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IX. European Conference on Social and Behavioral Sciences, Paris
Get PDFAbstract. International Association of Social Science Research-IASSR organized ninth of its conference series as “European Conference on Social and Behavioral Sciences” themed on February 3-6, 2016, at Paris. The conference president was Çanakkale On Sekiz Mart University, Prof. Dr. Hasan Arslan. The conference was comprised from 79 sessions and nearly 400 presentations to be made in three days. Average of five presentations were planned to be delivered in each session. Twenty one of presentation was planned to be presented in English while fifty eight of them was in Turkish. Since the conference was a social science event, almost all of the studies were related to dynamism, potential and agenda of social science studies in Turkey except some health science related studies. In this point of view, Education Science was the social science discipline which had most amount of session with 19 sessions in the conference. This quantity is a normal situation for Education Faculties which focus on creating teachers in Turkey. On the other hand, Philosophy was represented in the conference with only one session and three presentations therefore this gave a clear understanding about the dynamism, focus and potential of social science studies conducted in Turkey. Firstly, the message of sufficient motivation is not provided for Philosophy science could be understood. Secondly, the result of that thought, interpretation, comprehension and contemplation level of social science studies conducted in Turkey is low could be derived. The authorized bodies in Turkey should give greater attention to this subject could be thought.Keywords. Paris- IASSR Conference, Social Science, Social Science Development in Turkey.JEL. A10
From Oil to Non-Oil: How are Private Higher Education Institutions Confronting with Quality Issues?
Get PDFAbstract. Plummeting oil prices have been a cause of concern for Omani economy and the state is strategizing to provide impetus to non-oil sectors. One of the prime sectors which are being given the desired push is that of higher education wherein private sector is being given ample opportunity to further the economy of Oman by contributing towards its human capital. Private higher educational educations in Oman have collaboration with international university partners. However, issues of quality management remain to be addressed. The key contribution of the paper lies in the emphasis on the role and significance of the international university partners in furtherance of quality management in these private higher educational institutions. For the present purpose, four metrics of quality assurance shall be taken into consideration; viz. academic quality, infrastructure, research collaboration and professional development. Document review shall remain the edifice for research evidence.Keywords. Oman, Internationalization, Higher education, Privatization.JEL. H52, H75, I00
Tendency to Violence of Young People in Their Adolescence Period and Precautions to be Taken
Get PDFAbstract. Adolescence is an important period in which many changes and difficulties take place in people including acquiring adult attitude and behavior, sexual maturity and body growth. The related studies show that adolescence, who follows self-acquisition ad autonomy phases, tends to attend gang activities, to use dangerous products, perpetration and to use violence. This study provides various (psycho-) social factors which direct adolescence to violence usage, additionally provides suggestions to enable adolescence to experience this period with the minimum difficulty depending on national and international studies.Keywords. Adolescence period violence, Precautions against violence, Environmental factors, Family and violence.JEL. E24, J24, O15
12th International Conference on Teaching, Education and Learning (ICTEL) in Mauritius
Get PDFAbstract. The 12th International Conference on Teaching, Education and Learning (ICTEL) was held on the 25th and 26th November 2016 at Middlesex University. In this hectic time closing this year, eight academics who also wrote research papers made a formal presentation of their work. Dr Banally of Global Research and Development Services (GRDS) acted as the moderator for all the presentations that took place on both days. The conference invited topics from various spheres of tertiary education while it allowed for a panoply of subjects to be treated. There could be a high level of convergence seen from the fact that traditional teaching methodology, though still persistent, should leave the way for modern student-focused learning. This should be coupled with high level of student interaction, the use of online technology, new methods of motivating modern learners and the need to understand generational shifts. A selective notes of conference is provided in the following paragraphs to highlight the diversity of topics treated by the various academics in this conference.Keywords. Education, Social capacity.JEL. A20, C31, D71, Y90
Relationship between Social Network Credibility and Online Purchase Intention for Automobile Market in Egypt
Get PDFAbstract. The wide popularity of the internet has influenced people to use it on regular basis in order to gain information about cars for purchasing purposes. It is hoped that this research will promote car sales in Egypt by studying the impact of trusting internet social networks such as Facebook on the car brand image to users. It also aims to advise the automobile market industry to better shape its internet online marketing strategies by determining the characteristics of the Egyptian online car buyers, which would be helpful in developing better online marketing strategies. The leading Egyptian automobile websites are studied also for comparison, especially regarding usage of internet social networks in car business. A customized questionnaire, with a total sample of 274 and 5 interviews have been made for this purpose. The research paper performs empirical analysis and uses hypothesis testing to obtain the required results. Validity analysis was used for the credibility factor (Reputed credibility) and reliability analysis with a score of 0.5.Keywords. Social Networks, Automobile Industry, Trust.JEL. M00, M31, M30
Effects of R&D Costs on Profit of Producers of Oil Productions in Tehran Stock Exchange
Get PDFAbstract. In this paper, we survey effects of firm’ size, firm’ age, capital to endowment, debt to endowment, advertisement cost and R&D cost on profit of producers of oil productions in Tehran stock exchange. We use from data of period 2004-2014 and estimate model with panel method. Results of estimation reveal that capital to endowment, age and R&D cost have positive effect on these firm’s profit and firm’ size, debt to endowment and advertisement cost have negative effect on our firm’s profit.Keywords. R&D Cost, Oil Productions, Profit, Advertisement Cost.JEL. Q54, H27, E31
Quantitative Research Based Upon the Identifical Development of the People with Turkish Origins who Live in Germany (Example of Berlin)
Get PDFAbstract. Immigration movement from Turkey, which began with Labor Migration Aggrement which was signed in the year of 1961 between Turkey and Federal Republic of Germany and still continued today, is accompanied by many important factors which shape and change both countries’ nation in the international area. This study brings forward important features of family identity within the development processes of the Turkish origin people who have lived in Germany for more than half century.[i]This study, which summarizes the data of field research conducted in Berlin, presents the identifical development direction with comparisons among the age groups. The most important finding which depends on the research data is the fact that Turkish culture, values, norms and Islam religion are important factors on identifical developments of the third generation youths who live in Berlin while religion factor has decreasing importance and common culture of Turkish and German and values have increasing importance for the first and second generations.Keywords.Turkish identity, Turish people in Germany, immigration identity, family identity, Turkish people in Berlin.
Interfaith Conflict and Political Development in Nigeria: The Zangon Kataf Conflict
Get PDFAbstract. The goals and objectives of this research, are to investigate and analyze the different ways the Zangon Kataf interfaith conflict poses a great deal of threat to the political development of Nigeria and also to try and understand what mechanisms can be put in place to prevent a future occurrence of such conflict. The research identified that the economic disparities in terms of wealth acquisition and trading advantage the Hausa Muslims had over the Atyap Christians for decades and also religious intolerance by both Muslims and Christians were the major problems of the research. The research adopted the qualitative method of research and also a descriptive research methodology was used. Data was collected through the use of questionnaires made up of closed ended questions. The major findings of the research demonstrates that the slow response by the security agencies to immediately restore peace, law and order in Zangon Kataf and the economic advantage by the Hausa Muslims as against the Atyap Christians were highlighted as the major findings. However this research recommends that community leaders need to promote the need for dialogue as a tool used in the settlement of disputes among conflicting parties. Also religious leaders need to emphasize on religious tolerance that is to say the need for one religion to tolerate the religious values of other religions and finally there is a need for government to formulate economic policies that will be favorable amongst the various religious and ethnic groups of the Nigerian state.Keywords. Interfaith, Conflict, Hausa, Atyap, Tolerance.JEL. D71, D74, D79
Geographical Factors in Determining IFDIPolicy
Get PDFAbstract. With the initiative of the West China Development policy, the flow of Inward Foreign Direct Investment (IFDI) gradually increased in western China. This paper investigates and tests the determinants of IFDI for western China’s11 provincesduring2002 – 2008. By compiling a pool data set and employing General Least Squares (GLS) with fixed effects model in natural logarithmic form, we explorethe IFDI in western China thoroughly. The proposed model illustrates reliable estimates of determinants of IFDI for the region. The market size, laborcosts, education level, imports and highway length are found to have a significant relationship with IFDI in western China, hence, they may be considered as determinants. On the other hand, research and development (R&D), length of railways, and postal and telecommunication services have a statistically insignificant effect on IFDI.Keywords. Inward FDI determinants, Western China, Pool data..JEL. F20, K20, L20, L20, M20