Cooperative education during Covid-19 pandemic: enhancing legal rights and professional development of interns in Thailand

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shubham Pathak ◽  
Siwarut Laikram
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Cooperative Education ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
The Government

Purpose The study aims at enriching the existing cooperative education sector in Thailand. Adequate cooperative education has direct impacts upon graduates’ future professional development, employability and enhanced professional skills. The cooperative education framework in Thailand is relatively a recent concept and lacks detailed research. Design/methodology/approach The methodology adopted in this study is mixed-method, inclusive of qualitative methodology where data were collected through key informant interviews and; quantitative methodology involving survey questionnaires with a sample of 350 respondents. The data analysis included the quantitative analysis with Chi-square and excerpts from the key informant interview respondents. Additional strength, weakness, opportunity and threat analysis is performed to provide for gaps at various levels of cooperative education and the potential opportunities to the graduates in Thailand. Findings The findings depict a lack of legal framework for effective skill development, uncertain moral and physical security of the interns and absence of legal rights for interns, minimal support and assistance from the government sector, reduced future employability and insufficient financial resources among poorer students. Research limitations/implications Lack of student and cooperative database with the government departments. Practical implications The Thai Qualification Framework has been adopted in a majority of universities, however, the quality assurance does not cover the student’s perspectives, financial and social limitations towards attending the cooperative education. Social implications With enhanced vulnerabilities due to the Covid-19 pandemic, adverse impacts are analysed and recommendations are provided for enhancing cooperative education opportunities towards students. Originality/value This research aims to understand the perspectives of the students who graduated with cooperative education and are currently working professionals.

Access to Finance and Legal Framework in Female Entrepreneurship Development in Bangladesh: The Mediating Role of Self-Leadership

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 762-780
Author(s):  
Zhu Yingjun ◽  
Sharmin Jahan ◽  
Md Qamruzzaman
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Female Entrepreneurship ◽  
Female Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Government ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

The growing need for entrepreneurship is considered to be a prominent segment of an economy's evolution, especially female entrepreneurs. This study's motivation is to unleash the critical determinants for female entrepreneurs' evolution in the economy of Bangladesh by following institution and self-leadership theory. The study adopted a quantitative method and a structured questionnaire for data collection from female entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to explore the causal effects of access to finance and legal framework. The study revealed that women's entrepreneurial activities are immensely influenced by access to finance, legal constraints, and entrepreneurial skills. The mediating effects of self-leadership behavior also influence women's participation in business activities. Based on the results, it is recommended that the government and other institutions should take the initiative in female entrepreneurship that affect women's self-leading behavior and policymakers should consider the financial aspects relating to women’s business activities. This study is also helpful for empowering women financially and helping them to understand their legal rights by formulating a women-centric strategic plan.

Continuing professional development and special librarians in Jamaica

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marsha-Gay Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Information Network ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
The Government ◽  
Areas Of Interest ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the continuing professional development (CPD) activities undertaken by special librarians in Jamaica, their motivation, the challenges faced and the areas of interest for professional development. Design/methodology/approach Special librarians working in Jamaica were surveyed using an online questionnaire which was disseminated via e-mail. Findings The study indicates that special librarians in Jamaica were engaged in both formal and informal CPD activities. They were motivated by factors such as keeping up to date with changes in librarianship and personal satisfaction. Challenges to participating in CPD include, lack of funding, time constraints and lack of worthwhile options. Areas of interest for CPD were mainly information technology-based. Research limitations/implications The study was limited to the contact lists of the special libraries section of the Library and Information Association of Jamaica (LIAJA) and the Government Library and Information Network of the Jamaica Library and Information Network (JAMLIN). Practical implications The results have implications for the planning and implementation of continuing professional activities for Jamaica’s special librarians. It also fills a gap in library literature regarding the continuing professional activities of special librarians. Originality/value The paper is one of few studies focusing on the CPD activities of special librarians undertaken in a developing country.

New Egypt divorce bills should bolster women’s rights

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Divorce Laws ◽  
Dramatic Rise ◽  
Divorce Rates

Subject Proposed amendments to divorce laws. Significance The past 20 years have seen a dramatic rise in divorce rates in Egypt, from 1.2 per 1,000 marriages in 1999 to 2.2 in 2015. To reduce the number of divorces, the Ministry of Social Solidary launched a new compulsory programme on college campuses in September 2019, under the name of Mawadda -- which means affection -- to advise young people on how to choose their partners, and introduce them to the legal rights and duties of spouses in Egypt. In addition, new legislation is being drafted to amend the legal framework governing marriage, maintenance and child custody. Impacts Legislation in Egypt put forward by top religous authority Al Azhar could influence other Sunni countries. Attempts to restrict polygamy will face wide resistance. Banning common law marriage will penalise poorer men who cannot afford high bride prices.

scholarly journals Nigeria’s upstream petroleum industry anti-corruption legal framework: the necessity for overhauling and enrichment

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olusola Joshua Olujobi
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Oil Contracts ◽  
The Government ◽  
Regulatory Intervention

Purpose This study aims to investigate why anti-corruption statutes are not efficient in Nigeria’s upstream petroleum industry. Design/methodology/approach This study is a doctrinal legal research that embraces a point-by-point comparative methodology with a library research technique. Findings This study reveals that corruption strives on feeble implementation of anti-corruption legal regime and the absence of political will in offering efficient regulatory intervention. Finally, this study finds that anti-corruption organisations in Nigeria are not efficient due to non-existence of the Federal Government’s political will to fight corruption, insufficient funds and absence of stringent implementation of the anti-corruption legal regime in the country. Research limitations/implications Investigations reveal during this study that Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) operations are characterised with poor record-keeping, lack of accountability as well as secrecy in the award of oil contracts, oil licence, leases and other financial transactions due to non-disclosure or confidentiality clauses contained in most of these contracts. Also, an arbitration proceeding limit access to their records and some of these agreements under contentions. This has also limited the success of this research work and generalising its findings. Practical implications This study recommends, among other reforms, soft law technique and stringent execution of anti-corruption statutes. This study also recommends increment in financial appropriation to Nigeria’s anti-corruption institutions, taking into consideration the finding that a meagre budget is a drawback. Social implications This study reveals that corruption strives on feeble implementation of anti-corruption legal regime and the absence of political will in offering efficient regulatory intervention. Corruption flourishes due to poor enforcement of anti-corruption laws and the absence of political will in offering efficient regulatory intervention by the government. Originality/value The study advocates the need for enhancement of anti-corruption agencies' budgets taking into consideration the finding that meagres budgets are challenge of the agencies.

Angolan privatisation will test Lourenco reform agenda

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Framework ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
Political Interference ◽  
The Us ◽  
Privatisation Programme ◽  
The Government ◽  
Oil Revenues

Significance Lourenco’s government launched in August its flagship Privatisation Programme (PROPRIV), with 195 companies and assets set to be either fully or partially sold. With a legal framework in place promising ostensible transparency, the process is officially set to take four years. Impacts UNITEL's proposed privatisation will likely create new conflict between the Dos Santos family and Lourenco after a period of accommodation. Ruling MPLA bureaucrats will strongly resist the (part-)privatisation of former cash cows, such as national carrier TAAG. Corruption in Sonangol’s external operations may have lessened under Lourenco, but political interference remains rife in its subsidiaries. The US authorities may pressure Luanda to use revenues from PROPRIV to settle outstanding debts to US firms. The government will look to the diamond sector to boost non-oil revenues, after recent institutional changes and a new tender process.

Social media in aid of post disaster management

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajree Ducol Malawani ◽  
Achmad Nurmandi ◽  
Eko Priyo Purnomo ◽  
Taufiqur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Topic Modelling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government ◽  
Post Disaster

Purpose This paper aims to examine tweet posts regarding Typhoon Washi to contend the usefulness of social media and big data as an aid of post-disaster management. Through topic modelling and content analysis, this study examines the priorities of the victims expressed in Twitter and how the priorities changed over a year. Design/methodology/approach Social media, particularly Twitter, was where the data gathered. Using big data technology, the gathered data were processed and analysed according to the objectives of the study. Topic modelling was used in clustering words from different topics. Clustered words were then used for content analysis in determining the needs of the victims. Word frequency count was also used in determining what words were repeatedly used during the course period. To validate the gathered data online, government documents were requested and concerned government agencies were also interviewed. Finding Findings of this study argue that housing and relief goods have been the top priorities of the victims. Victims are seeking relief goods, especially when they are in evacuation centres. Also, the lack of legal basis hinders government officials from integrating social media information unto policymaking. Research limitation This study only reports Twitter posts containing keywords either, Sendong, SendongPH, Washi or TyphoonWashi. The keywords were determined based on the words that trended after Typhoon Washi struck. Practical implication For social media and big data to be adoptable and efficacious, supporting and facilitating conditions are necessary. Structural, technical and financial support, as well as legal framework, should be in place. Maintaining and sustaining positive attitude towards it should be taken care of. Originality/value Although many studies have been conducted on the usefulness of social media in times of disaster, many of these focused on the use of social media as medium that can efficiently spread information, and little has been done on how the government can use both social media and big data in collecting and analysing the needs of the victims. This study fills those gaps in social big data literature.

Legislative approaches to nondiscrimination at work: a comparative analysis across 13 groups in 193 countries

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jody Heymann ◽  
Bijetri Bose ◽  
Willetta Waisath ◽  
Amy Raub ◽  
Michael McCormack
Keyword(s):  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Foreign National ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender

PurposeThere is substantial evidence of discrimination at work across countries and powerful evidence that antidiscrimination laws can make a difference. This study examines the extent of protections from discrimination at work in countries around the world and which groups were best covered.Design/methodology/approachThis study assesses legal protections in hiring, pay, promotions/demotions, terminations and harassment for 13 different groups across 193 countries using a database the authors created based on analysis of labor codes, antidiscrimination legislation, equal opportunity legislation and penal codes. Differences in levels of protection were examined across social groups and areas of work, as well as by country income level using Chi-square tests.FindingsProtection from gender and racial/ethnic discrimination at work was the most common, and protection across migrant status, foreign national origin, sexual orientation and gender identity was among the least. For all groups, discrimination was more often prohibited in hiring than in promotion/demotion. There was inconsistent protection from harassment and retaliation.Research limitations/implicationsAddressing discrimination at work will require a broad range of synergistic approaches including guaranteeing equal legal rights, implementation and enforcement of laws and norm change. This study highlights where legislative progress has been made and where major gaps remain.Originality/valueThis article presents findings from an original database containing the first data on laws to prevent discrimination in the workplace in all 193 countries around the world. The study analyzes legal protections for a wide range of groups and considers a full range of workplace protections.

scholarly journals Legal and regulatory barriers to effective public-private partnership governance in Kazakhstan

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolai Mouraviev ◽  
Nada K. Kakabadse
Keyword(s):  
Government Regulation ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Wage Rates ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical assessment of legal and regulatory impediments to effective governance of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Kazakhstan. Design/methodology/approach – The qualitative study develops propositions from the PPP literature and then tests them against findings from in-depth interviews. Interviewees have been selected by a purposeful sampling from PPP projects in Kazakhstan as well as from national and regional PPP centres. Findings – The identified barriers to effective PPP management include irregularities in the PPP legal framework, such as lack of legal definition of a PPP and controversy with the government guarantee’s legal status for its long-term payments to partnerships; bureaucratic tariff setting for partnership services; non-existent opportunity for private asset ownership; and excessive government regulation of PPP workers’ wage rates. Practical implications – The partners’ opposing perspectives on a number of PPP issues show that management needs to identify and carefully reconcile stakeholder values in a partnership in order to achieve more effective PPP governance. Practitioners, particularly those in the public agencies, have to be concerned with ways to reduce the government overregulation of the private operators, which is likely to result in greater PPP flexibility in management and, ultimately, higher efficiency in delivering the public services. Originality/value – By elucidating multiple examples of overregulation and PPPs’ inefficiency, the paper demonstrates that the government dominance in PPP management is conceptually inappropriate. Instead, the government should adopt the concept of co-production and manage its relations with the private sector partner in a collaborative fashion.

scholarly journals Opinions of High School Students and a Teacher in Teaching and Learning during Confinement by COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 76-90
Author(s):  
Antonieta Kuz
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
School Students ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
The Government

La globalización, las nuevas tecnologías, la migración, la competencia internacional, los desarrollos del mercado, los desafíos transnacionales, ambientales y políticos son factores que rigen la adquisición de las habilidades y el conocimiento que los estudiantes necesitan, para sobrevivir y salir airosos durante la pandemia ocasionada por la enfermedad causada por el virus SARS-COV2. La pandemia ha acelerado muchos problemas subyacentes en torno a las escuelas secundarias en Argentina y el desafío de preparar a los estudiantes para el trabajo, la ciudadanía y la vida en el siglo XXI. A través de este estudio buscamos conocer cómo las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TICs) son utilizadas por estudiantes de Educación Secundaria de un colegio público de la provincia de Buenos Aires, más específicamente los recursos digitales imperantes que son comunes en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Para ello, combinamos metodología cuantitativa y cualitativa. Por un lado, se ha realizado una investigación descriptiva desde y hacia la metodología cuantitativa, en la cual la recolección de datos se ha realizado a través de un cuestionario elaborado para este estudio, el cual fue respondido por un total de 80 estudiantes. Los resultados obtenidos revelan que el teléfono celular y en cuanto a las aplicaciones que estos permiten, el WhatsApp ha sido la herramienta que más utilizan. Por otro lado, mediante un análisis cualitativo realizamos una entrevista con una profesora para conocer su perspectiva. Para ello, denotamos, en términos generales, como resultado de ambos análisis, que el sistema no se preparó, a pesar de los planes gubernamentales implementados, visibilizando la compleja realidad educativa argentina. Globalization, new technologies, migration, international competition, market developments, transnational, environmental and political challenges are all factors that govern the acquisition of the skills and knowledge that students need to survive and get out graceful during the pandemic occasioned by the disease caused by the SARS-COV2 virus. The pandemic has accelerated many underlying issues surrounding high schools in Argentina and the challenge of preparing students for work, citizenship, and life in the 21st century.  Through this study we seek to learn about how Technology of the Information and Communication (ICTs) are used by Secondary Education students of a public school in the province of Buenos Aires, specifically the prevailing digital resources that are common in the teaching-learning process.  For this purpose, we combine quantitative and qualitative methodology. On the one hand, a descriptive investigation has been performed from and towards the quantitative methodology, in which the data collection has been accomplished through a questionnaire prepared for this study, which was answered by a total of 80 students. The results obtained reveal that the cell phone and, in terms of the applications that they allow, WhatsApp has been the tool they use the most. On the other hand, through a qualitative analysis, we conducted an interview with a teacher to find out her perspective. To do this, we denote, in general terms, that ,as a result of both analysis, the system was not prepared, despite the government plans implemented, making visible the complex argentine educational reality.

scholarly journals Tendering in Assignment of the Administrative Contract: A Comparison of Egyptian Tender Law and Saudi Government Tenders and Procurement Law

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Awad Ali Alanzi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Administrative Contract ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Government ◽  
Procurement System

Administrative contracts are conducted to meet government agencies' requirements in terms of procurement, which is done by tendering. The government infrastructure demand and day-to-day other needs are contracted with vendors, who render their services by applying the announced tender. Hence, the legal framework related to tendering is very important, which protects the legal rights of tender authority and vendors. This present research aims to explore the tendering law in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, having a close legal framework regarding tendering. Egypt is carrying the tender law of 1998, which is updated in 2018 recently. Moreover, tendering in Saudi Arabia depends on the Government Tenders and Procurement Law (GTPL) of 2019, which is updated from the previous version of GTPL 2006.  The research explores the basic structure of the procurement system and tendering in both systems, including the discussions on procurement agency, tendering methods, basic tendering regulations, public-private partnership, transparency issue, and tendering with foreigners' bidders. Also, the recent improvements in both tendering systems are discussed. The research traces many similarities and differences in both tendering systems and suggests taking help from each other's experiences.

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