Faculty Of Humanities Research Articles

Mot d’ouverture

The 22nd edition of the European Summer School of the OFFRES network (Frenchspeaking Organization for European Training and Research in humanities) in the CAAS (Centre for Advances Academic Studies) in Dubrovnik (23-30.07.2023), under the title “On the usefulness and the disadvantages of adaptation under the aegis of Molière”, aimed to commemorate the 400 years of birth and the 350 years of death of Molière (1622-1673), while transposing the question of adaptation into the field of Humanities. This edition was organized by the network (Chiara Mengozzi, Chiara Pesaresi) and Maja Vukušić Zorica from the University of Zagreb. It brought together professors and specialists in Humanities, Ph.D. and MA students (and this year some BA students), a total of 52 people from 30 countries including 23 professors, 9 foreign Ph.D. students, 1 foreign student and 19 (!) Croatian students of French Language and Literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. All students participated in 6 workshops and presented the results of their work. This edition of the Summer School is presenting for the first time not only the articles of plenary speakers, but also the work of the students with the specialists that led the workshops, which are, for most of them, the crucial first steps in their future scientific career. The University of Zagreb recognized our efforts and awarded 3 ECTS points to this edition of our Summer School.

Interaction impact of drought stress, nutrient-deficient water, and seed-borne pathogen (Alternaria alternata) on germination and vigor of two tomato varietiesination and vigor of two tomato varieties

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is considered one of the leading vegetable plants in the world. This study evaluated the germination and vigor capabilities of ‘Marmande’ and ‘Kecskeméti Jubileum’ varieties under different conditions, including drought stress, nutrient-deficient water, and the effect of seed-borne disease caused by Alternaria alternata when prime and non-prime with salicylic acid. The experiment was conducted in the laboratory in 2023 at Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management Faculty of University of Debrecen. Results indicated that the ‘Kecskeméti Jubileum’ variety exhibited a superior strength to ‘Marmande’ in the seedling’s dry weight, seedling growth rate, and vigor index under nutrient-deficient water. Nevertheless, when applying levels of drought, the ‘Marmande’ variety had a higher viability rate of 62.5% in comparison with another variety, and the germination rate of the two tomato varieties is at 85.5% in 5% concentration but decreased progressively when exposed to a higher drought concentration of 10%. When using 3 ml of salicylic acid during germination stages, the seedling vigor index of ‘Marmande’ shows a greater index at 165 compared to ‘Kecskeméti Jubileum’, just 108 under the infection of Alternaria alternata. The results of the examination of drought stress, and the effect of Alternaria alternata, one cause of seed-borne pathogens, showed that the percentage germination and vigor ability of the ‘Marmande’ variety performed better than ‘Kecskeméti Jubileum’ under the same conditions.

The Influence of Organizational Communication, Work Motivation on Lecturer Performance at the Faculty of Management and Business Culture, Mandalika Education University (UNDIKMA)

This research is aimed at analyzing and determining the significant effect of organizational communication and work motivation on the performance of lecturers in Faculty of Culture Management and Bisiness , Undikma as well as determining which of the variables is the most dominantly affecting the performance of lecturers in Faculty Culture Management and Business. This research is associative or causality study. The respondents were all 59 in this Faculty. The data were analyzed with multiple linear regression using SPSS Program. The research showed that 1) Organisational communication variable had positive and significant effect on the performance of lecturers in Faculty Culture Management and Business, 2) Work Motivation variable had positive and significant effect on the performance of lecturers in Faculty Culture Management and Bisiness, and 3) Organisational Communication variable had the most dominant effect on the performance of lecturers in Faculty Culture Management and Business Based on these findings, it is recommended that Faculty management improves the level of effective communication and work motivation to improve the level of working performance. It also directs future research to cope with other variables such as the university leaders’ perspectives to triangulate the findings.

Perceived Usefulness and Ease of Use of Gpt Technology in Enhancing Staff and Students Creativity in Management and Social Science

The reality of education today includes addressing the digital transformation affecting universities and other educational institutions. This study investigates the relationship between generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) technology and the perceived enhancement of creativity among students and academic staff in the management and social science disciplines. Methodologically, the study adopted a survey research method with the aim of analyzing data collected from a statistically sampled 90 respondents from all departments within the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences. The responses collected were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling. The results revealed a significant association between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of usage of GPT technology, and creativity. The study concluded that though the use of GPT technology enhances learning in that it helps to improve creativity in students and lecturers, its weak influence shows that it doesn’t have the monopoly of enhancing creativity in lecturers and students without other measures put in place to enhance creativity.

On Splits, Big and Little: Towards an Intensive Model of Media and Mediation

This essay forwards an intensive model of mediation contrasted with the extensive model implicit in much of media theory, which conceives of communication media as an extension of human faculties. An intensive model, instead, conceives of mediation as a phenomenological process of splitting or folding affective capacities. An extensive model results in a dualistic, essentialist theory of communication media and unresolvable normative debates about the connecting or disconnecting consequences of media. An intensive model avoids these limitations by diagramming various modes of mediation and illustrating how their consequences stem from alterations to intensive properties, thereby helping constitute subjects and media objects alike rather than presuming a media bridge between pre-existing subjects and objects. The essay employs a number of examples to illustrate the extensive model, including telephone conversations, cinema, animation, and social media. The essay concludes with the division of families over QAnon conspiracies to illustrate the analytic gain from an intensive model.

Sport sales managers’ perceptions of learning through experiential sales projects

PurposeWhile there has been a considerable amount of research conducted on experiential learning and sport sales, the purpose of this study is to shift the focus from students to current sport sales professionals and examine how experientially learning sales assisted in the sales professionals’ growth, competency, and skill development in the current sales roles they occupy. DesignEmploying a stratified purposeful sampling technique, sport sales-related professionals (from a diverse group of sports organizations, including, but not limited to, organizations within the MLB, NBA, XFL, and NASCAR; n = 7) who completed an experiential sales learning project between 2015 and 2022 were invited to give their perceptions of experientially learning sport sales in the form of a focus group. Post-interview inductive thematic analysis was conducted using Braun and Clarke's (2006) six-phase framework to extract themes. FindingsResults highlight three main themes extracted from the participants who engaged in sports sales experiential learning: 1) Initial Perceptions; 2) Project Resultants; and 3) Improvements for Experiential Sales Project, which are further expounded upon and contextualized within the literature. OriginalityThis is the first study to examine sport sales professionals’ perceptions of sport sales experiential learning in sport sales education. By shifting the focus from students to sales managers, the researchers highlight the unique differences that exists when comparing student perceptions in, or shortly after the completion of, an experiential sales project, versus the perceptions of the current sales managers in sport industry. For sport management faculty, important findings such experiential sales project improvements are discussed. For students, practical insight is given to help students overcome the negative feelings associated with sport sales experiential learning, in addition to the benefits of learning sales experientially and the impact it has on professional development, job opportunity, and personal marketability.

Preparing future nonprofit social enterprise leaders: a research-based instructional needs analysis

ABSTRACT Nonprofit social enterprises (NSEs) have the potential to alleviate social issues significantly through entrepreneurial means. However, their unique mission and challenges require a distinct type of leadership compared to traditional nonprofit organizations. This leadership model must integrate social work and business management competencies. Unfortunately, research suggests that finding leaders with this combination of competencies can be challenging for NSEs. This raises the question of whether master’s degree programs in public administration (MPA) and nonprofit management (MNM) adequately equip students with the necessary competencies to lead NSEs. In response to this question, researchers surveyed MPA and MNM faculty using a 14-item online questionnaire. The results indicate that there are significant gaps in the current curriculum, with neither program placing strong emphasis on NSE leadership competencies. However, MNM programs cover some of these competencies more extensively than MPA programs. The findings suggest curricular and pedagogical improvement opportunities in public and private universities’ MPA and MNM programs.

Influence of Visiting Lecturer's Quality on Indonesian-Malaysian Student Perceptions

This article highlights the importance of a lecturer's success when providing a learning process to their students. For this reason, the study of the success of the learning process needs to be researched by looking at the influence of learning quality on student perceptions. The Faculty of Communication Sciences of Universitas Islam Bandung (UNISBA) has conducted a series of Online Visiting Lecturers in collaboration with the Faculty of Leadership and Management (FKP), Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). The study opted comparative quantitative research approach to investigate the influence of teaching quality on Indonesian-Malaysian Students’ Persception among the students who have participated in the visiting lecturer program. Based on the results of the calculation of R-square and R-value, the teaching quality positive influences the perception of Indonesian student by 54,3% and that of Malaysian student by 73.7%. It demonstrated that the teaching quality of the visiting lecturer program positively influences the perceptions of Indonesian-Malaysian students.

The Case for Research and Publication in Retirement

This column examines the role of research and publication by retired faculty from two perspectives: the varying ability according to discipline and the extrinsic and intrinsic rewards of remaining an active scholar. Faculty that depend heavily on university support and working in teams such as many STEM areas and some Social Science disciplines will find it harder to remain active researchers. Humanities faculty with a tradition of individual authorship and dependence upon library resources will face fewer barriers. Fine Arts faculty fall in the middle depending on their area. Few retired faculty will receive extrinsic financial rewards and will lose the indirect rewards from their universities as active researchers. The main intrinsic reward is maintaining their self-image as scholars with the ability to share their knowledge. Faculty may continue to get satisfaction from monitoring their influence from their citation and readership counts. The column also recognizes that some faculty will make the valid decision to give up research and publication to focus on other personal rewards.

Political Judgment and Ingenium: Rethinking the Sensus Communis Through Arendt and Vico

ABSTRACT This paper elaborates on the role played in (political) judgment by ingenium – the human faculty operating connections between different world-objects through analogy and imagination. Using Arendt and Vico, the paper argues that the concept of ingenium offers important clues as to how we should understand the judgment of the singular, a key aspect of political thought. Between rational-discursive approaches – reducing singularity to its subsumption into general categories – and radically contextualist accounts, the notion of ingenium allows to conceptualize a political judgment both able to account for singular objects and events, and capable of operating context-transcending reflection. The argument proceeds in three steps. First, I show with Arendt how singular judgment relies on sensus communis, capturing singularity beyond rational categories. Second, I discuss the difficulty of accommodating sensus communis in post-Kantian terms, where it becomes tied solely to affective reactions, making judgment of the singular exclusively evaluative, while its identification is restricted to categorial cognition. Lastly, through Vico, I discuss how ingenium reframes the sensus communis. By operating through analogy and exemplarity ingenium enables a sensus communis that establishes not only evaluative connections, but also contributes to the constructive identification and description of worldly objects and events in their singularity.

Management and Control Tools in Student Professional Integration Performance: A Case Study of Graduates from the School of Economics and Management at Yaound é Second University in Cameroon

This scientific essay focuses on management control tools in the performance of students' professional integration: the case of graduates of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Yaoundé II (Cameroon). It is part of an authentic and current theme with regard to the use of internal control tools and the evaluation of the functioning of services in higher education. What is problematic here is the level of student unemployment and the need for the student to find a professional integration into the labour market. In view of this, we formulated our research problem in the form of a question as follows: What are the management control tools that determine the performance in the successful professional integration of students in the human resources management specialty? Around this main question, there is a lack of effectiveness and a lack of efficiency in the pedagogical system to manage the value-cost couple allowing students in higher education to obtain a job at the end of their academic career. In the methodological framework of our investigation, we used both the quantitative and qualitative methods. The fieldwork carried out by means of a questionnaire was carried out on a sample of (one hundred) 100 students holding a Bachelor's degree in Management Sciences from the classes of 2021 and 2022 from the Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Yaoundé II; Data collection was conducted from 04 January to 28 March 2024. At the end of the survey, despite the government's efforts to facilitate the professional integration of students, it appears that only 30% of operational management control tools are made available to graduates to get a job, which is insignificant to facilitate the performance of the successful professional integration of graduates of the Faculty of Economics and Management. The main results obtained show that the quality of mobilization of market management tools; the value of the tools to support the management of the company and the evaluation of a model of management control tools guarantee the performance of the professional integration of graduates of the Faculty of Economics and Management. At the end of our analysis, we have suggested some possible solutions, namely: policies must seek to obtain results in the context of the objectives set, university governance must break with idleness and waste, human resources management (HRM) must adapt to a better organization for the successful professional integration of graduates of the Faculty of Economics and Management.

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab Pakistan.

This research paper investigates the profound influence of the International Monetary Fund on the economy of Pakistan from 2013 to 2022. Pakistan has been engaged with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 1958. Over this period, Pakistan has entered multiple agreements with the IMF, shaping its economic policies significantly. This study employs a comprehensive analysis of IMF programs and their impact either negative or positive on Pakistan's economic landscape. By employing a case study approach, historical analysis, quantitative assessments, and qualitative perspectives, this paper aims to unveil the intricate dynamics between the IMF's directives and Pakistan's economy. It explores how IMF policies, often linked to loan agreements, have influenced Pakistan's autonomy in economic policymaking, impacted sectors like education and healthcare, and shaped the nation's fiscal policies. The research seeks to offer insights into the multifaceted relationship between international economic organizations, particularly the IMF, and the economy of Pakistan.

The Correlation of Emotional Intelligence with Students Academic Resilience in University of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship of emotional intelligence with academic resilience. A sample of 400 students were taken from 10 different departments of the university of Malakand. These 10 departments were further accumulated into 3 faculties i.e. 1. Faculty of Physical Sciences, 2. Faculty of Social Sciences, 3. Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Among these, 4 of the departments were taken from physical sciences, 3 from social sciences and 3 from arts and humanities. The data was collected through simple random sampling technique. The first instrument was an emotional intelligence scale which was self-report consisting of 45 items of Likert scale, second instrument was academic resilience scale of 27 items, self-report, Likert scale was used. Data was analyzed through SPSS by applying descriptive statistics and correlation between variable i.e. emotional intelligence and academic resilience. The study found positive correlation between emotional intelligence and academic resilience.

ASSESSING VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES (VLS) ACROSS DIVERSE PROFICIENCY LEVELS

This research paper explores the application of Vocabulary Learning Strategies (VLS) between low level of proficiency students from faculty of Business Management and high level of proficiency students from faculty of Computer Science. This research paper employs quantitative approach where data were collected using purposive sampling from a sample of 71 participants representing various proficiency levels of English language in a public university in Melaka, Malaysia. To gauge learners’ awareness and application of VLS, a survey adapted from Alahmadi’s (2019) version of Schmitt’s (1997, 2000) Taxonomy of Vocabulary Learning Strategies Questionnaire (VLSQ) was administered to participants. Findings revealed that there are significant differences of VLS utilization among English language learners of various proficiency levels where students with high proficiency levels display better strategy awareness and application contrasted to the lower proficiency level of English language learners. Thus, from these results, it is pertinent for educators to modify vocabulary instructions and strategies to boost vocabulary attainment among different proficiency levels in English language learning settings.

ASSESSING VOCABULARY LEARNING STRATEGIES OF ESL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Despite playing a crucial role in language learning, vocabulary knowledge is often not emphasised in the classroom setting, and even more so in English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms. As language instructors, investigating students' vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) helps in understanding how the students develop their vocabulary knowledge, hence giving language instructors insights on appropriate activities during the language learning process that encourage active learning. This study was therefore done to assess VLS used by ESL students from Business Management faculty in a public university in Melaka, Malaysia. In this quantitative study, a purposive sampling of 36 students in an intact group was given an adapted version of Schmitt’s Vocabulary Learning Strategies Questionnaire (VLSQ) consisting of 39 items. The data gathered was then analysed through statistical analysis (SPSS). The results of the study revealed the most and least preferred VLS among the participants. An observable difference in the least preferred VLS was also found among the male and female participants. The study thus concluded that assessing students’ VLS is necessary in planning suitable vocabulary activities that can cater to them.

SZABÓ DEZSŐ TÖRTÉNÉSZPROFESSZOR PÁLYAKÉPE

Dezső Szabó was professor of history at the University of Debrecen for 35 years from 1924 to 1959. He graduated from the University of Budapest with a degree in History and Latin. It was at the instigation of his patron, Henrik Marczali, that he began his research on the Hungarian assemblies of the pre-Mohács period. He also wrote his doctoral dissertation on this topic. Thanks to his excellent academic achievements, he graduated from the university with a royal gold ring of honour (sub auspiciis regis). He taught for many years in secondary schools and in 1912 became a privatdocent at the Budapest University of Science. In February 1924, Governor Miklós Horthy appointed him full professor of medieval and modern (universal) history at the University of Debrecen. At that time, his research was already focused on the Urbarium of Maria Theresa. In 1931 he was elected a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He published relatively little and concentrated his activities on secondary school teacher training. He was the dean of the Faculty of Humanities for four academic years. He made an invaluable contribution to the reorganisation of university education in 1944. Despite this, he was repeatedly persecuted under the new regime and was only able to retain his chair thanks to the intervention of his influential students. He retired at the age of 77. The second and third volumes of his work, A magyarországi úrbérrendezés története Mária Terézia korában, which is considered the major work of his life, are still awaiting publication.

Современные подходы к организации контроля качества знаний студентов по дисциплине «Латинский язык»

The article is devoted to the study of the problems of quality control of knowledge of students of humanities faculties studying the discipline «Latin» and modern approaches to organizing this control. In light of modern educational requirements imposed by the Federal State Educational Standard for Higher Education and the development of new teaching technologies, it is necessary to constantly update knowledge assessment methods. The discipline of «Latin» is an important component of education in various fields, including medicine, law, biology, and other scientific disciplines. However, assessing students knowledge in this discipline often remains quite challenging for educators due to traditional assessment methods that may be ineffective or not adapted to modern requirements. The article discusses various approaches, including the use of information technology, interactive tasks, modern assessment and testing methods. Modern approaches to monitoring the quality of students knowledge in the discipline «Latin» are an important tool in modern education, allowing the use of an individual approach to assessing the knowledge of each student. The use of modern digital technologies and assessment methods can increase the effectiveness of learning and stimulate student interest in studying this discipline.

EXAMINING TIKTOK AS E-LEARNING PLATFORM ATTRIBUTE AND STUDENTS’ ACCEPTANCE

TikTok is a social networking platform for uploading short films that has grown in popularity among young students. However, its promise as an e-learning platform attributes has yet to be realized. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the characteristics of TikTok that contribute to students' acceptance of it as an e-learning platform attributes at Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA. It entails examining aspects like usability, interactivity, content relevancy, and user engagement. The study's goal is to investigate how much these characteristics influence students' acceptance of TikTok as an e-learning tool. A quantitative data collection method being used. SPSS was performed to analyzed the proposed hypotheses. Finding showed that useful insights into TikTok's potential as an e-learning platform attributes and its qualities as perceived by Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA students. It will add to the existing e-learning literature and give recommendations for educators and policymakers on how to effectively integrate TikTok into educational practices.

Using Virtual Reality to teach ultrasound-guided needling skills for regional anaesthesia: A randomised controlled trial

Study objectiveWe previously designed and validated a virtual reality-based simulator to help train novices in ultrasound-guided needling skills necessary for safe and competent ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia. This study was designed to compare the performance and error rates of novices trained by a human faculty aided with the assistance of this virtual reality simulator (virtual reality-assisted training), versus novices trained wholly by humans (conventional training). Design, setting, and participantsIn this single centre, randomised controlled study, we used a standardised teaching protocol, rigorous blinding, iterative training of assessors, and validated global rating scale and composite error score checklists to assess skills learning of novice participants. Main resultsWe recruited 45 novices and scored 270 assessments of performance and error rates. Inter-rater correlation coefficient of reliability of scoring between assessors for the global rating scale was 0.84 (95%CI 0.68–0.92) and for the composite error score checklist was 0.87 (95%CI 0.73–0.93). After adjustment for age, sex, Depression, Anxiety and Stress-21, and baseline score, there was no statistical difference for virtual reality-assisted training compared to conventional training in final global rating score (average treatment effect −3.30 (95%CI-13.07–6.48), p = 0.51) or in the final composite error score (average treatment effect 1.14 (95%CI -0.60–2.88), p = 0.20). Realism in the virtual reality simulator was similar to real-life when measured by the Presence Questionnaire, all components p > 0.79; and task workload assessed by the NASA-Task Load Index was not statistically different between groups, average treatment effect 5.02 (95%CI -3.51–13.54), p = 0.25. Results were achieved in the virtual reality-assisted group with half the human faculty involvement. ConclusionNovices trained using a hybrid, virtual reality-assisted teaching program showed no superiority to novices trained using a conventional teaching program, but with less burden on teaching resources.

Harnessing the Force of All Creation: Part One. The Power of Love to Shape Reality 1

The focus of this two-part work is Love’s enormous potential, as ‘the force of all creation,’ to empower humanity’s transformation to a peaceful sustainable world. Such radical change requires the full spectrum of human faculties and proficiencies—viz, those of the intellect and those of the heart. Part One documents love’s generative role in biopsychosocial function, and love’s vital role in our psychic proficiencies—the powers of heart, mind, and spirit to shape reality. In Part Two, a quantum holographic theory describes how Love-held Will can induce change, through the psychoenergetic processes of psi-formation.