scholarly journals Research assistants’ perception of mistreatment and the strategies they prefer to overcome this mistreatment

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1662
Author(s):  
Gizem Günçavdı ◽  
Soner Polat
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Organizational Variables ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Future ◽  
Secondary Appraisal ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Research Assistants

<p>The purpose of this study is to determine research assistants’ perception of mistreatment from other faculty members and the strategies they prefer to overcome this mistreatment. The sample of this study includes 255 research assistants who work at seven faculties at Kocaeli University, Turkey. This study is in the descriptive survey model. In order to measure research assistants’ perception of mistreatment, “Mistreatment Scale” developed by Harlos and Axelrod (2005) and adapted to Turkish by Günçavdı and Polat (2015); and in order to measure strategies which research assistants prefer to overcome this mistreatment, “Secondary Appraisal Scale” developed by Rogers (1998) were used as data collection tools. It has been found out that research assistants’ perception of mistreatment from faculty showed significant difference depending on personal and organizational variables.  Also it has been found out that research assistants used “barriers” strategies mostly to overcome mistreatment. This research has given an idea about research assistants’ experiences about being exposed to mistreatment, but this study is limited to students at Kocaeli University. In the future researches, the samples can be extended by taking research assistants who work at other universities as the sample.  </p>

scholarly journals Investigating Knowledge Acquisition among Faculty Members

10.28945/3940 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 001-020
Author(s):  
Abdoulaye Kaba ◽  
Chennupati K. Ramaiah
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Knowledge Sources ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

Aim/Purpose: This study investigates the issue of knowledge acquisition among faculty members. Background: The paper reports the use of knowledge acquisition tools and reading knowledge sources by faculty members. It also identifies demographic differ-ences among participants in using knowledge acquisition tools and reading knowledge sources. Methodology: The study used an online survey-based questionnaire tool for data collection. The participants consisted of 300 faculty members from 26 academic institu-tions in UAE. Statistical tests are used to verify and validate the hypotheses. Contribution: The paper represents one of the few empirical studies conducted on knowledge acquisition among faculty members in the GCC countries. Find-ings of the study may contribute to the theoretical and practical understanding of knowledge acquisition among faculty members. Findings: Findings of the study revealed that medical faculty members read knowledge acquisition sources more than other faculty members. Likewise, IT faculty members use knowledge acquisition tools more than other faculty members. Results of the study supported stage three of knowledge acquisition proposed in the “Stage Theory of Knowledge Consumption Growth” (Mathew, 1985). The study found that journals are the most sources read by the participants while web-based training (WBT) tools are the most used knowledge acquisition tools among faculty members. Results of the study indicated significant differ-ences among faculty members of different age groups, academic ranks, aca-demic specializations, and institutional affiliation in reading knowledge sources. Likewise, findings of the study revealed significant difference among partici-pants of different academic specializations in using knowledge acquisition tools. Recommendations for Practitioners: Results of the study could be extrapolated to other faculty members in the GCC countries. Recommendation for Researchers: More researches could be done to address different issues of knowledge acquisition among faculty members. Impact on Society: Faculty reading of knowledge sources and use of knowledge acquisition tools may have direct or indirect positive impacts on innovation, creativity, and re-search productivity in any society. Future Research: It will be interesting to apply more than one data collection method in the future research.

scholarly journals Opinions of Saudi elites towards the credibility of electronic press sites  and their relationship to degree of dependency: مصداقية المواقع الصحفية الإلكترونية لدى النخبة الأكاديمية السعودية

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norah Saleh Almarzouqi
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Reliability Level ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Future ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Academic Elite

The study aimed to identify the credibility level of electronic press sites and their correlation with the reliability level as seen by the Saudi elite. To verify the aim, the study followed the descriptive approach. The study sample consisted of (102), representing the audience of the Saudi academic elite and media who use Internet as general and electronic press sites in particular, (Media faculty members of Saudi universities), the study was applied to the Saudi newspaper websites such as (Okaz newspaper, Middle East newspaper, Riyadh newspaper, and Sabk newspaper). The researcher conducted special criteria for the study of website reliability standards of the newspaper. The field study, survey applying, and data collection were conducted in October and November 2018. This study showed the following results: There is a statistically significant correlation between the exposure intensity of the Saudi elite to the study sample websites and their reliability level on it. This means that the greater the exposure of the Saudi elite to the electronic press sites, the greater the level of their reliability on it, and proved a statistically significant correlation between the intensity of the exposure of the Saudi elite to the electronic press sites of the study sample and the credibility level. It also showed a significant correlation between the intensity of the exposure of the Saudi elite to the website’s contents of the study press sample and the motivations of its pursuance in the future. The study concludes a number of recommendations, the most important of which is that the press websites should be concerned with the standard of interaction in terms of communication with the author, and conduct studies on the contact persons who working in the field of newspaper websites to find out the most important pressures and factors affecting their credibility of transferring information.

Investigating Faculty Members' Beliefs About Distance Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 23-44
Author(s):  
Naifa Eid AI-Saleem ◽  
Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Academic Rank ◽  
Female Faculty ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Positive Statements ◽  
Negative Statements

This research paper aims to investigate the beliefs (perceptions) about distance education(DE) held by the faculty members of Sultan Qaboos Uuniversity (SQU) at the Sultanate of Oman as well as the differences between their beliefs (perceptions) with regards to gender, teaching experience, college academic rank, nationality, etc. This study used a questionnaire as a method of data collection. Findings of the study indicated statistically significant difference in terms of gender. Results show that female faculty members hold positive beliefs (perceptions) about the use of DE in learning and teaching whereas compared to their male colleagues. With regards to nationality, the study found statistically slight differences, wherein the Omani faculty members yielded higher scores on the positive statements and lower at the negative statements.

scholarly journals Attitude of Secondary School Teachers towards Value Pattern of Education In Relation to Gender, Teaching Effectiveness and Locality

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nimain Charan Mallik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The investigator intended to examine the attitude of secondary school teachers towards value patterns of education in relation to Gender, Teaching effectiveness and Locality. The investigator adopted a descriptive survey method for the current study. The researcher selected by the random sampling method for data collection following four High schools of Cuttack District. Further, the investigator adopted an attitude scale developed by Rensis Likert for Data collection. For analysis of data, the researcher used the ‘t’ test. The findings showed no significant difference is found between the attitude of Male and Female Teachers on Value Education. Similarly, there is no significant difference exists between Rural and Urban teachers in their attitude towards Value Education.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Teachers’ Workplace Friendship Perceptions and Conflict Management Styles

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Necati Cemaloğlu ◽  
Ayhan Duykuluoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Management Styles ◽  
Conflict Management Styles ◽  
Organizational Variables ◽  
Workplace Friendship ◽  
Descriptive Survey

It can be put forward that workplace friendship has impact on some organizational variables such as organizational commitment, job satisfaction and intentions to leave the job (Morrison, 2005, pp. 152-153). The preferences of the employees can also be influenced by their perceptions about workplace friendship. In this study, it was aimed to find out the predictive levels of employees’ workplace perceptions for their preferences about the conflict management styles. The research was designed as a descriptive survey model. The scales of “workplace friendship” and “Rahim Organizational Conflict Management” were utilized as data collection tools. The correlations among and predictive levels of sub-dimensions of workplace friendship scale for the conflict management styles were analyzed by means of multiple regression analysis. At the end of the analyses, it was found out that the variable of friendship prevalence is a meaningful predictor of conflict management style of integrating, friendship opportunity is a meaningful predictor of compromising style, and friendship prevalence and friendship opportunity variables together are the meaningful predictors of avoiding style.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Multi-Cultural Characteristics of the Pre-Service Teachers in Terms of the Values They Have

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-346
Author(s):  
Suat POLAT
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Multicultural Personality ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Descriptive Survey

In this study, it was aimed to analyze the multi-cultural characteristics of the pre-service teachers and the values they have in terms of various variables, and it was aimed to determine the relationship between these values. Descriptive survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the study. The population of the study consisted of the pre-service teachers studying in different departments in the Faculty of Education, İbrahim Çeçen University of Ağrı in 2017-2018 academic years. The sample of the study consisted of 341 pre-service teachers selected with random sampling method. “Multicultural Personality Questionnaire” developed by Oudenhoven and Zee (2002) and adapted into Turkish by Polat (2009) and “Values Scale” developed by Dilmac et al. (2014) were used as data collection tool in the study. According to the results obtained from the study, it was determined that the value preferences of the pre-service teachers and their multicultural personality characteristics showed a significant difference in terms of gender, undergraduate program, educational background of the mother, having social media account and daily internet use variables; however, there was not a significant difference in terms of family structure, the place s/he grew up, educational background of the father and monthly income variables. As the data collection tools are formed of several sub-dimensions, the abstract does not include information about which groups are favored for the difference in the variables and in which sub-dimensions, but detailed information is given in the following sections of the study.

scholarly journals Investigating and Comparing the Situation of Innovation Culture in Lorestan University and Islamic Azad University, Khorramabad Branch

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
Azita Sattar ◽  
Saeed Rajaeepour ◽  
Ghorbanali Salimi ◽  
Ahmad Abedi
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
T Test ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Innovation Culture ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Data Collection Instrument ◽  
Time Faculty

<p>The main objective of the present study was to investigate and compare the situation of innovation culture in Khorramabad universities according faculty to members' views. The method employed in the study is descriptive and it is a survey research. The population of the study consisted of all full time faculty members of Lorestan University and Islamic Azad University of Khorramabad who were 220 and 148 individuals (totally 368 individuals). The sampling method was proportionate stratified sampling.According to the sample size in this research, 106 individuals from Lorestan University and 67 individuals from Islamic Azad University of Khorramabad were selected as the sample of the study (totally 173 faculty members). For data collection instrument, a researcher-made questionnaire was developed based on five-point Likert scale. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated using Cronbach's alpha equal as 0.93 and its construct validity was 0.656 which were at acceptable levels. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics (mean and SD) and inferential statistics (one-sample t-test, independent samples t-test, and multivariate variance analysis) were used.</p><p>The results indicated that there is a significant difference between innovation culture in Lorestan University and in Islamic Azad University of Khorramabad and it is observed more in Lorestan University.  </p>

scholarly journals Artificial intelligence as an innovative approach for investment in the future of healthcare in Egypt

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Eman Salman Taie
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Nurse Managers ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Specialized Hospital ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Future ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Hospital Study

Objective: To investigate perception of managers and patients about AI application in the healthcare domain in Egypt.Methods: The study is quasi-experimental conducted in Shams Specialized Hospital, Dar el-Shefaa hospital in Cairo, and Dar El Foad Hospital. Study subjects were composed of two groups: managers (nurse and medical) and patients. Three questionnaires were used for data collection (Managers’ knowledge about artificial intelligence, Managers’ perception of artificial intelligence, and patients’ perception about the application of AI in healthcare).Results: All of the managers, either nurse or medical, had a lack of knowledge about AI. Nurse Managers perceived most items positively regarding the application of artificial intelligence in nursing, while medical managers perceived all items positively regarding the application of artificial intelligence in medicine. On the same line, the highest percentage of patients agreed upon the application of artificial intelligence in healthcare.Conclusions: There was a highly significant difference (p < .001) between managers’ knowledge about AI before and after awareness sessions. The majority of nurses and medical managers’ perceived the application of AI positively in nursing and medicine. Also, patients perceived the application of AI in healthcare positively.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Independence of Hospital Management in Iran University of Medical Science

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-133
Author(s):  
Niloufar Faridfar ◽  
Iravan Masoudi Asl ◽  
Somayeh Hessam ◽  
Soad Mahfoozpour
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Hospital Management ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Chief Executives ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Introduction: Governmental hospitals have so far managed in different ways to increase the efficiency of hospitals, each of which has its disadvantages and advantages. This study aimed to determine the factors affecting the independence of hospital management in Iran University of Medical Science. Material and Methods: This descriptive-survey study was conducted pragmatically at hospitals of Iran University of Medical Sciences to identify obstacles and provide the necessary infrastructure by conducting study and follow-up. The sample was 94 people including university dean, deputies and chief executives of hospitals, educational and research deputies, therapists and professionals. Questionnaire was used as data collection tools and field data collection method. Results: The mean age of participants was 47.24 ± 5.41 years. Cronbach's alpha of 41 questions was assessed to test the reliability of the questionnaire. The total alpha coefficient was 0.843. The results showed that the mean score of all domains based on experience time was not significantly different (p> 0.05). The mean score of all domains in the first and third items based on education was statistically significant (p <0.05). In other items, there was no significant difference based on education level (p> 0.05). Conclusion: In general, according to the results and extracted five items, the independence of hospital management can improve the efficacy of services and satisfy the patients and staff.

Why Choose Cardiothoracic Surgery as a Career?

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja R. Gopaldas ◽  
Faisal G. Bakaeen ◽  
Danny Chu ◽  
Joseph S. Coselli ◽  
Denton A. Cooley
Keyword(s):  
Technological Progress ◽  
Artery Bypass ◽  
Cardiothoracic Surgery ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
New Graduates ◽  
The Future ◽  
Cardiac Surgeon ◽  
The Right ◽  
Cardiac Surgeons ◽  
The Ideal

The future of cardiothoracic surgery faces a lofty challenge with the advancement of percutaneous technology and minimally invasive approaches. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, once a lucrative operation and the driving force of our specialty, faces challenges with competitive stenting and poor reimbursements, contributing to a drop in applicants to our specialty that is further fueled by the negative information that members of other specialties impart to trainees. In the current era of explosive technological progress, the great diversity of our field should be viewed as a source of excitement, rather than confusion, for the upcoming generation. The ideal future cardiac surgeon must be a "surgeon-innovator," a reincarnation of the pioneering cardiac surgeons of the "golden age" of medicine. Equipped with the right skills, new graduates will land high-quality jobs that will help them to mature and excel. Mentorship is a key component at all stages of cardiothoracic training and career development. We review the main challenges facing our specialty�length of training, long hours, financial hardship, and uncertainty about the future, mentorship, and jobs�and we present individual perspectives from both residents and faculty members.

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