Social Sciences

The study by Lussier & Bobby (2007) and & Wictor Andersson (2012) states that a country is seen to be successful, viable and respected leader who is due to have strong leadership skills. According to Robinson (2009), a good leader can influence the team to participate in activities that to do well and be able to interact with the members of his team is to create a feeling of respect, understanding and cooperation among members. In the context of Malaysian national education, extra-curricular activities is an important program for developing students' potential as a holistic mission. Thus, uniformed bodies established for the purpose of meeting the interests and to address issues of misconduct among adolescents such as substance abuse, truancy, loitering and juvenile culture. Therefore, the development of leadership at the school level is important in producing students who are competent and have the added value of identity as meet the challenges of the future.

Nursing is one of the most crucial health care jobs for any country. The main goal of the study was to determine the job satisfaction of nurses and to explore the factors which play significant role in their job satisfaction. This was cross sectional study. Sample was proportionally allocated to relative hospital sizes. There were 449 nurses selected from six public sector hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan. Descriptive and inferential analyses were done to explore the job satisfaction level of nurses across various classifications. Moreover, using multiple logistic regression different logit models were developed in order to find the predictive strength of job satisfaction using different predictors.

The phenomenal growth of retail in India is reflected in the rapid increase in number of supermarkets, departmental stores and hypermarkets in the country. However, this unperfected growth trend has been challenged by the shadow of the current economic slowdown, which has raised a fear of dip in consumption and slowdown of growth for Indian organized retailers. At a time when consumer spending is on decline, success will lie with those retailers that can drive customer loyalty by responding to the demands of the discerning consumer. This study aims to know the Consumers opinion towards Department Stores in Erode City. Descriptive research design is used in this study and sample was collected from 300 respondents through structured questionnaire. The collected data was tabulated and analyzed using statistical tools like simple percentage method and Chi-square test

Since in Iranian university context, reading comprehension is the most important skill to be acquired by the students, this study wanted to show whether implementing pre-, while-, and post-reading activities has a significant impact on Iranian EFL Learners’ reading proficiency or not. 28 sophomore students at Islamic Azad University in Lahijan (Iran) participated in this study and were divided into two groups: experimental and control group. The former received teaching reading activities such as deducting, inferring, note-taking, etc. as the treatment while the latter did not receive such a treatment. The treatment proved to be effective, that is, the experimental group surpassed the control group according to the post-test. Finally, it is hoped that material developers, teachers and testers will benefit from the findings of this study.

The paper attempts at introducing Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) as an advanced analytical technique in the area of social and behavioural research. Although other multivariate analytical techniques are equally being employed by the social and behavioural scientist, SEM provides a more holistic analysis and handles complex models. A literature review was conducted and consequently, the procedure, merits and demerits of SEM were revealed. It was concluded that the SEM is superior to other multivariate analytical techniques such as Analysis of Variance, Multivariate Analysis of Variance, Factor Analysis and Regressions.

Today, participation in extra-curricular activities are seen as an important initiative that should be carried out by each institution in order to establish a holistic student so that they are balance in terms of physical, spiritual, intellectual and social in line with the National Education Philosophy of Malaysia. This article writes about co-curricular activities help to promote holistic student development

The current paper reflects a conceptual endeavours. It exhaustively review the literature as regards to critical thinking skills. The researcher pays special attention to the research on the phenomenon is the Saudi context. Throughout the body of this paper, the author outlined the importance of critical thinking, critical thinking skills, and teaching such skills. The paper is closed by discussing its stances. It also provides suggestion for future research.

This article discusses the self-consciousness of youth in co-curricular activities forming their personality. In addition, this article also discussed the core curriculum which has been outlined by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to adolescents who are still studying in higher education institutions as well as the effectiveness of the curriculum in shaping the personality of adolescents including studies that have been done in connection with extra-curricular activities. This article also touched on the education system nowadays.

The study compared the IT benefits in Malaysia with Nigeria construction industry using data obtained from internet for information on Malaysia while it relied on primary survey to elicit information on Nigeria. SPSS 17.0 statistical package was used for the analysis to arrive at the result. The Descriptive analysis (DS) showed a summary of the results from likert scales while Factor analysis showed the reduction of factors by combining the data. Tables were placed in sequence for both countries for easy comparison and quick deduction. The study showed awareness of IT benefits in the two countries with Malaysia a bit ahead of Nigeria. However, Investment in both countries is low; Component Principal Analysis in Malaysia revealed three components i.e. improving profitability, Improving Management and Increasing Flexibility. In Nigeria it is four with Increasing Market share. Literature also revealed that local construction industry in Malaysia was impeded by insufficient bandwidth, lack of training and unavailability of expert users. Whereas, this study showed 14 items as responsible factors affecting IT Facilities procurement in Nigeria with cost and erratic power supply on the lead with 4.851 and 3.9149 mean scores respectively.

This paper provides an overview of the literature that involves the gifted education. It started with exploring the theories of intelligence, as some consider it as a basic characteristic of giftedness. Afterwards, the most fundamental theories of giftedness have been explored in depth. This was followed by the characteristics of gifted students, in order to clarify how their giftedness is manifested through their behaviour. The following section focused on the methods that are being used to identify gifted students. Particularly, the researcher advocates multiple intelligences theory as a mean of identification. The researcher, then, discusses the premises, with a special attention to the Saudi educational system, of the current paper and forward suggestions for future research.