Trust In Man Research Articles

Sinergi Kedaulatan Ilahi Dan Usaha Manusia: Analisis Struktur Paralelisme Dan Kiasmus Dalam Mazmur 127

Psalm 127 emphasizes the importance of man depending on God in all aspects of life. While most researchers, including Subagyo H, identify “Family” as the main theme, this article offers a different interpretation. This study reveals the content of the theme “Synergy between God's Sovereignty and Human Effort” as the core of Psalm 127. Using a qualitative approach, the study analyzes the structure and language patterns of the text, applying Robert Lowth's concept of parallelism to identify relationships between lines. It also considers the historical and cultural context in which the Psalm was written, as well as its impact on the choice of language and structure of the poem. The results are first, verse 1 through synonymous parallelism affirms the recognition of God's intervention without negating human effort; second, the antithetical parallelism in verse 2 shows the relationship between human effort and the time or circumstance that triggers God's blessing; third, the synthesizing parallelism in verses 3-5 illustrates God's trust in man's duty in educating children in youth. The understanding of the synergy between God's sovereignty and human effort revealed through this analysis provides a new perspective in interpreting Psalm 127.

Adapting to Service Quality; Building Public Trust through A Servqual Perspective

This article aims to analyze the quality management of madrasah services in building public trust in MAN 1 Tanjung Jabung Barat, Jambi. Public trust is included in the critical components to be taken into account. This is because competition in education is also heavily influenced by public trust. This study uses a qualitative approach to the type of case study. Data collection techniques are carried out through observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis was carried out by referring to the concept of Milles and Huberman, namely data collection, data reduction, data presentation and conclusion. The research results were five forms of service quality management at MAN 1 Tanjung Jabung Barat, Jambi, in building public trust: applicable vision and mission, responsive human resources, communication forums, professional teaching staff and adequate teaching infrastructure. This research has implications for building and maintaining public trust for the continuity of education in madrasahs.

Research on Human Resource Management in Türkiye and Around the World

The issue of human resources affects all segments of society, including workforce quality, human relations, laws, social and technological developments. Women academics, who served as administrators, were able to establish an effective work-life balance thanks to their self-sacrifice, discipline, time management and goal-oriented work in order to establish a work-life balance, but they compromised on their special needs such as sleep, entertainment and rest. The translator has job autonomy, has an advantage over technology and is in harmony with his profession. According to the results of the analysis, it was determined that men's trust in their managers, their commitment to the workplace and their beliefs were higher than women's. It has been determined that work-life balance increases organizational commitment, and organizational commitment increases employee satisfaction. It has been determined that work-family conflict has a positive and significant effect on the intention to leave, and the psychological contract has a mediating role in this effect. It is seen that new initiatives and strategic dimensions in human resources management and employee motivation in strategic human resources management are important. Career management is one of the most effective methods of using human resources effectively and efficiently. In conclusion, human resource management is an important issue that affects the whole society. Goal-oriented work, working with a male manager, organizational commitment, employee motivation, career management, employee satisfaction are the cornerstones of effective use of human resources.

Becoming Friends or Foes? How Competitive Environments Shape Altruistic Preferences

We study the interaction between competition and social proximity on altruism, trust, and reciprocity, with an emphasis on gender differences. We decompose the behavioral channels by utilizing variants of both the Trust Game and the Dictator Game in a design that systematically controls the transmission of relevant information regarding the outcome of a previous competition and the social proximity between the competitors. On an aggregate level, our results suggest that knowledge of a victory over a socially proximate opponents leads to a large and significant increase in participants' investment in the Trust Game, but not in the Dictator Game. However, we also found substantial gender heterogeneity across treatments: men tend to show higher levels of altruism upon learning that their competitor shares similar characteristics with them. Moreover, this information yields a significant increase in men's trust when they are also told that they won the competition. In contrast, women's decisions about trust and altruism are not responsive to any of our treatment conditions. Our results provide helpful insights into the structure of incentives within institutions and companies, which are known to affect performance.

Knowledge within Anxiety

Modern epistemology is in the peculiar position of retaining its trust in man’s ability to acquire knowledge without being capable of specifying the reasons for our gnosis success. Popper was the first to state that any conclusion concerning the possibility or impossibility of knowing is a transcendental statement and he states, also, that man reaches knowledge while trying to guess. In my opinion, we know things because we assume to have always been aware of them, in the sense that some form of immediate awareness has promptly enabled us to perceive them, identify them, use them. But one needs to ascertain whether the reason is the most suitable faculty to ensure the positive development of knowledge. At last, Kuhn claims the impossibility of comparing different theories. But if we establish a comparison between theories in terms of their complexity, then we must admit that there occurs some progress.

Perceptions of Close Relationship Through the Machiavellians´ Dark Glasses: Negativity, Distrust, Self-Protection Against Risk and Dissatisfaction.

It is commonly known from the literature that Machiavellian individuals have negative attitudes towards people and in general towards the world´s affairs. They are distrustful of the intentions of others, and they get cautiously involved into interpersonal interactions and take risks only if that may not have any severe negative consequence. It is also a fact that there are few ventures in life that potentially involve as much insecurity and personal vulnerability as the establishment and maintenance of close relationships. In our study, we were seeking the answer to the question: do people with high levels of Machiavellianism show a generally negative, distrustful and cautious attitude in their intimate relationships, as well? What effect their pessimistic approaches have on the other consequences of the relationship (satisfaction, commitment, investment, quality of alternatives)? This question was investigated on a dyadic sample of heterosexual couples (N = 101 pairs) with Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM). The results of the correlations and actor effects show that men with high levels of Machiavellianism perceive in a negative way not just people in general, but their romantic partners and relationships as well and they experience an increased level of distrust, risk, and dissatisfaction into their close relationships. Women with high levels of Machiavellianism are less negativistic and feel less discontent towards their intimate partner and relationship, but even they are unable to put their distrust and precaution aside. The results of partner effects have revealed that women's Machiavellianism undermines men's trust, while men's Machiavellianism has the effect of minimizing women's investment into their relationship.

Fear and trust in man

Fear and trust in man

Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) as potential agents in promoting male involvement in maternity preparedness: insights from a rural community in Uganda.

BackgroundSince the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, male involvement in reproductive health issues has been advocated as a means to improve maternal and child health outcomes, but to date, health providers have failed to achieve successful male involvement in pregnancy care especially in rural and remote areas where majority of the underserved populations live. In an effort to enhance community participation in maternity care, TBAs were trained and equipped to ensure better care and quick referral. In 1997, after the advent of the World Health Organization’s Safe Motherhood initiative, the enthusiasm turned away from traditional birth attendants (TBAs). However, in many developing countries, and especially in rural areas, TBAs continue to play a significant role. This study explored the interaction between men and TBAs in shaping maternal healthcare in a rural Ugandan context.MethodsThis study employed ethnographic methods including participant observation, which took place in the process of everyday life activities of the respondents within the community; 12 focus group discussions, and 12 in-depth interviews with community members and key informants. Participants in this study were purposively selected to include TBAs, men, opinion leaders like village chairmen, and other key informants who had knowledge about the configuration of maternity services in the community. Data analysis was done inductively through an iterative process in which transcribed data was read to identify themes and codes were assigned to those themes.ResultsContrary to the thinking that TBA services are utilized by women only, we found that men actively seek the services of TBAs and utilize them for their wives’ healthcare within the community. TBAs in turn sensitize men using both cultural and biomedical health knowledge, and become allies with women in influencing men to provide resources needed for maternity care.ConclusionIn this study area, men trust and have confidence in TBAs; closer collaboration with TBAs may provide a suitable platform through which communities can be sensitized and men actively brought on board in promoting maternal health services for women in rural communities.

Islamic Policy of Environmental Conservation

Islamic Policy of Environmental Conservation: 1,500 Years Old – Yet Thoroughly Modern Any legal system plays a significant role in the principle underlying its legal doctrines. The legal system works in compliance with, or as a consequence of cultural order. In other words, any legal system is restricted to a certain environment and subject to cultural impact. Culture and law operate in conjunction. Politics and economy are, among others, the main disciplines affecting that legal system including environmental laws and natural resources. The present article attempts a comparative analysis of three different legal systems and their approaches to environmental law, contributing to the extensive literature on this area of law in numerous areas of the world such as the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. However, that literature appears to have had little coverage of the treatment of environmental law in Islamic law, one of the three main global legal systems together with common and civil law. The bold spread of Islamic tendency in the Middle East that followed the so-called “Arab Spring” assures major changes in the political and economic sphere, including environmental and natural resource levels. Environmental threats are very pressing all over the world, as the Earth needs to be protected through the adoption of universally applicable legal rules and the right to a healthy environment needs to be elaborated on in international instruments. It is very significant to understand Islam's overall view of the universe to comprehend the gap between Islamic theories and practices in Muslim countries. The universe is full of diversified creatures that aim to fulfill man's needs and prove God's greatness. The Qur'an states: “Have you not seen that God is glorified by all in the heavens and on earth, such as birds with wings outspread? Each knows its worship and glorification, and God is aware of what they do.”All creatures in the universe perform two specific roles: a religious role of evidencing God's perfection and presence and a social role of serving man and other creatures. The final outcome is the solidarity of the universe and the realization of its common good (benefit).Man's position in the universe is premised on two principles: the stewardship of man which means that man is not only a creature but also God's khalifa (steward) on earth; God is the only proprietor of earth; and man is a mere beneficiary, and man can exploit nature for his/her and other creatures’ benefit without depleting it and the principle of trust that all natural resources created by God are placed as a trust in man's hand and needs of coming generations must be taken into consideration by man. Islamic environmental law uses a “duty paradigm” in the sphere of the right to healthy environment, as human beings must not destroy, deplete, or unwisely use natural resources but have an obligation to develop and enhance natural resources. Any disturbance of God's equilibrium in the universe is a transgression and athm (sin) against the divine system. Last but by no means least, Islamic law regards man as a creature with elevated status. In Islamic environmental law, the human is not the owner of nature, but a mere beneficiary. Islamic environmental safety is based upon the principle of “use” without “abuse”. Environmental protection under the Islamic legal scheme does not differ from any modern environmental legal system.

Understanding Couples’ Relationship Quality and Contraceptive Use in Kumasi, Ghana

A wealth of data exist on knowledge, attitudes and practice related to contraceptive use; however, emotional aspects of relationships that may influence reproductive decision making are often overlooked. Data from the 2010 Family Health and Wealth Survey were used in bivariate and multinomial logistic regression analyses to identify associations between relationship quality and current contraceptive use among 698 married or cohabiting couples in Kumasi, Ghana. Four scales measuring commitment, trust, constructive communication and destructive communication, as well as a question about relationship satisfaction, were the indicators of relationship quality. Current contraceptive use was divided into three categories: no use, reliance on a method that can be used without the partner's awareness (the injectable, pill, IUD, implant and diaphragm) and use of a method that both partners are typically aware of (periodic abstinence, withdrawal, condoms and spermicide). Overall contraceptive use was low--22% of women said they were currently using any method. In general, respondents reported high levels of relationship quality. Women's relationship satisfaction scores were positively associated with use of awareness methods rather than nonuse (relative risk ratio, 1.2). Men's trust scores were positively associated with use of nonawareness methods rather than nonuse (1.1), and men's constructive communication scores were associated with use of both types of method rather than nonuse (1.1 for each). Couples' relationship quality appears to be an important element in their decision making regarding contraceptive use, and should be taken into consideration in the design and implementation of family planning programs and policy.

Antjie Krog: an unrelenting quest for wholeness

The Afrikaans poet Antjie Krog has a dominating presence on the Afrikaans literary scene. She has not only written ten volumes of poetry but also two autobiographical works of prose and a drama. Moreover, she is active as a translator and has edited a number of poetry collections. Antjie Krog's œuvre has an autobiographical underpinning: it reflects her own individual history against the background of the socio-political developments in South Africa. In her poetry and prose Antjie Krog reaches out to her fellow South Africans. Reconciliation starts with the awareness of a shared destiny and a common human bond. In all her literary works Antjie Krog communicates a message of trust in man and her utter rejection of Apartheid. Both the prose of Antjie Krog and her poetry express her unrelenting quest for wholeness. She is convinced that a human being cannot exist without other human beings, neither in the private nor in the public domain. Without accepting the other as a fellow human being, without love and compassion an individual cannot experience wholeness. All her works are expressions of the same fundamental conviction.

Trust in God and Trust in Man: The Ambivalent Role of Religion in Shaping Dimensions of Social Trust

We use data from the National Election Study (2000) to analyze relationships among measures of religious orientation and commitment and three aspects of social trust. Results from OLS and ordered logistic regression models indicate that individuals affiliated with specific denominations (e.g., Pentecostal and other Christian) tend to display significantly lower levels of certain types of social trust than members of mainline Protestant denominations, once a variety of controls have been applied. This pattern is reversed, however, among respondents who attend church more frequently and who report that religion provides them substantial guidance in their daily lives.

Union formation in fragile families.

In this article, we use data from a new longitudinal survey--the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study--to examine union formation among unmarried parents who have just had a child together. We used multinomial logistic regression to estimate the effects of economic, cultural/interpersonal, and other factors on whether (relative to having no romantic relationship) parents are romantically involved and living apart, cohabiting, or married to each other about one year after the child's birth. Net of other factors (including baseline relationship status), women's education and men's earnings encourage marriage. Cultural and interpersonal factors also have strong effects: women's trust of men, both parents' positive attitudes toward marriage, and both parents' assessment of the supportiveness in their relationship encourage marriage. Supportiveness also encourages cohabitation, while fathers having a problem with alcohol or drugs and reporting higher conflict in the relationship discourage cohabitation: Fathers' physical violence deters couples' remaining in romantic nonresident relationships.

Lafayette of the South: Prince Camille de Polignac and the American Civil War

The remarkable Confederate career of Prince Camille de Polignac--French aristocrat, professional military man, and solider of fortune-has gone largely unnoticed because most of his service occurred in the relatively neglected western theater of the American Civil war. While in Louisiana in early 1863, after serving under Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard and Gen. Braxton Bragg, newly promoted Brigadier General Polignac took over a brigade of unruly Texans. In many ways it was a last chance for both Polignac and the brigade. Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, disgusted with the insubordinate Texans, was on the verge of breaking up the brigade. Polignac despite an impeccable military background, had been rejected by a number of units because of his foreign birth. Through hard work and personal bravery. The French prince eventually won his men's trust and played a crucial role in defeating the Red River campaign of Union general Nathaniel P. Banks, for which Polignac was promoted to major general. In early 1865 Polignac made a final attempt to save his adopted country by sailing to France on a secret diplomatic mission, but by the time he arrived in Paris, the South had surrendered. In the engaging, well-written Lafayette of the South, Jeff Kinard reveals the distinguished but underappreciated life and career of Prince Camille de Polignac. With riveting storytelling, Kinard follows Polignac through his early days, his dramatic years during the Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War, and the rest of his long life. Polignac dies in1913, holding the peculiar distinction of being the last Confederate major general and the only foreign national on either side to earn a rank.

"It Is Futile to Trust in Man": Methodological Difficulties in Studying Non-Mainstream Populations with Reference to Ethiopian Jews in Israel

There is an extensive literature on Ethiopian Jews, but it contains remarkably few references to methodological problems in studying this population. This article explores the nature of the encounter between the researcher and Ethiopian Jews in their new setting in Israel, where the Ethiopian and the Israeli personalities are characterized by different and sometimes opposing qualities. The intentional use of ambiguities in Ethiopian communication may produce an extreme situation in which the collection of data westerners consider basic may be impeded. Can the outsider collect valid information at all, or is insider research, employing the native as research assistant or translator, more effective? Finally, the article discusses the appropriate methodology for research, and argues that a holistic approach combining innovative theoretical and practical approaches should be pursued in order to reflect effectively the negotiated reality between the researcher and the Other

The Letters of Adam Marsh and the Franciscan School at Oxford

Salimbene called the Franciscan Adam Marsh ‘one of the greatest clerks of the world’, an accolade he reserved for a small group of men whom he regarded as the master minds of his time. A glance at Adam's letters suggests that Salimbene's opinion was widely shared by Adam's contemporaries. Few men without official position can have had their advice so eagerly sought by so many different people in high places. He was the counsellor of Henry III and the queen, the confidant of Simon de Montfort and his wife, the mentor of bishops and consultant to the rulers of his order. He enjoyed the trust of men as different as Archbishop Boniface of Savoy, who tried to recruit him to his familia, and Grosseteste, a lifelong friend, with whom he collaborated in the study and transmission of Greek texts. He moved with equal assurance in the world of ecclesiastical politics and the scholastic world of the university. The nature of his political influence has been the subject of frequent surmise, but the importance of his part in directing the Franciscan school at Oxford and creating the scholastic organisation of the English province has long been recognised. Yet several phases of his career and life remain obscure or at best enigmatic. My object here is to elucidate some of the more opaque points of his career and to re-examine his place in the history of the early Franciscan school.

Reciprocity of Dyadic Trust in Close Male-Female Relationships

Abstract A nonrecursive structural model specified 11 effects on trust in one's partner for 20 engaged, 67 married, and 11 divorced male-female dyads. According to the model, trust between partners is a reciprocally reinforced outcome, and 10 exogenous variables affect trust. The results showed that, for both sexes, there was a reciprocal effect for trust in one's partner, the perception of a partner's desire to control others had a negative effect on trust, and self-esteem had a positive effect on trust. Marital status and the perception of a partner's desire to be controlled had no effect on men's trust in their partners but highly significant negative effects on women's trust in their partners.