Core entrepreneurial competencies of students in departments of electrical engineering and computer sciences (EECS) in universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 857-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jen-Chia Chang ◽  
Yuan-Du Hsiao ◽  
Su-Chang Chen ◽  
Yu Tsung-Ta
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Important Conclusion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
Entrepreneurial Competencies

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate entrepreneurial competencies of students in practicums within departments of electrical engineering and computer sciences (EECS) in universities of technology. In total, 71 faculty members who advised in entrepreneurial competitions in universities of technology were participants in the questionnaire survey to find the entrepreneurial competencies during practicums of the EECS students. Design/methodology/approach Analysis was carried out based on the literatures related to off-campus internship in universities of technology and entrepreneurship competency. Then, through the questionnaire survey, the authors can understand what the entrepreneurial abilities should have when they after off-campus internships. The entrepreneurship competency expected of off-campus internship students within EECS was analyzed to derive at the important conclusion in this study. Findings As the results of this study, the authors found that entrepreneurial processes, entrepreneurial traits/behaviors, communications and interpersonal skills, and digital skills are the entrepreneurial competencies that are emphasized during practicums. Originality/value The paper suggests that, first, the EECS students take up innovative entrepreneurship programs and take electives such as marketing management, financial management, and related business administration courses. Second, respective universities of technology and internship organizations may co-arrange the incorporation of project-based learning (PBL), PBL into the internship work content. Third, establishing a platform that bridges communication for off-campus internship students.

scholarly journals Assessing the smartness of buildings

Facilities ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 553-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Arditi ◽  
Giulio Mangano ◽  
Alberto De Marco
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Smart Buildings ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Smart Building ◽  
Convenient Tool ◽  
Energy Issue

Purpose – This study aims at capturing the perspectives of construction professionals into a classified taxonomy of the various characteristics of smart buildings and at developing an index able to define their level of smartness. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey has been administrated to construction professionals in the service of designers, constructors and owners. Results have been analyzed with the Kruskal–Wallis test and they have been used to develop a smartness index. Findings – Designers and owners are more focused on the energy issue than constructors. The energy captures the attention of practitioners with less years of experience, confirming that the awareness of the energy topic is rather recent. Originality/value – The main characteristics of smart buildings have been structured in domains and subdomains. Their importance has been rated by construction professional and a smartness index for smart building has been developed to provide with a convenient tool for evaluation and benchmarking.

The usage of ILLiad and Get It Now at a US medium-sized academic library over a three-year period

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Jaskowiak ◽  
Todd Spires
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Document Delivery ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Inflation Rates ◽  
Delivery Options ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Us University

Purpose As medium-sized academic libraries’ budgets continue to shrink or cannot compete with inflation rates, document delivery options like ILLiad and unmediated Get It Now can play a prominent role in providing content lost due to the inevitable cancellation of serial subscriptions. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of using these two options in a US university. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines the usage of these two services for the three fiscal years following the implementation of Get It Now at Bradley University. Findings Questions addressed are as follows. How have they been used over the three-year time period? Which user status group has been using them, undergraduates, graduate students or faculty members? Which departments on campus have been using them the most? Originality/value This study is the first to look at the usage of Get It Now and ILLiad together over multiple years.

Do accountability and transparency promote community trust? Evidence from village government in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafiez Sofyani ◽  
Suryo Pratolo ◽  
Zakiah Saleh
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Village Community ◽  
Community Trust ◽  
Village Government ◽  
Special Region

Purpose This study aims to examine the determinants of accountability and transparency of Indonesian village government(s), namely, the competence and organisational commitment of village government staff, and the consequences of accountability and transparency for village community trust. Design/methodology/approach This research was conducted in village governments in the province of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, covering four regencies: Sleman, Bantul, Kulon Progo and Gunung Kidul. A total of 128 village governments participated in this research. Data were collected by distributing a questionnaire survey, and a partial least squares technique was used to test the research hypotheses. Findings The study revealed that village government staff's competence and organisational commitment are positively associated with accountability. However, organisational commitment and accountability are not associated with transparency. In addition, it was discovered that transparency is positively associated with village community trust but accountability is not. Originality By testing the determinants and consequences of accountability and transparency following the ratification of the new village law regulating village government governance, this study is, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, pioneering research.

Dark tourism: tourist value and loyalty intentions

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 915-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pramod Sharma ◽  
Jogendra Kumar Nayak
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Dark Tourism ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Loyalty Intentions ◽  
Emotional Value ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the direct and indirect effects of tourists’ value on satisfaction and loyalty intentions in dark tourism.Design/methodology/approachThis research was conducted using the data collected through a questionnaire survey from 403 tourists visiting a dark tourism destination in India. Data were analyzed using CFA and SPSS macro (Process).FindingsThe findings confirmed that tourists’ values have significant direct and indirect effects on loyalty intentions via satisfaction in dark tourism. Among specific value, the strongest direct and indirect influence of emotional value in dark tourism is the unique finding of this research.Practical implicationsThis study would help the marketers, government, local authorities and relevant stakeholders operating in dark tourism to formulate policies and strategies to better serve this niche tourism.Originality/valueThis research is the first-known attempt to reveal the uniqueness of tourists’ perception of value in dark tourism. It could significantly add to the literature and practice of dark tourism.

Are Kenyan lecturers motivated to teach?

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-607
Author(s):  
Harry Kipkemoi Bett
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
General Assumption ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Current Status ◽  
General Belief ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a discussion on the overlooked side of motivation among Kenyan lecturers: the motivation to teach. Design/methodology/approach The paper is generally a review of the current status of lecturer motivation in Kenya in relation to their teaching and research. This has been done anchored on Herzberg’s two-factor theory. Findings While the general belief is that lecturers are more motivated to teach than to engage in research owing to immediacy of returns (from teaching), arguments are given showing that contextual factors may contribute to lecturer demotivation in their teaching. Practical implications There is need to increase the number of lecturers in higher education in Kenya so as to mitigate against the overwhelming workload affecting many faculty members. A balance between hygiene and motivators should also be borne in mind, especially in relation to teaching and research. Originality/value The general assumption in literature is that since many lecturers in Kenya are not engaging in research, they must be motivated to teach. This study, however, argues that many contextual challenges do not motivate lecturers in the country to teach.

scholarly journals Essence of partnership management in project-based learning: insights from a university’s global project programme

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Pan ◽  
Poh-Sun Seow ◽  
Venky Shankararaman ◽  
Kevin Koh
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
A Value ◽  
Continuous Feedback ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Global Project ◽  
Unpleasant Experience

Purpose Although it is clear that there are many benefits of academic–industry partnership through project-based learning (PBL) courses offered by universities, however, there are challenges in establishing such partnerships that if not addressed, may result in either failure of such collaboration or an unpleasant experience for parties involved. Accordingly, this study aims to address this knowledge gap in the PBL literature by identifying the essence of partnership management and offering insights to managing such partnerships effectively. Design/methodology/approach This study aims to develop a framework that highlights the essence of partnership management in a PBL setting and validate the framework by conducting a focus group study on a university in Singapore (UNIS)’s PBL programmes called UNIS-X and UNIS-XO. Findings The results suggest that the key features of partnership management include a value proposition, depth of collaboration, knowledge creation and exchange and continuous feedback. In addition, the findings offer useful insights to managing effective partnerships when engaging industry partners in a PBL programme. Originality/value For researchers, this paper contributes to the PBL literature by identifying and validating the key features of effective partnerships in PBL. This serves as one of the first exploratory and validation studies in examining key features of partnership in the PBL literature. For educators, this study offers useful insights to understanding effective partnership management when engaging industry partners in a PBL course. With the knowledge, educators can devise useful actions to ensure these features of a partnership are established and maintained throughout the project.

Facilitation of team communication skill among engineers: an empirical study

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikhil K. Mehta ◽  
Sumi Jha
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Social Skill ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Team Communication ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to understand the team communication skill among students with engineering background.Design/methodology/approachLabour market offers more employment to those who have better social skills than those who fair less on these skills. It is pertinent to integrate these skills among engineers. In the study, a Qual-quant-Qual platform was created to develop social skill andragogy for engineers from India. Involving 132 engineers, the authors gathered qualitative and quantitative data to understand their perspective on communication and the emergent factors of team communication skill.FindingsThe qualitative study supports the view that despite theoretical awareness, the actions may differ. The factor analysis of the data revealed five important factors of interpersonal communication. The study offers six utilities in support of andragogy.Originality/valueThe study offers a platform to engineers to internalize and reflect differences in order for the real learning to take place, and it also offers space to faculty members to simulate and offer relevant interventions.

Cheating behaviour among accounting students: some Malaysian evidence

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhaiza Ismail ◽  
Salwa Hana Yussof
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Males And Females

Purpose This study aims to examine the cheating behaviour among accounting students in terms of the extent of neutralization of cheating and the effectiveness of deterrents to cheating of cheaters and non-cheaters. It also aims to examine the differences in the cheating behaviour between males and females of cheaters and non-cheaters groups. Design/methodology/approach Using a questionnaire survey on academic dishonesty developed by Haines et al. (1986) which was administered to accounting students, 435 usable responses were obtained and analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. In achieving the objectives, mean score, standard deviation and independent sample t-tests were performed. Findings The results on the extent of cheating neutralization revealed that cheaters have significantly greater excuses to cheat than the non-cheaters. In addition, males have greater neutralization for cheating than females. In terms of the effectiveness of the deterrent to cheating measures, there were significant differences between cheaters and non-cheaters on the effectiveness of two deterrents to cheating measures. The comparison between males and females reveals significant differences between the two genders for cheating neutralization as well as the three cheating deterrents for both cheaters and non-cheaters groups. Originality/value The present study does not only investigate the differences in the cheating behaviour between cheaters and non-cheaters in terms of neutralization and deterrents to cheating but also provides evidence on the cheating attitude based on gender.

Counting heads vs making heads count

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 780-798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Vargas ◽  
Amy Seon Westmoreland ◽  
Kathrina Robotham ◽  
Fiona Lee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Faculty Of Color ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Racial Climate ◽  
Organizational Diversity ◽  
Data Set ◽  
White Faculty ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Primary Driver

Purpose Research on organizational diversity initiatives generally focus on either numerical diversity or racial climate. Both facets of diversity are critical, however, research has rarely examined their impact simultaneously. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach In the current study, the authors use the context of higher education, to examine how variations in the composite of numerical diversity and racial climate predict psychological disparities between faculty of color (FOC) and White faculty. The authors test how institutions that engage in authentic diversity (i.e. institutions that are both numerically diverse and have a positive racial climate) compare to other diversity composites. Findings Using a data set of n=37,406 faculty members in US colleges/universities, this study found that racial disparities between FOC and White faculty for various psychological outcomes are smaller in authentic diversity institutions compared to institutions with low numeric diversity/ poor racial climate. Further, the data demonstrate that authentic diversity institutions have reduced psychological disparities compared to institutions with high numeric diversity/poor racial climate, but have similar disparities to institutions with low numeric/positive racial climate. Originality/value These results suggest that diversity climate may be the primary driver of mitigating psychological disparities between FOC and White faculty. However, it is necessary for institutions to authentically engage in diversity – by promoting both entities – to become more effective in reducing disparities.

Modelling the supplier selection process enablers using ISM and fuzzy MICMAC approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 536-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudarshan Kumar ◽  
Shrikant Gorane ◽  
Ravi Kant
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Supplier Selection ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Micmac Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Micmac ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an approach to successful supplier selection process (SSP) by understanding the dynamics between SSP enablers (SSPEs), using interpretive structure modelling (ISM) methodology and find out driving and the dependence power of enablers, using fuzzy MICMAC (Matriced’ Impacts Croisés Appliquée á un Classement) analysis. Design/methodology/approach – The group of experts from industries and the academics were consulted and ISM is used to develop the contextual relationship among various SSPEs for each dimension of supplier selection. The results of the ISM are used as an input to the fuzzy MICMAC analysis to identify the driving and the dependence power of SSPEs. Findings – The research presents a hierarchy-based model and mutual relationships among SSPEs. The research shows that there is a group of SSPEs having a high driving power and low dependence, which requires maximum attention and is of strategic importance, while another group consists of those SSPEs that have high dependence and low driving power, which requires the resultant actions. Research limitations/implications – The weightage obtained for the ISM model development and fuzzy MICMAC are obtained through the judgment of academician and few industry experts. It is the only subjective judgment and any biasing by the person who is judging the SSPEs might influence the final result. A questionnaire survey can be conducted to catch the insight on these SSPEs from more organizations. Practical implications – This category provides a useful tool for top management to differentiate between independent and dependent SSPEs and their mutual relationships which would help them to focus on those key SSPEs that are most significant for effective supplier selection. Originality/value – Arrangement of SSPEs in a hierarchy, the categorization into the driver and dependent categories, and fuzzy MICMAC are an exclusive effort in the area of supplier selection.

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