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A Model for Successful Mission Integration to Meet the Needs of Adjunct Faculty at a Four-Year Institution
Get PDFIncreasing reliance on adjunct faculty at post-secondary institutions makes successful mission integration important. This case study surveys seventy adjunct instructors at a four-year small private Catholic institution to determine how to improve adjunct faculty mission integration on campus to meet the unique needs of this faculty group. Gappa and Austin's "Essential Elements of Faculty Work" framework (2010) was used to determine a priori codes, identify faculty integration issues, as well as potential solutions. The researcher found issues regarding resource allocation, as well as voice and recognition. To address these issues, participants recommended more frequent and accessible campus meetings and a more comprehensive mentoring program. In addition, literature provides several models at community colleges that have already incorporated many suggestions, which four-year institutions could use to design their adjunct instructor programs to improve integration
The Transboundary Role of Higher Education Institutions for Public Administration in Times of Crisis: A Case-Study From the Russia-Ukraine War
Get PDFThe Russian invasion of Ukraine unfolded a series of overlapping crisis, revealing severe governmental weaknesses at national, regional, and global level, and posing important challenges to vital pillars of our society. This paper provides a reflexive study aiming to challenge a broader discussion regarding possible policies, practices or solutions to public administration and management challenges during crisis: how do we organize to deal with the levels of complexity, uncertainty and extreme operating conditions brought about by the so called “transboundary crisis”?
The contextual analysis identifies the main challenges for public administration and management in the conflict zone during the current war; for assessing the response of the national governmental body’s functions coping with the continuous assaults; and for discussing the role of higher education institutions work as bridges for internal and international cooperation, while providing a real-life model of leadership, management, and governance during crisis with their own communities
Exploring Standardized Testing and Access in a Community College Radiography Program
Get PDFIncreasing demand for radiography professionals, declining participation and completion rates of programs indicated the need to explore program admission processes to increase access. We examined demographics, TEAS test scores, completion rates, and pass rates of students, relationship between student demographics and TEAS test scores, relationship between TEAS test scores and student success as measured by completion when controlling for demographics, relationship between TEAS test scores and success of students as measured by the registry pass rate documentation when controlling for demographics, and explore differences in race, gender, and socioeconomic when TEAS scores were used in admissions and the group when TEAS scores were not used. Using logistic regression, data from the radiography program cohorts of 2013–2019 were examined finding no significant associations with demographic characteristics and student success outcome variables. Results indicated that the TEAS score was the only significant predictor of program completion for the pre-2019 cohorts, however lacked significance for the 2019 cohort. Findings suggest that weighted GPA is a better predictor of success than TEAS scores
Determinants of Integrated Reporting Stakeholders’ Relevance in Namibian Market
Get PDFThe usefulness of integrated reports has recently become debated in practice and academia. However, little attention has been paid to the drivers of stakeholders’ relevance to integrated reports. This study obtained 98 observations from key stakeholders in the Namibian market to analyze the phenomenon using structural equation modeling. The findings revealed that the importance of integrated reporting characteristics, quality satisfaction, and integrated reporting component are the major drivers of integrated reporting stakeholders’ relevance in the Namibian market. The study has implications for enhancing the content of IR, as the decision usefulness of the reports depends on these factors
Exploring the Association Between Chief Executive Remuneration and Financial Performance: A South African Banking Perspective
Get PDFThis research aimed to determine whether there is an association between financial performance and chief executive officer (CEO) remuneration when South African banks are sampled. A quantitative research approach was applied using a descriptive research design. The research included a data range spanning over 10 years. Financial data were collected through the Integrated Real-time Equity System (IRESS). Multiple regression testing was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Correlation coefficients were measured, and multiple regression models were constructed. This study found that cashflow per share, market price per share and liquidity ratios were often identified as predictors of CEO remuneration. This research contributed to the body of existing knowledge by demonstrating that the remuneration paid to South African bank CEOs can be predicted by means of selected financial ratios. Limitations included that the census was small and only consisted of eight banks in total. This limitation was accommodated by expanding the time frame for data collection
Hedging Risks of Demand and Lead Time Variabilities in Healthcare Inventory Management
Get PDFThis paper proceeds from the premise, derived from the literature, that uncertainty is predominantly a demand-side and/or lead time problem in healthcare inventory management. It conceptually explores how organizational exposure to the risks of uncertain demand and lead time may be hedged, especially considering that forecasting stock-outs and overstocks can be quite challenging in healthcare. We examine these challenges probabilistically. Theoretically, by inquiring into the underlying premises of aggregate demand, order quantity, and reorder point. And practically, regarding the implications of hedging inventory risks under conditions of uncertainty. Three measures that can efficiently hedge against demand and lead time variabilities under a continuous review inventory system are identified and analyzed: safety stock with service level, stock-out and overstock costing, and low-cost reorder point. Mathematical modeling, simulation, and optimization enhance integrated financial and operational problem-solving. With appropriate technology and software, demand forecasting and risk-hedging offer real-time visibility into stock levels. These should help healthcare organizations make critical, data-driven decisions and contain costly understocking and unnecessary overstocking when demand and lead time are stochastic and discreet
Risk-Adjusted Returns of Ethical Companies
Get PDFThis study examines the investment performance of companies recognized for their socially responsible behavior, specifically focusing on the long-time honorees of Ethisphere's World’s Most Ethical Companies list. The analysis includes 28 publicly traded organizations from sectors such as Technology, Financials, and Consumer Goods, with stock returns and sector Net Asset Values (NAVs) used to assess risk-adjusted performance. Key metrics include the Sharpe Ratio, Jensen Alpha, and Treynor Ratio, all of which measure returns relative to risk. Results show that while more than half of the companies underperformed their respective sectors, the overall ethical portfolio generated positive risk-adjusted excess returns, primarily driven by strong performance from the technology sector. These findings suggest that ethical companies may provide valuable investment opportunities, particularly in sectors like technology and finance
Person-Environment Fit on Organizational Citizenship Behaviour and Employee Engagement Among Administrative Staff of Public Universities in Accra, Ghana
Get PDFThis study aimed to assess the impact of person-environment fit on work-related outcomes among administrative staff of public universities in Accra. A sample of 300 administrative staff was selected from public universities in the Greater Accra Region to partake in the study using the purposive and snowball sampling method. The study discovered a positive significant relationship between employees fit and work-related outcomes as well as an interaction between two dimensions of engagement (intellectual and affective) and organizational citizenship behavior. The study's findings also reveal that various factor such as tenure and age positively impacted the employee’s performance of organizational citizenship behavior and engagement levels
The Spread and Changes of Tea and Tea Drinking Customs in Minority Areas of North and the Tibetan Plateau in China
Get PDFThere is currently no consensus on when Chinese people began to drink tea. The way people drank tea before the Tang Dynasty was controversial in the tea academic community due to insufficient historical materials. Since the Tang Dynasty, tea drinking became popular in the hinterland. Due to climate and soil condition restrictions, acidic soil areas south of the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River were main tea producing area. Therefore, the ethnic groups in northern frontier areas must obtain tea through trading with inland tea areas. Therefore, tea was introduced into northern minority areas and the Tibetan Plateau relatively late. It was not until the Song Dynasty that there were precise records on tea drinking by northern ethnic minorities, and tea-horse trade became an important form of material exchange between agricultural and nomadic peoples at that time. In addition to well-known tea-horse trade between Song and northwest Tibet, Liao, Jin and other northern kingdoms also exchanged tea with the Song Empire in frontier trade. Tea-horse trade became an important material exchange channel between the Central Plains and nomadic peoples at that time. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols dominated the Central Plains, and coexisted with Han and other ethnic groups, inevitably leading to cultural and customs exchanges and integration. One of the manifestations is that the Mongols who went south of the Great Wall began to drink tea generally and integrated the tea drinking method and customs of the Han people in the Central Plains with their own lifestyle. They added dairies favored by nomadic peoples to tea and gave rise to butter tea or milk tea. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the inland Han people no longer drank butter tea, while the Mongols who retreated north of the Great Wall maintained their tea drinking customs
Before. During. After: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Psychometrics of Young Professionals
Get PDFThis research presents the real psychometric impacts of the pandemic on young professionals. Human resource policies must be appropriately formulated to maintain healthy and productive employees, balancing corporate and individual needs. The changes in personality type, emotional intelligence, and locus of control were measured from before to during COVID and then again from during until after COVID. While the psychometric changes of males were minor during these periods, women experienced numerous changes during COVID-19 but subsided after the pandemic. Men and women exhibit less conscientious behavior, first manifested during the pandemic but persisted after the pandemic. This research sheds insights into the current reluctance of professionals to abandon remote working instituted during the pandemic and management’s insistence that workers return to the office