Analysing Acceptance of E-Learning among Lecturers of Federal University of Wukari using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology

The study investigates the Federal University of Wukari lecturers' performance expectancy and effort expectancy influence in teaching using two constructs of UTAUT. Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses were formulated. A survey method was employed for the study. A mixed methods research approach involving concurrent quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques was utilised. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 233 lecturers. Data were obtained using a structured questionnaire and interview schedules. Instruments were validated by an expert of information science, and reliability was tested using Cronbach Alpha, on 25 lecturers from the Taraba State University, Jalingo with performance expectancy and effort expectancy having 0.861 and 0.864 coefficient respectively. Collected data from the questionnaire were analysed using frequency distribution and Pearson Product Moment correlation, while interview responses were transcribed and analysed thematically. Findings revealed that performance expectancy and effort expectancy positively influence the use of ICT for teaching among the lecturers. Based on the findings, recommendations were proffered.

Education and Behavioural Barriers for Menstrual Health Communication between Parent and Adolescent Girls

This study is an empirical attempt to understand parental communication about bleeding, first period and dysmenorrhea with adolescent girls. It examines the barriers of communication from the adolescent girls' perspective. The study was conducted in a couple of taluks of ballari district, i.e., Sandur and Hospet. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a descriptive research design was adopted. The data was gathered using the interview schedule from 260 adolescent girls adopting a random sampling method. The findings of the study reveal that the mean age of the adolescent girls was 15.34 years. It was found that the parents' behaviour and educational level impact communication with adolescent girls with reference to bleeding, first period and dysmenorrhea. The Chi-Square test has been done to assess the relationship between communicational barriers and education. The ANOVA test has been applied to understand the relationship between parents' behaviour, educational level and communication barriers.

New Age Recruitment Process - The AI Way

Recruitment no doubt is the most challenging job for an HR professional, getting a Right Resource, in a Right Time, for a Right Position at a Right Cost is a perennially cumbersome assignment, it is beyond identifying the right candidate, stimulating him to apply for the position in an organization. The toughest part of recruiting involves picking up the most suitable profile from huge pool of profiles, any small deviation in finding a right match not only reduces productivity but also brings down the team morale. Picking the right profile rationally and within condensed time frames not only saves time but also reduces cost of recruitment, also scientific approach provides prolific results but this should not be mistaken with Taylorism and earlier Information Technology Tools and Portals. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the novel means of recruitment which is serving as an efficient tool for screening profiles and enabling the recruiters to find the match with their respective job descriptions. Yesteryears recruiters largely relied on several traditional sources, in the process they have generated data bank of applications, manually sifting through it is next to impossible. Now comes the role of AI, which not only sifts the data but also analyses the same to identify the right match to the Job Descriptions they are looking for. Thus AI tools have become essential prerequisites in enhancing recruitment efforts, this paper outlines the role of AI in leveraging recruitment process, and enlightens its significance in enhancing the efficiency of HR professionals in getting a right resource.

Recent Trends and Challenges in Human Resource Management

This paper analyses the various challenges and the most recent trends that have evolved in the Human Resource department in the past few years. The functionality of HR managers shifted from recruitment process to a whole new significant role, which includes recruiting, selecting, retaining, training of employees. Along with this a HR manager is supposed to deal with motivation, welfare, perks, remuneration, infringements, and incentives of employees. This paradigm shift can be attributed to globalization that brought goals to be achieved by the HR department. The changes in HR department are phenomenal and the outlook of HRM has drastically changed. Personnel department to HRM, limited role of an HR executive to a varied role of HR executive, a limited scope of HRM to multidimensional scope of HRM there has been a sea change in the approach in the recent past. One more factor that revolutionized the HR department is technology which brought a positive impact. This radical change due to technology in HR department includes outsourcing, long-distance working model, overseas recruitment, flexible timing, and work from home option and so on. Globalization changed the scope of HRM and technology changed the functionality and approach of HRM. Because of the influence of globalization and technology HR department had to adapt to the changing times and so the scope of HRM has increased.