scholarly journals Professional Development Effect on Librarian Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Dwininda Kusumawardhani ◽  
Achmad Djunaedi

Bckground of the study: Professional development is an activity to increase and improve knowledges, attitudes, and skills that are useful for librarians in carrying out their duties in the library. Padjadjaran University librarians have participated in professional development activities such as attending seminars, workshops, conferences, etc. Librarians’ competencies are obtained from professional development activities which are the most important elements for librarians’ performance improvement. This study discusses how the influence of needs, resources, administrative support, and librarians’ professional development impacted on the performance of librarians at Padjadjaran University Library (UNPAD).Purpose: The purpose is to determine the extent of the influence of needs, resources, administrative supports, and the developments of the librarians’ profession on their performance.Method: This study uses a quantitative approach, with independent variables of professional development (Pan and Hovde, 2010) consisting of needs for professional development, resources for professional development, and administrative support; while the dependent variable is the librarians’ performance (Bernardin and Russell, 1993). The samples were collected using the total sampling method for 87 people in total. The data were tested using validity test, reliability test, multiple regression tests, and hypothesis testing with t-test and f-test.Findings:The results of this study indicate that simultaneously there is a significant influence of professional development on the performance of librarians. And partially, the needs for professional development has a significant influence on performance, resource for professional development has a significant influence on performance, while the Administrative Support does not have any significant influence on library performance. Conclusion: The conclusion of this study is that librarians have participated in professional development activities, both internally and externally. Although they do not get support from a complete institution. 

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-198
Author(s):  
Elok Cahyaningtyas ◽  
Chalil Chalil ◽  
Ponirin Ponirin

The aim of this research is to determine simultaneous and partial influence of trust brand on the loyalty of student of the Faculty of Economics, Tadulako University, Palu to buy Pantene Shampoo. Sampling method in this research is purposive sampling; with a total sample of 96 respondents. The results of hypothesis testing using F-test show that the three independent variables that are brand trust (X) consisting of brand characteristics (X1), the characteristics of the company (X2) and the characteristics of customers with the brand (X3) simultaneously have positive and significant influence on the dependent variable customer loyalty (Y) with sig-F of 0.000 <0.05. Furthermore, the brand characteristic variable (X1) with sig 0,001, characteristic of the company (X2) with sig of 0.001, and characteristics of customers to the brand value of sig 0.004 <0.05, which shows partial influence on customer loyalty variable (Y). R2 values of 0.645 and brand belief variable (X) simultaneously influence customer loyalty (Y) of 64.5%, while the remaining 35.5% is influenced by other factors that are not examined. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh secara simultan dan parsial dari kepercayaan merek terhadap loyalitas mahasiswi Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Tadulako Palu. Teknik penarikan sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah purposive sampling, dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 96 responden. Hasil pengujian hipotesis menggunakan uji F bahwa ketiga variabel independen kepercayaan merek (X) yang terdiri dari karakteristik merek (X1), karakteristik perusahaan (X2) dan karakteristik pelanggan dengan merek (X3) terbukti secara simultan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap variabel dependen loyalitas pelanggan (Y) dengan nilai sig-F sebesar 0,000 < 0,05. Selanjutnya variabel karakteristik merek (X1) dengan nilai sig sebesar 0,001, karakteritik perusahaan (X2) dengan nilai sig sebesar 0,001 dan karakteristik pelanggan dengan merek nilai sig sebesar 0,004 < 0.05 yang berarti secara parsial berpengaruh terhadap variable loyalitas pelanggan (Y). Nilai R2 sebesar 0,645 dengan demikian variabel kepercayaan merek (X) yang diteliti secara serempak memberikan pengaruh terhadap variabel loyalitas pelanggan (Y) sebesar 64,5% sementara sisanya 35,5% dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain yang tidak diteliti.


Media Ekonomi ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Atika Wiguna ◽  
Suyoto Suyoto

This was a quantitative research aiming to find out the effect of every variable studied namely advertisement on television, brand equity, attraction of celebrity endorser towards the decision of buying Wardah cosmetic product. The sampling technique used in this research was non probability technique in a form of purposive sampling method that determines samples based on certain criteria. The population of this research was all students in University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, and the samples of this research involved 125 respondents. The methods of data analysis used in were validity test, reliability test, classic assumption test, multiple regressions analysis, coeffiecient of determination, and hypothesis test. The result of analysis showed that advertisement on television partially affected positively towards the decision of buying, and the hypotesis was accepted with tobtained 3,582 > ttable 1,979, equity affected positively towards the decision of buying, and the hypothesis was accepted with tobtained 6,317 > ttable 1,979, celebrity endorser affected towards the decision of buying with tobtained 2,841 > ttable 1,979. Furthermore, the independent variables (advertisement on television, brand equity, and celebrity endorser) simultaneously affected the dependent variable (decision of buying) . Keywords: Advertisement on Television. Brand Equity, Celebrity Endorser, and Decision of Buying.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
pp. 169-178
Author(s):  
Andrew Effendy Widjaja ◽  
Lilik Indrawati

The advent of technology and increasingly stalled roads make the smart  entrepreneurs in the field of technology to open a business. One of the businesses opened is an online transport business. In Indonesia, especially in Surabaya, the most popular transportation is taxibike online. One of the entrepreneurs desire is that his business can get a lot of consumers, of course it can not be separated from purchasing decisions that exist in the consumer. The online transport entrepreneur must know what is underlying in the consumer purchase decision. This study aims to analyze how much influence Location, Price, Promotion and Quality of Service to Decision in using Taxibike Online at students Catholic University Darma Cendika in Surabaya. Sampling method used is Purposive Sampling. The sample in this research is 75 students of Catholic University Darma Cendika, then analyzed the data obtained by using quantitative data analysis covering validity test, reliability test, classical assumption test, multiple linear regression analysis, coefficient of determination (R2), and hypothesis testing through t test. Data that has met the validity test, reliability test and classical assumption test is processed using SPSS ver.16, so as to produce regression equation as follows :Y = 9,324 + 0,074 X1 + 0,157 X2 + 0,061 X3. Where is Purchase Decision variable (Y), Price variable (X1), Promotion variable (X2) and Service Quality variable (X3). Hypothesis testing using t test shows that the three independent variables namely Price (X1) with tcount 0,738, Promotion (X2) with tcount 1,848 and Service Quality (X3) with tcount 0,945 not influence to dependent variable of Purchase Decision (Y) because tcount <  ttable ( 1,994).The Adjusted R Square number of 0.121 indicates that 12,1 percent of the Purchase Decision variable can be explained by the three independent variables in the regression equation, and have a very low level of relationship, while the remaining 87,9  percent is explained by other variables beyond the three variables used in this study.


Author(s):  
Amo Sugiharto ◽  
Mohamad Fajar Darmawan

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of product quality, price and service quality on the purchasing decision of Jiwa Coffee Citra Raya. This study uses quantitative methods. This research uses causal associative research. Respondents in this study amounted to 120 people. Sampling in this study used a non-probability sampling method. The method of data analysis in this study is to use the validity test, reliability test, and t test. Based on the results of the analysis and discussion that have been described previously, several conclusions can be drawn from the overall research results, namely: 1) Product quality has a significant influence on purchasing decisions. This means more product innovations that give the product superiority; 2) Price has a significant influence on the purchasing decision of Promise Jiwa Coffee in Citra Raya; and 3) Service quality has a significant influence on the purchasing decision of the Promise Jiwa Coffee in Citra Raya.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Denok Sunarsi ◽  
Aris Baharuddin

Good service quality within the company will create satisfaction for its customers. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of service quality and price accuracy on consumer confidence and its implications for increasing sales. The method used is explanatory research with regression tests, coefficient tests, coefficient of determination tests and hypothesis testing. The results of the study it was found that there is a significant influence between service quality on consumer confidence with a determination value of 40.6% and a probability of significance of 0,000 <0.05. There is a significant influence between the accuracy of prices on consumer confidence with a value of 45.1% determination and a significance probability of 0.000 <0.05. There is a significant influence between service quality and price accuracy simultaneously on consumer trust with a determination value of 60.4% and a significance probability of 0.000 <0.05.


Author(s):  
I Gede Putra Adyatmika ◽  
I Gusti Bagus Wiksuana

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of Inflation and Leverage on Profitability and Stock Return as well as knowing the ability of Profitability in mediating the influence of Inflation and Leverage to Stock Return at manufacturing companies in Indonesiai Stock Exchange. This research uses stocks of manufacturing sector companies as the object of research. The sampling of the research was conducted by proportional random sampling method and the number of samples of this study were 31 companies obtained from the Indonesia Stock Exchange website from 2012 until 2016. Hypothesis testing is done by path analysis method with the help of SPSS program. The results of the study found that (1) Inflation has a negative and significant effect on the Stock Return, (2) Leverage has a negative and significant effect on Stock Return, (3) Profitability has a positive and significant effect on Stock Return, (4) Inflation has negative and insignificant influence on Profitability, (5) Leverage has a negative and significant influence on Profitability, (6) Profitability is not able to mediate the influence of Inflation on Stock Return, (7) Profitability able to mediate the influence of Leverage on Stock Return.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Jantu Sukmaningtyas ◽  
Salamatun Asakdiyah

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze factors that influence capital structure at telecommunications industry in Indonesia. In this research, dependent variable is capital structure and the independent variables are the operating leverage, taxes, and firm size.The samples are 5 companies, its take by purposive sampling method: taking the sample with specific criteria, that is the companies which listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period from 2005 to 2009. The operating leverage has a positive and significant influence to capital structure, tax has a negative and significant impact to capital structure, but the variable firm size has no effect to capital structure.


2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Iin Emy Prastiwi

This study aims at determining the contribution of the independence Sharia Supervisory Board and Good Corporate Governance individually and simultaneously to the performance of the BMT  in  Sukoharjo  and  Karanganyar.  This  study  was  a  survey  research  with  a  quantitative approach. The populations in this study were the manager and supervisor of BMT. The sampling technique was a convenience sampling method possible. Samples taken as many as 30 data were spread at 9 BMT in Sukoharjo, and 6 BMT in Karanganyar. Data were taken by using a questionnaire and the analysis of the balance sheet and profit and loss. Testing of instruments used validity test, reliability test, test of sub-structures I, II, and III and then are analyzed by Path Analysis. The results in this study are: (1) the independency of the Sharia Supervisory Board affects significantly positive on the Good Corporate Governance of 65.4%. (2) the independence of the Sharia Supervisory Board affects significantly negative on the performance of 0,244, (3) Good Corporate Governance affects significantly positive on the performance of 1,125. (4) The independency of the Sharia Supervisory Board and Good Corporate Governance affect significantly positive on the performance of 88.1%.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Kharisma Danang Yuangga ◽  
Neneng Susanti

In Economic Sociology, social attachment is something that cannot be denied, especially in economic behavior. The purpose of this study was to determine the embandedness of socio-economic status and self-control of the consumptive behavior of students at the MA Khazanah Kebajikan Ciputat. The method used is descriptive method with an associative approach. The sampling technique used was proportional random sampling using the method of saturated sampling technique with a sample of 73 respondents. The analysis tool uses validity test, reliability test, classic assumption test, regression analysis, correlation coefficient analysis, coefficient of determination analysis and hypothesis testing. The results of this study are the embandedness of socio-economic status has a positive and significant effect on the consumptive behavior of students by 41.7%. Hypothesis testing is obtained tcount> ttable or (7.133> 1.994), so that H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted, meaning there is a positive and significant influence between the embandedness of socio-economic status on the consumptive behavior of students at MA Khazanah Kebajikan Ciputat Office. Self-control has a positive and significant effect on student consumptive behavior by 40.2%. Hypothesis testing is obtained tcount> ttable or (6.906> 1.994) so that H0 is rejected and H2 is accepted meaning that there is a positive and significant influence between self-control on the consumptive behavior of students on. A simultaneous test of the embandedness of socio-economic status and self-control has a positive and significant effect on the consumptive behavior of students with a contribution of 48.4%, while the remaining 53.2% is influenced by other factors. Hypothesis testing obtained the value of Fcount> Ftable or (39.814> 2.740), thus Ho is rejected and H3 is accepted. This means that there are positive and significant simultaneous influences between embandedness of socio-economic status and self-control on the consumptive behavior of students at the MA Khazanah Kebajikan Ciputat


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Angga Hernawan ◽  
Rachman Komarudin ◽  
Nurul Afni

Electronic Commerce (E-commerce) is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the internet. One of the supporting factors that make E-commerce grows is the way they develop websites that make it easier for consumer to buy or sell their products. Since the quality of e-commerce websites can affect the number of customers who decide to shop through an e-commerce system, The Author decided to make a comparison between three well-known E-commerce website such as Tokopedia, Bukalapak, Lazada through WebQual 4.0. In this research, the author uses an manually survey method to 150 respondents who use the three well known E-commerce websites above. The data obtained from the survey were analyzed using descriptive methods, quantitative methods, validity test, reliability test, and multiple linear regression tests. and the results are presented in a table format. The result of the survey to 150 respondents showed three significant influences between variables such as (1) In use satisfaction, (2) Information on quality satisfaction, and (3) Quality of Service Interaction, the results of the analysis were based on both partial or simultaneous website quality.


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