scholarly journals lecturer as supervisor

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-141
Author(s):  
Nitza Davidovitch ◽  
Eyal Eckhaus
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Senior Faculty ◽  
Structural Equation Analysis ◽  
Equation Analysis ◽  
Academic Faculty ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Supervision Outcomes

This case analysis of supervision outcomes as part of the performance measures of academic faculty is based on a case study of senior faculty at a university in Israel. This is a pioneer study in exploring measures of research outcomes within teaching, i.e., supervision for research purposes. The assumption is that academic teaching consists of guiding students to research, discover, and innovate. The researchers’ point of departure is that these outcomes of the supervisory work have meaning for and impact on the research disciplines in academic institutions in particular and in academia in general. We employed a mixed methods research. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) followed by Structural Equation Analysis (SEM) for goodness of fit. Findings indicate a positive correlation between methods for assessing ability and supervision outcomes, such that the greater the use of methods for assessing ability the higher the supervision outcomes over the years. Practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals How do Academic Faculty Members Perceive the Effect of Teaching Surveys Completed by Students on Appointment and Promotion Processes at Academic Institutions? A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyal Eckhaus ◽  
Nitza Davidovitch
Keyword(s):  
Research Performance ◽  
Student Evaluations ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Senior Faculty ◽  
Statistical Research ◽  
Academic Appointment ◽  
Academic Faculty ◽  
Research Findings

It is commonly thought that the promotion of faculty members is affected by their research performance. The current study is unique in examining how academic faculty members perceive the harm or damage to academic appointment and promotion processes, as a direct effect of student evaluations as manifested in teaching surveys. One hundred eighty two questionnaires were collected from senior faculty members at academic institutions. Most respondents were from three institutions: Ariel University, Ben Gurion University, and the Jezreel Valley College. Qualitative and statistical research tools were utilized, with the goal of forming a model reflecting the effect of the harm to academic appointment and promotion processes, as perceived by faculty members. The research findings show that the lecturers find an association that causes harm to their promotion processes as a result of student evaluations. Assuming that students' voices and their opinion of teaching are important – the question is how should these evaluations be treated within promotion and appointment processes: what and whom do they indicate? Do they constitute a reliable managerial tool with which it is possible to work as a foundation for promotion and appointment processes – or should other tools be developed, unrelated to students' opinions?

scholarly journals Public Transit Loyalty Modeling Considering the Effect of Passengers’ Emotional Value: A Case Study in Xiamen, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi-chao Sun
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Public Transit ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Index Score ◽  
The Public ◽  
Bus Service ◽  
Bus Services ◽  
Emotional Value

To better sustain passengers’ loyalty towards bus service, this paper addressed the modeling of the public transit loyalty by the use of structural equation model. As a novel hypothesis, the emotional value was considered to have effects on the perceived value of bus services in this study, which reflected the degree of passengers’ emotional dependence on the public transit. Specifically, in order to better assess the loyalty, seven unobserved variables were measured to construct the structural model, namely, “service guarantee,” “operational services and efficiency,” “emotional value,” “perceived value,” “expectation,” “satisfaction,” and “loyalty.” The goodness-of-fit of the model was estimated and evaluated by using the survey data harvested from Xiamen, China. Besides, the index score of variables was also computed to help determine targeted approaches to better improve the level of bus service. The results indicated that the time cost and the monetary cost actually had no effects on the perceived value of users in the case study. At the same time, however, it also proved that passengers’ emotional value towards the public transit indeed affected passengers’ perception of the service value. In addition, whether users’ perceived value was as expected determined how much passengers satisfied with the service. Regarding the index score of variables, it indicated a great dissatisfaction of passengers towards the current bus service. Unexpectedly, the score of loyalty even still retained a relatively high level, which reflected continue-to-use willingness of passengers. It implied that being subject to economic conditions and other factors, passengers were captive and had to continue relying on the public transit, in spite of their dissatisfaction. As for the improvement direction of bus services, targeted approaches should be determined to improve the quality of bus service, regarding the aspects of “condition of facilities in the bus,” “driving stability and comfort,” “vehicle speed,” and “safety.”

Older adults and their willingness to use semi and fully autonomous vehicles: A structural equation analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 103133
Author(s):  
Hany M. Hassan ◽  
Mark R. Ferguson ◽  
Brenda Vrkljan ◽  
Bruce Newbold ◽  
Saiedeh Razavi
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Analysis ◽  
Equation Analysis ◽  
Willingness To Use

scholarly journals Strategy-making process and firm performance in small firms

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martie-Louise Verreynne
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Large Firms ◽  
Structural Equation Analysis ◽  
Equation Analysis ◽  
Strategy Making

ABSTRACTThis paper argues that individual small firms just like large firms, place differing emphasis on strategy-making and may employ different modes of strategy-making. It offers a typology of the different modes of strategy-making that seem most likely to exist in small firms, and hypothesises how this typology relates to performance. It then describes the results of an empirical study of the strategy-making processes of small firms. The structural equation analysis of the data from 477 small firms with less than 100 employees indicates among other results that the simplistic, adaptive, intrapreneurial and participative modes of strategy-making exist in these small firms. Of these modes, the simplistic mode exhibits the strongest relationship with firm performance.

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