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Senior High School Students\u27 Entrepreneurial Inclination: The Case of Accountancy, Business, and Management Track Students in Pampanga, Philippines
No full textThe study investigates the entrepreneurial inclination of senior high school students in Pampanga, Philippines. Specifically, the undertaking examines the significant differences in respondents? inclination towards entrepreneurship when grouped based on school affiliation, age, sex, plan to pursue a college degree, and family business background. The participants of the study were randomly selected from two (2) public schools and (4) private high schools during the school year 2016-2017. These schools offer SHS ABM track where entrepreneurship course is one of the major components of the curriculum. Using independent sample t-tests, the findings reveal that all demographic factors ? school affiliation, age, sex, plan to pursue a college degree, and family business background show no statistical significant difference in the entrepreneurial inclination of the respondents. This result suggests that all identified demographic variables do not affect or influence SHS-ABM track students? entrepreneurial inclination. Implications of the study on the entrepreneurship education in the Philippines and the directions for future research are also provided
Water-logging and its’ impacts on livelihood: A study from Jashore Sadar Upazila, Jashore, Bangladesh
No full textJashore, the south-western hub of Bangladesh has been facing elongated waterlogging and remains inundated for longer period of time over the year. The objectives of this study were to assess the main causes of water-logging and impacts on livelihood using historical rainfall and SRTM DEM (Digital Elevation Model) data and loss of agriculture using Landsat Multi Temporal data and validate it with people’s perception. A self-explorative semi structured questionnaire survey was performed with a total of 115 respondents were selected based on age (>50 years) and cultivable land (?30 decimals) from 5 Unions (Chanchra, Diara, Ichhali, Noapara, Ramnagar) and Jashore Sadar Municipality under Jashore District. Rainfall data were placid from Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) and analysed through SPSS and figures were produced with Arc GIS software. The study revealed that the main causes of water logging were lack of adequate drainage path (58%) which was validated through GIS analysis, followed by excessive monsoon rainfall (42%), rapid growth of urbanization (16%), increased sediment/siltation (12%) and controlled river water flow due to guards construction (8%), respectively. The results showed that almost 90% area of Jashore Sadar Upazila had ?167mm rainfall and average monsoon rainfall were within 263 to 313mm. About 95.24% of male and 96.55% of female respondents’ told about the scarcity of fresh water during water-logging period and lost their homestead vegetable garden (94%), followed by unable to farming domestic birds (78%) and animals (64%), respectively. The result concluded that 84% of the respondents’ lost their agricultural crops and 52% respondents’ family members migrated to meet their livelihood during the water logging period. Dredging of Kobadak River should be the solution to allow regular tides of the river at first stage and helped to runoff the excessive rain water in the study area
Media Credibility, Misinformation, and Communication Patterns during MCO of COVID-19 in Malaysia
No full textTV played a significant role during the pandemic period due to its high credibility as perceived by Malaysians. During Movement Control Order (MCO) of COVID-19, many information has been disseminated through both traditional and social media. Some that information was credible and came from reliable sources while other information was fake and included misinformation, disinformation, and infodemic. The people needed credible information rather than fake one in this critical time. This study aimed to explore the credibility of media, information sources, the main issues, and preferred communication patterns and method of works perceived by Malaysians during MCO. A total of 300 questionnaires were distributed, and 210 were returned. The results of this study showed that the majority of respondents 69% relied on new media as their main source of information compared to 30.9% who relied on traditional media. However, a total of 64.8% of respondents considered traditional media as more credible and accurate compared to 35.2% for new media. Additionally, the main concerns and issues followed by respondents on media were health, economic, social, education and others. Finally, a total of 55.7% preferred face to face communication compared to 44.3% who preferred online communication. A total of 51% of respondents preferred to work from the workplace or office compared to 49% who preferred to work from home. TV played a significant role during the pandemic period due to its high credibility as perceived by Malaysians. The main intriguing implication of this study is considering the traditional media as more credible than social media by the Malaysian although the social media was their main source of information
The Role of Television as an Educational Medium in Empowering Rural Students in Sri Lanka during Covid 19 Pandemic
No full textThe online learning and media-based learning have been introduced as alternative solutions to the education sector at the local and international levels in the context of Covid-19. Therefore, “Guru Gedara” (Teacher’s house) Television (TV) programme was mainly introduced to the students who do not have the internet access to provide formal education during Covid 19 pandemic in Sri Lanka. Therefore, the main purpose of the study is to examine the role of television in empowering rural school students in Sri Lanka. The FGDs were conducted with 36 students in Billewa Vidyalaya (School) in Anuradhapura District. The personal interviews were conducted with five key people in the same geographical area (purposive sampling). The qualitative data were thematically analyzed. Uses and Gratifications theory was used to examine the role of TV as an educational media in empowering rural school students. The results showed that television is an effective educational medium among rural school students during Covid-19 pandemic. There are also opportunities and challenges of using TV as an alternative educational tool during the pandemic. It is important to develop the ICT and social infrastructure in the rural areas to provide the ICT access to the rural communities. Combining the TV, radio and online platforms is also another option to empower rural students with formal education
The Application of Nominal Group Technique (NGT) in Evaluating the Usability of E-learning
No full textThe Nominal Group Technique (NGT) is a structured process to gather information from a group for their priority setting. This technique is very useful and effective in generating a large number of new ideas to solve problems specifically in e-learning courses. The researchers have conducted this technique in the final phase of their research about the development of web-based activities in learning Arabic collocation and identify the usability of that application. Therefore, this article has two purposes: (1) discussing what Modified NGT is and how to implement it as evaluation tool in e-learning application; and (2) describing the findings of usability evaluation using this technique by providing qualitative data generated during a workshop led by the researchers. This study contributes detail procedures to the researchers and learning material designers by drawing a proposed rule for evaluating educational products in terms of their usability
The Impact of Website Effectiveness towards Online Repurchase Intention
No full textInternet shopping has become a current trend and it is growing rapidly around the world. Online shopping has become the main market channel from online retailers or marketers as it is convenient and mainly accepted by the Generation Y. Based on purchasing behavior for each generation group towards online shopping, it can be defined that Generation Y is highly acceptable towards online shopping activities compared to other generations. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the impact of website effectiveness towards online repurchase intention among Generation Y online consumers in Malaysia. The AIPD model can be an integrative way to evaluate domestic and international websites? strategies and be a motivation for consumers especially Generation Y to adopt online shopping. Therefore, the elements of the APID model which are attracting, informing, positioning, and delivering have been selected as the four independent variables in this study. A quantitative research was utilized in this study and data was collected by distributing 100 questionnaires to online shopping consumers among the Generation Y in Malaysia. The data was collected and analyzed using SPSS version 23.0. Data analysis methods carried out in this study are Descriptive Analysis, Pilot test (Cronbach?s Alpha), Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and Multiple Regression. The findings show that four independent variables are related to online repurchase intention among Generation Y online consumers in Malaysia. Besides, online consumers from the Generation Y in Malaysia regard delivering as the most influential factor in online repurchase intention among online shopping activities
Factors Influencing the Students’ Choices towards Online Food Delivery
No full textNew world today has come out with many technology in helping us to ease our daily live. This includes creating a new system in e –commerce. Among the latest upgraded technology that arise during these days are the ability to use smart phone for buying and purchasing purpose. Like many other industries, food industry is currently effected with massive development of systems in providing better services and quality in terms of food ordering, selecting and delivery. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors effecting the students’ choices towards online food delivery. The quantitative research method was chosen and the questionnaire was used to collect data as a survey method. Structured questionnaire was used in this study. There were 265 respondents who were randomly included in the questionnaires conducted by the researcher. The data was analyzed using Google form and questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed by using Statistical Packages for Social Science Version 25 (SPSS Version 25) software based on descriptive analysis, reliability analysis, and correlation analysis. As for the result, all of the independent variables (attitudes, time saving, and promotion) that had been studied in this research had significant relationships towards dependent variable (consumer behavior). The result of the research objectives which is to examine the relationship between attitudes, time saving and promotion that influencing consumer behavior towards Online Food Delivery
Financial and Non- Financial Key Competitiveness Indicators (KCIs) for New Small-Medium Private ousing Development Firms From the Malaysian Perspective
No full textThe aim of this study is to identify the key competitiveness indicators (KCIs) for new small-medium housing development firms within the starting period of the operation. Through mean analysis of surveys from 49 top level management of small-medium housing development firms in the East Coast Region of Peninsular Malaysia, this study identified and ranked 13 indicators which are a combination of financial and non-financial KCIs for the new small-medium sized housing developers. The finding shows that the highest rank is an indicator of the relationship with the local authority/ government/ planning department/ banks/ customers, followed by indicators of entrepreneurial values, strategic partners, increase of sales, cash flow, expansion of finance channels and cash liquidity, scientific and rational use of capital budgeting and planning capabilities, profitability, investment analysis and orientation in the project feasibility stage, conducting sensitive risk prediction, assessment and response capacity, housing policy information and information channels, diverse range of capital, and lastly land reserves. The firms essentially identify and understand their KCIs in order to survive for the long-term whereby the successful survival of these firms may improve the healthy development of the industry. Lastly, this empirical finding can recommend to the top level management of small- medium firms that to fully utilize their internal and external firm resources in order to achieve and gain more competitive advantages
Governance Mechanism and Financial Reporting Timeliness of Listed Firms on The Nigeria Stock Exchange
No full textThe issue of financial reporting timeliness is central to quality of financial report and equally influence the decisions of investors on were to commit their resources. While there is a regulatory requirement on when financial reports should be made available, it appears that firms have continued to flout the requirements of the regulations. Considering the fact that investors eagerly anticipate the release of financial report to invest in a firm, a delay in such report could lead to investment in an alternate firm. It is against this back drop that this study examines the effect of corporate governance mechanisms on financial reporting timeliness of listed firms in Nigeria. The study used a sample of 65 firms out of the total population of listed firms on the Nigeria stock exchange. The study analyzed the data collected using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and the hypotheses were tested using Poisson regression analysis technique. First, it was found that it takes an average of three months after 31st December for financial statement to be reported. The study found that for all the firms combined, board independence, and managerial shareholding significantly reduces the number of days it takes for financial report to be reported. Also, board size and board independence decrease financial reporting lag but without statistical significance. On the other hand, the signs of the variables change when individual sectors are considered. For the market as a whole, it is recommended that the Securities and Exchange Commission should continue to enforce compliance with governance mechanisms as to aid reporting timeliness which provide basis for investors to make their investment decision timely as well in the market. On a specific note, firms in the industrial goods, conglomerate, banking sector and consumer goods sector should be given a closer monitor by the SEC since most of the governance variables rather increases the delay. To the aforementioned, it is recommended that the boards should be made more effective. The effectiveness of the board should be improved in terms of capability of the board members and since the relationship between board size and reporting timeliness is a direct one (moving in the same direction) management of these sectors should equally consider reducing its board size since a decrease in board size will decrease the number of days it takes for financial report to be filed. This is necessary because large size can lead to a lot of debate which could take time before an issue is addressed
Early Detection Method for Money Fraudulent Activities on E-commerce Platform via Sentiment Analysis
No full textShopee is one of the prominent online shopping platforms in Malaysia. Nonetheless, countless scam cases were reported on the platform, particularly on money fraudulent activities. This study constructed a quantitative model through linear programming that assessed sentiments based on customers’ reviews. Reviews from three selected Shopee products (‘M3 Smart Health Watch’, ‘Sony Headset Wired Gaming Headphone’, and ‘20000mAh Pineng 100% Original Powerbank’) were analysed using the proposed model. The data were converted into measurable metrics to enable quantitative fraud detection. The model enabled the early detection of possible money fraudulent activities on Shopee products based on customers’ reviews. Resultantly, ‘M3 Smart Health Watch’ is an authentic Shopee product. In contrast, ‘Sony Headset Wired Gaming Headphone’ and ‘20000mAh Pineng 100% Original Powerbank’ are money fraud products sold by scammers. The proposed model utilises free and readily available software, thus extending its usability to other small business owners