Engineers Innovative Work Behavior: The Role of Emotional Intelligence

This paper intends to examine the relationship between Emotional Intelligence, and Innovative Work Behavior among telecommunication engineers in Jordan telecommunication Industry. Its purpose is to study the effect of Emotional Intelligence of the engineers on their Innovative Work Behavior. A total of 218 questionnaires were collected from telecommunication engineers working in telecommunication organizations in Jordan. The data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares (PLS). Findings of this study found that Emotional Intelligence has a positive and significant relationship with Innovative Work Behavior. These findings provide an understanding about the Emotional Intelligence of the engineers and its effect on Innovative Work Behavior. To improve the Innovative Work Behavior among engineers, telecommunication organizations should focus on the Emotional Intelligence of the engineers to promote their Innovative Work Behavior. Keywords: Innovative Work Behavior, Emotional Intelligence, Engineers, Telecommunications, Jordan.

What Drive Innovative Work Behavior among Engineers? The Role of Transformational Leadership

This paper intends to examine the relationships between Transformational Leadership, and Innovative Work Behavior among telecommunication engineers in Jordan telecommunication Industry. Its purpose is to study the effect of Transformational Leadership on engineers Innovative Work Behavior. A total of 218 questionnaires were collected from telecommunication engineers working in telecommunications organizations in Jordan. The data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares (PLS). Findings of this study found that Transformational Leadership has a positive and significant relationship with Innovative Work Behavior. These findings provide a better understanding of the Transformational Leadership style in the attainment of telecommunication engineers’ Innovative Work Behavior. Keywords: Innovative Work Behavior, Transformational Leadership, Engineers, Jordan

Correlation between Personality Traits, Learning Approaches and Academic Performance of Dental Students

The present study investigated the correlation between personality traits of dental students and their approaches to learning. Aims were to examine the influence of both measures on the academic achievement of dental students, and to provide recommendations for educators. Personality traits of final year dental students were determined using the NEO Five-Factor Inventory. These students were also asked to complete Bigg’s revised two-factor version of the study process questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F) and provide their grade point average (GPA). The de-identified data were analysed using zero-order correlation, Student t- test and a multiple regression procedures. Of the 170 students who volunteered, a total of 115 (67.6%) students showed deep approach (DA) to learning. Moreover, a significant positive relation between GPA and DA was found, whereas negative relation between GPA and surface learning approach (SA) was reported. Two of the five personality traits, namely conscientiousness and openness were positively related to deep learning approaches. Conscientiousness and DA were the best predictors of GPA. Results from zero-order correlation also revealed that openness significantly predicted deep learning approach and GPA. On the contrary, neuroticism was positively related to surface learning approach and negatively related to GPA. Neuroticism was significantly higher in female students

Subject-Verb Agreement in Existential Constructions in Contemporary American English: A Corpus-Based Study

This study investigates the variable subject-verb agreement in existential constructions in the Corpus of Contemporary American-English (COCA). While variable subject-verb agreement in existential constructions has been extensively studied in many varieties of English, we study this variation in a particular corpus to find out the correlation between the distribution of the standard and non-standard subject-verb agreement variants in American-English and a number of linguistic factors (tense, contraction, kind of plural and adjacency of subject and verb). To achieve this goal, a total of 375 tokens of standard and non-standard agreement in existential constructions are extracted from the corpus and coded in terms of the aforementioned linguistic factors. The data are then analyzed using a computer program, namely Goldvarb X, which is capable of providing the frequencies of the standard and non-standard variants in the extracted tokens. The results of the study confirm the findings of the previous studies and hypotheses. Present tense, contraction, absence of plural-s, and presence of intervening material are found to favor singular agreement in existential constructions in contemporary spoken AmericanEnglish. In addition, processing, default, and lexicalization hypotheses (Walker, 2007) are supported by the absence of plural-s, intervening material, and the high frequency of occurrence of there\u27srespectively

Structure and Types of Pashto Syllable

The syllable is the phonological element that plays a vital role in the formation of the word. A complete and standard syllable consists of the Onset, Nucleus, and Coda, but at the same time, the Onset or Coda part of the syllable can also fall down. No syllable can be constructed without Nucleus and vowel sounds. The vowel in the syllable structure has as much value as the syllable has in the word formation. These vowels play a fundamental role in the syllable’s distribution and types. This article explores the intricate structure and various types of syllables found in the Pashto language, primarily spoken in Afghanistan. Syllables play a fundamental role in linguistic analysis, as they constitute the building blocks of words and affect the rhythm, stress, and intonation patterns in speech. The findings of this study contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the Pashto language's syllable structure, shedding light on its unique phonological features. This knowledge holds significance for various fields, including linguistics, language teaching, and speech pathology, enabling researchers and language professionals to better analyze and comprehend the complexities of Pashto syllables

Self-translation: a faithful rendition or a rewriting process? Haikal’s Autumn of Fury as an example

This study aims to investigate if self-translation is a true interpretation of a Source Text (ST) into a Target Text (TT), or if it is in fact a rewriting process. The study examines Haikal’s self-translation of a book titled ‘Autumn of Fury: The Assassination of Sadat’. This self-translation is used as an example due to the modifications and changes made by Haikal, and examines to what extent the translator is faithful to his ST (English version). For the purpose of this study, fifteen examples have been selected from Haikal's version of Autumn of Fury. They are then analysed and compared to their Arabic translations (TT), and the differences are highlighted and discussed. The selected examples include words, phrases, sentences, and sometimes whole paragraphs. The study relies on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a theoretical framework to uncover the hidden ideologies and attitudes behind the modification, manipulation, or rewriting of the ST into Arabic. These examples are analysed from linguistic, political and ideological perspectives. The study finds that Haikal’s self-translation of Autumn of Fury into Arabic was actually a rewriting process rather than a translation process, and that a new book is almost recreated out of the original

A Hybrid Approach for Supporting Adaptivity in E-learning Environments

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify a framework to support adaptivity in e-learning environments. The framework reflects a novel hybrid approach incorporating the concept of the ECA model and intelligent agents. Moreover, a system prototype is developed reflecting the hybrid approach to supporting adaptivity in any given Learning Management System based on learners’ learning styles. Design/methodology/approach: This paper offers a brief review of current frameworks and systems to support adaptivity in e-learning environments. A framework to support adaptivity is designed and discussed, reflecting the hybrid approach in detail. A system prototype is developed incorporating different adaptive features based on the Felder-Silverman learning styles model. Finally, the prototype is implemented in Moodle. Findings: The system prototype supports real-time adaptivity in any given Learning Management System based on learners’ learning styles. It can deal with any type of content provided by course designers and instructors in the Learning Management System. Moreover, it can support adaptivity at both course and learner levels. Research limitations/implications: Practical implications: Social implications: Originality/value: To the best of our knowledge, no previous work has been done incorporating the concept of the ECA model and intelligent agents as hybrid architecture to support adaptivity in e-learning environments. The system prototype has wider applicability and can be adapted to support different types of adaptivity

The Syntax of Answers to Positive Polar Questions in Jordanian Arabic

Responses to a polar question have recently received much attention in the syntactic literature (e.g., Yaisomanag, 2012 on Thi; Wu, 2016 on Taiwanese, Servidio et al., 2018 on Italian; among others). However, the syntax of yes-no questions in Arabic has been undermined in the literature. The present study provides a syntactic analysis of answers to positive/neutral polar questions in Jordanian Arabic. Jordanian Arabic is particularly relevant here because its system allows for a variety of answer expressions. For example, an answer to a polar question could be in the form of a particle (a: ‘yes’ and laʔ ‘no’) or a finite verb echoing the verb of the question. Following Holmberg (2016), we demonstrate that these expressions are full sentences derived by ellipses. We assume that a yes-no question has an unvalued, free polarity variable [±Pol] that needs to be assigned a value. Deriving the answer would provide a value for this variable. This involves copying the TP of the question and merging an answer particle or an abstract polarity feature (affirmative or negative) in spec-Foc to value the unvalued feature of Pol; then the TP of the answer gets deleted at the PF component under identity with the TP of the question