The Degree Academic and Administrative Leaders Practice Knowledge Management at Al Al-Bayt University in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

The study aims to know the degree of academic and administrative leadership practice knowledge management at Al Al-Bayt University in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and the effect of variables (gender, educational qualification, years of experience, stage, and job title) on that. The study sample consists of (375) faculty and administrative members. To achieve the goals of the study, a tool was built to measure the degree of knowledge management practice, which consists of (37) items distributed into four areas, namely (knowledge organization, knowledge generation, knowledge sharing, and application of knowledge). Validity and reliability were verified, and the descriptive survey method was used. The results of the study show that the degree of academic and administrative leaders’ practice of knowledge management at Al Al-Bayt University in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, from the viewpoint of their colleagues, came with a medium degree in all fields. The results also show that there were statistically significant differences between the averages of the responses of the study sample individuals due to the gender variable, and the differences are in favor of males in all fields. The results also show that there are statistically significant differences attributable to the variable of the academic qualification in the fields of sharing and applying knowledge, and the differences are in favor of the qualification of (Bachelor). The presence of statistically significant differences attributable to the variable of years of experience in the areas of knowledge sharing and application; the absence of statistically significant differences is attributable to the job title in all fields. In light of the results, the study presents a set of recommendations, the most important of which are training academic and administrative leaders on the application of knowledge management; training academic staff on teaching and evaluation methods that help to raise the levels of performance in the educational learning process.

أثر الإخلال الوظيفي على الأداء الوظيفي في الجامعات الفلسطينية الخاصة بقطاع غزة

ملخص: هدفت الدراسة التعرف إلى مستوى الإخلال الوظيفي وأثره على الأداء الوظيفي في الجامعات الفلسطينية الخاصة بقطاع غزة، وذلك من وجهة نظر الإدارة العليا، وباستخدام المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وبالرجوع للأدبيات السابقة، تم بناء استبانة تكونت من (30) فقرة موزعة على (5) مجالات، وهي (الإخلالات التنظيمية، والإخلالات السلوكية، والإخلالات المالية، والإخلالات الجنائية، والأداء الوظيفي)، وبعد التأكد من صدقها وثباتها، تم تطبيقها على عينة مكونة من (102) موظف وموظفة، وقد توصلت الدارسة إلى أن مستوى الإخلال الوظيفي كان منخفضاً، وأن مستوى الأداء الوظيفي كان مرتفعاً، كذلك وُجِد أثر ذو دلالة إحصائية للإخلال الوظيفي في الأداء الوظيفي، وأظهرت النتائج عدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية بين متوسطات درجات تقدير أفراد العينة لمستوى الإخلال الوظيفي والأداء الوظيفي تُعزى إلى متغيرات (الجنس، والمؤهل العلمي، والمسمى الوظيفي)، ووجود فروق تعزى لمتغير سنوات الخدمة لصالح ذوي الخبرة الأكثر من 10 سنوات، وفي ضوء تلك النتائج أوصت الدراسة بضرورة تنظيم ندوات إرشادية للعاملين حول اللوائح والأنظمة والقوانين المالية والإدارية التي يجب على الموظفين الالتزام بها، ووضع مدونات أخلاقية لضبط سلوك الموظفين عبر توضيح الإخلال الوظيفي والجزاءات التأديبية المناسبة. الكلمات المفتاحية: الإخلال الوظيفي، الأداء الوظيفي، الجامعات الفلسطينية الخاصة، قطاع غزة. Abstract The study aimed to identify the level of career deviation and its impact on job performance in the Palestinian universities of the Gaza Strip, from the senior management’s point of view, using the descriptive and analytical approach. Concerning the previous literature, a questionnaire was built, which consisted of (30) items distributed into (5) areas, namely (organizational breaches, behavioral breaches, financial breaches, criminal breaches, and job performance), and after making sure of their validity and consistency, it was applied to a sample It consists of (102) male and female employees. The study found that the level of job replacement was low, the level of job performance was high, and there was also a statistically significant effect of career deviation on job performance, and the results showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the average scores of the sample members’ grade levels on the levels of career deviation and job performance to variables (gender, academic qualification, and job title), and the existence of differences attributable to the years of service variable in favor of those with more than ten years of experience. The study recommended the necessity of organizing guidance seminars for workers about the financial and administrative regulations, rules and laws that employees must abide by, and developing ethical codes to control employee behavior by clarifying breach of employment and appropriate disciplinary sanctions. Keywords: career deviation, job performance, private Palestinian universities, Gaza Strip

Factors associated with edvisor perceptions of their work being understood and valued are not what they seem

People sit at the heart of digital transformation in Higher Education. Often, they are ‘Third Space’ support staff, including Learning Designers, Education Technologists and Academic Developers, broadly defined here as ‘edvisors’ – educator-advisors. Edvisors share their expertise of pedagogy and technology to support, guide and lead change in teaching practices but they can be hampered by numerous factors that diminish their ability to contribute meaningfully. While the work that some types of edvisors – largely academic developers and learning designers – do is well represented in research, there has been little consideration of these underlying challenges. This paper reports on a survey of 58 edvisors in 24 Higher Education institutions in Australia relating to their perceptions of how their work is understood and valued by their direct managers, edvisors in other roles in their institution, academics and other managers in the institution. The data were analysed to look for variations by role type, job title, academic/professional classification, gender, and qualifications. Results show that edvisors feel their work is more valued than understood overall but relationships between different edvisor role types can be more fractious than those they have with academics. Improving understanding and valuing of edvisors is vital to their contribution to transformation.

Mental Health Status of Health Care Professionals During COVID-19 Pandemic at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Central Punjab

Introduction: Frontline medical workers are at risk of not just adverse physical outcomes from Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) but psychological ones too. Healthcare workers might develop symptoms of Post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and substance use disorders. Objective: To assess the mental health status of health care professionals during COVID-19 Pandemic at a tertiary care hospital of Central Punjab. Methodology: Study design: Cross-Sectional study. Study setting: Sheikh Zayed Medical College/Hospital, R.Y.Khan. Study Duration: 20th May 2020 to 20th August 2020. Study subjects: Healthcare professionals including medical and paramedical staff. Sample size: A total of 215 Subjects were included in the study. Sampling technique: Convenient sampling technique. Inclusion criteria: Male and female health care professionals of SZMC/H, R.Y.Khan present in a single working shift. Exclusion criteria: Subjects who refused to give informed verbal consent and those absent from the shift of data collection. Data collection method: Data was collected on pre-designed questionnaire. The questionnaire included information regarding age, sex, job title, working station, etc. Data analysis: Data was entered in and analyzed by using SPSS Version. 21. Numerical variables like age was presented as mean ± standard deviation. Categorical variables like sex, job title, working station were shown as percentages. Results: Our study shows that sex ratio was Male (41.4%) and Female (58.6%). We compared the subjects on variables of Sex, Job title and Ward/Department. The prevalence of depression among Males was Normal 69.7%, Borderline 18.0% and Abnormal 12.4% while in Females it was Normal 56.3%, Borderline 20.6% and Abnormal 23.0%. The prevalence of anxiety among Males was Normal 67.4%, Borderline 18.0% and Abnormal 14.6% while in Females it was Normal 38.1%, Borderline 28.6% and Abnormal 33.3%. Our study on the basis of Job title showed that Medical Staff has prevalence of depression of Normal 67.8%, Borderline 18.3% and Abnormal 13.9% while in Paramedical Staff it was Normal 31.4%, Borderline 25.7% and Abnormal 42.9%. The prevalence of anxiety among Medical Staff was Normal 55.6%, Borderline 22.8% and Abnormal 21.7% while in Paramedical Staff it was Normal 22.9%, Borderline 31.4% and Abnormal 45.7%. On the basis of Wards/Department, the prevalence of Depression in Medicine and Allied was Normal 62.7%, Borderline 23.9% and Abnormal 13.4%; in Surgery and Allied was Normal 67.2%, Borderline 22.4% and Abnormal 10.3%; in Paeds and Gynae/Obs. was Normal 63.5%, Borderline 11.5% and Abnormal 25.0%; in Flu Filter Clinic/Isolation Ward/ICU was Normal 50.0%, Borderline 18.4% and Abnormal 31.6%. The prevalence of Anxiety in Medicine and Allied was Normal 52.2%, Borderline 20.9% and Abnormal 26.9%; in Surgery and Allied was Normal 55.2%, Borderline 24.1% and Abnormal 20.7%; in Paeds and Gynae/Obs. was Normal 46.2%, Borderline 26.9% and Abnormal 26.9%; in Flu Filter Clinic/Isolation Ward/ICU was Normal 44.7%, Borderline 26.3% and Abnormal 28.9%. Conclusion: COVID-19 Pandemic has some major effects on the mental health status of health care professionals in terms of depression and anxiety that need to be addressed by providing better health care facilities, by arranging awareness seminars and counseling sessions. Keywords: Health Care Professionals, COVID-19, Anxiety, Depression

Impact of COVID-19 on Relationship-Centred Residential Dining Practices

This study describes changes in dining practices and provider perspectives on meal-related challenges due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. An online survey was disseminated between July and September 2020 through stakeholder networks and social media with 1,036 respondents. Altered dining practices included residents eating in rooms (54.3%), spacing residents in common areas for meals (69.3%), and disposable dish use (44.9%). The most common mealtime challenges were reduced socializing opportunities at meals (29.3%), inadequate staffing (22.8%), reduced family/volunteer help (16.7%), and assisting residents to eat (10.5%). Many participants (72.2%) felt conflict balancing safety and relationship-centred care. Geographic region, home size, building age, respondent’s job title, pre-pandemic relationship-centred practices, and mealtime satisfaction, and some pandemic-initiated practices were associated with mealtime challenges and feeling conflicted in binary logistic regression analyses. Considering trade-offs between safety and relational aspects of mealtimes during the pandemic is crucial.

Assessment of Gap Between Knowledge and Practice of PPES among Healthcare Professionals During Covid-19”

Objective: To assess the gap between knowledge and practice of PPEs among healthcare professionals during COVID-19. Study design: Cross-Sectional study. Study setting: Sheikh Zayed Medical College/Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan. Study Duration: May-August 2020. Methodology: A total of 214 Healthcare professionals (including medical and paramedical staff) were included in this study using convenient sampling technique. Data was collected on pre-designed questionnaire. The questionnaire included information regarding age, sex, job title, working station, etc. then data was entered in and analyzed by using SPSS Version. 21. Numerical variables like age was presented as mean ± standard deviation. Categorical variables like sex, job title, working station were shown as percentages. Results: Our study included the subjects with 88 (41.1%) males and 126 (58.9%) females. Mean age of study subjects came out to be 26.6±3.954 years. It is observed that only 95 (44.4%) of the subjects have PPEs; only 85 (39.7%) were provided PPEs from their respective healthcare authorities and 137 (64%) can afford purchasing PPEs on their own. And there is a major gap seen between the knowledge about PPEs/ appreciation of their effectiveness and the practice of PPEs by these healthcare professionals. Regarding PPEs (which include gown, surgical mask, N-95 mask, gloves, goggles, head cover, shoe cover, social distancing, hand sanitizer and hand washing), this lag is seen majorly among the healthcare professionals working in general wards; less among emergency staff and least among the subjects working at flu filter clinic or isolation wards. Conclusion: Majority of healthcare professionals appreciate the effectiveness of PPEs against corona virus but don’t bring them into practice; either due to non-availability of PPEs or they have some attitude problem towards it. Keywords: Healthcare authorities, COVID-19, Knowledge, Practice, PPEs, Availability, Attitude

Comparing Entrepreneurial Spirit in job descriptions seeking business undergraduates and graduates

Employers hiring candidates with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) indicate that the Entrepreneurial Spirit (ES) concepts of teamwork, creativity, innovation and adaptability are important. This replication study examined the ES concepts most often appearing in job descriptions seeking to hire MBA candidates. These concepts were used to compare those ES concepts employers most often seek when hiring undergraduate business degree candidates. The literature review provides a background on the development of MBA programs, ES concepts and entrepreneurship education, how innovation is developed, and the perceived gap regarding the development of ES concepts between employers and MBA graduates. The study follows a quantitative content analysis methodology to compare two external datasets: undergraduate job descriptions and MBA job descriptions. The results show that the most desired ES concepts sought by companies were implementation, collaboration, and innovation. There was not a significant difference in ES concepts by job title category in job descriptions between undergraduate business degrees and job descriptions requiring an MBA. There was a significant difference in the concept of innovation. The findings suggest that the ES concept of innovation is more highly desired by companies seeking people with MBA degrees than by those seeking undergraduate business degree holders.

FAKTOR MOTIVASI DAN INDIKATOR EKONOMI DALAM UJI KELAYAKAN JUSTICE COLLABORATOR

The purpose of this observation is to find the indicator of a person will meet the offering of being a justice collaborator. The population of this observation are the cases of person who is being suspected or accused by Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) commiting corruption in Indonesia. Participants for this study were sampled using the random sampling cases in observation, theory and the rules of law. Datas amd informations that were used for this observation were obtained through secondary data from cases in KPK’s website and the result of the previous research in motivation.Observation’s result indicates that age, education, experience, salary, job title and spiritual capital drive someone to be motivated. These factors do not act separately, but they are a part of mutually connected network of specific relations. Employee level of motivation and employee performance can be influenced by means of their detailed knowledge, esperience, maturity of thought and spiritual aspect.Economic indicators that was represented by the value of loss, value of gratification and the punishment charge can be considered in valuing somenone feasible become a justice collaborator. The final results of this observation are factors that affect motivation and economic indicators in court session might be used in measuring that someone would become a justice collaborator.