scholarly journals An Empirical Survey on Factors Affecting Citizens’ Trust in Public Institutions in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
A. Rameez ◽  
M. A. M. Fowsar
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Eastern Province ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
The People

Although Sri Lanka made attempts to adopt policies of decentralization and democratic governance to enhance citizens’ trust, the efforts had yielded very little success. As such, this study attempts to assess the level of citizens’ trust in public institutions in the eastern province of Sri Lanka and explores the factors contributing to the decline of citizens’ trust in public institutions. Both qualitative and quantitative methods consisting of questionnaire survey, in-depth-interview and focus group discussion as data collection techniques were employed in this study. Overall, it was found that the people have little trust in the public institutions due to lack of awareness, discrimination in terms of ethnicity, undue delay, lack of modern facilities and political influence. Thus, it is paramount on the part of government to address these challenges to restore the trust among the citizens on these public institutions.

scholarly journals Examination of the apricot variety use and the factors affecting variety use in the Gönc production area

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. D. Nagyné ◽  
J. Nyéki ◽  
M. Soltész ◽  
Z. Szabó
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Empirical Survey

Hungary is a traditional fruit growing country for ages. As fruit sector has a very high hand work request and value added, it has an important role to decrease the elimination of unemployment and the lack of income in the disadvantage rural areas. The study was made in the year of 2009, the studied population consisted of the members of the fruit-grower marketing organization (Gyümölcsért Ltd.), that organizes growing and sales of stone fruits in Hungary. The studied area of this Ltd is in North Hungary. The growers, who filled the questionnaire, were selected random simple sample. Two data collection were used during our research work: primer and secondary data collection. The resources of the primer data-collection were the questionnaires of our empirical survey that have been completed by the relevant information from informal interviews with farmers (who previously filled the questionnaires in). We introduced and analysed the local (county level) and the wider (region level) farming conditions by the secondary data. By the composition of the questions both qualitative and quantitative methods have been used. This current study intends to represent one part of this comprehensive research.We wish to briefly introduce mainly the research results concerning variety use.

scholarly journals Ethical Leadership Measures for Public Service in Sri Lanka

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
A.T. Wijesekera ◽  
R. Lalitha S. Fernando
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Ethical Guidance

A lack of concern on ethics in public administration may be considered the biggest barrier to quality service delivery. Many efforts have been made to promote ethical standards between public servants. Among those efforts, improving leadership skills can prove to be effective in promoting ethics in public service (Hart 2001).Therefore, ethical leadership behavior is very vital as that ensures ethical guidance. In order to identify the ethical leadership behavior of the public sector, customized measures are essential. This study describes the process of development of a 30-item instrument for measuring ethical leadership behavior in the public service with reference to Divisional Secretariats in Sri Lanka. According to Hinkin's (1998) recommendations in items generating both qualitative and quantitative methods were utilized. First observed the articles which were published related to ethical leadership and examined to find items and dimensions. A focus group discussion was conducted with 20 in-depth interviews to generate additional items to determine whether additional dimensions of ethical leadership would emerge. Based on these two steps, the researcher found 30-items with five dimensions. They were fairness, employee orientation, role clarification, integrity and ethical guidance. These 30-items were included in a questionnaire and a quantitative study was undertaken with 100 respondents employed in the Divisional Secretariats within Gampatha District. Reliability test and factor analysis were used to ensure reliability and validity of this measures. Finally, these 30-items were loaded to four dimensions. Such as people orientation, integrity, ethical guidance and role clarification.

scholarly journals THE DIFFUSION OF VALUE EDUCATION MODEL IN EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH TRADITIONAL SONGS AND GAMES

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Mami Hajaroh ◽  
Rukiyati Rukiyati ◽  
Joko Pamungkas
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Education Model ◽  
Traditional Songs ◽  
Early Childhood Learning

This study was aimed at diffusing the value education model through traditional songs and games for kindergarten teachers in Yogyakarta. This model is an early childhood learning innovation for value education. Diffusion research is a study to disseminate models to teachers; therefore the research subjects were kindergarten teachers. The subject of this study in Kindergarten Schools in DIY included 15 kindergarten schools in Bantul, Sleman, Kulonprogo, Bantul and Yogyakarta city regencies involving 32 teachers. The data were gathered using focus group discussions and questionnaires. The data then analyzed using mixed descriptive qualitative and quantitative methods. This study proves that the model of value education in early childhood through traditional songs and games has five characteristics as innovations which have the advantages of relative, compatibility, complexity, can be tested and can be observed. In addition, in the process of disseminating to the teacher through five stages of diffusion, namely: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation. Teachers also tend to use traditional songs and games to inculcate religious values which are the school's peculiarities.DIFUSI MODEL PENDIDIKAN NILAI PADA ANAK USIA DINI MELALUI LAGU DAN PERMAINAN TRADISIONALPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendifusikan model pendidikan nilai melalui lagu dan permainan (dolanan) tradisional pada guru taman kanak-kanak ‘Aisyiyah di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY). Model ini merupakan inovasi pembelajaran anak usia dini untuk pendidikan nilai. Penelitian difusi merupakan penelitian untuk menyebarluaskan model kepada para guru; oleh karena itu subyek penelitian adalah guru taman kanak-kanak. Subjek penelitian ini di Sekolah Taman Kanak-kanak di DIY meliputi 15 sekolah Taman-Kanak-kanak di Kabupaten Bantul, Sleman, Kulonprogo, Bantul dan Kota Yogyakarta melibatkan 32 orang guru. Pengumpulan data menggunakan focus group discussion dan kuisioner. Analisis data secara deskriptif kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Penelitian ini membuktikan bahwa model pendidikan nilai pada anak usia dini melalui lagu dan dolanan memiliki lima karakterisik sebagai inovasi yakni memiliki keunggulan relative, kompatibilitas, kompleksitas, dapat diujicoba dan dapat diamati. Selain itu dalam proses penyebarluasan kepada guru melewati lima tahap difusi yakni: pengetahuan, persuasi, keputusan, implementasi, dan konfirmasi. Guru juga cenderung menggunakan lagu dan permainan tradisional untuk menanamkan nilai-nilai keagamaan yang merupakan kekhasan sekolah.

Social and Political Drivers of the Reorientation of U.S. Trade Policy: The Case of U.S. Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Liss
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Sociological Explanation

Previous sociological studies demonstrated that U.S. multinational corporations (MNCs) had durable political power to motivate U.S. trade policy. However, why did the United States switch from a “free trade” to an “America First” trade agenda? Economists and political scientists argue that protectionist voters elected the protectionist candidate—Trump. An alternative sociological explanation is that U.S. MNCs lost political power to competing stakeholder groups. The article uses qualitative and quantitative methods to test these competing theories using the case study of the U.S. withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The article argues that both theories are necessary, and neither are sufficient. The United States withdrew from the TPP because increasing negative effects of trade and investment in the United States reshaped trade politics, especially on the republican side; however, power relations between stakeholder groups had to shift as well. U.S. MNCs lost political influence over trade policy to new domestic manufacturing organizations and their networks with labor and fair trade coalitions.

Gender Variant Children and Institutional Arrangements: Exploring the Phenomenon from South Asian Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-157
Author(s):  
Kusha Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Gender Variance ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Gender Variant ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods

This paper explores and assesses the presence/absence of institutional arrangements in educational settings for addressing the concerns of gender-variant children (GVC) through a sample survey of schools in the three-country context of India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. This research highlights the need for effective regulatory, normative and cognitive structures to address issues of childhood gender variance. With a contextual analysis of recent developments and comprehensive study of data reports in the three countries, the study analyses multiple dimensions of discrimination and bullying of GVC in educational settings. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, this paper highlights causes and issues associated with the problems of GVC as well as affirmative actions and institutional practices required to be implemented in schools in the three-country context. The results and findings provide evidence that academic institutions in India, Sri Lanka and, to some extent, Nepal lack institutional mechanisms to address issues of homophobia, abuse by peer group, mental health issues, emotional challenges, social discrimination, lack of opportunities, lack of monitoring and counselling, micro-level engagements and high dropouts of GVC. This study also charts out futuristic agenda, such as comprehensive mapping of GVC in schools, implementation of effective counselling mechanism, the need to create and adopt basic reference module for educators around gender diversity and variance.

Intersectionality of Caste, Gender and Occupation: A Study of Safai Karamchari Women in Maharashtra

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemangi Kadlak ◽  
Pradeep S. Salve ◽  
Payal Karwade
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Preferential Treatment ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
The People ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Gender

The issues of women safai karamcharis are less discussed in academic sphere compared to male safai karamcharis and given minimum importance. These women face multiple problems at the family level, at the working places and in the society; their problems are largely unheard. In the light of this limitation, the present study aimed to give visibility to their problems and their coping mechanisms. It is a collaborative work of three different surveys conducted with 115 safai karamcharis women in Nagpur (60), Kalyan (30) and Mumbai (25) cities applying qualitative and quantitative methods in Maharashtra. The results revealed that women aged 19 years to 46 years are engaged in safai kam and majority of them are widowed or currently married. Almost three-fourths of women resumed this occupation through preferential treatment (PT) case and those of direct recruitment are because of their Scheduled Caste background. Health problems and discrimination at the workplace are common and most of the time neglected. There is a need to establish a strong bridge between workers and academicians who form the policies and welfare programmes for safai karamcharis in order to realize their real conditions and needs. In social sciences, theories of knowledge production have to be utilized for the upliftment or betterment of the people irrespective of the caste and gender.

Collaborative practices with suppliers in Indian manufacturing multinationals

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoj Hudnurkar ◽  
Urvashi Rathod
Keyword(s):  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Collaborative Practices ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Customer Perspective

Purpose The aim of this research was to study collaborative practices with suppliers in multinational manufacturing companies operating in India and to develop a framework for collaboration with suppliers. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a four-step mixed-methods approach that included qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative technique was used to explore the factors and develop a balanced scorecard-based (BSC – balanced scorecard) framework using them. Quantitative technique was used to validate the framework statistically and also by using fuzzy analytical hierarchy process using perception-based ranks given by practitioners. Findings The exploratory research resulted in 26 antecedents for collaboration with suppliers in supply chains. Out of these 26, only 19 were considered based on importance given by practitioners. Further, the identified antecedents were classified and mapped based on the perspectives of the BSC. The extended BSC adds business environment and partnership perspectives to existing BSC framework. Some of the important factors identified under these perspectives were transparency of transactions, long-term commitment and trust. The customer perspective was given the utmost importance by the practitioners. Research limitations/implications There are certain issues that may limit the completeness of the work in a global context. The number of organizations (21) and respondents (45) may also be insufficient to convey the complete knowledge embedded in the practice of the field. Originality/value The study provides practical insights about the factors affecting collaboration with suppliers. A BSC-based framework for collaboration with suppliers was also developed along with the associated importance of each perspective and factors under each perspective, which can prove to be of great value to academics and practitioners involved in relationship with suppliers in supply chain.

DESIGN OF PROTOTYPE OF KRA ISTHMUS OTOP CENTER

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thidima Umpawan
Keyword(s):  
Interior Design ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Average Level ◽  
Design And Technology ◽  
Organization Management ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
The Third ◽  
The People ◽  
Unique Style ◽  
High Level

Objective:The design of OTOP exhibition centre was aimed to study the background and local lifestyle of people in Kra Isthmus, Ranong Province and OTOP exhibition centre design for Kra Isthmus to increase the value of community shop’s appearance in accordance with Thailand 4.0 policy which aims to promote Thailand’s economy to be an innovation-driven economy. Methodology:Both qualitative and quantitative methods are used to conduct this study. The background and local lifestyle of the people at Kra Isthmus were studied by using the conceptual framework of ThidimaUmpawan.The survey was conducted with the participation between researcher and people from the community. Three models were created. 1st Prototype was Fon Pad Dad Si (eight months of rain and four months of sunshine) is interior design keyword. 2nd Prototype was Thammadha (normal) and 3rd Prototype was Tuk-mai (wooded shophouses). The design detail of each model consisted of location, organization management, behavior analysis of service provider and service consumer, correlation analysis, image, color schematic, material management, floor plan and other related plans, and perspective. Main Findings:The results from expert’s opinions on the all models showed that the appropriateness of the location was at the high level ( = 3.80 , SD = 0.60) as well as the organization management ( = 3.70 , SD = 0.65). The third model had the highest score among the three models in floor planning and merchandising ( = 3.45 ,SD = 0.62).Moreover, the third model could well represent lifestyle of Kra Isthmus( = 3.50, SD=0.60) and use appropriate material ( = 3.70 , SD = 0.52). The color schematic of the second and third models was at the average level( = 2.80 , SD = 0.60). The first model had the highest score in lighting design ( =3.20 , SD =0.50) at the average level. For the overall design, the third model had the highest score ( = 3.30 , SD = 0.62). Implications: As modern agriculture focuses on the management, interior design and technology, modern community shops are established. People in the community become the entrepreneurs who plant, process and sell their own products. Having unique style shop is one way to develop Kra Isthmus area to be Ranong’s cultural tourism area.

scholarly journals Post-War Development and Women’s Empowerment in Eastern Sri Lanka: A Case Study of Batticaloa District in Eastern Province

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
A. Rameez
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Housing Assistance ◽  
Eastern Province ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Post War

The civil war in Sri Lanka had caused enormous impacts on the physical as well as infrastructure development of Eastern Province. Since the end of war in 2009, the province has immensely benefitted from the state and non-state sectors, particularly in the sphere of women empowerment in terms of their livelihood, education, health, etc. Although, many previous studies have delved into a number of post-war development interventions in the province, it failed to explore the dimension of women’s empowerment. Using both qualitative as well as quantitative methods, this study specifically explores the impacts of socio-economic development initiatives on women’s empowerment in the post war context. The findings show women received much support such as housing assistance, dry rations, livelihood assistance, micro-credit loans and psycho-social counselling from state and non-state sectors including NGOs, and UN organizations in the post war period in the Batticaloa district of Eastern Province and such supports have largely been effective as it contributed to women’s empowerment. Nevertheless, such supports have significantly dried up in recent times with priorities of state and non-state sectors being shifted. Thus, it is crucial for state and non-state sectors to focus on the empowerment of women in future, especially enhancing their capacity in terms of their knowledge and skills, and providing financial assistance for their self-employment on a soft loan basis or under grant schemes.

scholarly journals Effect of Christian Related Music on Choice of Music as a Study Subject by Muslim Students in Mombasa County, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumba B. Shitambasi
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Music Curriculum ◽  
Muslim Students ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
School Music ◽  
The Subject

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the content of the secondary school music curriculum to establish the effect of the presence of Christian related music in the curriculum on the choice of Music as a study subject by Muslim students in Mombasa County, Kenya. The study used a survey research design. The sample population consisted of 27 participants as follows: 2 music teachers, 8 students, 8 parents, 1 Kenya Institute Curriculum Development Officer at the national level, 1 Quality Assurance and Standard Officer and 7 career masters. Data was collected through questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussion, which was analysed using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Findings show that Christian beliefs compete with Islamic beliefs thus Muslim students find it offensive to pursue the subject and learn Christian related music and values therein. In conclusion, Christianity and Islamic beliefs are two dominant religions that are competing rather than complementing religions; Muslim students find it hard to pursue music subject due to the elements of Christian related music in the curriculum. The study recommends that the choice of music subject by Muslim students is dependent on the provision of Islamic music in the music curriculum and must be incorporated to attract their enrolment.

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