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Prediction of Academic Staffs’ Organizational Silence through their Power Distance Perceptions 权力距离感知对学术人员组织沉默的预测

Universitepark Bulten Pub Date : 2018-06-10 DOI: 10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2018.72.6

Aycan Cicek Saglam, Yılmaz İlker Yorulmaz, Burcu Turkkas Anasiz, İ. Çolak, Nahide Nur Dumlu

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引用次数: 4

Perceptions of College of Education Students on Factors Causing Low Enrolment in Chemistry Education 高校学生对化学课低入学率因素的认知

Universitepark Bulten Pub Date : 2018-06-10 DOI: 10.22521/unibulletin.2018.72.4

N. Yusuf, Micheal Olu Ayodele

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引用次数: 1

Determinants of Urban Household Saving Behavior in Ethiopia: A Survey Study in Mekelle City 埃塞俄比亚城市居民储蓄行为的决定因素:对迈克勒市的调查研究

Universitepark Bulten Pub Date : 2018-06-10 DOI: 10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2018.72.1

Abdela Yasin Saliya

{"title":"Determinants of Urban Household Saving Behavior in Ethiopia: A Survey Study in Mekelle City","authors":"Abdela Yasin Saliya","doi":"10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2018.72.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2018.72.1","url":null,"abstract":"This study is conducted under the title “Determinants of Urban Household Saving Behavior in Ethiopia.” Its main objective was to empirically investigate the determinants of urban household saving behavior in Mekelle city, Ethiopia. Crosssectional primary data was collected using self-administered open-ended and closedended questionnaires from 150 households from seven sub-cities of Mekelle city. Selection of the sample was by two stage stratified sampling techniques, where the first stage units were sub-cities and the second stage units were the households. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression model was used to test the formulated hypotheses. The study found that household headed by a female, total income of household, and saving experience had a positive and significant impact on household saving. However, age of the household head, additional earner in the household, and dependency ratio of the household had a negative and significant influence on household saving. The governing saving motive found in this study was precautionary motive. The study recommended that government in collaboration with financial institutions should promote household saving by introducing different packages of prize-linked promotional savings; government should continue and spend the utmost effort to stabilize inflationary pressures using short-term and long-term strategies; and, government should strive to increase the disposable income of households. This study focused on household saving using only financial saving and employed smaller sample and binary logit regression model. Thus, further research may be undertaken to incorporate larger samples by employing other econometric models such as Heckman sample selection model and OLS regression models.","PeriodicalId":31152,"journal":{"name":"Universitepark Bulten","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68199612","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}

引用次数: 3

Adult Opinions on Mathematics 成人对数学的看法

Universitepark Bulten Pub Date : 2017-10-01 DOI: 10.22521/unibulletin.2017.62.3

S. Kartal, Sultan Demir

引用次数: 0

An Integrated Approach to Islamic Microfinance for Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh 孟加拉国伊斯兰小额信贷减贫综合办法

Universitepark Bulten Pub Date : 2017-04-25 DOI: 10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2017.61.3

A. Mamun, M. R. Uddin, M. Islam

{"title":"An Integrated Approach to Islamic Microfinance for Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh","authors":"A. Mamun, M. R. Uddin, M. Islam","doi":"10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2017.61.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2017.61.3","url":null,"abstract":"The study critically examines the state of the Islamic Microfinance sector of Bangladesh to find its role in addressing poverty. The study constitutes linkage between Islamic Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation. It is a desk-based and libraryoriented research relying on secondary data, structured on research objectives. Islamic microfinance organizations have not yet developed to the expected level in Bangladesh and thus Muslim citizens are compelled to borrow from conventional interest-based lending sources, but many underprivileged and small-scale entrepreneurs feel unable to access funding due to their religious ideology. Islamic concern for the disadvantaged makes it crucial to ensure Islamic microfinance services include their participation in the production process. Due to a lack of Islamic microfinance institutions in Bangladesh, the integration of Islamic microfinance with NGOs, NPOs (non-profit organizations), Zakah, Waqf, and capacity-building institutions to facilitate small-scale financial services to the poor can internalize them into the market mechanism and thereby work as a powerful tool for poverty eradication. This study proposes a new framework that directly addresses Islamic Microfinance and Poverty alleviation in Bangladesh.","PeriodicalId":31152,"journal":{"name":"Universitepark Bulten","volume":"6 1","pages":"32-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68199584","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}

引用次数: 4

Factors Affecting the Growth of Women-Operated Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Ethiopia 影响埃塞俄比亚妇女经营的微型和小型企业(MSEs)发展的因素

Universitepark Bulten Pub Date : 2017-03-28 DOI: 10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2017.61.5

Fesseha Mulu Gebremariam

{"title":"Factors Affecting the Growth of Women-Operated Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Ethiopia","authors":"Fesseha Mulu Gebremariam","doi":"10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2017.61.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2017.61.5","url":null,"abstract":"The study employed secondary sources to identify factors that challenge the growth of the women-operated Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Ethiopia. MSEs play an important role in creating employment opportunities mainly for the urban youth and women, serve as an engine to transform economies from agricultural-led to industrialled, and are considered the best mechanisms by which citizens accumulate capital and empower women economically. However, in developing countries like Ethiopia, female entrepreneurs are facing various challenges in their day-to-day lives just because of their gender. Financial problems, lack of managerial and entrepreneurial skills, workplace and marketing problems, inadequacy of infrastructural facilities, unpredictable supply of raw materials are among the problems they face. In order to alleviate the situation, the Government of Ethiopia should provide female entrepreneurs with access to credit, supply them with a place to work, create a market link for MSEs with raw material suppliers, medium and large firms, make capacitybuilding training available to improve their business management skills, and provide information on market opportunities and appropriate/improved technologies.","PeriodicalId":31152,"journal":{"name":"Universitepark Bulten","volume":"6 1","pages":"56-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68199646","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}

引用次数: 15

Factors Influencing the Degree Progress of International PhD Students from Africa: An Exploratory Study 影响非洲留学博士学位进展因素的探索性研究

Universitepark Bulten Pub Date : 2017-03-27 DOI: 10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2017.61.7

A. Soumana, M. R. Uddin

{"title":"Factors Influencing the Degree Progress of International PhD Students from Africa: An Exploratory Study","authors":"A. Soumana, M. R. Uddin","doi":"10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2017.61.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2017.61.7","url":null,"abstract":"In recent decades some countries of the Middle East have offered facilities to attract international students to pursue their higher education within their higher education institutions. The purpose of this study is to understand the difficulties faced by these students while conducting their studies abroad, and in doing so, to broaden the awareness of the challenges they face to complete their research. The participants of this qualitative study are international PhD students studying at a Middle Eastern public university. The university has reported increasing enrollment of international students, particularly from Africa in the last few years. Data were collected using a set of semi-structured interviews that drew out information on critical incidents that characterized the kind of difficulties students had faced in their studies. The data collected was further analyzed using a qualitative software package, NVivo (QSR International, 11). Six main themes came out from the content analysis of the interviews, which are the role of the adviser, student features, funding issues, family engagement, research and psychological obstacles which provide a holistic picture of student perspectives on the factors that influence degree progress. While these students might have faced difficulties mentioned in existing literature, this study argues that the participants have indicated experiencing psychological obstacles that were not described in earlier studies, such as the state of mind they were in as a result of being worried for family members due to war or violence in their home countries, and drop in currency exchange rates and difficulties in acquiring money due to international sanctions imposed against their countries. This study provides important thoughts on the factors that impact the degree progress of international PhD students from Africa, while at the same time revealing a serious gap in the advisers’ role which can contribute to the problems experience during the study progress of doctoral","PeriodicalId":31152,"journal":{"name":"Universitepark Bulten","volume":"6 1","pages":"79-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49084083","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}

引用次数: 6

Understanding the Underlying Factors Affecting the Perception of Pre-Service Teachers’ Teacher Identity: A New Instrument to Support Teacher Education 了解职前教师教师认同知觉的影响因素:支持教师教育的新工具

Universitepark Bulten Pub Date : 2017-03-12 DOI: 10.22521/UNIBULLETIN.2017.61.6

Necdet Aykaç, Kasım Yıldırım, Yahya Altınkurt, M. M. Marsh

引用次数: 16

A Study on the Historical Analysis and Interpretation Skills of Social Studies and Classroom Teachers 社会学与课堂教师的历史分析与阐释技巧研究

Universitepark Bulten Pub Date : 2017-03-09 DOI: 10.22521/unibulletin.2017.61.11

Cengiz Ozmen, N. Kizilay

{"title":"A Study on the Historical Analysis and Interpretation Skills of Social Studies and Classroom Teachers","authors":"Cengiz Ozmen, N. Kizilay","doi":"10.22521/unibulletin.2017.61.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22521/unibulletin.2017.61.11","url":null,"abstract":"Significant changes have been made in the training of social sciences and history courses to reflect the adoption of the constructivist approach into education, curricula and classroom practices. In teaching social studies and history, instead of thinking about traditional historical teaching based on the knowledge of events, places, dates, names and targets, students who have historical thinking skills are those who question, research, and answer questions by providing evidence and evaluating documents, historical places and historical remains besides just the textbook. There is a need for teachers responsible for the education of students to have historical thinking skills. In this context, the purpose of this study is to determine the opinions of classroom and social studies teachers on the competencies of Historical Analysis and Interpretation, which is an important sub-dimension of Historical Thinking Skills. This study creates a screening model that aims to describe the method of research which exists in the past, or exists now, and tries to identify it as if it were within the conditions of the person or object that constituted the subject of the research. The “Historical Analysis and Interpretation Skill Self-Efficacy Scale” developed by the researchers was used in the study with classroom and social studies teachers working in the Adıyaman province of Turkey. Suggestions are also presented according to the results of the research.","PeriodicalId":31152,"journal":{"name":"Universitepark Bulten","volume":"6 1","pages":"133-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48742807","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}

引用次数: 0

Innovational Leadership in School Management 学校管理的创新领导

Universitepark Bulten Pub Date : 2017-02-14 DOI: 10.22521/unibulletin.2017.61.4

Mahmut Sağır

引用次数: 5