Volume 4, Issue 4 (2008) | Journal of Social Sciences

Personal Characteristics Affecting Agricultural Extension Workers' Job Satisfaction Level

Ali Asadi — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.246.250

Problem Statement: One of the closely associated concepts with performance of an organization is job satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between personal charac...

The Changes of Some Electrolytes after Two Months Activity

M. J. Pourvaghar — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.251.254

Some investigators have speculated that sodium chloride losses in sweat associated with net dehydration may lead to the observed hyponatremia after prolong strenuous exercise. The effects of altered h...

Financial Service of Wealth Management Banking: Balanced Scorecard Approach

Cheng-Ru Wu — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.255.263

Problem Statement: There are four main banking business sectors in Taiwan, involving the areas of consumer, corporate, wealth management, and investment banking. The wealth management banking sector i...

An Econometric Model for Water Sector in Jordan

Mohammed Issa Shahateet — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.264.271

Problem statement: This study argued that there is an economic approach to reduce water problems faced by Jordan. The study took into consideration the increasing population size, the declining rainfa...

A Study of Models of Life Quality Development of Isan Marginal Communities as Affected by Installation of the Solar Home System

Pongsil Simvised — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.272.274

Problem Statement: The electricity production system by using solar home cells is regarded as a substitute for energy which the state provides for the marginal communities because the area cannot be e...

Changes in Rural Areas and Regional Development

Helen Theodoropoulou — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.275.279

The present study examines how regional development has been affected by social, economic and environmental changes in three regions located in central Greece. These regions were affected significantl...

Efficiency Comparison of Operational and Profitability: A Case of Hong Kong Commercial Banks

Cheng-Ru Wu — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.280.287

Problem Statement: Traditional DEA models deal with measurements of relative efficiency of DMUs regarding multiple-inputs vs. multiple-outputs. One of the drawbacks of these models is the neglect of i...

Teaching Strategies and Class Practices of the Teachers who Teach Turkish as a Foreign Language (A Qualitative Research)

Ali Gocer — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.288.298

Problem statement: In the globalizing world, second language/foreign language has gained a great importance. The importance of the foreign language teaching has increased in our time in which knowing ...

The Link between Modification Flexibility and Organizational Objectives: An Empirical study on Jordanian Manufacturing Companies

Abdulkareem S. Awwad — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.299.307

Problem statement: The motivation for this study is determining the extent that modification flexibility affects positively the achievement of strategic and operational objectives in the context of Jo...

Understanding Information System Failures from the Complexity Perspective

Indranil Mukherjee — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.308.319

Problem Statement: Failure of computer based information systems had been a source of major concern in the modern technological era. Information System (IS) researchers have spent a significant amount...

The Effects of Personality and Cultural Intelligence on International Assignment Effectiveness: A Review

Naresh Kumar — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.320.328

Problem statement: Studies on cultural intelligence (CQ) have been recently initiated dramatically in an effort to determine how they were related to positive life outcomes. While past findings showed...

E-Business Barriers in Iran's Free Trade Zones

Mohammad Ali Sarlak — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.329.333

Currently there are 24 free trade and special economic zones in Iran. Problem Statement: of these zones is lack of e-business and this is in spite of managements' desire to have proper infrastructure ...

Environment Changes of Lampao Dam Communities in Northeast Thailand

Winyoo Sata — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.334.337

Problem statement: The objective of this research was to study the environment change of Lampao Dam communities in Northeast Thailand, being a case study of the Sa-Adnathom community, Lamklong sub-dis...

Factors Affecting the Standard of Female Education: A Case Study of Senior Secondary Schools in the Kassena-Nankana District

I. A. Adetunde — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.338.342

This study presents the current factors affecting the standard of female education in the Kassena-Nankana district in Upper East Region of Ghana. Poverty, long-held negative attitudes about women's in...

The Social Adjustment of the Kuy People to a Multicultural Context in Southern Isan, Thailand

Wilart Pothisan — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.343.346

The state had paid much attention on economy by building a network of roads between the province, the district and the village for the Kuy people in Ban Treum. The state established a health center to...

A Qualitative Study of Factors Associated with Medical Students' Academic Success

Mitra Amini — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.347.351

Problem statement: The aim of the present study was to determine the successful medical students' viewpoints on factors significant to their academic success assessed according to the students' grade ...

Economic Implication of Poverty Alleviation Programs on Rural Women in Ondo-State Case Study of Country Women Association of Nigeria

Fasoranti Mary Modupe — 2008-12-31

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2008; doi:10.3844/jssp.2008.352.357

The study examined the economic implication of COWAN poverty alleviation programme in rural women. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 100 respondents from Ikare and Ugbe from Akoko Nort...