Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Quality of Work Life and Job Performance: Empirical Evidence from Station Masters Working at Sri Lanka Railways

Quality of work life in an organization is a critical factor for deciding employee related outcomes in modern organizations. The main aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the dimensions of the quality of work life and job performance dimensions through a survey method using a questionnaire administered to a sample of 280 Station Masters who are employed at Sri Lanka Railways. The construct ‘quality of work life’ was measured by using eight dimensions based on Walton’s model developed in 1975. A three component model including task performance, citizenship performance and counterproductive work dimensions was used for measuring job performance. This study used descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analyses to examine the relationship between the two variables. The result indicates that there is a strong, positive and significant relationship between the two variables and are positive and significant associations among the measurement dimensions of the variables. Further, the quality of work life has a substantial influence on job performance. The paper has of importance as it contributes to the existing body of knowledge originally and the contributions have been specified. Key Words: Job Performance, Quality of Work Life, Railways, Station Masters
Inter- and intra-cultural variation in learning-through-participation among Hadza and BaYaka forager children and adolescents from Tanzania and the Republic of Congo

We examined cross-cultural variation in children’s learning-through-participation in economic work in two forager societies; the Hadza of Tanzania and the BaYaka of the Republic of Congo. We used observational data from 46 Hadza (41% female) and 65 BaYaka (48% female) children and adolescents between the ages of 3 and 18; interview data from 73 Hadza (49% female) and 52 BaYaka (56% female) adults; and ethnographic observations from both populations. Results showed that by providing tools, assigning chores, and foraging with children, Hadza and BaYaka adults provided opportunities for autonomous learning through facilitating participation. Furthermore, although both Hadza and BaYaka children foraged alongside adults when they could be of help, Hadza children were more likely than BaYaka children to forage independently, and BaYaka children were more likely than Hadza children to participate in domestic tasks. We argue that these strategies provided children with opportunities to learn while contributing economically. Nous avons examiné les variations interculturelles dans l’apprentissage des enfants dans le contexte de leur participation à des travaux économiques dans deux sociétés de chasseurs-cueilleurs; les Hadza de Tanzanie et les BaYaka du Congo. Nous avons utilisé les données d’observation de 46 enfants et adolescents Hadza (41% femmes) et 65 BaYaka (48% femmes) âgés de 3 à 18 ans, celles d’interviews de 73 adultes Hadza (49% femmes) et de 52 adultes BaYaka (56% femmes), ainsi que des observations ethnographiques sur ces deux groupes. Les résultats montrent qu’en leur fournissant des outils, en leur assignant des tâches et en chassant et en cueillant avec les enfants, les adultes Hadza et BaYaka leur offrent des possibilités d’apprentissage autonome tout en facilitant leur participation. En outre, alors que les enfants Hadza et BaYaka chassent et cueillent aux côtés des adultes quand ils peuvent, les enfants Hadza sont plus susceptibles que les enfants BaYaka de recourir à la chasse et à la cueillette. Ces derniers sont aussi plus susceptibles que les enfants Hadza de participer aux tâches domestiques. Nous en concluons que ces stratégies fournissent aux enfants des opportunités d’apprentissage tout en contribuant, parallèlement, aux ressources économiques de leur groupe.
PENGEMBANGAN MODUL PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA SISWA SMP

Modul pembelajaran saat ini belum mampu membangkitkan kesadaran dan kemampuan siswa dalam mengelolah pemikirannya sendiri, serta belum mampu untuk memenuhi tuntutan kurikulum. Untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut yaitu dengan mengembangkan modul pembelajaran dengan pendekatan problem based leraning pada materi persegi panjang dan persegi yang menuntun siswa lebih aktif untuk mengeksplorasikan berdasarkan kemampuannya sehingga tercipta belajar lebih mandiri dan mampu menyelesaikan permasalahan yang ada. Perangkat pembelajaran yang dikembangkan adalah modul dan RPP yang mengacu pada silabus. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menghasilkan modul pembelajaran dengan pendekatan problem based learning pada materi segiempat untuk Kelas VII MTs. Hidayatullah Mataram serta menguji tingkat kelayakannya. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan dengan rancangan model 4-D yang terdiri dari 4 tahap yaitu: (1) tahap (Define, (2) tahap ( Design), (3) tahap (Develop), dan tidak sampai tahap ( disseminate) dengan beberapa penyesuaian. Hasil pengembangan divalidasikan oleh ahli 4 validator dan diujicobakan pada guru dan 10 orang siswa MTs. Hidayatullah Mataram. Hal ini ditunjukkan dari hasil validasi ahli matematika terhadap modul pembelajaran menunjukkan skor rata-rata 82,73% yang berarti sangat layak, pada validasi praktisi diperoleh 92,85% dengan katagori sangat layak, pada ujicoba kelompok terbatas pada siswa MTs. Hidayatullah Mataram diperoleh rata-rata 80,89% dengan kategori sangat layak. Dilihat dari persentase uji kelayakan bahwa produk pengembangan modul pembelajaran telah berhasil dikembangkan dan produk yang dikembangkan layak untuk digunakan di MTs. Hidayatullah Mataram
Data Empowered Insights for Sustainability of Korean MNEs

This study aims to utilize big data contents of news and social media for developing a corporate strategy of multinational enterprises and their global decision-making through the data mining technique, especially text mining. In this paper, the data of 2 news media (BBC and CNN) and 2 social media (Facebook and Twitter) were collected for the three global leading Korean companies (Samsung, Hyundai Motor Company, and LG) from April, 2018 to April, 2019. The findings of this paper have shown that traditional news media and also modern social media have become devastating tools to extract global trends or phenomena for businesses. Moreover, this presents that a company can adopt a two-track strategy through two different types of media by deriving the key issues or trends from news media channels and also grasping consumers ’ sentiments, preference or issues of interest such as battery or design from social media. In addition, analyzing the texts of those media and understanding the association rules greatly contribute to the comparison between two different types of media channels to see the difference. Lastly, this provides meaningful and valuable data empowered insights to find a future direction comprehensively and develop a global strategy for sustainability of business.
The Influence Of Thinking Styles and Mathematical Beliefs On The Elementary Mathematics Teacher’s Communication Ability

The aim of the research was to determine the influence of thinking styles and mathematical beliefs of Elementary Mathematics Teacher according to their mathematics communication ability. The participants were 60 elementary teachers in UPBJJ-UT (Terbuka University) Jakarta. They were chosen as a sample with simple random sampling technique, where the test was held in June 14, 2015. The Multiple Linier Regression was used to analyzed the data, where the instruments consist mathematics communication, thinking styles and mathematical beliefs. Based on the value of R square applied in the SPSS, showed that there is 0.457 or 45.7% the influence of mathematical beliefs and thinking styles according to the mathematics communication in students in Elementary Teacher Studies program in UPBJJ-UT Jakarta.
Money Mining and Price Dynamics

We develop a random-matching model to study the price dynamics of monies produced privately according to a time-consuming mining technology. For our leading example, there exists a unique equilibrium where the value of money increases over time and reaches a steady state. There is also a continuum of perfect-foresight equilibria where the price of money inflates and bursts gradually over time. Initially, money is held for a speculative motive, but it acquires a transactional role as it becomes sufficiently abundant. We study fiat, commodity, and crypto monies, endogenous acceptability, and adopt implementation and equilibrium approaches. (JEL E31, E42, E51, N13, N14, N23, N24)
The bi‐dimensional rejection taxonomy: Organizing responses to interpersonal rejection along antisocial–prosocial and engaged–disengaged dimensions

Correspondence Naoyuki Sunami, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. Email: nsunami@udel.edu Abstract Responses to interpersonal rejection vary widely in form and function. Existing theories of interpersonal rejection have exclusively focused on organizing these responses on a single antisocial–prosocial dimension. Accumulating evidence suggests a gap in this approach: Variability in social responses to rejection cannot solely be explained by the antisocial–prosocial dimension alone. To fill this gap, we propose the bi-dimensional rejection taxonomy, consisting of the antisocial–prosocial x-axis and engaged–disengaged yaxis, a novel contribution to the literature. We demonstrate that both the xand y-axes are necessary for understanding interpersonal responses to rejection and avoiding erroneous conclusions. We also show how this new framework allows researchers to generate more nuanced and accurate hypotheses about how people respond when rejected. We further demonstrate how existing research about individual differences and situational factors that predict responses to rejection can be viewed in a new light within the bi-dimensional rejection taxonomy. We conclude by suggesting how the taxonomy inspires innovative questions for future research, including understanding spontaneous responses and neurophysiological markers. The preprint of this paper is available at https://psyarxiv.com/56ptx/ DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12497
Choice of employee-organization relationship: Influence of external and internal organizational factors

Author(s): Pearce, JL; Tsui, AS; Porter, LW; Hite, JP | Editor(s): Ferris, Gerald R | Abstract: We initially pose the paradox that employers facing competitive environments simultaneously desire both flexibility in the employment and termination of employees and flexibility of operations afforded by committed employees. Utilizing previous conceptualizations in the literature, two general forms of the employment relationship (i.e., “job-focused" and "organization-focused'') that can achieve one or the other of these over-arching objectives are described. By drawing on several theoretical perspectives such as strategic choice, resource dependence, equity theory, and institutional theory, the paper identifies factors that can influence employers' preferences for the type of employee-organization relationship. These factors are categorized into two sets, those internal to it, and specific propositions are advanced that link particular factors with their effect on different forms of employment relationship. The paper concludes with overall implications of the propositions and suggestions for future research priorities.
Sustainable Diets in the UK—Developing a Systematic Framework to Assess the Environmental Impact, Cost and Nutritional Quality of Household Food Purchases

Sustainable diets should not only respect the environment but also be healthy and affordable. However, there has been little work to assess whether real diets can encompass all three aspects. The aim of this study was to develop a framework to quantify actual diet records for health, affordability and environmental sustainability and apply this to UK food purchase survey data. We applied a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach to detailed food composition data where purchased food items were disaggregated into their components with traceable environmental impact data. This novel approach is an improvement to earlier studies in which sustainability assessments were based on a limited number of “food groups”, with a potentially high variation of actual food items within each group. Living Costs and Food Survey data for 2012, 2013 and 2014 were mapped into published figures for greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE, taking into account processing, transport and cooking) and land use, a diet quality index (DQI) based on dietary guidelines and food cost, all standardised per household member. Households were classified as having a ‘more sustainable’ diet based on GHGE, cost and land use being less than the median and DQI being higher than the median. Only 16.6% of households could be described as more sustainable; this rose to 22% for those in the lowest income quintile. Increasing the DQI criteria to >80% resulted in only 100 households being selected, representing 0.8% of the sample. The framework enabled identification of more sustainable households, providing evidence of how we can move toward better diets in terms of the environment, health, and costs.
Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Some Production and Reproduction Traits Using Different Animal Models in Egyptian Buffaloes

Estimates of (co)variance component and genetic parameters using multi-traits animal model, traits studied were lactation period (LP), total lactation milk yield (TMY), and days open (DO). In all lactations based on 4745 records of Egyptian buffaloes calved during the period from 1980 to 2014 at Mehallet Mousa Experimental farms of Animal Production Research Institute (APRI), Ministry of Agriculture. The six mixed model used in the analysis included the non genetic effects of month and year of calving, parity, and the random effects of additive direct genetics, maternal effect, maternal permanent environmental and residual. Means for LP, TMY and Do were 220.632 d, 1445.26 kg and 184.34 d, respectively. The estimates of heritability in six models for LP, TMY and Do were ranged from (0.026±0.56 to 0.047±0.16), (0.15±0.57 to 0.021±0.15) and (0.02±0.020 to 0.020±0.13), respectively. While Estimates of maternal heritability was very low in six models for LP, TMY and DO and ranged from 0.055±0.026 to 0.18E-09±0.79E-05: 0.081±0.029 to 0.52E-09±0.13E-04; 0.053±0.01 to 0.83E-09±0.12E-04, respectively. The estimates of genetic correlations between LP and TMY in six models ranged from (0.53 to 0.84). Estimates of genetic correlation between DO and TMY in six models ranged from (-0.15 to 0.58). While the estimates of genetic correlation between LP and DO in six models ranged from (0.30 to 0.94). Corresponding estimates of phenotypic correlation among same traits fluctuated (0.17 to76). Thus, the influence of the maternal genetic effect for traits studied was lowest thereby no relative efficiency of improvement. Vice-versa, direct heritabilities for TMY and LP were efficiency, therefore considerable rate of genetic improvement these traits under investigation. Genetic betterment for LP following up improve each TMY and DO. The estimates of heritabilities were low for DO indicated that the major part of the variation in this trait was environmental and selection may not prove effective in bringing about genetic improvement. Therefore, preferable improving management can play a major role in this trait.
Market reactions to the implementation of the Banking Union in Europe

ABSTRACT How did announcements about the implementation of the Banking Union (BU) in Europe impact on financial markets? This paper investigates the effect of the overall bank regulatory reform, considering each associated individual announcement, on Credit Default Swaps (CDS), bank stocks and stock futures during 2012–14. Announcements related to the implementation of the supervisory mechanism, as well as those on the new resolution framework, led to a surge in bank CDS spreads, while having a detrimental effect on the wealth of banks’ shareholders. The CDS market response to sub-events associated with the ECB’s 2014 Comprehensive Assessment (CA) was positive and reflected in a decrease in bank CDS spreads. Furthermore, CDS of Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) demonstrated a significant reaction to the implementation steps in the BU. Banks’ stock prices reacted in a consistent manner with the CDS market. The stock futures market did not reveal any strong reaction to the changes in the European regulatory landscape. Cross-sectional analysis reveals that bank capitalization is positively associated with responses of G-SIBs’ CDS spreads, but is inversely related to responses of CDS spreads for other bank groups. Weak underlying credit quality is also a relevant factor in explaining abnormal increases in CDS spreads. For the stock market, positive associations of the cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) with capital levels and with the business model orientation are revealed.
How Aggressive Tax Planning Facilitates the Diversion of Corporate Resources: Evidence from Path Analysis

In measuring tunneling with inter-corporate loans disclosed by Chinese listed companies, we analyze whether insiders in firms that undertake more aggressive tax positions deprive outside investors by diverting more resources. We report strong, robust evidence consistent with recent theory that corporate tax avoidance and insider tunneling are complementary activities. In supplemental analysis, we generally find that self-dealing insiders rely more on complex tax strategies to hide their diversionary practices when external monitoring is relatively lax and their agency conflicts with outside investors are worse. Collectively, our research lends some support to recent theory on the importance of taxes to corporate governance and suggests that higher levels of tax avoidance within a firm can benefit certain shareholders at the expense of others.
A percepção dos clientes quanto à qualidade dos sites na Internet: aplicação e validação do modelo WebQual

A Tecnologia da Informacao trouxe muitas mudancas em relacao a maneira como as empresas interagem com seus consumidores. Nesse processo, a Internet emergiu como um importante componente das estrategias de negocios. O progressivo aumento do numero de brasileiros conectados a rede e o crescente faturamento do e-commerce no pais evidenciam a necessidade por parte das organizacoes aprimorarem o desenvolvimento de sua atuacao on-line. No campo do comportamento do consumidor, identificar a percepcao dos clientes quanto a qualidade dos servicos oferecidos na Internet tornou-se objeto de estudo de diversos autores. Especificamente quanto a mensuracao da qualidade dos web sites e a consequente intencao dos clientes de retornarem a eles, Loiacono (2000) desenvolveu o modelo WebQual. A presente pesquisa busca validar este modelo em um contexto brasileiro, a partir da mensuracao da percepcao de usuarios de um portal regional. Buscou-se identificar quais sao os principais fatores presentes no site que motivam um consumidor a visita-lo novamente. Os resultados obtidos por meio deste levantamento possibilitaram a sugestao de ajustes no modelo WebQual para sua aplicacao em uma realidade brasileira, bem como orientaram pesquisadores e executivos quanto aos criterios mais relevantes para os consumidores na avaliacao de um web site.
Dividend payout ratio follows a Tweedie distribution: international evidence

Abstract Dividend policy is still a largely discussed issue in corporate finance literature. One of the main indicators used in analysing the dividend policy is the dividend payout ratio. Using a database consisting of 12,085 companies operating in 73 countries, for the period 2008–2014, the authors found that the dividend payout ratio follows a Tweedie distribution, and not a normal one. This distribution is stable over time for the entire analysed period. In addition, it describes the case of almost all the countries included in the sample. Thus, a better estimation of the probability that dividend payout ratio is lower or higher than a benchmark can be provided. Also, an analysis of dividend policy, distinctly considering payer versus non-payer companies, can offer additional important information for both practitioners and academics.
Antiretroviral therapy program accessibility across Lesotho districts primary health care centers

Most of patients in Lesotho receive health care in primary health care (PHC) facilities which are mostly managed by nurses. PHC facilities, which comprise health center facilities, are settings at which basic health care services (including antiretroviral therapy (ART)) which are affordable and accessible are targeted towards individuals, families, communities or groups. In Lesotho, antiretroviral therapy was initiated in 2001 and the free ART program started in November 2004. As the prevalence of HIV/AIDS remains high in Lesotho (25%), not much is known about the accessibility of the ART program in these settings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ART program accessibility in PHC settings of Lesotho. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from September to November 2015 and quota sampling was used to select nurses involved in the program. A structured self-report questionnaire was used to collect data from 197 respondents and it was analyzed using SPSS version 23. It was found that 100% of PHC facilities were managed by registered nurses, registered nurse midwives or nurse clinicians and their professional titles did not affect service provision. The nurses spent an average of 4.6 (CI=3.5-4.9) years at the PHC facilities and had an average of 9.7 (CI=8.5-11.4) years in clinical practice. The mean number of patients was 173 (CI=138-175) and they spent on average 2.7 (CI=2.4-3.0) hours seeking the services. ART and prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services were accessible and offered for 4.5 (CI=4.4-4.7) days every week, but not offered on the same days and in the exact same manner. This was due to nurses’ different preferences resulting from differing staffing patterns and workload. In order to improve the current situation, standardized ART service delivery, driven by coordinated services offered on similar days and performed by staffing patterns in line with patient numbers should be encouraged.
Modeling the Impact of Agricultural Shocks on Oil Price in the US: A New Approach

The current literature has generally considered prices of the agricultural commodity as an endogenous factor to crude oil price. As such, the role of the agricultural market in the energy sector has been largely ignored. We argue that the expansion of agricultural production may trigger a significant increase in oil price. In addition, the world has recently witnessed a growth in biofuel production, leading to an increase in the size of the agricultural sector. This study is conducted to examine the impact of different agricultural shocks on the oil and agricultural markets in the US for the period from 1986 to 2018. The study utilizes the Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) model to estimate the relationship between the agricultural market and the crude oil market. Moreover, the variance decomposition is also used to quantify the contribution of agricultural demand shocks on oil price variations. Findings from this paper indicate that different agricultural shocks can have different effects on oil price and that corn use in ethanol plays an important role in the impact of corn demand shocks on oil price. We find evidence that the agricultural market can have an impact on oil prices through two main channels: indirect cost push effect and direct biofuel effect. Of these, the biofuel channel unexpectedly suggests that the expansion of bioethanol may in fact foster the dependency of the economy on fossil fuel use and prices.