scholarly journals School Matters: The Contribution of Positive School Climate to Equal Educational Opportunities among Ethnocultural Minority Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 0044118X2097023
Author(s):  
Ruth Berkowitz
Keyword(s):  
School Climate ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Positive School Climate ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Equal Educational Opportunities

This study carefully examined compensating, mediating, and moderating effects of positive school climate on the relationship of socioeconomic status (SES) and achievement in a nationally representative sample of ethnocultural minority Arabic speaking students in Israel ( N = 21,873). Positive school climate was predominantly influential in schools with vulnerable ethnic groups and students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Narrower achievement gaps among students with different personal SES backgrounds were achieved in schools with positive climates. Results suggest improving school climate can increase students’ academic opportunities and offer special benefits for students from less advantaged backgrounds. Implications for research, practice, and policy are discussed.

Gender and Marital Satisfaction: Data from the National Survey of Families and Households

1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 319-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter R. Schumm ◽  
Farrell J. Webb ◽  
Stephan R. Bollman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Satisfaction Relationship ◽  
Representative Samples ◽  
Small Support

In 1972, Bernard argued that marriage was good for men and bad for women. Subsequent research noted that wives, on average, reported lower marital satisfaction than husbands. Furthermore, when differences within couples existed on marital satisfaction, the wife was usually the less satisfied spouse; however, most previous studies of the gender/marital satisfaction relationship had not been based on nationally representative samples. A nationally representative sample from the 1988 Survey of Families and Households was used to assess the relationship of gender with marital satisfaction. Within-couple analyses indicated that wives were less satisfied with their marriages than husbands and that, when substantial within-couple differences occurred with respect to marital satisfaction, the wife was usually the less satisfied spouse. Results provide at least small support for feminist assertions about the relatively adverse nature of marriage for women in the United States.

Where is the Gospel, What Happened to Culture? The Reformed Church in Syria and Lebanon

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-306
Author(s):  
Najeeb Awad
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Setting ◽  
American Missionaries ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Eastern Christianity ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Gospel Message ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis paper is an attempt to address the question of gospel culture relationship from a Near Eastern perspective. Given the identity crisis challenge that the Reformed church of Syria and Lebanon is facing today, this paper discusses the following questions: is the gospel message, which is being enunciated by the Near Eastern Reformed ancestors of the American missionaries, applicable or not to the region's cultural and societal identity? Why are there features of conflict between the Reformed Near Eastern church's beliefs and values and the surrounding Christian cultural setting? Is this the responsibility of the missionaries or of the local, Arabic speaking Reformed church? These questions are answered by exposing two contemporary challenges that burden the Reformed church in the Near East. The first one is the relationship of the Reformed church to the theological and spiritual heritage of Eastern Christianity. And the second one is the relation of the Reformed ecclesial order, which is congregational and democratic in nature, to the Eastern ecclesial and social structure, which is hierarchical and autocratic in nature.

scholarly journals The Determinant Factors of Omnichannel Service Adoption in Jakarta

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Wenny Rukmana ◽  
Hermawan Susyanto ◽  
Antonio . ◽  
Ina Agustini Murwani
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Service Adoption ◽  
Channel Choice ◽  
Channel Integration ◽  
Object Based ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Along with the development of technology in retail, consumers have increased their expectation about experience convenience in retail. Starting with the growth of various platform, the next development is the experience that combined both offline and online service known as Omnichannel. The Omnichannel Service Adoption is explained by Wixom Model shows the relationship of object-based beliefs, channel integration quality, perceived fluency, and internal and external usage experience as moderating effects of perceived fluency. The adoption of Omnichannel is important to deliver a consistency of data and user experience compared to multichannel. The research uses quantitative approach with Structural Equation Model (SEM) PLS for data analytic. The population is referred to Berrybenka, a prominent fashion e-commerce in Jakarta, customers. The result shows that Breadth Channel Choice, Channel Service Transparency, Content Consistency and Process Consistency have a significant and positive influence on perceived fluency. The implication and limitation of the research are also highlighted.

scholarly journals Intergenerational Income Elasticity in Turkey

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
Murat Anıl Mercan ◽  
Hande Barlin
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Variable ◽  
Income Elasticity ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Income Status ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Longitudinal Dataset

Social scientists have been intrigued by the relationship between generations based on different characteristics. Economists, has been especially interested in measuring intergenerational income elasticity, which looks at the relationship of parents and that of their children when they become adults and gives clue on trends of income inequality. Most of the literature concentrates on the experiences of developed countries and measurement issues. Nevertheless, new studies concerning intergenerational income elasticity is being undertaken in developing countries as the data become increasingly available for these countries. In this vein, there is only one previous study that investigates intergenerational income elasticity for Turkey. Mercan (2012) finds that intergenerational income elasticity is around 0.1 in Turkey, which depicts Turkey as a highly mobile country meaning that children of poor parents have a higher likelihood to have a better income status. However, his study does not depend on a longitudinal dataset, which might make Mercan’s (2012) estimate biased. Following Solon (1992) in using OLS for lower bound and instrumental variable (IV) for upper bound, this study puts forth a new estimate, which relies on a nationally representative and longitudinal dataset for Turkey. The study's estimate for intergenerational income elasticity varies between 0.3 and 0.6, which is much higher than the result of Mercan (2012), indicating that Turkey is a less mobile country than previously foreseen.

scholarly journals The interplay between firms’ internal and external capabilities in exploration and exploitation

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (7) ◽  
pp. 1559-1580 ◽  
Author(s):  
César Camisón ◽  
Montserrat Boronat-Navarro ◽  
Beatriz Forés
Keyword(s):  
Radical Innovation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Incremental Innovation ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Exploration And Exploitation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to enrich the explanation of the interplay between internal and external – or district shared – exploration and exploitation capabilities as antecedents of a firm’s radical and incremental innovation. Previous studies do not differentiate between exploration and exploitation in district shared capabilities and how they interact with internal capabilities.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses hierarchical regression analysis to test the quadratic and moderating effects in a sample of 1,019 Spanish firms.FindingsResults show an increasingly positive effect on radical innovation of exploration capabilities, enhanced by shared capabilities in exploration. In the case of incremental innovation, the study finds evidence of an increasingly positive influence of exploitation capabilities and a concave relationship of exploration capabilities. Moreover, shared exploitation capabilities weaken the effect of internal exploitation capabilities and also have a direct effect on incremental innovation. Therefore, the two capabilities are interchangeable in the effect they have on incremental innovation.Practical implicationsDepending on the firm’s innovation strategy, intra-district firms should develop specific capabilities and/or concentrate on adopting the shared capabilities in the destination.Originality/valueThe study furthers the understanding of the relationship between exploration and radical innovation, and between exploitation and incremental innovation, which is more complex than previously depicted. The study also differentiates between exploration and exploitation in shared capabilities, enriching understanding of the competitiveness of district firms.

Urban and rural Arabic in Khūzistān

1973 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 533-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Ingham
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Speech Patterns ◽  
The One ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

It has been frequently noted by linguists and other observers that in many parts of the Arabic-speaking world, the speech patterns of any one region divide quite sharply into two groups—that of the towns on the one hand, and that of the surrounding countryside on the other. The following is an attempt to show the relationship of two dialects of Arabic spoken in the province of Khūzistān in Iran which can be considered to be representative of urban and rural groups within their area.

scholarly journals The impact of superior’s anger out on employees’ creative process engagement

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
SeulKi Lee ◽  
JaeYoon Chang
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Personal Identification ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This research aimed to investigate the impact of superior’s anger out on the employees’ creative process engagement, the mediating effect of negative mood, and the moderating effects of the personal identification with the leader. To examine these ideas, we conducted a survey and collected data from 211 employees of diverse organizations. Results result showed that superior’s anger out was positively related to the employees’ negative mood. The negative mood of the employees, however, had no significant effect on the creative process engagement and it did not mediate the relationship of the superior’s anger out with employees’ creative process engagement. Lastly, personal identification with the leader significantly moderated the relationship between the superior’s anger out and the employees’ negative emotion. That is, results revealed that those employees who had higher level of personal identification with the leader regarded his/her anger out as a signal of dissatisfaction toward their work performance, tended to exert more effort to resolve the problems creatively. Applied implications of the results are discussed.

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