scholarly journals Assessment of Retention on Valuation in the Nigerian Construction Industry – Clients’ Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Morakinyo ◽  
I.C. Osuizugbo
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Financial Difficulty ◽  
Construction Firms ◽  
Retention Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Annual Turnover

The largest clients of Construction Industry (CI) in developing countries around the world are their respective governments. However, the CI in this clime is dominated by small and medium sized construction firms (SMSCFs). The aim of this study was to assess retention on valuation in the industry from the clients‟ perspective, with a view to improving financial performance of SMSCFs. Survey and non-probabilistic convenience sampling technique were adopted and data were obtained from industry stakeholders operating in Lagos. A total of fifty questionnaires validly completed were analysed using SPSS (Statistical Programme for Social Sciences) software Forty-four percent of the respondents have work experience in companies whose approximate annual turnover was < N 100m < N 500m. Finding shows that release of retention suffered from delay to outright non-payment of the retention monies and the retention practice of the three tiers of government is non-discriminatory of category of contractors. In conclusion, either delay or outright non-payment of retention monies on valuation will add to financial difficulty of SMSCFs Also, the retention policy of government, applying five (5) percent flat on their project does not consider the financial capacity of SMSCFs and latter‟s potential to contribute and grow the gross domestic product.

Motivational Factors Influencing Students to Study Abroad

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-220
Author(s):  
Jeetesh Kumar ◽  
Anshul Garg
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The World ◽  
Convenience Sampling

Education tourism, despite being existed for several hundred years, has only recently been recognised as an independent sector worth studying. In today's globalisation era, knowledge is increasingly a commodity that moves between countries. Korean society adapts the globalization era, which is gradually narrowing the interval between countries around the world. The current study was aimed to explore factors that attracts students from Korea to Malaysian universities. Data were obtained from nine private educational institutions in March-August 2019. In the current study, 300 questionnaires were distributed by applying the unbiased sample and the non-probability convenience sampling technique. The results of the study confirm that higher quality education program, affordable tuition fees, and a higher standard environment are the key motivational factors attracting Korean students to study in Malaysia. This study proposes important implications for policymakers, institutional staffs, and other relevant stakeholders in prioritising action to position themselves in the market effectively.

scholarly journals An An Analysis of Customer Satisfaction towards Online Shopping with Special Reference to Madurai City

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-168
Author(s):  
J Akila Mary ◽  
S Benita
Keyword(s):  
Online Shopping ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Online Marketing ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Marketing Performance ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Online Retailers ◽  
The World ◽  
Convenience Sampling

In recent days, online marketing is a great revolution in the world. Over the last decade, most business organizations are running with modern technological change. The advanced technology getting better marketing performance. In this society, retailers are devising strategies to meet out the demand of online buyers. Online retailers are studying buyer’s behavior and perception of the consumer in the field of web shopping. Therefore, we have also chosen to analyses consumer’s attitudes towards online shopping and also studying the factors influencing consumers to buy their product on the web in this busiest fast-moving world. The population selected for the research is Madurai city, and narrowed down to buyers who are using the internet to buy online, includes students, homemakers, professionals; the sample size selected for this analysis is 50, and we have used the convenience sampling technique.

scholarly journals Challenges That Make/Break the Athlete’s Quest to Become an Entrepreneur: A Qualitative Study About Fans’ Perceptions

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Syed Ali Hasaan ◽  
Shahid Nawaz ◽  
Syed Javed Iqbal ◽  
Jawaria Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Gender Performance ◽  
Brand Extensions ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
The World ◽  
New Type ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Study Participants

Abstract Athletes are a new type of celebrity in the world. Following other celebrities, there are several examples of athletes who have used their persona of fame to go a step further with their so-called personal brands and actually launch products carrying their names. As athletes are considered brands in themselves, these sorts of activities (i.e., introducing a product brand) are considered as an extension of the athlete’s brand. Given the nature of the research, this study employed a qualitative design. A purposeful convenience sampling technique was employed to select study participants according to a set of predetermined criteria. The final sample comprised nine fans. The fans identified five major factors that could be important in the context of an athlete’s decision to start his/her own brand. The five identified factors that could decide the fate of an athlete’s brand extensions were the athlete’s origin, extension fit, gender, performance, and impression. According to fans, these factors play an important role in the athlete’s venture as an entrepreneur. The study suggests that although fans understand that athletes are brands in themselves, Pakistani fans are not fond of the idea of athletes becoming entrepreneurs due to the fans’ emotional attachment to the athletes. As this is the first study expressing fans’ perspectives in the context of athlete brand extension, this study is an addition to the academic literature and theories of athlete branding and athletes as entrepreneurs.

Pengaruh Profesionalisme, Independensi, Kompetensi, dan Pengalaman Kerja Terhadap Kualitas Audit Pada Kantor Akuntan Publik Di Kota Medan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Wan Fachruddin ◽  
Yulia Syafriani Tjg
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
The Public ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Descriptive Statistical Analysis ◽  
Public Accountant

This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of professionalism, independence, competence and work experience on audit quality. This study uses an associative approach. Population in this study are all auditors working at the Public Accountant Office (KAP) in Medan with a sample of 47 auditors . The sampling technique in this study uses convenience sampling techniques. The collection of data used in this study using a questionnaire. Data analysis techniques were performed with descriptive statistical analysis, multiple regression analysis test, classic assumption test, hypothesis test, and the coefficient of determination test and hypothesis testing with the help of SPSS version 16.0. The results of this study indicate that professionalism, competence and work experience have a significant effect on audit quality, independence does not significantly influence audit quality, and simultaneously professionalism, independence, competence, and work experience have an effect on audit quality. And based on the results of the coefficient of demination test can be seen that the value of the coefficient of demination of 0.594 means that the influence of professionalism, independence, competency, and work experience on audit quality is only 59.4%, the remaining 40.6% is influenced by other variables that are not used in this study.

scholarly journals INCIDENCE OF MINOR AILMENTS OF PUERPERIUM AND RELATED KNOWLEDGE AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS.

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Soumya Raj K ◽  
Reshma Rajan ◽  
Suvi Kj
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Information Leaflet ◽  
Poor Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
Minor Ailments ◽  
Postnatal Mothers ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
The Common ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Objective: The objective of the study was to identify the incidence and knowledge of minor ailments of puerperium among postnatal mothers and to develop an information leaflet on the management of minor ailments of puerperium.Methods: A quantitative approach with descriptive design and convenience sampling technique was used in this study. With these methods, the researcher selected 100 postnatal mothers attending Obstetrics and Gynecology ward, AIMS, Kochi. A semi-structured questionnaire along with a checklist was used to assess the knowledge and the incidence of minor ailments among postnatal mothers.Result: The result showed that the common incidence of minor ailments was afterpain (67%), perineal discomfort (50%), constipation (43%), and fatigue (67%). Majority of the postnatal mothers had average knowledge (65%) level, and some of them had good knowledge (21%), and some of them had poor knowledge (14%).Conclusion: The study revealed that the main four problems of minor ailments of puerperium were afterpain, perineal discomfort, constipation, and fatigue. Number of studies from different part of the world, including India, shows that a large proportion of postnatal mother experiences minor ailments of puerperium. This provides evidence for giving importance to minor ailments of puerperium. Researchers also provided a baseline information leaflet on the management of minor ailments of puerperium.

scholarly journals Patients’ adherence to antimalarial medication; self-report of patients at the Volta regional hospital of Ho, Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 4234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agani Afaya ◽  
Solomon Mohammed Salia ◽  
Frederick Yaw Opare ◽  
Samira Ali ◽  
Richard Adongo Afaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Drug Resistance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Unpleasant Feeling ◽  
Convenience Sampling

Background: Despite the advancement in malaria treatments and management; malaria morbidity and mortality is still on the increase. This phenomenon has been mostly attributed to the emergence and transmission resistance of the plasmodium parasite to drugs; which is as a result of non-adherence to anti-malaria medication. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess patients’ adherence to anti-malarial medications and the factors influencing their adherence in the Volta regional hospital.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was employed. Convenience sampling technique was used in recruiting respondents. Data were collected within a period of 8 weeks from April to May 2017. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics in the form of frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviations which was generated by the use of IBM statistical package for social sciences version 23.Results: The average age of respondents surveyed for this study was 32.27±11.09 ranging from of 19 to 68 years. Majority (51.7%) of respondents were females and 76.7% of them being Christians. The study findings revealed that 36.6% of patient were completely adherent to anti-malarial medication. Over 90% of respondents agreed that the malarial medication had bad taste and it was an unpleasant feeling for them taking it.Conclusions: Poor adherence to antimalaria medications could play a role in the future development of drug resistance. As such, identifying ways to improve anti-malarial compliance will help mitigate drug resistance. Therefore, further studies should be carried out on ways to improve patients’ adherence to antimalarial medication.

scholarly journals Occupational Health and Safety Practices in Cape Coast Metropolis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-121
Author(s):  
Daniel Ebo Hagan ◽  
Zakari Mustapha ◽  
Benjamin Boahene Akomah ◽  
Peter Kobina Aidoo
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Safety Practices ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Construction Firms ◽  
The Social ◽  
Site Supervisors ◽  
Construction Accidents

Abstract The rate of construction accidents in the Ghanaian construction industry is not encouraging. The study sought to identify the factors affecting the effective health and safety practices in the construction industry within the Cape Coast Metropolis. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the construction firms and ‘Yamane formula’ to arrive at the number of respondents (44) for the study. Structured questionnaires were distributed among site engineers, site supervisors, safety officers, quantity surveyors, foremen, chief masons and chief carpenters. Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for the data analysis and results were presented in a form of descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings show that the level of health and safety practices within the Metropolis was high and the factors that affected the implementation of health and safety programmes were severe among the firms. Few of the company’s health and safety programmes were effective and this calls for the strengthenig of the construction sector policy by the ministries responsible for implementation.

scholarly journals Structural Determinants of Job Satisfaction: The Mutual Influences of Compensation Management and Employees' Motivation

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5(J)) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abayomi Olarewaju Adeoye ◽  
Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku ◽  
Ziska Fields
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Structural Determinants ◽  
Compensation Management ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The World ◽  
Convenience Sampling

The importance of job satisfaction as an antecedent to employees’ productivity and firm outcomes cannot be overrated in the world of business, especially in the service industry. This paper adds to the understanding of job satisfaction in insurance business by investigating the structural causes of task fulfilment. The mutual influences of compensation administration and employees’ motivation on job satisfaction was assessed using multivariate analysis. This research embraced a quantitative method and 212 employees were drawn using a convenience sampling technique. Three propositions were tested employing inferential statistical analyses run through SPSS statistics version 23 and SPSS Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) version 23. AMOS was used to structurally determine job satisfaction through structural equation modelling (SEM). SPSS statistics version 23 was instrumental in assessing the psychometric properties via exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients. The results indicate a substantial affiliation between reward administration and motivation. Statistically, this study found that compensation management exerts more direct influence on employees’ job satisfaction than the indirect tie through motivation. There may be a need to redesign human resource practices in the industry to improve the degree of employees’ gratification and duty fulfilment.

scholarly journals Factors influencing the stability of senior executives in corporate hospitals of India

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Ravi Babu Koppala ◽  
Kavita Vurity ◽  
Mathew Sherry
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Senior Executives ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
The Stability

Objective: To assess the factors (both job motivating and de-motivating) influencing the stability of senior executives in corporate hospitals and to find out the correlates of those job motivating and de-motivating factors. Methods: A cross sectional design was adopted for this study in which 14 factors were chosen to assess the level of job satisfaction using a five point Likert scale questionnaire. Seventy six senior executives with at least minimum 10 years of work experience from various corporate hospitals of India were interviewed using a non probability convenience sampling technique. Results: Majority (more than 75%) of the senior executives were satisfied with their job. Age, sex and work experience could not significantly affect the job satisfaction except for the stability of the job and salary and other added benefits. Conclusion: The current study makes an important contribution to the literature in finding the determinants of job satisfaction among senior executives built upon evidence from the findings.

scholarly journals Implementation, Advantages and Management of ISO 9001 in the Construction Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1136-1142
Author(s):  
Fazal Ali Shaikh ◽  
Samiullah Sohu
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Iso 9001 ◽  
Quality Work ◽  
Construction Firms ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
The Social

Since 1987, construction companies all over the world welcomed a system for quality management IS0 9001 which was created by the International Organization for standardization. This study aims to recognize the implementation intensity of essential elements of ISO 9001 and the key advantages of ISO 9001 in construction firms after implantation of these elements. Total 51 recognized Pakistani construction companies were considered and studied however the respondent rate remained 59%. Moreover, the analysis of data was done by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27. The most significant advantages and essential elements of ISO 9001 are the results evaluated by the study. Total 34 basic aspects were identified from the previous literature review. The findings of the result showed that the implementation of ISO are very important in construction projects. Identification of current issues and removal of preventable credentials is found most important implementation. Advantages of ISO in the construction industry are Satisfaction of employees, Increment in the ratio of captivation new projects, Decrease in wastage of material and better contacts in global markets respectively. The study will advantage Pakistani construction companies in improving quality work, performance and interest of implementing ISO 9001 will be created in construction firms in regard to groom quality standards.

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