Gaya Kepemimpinan dan Perilaku Komunikasi GPPT dengan Kapasitas Kelembagaan Sekolah Peternakan Rakyat di Kabupaten Muara Enim

Perkembangan peternakan di Indonesia secara umum masih memprihatinkan. Sebagian besar produksi daging sapi di Indonesia hampir seluruhnya diperoleh dari peternakan rakyat (78%), sisanya dari impor. Pola pemeliharaan ternak di Indonesia didominasi oleh USAha peternakan berskala kecil, dengan rata-rata kepemilikan ternak rendah, ternak dijadikan sebagai tabungan hidup, ternak dipelihara dalam pemukiman padat penduduk, USAha ternak dilakukan secara turun temurun. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah 1) Mendeskripsikan karakteristik, gaya kepemimpinan, perilaku komunikasi, dan kapasitas kelembagaan GPPT. 2) Menganalisis hubungan antara gaya kepemimpinan dengan kapasitas kelembagaan SPR. 3) Menganalisis hubungan antara perilaku komunikasi dengan kapasitas kelembagaan SPR. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Data dianalisis menggunakan rank Spearman. Penelitian ini memperoleh beberapa hasil seperti: terdapat hubungan negatif antara gaya kepemimpinan autokrasi dengan kapasitas kelembagaan, terdapat hubungan yang negatif antara media massa dengan kapasitas kelembagaan

Students’ motivation to learn, academic achievement, and academic advising : a meta-analysis

Investigating students‟ motivation to learn especially among those with learning difficulties is crucial particularly in tertiary academic setting. Universities need to retain their students and reduce attrition. Keeping the students true to their academic calling can be daunting as they come from various backgrounds (e.g. academic, language, family and culture). These diverse and unique sets of challenges can pull the students off course as they may have difficulties adapting, adjusting and coping with new learning and social environments. Recognising these challenges may help universities to identify what affects students‟ academic achievement. As a form of student development support, universities‟ academics are assigned as academic advisors. The main roles of these academic advisors are to provide students with academic advice, assist in making goals, provide guidance and help them to achieve academically. Nevertheless, not much is known on how academic advising can be the important link that helps students to be motivated to learn, stay focused and achieve better throughout their tertiary years. Hence, this study aims to identify students‟ motivation to learn, their coping strategies and their use of academic advising as their support during their years in the university. After a qualitative analysis, there are three critical areas of learning associated with the importance of academic advising identified. They are (1) motivation levels; (2) learning difficulties and (4) academic achievement

Internal control implementation and quality of higher education institutions: a moderation effect testing

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Performance and comparison of fiber vibration sensing using SAC-OCDMA with direct decoding techniques

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Proposal of multi-service (MS) code to differentiate quality of services for OCDMA systems

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The Regulatory Framework of Digital Currencies in Malaysia: A Conceptual Paper

Malaysian regulators have recently published policy regulations for digital currency exchange that operate in the country, which are primarily intended to safeguard against money laundering and the risk of terrorism financing. Notably, previous theoretical and empirical studies have been conducted to explore the government governance on digital currency. However, development of regulatory framework of digital currency in Malaysian context is still lacking in many ways. The current study is based on the former foresight research results and literature review. It highlights the perception of regulators in the world, legal status and taxation policies of digital currency in Malaysia. Thus, the study proposes a conceptual framework that suggests the variables of characteristics of digital currency, perceived security and perceptions of users are important to be considered in developing a conceptual regulatory framework in Malaysian perspectives. The regulator(s) may gain insights of the degree of acceptance of digital currencies and the regulatory frameworks among Malaysians. The development of conceptual regulatory framework will shed insights on designing strategies to achieve an effective and robust Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) control measures associated with the use of digital currency. Such measures will be critical in safeguarding the safety and integrity of the financial system, and in promoting greater transparency in the conduct of digital currency transactions among current and potential investors