scholarly journals Reasons, Success Factors and Disadvantages of Research Collaboration

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 734-747
Author(s):  
Dilek Erdoğan ◽  
Sabiha Annaç Göv

In recent years, the number of both co-authored publications and authors per publication in the national and international literature has increased. Co-authored publications are a result of voluntary research collaboration among academics. This study aims to investigate the reasons for research collaboration, the factors affecting the success of research collaboration, and the disadvantages of the collaboration perceived by researchers. For this purpose, qualitative research was conducted, and interviews were conducted with ten academics with different titles working in different disciplines. Among the reasons for collaboration, the most frequently reported reasons were increasing the quality of publications, ensuring learning and development, improving social relations, expertise, and access to resources. Factors such as being honest and trustworthy of the research partner, fulfilling the responsibilities of the parties, interpersonal harmony, complying with the business plan and calendar are among the factors considered to affect the success of the collaboration. Some of the perceived disadvantages of research collaboration are the low reliability of the contribution to multi-author studies, the division of academic achievement score by the number of authors, the difficulty of proving individual achievement in co-authored studies, and problems related to the research partner.

Author(s):  
Dinh Hoang Tuong Vi ◽  
Trần Đức Trung ◽  
Trần Thị Bích Chi ◽  
Đỗ Thị Kim Chung ◽  
Hoàng Gia Tú

The authors have carried out a study to determine and evaluate the impact of factors affecting the choice of accommodation for students in Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City. Based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the theory of consumer choice by Mankiw, a new theory of residential location by Hoang Huu Phe and Wakely, the buyer decision process in consumption by Kotler to build a research model. The study was conducted through 2 phases: qualitative research and quantitative research with 515 answer sheets from students in Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, and applied the analytical method using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The analysis shows that there are 5 factors that affect the choice of accommodation for students in Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City descending order including: (1) Social relations, (2) Prices, (3) Security, (4) Services, (5) Location. In practical terms, the results show the need/concern of students in Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City when making choice of accommodation, thereby giving recommendations to improve the quality of accommodation for landlords, the board of dormitory management and the departments agency. In addition, this result is an important basis for reference when building smart applications to find accommodation to serve the increasingly diverse needs of students.


Author(s):  
Aleksandr Vasil'evich Zheltobryukh ◽  
Vitalii Nikolaevich Vinokurov

The research subject is social relations in the field of public order protection, ensuring social security and combating crime in an administrative area and the implementation of preventive measures by a local police officer. The authors focus on the factors and peculiarities of the supervised area and its population affecting the establishment and revisioning of the size and limits of an administrative area supervised by a local police officer, and on the amendments to the decree of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of March 29, 2019 No205 “On a local police officer service in an administrative area and organization of this service”. Based on the conducted analysis, the authors suggest, when defining the size and limits of an administrative area, taking into account the population density in the area in question, economic, geographic, national and demographic peculiarities on the territory, the criminological characteristics of the citizens, the number of citizens having a police record, the current operative situation, and the peculiarities of administrative organization of municipal entities. In the authors’ opinion, the resolution of this problem will have a positive effect on the work of police officers, and will help to equally and rationally distribute workload on local police officers thus raising the effectiveness of their service and improving the quality of preventive measures.   


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 176-181
Author(s):  
M Dwiky Yunarko ◽  
Linda Chiuman ◽  
Sri Wahyuni Nasution

An estimated 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease each year, according to the National Institutes of Health, and around one million Americans have the condition. To find out the analysis of the factors that influence the quality of life of Parkinson's sufferers at the Neurology Polyclinic at The Royal Prima Hospital in 2019. There is a relationship between age and quality of life and social relations of patients with Parkinson's in the Neurology Polyclinic of The Royal Prima Hospital in 2019. There is no relationship between gender and stadium of Parkinson's disease with the quality of life of patients with Parkinson's in the Neurology Polyclinic of The Royal Prima Hospital in 2019 in Medan. It is expected that the Hospital must continue to pay attention and improve in order to create quality and high-quality services at The Royal Prima General Hospital, Medan, especially regarding the factors that affect the quality of life of Parkinson's sufferers. Keywords: Factors Affecting the Quality of Life of Parkinson's Patients.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.35) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.S. Azman ◽  
M. Z. Ramli ◽  
M. H. Zawawi

Quality management is essential to improve success in project implementation by using Industrialized Building System (IBS). The development of construction industry in Malaysia is encountering a relocation from ordinary techniques to a more efficient and automated strategy which is by utilizing IBS.There are a few issues in overseeing IBS construction projects which prompt low qualities such as hiring non-expertize in construction, using low quality of materials and problem with management. Therefore, this paper aim is to determine the various success factors affecting the quality management of construction project that using IBS and ranked the success factors. Found that 87 factors from review papers and two most significant factors affecting quality management in IBS are high ranked which is appointment of high experience technical team, using high quality components and materials with overall percentage 2.48% and 1.86%. However, some of the factors are repeatedly listed due to high affecting to quality.


Author(s):  
Katarzyna Jagielska

One of the most important phenomena of the changing world is aging of population. With the growing number of older people it is necessary to focus on this part of population. It is also important to allow seniors active participation in social life. The aging population provides us with many interesting materials for scientific consideration and one of them is the socio-educational contexts of the seniors' quality of life. The purpose of this study is to analyse the theoretical basis of quality of life of seniors and to highlight the relevant factors affecting the quality of life in relation to older people. In this paper it is shown how education can affect the quality of life of older people not only in terms of acquiring new knowledge, but also in the context of establishing social relations and social activation. The study focous on a theoretical study and an attempt to analyse the available data on the participation of Polish seniors in education. 


Author(s):  
Дарья Денисова ◽  
Dar'ya Denisova

Nowadays there is a large number of studies in the literature devoted to the analysis and classification of approaches to the formation of IT project portfolios. However, the unexamined question remains concerning the effectiveness of IT project portfolios management in the retail sector. Objective: exploration of the existing IT project portfolios management models in the cosmetics retailer, and formulation of recommendations for their improvement, which will help to resolve resource conflicts, to take into account the seasonality in the formation of the portfolios and will increase the overall competitiveness of the company. Object of research: cosmetics retailer. Subject of research: the processes of IT project portfolios management in cosmetics retailer (in particular, the processes of portfolio formation, resource management and quality of project products, as well as success factors of IT-projects). Research methodology: 1) analysis of the literature; 2) questionnaire; 3) informal interviews with project and portfolio managers; 4) classification and systematization of the information received; 5) analysis of project documentation. Main results of the study. 1. Identification and classification of IT project portfolios management models in the company, formed independently – flexible model and rigid model. 2. Identification and classification of the factors affecting the quality of it project products in the portfolios. 3. Confirmed the influence of the seasonality factor on the success of projects in the portfolios; the economic efficiency of taking into account the seasonality factor at the stage of formation of the project portfolio is calculated. 4. Recommendations on overcoming of the identified problems in the IT project portfolios management are formulated.


Author(s):  
Võ Thị Lệ Uyển ◽  
Đinh Hoàng Tường Vi ◽  
Trần Đức Trung ◽  
Trần Thị Bích Chi ◽  
Đỗ Thị Kim Chung

The authors have carried out a study to determine and evaluate the impact of the factors affecting students' decisions to continue renting accommodation in Thu Duc District. The research model is built on Maslow's theory of demand hierarchy, Mankiw's theory of choice in consumption, Le Bon's theory of crowd psychology, Hoang Huu Phe and Wakely's theory of position and quality. The study is conducted through 2 phases: Qualitative research and quantitative research with the answer sheets of 668 students. Preliminary research results with responses from 30 students conducted by the direct interview method show that all students agree 7 factors are affecting the decision to continue renting. The primary research was performed with answer sheets of 668 students, all valid votes were filtered, coded, and then analyzed for the reliability of Cronbach's Alpha, EFA method, Logit analysis method, correct forecast rate of the Logit model, Logit model defect test, and Logit model conformity test. Logit's analysis results show that there are 4 factors affecting the decision to continue renting, including (1) Social relations, (2) Facilities, (3) Environment, (4) Price. The results show the needs and concerns of students in Thu Duc District when making the decision to continue renting, through which the authors give recommendations to improve the quality of accommodation for homeowners and student awareness.


REVITALISASI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Dessy Kusuma Wardani ◽  
Edy Swasono

This study aims to identify the dominant factors of the successful implementation of benchmarking on the performance of contracting companies and test the significance of the application of benchmarking on the performance of contracting companies. The research sample was saturated samples of 65 qualified contractor companies. The method and type of research used were correlational methods of multiple regression analysis using SPPS. The results of the study concluded that 1.Benchmarking significantly influences the performance of contracting companies in the Blitar City DPUPR; 1. The ranking of success factors for the Blitar City contractor companies in the process of implementing benchmarking (1) planning, (2) data collection, (3) acception and action and (4) analysis; 2.Benchmarking has proven to significantly improve company performance as measured by increasing (1) Corporate Finance (2) Company productivity, (3) DPUPR Consumer Satisfaction, (4) Community Satisfaction, (5) Quality of the company's construction technical personnel, (6) Satisfaction employee work, (7) Project acquisition rate in one year, (8) Effective completion of construction work, (9) Construction product quality.


Author(s):  
Tran Minh Hieu ◽  
Nguyen Duong Ngoc Mai Chi

This study applied SERVQUAL scale of Parasuraman et al to measure factors affecting customer satisfaction on service quality at Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank - An Giang Branch (Techcombank An Giang). The study was conducted to survey 207 customers who have been using the service at Techcombank An Giang. The survey results were analyzed by the Cronbach's Alpha reliability test method, then used Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to verify and evaluate the scale of service quality. The results of the regression analysis show that customer's satisfaction about service quality at Techcombank An Giang includes four factors: The factor with the highest level is the Empathy with Beta = 0.253, the second of factor is the Responsibility with Beta = 0.248, ranked third in the influence level is the Tangible with Beta = 0.235, and the lowest impact level is the Reliability with Beta = 0.144. The research also uses statistical methods to describe and test the differences of demographic factors with customer's satisfactionon service quality.The analysis results show that there is no difference between customer's satisfaction on service quality and factors such as gender, age, income, number of transaction banks, regular transaction banks, and time to use the service at Techcombank An Giang. Through the research results, the author would like to propose some ideas to improve the quality of services, thereby attracting new customers and importantly, keeping traditional customers because the development orientation of Techcombank is to take care of old customers to cross sell other products of the bank. The Stud results offer a basis for the branch to identify the factors influencing customer satisfaction on their service quality, thereby having an appropriate strategy to improve customer satisfaction.


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