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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsMeasuring Multi-Ethnic Students Citizenship Competence: Domains and IndicatorsMohd Mahzan Awang, Alfitri, Abdul Razaq Ahmad, Norila La UluThe current study aims at developing and validating an instrument to measure citizenship competences among multi-ethnic students. It was developed based on the Iceberg Competency Model (McBer, 1996) and citizenship competence from the works of (Ten Dam and Volman, 2007; Ten Dam et al., 2010; 2011). The Citizenship Competences Framework was developed prior to indicators/items development. The Framework contained four … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 1 Feb 2016 · 7,572 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Assessment of the Effect of Education, In-Service Training (IST) and Tenure on Healthcare Performance: A Cost-Optimizing PerspectiveNestor Asiamah, Henry Kofi Mensah, Eric Fosu Oteng-AbayieHealthcare institutions, governments and other stakeholders have over the years used employee education, in-service training and tenure prolongation to enhance the job performance of health professionals, which is termed healthcare performance in this study. The lack of adequate financial resources may however leave employers with the sole option of applying only one of these methods. This study attempts to identify … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 24 Dec 2016 · 10,204 accessesView PDF Cite

HypothesisOpen accessIn the abstractHealth Workers' Emotional Intelligence Development: An Examination of the Potential Roles of Tenure, Education and TrainingNestor Asiamah, Henry Kofi Mensah, Eric Fosu Oteng-AbayieHealth workers' emotional intelligence improvement has been highly recommended by researchers for enhancing healthcare. In this study, the researchers attempted to empirically test the potential roles of tenure, education and training as methods for developing the emotional intelligence of health workers. A self-reported questionnaire was employed to collect data from 1,049 randomly selected health workers from all healthcare institutions in … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 18 Oct 2016 · 7,497 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Relationship Between Self Compassion and Emotional Intelligence for University StudentsAhmed A. Teleb, Aida A. Al AwamlehThe purposes of the present study were: (1) To adapt an Arabic version of self-compassion scale and (2) to examine the relationship between self compassion and emotional intelligence for university students and (3) to explore the differences in self-compassion according to demographic variables. To check the first purpose, study one was run, data was collected from two samples; the first … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 16 Jun 2014 · 9,173 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMODELING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CORPORATE IDENTITY MIX IN PERCEIVED QUALITY AND CUSTOMER-RELATED BRAND EQUITY WITH INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS AND MICMAC ANALYSISMahsa Pishdar, Mohammad Reza Seyyed Hashemi Toloun, Fereshteh Farzianpour, Morteza RezaeiaslThis study aims to identify the relation between corporate identity mix, perceived quality on customers’ behalf and customer-centric brand equity. A review of the available literature within this scope resulted in making a primary model which represents that the corporate identity mix has an effect upon the perceived quality and brand equity by some variables such as corporate image and … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 29 Jan 2014 · 7,160 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractExploring Factors Influencing Financial Planning After Retirement: Structural Equation Modeling ApproachMd. Abdul Jalil, Dzuljastri Abdul Razak, S.M. Ferdous AzamThe study explores the critical factors that influence financial planning after retirement among Malaysians, an area which has somewhat been largely overlooked by the extant literature. The study has used a quantitative method to survey a sample of 170 Malaysian citizens, from various places in the Klang Valley area. Exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 3 · 20 Mar 2013 · 6,785 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFactors Influencing the Design of Electronic learning system in Agricultural ExtensionAmir Ahmadpour, Mehdi Mirdamadi, Jamal F. Hosseini, Mohamad ChizariProblem statement: Nowadays appropriate training and education are important. Still some organizations make the mistake of not training their employees adequately in the utilization of ICT or in the use of internet information systems, often due to the cost of providing training and the loss in productivity when employees are absent. But many organizations have adopted e-learning as a solution … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 25 Aug 2011 · 7,990 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractService Loyalty Measurement Scale: A Reliability AssessmentJ. Clement Sudhahar, Duraipandian Israel, A. Prabhu Britto, M. SelvamThis research article demonstrates the application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in the scale development process of measuring the construct Service Loyalty (SERVLOYAL). The conceptualization of SERVLOYAL is presented, the dimensions forming the SERVLOYAL construct are figured out. The nitty-gritty of CFA is discussed. And the results of CFA analysis for SERVLOYAL scale developed are found to be reliable. This … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2006 · 7,860 accessesView PDF Cite