- University of Brawijaya, Faculty of Administrative Science, Graduate StudentK.N.Toosi University of Technology, Electrical Engineering-communication, Undergraduate, and 3 moreadd
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- Dr. Abdullah M. Al-Ansiedit
Innovative responsiveness to exogenous shocks for sustainability is a proactive methodology for mitigating and adapting to unforeseen events and challenges that could jeopardize the sustainability of ecosystems or organizations. This... more
Innovative responsiveness to exogenous shocks for sustainability is a proactive methodology for mitigating and adapting to unforeseen events and challenges that could jeopardize the sustainability of ecosystems or organizations. This research aims to examine three innovative strategies-minimizing impact, shifting approaches, and short-long term planning-for responding to exogenous shocks in two Indonesian private sector transportation firms, Gojek and Grab, and the influence of this response on sustainable development. In addition, sustainable performance and outcomes are employed as mediators between the innovative response and sustainable development. A total of 385 drivers from Gojek and Grab in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, were enlisted to answer questionnaires. The survey was distributed online via social media applications, and the collected data was analyzed using SEM-PLS 4. The findings indicate that the innovative response strategies to exogenous shocks-including minimizing impact, shifting to new approaches, and short-and long-term planning-were effective and contributed to the sustainable development of both companies. The results also suggest that minimizing impact has a negative but insignificant impact on sustainable outcomes, whereas both sustainable performance and outcome positively enhance the sustainable development of both firms. These research findings contribute to the literature by addressing a gap related to sustainability during crises in the Indonesian context. They also have practical implications by raising awareness of innovative, technology-based solutions.
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With continuous and rapid change in both technology and businesses due to climate change and governments regulations, Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is receiving increasing attentions during last two decades. GSCM refers to the... more
With continuous and rapid change in both technology and businesses due to climate change and governments regulations, Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is receiving increasing attentions during last two decades. GSCM refers to the abilities of businesses to enhance operations and sustain environment at the same time and efficiently. In this paper, a comprehensive review of GSCM development and applications is conducted. This review aims to explore the recent developments of GSCM and necessity of adoption GSCM applications in businesses to insure sustainable development. First, a descriptive analysis of 796 paper adopted from Scopus database was conducted to review research on GSCM. Next, a bibliometric analysis of 235 paper was conducted to determine the recent trends and areas of GSCM and related keywords by using VOSviewer software. Then, a content analysis was carried out of 53 review papers by adopting WordStat software to analyze the impact of GSCM on related subjects and trends of GSCM. Finally, a summary analysis of GSCM advantages and challenges was conducted based on fundamental GSCM's objectives. Results reveal that researches on GSCM are in upward curve with limitations in implementing GSCM applications due to high cost, and lack of sufficient experiences. Results also reveal positive moderate correlation of GSCM with environment, performance, sustainability and management practices indicating the limited implementation of GSCM applications. To further explore these limitations, this study summarized the recent challenges and future potential directions of GSCM in both businesses and environments.
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Information and communication technology (ICT) became an alternative approach to tackle the challenges rising of COVID-19 pandemic. Online learning depends on availability of internet, suitable infrastructure, learning management systems... more
Information and communication technology (ICT) became an alternative approach to tackle the challenges rising of COVID-19 pandemic. Online learning depends on availability of internet, suitable infrastructure, learning management systems (LMSs) and the effective educational policies. This research aims to investigate e-learning factors in integration of ICT in higher education in Thamar University, Yemen. Sample of 264 participants including faculty members, administrative staff and students of Thamar University was selected to answer the questionnaires. Quantitative approach was conducted to analyse collected data by using SPSS. Results of this research revealed that ICT elements including internet, infrastructure and LMS have positive ad significant role in integration of ICT in higher education in Thamar University while the educational institutions' policies play negative and insignificant role. The results also revealed the lack of universities and government's support to facilitate e-learning during COVID-19 and suggested for more fund and training for stockholders in education.
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Unlike many of Islamic organizations, where they have some international agenda, Islamic social organizations in Indonesia have unique characteristics allowed them to play an important role in Indonesian society. Although, Muhammadiyah... more
Unlike many of Islamic organizations, where they have some international agenda, Islamic social organizations in Indonesia have unique characteristics allowed them to play an important role in Indonesian society. Although, Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama have some differences in basic thoughts and mechanism of actions but they are in the same competition to serve the society. This specific case made these two organizations more long lasting and trustworthy. This study included explanation of values, political characteristics and feature of these two Islamic organizations in addition to the role of both of them in shaping political aspects in Indonesia. This study was conducted by adopting qualitative approach through interviews with regional leaders and scholars in East Java Province. Narrative approach was used to finalize the results and writing report. This study reveals the political role of Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama through forming political parties, participation in election, adopting Pancasila, education, economic activities, and religious occasions in shaping the political identity in the country. The formers, scholars, regional leaders of both organizations have an effect on followers and society to choose representatives in DPR (People's representative council), MPR (People's consultative assembly) and DPD (Regional representative council).
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This study aimed to examine the correlation among motivation, organizational culture and employee performance and the mediation role of job satisfaction in higher education. A more productive and positive work environment was created by... more
This study aimed to examine the correlation among motivation, organizational culture and employee performance and the mediation role of job satisfaction in higher education. A more productive and positive work environment was created by organizations by understanding the connection among these factors. This study provided valuable insight into how to create a culture of motivation and satisfaction to improve employee performance. 364 participants were selected from Yemeni and Omani universities, including academics and staff. A cross-sectional survey design was employed, with participants selected using stratified random sampling. Questionnaires were contributed online using emails and social media applications and analyzed by PLS-4. Results of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) revealed that extrinsic motivation had a negative impact on employee performance while organizational culture had a significant positive impact in dynamic environment. Results also highlighted the positive role of job satisfaction represented by supervisoremployee engagement, incentives and promotion in enhancing performance in dynamic environment. Researchers recommended to aggressively increase job satisfaction and employee performance with extrinsic motivation in dynamic environment in Arabic region.
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The world is on the cusp of a new communications revolution. The next generation of communication networks, known as 6G, will enable a wide range of new applications and services that are not possible with current 4G or 5G networks. In... more
The world is on the cusp of a new communications revolution. The next generation of communication networks, known as 6G, will enable a wide range of new applications and services that are not possible with current 4G or 5G networks. In overview, we will review Artificial Intelligence (AI) Types, Advantages, challenges and some of the most promising applications of 6G technology. Some of the key applications that are being developed for 6G communication networks include Digital Twin (DT), Holograms, Robot Avatar, High Density (IoT), and AR & VR. The use of these applications in 6G communication networks is not a new concept, but integration to 6G will need more improvements. These applications have been around for some time now and have seen various improvements over the years. However, with the advent of 6G communication networks, the use of AR and VR is expected to see a drastic change. This paper contributes to the existing literature about the nature of 6G and applications to give more understanding and further discussion in potential and new trends.
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SMIs have gained significant portion of media today replacing tradition media and increasingly interacting in education, economy and entertainment world. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of SMIs on adolescents'... more
SMIs have gained significant portion of media today replacing tradition media and increasingly interacting in education, economy and entertainment world. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of SMIs on adolescents' behavior including intellectual, social, ethical and healthy aspects from the adolescents' perception and perspectives in Middle East countries. Online survey included 27 items was structured and distributed in five Middle East countries. By using convenience sampling, 1612 adolescents (aged 12-22) have completed the questionnaire. Results revealed that SMIs have positive significant impact on adolescents' intellectual aspect while this impact was also significant but negative with different degrees on social, ethical health aspects of adolescents in Middle East countries. Results also revealed that Facebook, what's app and Instagram were the most dominants social media platforms used among adolescents in Middle East countries. This study yields major theoretical contribution as it explores the SMIs influence on adolescents in Middle East and building examination tool based on characteristics and culture of Middle East region.
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Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies have revolutionized learning approaches through immersive digital experience, interactive environment, simulation and engagement. Yet, these technologies are in developing stage... more
Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies have revolutionized learning approaches through immersive digital experience, interactive environment, simulation and engagement. Yet, these technologies are in developing stage and require massive investment and mass customization to meet the high demand in education. This comprehensive review aims to frame AR and VR development in education during the last twelve years. By adopting text mining and topic analysis approaches, a total of 1536 articles were selected for further analysis. These articles were selected from Scopus database based on specific criteria where titles, keywords and abstracts were extracted for analysis by WordStat. Hypotheses were formulated based on the prior works of AR and VR in education and being processed and evaluated to unvield state of art of AR and VR literature development, applications, advantages and future directions. Results reveal that adoption of AR and VR in education have exponential growth during recent years where wearable device have gain the large portion of this development. Based on secondary data, results also reveal the gap in implementing and customizing these technologies quickly in educational institutions. As AR and VR technologies rapidly develop and become mature, more educational applications emerge in learning process. Researchers are recommended to keep in pace to discover gaps of AR and VR transition to education and create effective adaptability approaches to gain more benefits of these technologies development.
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The world is on the cusp of a new communications revolution. The next generation of communication networks, known as 6G, will enable a wide range of new applications and services that are not possible with current 4G or 5G networks. In... more
The world is on the cusp of a new communications revolution. The next generation of communication networks, known as 6G, will enable a wide range of new applications and services that are not possible with current 4G or 5G networks. In overview, we will review Artificial Intelligence (AI) Types, Advantages, challenges and some of the most promising applications of 6G technology. Some of the key applications that are being developed for 6G communication networks include Digital Twin (DT), Holograms, Robot Avatar, High Density (IoT), and AR & VR. The use of these applications in 6G communication networks is not a new concept, but integration to 6G will need more improvements. These applications have been around for some time now and have seen various improvements over the years. However, with the advent of 6G communication networks, the use of AR and VR is expected to see a drastic change. This paper contributes to the existing literature about the nature of 6G and applications to give more understanding and further discussion in potential and new trends.
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يمثل الأطار النظري جزء مهم من عملية البحث المتمثلة في عرض البحوث والنظريات السابقة وما توصل له الباحثين في مجال الدراسة. يتناول الباحث في هذا الفصل خمسة محاور رئيسية تمثل الإطار النظري للدراسة وتشمل النظريات المتعلقة بموضوع البحث... more
يمثل الأطار النظري جزء مهم من عملية البحث المتمثلة في عرض البحوث والنظريات السابقة وما توصل له
الباحثين في مجال الدراسة. يتناول الباحث في هذا الفصل خمسة محاور رئيسية تمثل الإطار النظري للدراسة وتشمل
النظريات المتعلقة بموضوع البحث والدراسات النظرية المتعلقة بمتغيرات الدراسة: القيادة الإستراتيجية والميزة التنافسية
بالإضافة الى بيئة البحث المتمثلة بالمدارس الحكومية بسلطنة عمان، وينتهي هذا الفصل بالدراسات السابقة العربية
والأجنبية المقاربة لهذه الدراسة.
الباحثين في مجال الدراسة. يتناول الباحث في هذا الفصل خمسة محاور رئيسية تمثل الإطار النظري للدراسة وتشمل
النظريات المتعلقة بموضوع البحث والدراسات النظرية المتعلقة بمتغيرات الدراسة: القيادة الإستراتيجية والميزة التنافسية
بالإضافة الى بيئة البحث المتمثلة بالمدارس الحكومية بسلطنة عمان، وينتهي هذا الفصل بالدراسات السابقة العربية
والأجنبية المقاربة لهذه الدراسة.
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Student-centered learning has become more effective approach through utilizing of internet and electronic devices in interactive and social learning environments. During Covid-19 pandemic, interactive and social learning have significant... more
Student-centered learning has become more effective approach through utilizing of internet and electronic devices in interactive and social learning environments. During Covid-19 pandemic, interactive and social learning have significant role in conducting learning process at educational institutions. This study introduces new module based on students-centered format to examine recent known evaluation methods through interactive and social learning. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are the most sciences facing several challenges during social learning based on the nature of their courses and using mathematics and related practices. Mixed method of quantitative and qualitative data analysis were adopted to conduct the objectives of study. Six expertise in STEM were chosen for interviews to investigate and develop e-learning module and a sample of 623 students were selected to evaluate assessment module. This study developed PADA module through conducting workshop among educators and students in selected Islamic universities in Indonesia. The module has many benefits to conduct successful interactive and social learning during Covid-19 pandemic. The results also revealed that multiple choice format was more accurate than true-false format and short answers format for e-assessment. More instructions for re-use of this module have been represented as part of this study.
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Dramatic change in learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the significance of virtual learning and led to more interactive learning environments. Quick adoption of online and social interactive learning in many... more
Dramatic change in learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the significance of virtual learning and led to more interactive learning environments. Quick adoption of online and social interactive learning in many universities around the world raised challenges and emphasized the importance of investigating different learning environments. This paper investigates the accelerated transition in education from traditional learning environments through online learning environments to social innovative learning environments, and the latest trends of this change. The stages of transition were divided into three parts: before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic, which was the reason for this accelerated change. Features and characteristics of each stage of transition were analyzed and discussed, based on the following factors: edu-space and classrooms, the learning and teaching process, curricular choices, information and communication technology applications, students' and educators' perceptions, edu-approaches, and knowledge transformation. A systematic review approach was used to investigate learning environments based on the literature reviews of previous publications. Analysis of these features revealed the main characteristics and differences in each stage. New trends in online learning environments and social innovative learning environments were identified including cloud platforms, massive open online courses, digital learning management systems, open educational resources, open educational practices, m-learning, and social network applications. Finally, this study makes two recommendations: 1) the adoption of online learning environments and social innovative learning environment applications to continue the e-learning process during the pandemic, and 2) the enhanced usage of online learning environments and social innovative learning environment applications in the future by educational institutions and governments.
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Destructive leadership (DL) refers to the dark side of leaders’ behavior and negative consequences for the employees and organization. This research aims to analyze the role of destructive leadership of higher educational institutions... more
Destructive leadership (DL) refers to the dark side of leaders’ behavior and negative consequences for the employees and organization. This research aims to analyze the role of destructive leadership of higher educational institutions leaders including rectors, faculties’ directors, head of departments as perceived by lecturers and other staff about their job satisfaction in Malang city, Indonesia. This research was conducted by adopting quantitative approach and statistics analysis. Sample of research included 580 lecturers and staff who have full-time job at the Islamic universities in Malang city characterized by their gender, qualification, and years of experience. The results of this research reveals low to moderate level in all five different dimensions of destructive leadership, while nine dimensions of lecturers and staff's job satisfaction were revealed between moderate to high. Furthermore, results revealed no significant differences among lecturers in the perceived destructive leadership of universities leaders related to their gender, qualification and years of experience. Regarding to lecturers and staff's job satisfaction, results revealed significant differences based on gender of lecturers and staff in favor for female lecturers and staff, significant differences between qualification level of lecturers and staff in favor for Master or less qualifications, and significant differences among three groups of years of experience related to job satisfaction. Lecturers and staff with 1-5 years of experience have more job satisfaction than other experience level. No significant correlation exists between five dimensions of destructive leadership of universities' higher education leaders and nine dimensions of lecturers and staff' job satisfaction. Finally, this research recommend more awareness for both higher education leaders, lecturers and staff to enhance collaboration between them and lift up the development of higher education reputation and accreditation.
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In previous studies, some of the KM enablers documented include leadership operations in the form of a KM officer, financial aspects, and the organizational culture. On the other hand, the major barrier involves resistance to change due... more
In previous studies, some of the KM enablers documented include leadership operations in the form of a KM officer, financial aspects, and the organizational culture. On the other hand, the major barrier involves resistance to change due to the traditional culture emphasizing socialization and the establishment of trust before fostering business operations. From the gap analysis, some of the strategies that the Emirates Group could embrace include investing more in training sessions and workshops, designing the KM program in a manner that enables it to protect tacit knowledge from loss, and engaging in virtual team formation to foster an awareness of the value lying in KM program support. In so doing, it is projected that the company’s employee operations will be closely linked or aligned to the leading goals and objectives, upon which desirable degrees of productivity and competitiveness might be achieved. This paper has examined the aspect of knowledge management by gaining specifi...
Integration of ICT in higher education has a significant role after the full transition to remote learning during the outbreak Covid-19 pandemic. This research aims to investigate the impact of the internet accessibility, management... more
Integration of ICT in higher education has a significant role after the full transition to remote learning during the outbreak Covid-19 pandemic. This research aims to investigate the impact of the internet accessibility, management system, e-learning infrastructure, and organization ICT policy on the integration of ICT usage during the Covid-19 pandemic among the faculty members and students of Thamar University, Yemen. A quantitative approach was used to collect data by conducting online surveys. Participants of the surveys were 264 educators, staff, and students of Thamar University. Data were analyzed using different statistical techniques including descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, correlation, and multiple regressions to determine the impact of interaction among variables. Results reveal evidence that internet accessibility, management system, and infrastructure have a significant positive impact on the integration of ICT in higher education. In addition, integration of ICT with the university's Policies has an insignificant negative impact on the usage of technology. Furthermore, these results give significant evidence of transition to virtual learning in developing countries generally. Practical implications contributed by this research include the practice of using ICT as an instruction tool during the pandemic by adopting ICT infrastructure, access to the internet, developing learning management systems, and implementing the right policies. Finally, both ministry of education, higher education institutions are recommended to take responsibility in facilitating and supporting e-learning systems continuously as long as this pandemic has yet lasted.
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The purpose of this research were: 1) for analyzing the leadership style, pay fairness, job satisfaction and organizational commitment of the company. 2) for analyzing and examining the impact of leadership style and pay fairness on job... more
The purpose of this research were: 1) for analyzing the leadership style, pay fairness, job satisfaction and organizational commitment of the company. 2) for analyzing and examining the impact of leadership style and pay fairness on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The research type is explanatory research. The sampling technique used in this study was a random sampling. Participants in research included 120 employees selected from all departments in the company. The study adopted the descriptive method using the survey and information from the company and analyzing the impact of leadership style and pay fairness on job satisfaction and organizational commitment by using path analysis. The results of this research showed that: firstly, leadership style, pay fairness, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in the company were evaluated and described. Secondly leadership style has negative impact on both job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Thirdly, p...
This paper aims to introduce new model for education in developing countries based on the challenges that face education in these countries. Developing countries always suffer from some problems that hinder development of education and... more
This paper aims to introduce new model for education in developing countries based on the challenges that face education in these countries. Developing countries always suffer from some problems that hinder development of education and its outcomes such as: political instability, economic difficulties, socio-cultural perspectives and educational challenges. This model is based on students-centered and objective-based theories. This model introduces new theory named forum theory. The mechanism and application of this model have introduced as part of this paper.
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Information and communication technology have changed the traditional learning approaches to modern and interactive environment. ICTs are the keys of the revolution in education. ICTs in this study were divided into five parts: theory and... more
Information and communication technology have changed the traditional learning approaches to modern and interactive environment. ICTs are the keys of the revolution in education. ICTs in this study were divided into five parts: theory and practice, infrastructure, techniques and methods, devices and tools and educational applications. Learning process were examined in three different levels which are: Secondary schools, undergraduate and postgraduate. This study included main objective which is: analysis the impact of ICT on learning process in different settings of learning in developing countries. Applications of ICT have been explained as part of this study. Quantitative method (surveys) was used in this study. Participants of this study were 144 students of high school (junior and senior levels), 155 students of undergraduate level and 137 of postgraduate were selected randomly. Data were analyzed by SPSS for different surveys. The results of this study were: ICT have positive a...
The purpose of this research were: 1) analyzing the leadership style, pay fairness, job satisfaction and organizational commitment of Nizar Bordir Company. 2) analyzing and examining the impact of leadership style and pay fairness on job... more
The purpose of this research were: 1) analyzing the leadership style, pay fairness, job satisfaction and organizational commitment of Nizar Bordir Company. 2) analyzing and examining the impact of leadership style and pay fairness on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The research type is explanatory research. The sampling technique used in this study was a proportionate random sampling. Participants in research included 120 employees selected from all departments in the company. The study adopted the descriptive method using the survey and information from the company and analyzing the impact of leadership style and pay fairness on job satisfaction and organizational commitment by using path analysis. The results of this research showed that: firstly, leadership style, pay fairness, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in the company were evaluated and described. Secondly leadership style has negative impact on both job satisfaction and organizational commitm...
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ICT-based learning is kind of learning that use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to foster, optimize, enhance and support gaining knowledge. Covid-19 has caused the full transformation to ICT-based learning. This study aimed... more
ICT-based learning is kind of learning that use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to foster, optimize, enhance and support gaining knowledge. Covid-19 has caused the full transformation to ICT-based learning. This study aimed to investigate the advantages, opportunities and challenges of ICT-BL during the pandemic. Systematic analysis of the qualitative results indicated that possibility of Online learning, saving time and money, communication and motivation tool, usage of social media, sharing and processing the knowledge and improving the quality of education were the highest ranked advantages of the ICT-based learning and remote learning, extra time, adoption of new skills and more technologies and MOOCs in addition to family gathering were the most opportunities while internet accessibility, electricity problems, maintenance of infrastructure, high cost of ICT device and lack of expertise, ability to manage classrooms and plagiarism were the high ranked challenges for both students and lecturers to continue online learning. Developing countries need to develop new strategies and techniques to promote ICT-based learning based on innovation, socio-cultural and socioeconomic aspects not only financial support.
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Intelligence Edge Computing (IEC) is the key enabler of emerging 5G technologies networks and beyond. IEC is considered to be a promising backbone of future services and wireless communication systems in 5G integration. In addition, IEC... more
Intelligence Edge Computing (IEC) is the key enabler of emerging 5G technologies networks and beyond. IEC is considered to be a promising backbone of future services and wireless communication systems in 5G integration. In addition, IEC enables various use cases and applications, including autonomous vehicles, augmented and virtual reality, big data analytic, and other customer-oriented services. Moreover, it is one of the 5G technologies that most enhanced market drivers in different fields such as customer service, healthcare, education methods, IoT in agriculture and energy sustainability. However, 5G technological improvements face many challenges such as traffic volume, privacy, security, digitization capabilities, and required latency. Therefore, 6G is considered to be promising technology for the future. To this end, compared to other surveys, this paper provides a comprehensive survey and an inclusive overview of Intelligence Edge Computing (IEC) technologies in 6G focusing on main up-to-date characteristics, challenges, potential use cases and market drivers. Furthermore, we summarize research efforts on IEC in 5G from 2014 to 2021, in which the integration of IEC and 5G technologies are highlighted. Finally, open research challenges and new future directions in IEC with 6G networks will be discussed.
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Covid-19 has led to the closure of educational institutions around the world and turned formal learning into distance learning. This study aims to investigate the effect of e-learning infrastructure and individual’s knowledge and... more
Covid-19 has led to the closure of educational institutions around the world and turned formal learning into distance learning. This study aims to investigate the effect of e-learning infrastructure and individual’s knowledge and competence on distance learning during the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in 2020. E-learning infrastructure and individual’s cognitive competence were also used to determine the readiness of educational institutions in distance learning. The e-learning infrastructure includes Learning Management System (LMS), electronic devices, communication applications, and internet accessibility. Quantitative approach was used in this study with a sample of 324 participants from three major universities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Data were collected through online surveys. The descriptive statistical approach and one-layer regression analysis were used to examine the problems raised in this study. The results show that distance learning is positively influenced by e-learning infrastructure and the cognitive competence of the students, the faculty, and administrative staff. The results also point out the university’s readiness level in adopting online learning based on their previous experience of using the learning system. Finally, the study proposes that in order to improve the e-learning process, there needs to be sufficient financial support from the government, whereas the universities are advised to conduct workshops and training, and to provide teleconferencing applications.
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Covid-19 has led to the closure of educational institutions around the world and turned formal learning into distance learning. This study aims to investigate the effect of e-learning infrastructure and individual’s knowledge and... more
Covid-19 has led to the closure of educational institutions around the world and turned formal learning into distance learning. This study aims to investigate the effect of e-learning infrastructure and individual’s knowledge and competence on distance learning during the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in 2020. E-learning infrastructure and individual’s cognitive competence were also used to determine the readiness of educational institutions in distance learning. The e-learning infrastructure includes Learning Management System (LMS), electronic devices, communication applications, and internet accessibility. Quantitative approach was used in this study with a sample of 324 participants from three major universities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Data were collected through online surveys. The descriptive statistical approach and one-layer regression analysis were used to examine the problems raised in this study. The results show that distance learning is positively influenced by e-learning infrastructure and the cognitive competence of the students, the faculty, and administrative staff. The results also point out the university’s readiness level in adopting online learning based on their previous experience of using the learning system. Finally, the study proposes that in order to improve the e-learning process, there needs to be sufficient financial support from the government, whereas the universities are advised to conduct workshops and training, and to provide teleconferencing applications.
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Propose: This study aims to investigate the economic practices and fluctuations due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020 and future impacts in international economies. Method: This study is based on the variable "Low... more
Propose: This study aims to investigate the economic practices and fluctuations due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020 and future impacts in international economies. Method: This study is based on the variable "Low Probability-High Impact" that is studied by methods commonly used in future studies, namely: heuristic approach, deterministic approach, probabilistic approach. In addition, systematic and deductive reasoning method by analyzing the reports received by some countries, institutions, international organizations and research centers interested in this regard. Results: Reports showed that the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have major impacts on the global economy and significant changes will occur in the long run. Where the epidemic differs economically because it continues to hit hard the major economic countries and the countries most affected include the G7, in addition to China. These countries represent 60% of global supply and demand (GDP), 65% of global manufacturing, and 41% of global industrial exports. Future implications: The COVID-19 will continue to spread even after the emergence of treatment, because the treatment goes through many stages, including discovery and testing, production and distribution, and this means that the virus will keep pace with the global economy until 2021 and perhaps more. The world will try to move to repair the economic damage caused by the COVID-19. Economic reforms must be based on the current structures of globalization in order to succeed. Developing countries must pay attention to the need to build regional blocks based on sound foundations because they will be a protective shield for them in the long term for the effects of all variables based on (low probability-high impact). There will be a major change in international relations, and this will appear in new organizational forms, services and economic, the social role will be the solid force of these alliances. Originality/Value: This paper helps the world prepare to accompany the COVID-19 virus with a minimum for the next year 2021. Its effects will remain for many years, especially in developing countries that the Vaccine will be delayed receive. Therefore, strict health and economic precautions must be taken to mitigate the effects of the virus on its citizens and economy.
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This paper investigates the accelerated transitions in education from traditional learning environment (TLE) through online learning environment (OLE) to Social, Innovative learning environment (SILE) and the latest trends of this change.... more
This paper investigates the accelerated transitions in education from traditional learning environment (TLE) through online learning environment (OLE) to Social, Innovative learning environment (SILE) and the latest trends of this change. Stages of transition were divided into three parts: before, during and after covid-19 pandemic which was the reason of this accelerated change. Features and characteristics of every stage of transitions were analyzed and discussed based on Ed-Space and classrooms, learning/teaching process, curriculums, ICT applications, Ed-approaches and knowledge transformation. A mixed-method design of comparative and thematic analysis approaches were used to investigate learning environments based on the literature reviews of previous publications in different learning environments. The analysis of these features revealed the main characteristics and differences in every stage. New trends of OLEs and SILEs including cloud platforms, MOOCs, Digital LMS, OER-OEP, m-learning and social network applications have been identified. Finally, this research has recommended some approaches for students/teachers to adopt OLEs and SILEs applications and educational institutions, governments and international community to support OLEs and SILEs in the future.
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Students anxiety and recruitment during Covid-19 pandemic: role of university, specialization and employment expectation The problem and the aim of the study. Most undergraduate students at last year of university have anxiety to seek for... more
Students anxiety and recruitment during Covid-19 pandemic: role of university, specialization and employment expectation The problem and the aim of the study. Most undergraduate students at last year of university have anxiety to seek for the future job. Looking for job and moving to new chapter of their life is often accompanied by anxiousness and generates psychological stress. The purpose of this paper is to indicate the role of university, specialization and employment expectation in decreasing the students' anxiousness. Research methods. The main method of this research is quantitative approach by using surveys. Data were collected by surveying of 400 students at the last year of university distributed under three categories: medical science, natural science and social studies in Yogyakarta city, Indonesia. Purposive sampling was used to select students based on their specialization of study. Regression path analysis was employed to examine the role of university, specialization and possibility of employment on decreasing the students' anxiety in finding suitable job. Results. The Results indicate that university has no direct role in helping students get job but has indirect impact on shaping students' knowledge, skills and self-confidence to prepare them for future job and this leads to negative and significant impact on students' anxiousness with (β =-.138 and-.260; p < 0,01) respectively. Specialization has negative and significant impact (β =-.207,-.198; p < 0,01) for medical and natural science students and low negative and significant (β =-.018; p < 0,01) for social science students on their anxiety. Finally, employment expectation for most of the students was fair and has positive impact on their anxiety (β = .012, .090 and .124; p < 0,05) respectively. Conclusion. This research revealed the increasing impact of Covid-19 pandemic to the students' anxiety due to continuous influence of the virus during the 2020. Theoretical, social and practical implications have been discussed as part of this research as well.
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Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama are the biggest Islamic social organizations in Indonesia with more than 70 million adherents. Both two organizations were founded in the early 19th century. This study aims to describe the main features... more
Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama are the biggest Islamic social organizations in Indonesia with more than 70 million adherents. Both two organizations were founded in the early 19th century. This study aims to describe the main features and characteristics of Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ula-ma to understand the reasons of followers behind joining one of these two organizations and to describe the role of two organizations on social and po
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There is a constant debate about the connection between Islam and terrorism. In fact, Muslims are subjected to more heinous crimes than west of terrorism which is significantly result of continued western interventions in Islamic... more
There is a constant debate about the connection between Islam and terrorism. In fact, Muslims are subjected to more heinous crimes than west of terrorism which is significantly result of continued western interventions in Islamic countries. This paper aims to give more understanding of Islamic sects. Islamic sects were divided into four groups in this paper based on level of religiosity. Although, majority of Muslims are moderate and modern but very small groups are considered as extreme or radical Islamic sects. Comparative and descriptive analysis were used in this paper to distinguish between moderate, modern, extreme and radical Islamic sects. Fifteen most Muslim population countries in the world (65% of Muslims around the world) were selected in this paper for comparison among the four Islamic sects. Results showed that, majority of Muslims (near to 87%) are moderate and modern, 10% are extreme and less than 3% may participate in acts of terror. This paper also discussed how these Islamic sects impact on the social and political life of the Islamic societies.
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Information and communication technology have changed the traditional learning approaches to modern and interactive environment. ICTs are the keys of the revolution in education. ICTs in this study were divided into five parts: theory and... more
Information and communication technology have changed the traditional learning approaches to modern and interactive environment. ICTs are the keys of the revolution in education. ICTs in this study were divided into five parts: theory and practice, infrastructure, techniques and methods, devices and tools and educational applications. Learning process were examined in three different levels which are: Secondary schools, undergraduate and postgraduate. This study included main objective which is: analysis the impact of ICT on learning process in different settings of learning in developing countries. Applications of ICT have been explained as part of this study. Quantitative method (surveys) was used in this study. Participants of this study were 144 students of high school (junior and senior levels), 155 students of undergraduate level and 137 of postgraduate were selected randomly. Data were analyzed by SPSS for different surveys. The results of this study were: ICT have positive and significant impact on learning process in high school. ICT factors have positive and significant impact on learning process in undergraduate and postgraduate level except devices and tools of ICT was negative in undergraduate level and insignificant in both levels. In addition to Techniques and methods of undergraduate level was positive but insignificant and infrastructure of higher education was insignificant as well. There is a positive relationship between using of ICT and learning process. Usage and benefits of using ICT applications is more effective in higher levels of education related to many factors such as: policies of learning, difference of abilities, capacity of absorption, specification of studies, extent of need and complexity.
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The purpose of this research were: 1) analyzing the leadership style, pay fairness, job satisfaction and organizational commitment of the company. 2) analyzing and examining the impact of leadership style and pay fairness on job... more
The purpose of this research were: 1) analyzing the leadership style, pay fairness, job satisfaction and organizational commitment of the company. 2) analyzing and examining the impact of leadership style and pay fairness on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The research type is explanatory research. The sampling technique used in this study was a proportionate random sampling. Participants in research included 120 employees selected from all departments in the company. The study adopted the descriptive method using the survey and information from the company and analyzing the impact of leadership style and pay fairness on job satisfaction and organizational commitment by using path analysis. The results of this research showed that: firstly, leadership style, pay fairness, job satisfaction and organizational commitment in the company were evaluated and described. Secondly leadership style has negative impact on both job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Thirdly, pay fairness has positive and direct effect on job satisfaction and indirect effect on organizational commitment. Lastly, job satisfaction has positive and direct effect on organizational commitment.
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This paper aims to introduce new model for education in developing countries based on the challenges that face education in these countries. Developing countries always suffer from some problems that hinder development of education and... more
This paper aims to introduce new model for education in developing countries based on the challenges that face education in these countries. Developing countries always suffer from some problems that hinder development of education and its outcomes such as: political instability, economic difficulties, socio-cultural perspectives and educational challenges. This model is based on students-centered and objective-based theories. This model introduces new theory named forum theory. The mechanism and application of this model have introduced as part of this paper.
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يمثل الأطار النظري جزء مهم من عملية البحث المتمثلة في عرض البحوث والنظريات السابقة وما توصل له الباحثين في مجال الدراسة. يتناول الباحث في هذا الفصل خمسة محاور رئيسية تمثل الإطار النظري للدراسة وتشمل النظريات المتعلقة بموضوع البحث... more
يمثل الأطار النظري جزء مهم من عملية البحث المتمثلة في عرض البحوث والنظريات السابقة وما توصل له
الباحثين في مجال الدراسة. يتناول الباحث في هذا الفصل خمسة محاور رئيسية تمثل الإطار النظري للدراسة وتشمل
النظريات المتعلقة بموضوع البحث والدراسات النظرية المتعلقة بمتغيرات الدراسة: القيادة الإستراتيجية والميزة التنافسية
بالإضافة الى بيئة البحث المتمثلة بالمدارس الحكومية بسلطنة عمان، وينتهي هذا الفصل بالدراسات السابقة العربية
والأجنبية المقاربة لهذه الدراسة.
الباحثين في مجال الدراسة. يتناول الباحث في هذا الفصل خمسة محاور رئيسية تمثل الإطار النظري للدراسة وتشمل
النظريات المتعلقة بموضوع البحث والدراسات النظرية المتعلقة بمتغيرات الدراسة: القيادة الإستراتيجية والميزة التنافسية
بالإضافة الى بيئة البحث المتمثلة بالمدارس الحكومية بسلطنة عمان، وينتهي هذا الفصل بالدراسات السابقة العربية
والأجنبية المقاربة لهذه الدراسة.