Kecerdasan emosi dalam kalangan pelajar Diploma Pendidikan Lepasan Ijazah (DPLI) Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

Kecerdasan emosi dapat dijadikan sebagai panduan bagi mewujudkan pendidikan yang berkualiti serta sebagai asas pemerolehan ilmu pengetahuan bagi seseorang pendidik dalam menjalankan tugasnya sebagai seorang guru. Namun begitu, adakah faktor umur dan pengalaman seseorang pendidik menjejaskan kecerdasan emosi mereka apabila meneruskan pengajian di peringkat yang lebih tinggi? Oleh itu, tujuan kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengkaji tahap kecerdasan emosi pelajar Diploma Pendidikan Lepasan Ijazah (DPLI) Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) dengan menggunakan soal selidik berdasarkan model Goleman iaitu kesedaran kendiri, pengawalan kendiri, motivasi kendiri, empati dan kemahiran. Kajian tinjauan secara pendekatan kuantitatif ini melibatkan seramai 210 orang pelajar DPLI yang berbeza kursus. Data yang dikumpul telah dianalisis dengan menggunakan Statistical Package for the Social Science versi 16.0 secara analisis deskriptif dan analisis inferensi. Nilai min dikira bagi menentukan tahap kecerdasan emosi dalam kalangan pelajar DPLI. Hasil dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa tahap kecerdasan emosi dalam kalangan pelajar DPLI berada pada tahap yang tinggi (4.24). Hasil dapatan dari analisis inferensi iaitu ujian parametrik ANOVA menunjukkan bahawa tidak terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan berdasarkan umur serta pengalaman mengajar pelajar terhadap kecerdasan emosi. Oleh itu, keputusan analisis menunjukkan bahawa faktor umur dan pengalaman pelajar tidak menjejaskan kecerdasan emosi mereka dan tidak menghalang pelajar tersebut untuk cemerlang dalam pengajian yang diteruskannya

Green Entrepreneurship In Increasing Income Of Family Business At Keranggan Ecotourism

This conceptual paper discusses about green entrepreneurship which will be developed at Keranggan ecotourism in South Tangerang, which has an impact to increase their income for family business. The example for family business is a cassava chips industry that able to produce 30 kg/day. If the selling price is IDR 40,000/kg, and the production cost is IDR 25,000/kg, then the profit is IDR 450,000/day (IDR 13,500,000/month). Whereas previously their average income is IDR 50,000/day. Thus, there is a significant increase in income. Development of ecotourism using green entrepreneurship concept is in line with the national development focus in 2018 such as: manufacturing sector (industry), agriculture and tourism. Based on data, in 2013 the poverty rate in Keranggan is still very high. So, the aims of this research are: to find the way to increase income for family business through green entrepreneurship, how to encourage the community and implement green entrepreneurship as wel

Hot bi babes and feminist families: Polyamorous women speak out

Much academic literature on SM (sadomasochism) still portrays it as anti-feminist with authors arguing that, for example, SM reproduces and reinforces heterosexual gendered hierarchies and power imbalances. This study explored how women who identify as SMers understand and explain their practices in relation to feminist principles and gendered dynamics. An in-depth focus group discussion was conducted with a group of women who practice SM. Participants were involved in designing and managing the discussion and in analysing the transcripts. It is clear that these women did not perceive their SM practices to be necessarily incompatible with a feminist agenda. The potential for SM scenes to subvert or reveal traditional gendered dynamics was discussed and themes of distinguishing fantasy from reality and the importance of choice emerged

Public Integrity, Economic Freedom and Governance Performance. A Comparative Study for the EU Member States and Acceding Countries

The studies concerning the impact of corruption on the effectiveness of governance are numerous, valorising profound approaches, based on criteria and standards related to good governance, organizational behaviour. The concepts and mechanisms specific for econometrics and statistics provide the quantitative support for qualitative analyses, substantiating public policies, in view to assure effectiveness in performance measurement. For EU Member States and acceding countries, the level of development and social organization determines specific ethical behaviours. In this context, the current paper aims a comparative economic and social evaluation of the correlations between corruption, performance and economic freedom in the states mentioned, following the various significant stages of the EU enlargement. The working hypotheses turn into consideration the following issues: Corruption holds national specific character and the statistic, econometric or sociologic analyses reveal that it is stable during time. The climate of economic freedom and the intensity of corruption influence powerfully the economic performance. The EU membership, “seniority” in EU, regional context determine different attitudes and perceptions on the corruption phenomena. For the newer EU states or the acceding countries, the strategies of integrity have mimetic character and the National Integrity Systems have structured powerful connections aimed at determining an action focused on public integrity. In the analyses achieved, the EU is approached globally, at least from statistic point of view, and the conclusions aim situations specific to the groups of states that have been or will be the beneficiaries of the EU enlargement. The quantitative analyses use both own results of the researches carried out by the authors and public results of World Bank or Heritage Foundation, as well as results of authorities responsible for national statistics. The paper uses the theoretical framework described by authors in other papers with similar topic. For the current paper, the distinction consists in the correlation of the analyses with the stages of the Eu enlargement

A Note on Case-Based Optimization with a Non-Degenerate Similarity Function

The paper applies the ��realistic-ambitious�� rule for adaptation of the aspiration level suggested by Gilboa and Schmeidler (1996) to a situation in which the similarity between the available acts is represented by a non-degenerate function. The paper shows that the optimality result obtained by Gilboa and Schmeidler (1996) in general fails. With a concave similarity function, the best corner act is chosen in the limit. Introducing convex regions into the similarity function improves the limit choice. A sufficiently fine similarity function allows to approximate optimal behavior with an arbitrary degree of precision.

Evolution of Wealth and Asset Prices in Markets with Case-Based Investors

I analyze whether case-based decision makers (CBDM) can survive in an assetmarket in the presence of expected utilitymaximizers. Conditions are identified, under which the CBDM retain a positive mass with probability one. CBDM can cause predictability of asset returns, high volatility and bubbles. It is found that the expected utility maximizers can disappear from the market for a finite period of time, if the mispricing of the risky asset caused by the case-based decision-makers aggravates too much. Only in the case of logarithmic expected utility maximizers do the case-based decision makers disappear from the market for all parameter values.

Asset Prices in an Overlapping Generations Model with Case-Based Decision Makers with Short Memory

I consider an economy, populated by case-based decision makers with one-period memory. Consumption can be transferred between the periods by the means of a riskless storage technology or a risky asset with iid dividend payments. I analyze the dynamics of asset holdings and asset prices. Whereas an economy in which the investors have low aspiration levels exhibits constant prices and asset holdings, investors with high aspiration levels create cycles, which may be stochastic or deterministic. Arbitrage possibilities, deviation of the price from the fundamental value, predictability of returns and excessive volatility are shown to obtain in a market with case-based investors.

Feminist SM: A contradiction in terms or a way of challenging traditional gendered dynamics through sexual practice?

Much academic literature on SM (sadomasochism) still portrays it as anti-feminist with authors arguing that, for example, SM reproduces and reinforces heterosexual gendered hierarchies and power imbalances. This study explored how women who identify as SMers understand and explain their practices in relation to feminist principles and gendered dynamics. An in-depth focus group discussion was conducted with a group of women who practice SM. Participants were involved in designing and managing the discussion and in analysing the transcripts. It is clear that these women did not perceive their SM practices to be necessarily incompatible with a feminist agenda. The potential for SM scenes to subvert or reveal traditional gendered dynamics was discussed and themes of distinguishing fantasy from reality and the importance of choice emerged

Explorations in feminist participant-led research: Conducting focus group discussion with polyamorous women

This paper addresses the methodology used in research centring on a group of polyamorous women. It outlines the methodological processes of participant led research and highlights some key ethical and epistemological considerations. The research centred on a focus group discussion. Participants were involved in every stage of the research and the researcher / researched relationship was understood as one of collaboration. Participants had ownership of the research process in terms of generating discussion questions, facilitating the focus group discussion, and analysing the transcript. Their reflections on this process are also incorporated in this article. The paper focuses in particular on issues of accountability in participant led research and on reflexivity when researchers are part of the group they are researchin