International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation
The International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, established in 1996, is a leading platform for publishing research and manuscripts across the full spectrum of psychology and related fields, with a particular focus on psychosocial rehabilitation and mental health. We cater to a diverse audience, including mental health care providers, practitioners, nurses, consumers, and applied researchers. Our journal publishes quarterly and is indexed in all major databases, including Crossref and DOI, ensuring your work receives broad visibility. We strictly adhere to COPE guidelines and uphold the highest ethical and community standards. Our ISSN is 1475-7192. Publishing Standards Peer Review Process: We employ a rigorous double-blind peer review to ensure fairness and objectivity in our publication process. Open Access: Committed to the principles of Open Access, all articles are freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author, in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 license. Ethics: Adherence to ethical standards is paramount. We follow the guidelines outlined by COPE to handle research and publication misconduct. Supported by a team of experienced editorial and peer-review professionals, we prioritize rigorous peer review in both the selection and approval of articles. Each manuscript undergoes comprehensive analysis, copyediting, and formatting. Final acceptance is granted based on the successful incorporation of peer review feedback, making the International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation a trusted source for high-quality research across the psychology domain. Notice of OJS Migration Dear Authors, Reviewers, and Readers, We are currently in the process of migrating our journal to the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. During this transition, you may access published articles through the search option. However, if your article does not appear, please bear with us as the migration is ongoing. The missing content will be updated within the next few days. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time.
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The creation of a virtual world parallel to the material world created a kind of competition for sovereignty, which promoted the idea of a transition to coexistence in these sovereign centers, away from chaos and violence. Recognition of this diversity of sovereignty would lead to the existence of competing forces but in a peaceful and homogeneous manner. The international nature of digital conflicts is certainly a source of difficulty in defining applicable law and jurisdiction. cyberspace has made national boundaries transparent, because inter-network overlaps have made the boundaries intangible. So, it is not surprising that the state loses its legitimacy when it comes to regulatory matters. The contradiction between the geographical and territorial boundaries of national laws and the universality of the Internet led to the loss of the state part of its sovereignty in the area of cyberspace. Limits are not a fixed and unchanging chapter, but they are evolving in place and time and are losing their importance in many areas. Globalization and the existence of a networked world have contributed to building areas where it is difficult to set boundaries accurately.
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The women’s quality of life after bariatric treatment of morbid obesity
The prevalence of morbid obesity has been found to be higher in women than in men. The article focuses on the quality of life of women suffering from morbid obesity
From Ritual to Ruin: Satish Alekar’s Deluge and the Postmodern Indian Consciousness
Satish Alekar’s Deluge (originally Mahapoor, later adapted and translated) embodies the collapse of ritualistic and moral certainties in post-Independent India. Through its dark humor, fragmented narrative, and metaphoric critique of urban decay, Deluge transforms the traditional Marathi stage into a site of existential questioning. This paper explores Alekar’s dramaturgy through the lens of postmodern consciousness—marked by irony, simulacra, disillusionment, and fragmented identities. Drawing on theorists such as Jean Baudrillard, Fredric Jameson, and Linda Hutcheon, the analysis examines how Alekar’s play exposes the moral and spiritual erosion beneath modern India’s surface of progress. The paper argues that Deluge functions not merely as a social satire but as a postmodern meditation on death, faith, and the exhaustion of meaning in contemporary life.
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Socio-psychological factors of family stability in Uzbekistan
This article describes the problems aimed at studying the state of social-psychological factors affecting family stability in Uzbekistan the practical work carried out in this area and their scientific justification.
The Trope of Journey in Kavita Kane’s Ahalya’s Awakening: A Psychoanalytic Study
Human life is a journey brimmed with lessons, adversities, joys, celebrations and special moments that will eventually guide us to our destination. Journeys are one of the utmost prevailing and accurate outfits for building renovations since they make evident our core yearnings in the outer world. Psychoanalytic criticism employs psychological principles to reconnoiter literature by laying prominence on either the psyche of the writer or of fantastic characters. The present paper will carry out a meticulous exploration of the psychological peregrination of Ahalya in Kavita Kane’s novel Ahalya’s Awakening, which is a reiterating of a eminent folklore revealed in Ramayana from the outlook of Psychoanalytic Criticism. The paper centers on probing how Ahalya voyages from a ratheripe kid, to an erudite and cloistered princess, to the amorous spouse of Rishi Gautam, grounded on Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Human Development.
AN EVALUATION OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE UNIT: A CASE STUDY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN BATAM
Puskesmas is the most strategic "health service unit" in the health service system in Indonesia. Since the era of decentralization, and the effective implementation of the National Health Insurance (JKN) as the sole guarantor for Preventive, Curative and Rehabilitative diseases, the Puskesmas Unit has sought to meet service standards, especially personnel in the Public Health Efforts (UKM) section. The purpose of this research is to look at the effect of Innovative Work Behavior, Human Resource Competency, Self-Efficacy to Human Resource Performance Through Person-Job FIT, expected to be in line with the needs of the times. The population in this study was the Head of the Puskesmas, Structural Position and Functional section in the Batam City Puskesmas, totaling 185 respondents using the census method, used as the sample population. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Model (SEM). The software used for structural analysis is AMOS version 23 of Arbuckle, and for descriptive studies using SPSS version 23. The results of the study indicate that Self-Efficacy is more prominent than other variables as the main formers of the Influence of Performance of Puskesmas HR in Batam City. By having the appropriate competence and coupled with confidence in the ability possessed to perform their duties, Employee Performance will increase.
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The Relationship between Socio- Spatial and Elderly Cultural Values Towards a Sustainable Senior Retirement Housing
The elderly community indicates a rising population growth each year in developing regions which projecting these states to become an aging nation between the year 2020 to 2040. Nonetheless, there is less consideration given by the responsible parties in advocating a better-built environment focusing on elderly housing to cater to the aging community needs. Past literature, however, much focuses on the problems and challenges from the perspective of social and economic policy programs rather than dwell into the aspect of elderly living. So far there has been no literature that addresses the aspects of best practices relating to elderly retirement housing design principles which emphasize the concept of flexible home care with consideration on the integration of cultural values and socio-spatial in elderly homes. The objective of this study is to firstly identify issues relating to the current elderly housing design from the cultural perspective and secondly, to propose design referential study, methods involving questionnaire and interview of elderly residents living in existing elderly housing are studied to establish the determinants for the elderly housing design that concerns on cultural factors involving the value of preserving dignity and manners, the value of community spirit and compliance as well as the value of spiritual wellbeing and harmony. Findings indicate that decent, better quality and appropriate design of elderly housing considering cultural values mentioned above are vital in improving their life quality in terms of comfort and safety for fostering sustainable living. Therefore, the provided guidelines from the best design practices will give benefits for future designers and related authorities to improve the design quality of elderly housing as well as help reduce pitfall among the home's providers for the elderly in Malaysia.
Malaysia’s Security Laws: Arrest and Detention under Security Offences (Special Measurements) Act 2012
SOSMA 2012 or the Security Offences (Special Measurements) Act 2012 was commenced on 22nd June 2012. Since its birth, SOSMA (“the Act”) has invites debates and heated arguments from every level in the legal fraternity on its content. The most controversial issues are on arrest and detention of the detainee charged under the Act which is said to be unconstitutional and thus, violates the basic fundamental human rights. This paper will discuss specifically issues on arrest and detention stated in the Act. The objective of this paper is to see on how the laws is carried out and whether there is a lacuna on the procedural law. The study of this paper will be focusing on decided cases and comparisons to other security laws in Malaysia. The study is important as to see how the laws is being carried out without violation of any fundamental human rights. Through this study, it is hoped that it will assist a better understanding on how the laws is carried and executed, for further references in the future. Shall there is a lacuna procedurally, this study will assist to suggests and propose for better execution on the subject matter involved.
Customer’s brand loyalty on sportswear: a case study of Adidas
Adidas sports dress has increased year by year growth to outwit other competitors and it is a challenge for sports dress brands to make the customers loyal to their product. Recently, the Adidas has always innovated and extending their brand’s functionality and purpose, these have made them more popular and lucrative that the brands are not just for a better performance for sport alone, but also to make clothes and foot wears to be used everyday. This study use questionnaire to evaluate loyalty customer on Adidas brand. Data gathered from questionnaire were analyzed using “Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS)” to determine the correlation among the variables. Brand name show a significant relationship with customer loyalty Adidas sport attire. Research conclude that company have a good brand name will attract customer more easily, from the result of findings on this research as well as the good brand name can be present a reputation of the company. This study also shown a significant association between price and product quality towards customer loyalty on sport attire of the Adidas.
Systematic Literature Review: The Role of Government Institutions in Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria
Although Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives have advanced considerably in the past few years. Despite the advancement in the literature on (CSR) very few of them have reflected on the roles of government institutions, especially in the emerging nations. The purpose of the review is to provide a systematic analysis of the role of government institutions on CSR. A methodical kind of literature review was carried out utilising approaches proclaimed by the Institute for Analyses and Propagations but adjusted to the specific requirements of this analysis. The basic tenets of institutional theory are equally employed in finding the role many institutions play in this exercise. The various online database was searched. The search phrases used were governments, CSR, Civil society organisation (CSOs). To be included, a paper requiresto incorporate a substantial explanation of the recognised function with or activities by the government or any of the institutions in reality. Articles that do not explain the real role of government institutions but only suggested are not included. The review studies are selected from 2009-2019. The total number of articles collected is one hundred and twenty-three (123) out of which sixty (60) of them were found worthy for the analysis. The functions of government institutions were recognised, particularly in the setting of facility deliverance and sustainable development, all together were described to be used to government institutions, CSR and CSOs research, and other activities. The functions described in the piece of work ought to enlighten all researchers in CSR that successful research in CSR cannot be realised without involving institutional theory.
REPRESENTATION OF SITA AND URMILA IN THE 21ST CENTURY: A STUDY OF SITA AND URMILA OF AMISH TRIPATHI’S SITA: THE WARRIOR OF MITHILA AND KAVITA KANE’S SITA’S SISTER
Mythology is considered as vital entity in various religious cultures. Today Mythology is known and perceived by reader’s to various retellings . This paper focuses on the comparative study of the two mythical characters of Ramayana Sita and Urmila and how this characters has reshaped for the modern sensibility through comparative study. In the context of the character’s reviewed, for the comparative study of this two character’s feminism stands for the comparative study and interpretation. In Indian Mythology Women are showcased as weak can suppressed to male dominancy. The suppression is repeated as a cyclic process through the Women character’s the same trauma’s is showcased in Sita and Urmila in two unique characters of Ramayana has an overall different representation in Amish Tripathi and Kavita Kane
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN NIGERIA
The bulk of the population of most countries of the world is residing in rural areas, hence the advancement of the local regions remains the prerogative of every administration. Thus, the advancement of the local areas of Nigeria pursed a severe predicament to development experts, policymakers, which continued unresolved. The methodology that was used in this research work was the trend and the content analysis approach. The data were derived from secondary sources. It revealed that the Nigerian government, since independence in 1960, has initiated and embarked on the plethora of rural development programs that have been overwhelmingly mired by some success and challenges. It further revealed that the policies have high aims and objectives, but the major problem has been the implementation. The condition was made difficult by the ruling class who hijacked the monies meant for these programs for their pockets. The paper recommends that; the existing political system should be checked by strengthening anti-craft institutions. The anti-craft institutions will checkmate the activities of the ruling class in Nigeria, the adoption of a decentralized model and people-driven rural advancement program, a panacea to the rural growth program within the country.
Influence of Ideological and Neurological Factors on Ethical Leadership Behavior: Evidence from Pakistan
The research was based on two theories moral self and ethical position theory to measure the ideological and neurological influences on the ethical behavior of leaders and was conducted in Pakistan. For the measurement of (bDMN) a neurological test EEG was proposed to be calculated and LORETA software to be used to interpret the brain activities along with hemispheric asymmetry and connectivity. To cover the ethical position theory, two different Likert scales was used in the study one is called Ethical Position Questionnaire (EPQ) with 20 items to be filled by leaders for ethical ideology and 2nd will be to measure ethical leadership 10 items to be filled by Peers and subordinates. Measuring the neurological factors influencing the leadership and moral self is difficult because EEG measuring instruments are required for this which could not measure in this research. It is recommended to replicate it with EEG measurement in future.
“Poetry as Social Criticism: A Comparitive Study of Poonthanam and Ayyappa Paniker”
The paper is an attempt to examine the poetry of two Malayalam poets, Poonthanam, a 16th century Bhakthi poet, and Dr.K.Ayyappa Paniker, a seminal influence on modern Malayalam poetry. Though belonging to two different historical backgrounds and socio-cultural milieus, their poetry closely reflected contemporary life and prevalent social issues. Poonthanam’s poetry attempted to articulate sombre philosophical concepts in simple lyrical style, easily accessible to common people, whereas Ayyappa Paniker’s poems were subtle expose’s, bitingly sarcastic in style. Casteism and upper-class hegemony were the prominent social issues which Poonthanam’s poetry addressed, whereas in the poetry of Ayyappa Paniker, these are only a few among other complex social issues engendered by modern age. The paper is an attempt to tease out the social dimensions in the works of Poonthanam and Ayyappa Paniker, taking into account, at the same time, the affinities and divergences in their poetry. Poonthanam’s Jnanappana
A Comparitive Study of Poonthanam and Ayyappa Paniker
Assessing the Construct Validity and Reliability of the Modified Adolescent Parenting Attitude Four Factor Questionnaire with Rasch Measurement Model
This study aims to conduct a validity and reliability test on the modified version of adolescent parenting attitude four factor questionnaire (APA-FFQ) with rasch measurement model (RMM). The adapted instrument consisted of 40 items based on 4 constructs namely authoritarian, authoritative, permissive and uninvolved parenting style. Some items in the instrument have been rephrased to improve the clarity. Besides, the researcher also created different columns for each item to capture the type of maternal and paternal parenting style. Based on the sample size of 70 adolescents from one of the private higher education institution in Malaysia, the analysis revealed that all items in the modified version of APA-FFQ fit the model as the value of MNSQ was fell in between the acceptable range of 0.50 to 1.50 with positive PTMEA value. The dimensionality analysis also revealed that all items were measured what it supposed to measure and possessed a strong unidimensionality. Furthermore, the separation and reliability index also showed that all respondents and items are consistent in measuring the same construct with different items. Thus, the study concluded that such instrument can be adapted in the Malaysian educational context.
PERCEPTIONS OF CONSUMERS TOWARDS PATANJALI PRODUCTS AT HYDERABAD METRO CITY- AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
This paper examines the perceptions of consumers towards Patanjali products at Hyderabad metro city. The objective of the study is to explore the perceptions formed among the consumers. The study methodology is based on the survey conducted among a cross sectional consumer segments. The primary data is collected from the respondents. The entire data was utilized for a well-structured survey/questionnaire. Researcher was applied well know statistical methods in this study such as Descriptive and inferential statistics are used to investigate the basic/primary data and underlying assumptions. Analysis provides insights into consumer behavior and on the perceptions formed towards Patanjali products such as natural, ayurbenefits quality and low price. This study concludes that there is enough evidence of satisfaction among consumers.
Combating Spatial Praxis in I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Spatial practices and perceptions are influenced by Space, which is a social item, or a perplexing social development. Society is spatially constructed and space is socially built. The objective of this paper is to dissect various spaces in Malala yousafzai’s autobiography I am Malala through the use of spatial theory and it additionally attempts to demonstrate that space isn't simply found by people and involved, however in the process it is changed and furthermore it likewise examines that space isn't only the spot of contention, yet an object of battle itself. This paper additionally endeavors to investigate how a social space is accomplished through different political and economic methods.
OF BORDERS AND BODIES: A DISSECTION OF GENDER ROLES
There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original”Judith ButlerThe delicate borders between sexuality and gender roles were always a conundrum. The obvious social constructs that limit a man and a woman into consignments were always the manipulation of the society. The society assigns certain attributes to a male and those who deviate from the pattern is de-masculinised. Same is the case of women. An individual is always conditioned by these gender social constructs. This paper explores these gender social borders through the play Dance like a Man by Mahesh Dattani using Social Role theory. It examines the hypocrisy within the precincts of the family, woman acting as betrayer of her own sex to facilitate male pre-eminence in Indian family, social prejudice against non-conforming professions like dance, trinity of patriarchy, capitalism, and how political power join forces together against the existence of a girl and the clash between tradition and modernism
THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL RULES, WORK ENVIRONMENT WITH WORK SATISFACTION AS A VARIABLE INTERVENING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN BATAM
The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship of organizational role, and work environment to teacher performance with job satisfaction as mediation variabel in high school Batam City in Indonesia Kepulauan Riau Province. The design used is hypothesis testing using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) because the variables used in this study use mediating variables. The population and respondents in this study was teacher senior high school (SMA) in Batam city. The results testing of the study show that the organizational roles has no significant effect on teacher performance with P Value = 0.582 and work environment also has no significant affect to teacher performance with P Value = 0,836 directly between organization roles and work environment has no significant effect on teacher performance. Organization roles and work environment has significant effect on work satisfaction with P Value < 0, 05. The results also show that work satisfaction mediates the organizational roles of teacher performance and work satisfaction is mediation between work environments on teacher performance. Based on the two tests above between the mediation test and the direct test, it can be concluded that the rules of the organization do not have a significant impact on the performance of teachers for that the schools, management and education offices focus on teacher job satisfaction itself to improve teacher performance, and so do the the work environment is not a variable that directly has a significant impact on teacher performance but the work environment has a direct effect on job satisfaction, in other words job satisfaction is also proven to contribute to improving and providing a significant effect as a mediator on the performance of high school teachers in Batam. Future research model can explain the role of organizational commitment in organizational structure, organizational strategy and management changes to school performance and increase the teacher performance in senior high school (SMA) in Batam.
Performance and Senior High School (SMA)
Cadastre for native land: a legal perspective from Malaysia and Indonesia
Cadastre is an indispensable element in land administration system to facilitate the land development and urbanisation across the globe. In pursuing for a more advanced, sustainable, and technological cadastre system, many countries tend to neglect the existence of the traditional-based tenure system, the native customary tenure system. Inevitably, the integration of modern land administration systems with native customary tenure poses a huge challenge for most of the developing countries. Towards bridging the gap between the two, this study aims to provide insights regarding the legal framework of cadastre for native land; at the same time enables the comparison between Sarawak, Malaysia, and Indonesia with the overarching objective to provide enhancements for the current practices. Being descriptive in nature, this study adopts comparative case studies between Sarawak and Indonesia. Guided by a conceptual framework, the comparison consists of 10 best-practice indicators with 3 hierarchical level of specifications. The study revealed that there are sufficient land legislations regarding the cadastre practice for native land in Sarawak and Indonesia, but the efficiency is somehow impeded by the implementation gap between policy and actual practice. Towards the end of the paper, the recommendations are provided.
SOCIAL NETWORK A CATALYST FOR OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFICATION: A STUDY OF NASCENT ENTREPRENEURS IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
The aim of this paper is to examine the social network in Osun State, Nigeria as a tool for the discovery of opportunities by budding entrepreneurs. Given the fact that the field of nascent entrepreneurs has received much attention from stakeholders, in the sense of Nigeria there is a limited amount of empirical work on nascent entrepreneurs. The study was using analysis concept from the survey. The research population was 291 Nascent business people in Osun State, Nigeria. Random sampling technique was employed in study and 251 questionnaire was administered and returned full. Data was analyzed through the Smart-PLS. The finding reveals the relationship between the bonding ties and bridging ties on opportunity recognition is mediated by knowledge. the findings also show that bridging ties is a good predictor of finding prospects as opposed to bonding ties. Accordingly, the study concludes that identifying opportunities is an uninterrupted cycle that supports a venture's pre-start, survival and growth so, concentrating more on bonding links and bridging relations as they have a major effect on identifying opportunities.
The Weakness of the Control System for Fighting Corruption in the Judicial Process: The Case of Indonesia
Several legal supervisory bodies have been established under government policy in Indonesia to prevent and eradicate corruption within the judicial process. However, these appear to be ineffective, as evidenced by the fact that corruption by judges, prosecutors, and court officials remains high (KY, 2018; ICW, 2018; KPK, 2018). What are the weaknesses of the control model in fighting corruption within the judicial process? Normative research is required on the legal policies affecting the control system of the judicial process in Indonesia to redress the issue. The results show that from the quantitative perspective, sufficient supervisory have been established to deal with corruption. For instance, there is an internal supervisory body for each institution in the judicial process, together with external supervisory bodies such as the Judicial Commission, Corruption Eradication Commission, and Examination Commission. Nevertheless, from the qualitative perspective, many weaknesses remain. Firstly, government policy focuses on the model for internal supervisory bodies rather than external. Secondly, although external supervisory bodies are established, with the exception of the Corruption Eradication Commission, they have no broader authority. Thirdly, external control through community participation has limited jurisdiction. Finally, the punishment enforcement system is ineffective.
Psychological Well-Being is Essential to WellBeing: Malaysia Evidence
The transition event into retirement can be considered as a trivial life event in old age. Nevertheless, psychological well-being is important because it may benefit an individual to achieve greater wellbeing during retirement. Hence, this paper examines the dimensions of psychological well-being of retirees in Malaysia via thematic analysis using Nvivo software. An in-depth personal interview was conducted on a total of fifty retirees aged 45 and above from seven selected states in west Malaysia. The results of this study were found to be consistent with self-determination theory as well as the six dimensions of psychological well-being developed by Ryff and Keyes in 1995. The thematic analysis managed to identify six themes, namely acceptance of strength and weakness, continuing improvement, meaningful activities/ experience, capacity to reduce stress, selfcontrol, and quality relationship. Given its significance, the results further imply that one has to achieve a certain level of psychological well-being to further enhance one’s overall well-being. Hence, it can be concluded that one has to have both psychological well-being and subjective well-being rather than dealing with each well-being separately. More importantly, both well-being may have an interdependence relationship and complement one another.
Extension of The Theory of Planned Behaviour using Buyer Behaviour Model: Halal Product Trial Model
This study aimed to propose a model of Halal food product trial by integrating the factors of the buyer’s behaviour model into the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Therefore, components such as attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control, Halal certification, health consciousness, and promotion were considered as the antecedents of Halal food product trial. Meanwhile, the introduction of religiosity as a moderator was to explain the manner in which Halal food product trial would be determined by Muslim consumers. This is compounded by the scarcity of studies on Halal food product trial, highlighting the need for further empirical and theoretical research pertaining to such issues faced by businesses nowadays.
International Baccalaureatte Learner Profile: Bringing a Positive Vibe to Global Citizenship
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) was launched in 2015 in order to achieve sustainable development due to globalization impact. The changing of global context in term of workforce skills demands education to emphasis on both cognitive and non-cognitive aspects of learning. Thus, the role of education in promoting sustainable development was captured by SDG 4: “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” and its corresponding targets. Specifically, Target 4.7 in SDG 4 urges countries to transform education by integrating values based learning in shaping students not only to be responsible citizens but play active role as global citizens. Malaysia has long been concerned in integrating values based learning through education which captured in the National Philosophy of Education and National Curriculum. However, the implementation of values based learning has been daunted by various challenges. The implementation of International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme among secondary school students of International Baccalaureate World School, Ministry of Education has succeeded in developing International Baccalaureate (IB) Learning Profile, thus, simultaneously inculcate and affirm students to be active global citizens. This study has implication on curriculum reformation and implementation of teaching and learning in schools.
Middle Years Programme International Baccalaureatte
The Dynamics of Social and Cultural Values of Koro in the Contemporary Life of the Gayo People, Aceh Province
One of the problems of development now is the disappearance of local genetic resources as a source of food. it's caused by genetic engineering and innovation on food mass production. One of animal food source is buffalo. Historical facts showed there are many communities have developed buffalo livestock systems as part of their life. One of them is the Gayo people in Aceh, Indonesia. In Gayo buffalo called Koro. To increase the koro population can be done by understanding the social and cultural values of it in that society. It’s can be used to conservating pattern koro livestock based on the emic view of the Gayo community.This article wrote based on the results of research that is focused on Gayo Lues District, Aceh. Data on this research collected by using observation, interviews and study literature technics. The study begins with the description of koro narratives on various cultural channels such as songs and other cultural instruments. All data is processed using "ongoing analysis" in combination with content analysis on some data.The results showed that koro still has very important social and cultural values. It's just that the Gayo people are also realistic in meeting today's needs, primarily economic needs. Today there is a non synchronize between the values at the idea with the action and artifact level. In the idea level, koro is still considered to be very important socially and culturally, but at the level of actions and artifacts, there are deviations. In case if the government wants to revitalize the role of koro as a socially valued cultural symbol, so a renewal on the traditional buffalo livestock system is needed. It's not only about economically valuable added but also how to use the local wisdom of Gayo people and the values on it contain.
The Structure of Shariah Governance in Islamic Banking Industry: A Theoretical Review
Shariah regulations play a fundamental role in the governance of the Islamic banking industry. The Shariah board is an essential tool of the Shariah governance. This paper aims to investigate the efficacy of Shariah governance in Islamic banks in the evolving regulatory frameworks and sheds some light on the Islamic corporate governance. This study theoretically compares different Shariah governance structures, the centralized Shariah structure followed by Pakistan, Malaysia, Iran and the decentralized Shariah structure in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The Shariah board’s independence in its supervisory role is the main feature of an effective Shariah governance framework. In terms of the efficiency and credibility of Islamic banks, the centralized Shariah structure seems to be more advantageous for the industry. The centralized Shariah structure ensures consistency and uniformity in Islamic banking in issuing the fatwas (Shariah opinions). It improves the Shariah board’s role and independence that can analyze divergence issues across the entire Shariah board. This study could be helpful to researchers, practitioners, regulators, and academicians in understanding the true picture of Shariah governance. This paper emphasizes the importance of investigating the Shariah governance in Islamic banking. The study gives a direction to empirically investigate the role of centralized and decentralized Shariah structure on Islamic banks’ performance.
Psychosocial Safety Climate and WorkRelated Outcomes in Malaysian Research Universities: The Role of Job Demands
Recently the ranking Malaysian research universities have been improving in QS World University Ranking, especially Universiti Malaya. To continue to improve in the ranking, Malaysia Research Assessment (MyRA) came out with their expectation of academicians. To ensure academicians to achieve MyRA’s expectation, management of research universities insert these expectations in academicians’ key performance index (KPI) as well. These expectations are overloaded for academicians. Thus, the work-related outcomes in this study will be included work engagement and job satisfaction among academician is decreasing in Malaysian research universities. The present study aims to improve the work-related outcomes of academicians by applying Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC) in their university policy. PSC context suggested for university management to revise the university's policy which can protect academicians' psychological health and safety. A healthy working environment can help to enhance academicians' performance as well. Hence, PSC is a precious method to assist the university management team and policymaker to improve academicians’ work-related outcomes.
Development of Digital Media for Learning Arabic Al-Qur’an language for Blind Students
The purpose of this study is to develop digital media for learning Arabic Al-Qur'an language for blind students. The research procedure has two steps, first, developing digital media learning and supplementary materials, second, testing developed media. Data were analyzed to calculate percentages, averages, standard deviations, and t-tests. The findings revealed that: the learning media developed consisted of four components, namely objectives, strategies, content structure, assessment instruments, learning material, and evaluation. Effectiveness test, with pretest and posttest with 0.05 statistically significant differences and so are normal studies. Based on the test results from the average difference between the pre-test and post-test values. The test results found that the value of t equal to -7,238 with sig. (2-tailed) 0,000. This shows that there is a difference between the pre-test value and the post-test value and because the t-value found is negative then this shows that the post-test value is better than the pre-test value, it can be concluded that digital media is effective for language learning Arabic Al-Qur'an in helping blind students. The results showed a significant increase in learning outcomes of 1.04 units based on a comparison of pretest and posttest meaning that the media developed were effective for use. This research implies that digital media is very effective in helping to learn for blind students.
Developing a Safety Climate Measurement at the Malaysian Public Universities Work Setting
Safety climate is the objective measurement of attitudes and perceptions toward Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) issues but it has been ignored for some time. In Malaysia, safety climate implementation on the legislation concerning workplace safety is already in place. This paper is focusing on the issues of safety climate measurement at the universities' work setting. The respondents are the staff from public universities in Malaysia that are randomly selected to support the study and staff’s opinion on developing a safety climate measurement at the workplace. This study uses a quantitative method by using the survey questionnaire. There was 9 dimension of safety climate measurement and the dominant dimension of safety climate measurement was personal priorities and need for safety. The objectives of this research were successfully obtained through the method of distribution of questionnaires. The findings of this research have shown that the dominant dimension of safety climate measurement is personal priorities and the need for safety which shows the highest mean score. This study provides more understanding about the safety climate measurement at the universities' work setting.