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{"title":"The Role of Saudi Universities in Promoting Moderation among their Students","authors":"Majed Mohammad Abdullah Alzahrani","doi":"10.36941/jicd-2023-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/jicd-2023-0007","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigated the role of Saudi universities in promoting moderation among their students through development of cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains. The study also explored the effect of the particular university attended on the study sample members’ opinion of the level of the role of Saudi universities in promoting moderation. (Universities in the study included Umm Al-Qura University, King Saud University, King Faisal University, King Khalid University, and Tabuk University.) The study used the descriptive approach in its survey method; the researcher prepared a questionnaire composed of 34 items distributed in three domains (cognitive, psychomotor, and affective). The instrument was applied to a sample of 397 male and female Saudi university students. The most significant result of the study was that the role of Saudi universities in promoting moderation among their students through the development of the affective domain also had a high rating level with the mean score of the total domain items of 4.12 and a standard deviation of 0.85. Further, the role of universities in promoting moderation among their students through the development of the cognitive domain had a high rating level with an arithmetic mean of the total domain items of 4.10 and a standard deviation of 0.88. \u0000  \u0000Received: 12 December 2022 / Accepted: 20 February 2023 / Published: 6 March 2023","PeriodicalId":302999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Cooperation and Development","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127620894","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":"Motivation and Implications of Conflict of Interest on Public Procurement Sustainability: A Case of Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi, Ghana","authors":"R. Mensah","doi":"10.36941/jicd-2023-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/jicd-2023-0005","url":null,"abstract":"The focus of the study is to assess the motivation and implications of conflict of interest on public procurement sustainability in Ghana's Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital. From a target population of 123 employees working in the supply chain department, 94 respondents were chosen via Yamane's statistical sample determination technique. The research was carried out utilizing a descriptive research design with a questionnaire serving as the primary data collection tool. The study used a multiple-stage sampling method. In all rounds, Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital was chosen at random from among Ghana's 10 regional hospitals, as well as 94 respondents from the general population, using a straightforward random sampling methodology, specifically the lottery method. The collected data was analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The descriptive statistics feature in SPSS was used to analyse the quantitative data to produce information that was displayed by employing graphs, tables, percentages, and frequency distribution tables. Based on observations and sample analysis, inferential statistics were also employed to draw conclusions or predictions about the population. The regression model was used to illustrate the relationship between the response variable and the independent variables. For this study, a sample size of 94 respondents was intended, and 82 of them returned with all of their responses. The study determined the impact of conflict of interest on procurement sustainability in the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital. It can be summed up by saying that one should always put their organization's interests first in all transactions, execute the procurement process skilfully, and adhere to any established policies. According to the study, to protect suppliers and public institutions from improper and unethical practices in procurement operations, such as fraudulent supplier activities, organizations should emphasize sustainability measurement, establish proper checks for all contracts, set supplier selection structures that avoid political interference and increase accountability management practices. \u0000  \u0000Received: 5 August 2022 / Accepted: 29 October 2022 / Published: 6 March 2023","PeriodicalId":302999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Cooperation and Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129619057","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":"Parental Narcissism and Its Impact on Child: Amadu Maddy’s Novel “No Past No Present No Future” as Example","authors":"Abera Kassaw, Melakneh Mengistu","doi":"10.36941/jicd-2023-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/jicd-2023-0004","url":null,"abstract":"The study explores parental narcissism and its impact on child, adopting Amadu’s novel ‘No Past, No Present, No Future’ as example to show how the theory of narcissism could be applied to reexamine Anglophone African novels. The study specifically focuses on how family dynamics and social issues have influenced the mental activities of the major character, Ade and how he fails to cope with the pressures of everyday life, often resulting in psychic dispossession. As such, the researcher uses textual analysis and descriptive criticism approach to unravel the causes and consequences of Ade’s narcissistic disturbance. The theory of narcissism which is dominantly informed by Freudian and post-Freudian approaches to psychology is used to account for the intra-psychic forces which operate within the narcissistic character, Ade and his parents in Amadu’s ‘No Past, No Present, No Future’. The study reveals the existence of character with narcissism, whose psychopathology is as a result of the complementary roles of narcissistic parent-child relationship. The study further reveals that Ade’s narcissistic disturbance is characterized by the fear of being dispossessed, narcissistic form of loving, aggression, and grandiosity. \u0000  \u0000Received: 4 January 2023 / Accepted: 23 February 2023 / Published: 6 March 2023","PeriodicalId":302999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Cooperation and Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130684845","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":"Reengineering Small-Scale Business Enterprises as Predictors of Youth Employment and Poverty Alleviation","authors":"C. Atah, G. Ushie, M. Chukwurah, I. M. Idike, Moses Orim Ochui","doi":"10.36941/jicd-2023-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/jicd-2023-0003","url":null,"abstract":"The study examines the reengineering of small-scale business enterprises as predictors of youth employment and poverty alleviation. Four objectives and four research questions were posed. The population of the study was two hundred and sixty (260) registered businesses. The study was carried out using a survey research design. A research-created questionnaire titled \"Reengineering of Small-Scale Business Enterprises as Predictors of Youth Employment and Poverty Alleviation\" was used to collect data (RSCBEPYEPA scale). The instrument was validated by one test and measurement expert and two vocational education experts. A trial/pilot test was conducted on 40 registered businessmen and women in Akwa Ibom State who were not part of the main study population, and the study received an overall reliability coefficient of 0.92 using Cronbach's alpha data analysis. The survey was given to 260 registered businesses. The entire study population was used. To answer the research questions, the data was analyzed using means and standard deviation, and the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) statistic was used to test the hypothesis at the 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that the government provided small-scale businesses in Cross River State with financial support, capacity-building programs, legislative support, and the provision of facilities for youth employment and poverty alleviation. It was recommended, among other things, that small-scale business entrepreneurs should take advantage of the financial support provided by the government to boost their businesses. \u0000  \u0000Received: 10 January 2023 / Accepted: 26 February 2023 / Published: 6 March 2023","PeriodicalId":302999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Cooperation and Development","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130023910","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":"Re-Examining the Use of Inclusive Society as a Solution to Social Inequalities: It’s Time we Address the Elephants in the House","authors":"E. E. Obisike, Justina N. Adalikwu-Obisike, Cheyanne Romeo, D’von Cox, Tracy-Ann Adjei","doi":"10.36941/jicd-2023-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/jicd-2023-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Social inclusion is one of the many social constructs of contemporary governments’ social integration policy. This paper critically analysed the policy goals of an inclusive society by examining the socioeconomic and politico-cultural milieus in which governments implement this policy. With references to the United States’ Affirmative Action and Canada’s Multiculturalism, one can infer that disadvantaged individuals, groups, or communities are neither included nor empowered through the processes of social inclusion. Consequently, this paper concluded that the process of social inclusion cannot lead to effective social integration, given the stagnant socio-economic and politico-cultural environments in which government implements this policy. Instead, most social inclusion programs have become the tools for forced social cohesion with minimal policy objectives to integrate disadvantaged individuals into mainstream society. In summary, social inclusion is a politically correct opiate that is being used to sedate socially excluded individuals or underprivileged communities until they disappear into obscurity. \u0000  \u0000Received: 4 January 2023 / Accepted: 26 February 2023 / Published: 6 March 2023","PeriodicalId":302999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Cooperation and Development","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124575816","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":"Adoption of Virtual Assistants Application to Estate Surveying and Valuation Practice in Nigeria","authors":"C. Ayedun, A. S. Oni, O. Oluwatobi, D.M. Kurya, R. K. Alimi","doi":"10.36941/jicd-2023-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/jicd-2023-0006","url":null,"abstract":"The Estate Surveying and Valuation practice in Nigeria has come a long way and has been facing various kind of challenges one of which is its inability to keeping up with technological trends in facilitating the efficiency of its operations. The need to subscribe to the trends in technology has now become more important than ever before. One of such technologies is the application of Virtual Assistant to real estate services which has become household tool in developed economy but which has received little attention in developing countries such as Nigeria. It is in view of the aforementioned that this study is set to examine the application of virtual assistants in the estate surveying and valuation practice especially in the area of property marketing in the Abuja Metropolis area of Nigeria. Data for the study was obtained with the aid of questionnaire administered to sixty (60) randomly selected estate surveyors and valuers practicing Abuja Metropolis of Nigeria with a response rate of 100%. Descriptive statistical tools such as frequencies, percentages, and Relative Importance Index (RII) were used to analyse the data obtained. The study revealed that the greatest factor mitigating the application of virtual assistants to be lack of knowledge regarding its utilization and benefits. The study recommends creation of awareness about the inherent benefits in the application of virtual assistants to the estate surveying and valuation profession be vigorously embarked upon at professional workshops and seminars to be the most plausible measure to be taken towards ameliorating the inherent problems to the application of virtual assistants. \u0000  \u0000Received: 4 April 2022 / Accepted: 3 February 2023 / Published: 6 March 2023","PeriodicalId":302999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Cooperation and Development","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130526079","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":"User Perceptions of Information Security: Evidence from Takoradi Technical University","authors":"Olivia Agyemang, R. Mensah, E. Asare","doi":"10.36941/jicd-2022-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/jicd-2022-0011","url":null,"abstract":"This study related to the importance of information and information technology in today's global business. The global nature of information systems also exposes them to threats which make them prone to security breaches. Information risks are several internal and external, making it almost impossible for only information security professionals to handle. This therefore reinforces the need to involve end-users in by educating them to be aware of threats, and their role in curbing those threats. Related information security literature was reviewed to establish the business problem theoretically. Using focus group discussions and open-ended interview guide, data was collected from non-security employees from Takoradi Polytechnic. The data provided understanding of the employees' present security needs, employees perception of information security, employees' personal security initiative, and level of information security awareness. The key findings in the study suggested that, currently some arrangements have been made to ensure information security; however, there is the need for more non-computer-based arrangements such as physical security, training and data backup systems. Further, because some respondents did not perceive the current security arrangement to be adequate, they took personal initiatives like using passwords, using formal communication channels for obtaining information which falls outside their domain or function, and seldom reporting any perceived security threats. These personal initiatives seemed to be the basis for the employees' self-rating of their level of information security awareness, not some training they had acquired. \u0000  \u0000Received: 8 September 2022 / Accepted: 29 October 2022 / Published: 5 November 2022","PeriodicalId":302999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Cooperation and Development","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122717428","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":"Specifying the Problem of Measurement Models Misspecification in Management Sciences Literature","authors":"Noor Ul Hadi","doi":"10.36941/jicd-2022-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/jicd-2022-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Perhaps the most serious problem of measurement models misspecification is that it will lead to type 1 and type two errors. Consequently, these errors forbid researchers from adequately theory testing and meaningfully theory development. Therefore, the aim of this methodological review is to explore the leading cause(s) of measurement models misspecification in management sciences literature. Based on literature and arduous lessons learned from mistakes and author experience, it was found that researchers and students provides generic statements on research instruments in their research articles, theses and dissertations, but these statements are not sufficient enough for proper measurement models specification in different contexts. Meaning that little attention has been paid in literature to the conceptual and theoretical clarity of the focal construct which adequately covers the content domain the construct capture. Thus, the author of the paper argue that neglecting conceptual and theoretical clarity on the nature of construct with in the rubric of measurement theory at both abstract and empirical levels are the major causes of measurement model misspecification. Therefore, it is recommended that scholars need to provide conceptual and theoretical clarity on the content domain construct capture in their research. Journal editors and potential reviewers also need to look for this on priority. Since, the quality of research hinges on how clearly constructs are conceptualize and how well others understand these constructs. \u0000  \u0000  \u0000Received: 2 August 2022 / Accepted: 22 October 2022 / Published: 5 November 2022","PeriodicalId":302999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Cooperation and Development","volume":"454 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125788502","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":"Impact of Contaminated Water and Sediment on Fish Species of Peshawar Region, KPK, Pakistan","authors":"S. Khan, Irfan Mateen","doi":"10.36941/jicd-2022-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/jicd-2022-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Rivers in the KPK Peshawar region of Pak are subjected to a variety of anthropogenic impacts, Agricultural operations, industry, and urban garbage are all examples. The purpose of The goal of this research was to find out the degree of water contamination by showing a testing that includes in situ bio-monitoring of water constituents on Geno-toxicity in local fish species. Three places in the region were tested for Geno-toxicity using the micronucleus test. At sample locations like the urban perimeter, farmland, and the fertiliser industry, it was interesting to observe if there were any differences between monitored species control and such Characidium fasciatum, Astyanax fasciatus, Astyanax altiparanae. Records showed that the species from sites one, Two, and Three had a considerably greater frequency of Micronucleus when compared to fish from site Four. The frequency of Micronucleus was substantially higher in and A. altiparanae and A. fasciatus erythrocytes at sites one and two. Micronucleus frequencies were higher at site three in C. fasciatum. Micronucleus induction in C. fasciatum was associated to Cr levels in water and sediment, whereas A. altiparanae and A. fasciatum were linked to zinc levels in water and sediment. \u0000  \u0000Received: 11 July 2022 / Accepted: 19 October 2022 / Published: 5 November 2022","PeriodicalId":302999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Cooperation and Development","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124663439","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":"GDP as Development Indicator and the Challenges of Actualising SDG 8: Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth","authors":"Salisu Ojonemi Paul, Victor Alewo Adoji","doi":"10.36941/jicd-2022-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/jicd-2022-0013","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is a conceptual review of the GDP as a measure of economic, national well-being and development sustainability and proposal for adoption of Social Progress Index as a better measures of sustainable economic growth. The study adopted secondary data analysis design and thematic approach to address the pertinent issues raised in the discourse. The overwhelmingly imperativeness to evolve new models, indicators and measures with broader views and coverage around long–term, sustainable socioeconomic and environmental development issues after about 87 years of inaccurately applying the GDP to measure what it cannot measure; The work demonstrated that there should be a preferred substitute of the Social Progress Index (SPI) to the GDP because of its inability to measure national well-being and development. It strengthens the call for Policy Makers, Public Financial and Economic Institutions Managers, and Development Partners to de-emphasise the use of GDP as the determinant for all socio-economic and development policy decisions as it was not designed to do that. The study recommends that a new formula, SPI be adopted for measuring economic growth and national well-being, one which makes for the shortcomings and limitations of the GDP be adopted: EP&NW = GDP (C + I + G + XN) + SPI (B + F + O). \u0000  \u0000Received: 6 January 2022 / Accepted: 17 October 2022 / Published: 5 November 2022","PeriodicalId":302999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Cooperation and Development","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127889896","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}