Digital Transformation: The Role of the Big Five Personality Traits

This study aimed to investigate the role of the big five personality qualities in mediating the relationship between digital transformation and team member performance. The world of education is feeling the effects of digital transformation, a significant phenomenon that the industry cannot avoid. The presence of digital transformation causes modifications in traditional operations to be digitized. This shift in change affects team member performance. This survey included 83 elementary to middle school teachers and education staff from the Marsudirini Foundation's Yogyakarta branch. The hypothesis was tested using PLS-SEM in this study, which used a mixed method. The hypothesis testing results revealed that digital transformation has a beneficial effect on team member performance. When the role of moderation is tested, it is discovered that extraversion and neuroticism personality types do not significantly affect the relationship between digital transformation and team member performance. Meanwhile, as moderating variables, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness personality types strongly negatively affect the association between digital transformation and team member performance. Informant interviews corroborate the survey results, highlighting the insignificant effect of extraversion and neuroticism personality types. &nbsp

The SMEs Funding Decisions through the Islamic Equity Crowdfunding Platform

Islamic Equity Crowdfunding is currently an alternative sharia-based financing for SMEs. In Indonesia, the Islamic Equity Crowdfunding platform began to appear in 2021, and has been growing until now. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that influence the funding decision of SMEs in the Halal Food Industry through the Islamic Equity Crowdfunding platform. Data was collected from SMEs in Indonesia by surveying 200 respondents, namely businesses in halal food. In this study the data obtained will be analyzed using the partial least squares technique which refers to the theory of planned behavior. The results showed that the decision of SMEs in seeking funding through Islamic Equity Crowdfunding was influenced by Subjective Norms, Perceived Behavioral Control, Product Knowledge, and Religiosity, but Intention was not influenced by Attitude.   &nbsp

The Impact of Reward System on Job Satisfaction and In-role Performance among Lecturers in Indonesia

The current study attempts to analyze the effect of the reward system (intrinsic and extrinsic) on job satisfaction and in-role performance. Moreover, the expected effect of job satisfaction and in-role performance was also tested. This research focuses on all permanent lecturers at private universities in Makassar under the Institute for Higher Education Services Region IX (LLDIKTI IX). Self-administered online questionnaires were designed and distributed to respondents who met the judgment sampling criteria. The 220 respondents were determined as primary data and then tested with structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis based on partial least squares (PLS). The founding statistically stated that intrinsic rewards positively and significantly affect lecturer in-role performance and job satisfaction. Extrinsic rewards have a significant effect on in-role performance but are not significant on lecturer job satisfaction. Furthermore, the mutual relationship between in-role performance-job satisfaction was confirmed and supported. These findings provide the latest insights into productive human resource planning strategies in higher education in Indonesia. &nbsp

Factors of Indonesia Economic Growth (2017-2022)

Economic growth is measured by changes in a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which can be unraveled into the population and economic elements. This research is conducted to find trends and identify publications on economic growth in Indonesia in the 2017–2022 period. The data collection techniques by downloading files from the Scopus database to see publication trends with the highest number of documents, ranking classifications of institutions or universities, journals, and documents, and using shared keywords. The method used is bibliometric analysis. A total of 168 documents collected from the Publish or Perish (PoP) application using the Scopus database were combined into one file in RIS format and entered into the VOSviewer application to obtain network visualization and overlay visualization. The study results show that the trend of publications related to economic growth in Indonesia for the last six years has decreased yearly. The highest number of documents is in the “International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy,” with 20 documents, followed by the Haseeb (2019) article, totaling 120 citations. Based on the keywords that have been visualized, several keywords are factors of economic growth in Indonesia from 2017 to 2022, namely Energy Consumption, Investment, CO2 Emissions, Education, GDP, Inflation, FDI, Exchange Rate, Export, Government Expenditure, Income Inequality, Inequality, Human Capital, Human Development Index, and Sustainable Development. &nbsp

Financial Literacy, Educational Background, and Materialistic Among Gen Z in Indonesia

This study aims to determine the influence of financial literacy, gender, and educational background on the materialism of Generation Z Indonesians in 2022. Data were gathered by surveying 592 respondents and analysed with the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method, resulting in three main findings. First, the influence of financial literacy is proven to reduce materialism significantly. Second, there is no difference between males and females in the materialism they believe in. Third, there is an influence of educational background on materialism. This study also finds that students with an economic and business education background are more materialistic than non-economic and business students. Furthermore, the findings of this study indicate that knowledge of financial concepts, products, and services is not enough to reduce materialism. Therefore, interventions are needed to encourage the financial attitude or individual perception of long-term finances, which is essential for achieving financial resilience and financial well-being, especially for Generation Z Indonesians. &nbsp

Determining Economic Growth and Life Expectancy Linkages in Indonesia: A Simultanous Equation Model

Life expectancy become the main indicators of the health parameters in the population and development process. However, there is a relationship between life expectancy and growth which is represented by the inconsistency of previous studies. This study aims to reveal a linkage between life expectancy and economic growth, and analyzing factors that influence both of them. Two-Stage Least Square (2SLS) was used for simultaneous modelling equations to fill the existing literature gaps. Based on the 2SLS estimation relationship, it was found that there is a simultaneous relationship of life expectancy economic growth. Furthermore, it was found economic growth was significantly influenced by the decreasing dependency ratio, unemployment rate, and poverty. Furthermore, life expectancy is positively influenced by health spending and significantly decreases by the increased poverty rate. Therefore, mortality and carbon emissions had insignificant adverse effect. However, poverty and carbon emissions had a negative had insignificant adverse effect. This result suggests the government formulate policies to prioritize larger budget allocations in the education sector as a safety net program, cash transfers, and labor pensions

Using Google Workspace for Education to Engage Accounting Students

This study aimed to describe the level of student engagement in online and face-to-face learning. This study also aimed to describe learning innovations created by lecturers by utilizing existing features on Google workspace. Finally, this study offers suggestions for using Google Workspace in accounting learning to improve student engagement. Quantitative and qualitative descriptive research was conducted by observing the experiences of students and lecturers during post-pandemic face-to-face learning. Questionnaires, observations, and interviews were used to gather data. The data analysis method used was quantitative and qualitative descriptive analysis. The results of the study indicated that there was no lack of student engagement in face-to-face learning. Lecturers had utilized the features on Google workspace but not optimally. Google's most frequently used service features were Google Classroom, YouTube, and Google Drive. Meanwhile, Google site, Jamboard and podcasts were the services that were rarely used. Lecturers could utilize google docs, google sheets, and google slides for accounting learning so that student engagement could increase significantly. This feature required students to actively collaborate to complete assignments because lecturers could monitor activities carried out by students in real time. &nbsp

Social Media Marketing and Its Influence on Brand Equity: The Mediating Role of Word of Mouth and E-Word of Mouth

The purpose of this study is to examine the nexus between social media marketing and brand equity, and the role of word of mouth and electronic in mediating this connectivity word of mouth. A quantitative approach with a descriptive explanatory design is employed to estimate the link between the variables observed. The study adopts purposive sampling technique with a sample size of 200 participants, and data is analyzed using Path Analysis with Warp-PLS 3.0. The findings indicate that social media marketing positively influences brand equity, and both word of mouth and e-word of mouth play a vital role in escalating brand equity. The study also confirms the mediating role of word of mouth and e-word of mouth in explaining the connectivity between social media marketing and brand equity. The results suggest that the assimilation and educational-based tourism management can promote tourism through social media to enhance the value of tourist attractions’ names, encouraging the public to enlarge in word-of-mouth promotion. &nbsp

Green Economy's Impact on Food Security Program Evaluation

Sustainable green economic concepts are essential for food security initiatives. Utilising organic fertilisers allows for the long-term preservation of natural ecosystems in the Pinrang Regency and the economic prosperity of local farmers through the sale of agricultural products such as fisheries and plantations. By conducting in-depth interviews with participants, participating in direct observation, and reviewing pertinent materials, the researcher actively examines the study hypothesis in the framework of qualitative research. This qualitative study seeks to understand how organic fertiliser use affects agricultural production. Additionally, the study tries to determine whether this farming approach may improve farmers' quality of life. The study found that a green economy program that improves agricultural productivity could raise farmers' living standards. According to the study's findings, incorporating a green economy program into agricultural practices can enhance agricultural quality, farmers' green economy proficiency, and farmers' collective responsibility for the preservation of the environment

The Intention to Use Mobile Payment during the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Attitude

The Covid-19 pandemic requires individuals to maintain physical distance and this has affected buying and selling transactions where previously the majority used the cash payment system to switch to digital payments or mobile payments to maintain distance and reduce physical contact. This study aims to examine the effect of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use on the intention to use mobile payment in Malang of Indonesia. This study also investigates the mediating role of attitude in explaining this relationship. The population in this study are individuals who adopted mobile payment services in Malang of East Java in Indonesia. The analytical tool used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The findings of this research showed that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use had a direct effect on attitudes, perceived usefulness, while perceived ease of use and attitudes also had a direct effect on the intention to use mobile payment. In addition, attitudes can mediate perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use on the intention of using mobile payments during the Covid-19 pandemic