scholarly journals “I am What I ought to Be”: Women Cyberslacking in Ethiopian Public University

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2207-2224
Author(s):  
Shafaat Hussain ◽  
Abid Ali
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skill ◽  
Public University ◽  
Digital Workplace ◽  
Gen Y ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Personal Use ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
University Setting ◽  
Future Practice

Today, the Gen ‘Y’ (born during 1981-1995) is the world’s largest workforce; and they are employed at digitized workplaces. Cyberslacking (personal use of the internet at the workplace) is the new normal for the recently emerged Ethiopian digital workplace and workforce. Globally, enough cyberslacking studies have been conducted on the losses and the gains; however, no study has been done in the Ethiopian context. This investigation explores how far cyberslacking is beneficial for both the organization (university) and its employees (secretaries) in the Ethiopian setting. The research questions were: what attitudes do the female secretaries have towards cyberslacking? What opportunities do the female secretaries gain through cyberslacking? How far does cyberslacking change the lives of female secretaries? Furthermore, do the female secretaries have an addiction to cyberslacking? To this end, mixed-method design (n=45): questionnaire (n=29) and retrospective interview (n=16) were employed. The triangulation analysis concludes four positive dimensions of women cyberslacking in an Ethiopian university setting: the rationales of cyberslacking (advanced communication, free time, energizer, and legitimization); the opportunities of cyberslacking (gathering information, receiving entertainment, contacting family and friends, and getting day today news updates); the changes attributed to cyberslacking (improvement in English communication skill, knowledge base enhancement, job innovation, and creativity, and modernity); and the low addiction level to cyberslacking (‘prone to be addicted’). Finally, the implications for future practice, policy, and research are explored.

scholarly journals Building a supportive teaching culture to increase teaching effectiveness

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-82
Author(s):  
Le Bich Thuy
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Public University ◽  
Good Teaching ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Teaching Excellence ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Teaching Culture ◽  
Research Questions

This paper investigates the existence of a campus supportive teaching culture in a Vietnamese public university that can facilitate good teaching, basing on three research questions aiming to find out: (1) the availability of supportive teaching activities at campus and (2) the effectiveness of such practices from lecturers’ perspectives and (3) the demand for similar or more activities for teaching excellence. The study was conducted in the form of a survey, with data gathered via an online questionnaire. From data analysis and findings, a number of methods are suggested to enhance or establish a supportive teaching culture in other Vietnamese universities accordingly.

scholarly journals School Change Management: A Multi-frame Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Eman I AHMED
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
School Change ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Managing Change ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Principals Perceptions

The purpose of the present paper is to examine how the school leaders frame their own experiences of managing change within the school system. The mixed method design was used to answer the research questions and understand the research problems. Both the qualitative and the quantitative data were used to identify the frames orienting school leaders to manage change within the school setting. The obtained data showed that the participants employed most of the frames (structural, political, human resource, and symbolic) in managing school change. The data revealed that the human resource frame appeared universal in most of the cases. Understanding principals’ perceptions of change management can help practitioners as well as academics to work more efficiently and address the needs of the school leaders.

Evaluation of a Newly Implemented Undergraduate Global Health Course in the Public University Setting

2012 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 505
Author(s):  
Brianna Moore ◽  
William Sorensen ◽  
Cheryl Cooper ◽  
Lura Daussat
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Public University ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Course ◽  
University Setting

scholarly journals Do You Care for Robots That Care? Exploring the Opinions of Vocational Care Students on the Use of Healthcare Robots

Robotics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margo van Kemenade ◽  
Johan Hoorn ◽  
Elly Konijn
Keyword(s):  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Intermediate Care ◽  
Assistive Robots ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
School Year ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Monitoring Devices ◽  
Companion Robots ◽  
Future Practice

Background: There has been a rapid increase in the population of senior citizens in many countries. The shortage of caregivers is becoming a pressing concern. Robots are being deployed in an attempt to fill this gap and reduce the workload of caregivers. This study explores how healthcare robots are perceived by trainee care professionals. Methods: A total of 2365 students at different vocational levels completed a questionnaire, rating ethical statements regarding beneficence, maleficence, justice, autonomy, utility, and use intentions with regard to three different types of robots (assistive, monitoring, and companion) along with six control variables: gender, age, school year, technical skills, interest in technology, and enjoying working with computers. The scores were analyzed by MANOVA statistics. Results: In relation to our research questions: All students viewed companion robots as more beneficent than monitoring and assistive robots. Level of education did not lead to any differences in appraisal. Participants rated maleficence lowest and the highest scores were given to autonomy and utility, meaning a positive evaluation of the use of healthcare robots. Surprisingly, all students rated use intentions low, indicating a poor motivation to actually use a robot in the future, although participants stated a firmer intention for using monitoring devices. Conclusion: Care students find robots useful and expect clients to benefit from them, but still are hesitant to use robots in their future practice. This study suggests that it would be wise to enrich the curriculum of intermediate care education with practical classes on the use and ethical implications of care robots, to ensure that this group of trainee care professionals fully understand the possibilities and potential downside of this emerging kind of healthcare technology.

scholarly journals Efficacy of EFL Teachers’ Assessment Literacy and Professional Identity in Boosting Learners’ Autonomy

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-403
Author(s):  
Hooshang Yazdani ◽  
Parviz Ghasedi
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Assessment Literacy ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Teacher Professional Identity ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Relationship

This study was set out to investigate the effects of EFL teachers’ assessment literacy and professional identity on learners’ autonomy. Meanwhile, the relationship between teachers’ assessment literacy and professional identity was investigated. Moreover, educators’ perspectives on learner autonomy were studied. To this end, 40 EFL teachers participated in the study through completing assessment literacy scale developed by Mertler (2003) and teacher professional identity questionnaire designed by Beijaard et al. (2000). Besides, 20 EFL teachers were interviewed. Likewise, 110 upper-intermediate EFL learners answered Zhang and Li’s (2004) learner autonomy questionnaire. A mixed method design was used to answer the research questions. The findings revealed that teachers’ assessment literacy was linked to their professional identity. Moreover, assessment literacy and professional identity had fruitful effects on learner autonomy. The findings made it certain that teachers believed in learners’ abilities however they didn’t know how to cultivate autonomous learners.

scholarly journals Cyberslacking Behaviors in Healthcare Professionals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kıymet Koç ◽  
Serap Altuntaş
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Personal Use ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Together with the use of the internet in working life, the communication activities of organizations and the services they provide have become more productive and faster. However, problems such as the use of the internet by employees for their special purposes outside work have also emerged. This condition is defined as cyberslacking behavior in the literature, which indicates personal use of the internet by employees outside their tasks in the workplace environment. Since the sensitivity and attention to be showed by medical personnel will directly affect human health when providing healthcare services, it is necessary to put emphasis on cyberslacking behavior of healthcare professionals, especially nurses who maintain the care of patients full time. Studies investigating cyberslacking behavior in health sector are not adequate in number. This study has compiled the results of studies giving information about cyberslacking behavior in healthcare professionals.

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