Prospective Members Research Articles

International and Domestic Factors Shaping Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic Integration

Abstract This study examines the complex and dynamic relationship between Kosovo and NATO. It argues that Kosovo’s prospects for NATO membership are shaped by an array of contradictory and often confusing international and domestic political forces. It draws on theoretical sources, media reports, and descriptive statistical data to the factors shaping expectations for NATO membership. The study relies on theories and concepts from the established and evolving literature on alliance formation and expansion to explain how states aspiring for membership in security organizations must navigate a pattern of political and security hurdles in their quest for membership accession. It then explores Kosovo’s case for NATO membership by examining whether Kosovo has met key political and security benchmarks and devotes significant attention to the settlement dispute with Serbia, the roles played by the U.S. and E.U., and identifies alternative paths for Kosovo’s membership in NATO.

A framework for building more inclusive marketing and communications content

Generation Z is more diverse and more socially conscious than any prior generation. As a result, universities must prioritise diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in order to successfully attract young people to their communities. As stewards of the university's brand and the lens through which prospective community members are introduced to the institution, marketing and communications teams have a special responsibility to authentically represent DEI through all aspects of their work. As a Catholic university with a conviction of creating ‘a vibrant diverse community’, members of the Marketing, Insights and Communications team (MIC) at the University of St Thomas in St Paul, Minnesota, were compelled to take action. This paper provides an overview of the DEI Viewfinder tool, developed by the authors of this paper, to assist content creators in examining their marketing content through a DEI lens. Created via an audit of their own marketing and communications materials, the tool provides users with nine questions to ask in support of inclusive marketing and communications materials.

Political Considerations for Establishing Research-Practice Partnerships in Pursuit of Equity: Organizations, Projects, and Relationships

If the RPP field is to bring our stated commitments to equity to life, it will require engagement with the political dimensions of RPP work, starting at the outset when a partnership is being established. In particular, prospective members must consider how the research process and products might (or might not) lead to more equitable systems. Recognizing that RPP work centering equity sits at the intersection of distinct intellectual genealogies, I argue that research and activist traditions drawing on critical and decolonial traditions—often overlooked in RPP literature—provide particularly relevant insights. Working through questions relevant to the establishment of an RPP on organizational, project-level, and relational dimensions, analyses and examples drawn from scholars, as well as journalists, organizers, educators, and young people illustrate the political considerations inherent in each. I close with implications for new and existing RPPs and directions for future research on RPPs as a methodology.

Cooperation and conflict across ideological and strategic divides: Sumud Freedom Camp coalition in the occupied West Bank

AbstractThe literature on social movement coalitions highlights the tremendous challenges posed to coalitions by ideology. Yet, coalitions do occasionally form across contrasting ideological lines. This study investigates how the Palestinian‐led Sumud Freedom Camp coalition in the occupied West Bank was able to reach agreement across ideological divides, thereby enabling an ambitious collective action that actively sought to reestablish a Palestinian village depopulated by Israeli colonial policies and settler violence. Based on interviews with coalition activists, this study principally highlights, though, the tremendous challenges the coalition faced sustaining agreement among all the partners and the circumstances that led the coalition to splinter. Ultimately, it argues that differences in strategy need to be addressed, particularly in environments where the differences are salient. Otherwise, interactions with media and prospective members, along with the authorities, are likely to expose the differences and trigger conflict, particularly as it relates to representation and expression of the coalition's collective identity (i.e., who “we” are collectively).

Perceived occupational prestige of physiotherapy in Nigeria among physiotherapy undergraduates: implication for public and healthcare professionals’ awareness of the role of physiotherapy

BackgroundThe occupational prestige of any occupation is of interest to its members and prospective members. A profession’s occupational prestige influences its desirability, marketability, professional autonomy and social esteem, and career selection among prospective university undergraduates. This study aimed to assess the perception of the occupational prestige of physiotherapy in Nigeria among physiotherapy undergraduates and to explore its determining factors.MethodsThis study employed a mixed method design. The quantitative component involved 280 students from four universities in Nigeria, while the qualitative part involved 35 students. The participants in the survey completed a questionnaire on occupational prestige, and the data obtained were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. In addition, the qualitative data was analyzed using content thematic analysis.ResultsThe perception of occupational prestige obtained from the cross-sectional survey showed that 12.1% of the participants perceived it as low, 49.3% as intermediate, and 38.6% as high. Overall, 49.3% of the participants ranked physiotherapy fourth, following medicine, engineering and law. The qualitative component corroborated these findings and further explained that the perceived status resulted from public perception of the profession in relation to other jobs, especially within the health care team.ConclusionPhysiotherapy is ranked intermediate occupational prestige by most physiotherapy undergraduates. The significant determinants of this ranking are poor knowledge and awareness of physiotherapy among other health care professionals and the general public. To enhance the occupational prestige of physiotherapy, there is a need for public awareness of physiotherapy and its role and inter-professional education among health care professionals.

Adapting In-Person National Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Introductory Training to a Virtual, Storytelling (Talanoa) Format for Pacific Island Countries and Areas (PICs)

Background/Introduction:Many Pacific governments have committed to establishing deployable, self-sufficient national EMTs following recent tropical cyclones, measles outbreaks, and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, for much of the COVD-19 pandemic, PICs have closed international borders limiting in-person team member training.Objectives:To develop a remote, interactive EMT training series to engage current and prospective EMT team members in the PICs during the COVID-19 pandemic.Method/Description:From July through September 2021, WHO hosted a weekly webinar series to introduce the concepts of the EMT Initiative to current and prospective EMT team members in the PICs. The sessions utilized Pacific deployment experience using faculty from EMTs in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.Results/Outcomes:Attendees from over 23 countries from across the Pacific and other areas of the world participated in the 11 sessions, with a total of over 300 individual participants. The average number of participants per sessions was 85. Feedback was sought after every session. The most significant adaptation of the sessions from the feedback was incorporating the Pacific tradition of talanoa, or storytelling, into the sessions.Conclusion:Adapting the session plans to incorporate the talanoa style of communication in the Pacific created an environment of learning from colleagues throughout the Pacific and increased participant engagement in the virtual setting. The webinar series provided knowledge of EMT basics and increased engagement and excitement in the establishment and continued growth of EMTs in the Pacific.

Swiftly judging whom to bring on board: How person perception (accurate or not) influences selection of prospective team members

We develop and test a holistic model of how team members’ swift judgments about a prospective team member impact their selection decisions and how accurate those judgments are in predicting the prospective member’s performance. Applying the social psychology literature on person perception to the organizational literature on team member selection, we argue that team members’ perceptions of the prospective member’s competence primarily shape their predictions about the prospective member’s task-related performance in the team, whereas perceptions of warmth primarily shape predictions about the prospective member’s interpersonal contextual performance in the team. We further propose that, although team members rely on both performance predictions when choosing a prospective member, predicted task-related performance receives more weight than predicted interpersonal contextual performance, and that the importance of predicted interpersonal contextual performance is elevated when team task interdependence is high. Importantly, we theorize that the predictions about task-related performance show good accuracy, whereas the predictions about interpersonal contextual performance do not, which makes the reliance on the latter erroneous. Across two studies utilizing prospective members’ actual task-related and interpersonal contextual performance (objective and peer-rated), as well as team members’ predictions about such performances, we found support for our predictions. Our research resolves several outstanding puzzles in the literature on person perception, integrates it into organizational research, and offers novel and actionable insights for selecting prospective team members.

Penerapan Prinsip 5C Pada Resiko Pembiayaan Murabahah Di BMT Istiqomah Tulungagung dan BMT Pahlawan Tulungagung

This research is motivated by the development of Islamic microfinance institutions called Baitul Maal wat Tamwil. The 5C principle in BMT Istiqomah and BMT Pahlawan are used to anticipate the risk of problematic financing in the future. The problems that often occur in BMT Istiqomah and BMT Pahlawan are almost similar, namely the character of members or prospective members who are not honest. Based on this background, researchers are interested in conducting research with the title "Implementation of Character, Capital, Collateral, Capacity, and Condition Principles in the Risk of Murabaha Financing in Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil Istiqomah with Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil Pahlawan Tulungagung". This research is a field research. The number of informants from this study were 3 BMT Istiqomah employees and 5 BMT Pahlawan employees. Methods of data collection by observation, interviews, and documentation. Analysis of the data is descriptive analysis. The results of this study are the implementation of the 5C principle in Istiqomah BMT and Pahlawan BMT both using the 5C principle. But in the implementation of the principle of character is preferred in analyzing murabaha financing, the next principle is guarantee and ability. This is because BMT Istiqomah and BMT Pahlawan both do not have the ability to continue to monitor all financing that has been acc. So that the principle of character is preferred. But other principles are also considered important so that all 5C principles are still used in Istiqomah BMT and Pahlawan BMT.

CAVVPM: Challenge-Based Authentication and Verification of Vehicle Platooning at Motorway.

As a result of vehicle platooning, advantages including decreased traffic congestion and improved fuel economy are expected. Vehicles in a platoon move in a single line, closely spaced, and at a constant speed. Vehicle-to-vehicle communications and sensor data help keep the platoon formation in place, and the CACC system is responsible for maintaining it. In reality, V2V transmissions are essential for reducing platooning distances while still ensuring their safety and security. It is far more difficult to confirm the veracity of a V2V message’s content than it is to verify its integrity and source authentication. Only platoon members can send and receive V2V communications by implementing a practical access control mechanism. The goal is to link a prospective platoon member’s digital identification to their actual location inside the unit. A physical challenge–response interaction is used in the CAVVPM process to verify that a prospective platoon member respects the rules. The applicant is asked to perform a series of random longitudinal movements, thus, the protocol’s name. Remote attackers cannot join the platoon or send bogus CACC communications because CAVVPM blocks them. CAVVPM is more resistant to pre-recording assaults than previous work, and it can validate that the candidate is precisely behind the verifier in the same lane compared to previous studies.

Kode Etik dan Etika Profesi

The professional code of ethics is the criteria for professional principles that have been outlined, so that it is known with certainty the professional obligations of old, new, or prospective members of a professional group. The professional code of ethics has determined the standardization of professional obligations of members of professional groups. So that the government or the public does not need to intervene to determine how professionals carry out their obligations. The professional code of ethics is basically a behavioral norm that is considered correct or already established and of course it is more effective if the behavioral norm is formulated properly, so as to satisfy all parties. The purpose of the code of ethics is for professionals to provide the best possible service to service users. The existence of a code of ethics will protect unprofessional actions. In professional ethics, a profession has a high moral commitment which is usually stated in the form of special rules that become a guide for everyone who develops the profession concerned. and adhered to by every profession. The goal is for professionals to provide the best services or products to the community and protect them from unprofessional actions, thereby gaining trust in the eyes of the public. The existence of a code of ethics that regulates the actions of a civil engineer or engineering graduate to avoid himself from all forms of action that will harm himself, society and the environment. So that the work should begin with sincere intentions and high moral commitment in order to develop the profession concerned. A Civil Engineer is required to work hard, be disciplined, not random and complete which must be balanced with smart work, namely following technological developments in their field, being innovative and able to solve problems in the best way.

Konsep Pembiayaan Mudharabah pada KJKS BMT Salafiyah

Sharia Financial Institutions, especially BMT Salafiyah, in their activities refer to Islamic Law, and in their activities there are administrative costs and the obligation to include guarantees in submitting financing and paying stamp duty provided by BMT Salafiyah. Based on the implementation and discussion, it was found that in the Mudharabah financing mechanism there are administrative costs and paying stamp duty provided by BMT Salafiyah as well as guarantees requested by BMT Salafiyah for prospective members. Meanwhile, the benefit of Mudharabah for BMT Salafiyah is to enjoy an increase in profit sharing when the customer's business profits increase, while for customers or members it is able to expand and increase business volume.

Penerapan Strategi Multi Level Marketing Melia Sehat Sejahtera Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Perspektif Ekonomi Syariah

The purpose of this study was to determine the new strategy of PT. Melia Sehat Sejatera Mataram City during the COVID-19 pandemic and analyzed this strategy using a sharia economic perspective. This research uses qualitative methods, data collection techniques are carried out by combining and inductive data analysis. The results of this study stated that there were two new strategies implemented by Melia Sehat Sejahtera Mataram City during the covid-19 pandemic, namely the door to door strategy, sales and recruitment of prospective members through social media or online. The implementation of the Mult Level Marketing strategy of Melia Sehat Sejahtera Mataram City during the Covid-19 pandemic that was honest, transparent and fair is a marketing practice that has been exemplified by Rasulullah during his time as a trader. However, from a sharia economic perspective, the door to door strategy of the Melia Sehat Sejahtera Multi-Level Marketing business in Mataram City during the Covid-19 pandemic is not in accordance with the basic principles of sharia marketing.

Are genetic counselors prepared to counsel active-duty service members? A survey of genetic counselors' self-efficacy, counseling techniques, and knowledge of military policy.

Given the expected rise in genomic sequencing projects within the US Military and the increased availability of genetic testing to the United States as a whole, current and prospective active-duty service members (SMs) may undergo genetic counseling services in the civilian sector for pre-test and post-test counseling. The overall goal of this study was to better understand genetic counselors' preparedness to address military-specific policies and psychosocial needs of patients from this underrepresented population. Members of the National Society of Genetic Counselors were asked to complete a four-part survey including demographic information, Likert scale questions to separately rate self-efficacy when working with civilians and SMs, case scenarios with multiple-choice options and open-ended responses to assess knowledge of military policy, and open-ended questions regarding psychosocial scenarios related to military service. Eighty-eight responses were analyzed using Microsoft Office Excel for the qualitive thematic analysis and SPSS/RStudio for the quantitative data. While over 75% (n=69/88, SD=0.48) of surveyed genetic counselors scored 4 of 4 on knowledge of military policy and reported similarly high levels of self-efficacy when working with SMs (mean=26.77 out of 30, SD=4.15) and the general population (mean=27.99 out of 30, SD=4.31), the qualitative data suggested an alternative perspective. Up to 57% (n=50/88) of responses were scored as expressing low confidence concerning knowledge of military policy. One potential explanation for this uncertainty may be due to participants reporting that they never (69.32% (n=61/88]) or are unsure if (12.50% (n=11/88]) they received training related to providing counseling services to SMs. We suggest the establishment of educational initiatives for genetic counselors focusing on how to discuss genetic testing with SMs in relation to their health and safety, well-being, and potential employment implications.

A network Data Envelopment Analysis to estimate nations’ efficiency in the fight against SARS-CoV-2

The ongoing outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has been deeply impacting health systems worldwide. In this context, it is pivotal to measure the efficiency of different nations’ response to the pandemic, whose insights can be used by governments and health authorities worldwide to improve their national COVID-19 strategies. Hence, we propose a network Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate the efficiencies of fifty-five countries in the current crisis, including the thirty-seven Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, six OECD prospective members, four OECD key partners, and eight other countries. The network DEA model is designed as a general series structure with five single-division stages – population, contagion, triage, hospitalisation, and intensive care unit admission –, and considers an output maximisation orientation, denoting a social perspective, and an input minimisation orientation, denoting a financial perspective. It includes inputs related to health costs, desirable and undesirable intermediate products related to the use of personal protective equipment and infected population, respectively, and desirable and undesirable outputs regarding COVID-19 recoveries and deaths, respectively. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study proposing a cross-country efficiency measurement using a network DEA within the context of the COVID-19 crisis. The study concludes that Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and New Zealand are the countries exhibiting higher mean system efficiencies. Their national COVID-19 strategies should be studied, adapted, and used by countries exhibiting worse performances. In addition, the observation of countries with large populations presenting worse mean efficiency scores is statistically significant.

MEMBERSHIP STATUS OF TIMOR LESTE IN ASEAN BASED ON ASEAN CHARTER 2007: PROBLEM AND PROSPECT

As the youngest country in Southeast Asia, Timor Leste realizes that becoming a member of ASEAN is important, and even the Timor Leste government says joining ASEAN is a priority for the country. Following up on its seriousness, in 2011, Timor Leste officially submitted an application to become a member of ASEAN, but 11 years later, the application has not yet been approved. Based on this background, this study was conducted to determine the current status of Timor Leste's membership in ASEAN based on the ASEAN Charter 2007 and to find out what hinders Timor Leste's acceptance as a member of ASEAN and how the prospects for Timor Leste's membership in ASEAN in the future. The results of this study show that first, in terms of Article 6 paragraph 2 of the ASEAN Charter, Timor Leste's membership status in ASEAN has not been ratified because Timor Leste has not fulfilled all the requirements contained in the article so currently, it is still a non-member observer country. Second, the thing that hinders Timor Leste's acceptance as a member of ASEAN is the use of a rigid and absolute consensus as well as the growing era which makes ASEAN countries increasingly see many factors to accept Timor Leste, then seen from Timor Leste's economic growth which is the slowest in Southeast Asia and one of the poorest countries in the world makes the authors feel that Timor Leste's membership status in ASEAN will not be accepted in the near future.

The Development of Asylum Law in Turkey Within the Framework of the European Union's Harmonization Process

The impact of the European Union (EU) on international policy in Turkey is already regarded as minimal because of the absence of genuine membership prospects. Nevertheless, the approval by Turkey of the asylum laws in the past that fulfills virtually all of the EU's requirements speaks to the continued impact of the EU throughout this policy position. Most of our web-based study's academic scholars believed EU membership to be a key element in the passage of the bill. The conversations with Turkish State officials, as well as the European Commission, show how the EU affected the drafting process. This study discusses the influence and development of Europeanization on policy structures in Turkey within the asylum and refugee policy framework. It looks at the effect of Europeanization on the transition of Turkish pre-accession to the EU. Also, it explores how Turkey carries out its duties at the policy level in relation to an international refugee protection framework as well as asylum seekers harmonization.

The Three Loci of Organizational Identity Work: Prospective, Current and Former Members

Organizations work continuously to form, maintain and change their identities. This identity work has this far has been assumed to be carried out only with respect to the members of an organization. In this longitudinal study of identity formation, maintenance, and change we show that the identity work of some organizations has multiple loci. The Swedish secondary school that sought to form and maintain an identity of an ‘excellent school’ directed its identity work not only at its current staff and students, but also towards its prospective as well as former students. Multiple loci of identity work, we argue, is typical for organization where the characteristics of the members are important to its identity. Ignoring the identity work directed at prospective members ignores its fundamental importance in setting the scope for any identity work that can be carried out with the members of an organization. Re- conceptualizing identity work to also include efforts directed outside the organization, furthermore, address the critique that the organizational identity literature is too narrow in its focus on the formal boundaries of organizations and it opens up for an understanding of the sometimes competitive interactions across the identity work of several organizations.

Capital flows, EU integration and the global financial crisis: an empirical analysis

ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of European Union (EU) integration on capital flows to prospective new EU member states. Using annual data between 1992 and 2020, our results suggest that although EU integration increased net capital flows before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), it was not able to shield countries from the general decline in capital flows that occurred after the GFC. Furthermore, the results show that the impact of EU integration mainly runs through improved institutional quality. We also find considerable heterogeneity in the drivers of different types of capital flows (FDI, portfolio investments, and other capital flows) that we consider.

Prediction System for Credit Eligibility Using C4.5 Algorithm

Independent Multipurpose Cooperative, Tasti, Pagar Alam City, currently granting credit, the data collection process for the selection of prospective members and prospective credit recipients is still done manually, so they must come to the cooperative to find out whether it is still eligible to receive credit or not, officers must evaluate the data. is to form a decision tree classification model for creditworthiness in cooperatives. The analytical method with the C4.5 Algorithm, the C4.5 Algorithm is one of the algorithms for performing data mining using data classification techniques. The C4.5 algorithm is used to search for knowledge in the data, by finding the relationship between input variables or criteria attributes with target variables or decision attributes. The resulting knowledge is converted into the form of a decision tree so that it is easy to understand. The C4.5 algorithm was chosen because it can make a decision to be able to predict whether a customer is eligible or not to be given credit. The attribute used is income with specified criteria. The results obtained from this study are predictive information on the feasibility of providing credit to cooperatives using the C4.5 algorithm by getting an accuracy value of 93% with an AUC value of 0.898 where this classification is classified as Good Classification or good.

Challenges to the Europeanisation of work-care policies in the Western Balkans

AbstractThis article explores work-care policy development in Western Balkans, focusing on a critical assessment of the potential of the European Union’s policy framework to (re)shape the policies adopted in Western Balkans and boost gender equality in employment and care. Two policy measures at the centre of the European agenda are in focus: parenting leaves and early childhood education and care. The EU’s employment-oriented policy framework has met underdeveloped childcare services network and mother-centred and stratifying leave policies in Western Balkans, providing ample space for improvements regarding gender imbalance in care and employment. While the EU policy framework may provide an important push factor towards introducing gender-equalising policies in Western Balkans, it can also bring minimum adjustments. The EU’s ambiguous work-care policy framework, weak legitimacy of gender equality agenda and weak fiscal capacities in Western Balkans, and uncertainties about EU membership prospects may hamper progress towards more inclusive and gender-equal work-care policies.