Organisational Factors Influencing Higher Education Consumer Choice

2016 ◽  
pp. 94-117
Author(s):  
Jane Hemsley-Brown ◽  
Izhar Oplatka
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Organisational Factors

scholarly journals Modelling Organisational Factors Influencing Sustainable Development Implementation Performance in Higher Education Institutions: An Interpretative Structural Modelling (ISM) Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bankole Osita Awuzie ◽  
Amal Abuzeinab
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Structural Modelling ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Organisational Factors

Globally, higher education institutions (HEIs) have continued to record varied sustainable development (SD) implementation performances. This variance has been attributed to the presence of certain organisational factors. Whereas previous studies have successfully identified the factors influencing SD implementation performance in HEIs, few studies have attempted to explore the relationship between these factors and the influence of such a relationship on the management of SD implementation in HEIs. This is the objective of this study. Understandably, knowledge of such relationships will facilitate the development of appropriate frameworks for managing SD implementation in HEIs. Relying on a case study of a South African University of Technology (SAUoT), this study elicits data through a focus group discussion session. An interpretative structural modelling (ISM) focus group protocol indicating extant pair-wise relationships between identified organisational factor categories was extensively discussed. The emergent data was recorded, transcribed verbatim and subsequently analysed. The findings suggest that communication was critical to the prevalence of other factors, hence indicating its centrality to the effective management of SD implementation in HEIs. These findings will guide implementing agents in HEIs towards developing appropriate mechanisms for communicating SD implementation strategies.

Factors Influencing the Private Cost of Higher Education; the Case of Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-202
Author(s):  
S Gobinath ◽  
K Tharshan ◽  
W.R.H Dheerasekara ◽  
M.M.D de S. Gunawardena ◽  
S.G Jayakody ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Private Cost

Revisiting the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice Framework: Exploring What Fits with Virtual Teaching

2021 ◽  
pp. 097215092110153
Author(s):  
Sudhir Rana ◽  
Amit Kumar Singh ◽  
Shubham Singhania ◽  
Shubhangi Verma ◽  
Moon Moon Haque
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Teaching Efficacy ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Virtual Teaching

The present study revisits the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice (FIT-Choice) framework and explores what motivates business management academicians in teaching virtually. The revisit is based on a quantitative cross-sectional research design using 256 responses collected from in-service business management academicians teaching post-graduate business courses in India, through a structured questionnaire. The exercise of revisiting the FIT-Choice framework in the context of virtual teaching in business management courses led us to find four new variables, that is, task demand and expert career, teaching efficacy, knowledge assimilation and institutional utility value, as well as suggest revising teaching and learning experience, task returns and values. The results reveal that some additional factors motivating business academicians are teaching efficacy, content expertise, learning of new technology, futuristic growth and opportunities, alternative career opportunities and personal branding. The study provides suggestions to the apex bodies, regulators of higher education and institutions to take a call on motivational and influential factors while drafting the job requirements in business schools. Finally, the study emphasizes the importance of infrastructural and technological development required to be achieved by higher education institutions.

What Factors Influence the Adoption of Workplace Policies in African Organisations?: An Exploratory Study of Private Sector Companies' Adoption of Workplace Policies in Malawi

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aminu Mamman ◽  
Rhoda Bakuwa
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Management Innovation ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Workplace Policies ◽  
Organisational Factors ◽  
Hiv Aids

Given the dearth of research on management innovation in Africa, this paper explores the factors influencing the adoption of workplace policies in African companies. The paper used a random sample of 152 private sector companies in Malawi to investigate the factors influencing the adoption of HIV/AIDS workplace policies. The hierarchical regression results indicate that organisational factors are the better predictors of the adoption of HIV/AIDS workplace policies in Malawi. Specifically, top management support and organisational size have been found to be the main predictors. However, the study also found significant correlations between the adoption of HIV/AIDS workplace policies and institutional factors. One of the main implications of the findings is that organisational factors might provide improved explanatory power in predicting the adoption of HIV/AIDS workplace policies in African companies.

scholarly journals Factors influencing engagement with higher education pathway programs

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 169-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Boyle ◽  
ABM Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Factors Influencing

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Student’s Choice in Selecting Management Institutes in Karnataka State

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 4870-4877
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Employment Opportunity ◽  
Specialized Training ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Karnataka State ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
Professional Degrees

Since liberation impact in India, Business education spread its wings across boundaries and have excelled in enhancing quality higher education and directly responsible for fierce competition among MBA institutions and changed the landscape of how corporates viewed like never before.development of Multi-National Companies has spurned employment opportunity in Indian This factor has augmented the entryway of specialized training in the nation. Professional Degrees like Engineering Institutes at present are making a praiseworthy showing in giving down to earth and executing a commendable job and rendering education is appreciable and committing in creating ecosphere of synergy between expectations and reality on students choosing their Postgraduation is largely influenced with many factors to mention.The reason for conceptualizing paper is to analyze the key variables which impact student’s choice in selecting a Management Institutes which is in descriptive in nature and data was computed with a sample size of 684 respondents collected from final year students and Department in charge

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Consumer Choice of Private Dental Care Provider in Saudi Arabia

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Ala'eddin Mohammad Khalaf Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Care Provider ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The One ◽  
Dental Providers ◽  
Positive Effect

This research is intended to explore the factors influencing consumer choice of private dental care providers in Saudi Arabia. The current research is descriptive analytical. A purposive sampling technique was employed to recruit 220 consumers who visited a private dental care provider. This research showed that factors influencing consumers' choice (information sources, dentist attributes, dental practice attributes, and demographics) had a positive effect on consumers' choices of the private dental providers on the one hand. On the other hand, the demographic factor had no effect on brand. The paper contributes to previous research by adding to existing knowledge regarding the factors influencing consumer choice of private dental care provider in Saudi Arabia. The paper makes key recommendations towards studying the factors influencing the consumers' choice.

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