scholarly journals EFFECTUATION AND CAUSATION DECISION MAKING LOGICS OF MANAGING UNCERTAINTY AND COMPETITIVENESS BY NIGERIAN RETAIL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS

Author(s):  
Christopher Idemudia Ebegbetale

Uncertainty is a major dimension of business that alters business plans and courses of actions. Hence, this study primarily examined how entrepreneurs deal with uncertainty using both effectual and causal logics. The study design was cross-sectional while multistage sampling technique was used to collect primary data. These data were analysed using bivariate correlation and hierarchical regression techniques of SPSS version 23. The results of the correlation analysis showed that causation and three of the four sub-dimensions of effectuation had significant relation with competitiveness while pre-commitment did not. The analysis further showed that Nigerian retail entrepreneurs tended more towards causation and effectuation. The results from the hierarchical regression revealed that causation made the most unique impact on competitiveness and was closely followed by experimentation and flexibility. However, affordable loss and pre-commitment did not. This study contributed to knowledge by empirically showing that entrepreneurs will not always be more effectual oriented in all cases. It also confirmed that causation and effectuation should be seen as complementary and not exclusive strategies.

Author(s):  
Sunday Abayomi Adebisi ◽  
Joyce M. Odiachi ◽  
Abdul-Hammed A. Sulaimon

Emerging technologies have given rise to greater opportunities within the insurance sector with innovations upturning the traditional business model. This study examined competitive advantage and the relationship with innovation capability in Nigerian insurance sector. Employing a cross sectional research design, the study utilised primary data obtained from selected insurance companies through the use of a structured questionnaire. Multistage sampling technique was used and data collected was analysed using regression analysis. The findings revealed innovation capability had a significant influence on competitive advantage. The study concluded that there was a need to pay attention to this capability with a capacity to boost the activities of the industry and recommendations were made.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Kaima Ishmata ◽  
Indri Seta Septadina ◽  
Bintang Arryotantri

Anxiety is a feeling of discomfort, worry about something unclear and accompanied by autonomic symptoms. Murottal Al-Quran therapy is a complementary therapy with the most widely used Al-Qur'an media. This study aims to analyze the effect of the murottal Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Mulk and Al-Hasyr on the anxiety of medical students of Universitas Sriwijaya. This research is a quasi-experimental study with a cross-sectional approach with one group pre-post test design which was conducted from July to December 2020 at homes through Zoom meeting application. Sampling using simple random sampling technique. Data in the form of primary data using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) questionnaire.Primary data were collected using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) questionnaire before and after receiving the Murottal Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Mulk and Al-Hasyr for 7 consecutive days. The Shapiro-Wilk normality test was performed on the data, then analyzed with Paired t-test or Wilcoxon test using SPSS device. The Wilcoxon test results showed significant results of murottal Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Mulk and Al-Hasyr on anxiety (p = 0.000) in medical students. There is an effect of murottal Al-Qur’an surah Al-Mulk and Al-Hasyr on anxiety among medical students of Universitas Sriwijaya.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailay Gebrearegawi Gebremariam ◽  
Melkie Edris Yesuf ◽  
Digsu Negese Koye

Background. Iodine deficiency has serious effects on body growth and mental development. This study assessed availability of adequately iodized salt at household level and associated factors in Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia. Methods. Community based cross-sectional study was carried out among households in Gondar town during August 15–25, 2012. Multistage sampling technique was used. Data were collected using a pretested and structured questionnaire by a face-to-face interview technique. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed to check associations and control confounding. Results. A total of 810 participants were participated. The availability of adequately iodized salt (≥15 parts per million) in the study area was 28.9%. Multivariate analysis showed that using packed salt (AOR (95% CI) = 9.75 (5.74, 16.56)), not exposing salt to sunlight (AOR (95% CI) = 7.26 (3.73, 14.11)), shorter storage of salt at household (AOR (95% CI) = 3.604 (1.402, 9.267)) and good knowledge of participants about iodized salt (AOR (95% CI) = 1.94 (1.23, 3.05)) were associated with availability of adequately iodized salt at household level. Conclusions. Availability of adequately iodized salt at household level was very low. Hence, households should be sensitized about importance of iodized salt and its proper handling at the household level.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Tri Anisca Dillyana

Background: Basic immunization is the first immunization that should be given to everyone, especially infants and children from birth to protect lifes from dangerous diseases. The immunization program in Indonesia requires every infant (0-11 months) to receive complete basic immunization consist of 1 dose of Hepatitis B, 1 dose of BCG, 3 doses of DPT-HB-Hib, 4 doses of polio, and 1 dose of measles. Basic Immunization in RW 8 Wonokusumo Urban Village in 2017 has not reached the target. Only 73 infants (67%) of 108 have received complete basic immunization which the target of Puskesmas is 95%. This study aims to know the correlation of knowledge, attitude and mother perception with the basic immunization status in Wonokusumo. This study is an observational analytic research with quantitative approach. The study was cross sectional with a sample of 39 respondents. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling. Respondents in this study are mothers who have children under three and have KMS in RW 8 Wonokusumo Urban Village. Primary data collection techniques obtained from questionnaires while secondary data obtained from Wonokusumo Puskesmas and Surabaya City Health Office reports .The result of bivariate statistic test shows that there is correlation between knowledge, attitude, and mother perception with the immunization status of children under three with p = 0,001 (p < 0,05). Conclusion: There is correlation between knowledge, attitude, and mother perception with the basic immunization status in RW 8, Wonokusumo Village.


Author(s):  
Vina Rahmatika ◽  
Musa Ghufron ◽  
Nenny Triastuti ◽  
Syaiful Rochman

Background: The birth rate by caesarean section method is getting higher. Risk data for 2013 shows the method of birth with the operation method of 9.8 percent of the total 49,603 births during 2010 to 2013. Being in practice the mother must be given anesthetic before the surgery begins. This anesthesia will later affect the pain that will occur after SC. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between regional anesthetic drugs and the smoothness of breast milk in women born in sectio caesarea at Muhammadiyah Gresik Hospital. Method: Method with Cross Sectional approach. The population in this study mothers who gave birth in a caesarean section at Muhammadiyah Hospital Gresik in December 2019 to January 2020. The sampling technique in this study is probability / random simple sampling. The sample in this study was a portion of mothers who gave birth in a caesarean section at Muhammadiyah Gresik Hospital. The instrument used was primary data collection in the form of questionnaires and secondary data in the form of patient medical records. Result: The data obtained in this study were processed using spearman correlation statistics. From the statistical test the Correlation coefficient value was 0.807, and obtained P-Value equal to 0,000 this value is less than 0.05. Conclusion: The conclusion of this study is that there is a correlation between the administration of a regional anesthetics and the smoothness of breast milk in mothers of post partum caesarea at Muhammadiyah Gresik Hospital.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-151
Author(s):  
C.A. Akinleye ◽  
A. Onabule ◽  
A.O. Oyekale ◽  
M.O. Akindele ◽  
O.J. Babalola ◽  
...  

Introduction: MDR-TB poses a significant challenge to global management of TB. Laboratories in many countries among which include Nigeria are unable to evaluate drug resistance, and clinical predictors of MDR-TB might help target suspected patients.Method: The study was a cross sectional study design. Multistage sampling technique was employed in the selection of 403 tuberculosis patients. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. Level of significance was set at P<0.05.Results: Fifty three 53 (13.2%) of the total respondent had MDR-TB compare to national prevalence of 8% which is steeper among males 36(67.9%) (p>0.05). Education and Occupation shows a significant association with MDR-TB, (÷2=24.640, p = 0.007) and (÷2=14.416, p=0.006) respectively, smoking (r=0.074, p<0.05) and alcohol consumption (r=0.083, p>0.05) show no significant association with occurrence MDR-TB.Conclusion: Previous TB treatment and Adherence with treatment regimen were found to be the major risk factor for MDR-TB. Targeted educational intervention for patients and their contacts may minimize the non-adherence with prescribed TB treatment and lessen MDR-TB magnitude. Key words: TB Patients, MDR-TB, tuberculosis, risk factors.


Author(s):  
Henry Mugisha ◽  
Job Omagwa ◽  
James Kilika

Short-term debt is regarded as an important source of financing for Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This is because it can be easily accessed and useful during times of emergent working capital shortage. However, short-term debt is the least researched among the components of capital structure, which explains why its contribution to the financial performance of small and medium-sized businesses still lacks empirical validation especially in the Ugandan context. This paper sought to determine the effect of short-term debt on financial performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Uganda. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional research design to collect and analyse the data. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select SMEs while purposive sampling technique was used to select one key respondent from each of the sampled 453 SMEs in Uganda. Primary data was collected using survey questionnaire. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and simple linear regression analysis. The findings indicted that short-term debt had a negative and significant effect on financial performance of SMEs as measured by return on assets. The study provides empirical evidence to support the propositions in the extant literature that short-term debt significantly hampers financial performance of SMEs. The study recommends that SMEs should adopt low cost operation procedures to improve profitability. This would lead to accumulated profits that can be used for investment purposes as a means of driving growth among the SMEs without resorting to borrowing. This paper suggests that further research should be conducted to establish the justification for the negative and significant effect of short-term debt on financial performance using qualitative approaches.


Author(s):  
Devy Syanindita Roshida ◽  
Indriati Paskarini

Introduction: Productive human resources are able to complete the given tasks and responsibilities well. Discipline is the mental attitude at work needed to achieve productivity. Discipline at work creates smooth operational activities of the company. PT. Bina Megah Indowood is a manufacturing company that provides solid wood flooring with various thickness. The present study analyses¬ the correlation between individual characteristics, discipline, and work productivity among molding machine workers of PT. Bina Megah Indowood. Methods: This study was an observational analytic study with a cross sectional approach. Variables in this study were work discipline as an independent variable and productivity as a dependent variable. The population in this study were 58 workers in the molding section, 50 of whom were taken as samples. The sampling technique used was a simple random sampling. Morover, the two types of data used in this study were primary data obtained from questionnaires and secondary data obtained from the company profiles and a summary of production results every month. The technique of data analysis data was a Spearman correlation test. Results: Most workers in the molding machine production unit of PT. Bina Megah Indowood have moderate discipline and moderate work productivity. There is a correlation between discipline and work productivity with ρ-value = 0.020. The contingency coefficient between discipline and work productivity is 0.328, which means the correlation is weak. Conclusion: Higher work productivity is followed higher level of discipline. Meanwhile, individual characteristics have no correlation with work productivity because the distribution resultof individual characteristics is only dominant in one category.Keywords: discipline, individual characteristics, work productivity


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
I Made Subhawa Harsa

Abstract Water is a good medium for bacterial growth, so that contamination is happening especially if less attention in terms of hygiene and sanitation. The use of bed water sources can increase the risk of diarrhea. Diarrhea is one of the environmentally based disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Kampung Baru village located around Jagir Kali Surabaya Most people are in the middle to low socioeconomic level.  The lifestyle of them, also pays less attention to environmental hygiene and sanitation, so that it can cause water pollution which can increase the risk of diarrhea. This study was an observational analytic cross sectional study. Entire study population villagers of Kampung Baru. A sample of 75 respondents drawn with simple random sampling technique. The data used is primary data obtained through the distribution of questionnaires, interviews, and observations. Data analysis using the Spearman rank test with a significance level (α = 0.1). The results showed that 53,3% affected diarrhea and 46,7% didn’t affected (P =0.087, r=0.463). The results showed a medium correlation between the source of water with the incidence of diarrhea in Kampung Baru Resident At Ngagelrejo Wonokromo Surabaya. Keyword : Diarrhae, Water Sanitation


Author(s):  
Lensi Natalia Tambunan ◽  
Lelly Oktarina ◽  
Nita Kusuma Lindarsih

Latar Belakang: Mobilisasi dini pada ibu nifas bertujuan untuk membantu menguatkan otot-otot perut, sehingga memperbaiki sirkulasi darah ke seluruh tubuh. Hal ini harus dipenuhi ibu selama masa nifas untuk mengembalikan organ-organ reproduksi, terutama untuk ibu yang post sectio caesaria. Mobilisasi pada ibu post sectio caesaria adalah suatu pergerakan, posisi atau adanya kegiatan yang dilakukan ibu setelah beberapa jam melahirkan dengan persalinan Caesar Namun, kenyataannya masih banyak ibu post sectio caesaria yang tidak mau melakukan mobilisasi dini karena merasa takut, malas untuk bergerak, merasa sakit dan lelah. Faktor fisiologis seperti kenaikan suhu tubuh (hipertermi), perdarahan yang berlebihan, nyeri, faktoe emosional seperti terjadinya kecemasan dan factor perkembangan seperti usia dan paritas.Tujuan: Penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan paritas dengan pengetahuan ibu post Sectio caesaria tentang mobilisasi dini di RSUD Doris Sylvanus Palangka Raya Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah.Metode: Desain penelitian  ini  bersifat kuantitatif analitik observasional dengan menggunakan jenis desain cross sectional dengan tehnik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah Accidental Sampling. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah seluruh ibu post sectio caesaria  di RSUD dr. Doris Sylvanus Palangka Raya. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan data primer.Data dianalisis secara chi square. Hasil: Hasil uji statistik diperoleh P value 0,964, berarti tidak ada perbedaan secara bermakna sehingga dapat disimpulkan tidak ada hubungan antara paritas dengan pengetahuan ibu post sectio caesaria tentang mobilisasi dini.Simpulan: Ibu post sectio caesaria dengan paritas 2 agar tetap diberikan informasi mengenai mobilisasi dini post sectio caesaria agar ibu memiliki pengetahuan yang baik, jika ibu memiliki pengetahuan yang baik mengenai mobilisasi maka ibu akan melaksanakan mobilisasi diniKata Kunci: Paritas, Ibu post sectio caesaria, Mobilisasi Dini. Background: Early mobilization of the postpartum mother aims to help strengthen the abdominal muscles, thereby improving blood circulation throughout. This must be fulfilled by the mother during puerperium to restore the reproductive organs, especially for mothers who are post sectional caesaria.  Mobilization of post sectio caesaria mothers is a movement, position or activity carried out by the mother after several hours of childbirth with caesarean delivery. However, in reality there are still many post sectio caesaria mothers who do not want to make early mobilization because they are afraid, lazy to move, feel sick and tiredPhysiological factors such as increased body temperature (hypertension), excessive bleeding, pain, emotional factors such as anxiety and developmental factors such as age and parity. Objective: The study was to find out the relationship between parity and post Sectio caesaria mother's knowledge about early mobilization in Doris Sylvanus Hospital in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan Province.Method: The design of this study was quantitative analytic observational using a cross sectional design with the sampling technique used was accidental sampling. The population in this study were all post sectio caesaria mothers in RSUD dr. Doris Sylvanus Palangka Raya.  Data collection was done using primary data. Data was analyzed by chi square.Result: The result of statistical tests obtained p value 0.964 means that there is no significant difference so that it can be concluded there is no relationship between parity and post-caesaria maternal knowledge about early mobilization.Conclusion: Post-caeserean mothers with parity 2 keep informed about early post-caesarean mobilization so that mothers have good knowledge about mobilization, mothers will carry out early mobilization.Keywords: Parity, Maternal Caesarean section, Early Mobilization. 


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