Institutional Favoritism, Income, and Political Trust: Evidence from Jordan

What is the relationship between institutional favoritism, economic well-being, and political trust? Due to the role that East Bank tribes played in supporting the monarchy during the state’s formative years, Jordan has institutionalized a type of political discrimination that privileges East Bank Jordanians over Palestinian Jordanians. An empirical examination of the political institutions of the state reveals that such discrimination remains pervasive. It was subsequently theorized that institutional favoritism’s impact on political trust is conditional on income due to the greater salience of group identity among individuals with lower incomes. Regression analyses of survey data reveal a consistent negative correlation between political trust and income among East Bank Jordanians. There is little evidence of a substantively meaningful unconditional relationship between national origin and political trust.

Middle and Below Living Standards: What Can We Learn from Beyond Income Measures of Economic Well-being?

10.1093/oso/9780198807056.003.0011 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Marii Paskov ◽

Joan E. Madia ◽

Tim Goedemé

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Material Deprivation ◽

Living Standards ◽

Household Level ◽

The Great Recession ◽

Level Data ◽

Working Age ◽

Household Incomes ◽

The Relationship ◽

This chapter complements the income-based measures of living standards on which earlier chapters have focused by incorporating non-income dimensions of economic well-being into its analysis, including indicators of material deprivation, economic burdens, and financial stress. It analyses how working-age households around and below the middle of the income distribution fared in European countries in the years before, during, and after the Great Recession. Harmonized household-level data across the members of the EU are analysed to see whether the evolution of these various non-income measures present a similar or different picture to household incomes over time. To probe what lies behind the patterns this reveals, four quite different countries are then examined in greater depth. Finally, the chapter also explores the relationship between material deprivation for households around and below the middle and overall income inequality.

Exploring the antecedents of the mental health of business professionals in Sweden

Work ◽

10.3233/wor-203316 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 67 (3) ◽

pp. 665-669

Author(s):

Timur Uman ◽

Pernilla Broberg ◽

Torbjörn Tagesson

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Job Satisfaction ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Well Being ◽

Economic Welfare ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Business Professionals ◽

Mental Strain ◽

Work Related ◽

BACKGROUND: Business professionals are an important occupational group that carries responsibility for the economic welfare of organizations and of society at large. These professionals have recently been reported to be experiencing increased mental strain, which may have a significant effect on the role they play in organizations and in society. Understanding the causes of this strain is thus an important endeavour. OBJECTIVE: This study explores the antecedents of the mental health of business professionals. METHODS: Multiple linear regression analyses were used to examine the relationship between business professionals’ mental health and its demographic, work-related, and other triggers. T-tests and descriptive statistics were used to explore the gender of the respondents in relation to these triggers and mental health. RESULTS: Compared with their male counterparts, female business professionals report poorer mental health; however, no gender differences were found in job satisfaction or life satisfaction. According to this study, age, overtime pay, higher salary and position as a manager have a positive relation with mental health, whereas working overtime has a negative relation with mental health. Job satisfaction and life satisfaction are important determinants of the mental health of business professionals. CONCLUSIONS: Business professionals are important to the economic welfare of their organization and of society as a whole. Our study suggests that demographic characteristics, work-related aspects and subjective dimensions of well-being have a profound effect on the mental health of business professionals.

11th GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES - Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences Proceeding ◽

Analysing SST 2.0 Tax Burden through the Element of Principle of Good Tax Policy

10.35609/gcbssproceeding.2021.12(113) ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 113-113

Author(s):

Nur Erma Mohamed Jamel ◽

Nadiah Abd Hamid ◽

Sarini Azizan ◽

Roshayani Arshad ◽

Rani Diana Othman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Tax Policy ◽

Well Being ◽

Tax Burden ◽

The Public ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Regressive Tax ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Relationship ◽

Since the 70s, the focus of the Malaysian government on sustainable development is to improve the economic well-being of its society. In September 2015, Malaysia reaffirmed this commitment with the other United Nations countries by implementing the 2030 Agenda for 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on the bottom 40% of households (B40). Unfortunately, the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on 1st April 2015, followed by Sales and Services Tax (SST) 2.0 on 1st September 2018 impacted all income groups especially B40. The public especially B40 claimed that indirect tax is regressive and burdensome (MIER, 2018). Hence, the present study aims to identify the existence of SST 2.0's tax burden assessing through the relationship between elements of guiding principles of good tax policy. Keywords: Sales and Service Tax, enforcement, regressive, tax burden, fairness.

Sport News on Facebook: The Relationship Between Interactivity and Readers’ Browsing Behavior

International Journal of Sport Communication ◽

10.1123/ijsc.2013-0112 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 1-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Jan Boehmer ◽

Stephen Lacy

Keyword(s):

Public Relations ◽

Negative Correlation ◽

Web Site ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Sport Communication ◽

Work Routines ◽

Sports News ◽

Browsing Behavior ◽

Number Of Individuals ◽

This study analyzes how interactivity on Facebook relates to users’ browsing behaviors such as clicking a link, visiting a Web site, clicking articles on a Web site, and spending time on a sports news Web site. Regression analyses of 502 Facebook posts and the corresponding news articles show that the number of individuals who clicked on a link is not related to higher levels of interactivity, but an increase in interactivity did affect the number of overall visits generated. In addition, higher levels of interactivity had a slight negative correlation with the number of pages visited and the time spent on an organization’s Web site. Implications for the training and work routines of sport communication professionals in organizations, journalism, and public relations are discussed.

Technology Policy, Task Uncertainty and Organisational Performance

Journal of Management & Organization ◽

10.1017/s1833367200005770 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Alan S. Dunk ◽

Saeed J. Roohani

Keyword(s):

Task Difficulty ◽

Technology Policy ◽

Market Competition ◽

Well Being ◽

Organisational Performance ◽

Task Uncertainty ◽

And Performance ◽

The Relationship ◽

Task Variability ◽

AbstractFactors influencing organisational performance have attracted attention, both in the literature and in practice, as a means of responding to increasing market competition. One factor that may enhance performance is a technology policy and a number of organisations have implemented such policies. Technology policy proponents argue that a society's capacity for sustained technological innovation is crucial to its economic well being. The primary purpose of the present paper is to investigate the extent to which organisational performance is influenced by the use of a technology policy. Since the literature suggests that task difficulty and task variability may influence this relationship, the paper also examines these relationships. The results suggest there is an association between technology policy and performance and that this relation is influenced by task difficulty, but not task variability. The relationship between technology policy and performance seems to greater when task difficulty is high than it is when task difficulty is low.

The effect of political trust and trust in European citizens on European identity

European Political Science Review ◽

10.1017/s1755773915000314 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 161-181 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Soetkin Verhaegen ◽

Marc Hooghe ◽

Ellen Quintelier

Keyword(s):

Political Institutions ◽

Political Trust ◽

The Other ◽

European Identity ◽

The European Union ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Institutional Approach ◽

The One ◽

The Relationship ◽

The Eu

In the literature, two approaches toward the development of a European identity can be distinguished. Society-based approaches assume that the most important foundation for the development of a European identity is trust toward other European citizens as this allows Europeans to identify with the European Union as a community of citizens and values. The institutional approach, on the other hand, assumes that a shared European identity is predominantly based on trust in political institutions. In this paper, we use the results of the IntUne Mass Survey 2009 (n=16,613 in 16 EU member states) to test the relationship between social and political trust on the one hand, and European identity on the other. The results suggest that trust in other European citizens is positively associated with European identity, but trust in the European political institutions has a stronger relation with European identity. This could imply that efforts to strengthen European identity cannot just rely on a bottom-up approach, but should also pay attention to the effectiveness and the visibility of the EU institutions and the way they are being perceived by European citizens.

Kelembagaan Politik Islam: Konsep Konstitusi, Legislasi, Demokrasi, Ummah Dan Syura’

Jurnal Studi Sosial dan Politik ◽

10.19109/jssp.v1i2.4040 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 155-166

Author(s):

Kun Budianto

Keyword(s):

Political Institutions ◽

Political Life ◽

Modern World ◽

The Political ◽

Public Confidence ◽

Political Will ◽

The People ◽

The Relationship ◽

Rules Of The Game ◽

Made In

Islam is a religion perfect and comprehensive, it should have a major role in the political life of a country. To go toward the integration of society, the state and the Islamic ijtihad is needed that will provide guidance for parliamentarians or politicians in explaining hujahnya in politics. And the interaction of Muslims living in the modern world with the political will give new experiences and challenges towards a just and prosperous society. A clean and healthy politics will increase public confidence, especially in Indonesia that Islam is indeed manage all aspects from the economic, social, military, cultural to political. Political institutions in Islam, among others, consists of the concepts of the constitution, legislation, shura and democracy and also the ummah. Islam made in the constitution is in order as the guidelines and rules of the game in the relationship between government and the people. Legislation created to deal with affairs of state and government set a law that will be enforced and implemented by people. While the shura and democracy are two interrelated things, shura is in deliberation and democracy also emphasizes the element of deliberation. And the ummah or community can be defined nation, people, people, communities and so on. It could be said that the people of an organization are bound by the rules of Islam.

Penyesuaian Perkawinan, Subjective Well Being dan Konflik Perkawinan

Persona Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia ◽

10.30996/persona.v5i01.737 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (01) ◽

Author(s):

Dessy Christina ◽

Andik Matulessy

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Multiple Regression Analysis ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Negative Correlation ◽

Marital Conflict ◽

Marital Adjustment ◽

Well Being ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Marital Conflicts ◽

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between maritaladjustment and subjective well being with marital conflicts Research retrieve datathrough a questionnaire given to 40 couples (80 subjects) with the marriage between 5-10 years of age, have children and live together without any other family in thehousehold, such as parents or in-laws, or other relatives who are also factors thatintervene in the conflict. The result of multiple regression analysis found the value of F =7.422; R = 0.402; p = 0.001 (p <0.01), yangmembuktikan that marital adjustment andsubjective well-beingmemiliki significant correlation with marital conflicts. It found thatthe marital adjustment and subjective well-being able to contribute negatively to themarital conflicts of 16.2%. Results of correlation between marital adjustment withmarital conflict obtained by t = -3.122; r = -0.334; p = 0.003 (p <0.05), which showed asignificant negative correlation between marital adjustment with marital conflicts.Factor subjective well being with marital conflict obtained value t = -2.636; r = -0.288;p = 0.010 (p <0.05), which means it has proved the existence of a significant negativecorrelation between subjective well being with marital conflicts.Keywords : marital adjustment, subjective well-being, marital conflict

The Relationship Between School Bullying and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of School Belonging

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.725542 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Zhuzhu Xu ◽

Chenchen Fang

Keyword(s):

Negative Correlation ◽

Mainland China ◽

Well Being ◽

Significant Negative Correlation ◽

School Belonging ◽

School Bullying ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Research System ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

In order to deepen people's understanding of how school bullying influences subjective well-being of students involved, this research system explores the relationship between school bullying, school belonging, and subjective well-being, and the data of students in mainland China (represented by Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang) participating in the PISA 2018 test were used for analysis. The results show that school bullying has a significant negative correlation between students' school belonging and subjective well-being. Besides, school belonging plays a part role in mediating the negative correlation between school bullying and subjective well-being of middle school.

Theoretical Aspects of the Communication Interaction of Political Institutions and Media (Illustrated by the Republic of Bulgaria)

Mediaforum : Analytics, Forecasts, Information Management ◽

10.31861/mediaforum.2019.7.260-270 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 260-270

Author(s):

Ruslana Klym

Keyword(s):

Mass Media ◽

Political Institutions ◽

Well Being ◽

Political Organization ◽

The Political ◽

The European Union ◽

The Public ◽

Communication Interaction ◽

The Mass Media ◽

The Republic

The article defines that political institutions are integral elements of the political system of society, important subjects of politics and carriers of the political process, that regulate the political organization of society, ensuring its stable and long-term functioning. It is stated that the main scientific approaches to understanding the phenomenon of political communication is positivism, behaviorism, structural functionalism, institutionalism and the attention is drawn to the fact that the mass media perform several functions in modern society – communicative, informational, relay, through the implementation of which, media affects all spheres of society and play an important role in the process of interaction between the government and the public. It was noted that the authorities of the Republic of Bulgaria took advantage of the historical moment when the European Union member states were interested in cooperation and were able to convince the Bulgarian society that membership in the EU is a way to solve economic problems, which will further contribute to the economic well-being of the country. The article mentions that an important role in the European integration process of interaction between the authorities and the public was played by Bulgarian journalists, who conducted an extremely intensive and important information campaign, which resulted in 76% of support for the Republic’s membership in this international organization by the Bulgarian society The experience of the Republic of Bulgaria shows that effective work of the mass media is extremely important for establishing communication interaction between government and civil society at a crucial moment for the country. However, the modern Bulgarian media environment is subject to intense criticism for the poor quality of the media product, the media’s dependence on oligarchs, and corruption.