scholarly journals Public Perception of the Role of the Nigeria Police Force in Curbing the Menace of Kidnapping in Benin Metropolis, Southern Nigeria: A Criminological Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
Barr. Emmanuel Imuetinyan Obarisiagbon ◽  
Mannie Omagie
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Police Force ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Southern Nigeria ◽  
Crime Detection ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Problem Oriented Policing

Abstract Kidnapping for ransom has been on the increase in the last ten years in Nigeria and there appears to be no end in sight despite the existence of a police force whose statutory function of crime detection and prevention has come under fire for its abysmal performance. This study therefore examined the public perception of the role of the Nigeria police force in curbing the menace of kidnapping in Benin Metropolis, Southern Nigeria. This study adopted the problem-oriented policing theory in its explanation of the topic under investigation. It also employed the survey and cross-sectional design. The quantitative technique was utilized to collect data from the respondents while a total of 960 respondents were quantitatively sampled. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the quantitative data collected from the field. Findings from this investigation showed that there is a very poor public perception of the police and that there are a multiplicity of obstacles hindering the efforts of the police at curbing the activities of kidnappers in Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that government should improve the funding of the police to boost the morale of the rank and file while the police on its part should get rid of the bad elements within its system in order for public confidence to be restored in its ability.

Do Project Managers' Emotional Leadership Competencies Affect the Success of Public Sector Projects in Pakistan?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-98
Author(s):  
Riaz Ahmed ◽  
Khalid Mahmood Lodhi
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Emotional Leadership ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

The importance of abilities and skills associated with the emotional leadership competencies has been discussed in project management literature. Project managers equipped with the emotional leadership competencies should be better in solving the challenges and problems to enhance project outcomes. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of project manager's emotional leadership competencies in the success of public sector projects. For this purpose, a survey-based methodology using cross-sectional design was adopted to collect data from 150 respondents from the public sector of Pakistan. The respondents of this study were the project managers/directors of information technology and telecommunication projects from the public sector of Pakistan. This quantitative study analyzed the data for reliability and validity of the constructs. To test research hypotheses, correlation and regression analyses were employed. Findings indicated significant impact of project manager's emotional leadership competencies on successful completion of Public sector projects in Pakistan.

scholarly journals Public perception on COVID-19 vaccination intention

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 906
Author(s):  
Zaid Zaid ◽  
Katon Pratondo
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
P Value ◽  
Vaccination Policy ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mandatory Vaccination

To resolve the health crisis caused by coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Indonesian government is trying to implement a mandatory vaccination policy for all Indonesians. It was just that the success of this policy is largely determined by acceptance preceded by the public intention to be vaccinated, in which public perception plays a major role in determining intention. This research, therefore, aimed to evaluate and examine the role of perceived risk, benefit, and susceptibility on the COVID-19 vaccination intention. By using a cross-sectional approach, this quantitative study involved 98 participating respondents who were determined by the purposive sampling method. The results of this study finally found and proven that perceived risk (coefficient β=0.290 and T-value 2.456 with p-value=0.011), perceived benefits (β= 0.394 and T-value 3.873 with p-value=0.000), and perceived susceptibility (β=0.233 and T-value 3,230 with p-value=0.001) had a positive and significant effect on the COVID-19 vaccination intention.

scholarly journals Domestic Role Of Husband During Pregnancy Wife

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 664-669
Author(s):  
Agustin Dwi Syalfina ◽  
Nurun Ayati Khasanah ◽  
Wiwit Sulistyawati ◽  
Dian Irawati ◽  
Sari Priyanti
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Household Work ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
In Pregnancy

The understanding of positive gender equality in society has many benefits in life, especially in reducing cases of gender injustices, household problems and improving maternal health, especially in pregnancy. Husbands should be willing to spend some time to take care of employees work in addition to earning a living. Support husband in participating in the role of domestic important in preventing complications during pregnancy until after childbirth. The purpose of this research is to analyze factors that are influenced by the role of domestic husband. The research method used is quantitative with Cross sectional design. Data is obtained by conducting interviews on husbands who accompany expectant pregnancy with a questionnaire guide. The factor affecting husband's participation in household work is knowledge and desolation about gender. Education to the public about gender equality is seen from a much needed role to reduce incomprehension and misrepresentation of society on Gender Equality

scholarly journals Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan Dengan Kunjungan Ibu Dengan Balita ke Posyandu

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-83
Author(s):  
Alfrida Fitriyah ◽  
Niken Purbowati ◽  
Willa Follona
Keyword(s):  
Short Distance ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Regression Method ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Logistic Regression Method ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Posyandu is useful to empower communities and to provide the easiest of obtaining basic health services. The objectives of this study was conducted to determine the related factors with the toodlers visits to Posyandu in the Working Area of Health Center Pegangsaan Dua B, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta in 2018. This study was an analitic descriptive with cross sectional design. There were 75 samples of toddlers mothers randomly chosen in 6 Posyandu. The results obtained are well behaved toddler mother as much as  68%.  There are four variables that were statistically related with the behavior visits to Posyandu namely: there were more on good knowledge, short distance, and positive thinking to cadres and health workers.   Multivariate   analysis   with   prediction   logistic   regression   method produces dominant variable that is distance, and become confounding is role of cadre. It is further recommended to perform and improve the monitoring of health promotion efforts with direct supervision to Posyandu and provide conseling to the public about the existing activities in Posyandu.

A Proposed Framework Emphasizing Auditor Reliability over Auditor Independence

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark H. Taylor ◽  
F. Todd DeZoort ◽  
Edward Munn ◽  
Martha Wetterhall Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Auditor Independence ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Condition ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
The Public ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

This paper introduces an auditor reliability framework that repositions the role of auditor independence in the accounting profession. The framework is motivated in part by widespread confusion about independence and the auditing profession's continuing problems with managing independence and inspiring public confidence. We use philosophical, theoretical, and professional arguments to argue that the public interest will be best served by reprioritizing professional and ethical objectives to establish reliability in fact and appearance as the cornerstone of the profession, rather than relationship-based independence in fact and appearance. This revised framework requires three foundation elements to control subjectivity in auditors' judgments and decisions: independence, integrity, and expertise. Each element is a necessary but not sufficient condition for maximizing objectivity. Objectivity, in turn, is a necessary and sufficient condition for achieving and maintaining reliability in fact and appearance.

scholarly journals What does it mean when we ask the public if they are ‘confident’ in policing? The trust, fairness, presence model of ‘public confidence’

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Morrell ◽  
Ben Bradford ◽  
Basit Javid
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Police Force ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Single Item ◽  
The Public ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Part Model

‘Confidence’ is widely taken to be a crucial measure of the relationship between citizens and public services such as policing. It is acknowledged that confidence is multifaceted and hard to measure, but often discussions are based on one ‘headline’ rating of a single item, for instance: ‘What is your level of confidence in…’. The subsequent focus for research is explaining what might drive ‘confidence’, or what it might predict. We are interested in a more fundamental question: what does it mean when we ask the public if they are ‘confident’ in policing? To answer this, we analyse extensive and detailed survey data specifically designed to measure public confidence, within the jurisdiction of a UK police force – West Midlands Police. We develop then validate a three-part model of confidence as trust, fairness and presence, and find good evidence to support this model across different waves of the survey. This extends existing literature with implications for policy.

Person–job fit and job involvement: the curvilinear effect and the moderating role of goal orientation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Ju ◽  
Jingjing Yao ◽  
Li Ma
Keyword(s):  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
Job Fit ◽  
Performance Goal ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning Goal Orientation ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Employee Needs

PurposeJob involvement is an important predictor of how well employees perform and feel at work. However, despite fruitful findings, little is known about how person–job (P–J) fit affects job involvement.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a cross-sectional design and collected data from 375 employees and 50 managers. Multivariate regression was applied to test the moderated curvilinear model.FindingsThis study found an inverted U-shaped relationship between P–J fit and job involvement. For employees with a strong performance goal orientation, maximum job involvement occurred at a higher level of P–J fit, whereas for employees with a strong learning goal orientation, maximum job involvement occurred at a moderate level of P–J fit.Practical implicationsManagers should be aware that solely maximizing fit may not constantly yield positive outcomes, and that ignoring differences in employee needs and goals may be counterproductive.Originality/valueThe study challenges the conventional wisdom that a high P–J fit is always productive by showing that a high fit may sometimes jeopardize job involvement, particularly for certain employees.

scholarly journals ROLE OF IMMATURE/TOTAL NEUTROPHIL RATIO, LEUKOCYTE COUNT AND PROCALCITONIN IN DIAGNOSING NEONATAL SEPSIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
I A Putri Wirawati1 ◽  
Aryati Aryati ◽  
A A Wiradewi Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Likelihood Ratio ◽  
Neonatal Sepsis ◽  
Leukocyte Count ◽  
Systemic Disease ◽  
Clinical Syndrome ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Bacteria Growth ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome of systemic disease, accompanied by bacteremia that occurs during infants in the first month of life. A late diagnosis might increase mortality. The presence of bacteria growth in blood cultures is a definitive diagnosis. Unfortunately, culture results are usually obtained of a long time. The study aimed to analyze sensitivity and specificity of the manual I/T ratio, automatic I/T ratio, leukocyte count and procalcitonin (PCT) to diagnose neonatal sepsis. This study used a cross-sectional design, from the NICU room in Sanglah General Hospital, Denpasar. There were 59 patients who met the study criteria. Along with blood culture as the gold standard in determining diagnosis of sepsis and with I/T ratio cut-off of 0.2, the sensitivity of manual I/T ratio was 69.2%, specificity 83.9%, PPV 63.9%, NPV 87% and likelihood ratio was 3.06. While the sensitivity of automatic I/T ratio was 47.6%, specificity 85.8%, PPV 55.1%, NPV 81.4% and likelihood ratio was 2.25. Based on the normal range of leukocyte count (9.1 - 34 x 103/μl), sensitivity of leukocyte count was 59%, specificity 71.5%, PPV 46.7%, NPV 80.9% and likelihood ratio was 1.59. With PCT cut-off 0.5 ng/mL, the obtained sensitivity of PCT was 64.3%, specificity 85.8%, PPV 64.3%, NPV 85.8% and likelihood ratio was 3.13. 

scholarly journals Science, healthcare system, and government effectiveness perception and COVID-19 vaccination acceptance and hesitancy in a global sample: an analytical cross-sectional analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. e049716
Author(s):  
Timothy D Dye ◽  
Monica Barbosu ◽  
Shazia Siddiqi ◽  
José G Pérez Ramos ◽  
Hannah Murphy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Amazon Mechanical Turk ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Vaccine Acceptance ◽  
Vaccination Acceptance ◽  
Sectional Analysis

BackgroundDeterminants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance are complex; how perceptions of the effectiveness of science, healthcare and government impact personal COVID-19 vaccine acceptance is unclear, despite all three domains providing critical roles in development, funding and provision, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine.ObjectiveTo estimate impact of perception of science, healthcare systems, and government along with sociodemographic, psychosocial, and cultural characteristics on vaccine acceptance.DesignWe conducted a global nested analytical cross-sectional study of how the perceptions of healthcare, government and science systems have impacted COVID-19 on vaccine acceptance.SettingGlobal Facebook, Instagram and Amazon Mechanical Turk (mTurk) users from 173 countries.Participants7411 people aged 18 years or over, and able to read English, Spanish, Italian, or French.MeasurementsWe used Χ2 analysis and logistic regression-derived adjusted Odds Ratios (aORs) and 95% CIs to evaluate the relationship between effectiveness perceptions and vaccine acceptance controlling for other factors. We used natural language processing and thematic analysis to analyse the role of vaccine-related narratives in open-ended explanations of effectiveness.ResultsAfter controlling for confounding, attitude toward science was a strong predictor of vaccine acceptance, more so than other attitudes, demographic, psychosocial or COVID-19-related variables (aOR: 2.1; 95% CI: 1.8 to 2.5). The rationale for science effectiveness was dominated by vaccine narratives, which were uncommon in other domains.LimitationsThis study did not include participants from countries where Facebook and Amazon mTurk are not available, and vaccine acceptance reflected intention rather than actual behaviour.ConclusionsAs our findings show, vaccine-related issues dominate public perception of science’s impact around COVID-19, and this perception of science relates strongly to the decision to obtain vaccination once available.

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