scholarly journals Conditions Surrounding Publication Performance of Faculty Members of Two Selected Higher Education Institutions In Eastern Visayas, Philippines

2012 ◽  
pp. 75-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niño Antonio Villarino ◽  
Editha Cagasan
Keyword(s):  
Peer Influence ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Research Environment ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Funding Support ◽  
Research Facilities

In the Philippines, only a small percentage of research is published in scientific publications. This study aimed to find out the conditions surrounding publication performance of faculty members in universities in Eastern Visayas. Data were gathered through in-depth interviews from 16 respondents with high publication performance (HPP) and low publication performance (LPP) and through analysis of secondary data. Using the grounded theory approach, a theoretical model was generated. Results showed that the conditions leading to HPP were: (1) favorable research environment characterized by low workload in instruction, availability of funding support and research facilities, access to research mentors, and availability of publication incentives; (2) exposure to research during graduate and undergraduate studies; (3) strong peer influence; (4) positive attitude towards publication of research results; and (5) beliefs in the positive consequences of publishing. On the other hand, the conditions leading to LPP were: (1) unfavorable research environment characterized by high workload for instruction, lack of funding support and research facilities, and lack of access to research mentor; (2) academic background not research-oriented; (3) low level of peer influence; (4) negative attitude towards publishing research results; and (5) availability of other options to disseminate research results. Research findings imply that if given a favorable research environment, faculty members can be productive in research and publishing of research results.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Faculty Publication Performance: A Grounded Theory Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 171-176
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Publishing Research ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Academic Rank ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Track Record

The study's major goal was to develop a theoretical model for the elements that influence ESSU faculty members' publication performance. The following conclusions were drawn using the grounded theory technique of qualitative research and the theoretical sampling procedure in the deciding to involve a total of 16 participants: favorable research atmosphere defined by the availability of funding support for publication fee, publication incentive, availability of technical support service, low workload in instruction and administration; research exposure and peer influence; favorable attitude toward publication; and belief in the beneficial effects of publication are the factors that lead to high publication performance. An unfavorable research environment, lack of exposure to research or weak research background, and a negative attitude toward research and publishing research results are all variables that contribute to poor publication performance. Furthermore, faculty members with excellent publishing performance were acknowledged in the scientific world, and a strong research track record led to funding opportunities and peer reviewer positions in scientific journals. Fortunately, the faculty members' academic rank rose as a result of their high publication performance.

Internationalization and Diversification of Academic Careers

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sorana Toma ◽  
Maria Villares-Varela
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
International Study ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Research Environment ◽  
Scientific Careers ◽  
Global Survey ◽  
Research Facilities ◽  
Depth Interviews

This chapter examines the major patterns and drivers of interlinked geographical and career mobilities of Indian-born researchers and scientists. Based on a global survey and in-depth interviews, this study shows that the mobility of Indian researchers is mainly driven by an intrinsic motivation to internationalize their scientific careers, but has also to do with the characteristics of the research environment in India. Moving abroad enables researchers to acquire expertise in a field of research that is not sufficiently developed back home, and provides exposure to research facilities and personnel deemed better and more qualified than those back home. In this respect, international study and work experience are often perceived as providing professional merits that are instrumental in career progression on return to India.

PRAGMATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMOROUS APHORISMS IN THE CONTEXT OF LIFE SPACE

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
LARISA V. Burmistrova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Study Guide ◽  
Life Space ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Relationship

The analysis of pragmatic characteristics of humorous aphorisms in the context of life space. Author's humorous aphorisms of famous writers, poets, historians of the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries and modern humorous aphorisms posted on the Internet; collection of sayings, quotes and aphorisms “Big Book of Wisdom” (edited by Yuri Lavrov). The relevance of the research is determined by the interest in comic universal expressions, network discourse, comical texts. The research results are applicable when compiling a study guide for students or can be used to compile a psychological portrait of the hero of the work. The aim of the present study is to investigate the pragmatic characteristics of humorous aphorisms. It is analyzed that humorous aphorisms of famous writers, poets, historians of the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries and modern humorous aphorisms affect the main aspects of life. Pragmatic characteristics of humorous aphorisms are analyzed. It was found that the humorous aphorisms most vividly reflect the relationship and love between a man and a woman, the intellect of a woman and a man, care of women, the image of a strong, ambitious man, relationships in marriage, feelings (love and happiness), positive attitude (purposefulness, necessity of education), negative attitude (duplicity, laziness, stupidity, slight knowledge, exaggeration of material value), the contrary opinion of an optimist and a pessimist.

scholarly journals Can Agroforestry Farmers Attain Sustainability? Case of Farmers in Selected Upland Farming Communities in the Philippines

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Leila Dimayuga Landicho ◽  
Josefina T. Dizon ◽  
Agnes C. Rola ◽  
Maria Ana T. Quinbo ◽  
Rowena DT. Baconguis
Keyword(s):  
Natural Capital ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Multiple Cropping ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Community Capitals ◽  
Conservation Farming ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
High Level

This article is based on the study which investigated the socioeconomic and biophysical conditions of the upland farming communities in the Philippines; identified the development pathways that were undertaken by the upland farmers; and determined level of sustainability of the upland farming communities on the basis of their development pathways. This article argues that agroforestry farmers in upland farming communities in the Philippines can attain sustainability. This argument is based on the study conducted in the three pilot upland communities of the Conservation Farming Villages program in Albay, Ifugao and Negros Oriental, Philippines. From seven focus group discussions (FGDs) with at least 12 participants per FGD for a total of 147 farmers, and farm household survey of 230 upland farmers, research results indicate that agroforestry farmers in the three study sites were smallholders and were cultivating in areas with marginal conditions. There were five development pathways identified. These are monocropping in contour, multiple cropping in contour, agroforestry, agroforestry with non-farm activities, and multiple cropping/monocropping without contour. With the community capitals framework as the theoretical foundation, analysis indicated that the five development pathways contributed to a high level of social, human and political capitals having mean scores of 0.73, 0.55 and 0.54, respectively; a moderate level of physical, financial and natural capital, with mean scores of 0.23, 0.20 and 0.23, respectively; and a very low level of cultural capital with mean score of -0.08. At the community level, on the other hand, research results revealed that the CFV sites in Ligao, Albay and La Libertad, Negros Oriental have almost similar contributions to the sustainability of the upland farming communities, while Alfonso Lista, Ifugao had the lowest. Thus, institutional arrangements with the farmers’ association and the local government units also played a key role in the sustainability of the upland farming communities. These results imply the need for a holistic and collaborative engagement towards attaining sustainable upland farming communities.

scholarly journals Applying transfer entropy approach to investigate the information flow among ASEAN stock markets

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. First
Author(s):  
Tran Thi Tuan Anh
Keyword(s):  
Information Flow ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Transfer Entropy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Region Data ◽  
Asean Countries

This paper uses transfer entropy to measure and identify the information flows between stock markets in the ASEAN region. Data on daily closing stock indices, including Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore, are collected for the period from March 2012 to October 2019 to calculate these transfer entropies. The research results of this article can be considered in two aspects: one is, how information flow originating from one market will be accepted by other markets and secondly, information flow that markets receive. From the perspective of incoming transfer entropy, Vietnam is the country most affected by information from the other ASEAN markets while Indonesia and Malaysia are the least affected. In terms of outgoing entropy, Thailand is the largest source of information flow to the ASEAN markets. Malaysia and the Philippines are the two countries that receive minor information impact from other countries. The research also reveals that the Singapore stock market is rather separate from the other ASEAN countries. The research results also imply that, for investors and policymakers, defining the information flows among ASEAN stock markets can help to predict market movements, thereby developing a suitable investment strategy or establishing appropriate management policies.

Off the Hook: Exploring Reasons for Quitting Playing Online Games in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 2097-2112
Author(s):  
Qiaolei Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Peer Influence ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Online Games ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Online Game ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Media Portrayal ◽  
Influence Functional ◽  
Deviant Case

China is now one of the biggest online game markets, and the games are seen as both an economic opportunity and a social threat, especially to the young. I investigated the nature of, reasons for, and influences of online game quitting in China with 176 participants selected using deviant case sampling. I examined the relationships between the attitudes of those who were quitting playing toward online games, their perception of media portrayal of online games, family pressure, peer influence, functional alternatives, self-esteem, loneliness, online game quitting, and satisfaction with life after quitting. Results showed that the more negatively the participants felt about online games, the more likely they were to quit, and perception of peers' negative attitude toward online gaming, perception of alternatives, and lower income were significant predictors of online game quitting. These findings could help policy makers rethink healthy gaming and antiaddiction strategies.

scholarly journals Automatic content filtering and publishing by email for the UP Open University Doctor of Communication Programme learning management system

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
Ria Mae H. Borromeo
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Content Management ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Open University ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Content Filtering ◽  
Electronic Learning Environment ◽  
Matching Rules ◽  
The Web

The DComm website is an electronic learning environment using the Joomla Content Management Framework (CMF), designed specifically for the Doctor of Communication Programme offered by the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU). Previously, when a faculty member or staff wanted to publish content on the website, content was first emailed to the web administrator, who uploaded it manually. While this method ensured that proper content was published on the site, publishing was delayed at times due to the unavailability of the web administrator. To enable DComm faculty members and staff to directly publish content without having to study web publishing or going through the web administrator, publishing content through email was enabled using Post-by-Email, an extension for Joomla that allows such functionality. The resulting website now allows authorised users to publish information in a particular section of the site by emailing content to a specific email address. However, without quality control over content that gets published, this practice raises the possibility of inappropriate content publishing. To address this issue, a strategy for content filtering and publishing that uses existing technologies such as email filters and SpamAssasin, an open source mail filter based on content matching rules, was designed and implemented. The result is a learning environment where faculty members and staff can automatically publish filtered content through email, making it immediately accessible to the students, ultimately providing for a more dynamic learning environment.

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION IN THE WORLD OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: CONDITIONS AND PERSPECTIVES REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 31-32
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kachniewska
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Dynamic Development ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World

Purpose. The presentation of challenges with which scientific journals and - more broadly - scientific communication, will have to face in the substantive, technological and financial sphere in the conditions of constant evolution of the digital world, dynamic development of new information systems in science (e-library, library 2.0) and new phenomena conditioning the behaviour of Internet users. Method. The views presented in the article are the result of a review of literature regarding scientific journals and empirical research, which was conducted from April to August 2018 among 132 authors representing the world of science and economic practices. Findings. The open access (OA) movement has caused significant changes in the behaviour of people of science in publishing and depositing research results. The prospect of taking over all the functions of scientific journals by scientific repositories still seems to be distant due to the lack of alternative methods for assessing the quality of scientific publications. There are doubts about the division into scientific, institutional repositories and the repositories belonging to scientific journals, which results from unclear business models of individual solutions. The phenomenon of self-publishing is stimulated by the dynamic development of research carried out by business units, skilfully analysing the resources of large data sets and successfully popularising research results in social repositories. This is new quality in the area of information exchange, which requires rapid adaptation on scientific grounds. An insufficiently implemented postulate to popularise scientific knowledge and its transfer to business practice remains an equally important challenge. Research and conclusions limitations. The results of the survey based on the respondents’ subjective assessment should be treated with caution and do not allow to draw general conclusions. The research revealed significant discrepancies in respondents' opinions regarding the future of scientific journals and their prospects for functioning in new information systems. The highest doubts concern the quality assessment system of scientific publications and the business model of scientific repositories: the significant number of stakeholders of the scientific communication system, dispersed in various scientific, political and economic systems, further limits the possibility of formulating unambiguous decisions in this respect. Originality. The presented article formulates challenges for scientific journals whose functions are being increasingly taken over by scientific and social repositories. In contrast to the previously published works, this suggests solutions in the field of artificial intelligence, which will enable complete change in the way of publishing and validation of knowledge as well as quality control of scientific research. Type of work. Review article.

Scientific Communication in the World of Digital Technologies: Conditions and Perspectives Regarding the Development of Scientific Journals

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-16
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kachniewska
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Dynamic Development ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World

Purpose. The presentation of challenges with which scientific journals and – more broadly – scientific communication, will have to face in the substantive, technological and financial sphere in the conditions of constant evolution of the digital world, dynamic development of new information systems in science (e-library, library 2.0) and new phenomena conditioning the behaviour of Internet users. Method. The views presented in the article are the result of a review of literature regarding scientific journals and empirical research, which was conducted from April to August 2018 among 132 authors representing the world of science and economic practices. Findings. The open access (OA) movement has caused significant changes in the behaviour of people of science in publishing and depositing research results. The prospect of taking over all the functions of scientific journals by scientific repositories still seems to be distant due to the lack of alternative methods for assessing the quality of scientific publications. There are doubts about the division into scientific, institutional repositories and the repositories belonging to scientific journals, which results from unclear business models of individual solutions. The phenomenon of self-publishing is stimulated by the dynamic development of research carried out by business units, skilfully analysing the resources of large data sets and successfully popularising research results in social repositories. This is new quality in the area of information exchange, which requires rapid adaptation on scientific grounds. An insufficiently implemented postulate to popularise scientific knowledge and its transfer to business practice remains an equally important challenge. Research and conclusions limitations. The results of the survey based on the respondents’ subjective assessment should be treated with caution and do not allow to draw general conclusions. The research revealed significant discrepancies in respondents’ opinions regarding the future of scientific journals and their prospects for functioning in new information systems. The highest doubts concern the quality assessment system of scientific publications and the business model of scientific repositories: the significant number of stakeholders of the scientific communication system, dispersed in various scientific, political and economic systems, further limits the possibility of formulating unambiguous decisions in this respect. Originality. The presented article formulates challenges for scientific journals whose functions are being increasingly taken over by scientific and social repositories. In contrast to the previously published works, this suggests solutions in the field of artificial intelligence, which will enable complete change in the way of publishing and validation of knowledge as well as quality control of scientific research. Type of work. Review article.

scholarly journals Evaluating Pangasinan State University Faculty Performance Using Associative Rule Analysis

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Frederick F. Patacsil ◽  
◽  
Paulo V. Cenas ◽  
Bobby F. Roaring ◽  
Jennifer M. Parrone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Effective Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Evaluation ◽  
Faculty Evaluation ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Teaching Performance ◽  
State University ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Teaching Learning

Evaluating faculty members' performance is a very complex area to study. In addition, predicting the performance of these faculty members is a very difficult and challenging task. However, the core of education is teaching and learning, and teaching-learning works to its fullest when there are effective teachers. Measuring the effectiveness of faculty members is done based on the student evaluation of faculty. This research aims to develop a model to predict the performance of the faculty members using associative rule based on the existing evaluation form used by PSU to evaluate faculty members. The model is designed to utilize the knowledge of text analytics rule capabilities that will provide great support for the decision-making of Pangasinan State University in the Philippines. The result reveals that the term good is still the top one terms occurred for all campuses followed by teaching. The results indicated that teacher/faculty members on all campuses are good teachers. Associating words reveal that "teaching good subject/topic," "explains simply" and other meaningful associated words can be utilized to evaluate the performance of the teacher. The results exposed not only the quantitative values of faculty evaluation it also exposed the qualitative opinion of the students in the performance of their faculty members. This study reveals important aspects of the faculty member's teaching performance in terms of words/association of words that will describe their teaching performance. The results can be utilized in coaching and mentoring faculty members to cope with their weaknesses. The proposed model can be utilized by Pangasinan State University to evaluate the faculty members in terms of their teaching performance by utilizing the comments/opinions of the students.

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