One of todays most hotly debated issues is whether female college students can become successful entrepreneurs in today's global economy. Fierce competition between job applicants in today’s developing economy challenged many female graduates despite their aim to secure jobs, leading to entrepreneurship as an immediate solution. Entrepreneurship intentions of students have been linked to future entrepreneurial behavior, according to some research. Therefore, this article investigates the factors that contribute to the entrepreneurial intentions of female students at UiTM Dungun. The study utilizes the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). A total of 127 female university students were surveyed in this study. The students were given a set of surveys to rate their perceptions of entrepreneurial intentions. Their ratings were gathered and analyzed using SPSS Software. Pearson Correlation analysis was employed in this study to mesure the relationship between TPB factors and the dependent var.....

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This study is carried out to investigate professional competence among graduates of the Office Technology and Management programme as appraised by their direct supervisors. The study employs a survey design. Thirty-six (36) executives, consisting of eight females and twenty-eight males, of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree having the targeted graduates, who are attached to them, form the population of the study. No sampling is made as the population is of manageable size. A self-developed questionnaire is the research instrument used for data collection. Experts in the field validate the research instrument. The split-half method is used to test the reliability of the instrument using ten executives from another institution, which is not part of the study population. The correlation coefficient yields 0.78, which is considered reliable. Data collection is conducted face-to-face. The analysis reveals that the graduates are appraised to be professionally competent in administrative proficienc.....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk menganalisis proses kognisi dalam karangan Bahasa Tamil dalam kalangan murid Tingkatan Empat di sebuah sekolah menengah di Ipoh, Perak. Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mencapai tiga objektif iaitu mengenal pasti karangan yang cemerlang, baik dan memuaskan, masalah yang dihadapi oleh murid dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran dan bagaimana proses kognisi mempengaruhi penulisan karangan Bahasa Tamil murid sekolah Menengah. Kaedah Hermeneutik sebagai metodologi kualitatif dan interpretif digunakan untuk menganalisis karangan murid. Sebanyak 38 sampel karangan Bahasa Tamil murid Tingkatan Empat digunakan untuk dianalisis dalam kajian ini. Proses kognisi yang dikenal pasti wujud sepanjang penghasilan karangan oleh murid ialah proses mengingat semula, menyusun semula idea dan mengaitkan idea dengan pengalaman lampau. Bagi kategori karangan yang cemerlang, penyampaian isi yang ditulis adalah jelas. Pengolahan idea berlaku dengan baik semasa menulis karangan ol.....

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The study aims to assess Islamic banking performance in Bangladesh using fundamental profitability ratios. The secondary data is collected from the financial statements of six respective Islamic Banks in Bangladesh from 2010 to 2019. The study applied the ratio analysis to measure the performance of selected banks. Finally, we used trend analysis to identify the selected ratios and factors’ present and future movement. The ratio analysis concluded that Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL), Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited (EXIM), Social Islamic Bank Limited (SIBL), and Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJBL) are slightly in a good position in terms of profitability ratio and management efficiency ratio. In terms of credit risk performance, all banks are in a declining position. SIBL and IBBL are doing well in management ability. However, the study found that AIBL seems to be the most competent in terms of overall performance. Finally, the study is concluded that Islamic banks ha.....

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Over the years, employers have raised concerns over their dissatisfaction with the skills and knowledge demonstrated by accounting graduates that enter the workforce. One of the IT skills that practitioners felt insufficient was the graduates’ capability to use accounting software applications. This study investigates the moderating effect of gender on the behavioural intention to use accounting software among university students. The technology acceptance model and theory of planned behaviour were used to develop a research model. Data from 438 students, analysed using partial least square structural equation modelling technique, suggested that perceived usefulness, attitude, and perceived behavioural control can influence students’ likelihood to use the accounting software. Gender only moderates the relationship between ease of use and accounting software use intention. The study’s findings benefit accounting professional bodies, managers, software vendors, and technology consu.....

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This study was conducted to identify the philosophical essence of Saiva Siddhanta embedded in Tolkappiyam. Saiva Siddhantah’s theory is applied to analyze the rhythmic poem known as Nurpa in Tolkappiyam. Qualitative studies have been conducted to achieve the objectives of this research. The main objective of this study is to identify the concept of Saiva Siddhanta in the content of Tolkappiyam which includes three main parts namely, Ezutatigaram (phonology), Solathigaram (etymology) and Porulatigaram (subject). The finding of first objective shows that there are 6 concepts of Saiva Siddhanta embedded in the essence of Tolkappiyam namely phonological grammar, the concept of soul, the concept of karma, the concept of divinity, the concept of worship and the concept of monotheism. The finding of the second objective shows the theory of God, life and the elements of impurity in explaining the 6 concepts of Saiva Siddhanta identified earlier. Meanwhile, The finding of the thir.....

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This study aimed to examine the moderating effect of goal clarity on the relationship between management functions (planning, organizing, leading & controlling) and project success and to identify the contribution of construction project management functions toward construction project success in Abu Dhabi, UAE. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The sample consisted of 97 project managers who work in 26 authorized large-construction companies in Abu-Dhabi. This study has used Pearson correlation and multiple regression for data analysis. The findings revealed that there are significant positive relationships between four functions of project management i.e. planning (r=.691, p..

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This study is performed to measure STEM Attitude, Knowledge and Application (SAKA) of primary school science teachers of Batang Padang District. Specifically, the study examined the scores of teachers’ STEM AKA by gender, major course, teaching years and education qualification. This study employs a quantitative approach, 144 teachers from Batang Padang district were selected as respondents through the Stratified sampling method. The questionnaire was adapted and modified from three different instrument, the questionnaire was reliable and valid. The results showed that primary science teachers have non-significant values of the application, knowledge, and attitude [t=0.809, t=0.086 and t=0.146] between male and female science teachers. Moreover, primary science teachers have non-significant values of the application, knowledge, and attitude [t=0.823, t= 0.737 and t=0.336] revealing no differences between science and non-science major primary science teacher’s AKA. Furthe.....

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It is the main purpose of this study to investigate the kinematics and kinetics effect of wearable resistance (WR), when loaded on the lower limb body part during a martial arts front kick performance. Fifteen female martial arts athletes aged between 20 to 25 years old with body mass (BM) between 40kg to 55kg were recruited. Subjects were required to perform 3 trials for each condition : Unloaded (UL), Calf Loaded (CL) 3% BM and Calf &Thigh Loaded (CTL) 3% BM in a randomized order that made up total 9 trials. Kicking velocity, kicking force and kicking power were collected and used to assess the kinematic and kinetics of kicking executions using Kinovea 2D motion analysis software. Data was statistically analyzed to produce mechanical profiles of the front kick, and comparisons of the outputs was made. Repeated measure one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test and paired sample t-test were used. Overall the results showed no significant differences within 3 WR conditions. B.....

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The technological revolution swiftly changes how the world communicates and how society learns and carries out day-to-day activities. In modern society, web-based training cannot be overlooked as a result of technological innovation. This study investigates web-based training in Business Education that involved tools for effective teaching in the post-COVID-19 era in Kwara State, Nigeria, based on three research questions. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The questionnaire used for data collection was validated by three experts and distributed to 80 business educators. The internal consistency of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha, and a co-efficient of .79 was obtained. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, while the null hypothesis was analyzed using a t-test. The findings showed that a shortage of skilled manpower, insufficient internet links and service hampered the usage of web-based training. The researchers reco.....

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