Business Administration Students Research Articles

Herausforderungen von Sprachmittlung im Berufsleben und in der akademischen Welt: Empfehlungen und Erfahrungen aus zwei binationalen Workshops

Language mediation is an integral part of daily life in the professional world. Therefore, graduates need to acquire respective skills, if possible, in foreign language classes or courses on transversal skills in higher education. The paper presents the background and concept of two Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) workshops on language mediation as well as results from two qualitative, explorative surveys among students of linguistics and business administration from Germany and Greece after the workshops. The aim is to illustrate how language mediation works online and across disciplines and how this digital setting makes a reflective approach possible as well. Previous experiences mentioned by students in the survey indicate once more the importance of language mediation for internationally oriented academic and professional contexts.

Humanizing the teaching of Business Law for non-law university students of Business Administration

The article discusses Role play, Simple Question, Journal writing as techniques for teaching Business Law to Business Administration students. The educator’s perspective is believed to have a dramatic effect on the choice of teaching methods and techniques. From a management point of view, the understanding of law underlies a strategy to avoid lawsuits. The introduction of teaching approaches and techniques that respond to the graduates’ professional and human needs, such as role play, simple question and journal writing, is described as humanizing the teaching of Business Law, intended to arouse motivation and enhance learning outcomes for Business Administration students.
 The article describes a step-by-step methodology of implementing the above teaching techniques in the real-time education process. The methodology has been approbated at Mount Saint Mary’s University Los Angeles in the Business Law course during the Spring Semesters since 2017, totaling 15 courses. By completing the Business Profile and Business Journal and actively participating in the role play process, the non-law students were able to practice public speaking, develop their research skills and gain an understanding of the management and legal perspectives’ application in the business environment.
 The quantitative evaluation of results was performed via program learning outcomes testing, and the qualitative evaluation – through unstructured post-test interviews with the participating students. The preliminary results used have been the comments provided by the End of Course Evaluations and the Peregrine Assessment of Associate of Arts Business degree program. Both quantitative and qualitative measurement showed increase in the program learning outcomes and students’ motivation and engagement. The impact on the Bachelor of Arts program will not be available until 2021. The experiences and results in using role play, simple question and journal writing have been used to provide recommendations for enhancing learning experiences and outcomes in teaching Business Law to non-law students.

Gains and losses in online learning of public and business administration students during COVID 19 pandemic: the educators’ perspective

The research of the educators’ perspectives on online learning of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students of public/ business administration conducted in the USA, Ukraine and a number of Asian countries, performed via mixed methodology combining qualitative (interviews and survey) and quantitative research methods, revealed general tendencies in the educators’ perceptions of losses and gains of online education. The prevalence of positive overall assessments, as well as numerous gains and opportunities for teachers and students show the prospects of online education development, specifically for working adults. The major benefits of learning online for the students include developing online communication and collaboration skills, teambuilding and teamworking skills, along with more opportunities to get education abroad without leaving their countries and interrupting jobs. For the faculty modern interactive and integrated online modality opens more opportunities for professional development as well as flexibility of schedules, savings on time and resources and ultimately better work/life balance. The analysis of problems in online learning revealed areas that require special attention of the educational institutions as well as educators, such as: creating the institutional basis for adapting the syllabi and developing new approaches to online teaching; providing the platforms for training and professional development; supporting the creation and development of multimodal instructional materials; introducing students’ learning outcomes testing methodologies which allow measuring the students’ progress and professional competences, skills and attitudes without close monitoring of their use of resources. With technological innovations, multimedia and interactive teaching tools, real-time learning tests and quizzes, online hides a huge potential for moving educational technologies and methodology to a new quality level, enriching onsite and hybrid modalities with new content and tools.

ANALISIS PENGARUH KREATIVITAS IKLAN DAN ENDORSER TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN ONLINE DI E-COMMERCE SHOPEE

The problems in online purchasing decisions those are made by someone on Shopee e-commerce can be influenced by the advertising creativity and the use of endorsers or the celebrity influencers are as promotional strategies. For this reason, Shopee e-commerce must have creative advertising concepts and choose the right endorser to be able to attract the consumers make online purchases on Shopee e-commerce, it is especially for millennials who are considered the people who make the most purchases online. This study aims to describe how the influence of Advertising Creativity and Shopee Endorser on Online Purchase Decisions in E-Commerce on Business Administration Students, Hang Tuah University of Surabaya. The research method that is used in this study, it is quantitative with the data analysis that is used in the form of statistics/quantitative or numbers. The results showed In accordance with the results of the calculation of the variable regression coefficient, the constants of each Advertising Creativity (X1) and Endorser (X2) variables show a positive value, thus there is a unidirectional effect between these variables and Purchase Decisions (Y) on Shopee e-commerce. In accordance with the results of the multiple correlation test (R) shows the result that is 0.842 and guided by the correlation coefficient 0.90-1000 = very strong, thus it can be concluded that there is a very strong relationship between Advertising Creativity (X1) and Endorser (X2) variables on Purchase Decisions (Y) on Shopee e-commerce. The results of the t-test and f-test together show that the results of each variable simultaneously and partially have a positive and significant effect on Purchase Decision (Y) on Shopee e-commerce.

Learning English as a Second Language: Orientations Among the Undergraduate Students of Business Administration in Southern Punjab

The motivation to learn English as a second language is always motivated through different orientations which are of ultimate interest to the researchers. These orientations are originating from both integrative as well as instrumental conceptualizations. As the lingua franca is English so these orientations are becoming more complex. In Pakistan, where English is used as L2 new orientations are emerging with the growing needs. The factor analysis employed by Mansoor (2015) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is taken as a model framework to study the same in Southern Punjab (Pakistan). For the current study a sample of 150 students of Business Administration Department of universities at Southern Punjab were taken as a population for the factor analysis. The findings support the fact that the integrative factor which is „Matter of Dignity‟ towards studying English as a second language from the available set of orientations is a stronger factor among the undergraduate students of Southern Punjab.

Academic and On the Job Training Performance of Business Administration Students of STI West Negros University

This descriptive-correlational study was conducted to determine whether significant relationship exists between academic and on-the-job training (OJT) performances of seventy-five business administration marketing management major students of STI West Negros University for School Year 2018-2019. The academic performance was measured through the general weighted average (GWA) of students for all their subjects since their first year until the third year in the program. The OJT performance, on the other hand, was sourced out from the appraisal made by the host- company supervisors in the aspects of technical competence, attitude, quality of work, quantity of work, inter-personal relationship, and punctuality and attendance during the first semester of their last year in the program. The study revealed a humble rating of satisfactory in the academic of performance (GWA= 85.36, SD= 2.944) of the students but a very good rating in OJT (M=94.467, SD=4.5182). Subsequent results indicated that students performed very well during their OJT training, surpassing their own performance in school, and suggesting that the curriculum have prepared the students in terms of knowledge, skills and attitude for their meaningful immersion in the industry. The study also revealed no significant relationship between GWA in one hand and technical competence, quality of work and quantity of work on the other hand. As a final point, significant relationship was found in the areas of attitude (p=.012), inter-personal relationship (p=.029), and punctuality and attendance (p=.034).

Graduates Competence Assessment on Employability Skills: Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling

This article examines the necessary skills that students need as they graduate and enter the labor market, such as effective communication, relationship building and teamwork, leadership and management, and creative and critical thinking, among others. Some debate exists over the level at which college students develop their employability skills and the degree to which higher education institutions are effective at preparing their students to meet labor market requirements. Therefore, to offer additional insights into the debate, this study investigates the perceptions of College of Business Administration (CBA) students in the United States of their employability skills and how they developed those skills. Using a Likert-scale survey, 303 student-participants self-reported their skill levels in different employability skill competency areas. Confirmatory factor analysis was one of the structural equation modeling techniques used to explore and measure the skills that undergraduate students needed for employment. In the United States, higher education has become more expensive and students are graduating with considerable debt. Therefore, higher education institutions must be willing to address the issue of employability after graduation and find new and improved ways to develop their students’ ES, such that abilities to conceptualize that had the strongest influence on employment.

Reflections and reflective practice to advance responsible management education for sustainability: the case of an Australian MBA programme

PurposeThis paper aims to explore Master of Business Administration (MBA) students’ “reflections” and/or “reflection on practice” of sustainability into responsible management education using Bain et al.’s (2002) 5Rs (reporting, responding, relating, reasoning and reconstructing) reflective scale.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopted a case study approach using content analysis and written reflective journals analysis from MBA students’ assignments.FindingsThis study revealed that responding and relating (emotionally-based reflections) scales are dominant reflections while reasoning (cognitively-based reflections) is a slightly less dominant reflection. The findings confirm that effective management education for sustainability should encourage and motivate students to reflect on their emotional learning to improve leadership values, attitudes and activities. Such reflection can lead to transformative experiences.Research limitations/implicationsThis study adopted a small-scale content analysis using an Australian university’s MBA case. To increase validity and generalisation, researchers will benefit from a wide range of quantitative analyses in different countries and cultural contexts.Practical implicationsCurriculum design using reflections and reflective journals should be enhanced in management education for the practice of sustainability and/or sustainable development.Social implicationsHigher education should encourage socially and environmentally responsible management in programme and curriculum design with a reflective approach.Originality/valueThis study presents a conceptual framework and analysis approaches that can serve as some bases for the development of a more robust analysis in responsible management education.

Основи на съвременната икономика: Хайнрих фон Щакелберг за проблемите на пазарната структура

Heinrich von Stackelberg introduced several fundamental concepts to economic theory. His contributions to the analysis of market structure are the best-known ones. Since the 1930th his theory of the instability of markets is a cornerstone of theoretical economics. If firms make dependent and independent decisions in an oligopolistic market structure, the outcome is rarely a stable equilibrium. The concept of Stackelberg-leader and Stackelberg-follower is immanent in many real-world business situations. However, only after the emergence of game theory and linear programming the full potential of Stackelberg’s contributions has become apparent. In cost theory and the theory of monopoly, he provided some of the basic principles that became part of economic textbooks. First-semester students of economics and business administration are studying these theories even 80 years after Stackelberg introduced them. In this comment, we refer to his two major works on market structures and cost theory.

PENGARUH PER CEIVED USEFULNESS TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN DI APLIKASI SHOPEE

This study aims to explain and analyze the effect of perceived usefulness on purchasing decisions on the Shopee application. The population of this research is Active Students of Business Administration Study Program, FISIP, UNIMAL, totaling 312 people. The number of samples in this study was taken using the Yamane formula with a standard error of 10% so that the number obtained was 76 people. The data analysis technique consists of several tests, namely the research instrument test which consists of validity and reliability testing and hypothesis testing using regression testing on the SPSS application. Based on the results of simple linear regression analysis, it is known that perceived usefulness has a positive effect on Purchase Decisions on the Shopee application among Business Administration Students, FISIP UNIMAL because the coefficient value obtained is positive, namely 0.576. Based on the results of the partial test or t test, the results show that perceived usefulness has a significant effect on purchasing decisions

Linking skills-based learning to career opportunities: A case of economics and business administration students in Vietnam

Linking skills-based learning to career opportunities: A case of economics and business administration students in Vietnam

Self-Concept of College Students: Empirical Evidence from an Asian Setting

Individuals with high self-concept will likely have high life satisfaction, they easily get adjusted to life, and they communicate their feeling more appropriately. However, it was not certain whether self-concept would decline or improve as individuals age, or whether self-concept would vary between genders and ethnic groups. To prove, a study was carried out to compare the self-concept of college students in an Asian context. The inquiry utilized the cross-sectional design in finding out significant differences in the self-concept of participants in terms of age, gender, and ethnicity. A 22-item questionnaire was adapted and administered to 222 Bachelor of Public Administration and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration students from the satellite campus of Bukidnon State University in the Philippines. Initially, a sample was randomly drawn from the population. During the actual data collection, the researchers had difficulty getting the responses from the randomly selected individuals due to internet connection and it was done amidst a pandemic. Instead, it took all responses from those who were available, have access to the internet, and could accomplish the google forms. The data were analyzed using Mean, Standard Deviation, T-test for independent sample, ANOVA and Post Hoc test. The results revealed that college students at the locale have a high level of self-concept in self-fulfilment, emotional adjustment, and honesty. Yet, they only had a moderate level of self-concept in autonomy. Further, there were significant differences in college students’ autonomy and honesty in terms of age and gender. Furthermore, there were significant differences in their emotional adjustment and self-fulfilment as to their ethnicity. The results have implications for instruction, administration, guidance services, and future research.

A Comparative Study of Self-Regulation Levels and Academic Performance among STEM and Non-STEM University Students Using Multivariate Analysis of Variance:

Based on the assumption that STEM students may exhibit higher self-regulation levels than non-STEM students, this study compared the levels of self-regulation variable across four fields of study. By employing multivariate analysis, it was found that differences in self-regulation levels among STEM and non-STEM students predict students’ GPA. STEM students reported higher self-regulation levels than non-STEM students. However, among the STEM fields, only engineering students displayed statistically significant difference in self-regulation levels when compared to non-STEM fields of study. Computer science students displayed a significantly higher GPA than law and business administration students, with engineering students displaying the second highest and statistically non-significant GPA. A regression analysis revealed that students’ self-regulation levels significantly predicted students’ GPA. The findings add value to the psychological concept as an important element in the context of learning in higher education. It was concluded that self-regulation remains an essential skill that enhances students’ effectiveness and need to be emphasized in the orientation for life in College. Keywords: Self-regulation, Academic Performance, GPA, STEM, and non-STEM, MANOVA

FACTORS ANALYSIS OF FAILURE IN ONLINE BUSINESS ON BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION STUDENTS

The study aims to determine the factors that influenced the failure of online businesses run by Business Administration students from the class of 2017-2018, along with the most dominant element that caused the business to take a knock. The research was done using the descriptive qualitative method. The data collection process was in the form of in-depth observation and interviews with 12 sources who had failed to do business online. The data analysis technique used in this study is the Miles and Huberman model. The result shows that 14 factors caused the failure of online businesses run by Business Administration students from the class of 2017-2018, which are managerial incompetence, the lack of experience and skill, financial problems, business planning, wrong target market, business transition, inability to control stock, uncontrolled growth, location, marketing management, high product cost, poor management, consistency, and time management. The most dominant ones were business planning, managerial incompetence, and lack of experience and skill.

Why Not All the Powerful Abuse? The Competitive Effects of Psychological Distance and Self-Control.

Building on the social distance theory of power, this study proposed the positive and negative mechanisms of power and their impacts on abusive supervision from the competitive perspectives of psychological distance and self-control. The boundary effects of independent self-construal were also analyzed. The hypotheses of this study were tested through questionnaires and an experimental study design. The Study 1 data were collected from 422 supervisors and subordinates from five private enterprises and one state-owned enterprise in Eastern China. Study 2, on the other hand, was conducted through a scenario-based experiment in which 180 part-time master of business administration (MBA) students from a university in Eastern China participated. All data were tested using polynomial regression analysis and a bootstrapping appraisal. The results revealed that (1) the relationship between power and abusive supervision is not significant; (2) psychological distance mediates the relationship between power and abusive supervision, with high power leading to higher psychological distance, which, in turn, strengthens abusive supervision; (3) self-control mediates the relationship between power and abusive supervision, with high power leading to higher self-control, which, in turn, weakens abusive supervision; (4) the mediating effect of psychological distance is stronger, and the mediating effect of self-control is weaker when independent self-construal is high rather than low. At the end of this study, the theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Transformational leadership in AICTE: lessons for organizational excellence

Supplementary materials Abelha et al. (2018). “Transformational Leadership and Job Satisfaction: Assessing the influence of Organizational Contextual factors and Individual Characteristics” Review of Business Management, Volume 20 No 4, pp. 516–532. Avolio, B. J., Zhu, W., Koh, W. and Bhatia, P. (2004). Transformational leadership and organizational commitment: Mediating role of psychological empowerment and moderating role of structural distance. Journal of Organizational Behavior: The International Journal of Industrial, Occupational and Organizational Psychology and Behavior, 25(8), pp. 951–968. John M Alexander and Jane Buckingham, “Common good leadership in Business Management: an ethical model from Indian tradition”, Blackwell Publishing, 2011, UK and USA. Angus Corbett (2016). A systems approach to regulatory excellence (pp. 255–270), Achieving Regulatory Excellence, Brookings Institution Press, retrieved from http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/PBRLit/Corbett.pdf. Cary Coglianese (2015), Listening, Learning, Leading- a framework for regulatory excellence, Penn Program on Regulation, sourced from https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Listening-Learning-Leading_Coglianese-1.pdf Learning outcomes First, skills: to help students to apply their knowledge in transformational leadership; to help students to apply their understanding of impact of transformational leadership on organizational excellence in not-for-profit organizations. Second, knowledge enhancement: to understand the various components of transformational leadership; to enable the students to understand the different components of organizational excellence with a special focus on not-for-profit organizations and government regulators; to enable the students to understand the process of impact of transformational leadership on organizational excellence and its relevance in emerging markets context. Third, attitude development: students should understand the importance of leadership and its impact in emerging markets. Case overview / synopsis The case elucidates the transformational leadership style of AICTE Chairman and his key attributes of humility, high ethical standards, openness to ideas and suggestions and problem-solving attitude. The case also highlights how the transformational leadership style of AICTE Chairman heralded the journey of Organizational Excellence of AICTE – an Indian Technical Education regulator. The case maps the change of AICTE from an inward-looking, controlling, opaque organization to a forward-looking, enabling, transparent organization. Complexity academic level This case can be used in leadership classes for Management in Business Administration (MBA) students and participants in executive development programs. The case focuses on transformational leadership and its impact on organizational excellence in context of emerging markets The case also outlines the various components of organizational excellence in not-for-profit organizations and government regulators and hence provides a fresh perspective for measuring organizational excellence. Subject code CSS: 10: Public Sector Management.

Governing changes in government: the water story of Mahabubnagar

Theoretical basis Kotter’s framework of change management adapted to the situation of public policy implementation under the leadership of a civil service officer in the rural areas of a developing economy in South Asia. Research methodology This case has been written using the primary data collected from the protagonist through personal and computer-based interviews. Some of the documents associated with the event shared by the protagonist are also reproduced as case exhibits. Secondary data from government official websites were also used to enrich the case. Case overview/synopsis Mahbubnagar, an arid agricultural district in central India faced the threat of a water crisis owing to the unscientific water extraction by the resident farmers. The government appointed a task force to investigate the problem. The team executed the idea to harvest excess water from the fields through a cheap and efficient method. Though it showed spectacular results in the initial months, the farmers gave up the innovation soon. When the team met two years later, they were shocked by the unenthusiastic response of the farmers. This case pertains to the failure of policy innovations and change management in government. Complexity academic level This case is useful for undergraduate-level courses in public management, public policy and governance with modules in change management, innovation management, rural development and programme implementation. Training modules for novice public service professionals and programme management personnel in government organisations. Elective courses on public policy, government relations and public sector management for undergraduate students of business administration.

Transitioning the team: supporting distance supervised Doctor of Business Administration students through collaborative online workshops

Educational transitions are widely recognised as being key points which can influence a student’s later success. Transitions are not just limited to the beginning of a period of study, but can occur during this period. The adjustments which come with transitioning can be unsettling and isolating. These feelings can be compounded by the nature of the studies and distance from the place of study. This paper reflects on the importance of recognising that the transition from a student within a cohort to an independent thesis student can be relatively isolating for many students, especially for those who are studying at a distance. In an attempt to provide extra support and minimise the impact of isolation, team supervision was trialled for two groups of distance supervised Doctor of Business Administration students based in China. The model incorporated peer groups and research communities for students with similar research topics. Overall, the pilot was successful in supporting the students’ transition, but identified the need for flexibility to manage students who progress at different rates.

What Do Freshmen Know about Sustainability? Analysing the Skill Gap among University Business Administration Students

This study aims at creating and validating an instrument to assess the level of mastery in sustainability competencies of freshmen students in business-related studies. To reach this goal, a questionnaire that captures the level of acquisition of the competencies in sustainability is provided. A three-step process has been followed to analyse the results gathered among first-year students in two Spanish universities. First, eight confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to verify the grouping of the dimensions included in the questionnaire, resulting in 10 competency units in sustainability (CU). Next, we averaged the values of the items included in each CU to facilitate interpretation and then calculated the skill gap; that is, the difference between the level that CU students are expected to achieve on graduation compared to the current level. Third, a series of ANOVA tests were run to investigate potential differences in the level of acquisition due to gender, prior training and educational background, which according to the literature might influence current student knowledge of sustainability. Our results reveal that freshmen enter university with a heterogeneous level of development, both in terms of breadth (different CUs) and depth (the extent to which each CU is developed). The original value of this work stems from the creation of an instrument which is expected to be applicable in a variety of contexts. Additionally, the information it provides assists us in the identification of the CUs that should be further emphasized at university level, and therefore helps professors to prioritise those teaching strategies targeted at overcoming this deficit.

Does Zhongyong thinking affect voice behavior? The mediating role of psychological safety

Zhongyong, as a typical Confucian thinking model, is related to employees' voice behavior. In this research we explored the relationship between Zhongyong thinking and employees' voice behavior, and examined the mediating effect of psychological safety in this relationship. Survey data were collected from 218 part-time Master of Business Administration students from two Chinese universities. The structural equation modeling results demonstrate that Zhongyong thinking was positively related to psychological safety, and that psychological safety was positively related to voice behavior. Further, psychological safety mediated the Zhongyong thinking–voice behavior relationship. These results suggest that organizations can encourage voice behavior by enhancing employees' Zhongyong thinking and by boosting their perception of psychological safety in the workplace.