Benefits derived from recreation and sport leisure that motivate participation

Using the constraints-effects mitigation model, this study explored the benefits of recreation and sport leisure activities that motivate women’s participation. While there are numerous studies that have investigated factors that motivate women’s leisure participation and leisure constraints in Europe and the United States, there are less empirical studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa. A lack of comparable studies limits our understanding of leisure participation in Africa, but more importantly mandates further investigations within an African context. Applying a phenomenological qualitative approach, nineteen women were studied. The findings showed that Nigerian women are motivated to participate in recreation and sport leisure activities by health-related and social interaction benefits.Keywords: Recreation, Sport, Leisure, Activities, Women, Nigeri

HUBUNGAN ANTARA PARITAS DENGAN KEMAMPUAN IBU NIFAS DALAM MEMANDIKAN BAYINYA DI BPS NUR HAYATI DESA PONOKAWAN KRIAN-SIDOARJO

Memandikan bayi memiliki tantangan tersendiri bagi ibu nifas terutama bila mereka baru pertama kali mempunyai seorang bayi. Tidak sedikit dari mereka yang tidak mengetahui bagaimana cara memandikan bayi yang benar sehingga mereka menyerahkan semua urusan memandikan bayi kepada orang lain. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubunga antara paritas dengan kemampuan ibu nifas dalam memandikan bayinya di BPS Nur Hayati Desa Ponokawan Krian-Sidoarjo. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan metode Analitik Observational dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Jumlah populasi dan sampel sama, sebesar 20 ibu nifas yang ada di wilayah BPS Nur Hayati dengan teknik total sampling. variabel independen adalah paritas dan variabel dependennya kemampuan memandikan bayi. Instrument pengumpulan data menggunakan cheklist dan kuesioner. Pengolahan data yang digunakan yaitu editing, scoring, coding dan tabulating. Teknik analisis menggunakan uji Rank Spearman dengan tingkat kemaknaan α = 0,05. Hassil penelitian didapatkan ibu nifas sebagian besar (55%) primipara dan sebagian besar (60%) mempunyai kemampuan yang kurang benar dalam memandikan bayi, hasil uji Rank Spearman didapatkan ρ = 0,04 < α = 0,05 sehingga dapat disimpulkan H0 ditolak yang berarti ada hubungan antara paritas dengan kemampuan ibu nifas dalam memandikan bayi. Simpulan dari penelitian ini adalah semakin sering ibu melahirkan maka bertambah pula kemampuan dalam hal memandikan bayi sehingga disarankan bagi petugas kesehatan untuk lebih aktif dalam memberikan informasi dan motivasi tentang teknik memandikan bayi terutama bagi ibu nifas

The Effectiveness of Celebrity Endorsement on Purchase Behavior: Do Celebrities Raise The Bar?

Research on the interplay between celebrity endorsers, high-low pricing, and quality has not been examined in the literature. This raises the question of whether celebrity endorsement can compensate for the effect of low prices on consumer quality perceptions. Across two studies, one using archival data and one using an experiment, we find evidence that the presence of celebrity endorsers can offset the effect that a low price has on consumer quality perceptions. Further, willingness to purchase is higher for a low-priced product endorsed by a celebrity. These findings have implications for marketing theory and practice

Riding the subscription box wave: Understanding the landscape, challenges, and critical success factors of the subscription box industry

The subscription box e-commerce industry has experienced tremendous growth over the last 5 years. Given the growing size of the industry, this business model warrants the close attention of firms currently offering subscription services as well as companies considering entering this industry. This article presents a detailed overview of the subscription box industry and proposes a framework—the four Cs—for understanding subscription offerings. It identifies challenges and opportunities facing this industry, and it provides managers with guidance in the form of five tenets on how to navigate the subscription box economy

The Role of Prior Sales Experience of Buyers and Duration in Buyer-Seller Relationships

This paper examines the impact that a buyer’s prior sales experience and the duration of the buyer-salesperson relationship has on the satisfaction and commitment linkages established within the literature. First, two key facets of satisfaction (social and economic) are linked to buyer’s commitment to the salesperson. Next, buyer-salesperson relationship duration is examined as an influencer between the satisfaction and commitment linkages. Following this, the study shifts its focus to examine if and how buyers with prior sales experience view the buyer-salesperson relationship different than buyers without prior sales experience. Findings of the study highlight the importance of developing our understanding of buyer-salesperson relationships with regards to multi-faceted satisfaction, buyer background, and relationship length

The meaning, antecedents and outcomes of employee engagement: a narrative evidence synthesis

The claim that high levels of engagement can enhance organizational performance and individual well-being has not previously been tested through a systematic review of the evidence. To bring coherence to the diffuse body of literature on engagement, the authors conducted a systematic synthesis of narrative evidence involving 214 studies focused on the meaning, antecedents and outcomes of engagement. The authors identified six distinct conceptualizations of engagement, with the field dominated by the Utrecht Group’s ‘work engagement’ construct and measure, and by the theorization of engagement within the ‘job demands–resources’ framework. Five groups of factors served as antecedents to engagement: psychological states; job design; leadership; organizational and team factors; and organizational interventions. Engagement was found to be positively associated with individual morale, task performance, extra-role performance and organizational performance, and the evidence was most robust in relation to task performance. However, there was an over-reliance on quantitative, cross-sectional and self-report studies within the field, which limited claims of causality. To address controversies over the commonly used measures and concepts in the field and gaps in the evidence-base, the authors set out an agenda for future research that integrates emerging critical sociological perspectives on engagement with the psychological perspectives that currently dominate the field

An exploration of the possible adoption and enforcement of gender equity policies in Nigeria to help deal with matters of sex discrimination in athletics

Sport plays an integral part in forming Nigeria’s identity. Most Nigerian men either engage actively or passively in sport; however, the same cannot be said for Nigerian women. There are inherent paternalistic structures institutionalized in Nigeria that frown upon women who participate in athletic activities. Despite the United Nations (UN) call to use sport as a catalyst for development and change, Nigeria has been unable to promote gender equality through increased sport involvement. Nigeria’s National Gender Policy (NGP) was developed to reach the UN’s millennium developmental goals and promote women empowerment, eliminate discriminatory practices, endorse women’s rights, and provide opportunities for Nigerians regardless of sex (NGPSF, 2008). Also, sport participation enhances self-esteem and promotes self-determined values that help buffer against life’s challenges. It also provides a setting to escape the feelings of depression and alienation, while fostering feelings of belonging and self-worth. Despite all of these benefits, women’s athletics in Nigeria is underdeveloped. In direct response to the lower rate of female sport participation, a study was conducted to explore the possibility of adopting and adapting appropriate gender equity athletic policy directives in Nigeria to combat matters of sex discrimination within athletic programs and activities. Using Oliver’s (1992) pressures for deinstitutionalization model as a theoretical framework, this study explored conditions under which Title IX’s athletic policy directives may be employed and outlined factors that may inhibit or encourage its adoption and adaption to deal with sex discrimination in educational institutions. Five major research questions guided this study: what factors will act to pressure the deinstitutionalization of institutionalized practices, norms and behaviors that promote sex discrimination? What factors contribute to sex discrimination and inequity within educational athletic programs and activities in Nigeria? What key elements may strengthen the possibility of implementing and enforcing an athletic gender equity policy like Title IX’s athletic directives? What key elements may debilitate the possibility of implementing and enforcing an athletic gender equity policy like Title IX’s athletic directives? How can a law similar to Title IX help deal with matters of sex discrimination and inequity in educational athletic programs and activities? Sport plays an integral part in forming Nigeria’s identity. Most Nigerian men either engage actively or passively in sport; however, the same cannot be said for Nigerian women. There are inherent paternalistic structures institutionalized in Nigeria that frown upon women who participate in athletic activities. Despite the United Nations (UN) call to use sport as a catalyst for development and change, Nigerian athletic institutions have been unable to promote gender equality through increased sport involvement. Nigeria’s National Gender Policy (NGP) was developed to reach the UN’s millennium developmental goals and promote women empowerment, eliminate discriminatory practices, endorse women’s rights, and provide opportunities for Nigerians regardless of sex. Also, sport participation enhances self-esteem and promotes self-determined values that help buffer against life’s challenges. It also provides a setting to escape the feelings of depression and alienation, while fostering feelings of belonging and self-worth. Despite all of these benefits, women’s athletics in Nigeria is underdeveloped. In direct response to the lower rate of female sport participation, a study was conducted to explore the possibility of adopting and enforcing appropriate gender equity athletic policy directives in Nigeria to combat matters of sex discrimination within athletic programs and activities. Using Oliver’s (1992) pressures for deinstitutionalization model as a theoretical framework, this study explored conditions under which athletic policy directives similar to Title IX’s may be employed. Also, this study outlined factors that may inhibit or encourage the enforcement and implementation of gender equity policies to deal with sex discrimination in educational institutions. Five research questions guided this study: what factors will act to pressure the deinstitutionalization of institutionalized practices, norms and behaviors that promote sex discrimination? What factors contribute to sex discrimination and inequity within educational athletic programs and activities in Nigeria? What key elements may strengthen the possibility of implementing and enforcing an athletic gender equity policy like Title IX’s athletic directives? What key elements may debilitate the possibility of implementing and enforcing an athletic gender equity policy like Title IX’s athletic directives? How can a law similar to Title IX help deal with matters of sex discrimination and inequity in educational athletic programs and activities? Thirty Nigerians provided information on prevailing sex discrimination practices and perceptions of gender equity policies utility in Nigeria. Audio and video recordings were transcribed verbatim and analyzed with NVivo8. Constant comparison was used to analyze data. This method of data analysis allowed the researcher to continuously compare and contrast the contents of participants’ conversation. This study found that adoption and enforcement of an athletic gender equity policy akin to Title IX will help deal with issues of discrimination. However, enforcing such a policy may be difficult because of socio-cultural and psychological factors. In order for Nigeria to reach its NGP objectives and the MDGs, it is critical to deinstitutionalize discriminatory practices and behaviors that impede women and girls from sport

TELEPHONE REGULATION IN NEBRASKA: A STUDY IN THE COMMISSION CONTROL OF RATES

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DPS 2.0: on the road to a cashless society

While cash will eventually become a thing of the past, marketing researchers have given little attention to the rise of cashless markets and the obstacles and opportunities they present. In fact, research that addresses the strategic approach to planning, coordinating, and executing the cashless adoption and experience for consumers is scant. To stimulate discussion and scholarly investigations into marketing’s contribution toward the evolution of cashless economies, this Idea Corner presents a research agenda that delineates the role of DPS 2.0, a new era of digital payment systems, in fueling the demonetization process. We offer that, compared to traditional payment systems (DPS 1.0), DPS 2.0 provides consumers and merchants cashless, virtual, automated, flexible, faster, and interoperable (The ability of DPS 2.0 systems to be compatible and operable across providers, software, and payment portals) means of payment. However, the promise of DPS 2.0 is clouded with concerns of opportunism, security, and fraud. This paper outlines these issues and provides corresponding future research opportunities within five areas of DPS 2.0 (digital wallets, cryptocurrency, virtual currency, facial recognition, and mobile payments)