescent girls (World Bank, 2014). We argue in this paper that vulnerability of adolescent girls cannot be dealt with by executing verticals programmes in Education, Health, Nutrition and Protection in isolation rather it needs to be handled by running these programmes in a converged manner. The comprehensive reports and analysis of data across these domains would provide a 360-degree view of individual girls, predicting their potential vulnerability well ahead of time, thereby enabling the stakeholders to intervene and prevent untoward incidents like child marriage, child labour, child pregnancy, and trafficking among others. Furthermore, insights generated from analysing the data from the field can be used to identify the areas of improvement for the programme as applicable to decision makers at different levels of societal structure starting with villages to blocks to districts. This paper describes a digital solution called G-Power that comprehensively addresses the above challenges, and shares insights from a field trial carried out in two districts of West Bengal in India. \u0000Keywords:  mobility, social welfare, vulnerability assessment","PeriodicalId":175901,"journal":{"name":"Social and Management Research Journal","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128598566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Proposed Model on the Impact of Internal Control Quality on Accounting Information System Effectiveness in Nigeria","authors":"Shamsudeen Ladan Shagari, Akilah Abdullah, Rafeah Mat Saat","doi":"10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.4973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.4973","url":null,"abstract":"The overwhelmingly rapid adoption of e-business technology in theNigerian banking sector has resulted in new challenges particularly in thearea of internal control. Although there are conflicting findings on the useof Accounting Information System and internal problems in the bankingsector, the fact remains that internal control is associated with fraud. Inthis regards, for banks to effectively detect and prevent fraud, the use ofAccounting Information System as tool for effective internal control isnecessary. This study aims to propose a model of the effect of internal controlquality in Nigerian banking sector. it is hypothesised that administrativecontrol, data control, and output control has significant influence on internalcontrol quality. The study further hypothesised that internal control qualitywould significantly influence AIS effectiveness uses organisation as unitof analysis with commercial banks that are listed on the Nigerian StockExchange as the target population. A quantitative data will be gatheredusing cross-sectional survey approach. Ordinary least square will be usedfor data analysis. The findings of this study will provide a solution to bankmanagers and other stakeholders in the banking sector regarding internalcontrol weakness experiences over the years.","PeriodicalId":175901,"journal":{"name":"Social and Management Research Journal","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131311067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"High Failure Rate in Mathematics Subjects: Influencing Factors and Study Styles","authors":"Z. Alwadood, S. A. Halim, H. Sulaiman, Norlenda Mohd Noor","doi":"10.24191/smrj.v15i2.5001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/smrj.v15i2.5001","url":null,"abstract":"The objectives of this study are to determine factors that contribute to theEngineering Calculus subject failures and to analyse the study styles ofstudents taking this course. Based on the literature search, these factorsare categorised into three domains which are students’ attitude, students’background and teacher-related factors. A survey research was done to asample of engineering degree students who are taking Engineering Calculussubject at their third semester. It was found that non-systematic study styleis the greatest factor which has been claimed by the respondents as themain reason for their failures. Besides this, a majority of the students arecomfortable with studying alone, as compared to taking part in study groupor seeking help from lecturers. These findings suggest that corrective actionsshould be taken by the students, lecturers, as well as the faculty in order tocope with the alarming failure rate of mathematics subject.","PeriodicalId":175901,"journal":{"name":"Social and Management Research Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129219886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Signalling Value of Public Issue and Offer for Sale Ratios on the Performance of Initial Public Offers","authors":"Y. Lin, R. Ahmad","doi":"10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.5005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.5005","url":null,"abstract":"Investors of initial public offers (IPOs) rely on the prospectus for importantinformation about the company. But the motivation of the issuers (originalshareholders) for going public is unknown and hidden from the investingpublic, making the IPO investment a risky venture. Based on the SignallingTheory, we postulate that the public issues (PI) and offer for sale (OFS)ratios to contain properties to signal the intention of the issuers at time oflisting. Our samples are collected from the Bursa Malaysia from 2002 to2008 and the performances are tracked till 2011. The regression results areconsistent with the Signalling Theory which stipulates that when issuerssell down their stakes, it sends a gloomy signal, even though the offer ofOFS does not cause any dilution to company’s value. In addition, smallcompanies with high OFS ratio record weaker long-run performance thanlarge companies.","PeriodicalId":175901,"journal":{"name":"Social and Management Research Journal","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132454495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does Intellectual Capital Explain the Financial Performance of Malaysia MFIs?","authors":"Maryam Jameelah Hashim, Syed Musa Bin Syed Jaafar Alhabshi, Nor Irvoni Mohd Ishar","doi":"10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.4967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.4967","url":null,"abstract":"The performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) is crucial for ensuringthe efficient utilisation of funds deposited into the microfinance programmeby donors, as well as for assisting regulators in monitoring the institutions.Assessing the performance of MFIs involves examining its developmenttowards accomplishing its goals. Therefore, MFIs need to ascertain thechallenges to maintain their sustainability and sustain their operations.Additionally, MFIs should focus on aspects such as intellectual capital(IC) to ensure future sustainability. The aim of this research is to examinehow IC dimensions, specifically, customers, structure, human, and socialcapital, influence MFIs performance. A cross-sectional survey design wasused to gather data from 145 managers (48% response rate) from MFIs inMalaysia. In order to determine the sample size of the study, a purposivesampling method was employed. The research model was analysed byusing Partial least square-structural equation (PLS-SEM). Subsequently,the research model was validated using Smart PLS 3.2.5 and the proposedstudy hypothesis. The findings confirm that structural capital and customercapital positively influence the performance of MFIs, except for social andhuman capital. The research model explains 67.6% of the substantial amountof variance in MFIs performance. This research theoretically contributesto the extension of resource-based view (RBV) and social capital theory inDoes Intellectual Capital Explain the FinancialPerformance of Malaysia MFIs?Maryam Jameelah Hashim1, Syed Musa Alhabshi1, Nor Irvoni Mohd Ishar21Islamic Banking and Finance, International Islamic University Malaysia2Faculty of Business & Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam,Selangor, MalaysiaE-mail: jamieniz@yahoo.com, syedmusa@iium.edu.my, irvoni@salam.uitm.edu.myReceived: 5 June 2018Accepted: 18 September 20182Social and Management Research Journalpredicting the sustainability of MFIs. All the factors of IC were confirmed toimprove the performance of MFIs. This study proposed several remarkablerecommendations for microfinance institutions which suggested that MFIs’managers should resolve their organisational issues promptly. Furthermore,they should portray sensible consideration for their institutions by takingcare of IC and encouraging the practice of recognising intangible assets,especially their employees’ expertise and capabilities.","PeriodicalId":175901,"journal":{"name":"Social and Management Research Journal","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129565659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Instructional Material Development using Ontology Learning","authors":"K. N. Ismail, F. Ahmadon, Fadilah Ezlina Shahbudin","doi":"10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.4969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.4969","url":null,"abstract":"In a university setting, lecturers are instructional designers responsible todesign and develop instructional materials to be used in class. Textbooksand presentation slides are among the sources used in the delivery ofknowledge. However, in order to facilitate different students’ learning styles,alternatives for textbooks must be considered, allowing the course contentto be organised in smaller chunks. This paper describes the developmentontology process using ontology learning technique. Ontology is a set ofknowledge which contains objects, concepts, entities, and the relationshipsamong them in a particular domain. In this study, the course chosen toanalyse the development of ontology is Fundamentals of Computer Science(CSC401). This is an introductory course taken by students during semesterone in the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences. Textbook is thesource used in developing this ontology. The technique chosen in this studyis a semi-automatic ontology development that can accelerate the processof producing a new ontology, while the development phases involved arethe ‘extraction of important concepts’ and ‘representation of ontology’.The result shows that an ontology can be represented in the form of visualgraph such as mind map. This matches the learning preference of visuallearners and enrich their learning experiences.","PeriodicalId":175901,"journal":{"name":"Social and Management Research Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125440693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Achieving Data Saturation: Evidence from a Qualitative Study of Job Satisfaction","authors":"M. Majid, Mohhidin Othman, Siti Fatimah Mohamad, Sarina Abdul Halim Lim","doi":"10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.4972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.4972","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of saturation is deemed necessary in qualitative research;however, existing literature discussing the point of saturation is relativelyscant. Previous qualitative studies tend to describe the point of saturationbut fail to demonstrate how the saturation occurred. This article providesevidence on how qualitative research might report the point of datasaturation. The original study consists of a mixed method approach todevelop and validate an instrument for measuring offshore cateringemployees’ job satisfaction. Notably, this paper reports a part of thequalitative portion of a mixed-method study. Using the data from a studyinvolving 13 in-depth, semi-structured interviews, this study documentsthe degree of data saturation over the course of thematic analysis anddemonstrates how data saturation was operationalised. Although the studyreported 13 interviews, the saturation occurred within 12 interviews. Thestudy findings are not extensively discussed; however, adequate informationabout the study background, data collection and sample characteristics areincluded. The technique presented in this paper provides practical guidancefor qualitative researchers in reporting point of saturation. However, itis recommended that the evidence of data saturation occurred after 12interviews should be applied with caution due to several factors","PeriodicalId":175901,"journal":{"name":"Social and Management Research Journal","volume":"268 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127545272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Simplified Reliable Online Essay Test Marking for Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) using Rasch Model Analysis","authors":"M. N. Mamat, Zawawi Temyati, Siti Fatahiyah Mahamood, Hanifah Musa","doi":"10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.4968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.4968","url":null,"abstract":"Manual practice in formal examination does not assess accurate measureof a student’s ability, as it merely counts the score of every question to beconsidered for the student’s grade. There are many educators who haveused raw score as a form of measurement for a student’s ability, but it nevertruly measures the right measurement. The raw score should be convertedinto the right linear metrics for ability measurement. This procedurecontains measuring score of accurate student’s ability in LOGIT unit,providing of student’s result profile, and measuring reliability of the testset and the student’s answers. The procedure is designed for massive openonline learning and paperless essay-based test which is more difficult tobe analysed. This procedure converts the student’s answer into rubricalratio-based scale to be more accurately measured. It is definitely better thanthe common practice of merely analysis on raw marks for each question.It would show true student’s performance of cognitive performance (test)which represents the true student’s ability (in LOGIT unit), in order toaccurately measure the right outcome. This new paradigm of assessmentis fit to be applied for massive numbers on online students. It uses Raschmodel which offers reliable solution in producing accurate ability marksfor students, together with scientific reliability score for student’s answer.","PeriodicalId":175901,"journal":{"name":"Social and Management Research Journal","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127690650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ethnicity, Social Influence, Eco-Label and Purchase Intention of Consumers of Green Home Electronic Products","authors":"N. Hashim, W. K. Yahya, Siti Aisyah Asrul","doi":"10.24191/smrj.v15i2.4970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/smrj.v15i2.4970","url":null,"abstract":"Today green consumers are creating a new economy around the globe.Indeed, the ‘green consumer’ idea was the focus of academicians andmanufacturers at the end of 1980s and in the early 1990s. Likewise, risingknowledge on the various environmental problems has led a change in theway consumers go about their life. People are insistently trying to reducetheir impact on the environment and living a ‘green lifestyle’. As a result,business has seen this change in consumer attitudes and is trying to sellmany green products by exploiting the potential in the green market industry.Using green home electronic products are environmental initiatives forconsumers to become green consumers. Research, although limited in theareas of ethnicity and green electronic home products, does suggest that aconsumer’s ethnicity will influence their attitude toward home electronicchoices, which in turn will affect their purchase decision. Therefore, thegoal of the present study was to expand the body of research concerningethnicity and its influence on purchase of green home electronic products.Therefore, this study examines if there exist differences in ethnic groups forthe intention to purchase home electronic products, namely air conditioner,refrigerator and television. A total of 251 self-administered questionnaireswere collected from respondents living within the cities of Klang Valley, \u0000Malacca and Penang. Results of the study show eco-label information isimportant in all three ethnic groups while social influence was not importantto the Indians when purchasing green home electronic products. The resultsof the study indicate the importance of viewing ethnic consumer groupsas unique markets and suggest some possible areas for further research.","PeriodicalId":175901,"journal":{"name":"Social and Management Research Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125207390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digitalisation Success in Learning Organisation: Preliminary Outlook","authors":"Roozita Maskun, Norzanah Mat Nor","doi":"10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.5004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24191/SMRJ.V15I2.5004","url":null,"abstract":"he use of digital information tools in our daily life, demands technicalcompetencies to navigate through digital information successfully. Everylearning organisation today, facing a lot of challenges to keep theirinstitutions going, increasing in growth and sustainable effectively in amodest world. Knowledge is the main resource and the important essencein any of learning organisations. Knowledge management nowadays ispractically accessible through digital tools. The need on which digitalcompetency level and resources availability, are the key factors ondigitalisation success process. This only a concept paper, hence the purposeof this paper is to reveal that in a learning organisation, the digitalisationprocess maybe success with the help of technology, resources and thecompetences of the users. The concept is developed by an extensive literaturereview of on digitalisation and analysis of different knowledge sources ina learning organisation. The key concept can be used by practitioners indeveloping a learning organisation to guide them to choose a sufficientsubset of tools that covers the digitalisation processes to ensure that noprocess is overlooked. The result of successful digitalisation is an interestingarea for further research. However, the current view on value underlies init offering practitioners in giving at least a starting point. The paper can beused by educational organisations to guide on successful in digitalisationprocess effectively and efficiently. The paper addresses some of the socialelements related to successful in learning organisations. However, it is more technically targeted. Researchers have analysed that holistic overview andthe effect of digital competence towards the successful of digitalisationprocess. Furthermore, limited research addresses the successful ofdigitalisation process because of the constrains in resources.","PeriodicalId":175901,"journal":{"name":"Social and Management Research Journal","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131126587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}