scholarly journals Educational emigration of Iranian and Tajik students to Russia: a comparative analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-429
Author(s):  
Tamara K. Rostovskaya ◽  
Mehdi Afzali
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Russian Education

Academic mobility of students is a complex phenomenon that plays an important role in the process of socio-economic and cultural development of receiving and sending countries. With the beginning of the globalization process, the movement of scientists, professors, students, etc. has become easier, faster, and more convenient, which has prompted universities and research institutions to attract students from abroad. Russia, like many other countries, has created the project «Development of the export potential of the Russian education system». However, there are different internal and external factors affecting the export process of Russian educational services. The purpose of this study is to compare the motives of foreign students from Iran and Tajikistan who chose Russia as a destination country to continue their education. This study uses a qualitative approach using open, semi-structured interviews with international students from Iran and Tajikistan. In total, 33 students from four cities and 6 different universities in Russia were interviewed with 21 men and 12 women aged 20 to 31 years old. The results of this study show that Iranian and Tajik students have much in common in terms of language, culture, values, and traditions but differ in their motives and decision-making process.

scholarly journals Success Factors for the Implementation of Community Renewable Energy in Thailand

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 4203
Author(s):  
Nilubon Luangchosiri ◽  
Takaya Ogawa ◽  
Hideyuki Okumura ◽  
Keiichi N. Ishihara
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Formal Structure ◽  
External Support ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Legal Structure ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Developed Nations

Community renewable energy (CRE) has recently been proposed as one of the effective policy tools to make a community sustainable and to strengthen this association. CRE is, however, not widespread yet in Thailand, and evidence-based research on CRE in the country is rather scarce. This paper aims to investigate the characteristics of CRE in Thailand to identify the key factors affecting its implementation. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and document analysis for 26 active CRE projects in Thailand. Results show that the characteristics of CRE in Thailand are rooted in the geographical location of a community. A legal structure was created from a pre-existing group to implement a CRE project. The primary motivation for implementing CRE is sustainable development of a community. We examined essential factors separated into two groups—internal and external factors—in reference to CRE in developed nations. We highlight several issues concerning the further development of CRE in Thailand. First, a strong group leader and a formal structure are essential to drive and manage a project. Second, networks of CRE projects and long-term revolving funds are crucial external support to implement CRE.

scholarly journals Current stage of higher education internationalization: new characteristics, world leaders and challenges for Russia

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 129-146
Author(s):  
E. D. Frolova ◽  
V. S. Beliaeva ◽  
A. A. Ishukov ◽  
A. A. Frolov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Current Stage

At its present stage of internationalization of education, its architecture and forms have changed. The study of these aspects requires an integrated approach. Increasing the volume of exports of educational services remains a priority for Russia, which, according to the authors, does not realize its educational export potential sufficiently. The purpose of the article is to reveal the features of the current stage of internationalization of higher education through the compilation of its complex characteristics by a set of cross-sections, to interpret the calculations obtained in a new way, to identify new facts and factors affecting the development trend and to develop proposals for Russia as an exporter of educational services. The main sources used were the statistical databases of the WTO, the EEC of the EAEU. Analytical approach, comparative and statistical analysis were used. As a result, the authors found confirmation of the continuing trend of growth in global spending on education, the volume of investments in the global market of educational services, an increase in the number of foreign students, and the preservation of Russia's share in the number of foreign students. The authors also identified new characteristics of the global educational services market, such as: the acceleration of the growth rate of global exports of educational services, the decline in the share of the United States and the growth of the share of the UAE in the global educational services market, the transformation of Asian countries from donors to recipient countries of educational services.

scholarly journals FACTORS AFFECTING THE JOURNALIST IN FRAMING BY-ELECTION NEWS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
Mohd Zuwairi Mat Saad
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Factors ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
News Frames ◽  
Daily News ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Election News

Media is one of the platforms for delivering information to an audience. The role of media plays in framing issues is very important when it can impact how an audience thinks. Therefore, this article analyses frame construction by focusing on by-election news. The study using semi-structured interviews with journalists was done to explain how the internal and external factors affecting journalists in the newsroom affected the framing of the by-elections news in Malaysia. The informants for this face-to-face interview are Malaysian media practitioners, print journalists (Utusan Malaysia and Daily News) from different backgrounds, roles, and experiences in political journalism. Three informants from Daily News and three informants from Utusan Malaysia. The interviewer is an experienced journalist who reports on the news of a by-election or general election has been interviewed. The results show that there are internal and external factors that influence journalists in the construction of news frames. However, there is a dominant factor affecting the framing of the by-elections in Malaysia, namely journalist education. Journalist education plays an important role in providing insight into delivering news reports to audiences. Specializing in the field of journalism, it has an impact on news writing as well as brings journalist thinking into the selection of themes, news directions, and resources, although internal organizational factors and external factors influence news production.

scholarly journals Revealing the Underlying Insights on the Use of Social Media by Foreign Students—A Qualitative Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Gengeswari, K. ◽  
Sharmeela-Banu, S. A.
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Use Of Social Media

<p><em>Student retention’s strategy has been key interest of Universities worldwide in line with its potential benefits in improving the University’s image besides contributing to the improvement in the institution’s financial performance. Recent communication technologies which are known for their ability to reaching the target market have gradually nullified the utilization of the traditional advertising tools. Of these communication technologies, education institutions are gradually embracing the social media in order to leverage its potential benefits. Review on the past studies reveals that there is an abundant of quantitative researches which investigated the use of social media by university’s students where limited focus was on the qualitative approach. This study intended to explore the underlying insights on the use of social media by carrying out semi-structured interviews among foreign students of the private higher education institutions located in Klang Valley, Malaysia. This study found that utilization of social media, quality information, usage influences and students’ engagement are the four important themes pertaining to the use of social media discovered from the interview sessions conducted. This study also provides several implications for both practitioners and academics.</em></p>

scholarly journals Factors Affecting on Couple’s Decisions to Use Surrogacy: A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzaneh Golboni ◽  
Amir Jalali ◽  
Mohammadreza Dinmohammadi ◽  
Ziba Taghizadeh ◽  
Paricher Nouri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Methods ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Parental Role ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Surrogate Mother ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Parenting Role

Objective: Our study aimed to clarify of factors affecting decisions to use a surrogate mother can create broad knowledge of this concept. Materials and methods: For This qualitative research, participants were selected through snowball sampling methods out of couples with a history of using surrogacy as an alternative treatment for having a child. As well, sampling continued until data saturation was reached. Finally, 23 persons participated in study (9 couples, 5 related persons). After selecting the participants and obtaining informed consent, in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted and most of them were recorded with participants’ consent. Then, all the interviews were analyzed using a conventional method. Results: Content analysis of the statements condenced to 311 codes, 13 subcategories and 5 categories including the absence of parental role, perceived norm, hope for parenting role, mental challenge, and decision to use surrogacy were extracted. Conclusion: The results indicated that numerous variables had an effect on decision-making process to use a surrogate mother, but the variable of hope for parenting role was an influential concept that not only interacted with other concepts but also caused optimism and motivation in families to decide in this respect.  

scholarly journals THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE MODULAR STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY AT A UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
O.V. Aldakimova ◽  
◽  
T.I. Oleshko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Development Program ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
Modular Structure ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Russian Education

Statement of the problem. The need to successfully fulfill the targets of the national project entitled “Development of the export potential of the Russian education system” emphasizes the importance of broad interdisciplinary studies of international academic mobility as a factor of strengthening Russian influence in the world. The analysis of statistical data presented in the scientific literature of the research results confirms the presence of a number of educational and managerial problems at universities that restrain the influx of students from foreign countries to Russian universities. The purpose of the article is to theoretically substantiate the modular structure of the international academic mobility development program at a university. Methodology (materials and methods). The methodological basis of the research is a systematic approach that allows us to consider international academic mobility as a complex multidimensional phenomenon with internal integrity. The reliance on a multi-context approach ensures that the system of factors affecting the development of international academic mobility in universities is taken into account. Research results. The scientific novelty and theoretical significance of the results obtained lies in the substantiation of the modular structure of the program for the development of international academic mobility at a university, including conceptual-strategic, administrative-managerial, scientific-methodological and psychological-advisory modules. The practical significance of the results obtained is determined by the possibility of their use in university practice for analyzing existing experience and planning new directions for development of international academic mobility at a university. Conclusion. The development of a comprehensive program for the development of international academic mobility will allow universities to move from isolated events to the implementation of a scientifically based strategy for strengthening leadership positions in the international arena.

scholarly journals The Factors Affecting Jordanians Housewives Consumption Behavior: A Qualitative Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ibrahim Obeidat ◽  
Abdullah Oweidat ◽  
Nazieh Hamdi ◽  
Zaid Mohammad Obeidat
Keyword(s):  
Basic Needs ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Purchase Decision ◽  
Purchase Decisions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
The Family ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Main Factor

Based on the findings of semi-structured interviews with (N=129) Jordanian housewives, this study examined the psychological, social, and marketing influences on the purchase and consumption behavior of Jordanian housewives. Overall, the findings of this study showed that the purchase decisions of the housewives were motivated by necessity to satisfy basic needs and the family appeared to be the main influencer affecting the housewife purchase decision.  With regards to the factors prohibiting consumption, inflation appeared to be the main factor discouraging housewives from making purchases. A number of managerial implications and suggestions are also presented.

A comparative study of contemporary user involvement within healthcare systems across England, Poland and Slovenia

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 625-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateusz Lichon ◽  
Matic Kavcic ◽  
Daniel Masterson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how healthcare-users’ engagement is perceived, how it occurs and how these perceptions differ between three European countries: England, Poland and Slovenia, using the concepts of voice, choice and coproduction. Design/methodology/approach – This comparative, qualitative study is based on a review of legal documents, academic literature and semi-structured interviews conducted in October and November 2011. A research sample consisted of 21 interviewees representing various stakeholders including healthcare-users, doctors and managers. Primary and secondary data were analysed using theoretical thematic analysis. Emerging themes were identified from the interviews and related to the indicators describing healthcare-users’ involvement in the voice, choice and coproduction model. Findings – Results of the comparative qualitative research suggest that the healthcare-users’ influence is strongly grounded in England where the healthcare system and professionals are prepared to include healthcare-users in the decision-making process. In Slovenia, cultural development of healthcare-users’ involvement seems to proceed the institutional development. In Poland, institutions are ready to involve healthcare-users in decision-making process although the cultural desirability of involving users among doctors and patients is lacking. Originality/value – The notion of user involvement is increasingly gaining importance and research attention, yet there is still little known about the way cultural, political, historical differences between various European countries influence it. This paper explores this little known area using the original approach of user involvement (Dent et al., 2011) with input from various stakeholders including patients, healthcare representatives and academics.

scholarly journals The Effect of Managerial Accounting on the Quality of Decision-Making

2020 ◽  
pp. 544-552
Author(s):  
Dr. Omar Mohammad Al-Hawatmeh
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Managerial Accounting ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed to know the impact of managerial accounting on the quality of decision-making, including the actual impact on the strength of competition with companies, The study also aimed to clarify the importance of the decision-making process and clarify the factors affecting it, whether internal or external, and to indicate the existence of information that helps in decision-making processes in circumstances of uncertainty and clarify the effect of using the management accounting information necessary to analyze the data and conditions accompanying the decision-making process and explain the importance of the information Accounting that helps the organization and consistent with its circumstances and capabilities so that it reflects on the facility profits and its financial position positively, It also aims to identify the extent to which industrial companies use management accounting methods, and to achieve these descriptive goals analysis and inductive analysis approach that followed for specialized industrial companies. The study sample included (40) companies, and the study concluded a number of results, most notably: that the decision-making process is the fundamental essence of the success of management operations in industrial companies, where the decision is based on practical experience and on scientific knowledge and essential studied within an organized framework, and that the decision-making process in industrial companies is affected by internal and external factors.

Different Forms of Work Satisfaction

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Büssing ◽  
Thomas Bissels
Keyword(s):  
Work Satisfaction ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Extended Model ◽  
Work Situation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Global Satisfaction ◽  
Evaluative Processes ◽  
The Right ◽  
Level Of Aspiration

The extended model of different forms of work satisfaction ( Büssing, 1991 ), originally proposed by Bruggemann (1974) , is suggested as a distinctive qualitative approach to work satisfaction. Six forms of work satisfaction—progressive, stabilized, resigned satisfaction, constructive, fixated, resigned dissatisfaction—are derived from the constellation of four constituent variables: comparison of the actual work situation and personal aspirations, global satisfaction, changes in level of aspiration, controllability at work. Preliminary evidence from semi-structured interviews with 46 nurses shows that the dynamic model is headed in the right direction (qualitative differentiation of consistently high propertions of satisfied employees, uncovering processes of person-work situation interaction). Qualitative methods demonstrated their usefulness in accessing underlying cognitive and evaluative processes of the forms, which are often neglected by traditional attitude-based satisfaction research.

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