Volume 8, Issue 1 (2012) | Journal of Social Sciences

Nice CV! You Will Hear From Us: Canadian Labor Market and the Phenomenology of the Marginalized Ethnic Professional Migrant

Buster C. Ogbuagu — 2011-10-27

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 27 October 2011; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.1.12

Problem statement: In the last several decades, the quest for human capital has meant that Canada’s consideration of potential migrants hinged largely on the needs of its labor market. Applying the ...

Development Model to Improve the Quality of Academic Administration: A Case Study

Tawee Puengphai — 2011-10-27

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 27 October 2011; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.13.15

Problem statement: Academic teaching and learning of Ban Nongkham Borkaeowittaya School were not consistent with the current change to allow students to learn in accordance with the educational reform...

The Organization Culture: The Network Construction and the Ethical Development the Revenue Department, the Ministry of Finance

Yaowarin Srichainant — 2011-10-27

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 27 October 2011; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.16.21

Problem statement: The organization culture should be organized in the form of network as a means of giving contribution to the organization office members. This study aims to investigate (1) The hist...

Sungai Mas and OC-EO Glass Beads: A Comparative Study

Zuliskandar Ramli — 2011-10-28

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 28 October 2011; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.22.28

Problem statement: Sungai Mas, Kedah, Malaysia and OC-EO, Vietnam, was two of the Indo-Pacific beads making centre’s in Southeast Asia. The drawn monochrome glass beads or Indo-Pacific beads industr...

Municipalities as Sports Multipliers

Rudolf Leber — 2011-11-04

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 4 November 2011; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.29.32

Problem statement: It is generally agreed that sports must be made available for children and young people. The children and youth of urban areas should be encouraged to form meaningful sporting activ...

The Socialising Function of Sport in the Process of Civilisation

Rudolf Leber — 2011-11-04

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 4 November 2011; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.33.38

Problem statement: The development of sport is certainly one of the great cultural and especially civilising achievements in the history of mankind. Particularly due to its socialising function, sport...

Firm Performance-A Social Networks Perspective

Jane Tung — 2011-11-24

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 24 November 2011; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.39.42

Problem statement: The study aims to offer a discussion on social networks and their effect on firm performance and also to illustrate the ways by which the firms utilize social capital through networ...

Connecting Philosophy of Ancient Egyptians to Modern Thinking

Aminuddin Hassan — 2011-12-23

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 23 December 2011; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.43.49

Problem statement: Associating any knowledge from ancient Egyptians to modern civilization and thinking was important and had its own value. The process of understanding knowledge related to ancient E...

Pra Na Wa Ka: The Development of Training Course for Continuing Buddhism

Phra Maha Pathawisak Romphothanthong — 2012-01-07

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 7 January 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.50.53

Problem statement: Buddhism is a religion that requires meditation, practice, intellectual precepts of the threefold-training such as morality, concentration and wisdom. The purpose of practicing Budd...

Minority Serving College and University Cost Efficiencies

G. Thomas Sav — 2012-01-21

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 21 January 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.54.60

Problem statement: Higher education minority enrollment growth has far outstripped white non-minority growth in the United States. Minority serving colleges and universities have disproportionately at...

Ergonomics Issues in Malaysia

H. S. Loo — 2012-01-23

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 23 January 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.61.65

Problem statement: Ergonomics so far has had little impact in Malaysia. For most Malaysian managers, ergonomics is not considered to be associated with performance, but rather with occupational health...

Using Rule-Based Reasoning and Object-Oriented Methodologies to Diagnose Diabetes

Vithyatheri Govindan — 2012-01-23

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 23 January 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.66.73

Problem statement: Diabetes mellitus or diabetes epidemic is one of the high prevalence diseases worldwide with increased number of disability, complications and death toll. An early diagnosis helps p...

Evaluating the Performance of Accounting Information Systems in Jordanian Private Hospitals

Majed Alsharayri — 2012-01-25

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 25 January 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.74.78

Problem statement: This study aimed at identifying the evaluation of accounting information systems performance used in the Jordanian private hospitals. Approach: In order to achieve the objectives of...

Gender, Religion and National Origin: Latinos' Attitude toward Capital Punishment

Ellen Baik — 2012-01-26

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 26 January 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.79.84

Problem statement: Previous studies on attitudes toward capital punishment are heavily focused on comparisons between blacks and whites with little attention to the Latino population. This is problema...

Religious Dogma without Religious Fundamentalism

Erik Daniel Baldwin — 2012-01-28

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 28 January 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.85.90

Problem statement: New Atheists and Anti-Theists (such as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, Christopher Hutchins) affirm that there is a strong connection between being a traditional theist...

A Study of Relationship Marketing on Customer Satisfaction

Sheng Chung Lo — 2012-01-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 January 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.91.94

Problem statement: Developing a sound knowledge on the customers’ necessities and preferences and producing accordingly the companies can lower the chances of losing customers as well as remove nega...

Test Anxiety and Foreign Language Reading Anxiety in a Reading-Proficiency Test

Ya-Chin Tsai — 2012-02-08

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 8 February 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.95.103

Problem statement: The impact of foreign-language anxiety has been researched with respect to the reading domain; however, how it affects reading proficiency in relation to test anxiety in a test situ...

Modelling Political Support among Women with Political Actors in Northern States

Zaherawati Zakaria — 2012-02-10

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 10 February 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.104.108

Problem statement: Women in Asia are making their mark with distinct styles of leadership, but have a long way to go to reach the critical mass needed to level a political playing field that remains m...

From "Foreign" Language Education to Plurilingualism: Challenges for Language Education Policy in a Multilingual Japan

Teja Ostheider — 2012-02-18

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 18 February 2012; doi:10.3844/jssp.2012.109.115

Problem statement: With a 41% increase in foreign residents over the last 10 years, the long-neglected issue of domestic multiculturalism and multilingualism cannot be ignored anymore in Japan. Nevert...