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Social Media as a Pathway to Entrepreneurial Success: Overcoming Barriers for Black Women Entrepreneurs
Get PDFThis study examines social media's significant yet challenging role as a tool for entrepreneurial success among Black women entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is a powerful pathway to social and economic mobility, offering underrepresented groups opportunities for financial independence and influence. Social media platforms have opened up avenues for brand building, customer engagement, and business scaling. Still, Black women face obstacles in leveraging these opportunities such as algorithmic bias, underrepresentation, and social barriers. This paper explores these challenges and the strategic approaches Black women entrepreneurs can employ to build a robust social media presence despite systemic limitations. It also provides policy recommendations to mitigate these barriers' impact and calls for targeted support from government and private sector initiatives, including education on platform algorithms and inclusive design. Finally, empirical research directions are proposed to deepen understanding of how Black women utilize social media for opportunity recognition and business performance
Financially Fully Mission Capable for the Long-Term? A Strategic Look at Military Retirement
Get PDFWe create a retirement pay multiple (RPM) to assist military service members, at any point in their career, with determining whether they are on track to retire and maintain their living standard. This strategic financial planning tool helps these servicemembers assess whether they are fully mission capable (FMC) in their personal financial lives. The RPM incorporates myriad relevant financial factors, including taxes, Social Security, participation in the Department of Defense’s recently established Blended Retirement System (BRS), actuarial life expectancy, inflation, and military pay growth rates. An associated online calculator also permits customization of these factors
Psychological and Pedagogical Aspects of Adaptation of Students Who Received Temporary Shelter to the Educational Environment of Another Country
Get PDFThe study focuses on determining the features of social and psychological adaptation of students who have experienced changes in the ethno-cultural and ethno-political environment because of forced migration because of the hostilities in Ukraine. The research involved questionnaire method, method of monitoring student satisfaction and indexing the level of adaptation to learning. The results were processed using Pearson correlation coefficient, Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The psychological and pedagogical aspect of satisfaction was studied based on the level of student satisfaction with the educational environment of the higher education institution (HEI). The study found that the overall level of student satisfaction is 75%. The quality of teaching and the favourable environment for learning and personal development are rated high, 80%. It was found that communication and interaction with fellow students is rated lower, 55%. The organization of the educational process and the schedule meet the students’ needs at 65%
Moving Back on Ground From Online: Tool Persistence
Get PDFThe COVID-19 Pandemic forced educators across the country into online classes and, for many, using unfamiliar online tools for the first time. This research paper focuses on business professors and their acceptance of many online tools during and after the pandemic. Using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) created by Davis (1989), this paper examines Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use along with Attitude Towards Use and Intention to Use. This study will help determine not only usage of these new technological tools during the pandemic but also the adoption of these tools by business professors once they returned to the classroom again. The results of this study confirm usage of TAM, examine one-way teaching that has changed due to the pandemic and discusses further potential studies
Can We Teach Methods That Transgress? Emancipatory Perspectives and the Praxis of Research
Get PDFResearch concerned with advancing the goals of social justice can have a profound impact on the use of qualitative methods. The purpose of this research was to examine ways doctoral students challenge, embrace and consider epistemology, impact, and validity in designing qualitative research studies. Doctoral students are at a unique advantage when it comes to exploring epistemological paradigms in emerging research. The nature of shared dialogic spaces allows for uninhibited conversations to occur that access long-standing debates over validity and criticisms of subjectivity in qualitative research. Doctoral students engage in discussions about research and grapple with ontologies, epistemologies, and axiology of research questions. In turn, this strengthens their understanding of the impact of emancipatory perspectives in research
Management of Leader Quality and Modern Leadership for Religious-Based Higher Education Improvement
Get PDFThis study aimed to analyze in depth and objectively the quality of modern management of leaders and leadership in religious-based higher education in Indonesia to find a model for higher education quality improvement. This research was based on a qualitative approach known as phenomenology. Data collection was carried out through participant observation by interview and document study. Data analysis and interpretation showed that: (1) The main problem was poor management quality; (2) Weak management quality was caused by nerveless leaders and leadership. This primary factor influences other factors, just as they all affect one another
Are Intellectual Assets Management Important for University Performance Achievement??
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to explore how universities extract the value of knowledge assets to be able to survive and be competitive. This study wants to find the governance of knowledge assets embedded in Indonesian state universities’ human capital, structural capital, and relational and innovation capital. In addition, the questionnaire survey results will show the relationship between knowledge assets and university performance. This research will provide an understanding of the measurement of knowledge assets and the performance of higher education institutions. The results of this study indicate that knowledge assets, as measured by human capital, relational capital, and structural capital, positively influence the performance of universities in Indonesia. Therefore, it is proper for universities in Indonesia to be able to manage knowledge assets optimally
Estimation of Psychometric Properties of Leadership Style Questionnaire at Higher Education
Get PDFThis study aimed to validate the Even & David-Hadar (2021) leadership style questionnaire for assessing head leadership in the context of Indian higher education. The three-factor structure (transformational, transactional, laissez-faire) was tested with data from 400 university teachers across science, engineering, humanities, and social sciences from both public and private institutions in Punjab.
Purposive random sampling was employed in two separate studies (n=200 each). Study 1 utilized exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to reveal three dimensions explaining 65.46% of the variance, with good internal consistency (>0.80). Study 2 confirmed these findings through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), demonstrating moderate goodness of fit (CMIN/DF=2.114, GFI=0.89, TLI=0.92, CFI=0.93, RMSEA=0.074).
These results support the validity and reliability of the adapted questionnaire for measuring leadership styles in Punjab higher education. This 15-item, three-dimensional scale can be valuable for addressing behavioral and management issues among university teachers
University Management and Discrimination Towards Trans University Students in Metropolitan Lima
Get PDFBackground: The purpose of this research was to describe how discrimination against trans students is carried out in universities in Metropolitan Lima. Also called gender identity discrimination, it is included in the Yogyakarta Principles (United Nations), a document that seeks to serve as protection for the LGBTQ+ community.
Methods: The investigation started in September 2021 and ended in April 2022. A qualitative methodology was used, triangulating designs such as multi-case studies, documentary analysis, and unstructured interviews. The latter were processed and conducted via online conversations (using Zoom) with students who were purposely selected by the authors.
Results: Five trans students were the sample for this research, which through a series of interviews taught us that each of them has a different sexual orientation, have suffered exclusion at their universities, and have experienced prejudice even from their own teachers and administrative staff.
Conclusions: It is highly recommended that all staff working on the university campus, particularly professors, receive training on issues of sexual diversity, especially transgender people, and personal unisex toilets be implemented
Content Analysis of the EFL Textbook Units According to Bloom’s Taxonomy: Between Theory and Practice
Get PDFThis study analyzed the units of the textbook “Just Imagine” for 9th grade Arab students for English teaching in Israel. The study was conducted to understand whether the Wh-Questions used in the textbook emphasized high-level thinking and cognitive skills development (HOTS). The research question of this study was: To what extent do the Wh-Questions in the textbook “Just Imagine” emphasize higher order thinking skills? Content Analysis was performed. Wh-Questions were chosen as the unit of analysis for this research. Percentages and frequencies of each cognition level were calculated for each book unit separately. The results showed that 167 out of the 219 questions emphasized cognition levels that develop Low-Order Thinking Skills, while only 52 questions emphasized the three levels that use High-Order Thinking Skills. Findings of this research recommended that the textbook authors should further develop the textbook’s content, and maintain a balance between the lower-order and higher-order questions. Evaluating and choosing a good textbook that fits the goals of the curriculum is also recommended