Temporality: Living Through the Time While Doing Doctoral Studies

Doctoral students’ experiences of stay and study abroad determine how they experience and understand time in relation to other existential themes of body, space, and relation. The present study aimed to understand what meanings doctoral students’ assign to time while doing their doctoral studies in different public universities of Austria. Thirteen participants were recruited purposively to understand how did they experience time and how did their experience of time determine the way they live and study in a university and complete their doctoral studies. The questions were explored through conducting and recording the interviews in a semi-structured form and subsequently transcribing and analyzing the transcripts. The participants experienced that time continuously shaped their life experiences with respect to the space they lived in, relationality, and corporeal experiences. The students experienced time as an agent of pressure, perceived as being slow or fast in their studies, feeling connected or disconnected with their family, work and study and a tool to gauge their work performance and completion of their studies. The study has a phenomenological significance of understanding of time as experienced by a group of doctoral students that led to the way they lived, stayed and studied abroad

Reasons for seeking orthodontic treatment in Lahore population: A cross-sectional survey in a low-income country

ABSTRACT Introduction: Poor esthetics, dysfunction and discomfort are the key reasons for seeking orthodontic treatment across the world as reported by many researchers. This paper presents the causative factor for seeking orthodontic treatment in the patients who are visiting Punjab Dental Hospital of a populous city Lahore (de\u27 Montmorency College of Dentistry) in local settings and associating these reasons with demographic characteristics. Objective: Aim of this cross-sectional survey was to explore the reasons for seeking orthodontic treatment among individuals who are visiting PDH. Materials and methods: This study was carried out in Punjab Dental Hospital (PDH) after the approval of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) on a sample of 98 individuals having malocclusion assessed with Angle\u27s classification of the malocclusion. We chose simple random sampling. A self-structure questionnaire was designed to get data by the principal investigator after taking verbal and written consent. Descriptive statistics were calculated using SPSS 21. Chi-square test of association was applied to associate reasons with different demographic variables. P-value <0.05 was taken as significant. Results: Female respondents were more in number than males. Around one-third of respondents (30.6 %) had a monthly income of less than 25000 PKR ($ 170). Esthetics was the primary reason for seeking orthodontic treatment. The most common type of malocclusion was the Class II malocclusion. Statistically significant factors that emerged in this study that turned into reasons for seeking orthodontic treatment were hurdles in marriage, referral by a general dentist, motivation by parents, self-esteem and speech problems. Conclusion: In conclusion, patients seek orthodontic treatment mainly to enhance facial esthetics and self-confidence, motivation by the parents, and social acceptability

Development and validation of a knowledge quality instrument for e-learning content / Mehwish Waheed

This study presents a conceptual and operational measurement of knowledge quality by exploring and understanding the knowledge quality phenomena in existing literature and by identifying the student’s perspective on knowledge quality in the eLearning environment. This further assists in developing a measurement instrument for knowledge quality. The following research objectives have guided the research process: i) explore the dimensions that meet the demand of quality knowledge based on epistemological belief; ii) identify students’ perception about the key dimensions of knowledge quality in eLearning context; iii) examine the influential relationship between knowledge quality and student satisfaction and its subsequent effect on student’s attitudinal loyalty and learning outcomes in terms of perceived academic performance and perceived learning effectiveness. To achieve the stipulated purpose of this study, a sequential Mixed Method design is opted. Qualitative and quantitative research method has guided this study for knowledge quality instrument development and also in investigating its relationship with student satisfaction, student attitudinal loyalty and learning outcomes. University of Malaya's eLearning environment i.e. SPECTRUM (Student Powered e-Collaboration Transforming UM) is selected as the learning platform that is used in this study for developing knowledge quality instrument. Open-ended questionnaires were used for qualitative data collection to understand and explore the knowledge quality characteristics perceived by students using eLearning environment (SPECTRUM). Based on analysis of these dimensions from grounded data and verification with existing dimensions in the literature, a 34 items survey instrument was generated for quantitative data collection and empirical testing of the knowledge quality measurement instrument. The final knowledge quality instrument was examined for reliabilities, factor structure, and measurement model. Satisfactory model fit of the knowledge quality framework allowed the research to further test the hypothesized relationship between knowledge quality and satisfaction and the subsequent influence of satisfaction on student’s attitudinal loyalty, and student’s learning outcomes. AMOS 20 was used to test the hypothesized relationships by employing the path analysis as a Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) technique. Result of the path analysis supported all of the proposed relationships between the latent variables. It reveals that knowledge quality significantly influences students’ satisfaction from eLearning content. Subsequently, the students’ satisfaction significantly influences students’ learning outcomes (perceived academic performance, perceived learning effectiveness), and attitudinal loyalty. The findings indicate that, to improve students’ learning outcomes and their loyalty towards the eLearning environment, it is important to maintain and improve the quality of knowledge gain. It will increase students’ satisfaction. The framework would be useful to measure the knowledge quality of eLearning environment in terms of the knowledge gained by the user in an academic setting. An examination of the relationship between knowledge quality, satisfaction and subsequent eLearning academic and behavioural outcomes can suggest a better understanding for the improvement of eLearning environment

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Unveiling knowledge quality, researcher satisfaction, learning, and loyalty: a model of academic social media success

International audiencePurpose - Examines how perceived knowledge quality influences researchers' satisfaction with academic social media (ASM) site use, perceived learning from use, and loyalty toward the site. Design/methodology/approach - Built upon the theoretical grounding of the information system success framework, it was hypothesized that satisfaction, perceived learning, and loyal behavior toward an ASM site are all functions of the perceived quality of knowledge obtained. Data were collected by online survey from 348 researchers registered on ResearchGate and subjected to SmartPLS structural equation modeling, bootstrapping, and blindfolding. Findings - The hypothesized relationships were supported. Perceived knowledge quality significantly influences researchers' satisfaction with ASM site use, and satisfaction affects perceived learning and researchers' loyalty with the ASM site. Research limitations/implications - Identification of the relationship between perceived knowledge quality and ASM site success extends the study of ASM sites from description of usage patterns to understanding the effect of content quality on important outcomes of use. Practical implications - ASM sites rely on the quality of knowledge contributed by their members for satisfaction, loyalty, and perceptions of value. The ongoing success of an ASM requires directed attention to quality knowledge provision. Originality/value - This paper contributes a simplified DeLone & McLean information system success framework for studies of content quality. It also provides fresh insights into ASM site usage through a focus on the role of perceived knowledge quality in forming satisfaction, learning, and loyalty

Quality and competency for sustainable digital future of education: context of digital learning system

International audienceA sustainable digital future of education is at its high call and various digital tools are being used to establish digital learning – but limited attention is paid to quality and competency for the success of DLs. This study addresses the gap and outlines satisfaction as a function of quality factors (knowledge quality and interactive quality) and virtual competency that in turn leads to net benefits (learning). Digital Learning System (DLs) Success model is proposed by mapping into sequential building blocks of DeLone and McLean IS success model and integrating social cognitive theory. A quantitative online survey data from 156 German and Swedish students confirms that knowledge quality, sociability based interactive quality, and virtual competency play an important role towards students' satisfaction and learning. The salient highlighted factors provide a novel contribution deemed indispensable for DLs success. The findings suggest future research avenues for theory and practice

Why should I not complain? Analysing eShopper’s behaviour in digital supply chain

International audienceThis study provides insight into the consumer's experience and the factors that trigger complaint behaviour among eShoppers of Tech-products from Amazon after the surge of COVID-19. The online survey was used to collect data from Amazon eShoppers. In total, 316 response data were subjected to reliability and validity analysis, along with the PLS algorithm and bootstrap significance analysis to validate the structural relationships. Justice was proved to be a second-order reflective construct having three latent constructs (procedural, distributive, and interactional justice). A significant positive relationship between justice, security, and consumer satisfaction was found. Similarly, word of mouth and consumer satisfaction account for a positive significant impact on complaint intention. The framework is a novel contribution towards eCommerce DSC and provides implications for DSC managers and eVendors to evaluate the eShoppers concerns in the context of digital social exchange, particularly after COVID-19