This paper examines the correlation between leadership quality and organisational reputation using the RepTrak model in the context of Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL), Malaysia. A simple random sampling technique was employed to select 331 international students from IUKL, who completed a 21-item questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS version 23 and positive, moderate correlation (Person’s p = 0.00, r = 0.43) was found between leadership and reputation. The findings of this research will not only contribute to the existing literature on leadership and reputation management but also offer practical implications for leaders and administrators in higher education institutions. Received: 30 July 2023 / Accepted: 26 August 2023 / Published: 5 September 2023
本文考察了在马来西亚吉隆坡基础设施大学(IUKL)的背景下，使用RepTrak模型的领导素质和组织声誉之间的相关性。采用简单随机抽样的方法，从IUKL抽取331名国际学生，完成21项问卷调查。使用SPSS version 23对数据进行分析，发现领导力与声誉之间存在正、中度相关(Person’s p = 0.00, r = 0.43)。本文的研究结果不仅对现有的领导力与声誉管理文献有所贡献，而且对高等教育机构的领导者和管理者具有实际意义。收稿日期:2023年7月30日/收稿日期:2023年8月26日/发表日期:2023年9月5日
{"title":"What Has Leadership Style Got to do with a University’s Corporate Reputation? Some Empirical Evidence from Malaysian Higher Education Industry","authors":"Ahmed Lawal Gusau, Khor Mi Nee, A. Ibrahim","doi":"10.36941/mjss-2023-0030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2023-0030","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the correlation between leadership quality and organisational reputation using the RepTrak model in the context of Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL), Malaysia. A simple random sampling technique was employed to select 331 international students from IUKL, who completed a 21-item questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS version 23 and positive, moderate correlation (Person’s p = 0.00, r = 0.43) was found between leadership and reputation. The findings of this research will not only contribute to the existing literature on leadership and reputation management but also offer practical implications for leaders and administrators in higher education institutions. \u0000 \u0000Received: 30 July 2023 / Accepted: 26 August 2023 / Published: 5 September 2023","PeriodicalId":90922,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean journal of social sciences","volume":"78 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82605478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Countries faced with terrorism in Africa cannot adequately check, advocate, and enable the delivery of public financial management (PFM). The activities of Boko-Haram in Northeastern Nigeria have disrupted public activities and affected key stakeholders’ involvement in the budget process, availability of budgeting information and budget performance. This study interrogates the impact of Boko-Haram on budgeting transparency and accountability. The research design was informed by interviews and documented studies. A diagnostic test was conducted on variables to confirm their reliability, validity and normality. Likert scale was used to find out the opinions of the respondents. Descriptive and inferential analysis was adopted in this research. With a significant regression model (p-value <0.05), the analysis shows that terrorism accounts for 89.28% variation in budget performance. The authors noted fewer scholarly efforts to interrogate how terrorism undermines budgeting as an aspect of PFM in economic governance. Hence recommends more research in this subject area, particularly in other terror affected countries in Africa. This paper recommends increased policy support by enhancing public accessibility of budget documents, engendering consultative forums for citizens' participation in the budget process in secure locations, and timely budgetary reports and audits by relevant government agencies. Received: 17 April 2023 / Accepted: 30 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
{"title":"An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Boko-Haram Activities on Budgeting Processes in Nigeria","authors":"J. Adinoyi, Martin Ouma, M. Nzau","doi":"10.36941/mjss-2023-0025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2023-0025","url":null,"abstract":"Countries faced with terrorism in Africa cannot adequately check, advocate, and enable the delivery of public financial management (PFM). The activities of Boko-Haram in Northeastern Nigeria have disrupted public activities and affected key stakeholders’ involvement in the budget process, availability of budgeting information and budget performance. This study interrogates the impact of Boko-Haram on budgeting transparency and accountability. The research design was informed by interviews and documented studies. A diagnostic test was conducted on variables to confirm their reliability, validity and normality. Likert scale was used to find out the opinions of the respondents. Descriptive and inferential analysis was adopted in this research. With a significant regression model (p-value <0.05), the analysis shows that terrorism accounts for 89.28% variation in budget performance. The authors noted fewer scholarly efforts to interrogate how terrorism undermines budgeting as an aspect of PFM in economic governance. Hence recommends more research in this subject area, particularly in other terror affected countries in Africa. This paper recommends increased policy support by enhancing public accessibility of budget documents, engendering consultative forums for citizens' participation in the budget process in secure locations, and timely budgetary reports and audits by relevant government agencies. \u0000 \u0000Received: 17 April 2023 / Accepted: 30 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023","PeriodicalId":90922,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean journal of social sciences","volume":"172 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79522581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
There has been growing concern over the state’s inability to effectively respond to Nigeria's persistent rise in poverty and unemployment. This concern is more among the youth, who feel they have not been empowered enough. This article examines the nature of Yobe State's institutional capacity, its impact on youth empowerment, and its implications on employment and poverty reduction. It is based on a study that adopted a mixed-methods sequential approach combining quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. In the first phase, 393 randomly selected respondents were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. In the second phase, data were collected on key informants and youth participants' opinions, views, and experiences using key informant interviews, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions. The findings reveal that most youth are not confident of the state's institutional capacity to implement youth empowerment programs effectively. Most of the youth participants and key informants are not satisfied with the expertise of the state empowerment institutions to manage the implementation of the empowerment programs in the state. The factor analysis shows a 64.4% variation in institutional capacity to implement youth empowerment programs, meaning improvement in state capacity and state competence in implementing youth empowerment programs may lead to 64.4% towards youth empowerment in the state. Therefore, the study recommends that Yobe State Government strengthens its institutions responsible for designing and implementing empowerment programs through adequate funding and recruitment of adequate, relevant, and professional staff to ensure policy sustainability. Received: 23 March 2023 / Accepted: 29 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
{"title":"Youth Perceptions on State Institutional Capacity for Their Empowerment in Yobe State, Northern Nigeria","authors":"A. Ibrahim, J. Kiiza, P. Atekyereza","doi":"10.36941/mjss-2023-0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2023-0023","url":null,"abstract":"There has been growing concern over the state’s inability to effectively respond to Nigeria's persistent rise in poverty and unemployment. This concern is more among the youth, who feel they have not been empowered enough. This article examines the nature of Yobe State's institutional capacity, its impact on youth empowerment, and its implications on employment and poverty reduction. It is based on a study that adopted a mixed-methods sequential approach combining quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. In the first phase, 393 randomly selected respondents were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. In the second phase, data were collected on key informants and youth participants' opinions, views, and experiences using key informant interviews, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions. The findings reveal that most youth are not confident of the state's institutional capacity to implement youth empowerment programs effectively. Most of the youth participants and key informants are not satisfied with the expertise of the state empowerment institutions to manage the implementation of the empowerment programs in the state. The factor analysis shows a 64.4% variation in institutional capacity to implement youth empowerment programs, meaning improvement in state capacity and state competence in implementing youth empowerment programs may lead to 64.4% towards youth empowerment in the state. Therefore, the study recommends that Yobe State Government strengthens its institutions responsible for designing and implementing empowerment programs through adequate funding and recruitment of adequate, relevant, and professional staff to ensure policy sustainability. \u0000 \u0000Received: 23 March 2023 / Accepted: 29 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023","PeriodicalId":90922,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean journal of social sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90635311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Affordable housing is a worldwide crisis in the urban areas. In Lebanon, due to this crisis especially at the end of the Civil War, the Church took the initiative to implement affordable housing. Accordingly, the Lebanese Maronite Order (LMO) implemented affordable housing projects during its 300th Jubilee. The aim of this paper is to discuss the history and the concepts underlying the LMO affordable housing projects which was the subject of an evaluative research conducted in 2019 to evaluate the effectiveness of LMO’s projects. This assessment study combined the evaluation of the findings with the evaluation of the implementation. A questionnaire was given to the project's beneficiaries, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with the project's managers. This study confirms the consistency of this initiative with the mission of the LMO in accordance with the guidelines of the Catholic Church and the Human Right to Adequate Housing. Due to the current housing, political, social, and economical crisis in Lebanon, LMO and the ecclesiastical institutions must multiply these projects and the Lebanese government must apply the Right to Adequate Housing and must take the initiative to implement affordable housing in collaboration with the private sector and the non-for-profit organisations. Received: 5 April 2023 / Accepted: 29 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
{"title":"History and the Concepts Underlying the Lebanese Maronite Order Affordable Housing Projects","authors":"Charbel Abboud, Houwayda Matta, Maroun Khater","doi":"10.36941/mjss-2023-0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2023-0026","url":null,"abstract":"Affordable housing is a worldwide crisis in the urban areas. In Lebanon, due to this crisis especially at the end of the Civil War, the Church took the initiative to implement affordable housing. Accordingly, the Lebanese Maronite Order (LMO) implemented affordable housing projects during its 300th Jubilee. The aim of this paper is to discuss the history and the concepts underlying the LMO affordable housing projects which was the subject of an evaluative research conducted in 2019 to evaluate the effectiveness of LMO’s projects. This assessment study combined the evaluation of the findings with the evaluation of the implementation. A questionnaire was given to the project's beneficiaries, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with the project's managers. This study confirms the consistency of this initiative with the mission of the LMO in accordance with the guidelines of the Catholic Church and the Human Right to Adequate Housing. Due to the current housing, political, social, and economical crisis in Lebanon, LMO and the ecclesiastical institutions must multiply these projects and the Lebanese government must apply the Right to Adequate Housing and must take the initiative to implement affordable housing in collaboration with the private sector and the non-for-profit organisations. \u0000 \u0000Received: 5 April 2023 / Accepted: 29 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023","PeriodicalId":90922,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean journal of social sciences","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86282742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The growing attention of the government in Iran to the individual-centered discourse and its knowledge kinds has caused a slow and increasing influence of individual-centered theories, methodologies and approaches (including economics, along with emerging psychology and mysticism) in social explanations and analysis, and this is one of the implications and examples of the imperialist relationship between individualist discourse and sociology. This article aims to investigate, examine, and expose the various facets of this scientific imperialism. Documentary research methodology is the foundation of this study. The underlying premise of this study is that the ontological and epistemological underpinnings of the Nominalism school, along with historical and empirical evidence to support them, play a vital role in the principles and foundations of economics (one of the definitions of individual-centred discourse). The results demonstrate that individualism and atomism, particularly in economics, have evolved and become more pervasive in Iranian culture. Nominalism has been crucial in theorising this scenario since it serves as the discourse's ontological and epistemic base. The result of this situation is nothing but the dominance of the individual-centered and the weakening of the social, both in the analysis of reality and in its construction. In the meantime, one should not and cannot ignore the relation and cooperation of power and knowledge for the emergence and stabilization of this situation. Received: 24 May 2023 / Accepted: 27 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
{"title":"Scientific Imperialism: Economics Imperialism Against Sociology in Iran","authors":"Farhad Bayani","doi":"10.36941/mjss-2023-0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2023-0021","url":null,"abstract":"The growing attention of the government in Iran to the individual-centered discourse and its knowledge kinds has caused a slow and increasing influence of individual-centered theories, methodologies and approaches (including economics, along with emerging psychology and mysticism) in social explanations and analysis, and this is one of the implications and examples of the imperialist relationship between individualist discourse and sociology. This article aims to investigate, examine, and expose the various facets of this scientific imperialism. Documentary research methodology is the foundation of this study. The underlying premise of this study is that the ontological and epistemological underpinnings of the Nominalism school, along with historical and empirical evidence to support them, play a vital role in the principles and foundations of economics (one of the definitions of individual-centred discourse). The results demonstrate that individualism and atomism, particularly in economics, have evolved and become more pervasive in Iranian culture. Nominalism has been crucial in theorising this scenario since it serves as the discourse's ontological and epistemic base. The result of this situation is nothing but the dominance of the individual-centered and the weakening of the social, both in the analysis of reality and in its construction. In the meantime, one should not and cannot ignore the relation and cooperation of power and knowledge for the emergence and stabilization of this situation. \u0000 \u0000Received: 24 May 2023 / Accepted: 27 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023","PeriodicalId":90922,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean journal of social sciences","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78235599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Atah, I. M. Idike, R. Y. Godwin, Kolo Isaac, Donatus Ugbadu Ititim, Ogbiji Michael Okpe, Ochui Moses Orim
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the influence modern e-technologies on academic staff productivity in Nigerian colleges of education. To achieve the study's goal, one research question was posed, and one hypothesis was developed to direct the investigation. The study utilized a survey-based design. The study's population consists of eighty-one (81) business education academic staff members, who were all participating in the research due to the population's manageable size. For data collection, an 11-item questionnaire titled "Modern E-Technologies and Academic Staff Job Productivity Questionnaire" (METASJPQ) was used. Two (2) experts validated the instrument. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was 0.88 overall. To answer the research questions, the collected data were analyzed using the mean (X), standard deviation (SD), and sample percentage. An independent t-test was used to test the null hypothesis at the 0.05 level of significance. Data analysis revealed that modern e-technologies influence the productivity of academic staff in Nigerian colleges of education. In accordance with the study's findings, it was recommended, among other things, that academic staff occasionally engage students in collaborative learning via various modern e-technology platforms. Received: 18 May 2023 / Accepted: 29 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
{"title":"Modern E-technologies and Academic Staff Job Productivity in Nigerian Colleges of Education","authors":"C. Atah, I. M. Idike, R. Y. Godwin, Kolo Isaac, Donatus Ugbadu Ititim, Ogbiji Michael Okpe, Ochui Moses Orim","doi":"10.36941/mjss-2023-0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2023-0024","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to ascertain the influence modern e-technologies on academic staff productivity in Nigerian colleges of education. To achieve the study's goal, one research question was posed, and one hypothesis was developed to direct the investigation. The study utilized a survey-based design. The study's population consists of eighty-one (81) business education academic staff members, who were all participating in the research due to the population's manageable size. For data collection, an 11-item questionnaire titled \"Modern E-Technologies and Academic Staff Job Productivity Questionnaire\" (METASJPQ) was used. Two (2) experts validated the instrument. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was 0.88 overall. To answer the research questions, the collected data were analyzed using the mean (X), standard deviation (SD), and sample percentage. An independent t-test was used to test the null hypothesis at the 0.05 level of significance. Data analysis revealed that modern e-technologies influence the productivity of academic staff in Nigerian colleges of education. In accordance with the study's findings, it was recommended, among other things, that academic staff occasionally engage students in collaborative learning via various modern e-technology platforms. \u0000 \u0000Received: 18 May 2023 / Accepted: 29 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023","PeriodicalId":90922,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean journal of social sciences","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72864976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this study, the fluctuating precipitation in Central Asia’s Middle Zarafshan basin was examined. Investigating the seasonal variation and distribution of atmospheric precipitation in this area was the goal of this study. Changes in the amount of atmospheric precipitation seen over the primary and current climate periods were taken into consideration using data from 13 meteorological stations located in the basin's plains and mountainous regions. Calculations were made on changes in atmospheric precipitation by altitude zones throughout various climatic eras, and differences in annual fluctuations and distribution changes over time were displayed. Received: 26 March 2023 / Accepted: 28 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
{"title":"Examination of the Amount of Atmospheric Precipitation: Case Study – Middle Zarafshan River Basin","authors":"Juraev Zuhriddin, Ziyaev Rahmat, Khikmatov Fazliddin","doi":"10.36941/mjss-2023-0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2023-0022","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the fluctuating precipitation in Central Asia’s Middle Zarafshan basin was examined. Investigating the seasonal variation and distribution of atmospheric precipitation in this area was the goal of this study. Changes in the amount of atmospheric precipitation seen over the primary and current climate periods were taken into consideration using data from 13 meteorological stations located in the basin's plains and mountainous regions. Calculations were made on changes in atmospheric precipitation by altitude zones throughout various climatic eras, and differences in annual fluctuations and distribution changes over time were displayed. \u0000 \u0000Received: 26 March 2023 / Accepted: 28 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023","PeriodicalId":90922,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean journal of social sciences","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91172934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The government revenue downward trend across the globe has a serious implication on provision of public good. And the consequences of free riding manifested by tax evasion impedes social progress. In this study, we examined the Fiscal Policy Option for Abatement of Free Rider Society: The Role of Institutional Quality with special focus on Nigerian economy. We deployed Quantile Regression Technique to assess the median impact of free-riding using government expenditure on economic and social services; comprised of: defense, health, road and construction, and education. Our finding shows that expenditure on defense reduces free riding when strategically managed but encourages free riding in the long run. Same result is shown with the government expenditure on health. Whereas, expenditure on education as well as road and construction discourages free riding. Also, the moderating role of institutional quality specifically, control of corruption decreases free riding and improve tax revenue generation. Growth of free riders in any society which comes in the form of tax evasion is effectively controlled by expenditure techniques of government guided by quality of institutions. The study recommended that: A special purpose vehicle from Federal Inland Revenue Service should be created as a ‘fiscal control unit’, to monitor electronic cash registers to be connected in hospitals, public schools and social services related departments in order to curb tax leakages due to free riders. Also, government should strengthen the campaign in favour of control of corruption as well as building strong institutions; rather than building strong private individuals who posed as sacred cow in punishment for tax evasion.
Received: 29 February 2023 / Accepted: 23 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023
{"title":"Fiscal Policy Option for Abatement of Free Rider Society: The Role of Institutional Quality in Nigeria","authors":"Silva Opuala Charles, Jonah O. Orji","doi":"10.36941/mjss-2023-0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2023-0016","url":null,"abstract":"The government revenue downward trend across the globe has a serious implication on provision of public good. And the consequences of free riding manifested by tax evasion impedes social progress. In this study, we examined the Fiscal Policy Option for Abatement of Free Rider Society: The Role of Institutional Quality with special focus on Nigerian economy. We deployed Quantile Regression Technique to assess the median impact of free-riding using government expenditure on economic and social services; comprised of: defense, health, road and construction, and education. Our finding shows that expenditure on defense reduces free riding when strategically managed but encourages free riding in the long run. Same result is shown with the government expenditure on health. Whereas, expenditure on education as well as road and construction discourages free riding. Also, the moderating role of institutional quality specifically, control of corruption decreases free riding and improve tax revenue generation. Growth of free riders in any society which comes in the form of tax evasion is effectively controlled by expenditure techniques of government guided by quality of institutions. The study recommended that: A special purpose vehicle from Federal Inland Revenue Service should be created as a ‘fiscal control unit’, to monitor electronic cash registers to be connected in hospitals, public schools and social services related departments in order to curb tax leakages due to free riders. Also, government should strengthen the campaign in favour of control of corruption as well as building strong institutions; rather than building strong private individuals who posed as sacred cow in punishment for tax evasion.
 
 Received: 29 February 2023 / Accepted: 23 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023","PeriodicalId":90922,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean journal of social sciences","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136230006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. M. Ariyo, Ojurabayo Motunrayo Sotayo, Temitayo Kofoworola Olurin, Oose Matthew, T. Eni-olorunda, O. Onabanjo
This study assessed sexual risk behaviour and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in Abeokuta South Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 411 adolescents for the study. Data were analyzed using mean, frequency counts, percentages, and chi-square test. The findings show that the source of information on sexual and reproductive health was the mother (90.0%) with majority of respondents having high knowledge on the discourse. Only few of the respondents (18.0%) had ever had sexual intercourse while majority (82.0%) never had sexual intercourse. Of the 18% who had ever had sex, 9% were willing while others were either coerced, forced, or tricked. The mean age of respondents and partners at first sexual intercourse was 15 and 16 years respectively. Sexual risk behaviours among adolescents having multiple sex partners (96.0%) and unprotected sex without condom (95.0%). Respondents have high knowledge on sexual and reproductive health (SRH). However, knowledge of SRH is not associated with respondents gender. There is a significant association (p<0.05) between respondents’ gender and their sexual risk behaviour (p=0.022). Adolescents engage in sexual risks behaviours despite their knowledge on SRH. The study has implication for policy. Received: 15 February 2023 / Accepted: 25 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023
{"title":"Knowledge on Sexual Reproductive Health and Risk Behaviours of Adolescents in Abeokuta South Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria","authors":"A. M. Ariyo, Ojurabayo Motunrayo Sotayo, Temitayo Kofoworola Olurin, Oose Matthew, T. Eni-olorunda, O. Onabanjo","doi":"10.36941/mjss-2023-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2023-0017","url":null,"abstract":"This study assessed sexual risk behaviour and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in Abeokuta South Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 411 adolescents for the study. Data were analyzed using mean, frequency counts, percentages, and chi-square test. The findings show that the source of information on sexual and reproductive health was the mother (90.0%) with majority of respondents having high knowledge on the discourse. Only few of the respondents (18.0%) had ever had sexual intercourse while majority (82.0%) never had sexual intercourse. Of the 18% who had ever had sex, 9% were willing while others were either coerced, forced, or tricked. The mean age of respondents and partners at first sexual intercourse was 15 and 16 years respectively. Sexual risk behaviours among adolescents having multiple sex partners (96.0%) and unprotected sex without condom (95.0%). Respondents have high knowledge on sexual and reproductive health (SRH). However, knowledge of SRH is not associated with respondents gender. There is a significant association (p<0.05) between respondents’ gender and their sexual risk behaviour (p=0.022). Adolescents engage in sexual risks behaviours despite their knowledge on SRH. The study has implication for policy. Received: 15 February 2023 / Accepted: 25 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023","PeriodicalId":90922,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean journal of social sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88226476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heritage management in Algeria is a process governed by legal texts that date from the end of the 20th century. In the light of the international issues at stake in community-based management, it appears essential that heritage management in Algeria should be directed to participatory approaches with a vision of socio-cultural development and sustainability. This paper aims to investigate and assess community participation in the legislation regulating heritage management, specifically safeguarded areas and their permanent plans for safeguarding and enhancing safeguarded areas (PPSMVSS).To achieve this, a documentary research was carried out on several laws and executive decrees since Algeria's independence until 1998, when the current law No. 98-04 was promulgated. The findings reveal that local actors such as associations and the local population are poorly involved in participation and decision-making. The management of safeguarded areas in Algeria is a government-led process in in which the main actors are the relevant government and its institutions. Received: 13 February 2023 / Accepted: 23 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023
{"title":"Assessment of Community Participation in Heritage Management in Algeria: Case of Safeguarded Sectors (Analysis Through Legislation Documents)","authors":"Sabiha Timhadjelt, S. Bouzaher, S. Kachef","doi":"10.36941/mjss-2023-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36941/mjss-2023-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Heritage management in Algeria is a process governed by legal texts that date from the end of the 20th century. In the light of the international issues at stake in community-based management, it appears essential that heritage management in Algeria should be directed to participatory approaches with a vision of socio-cultural development and sustainability. This paper aims to investigate and assess community participation in the legislation regulating heritage management, specifically safeguarded areas and their permanent plans for safeguarding and enhancing safeguarded areas (PPSMVSS).To achieve this, a documentary research was carried out on several laws and executive decrees since Algeria's independence until 1998, when the current law No. 98-04 was promulgated. The findings reveal that local actors such as associations and the local population are poorly involved in participation and decision-making. The management of safeguarded areas in Algeria is a government-led process in in which the main actors are the relevant government and its institutions. \u0000 \u0000Received: 13 February 2023 / Accepted: 23 April 2023 / Published: 5 May 2023","PeriodicalId":90922,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean journal of social sciences","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79790612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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