Research Methods and Statistics for Public and Nonprofit
					Administrators: A Practical Guide

Nishishiba, Masami; Jones, Matthew; Kraner, Mariah

doi:10.4135/9781544307763

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“…A multiple regression basically predicts dependent variables from continuous independent variables. Including categorical independent variables as binary/dummy variables in the regression analysis may accurately predict the dependent variables [38]. The current data hypothesize that the categorical independent variables (i.e., sex, age levels, income levels, and worry levels) may affect the variance in the dependent variables (i.e., insomnia and daytime sleepiness).…”

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Worry and insomnia as risk factors for depression during initial stages of COVID-19 pandemic in India

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The biggest nationwide COVID-19 pandemic lockdown worldwide was enforced in India for an initial period of 21-days. Emerging evidence suggests that pandemic situations and associated lockdowns have an adverse impact on sleep and mental health. However, prediction of sleep health from sociodemographic characteristics and the public’s worry during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic has not been extensively explored so far. It’s also unclear whether sleep outcomes mediate the association between worry and mental health during pandemic situations. A web-survey (N = 391) on sociodemographic characteristics, COVID-19 related worry, sleep health (insomnia and daytime sleepiness), and depression was conducted during the initial 21-days of the COVID-19 stringent lockdown in India. Multiple regression analyses showed that variables, including sex, age, income level, and worry score, contributed to the significant regression equation for insomnia but not for daytime sleepiness. Specifically, the female, younger, lower income, and highly worried populations contributed significantly more than the male, elderly, higher income, and less worried populations, respectively, to the prediction of insomnia. Mediation analyses showed that insomnia, but not daytime sleepiness, fully mediated the relationship between worry score and severity of depressive symptoms. We provide evidence that the female, younger, lower income, and worried populations may be at higher risk for insomnia during pandemic situations. Current evidence gives hope that improving sleep may reduce depressive symptoms during a pandemic situation. This underscores the importance of the implementation of effective public health policies in conjunction with strategical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…Lastly, the study adopted a random sampling technique in selecting faculty members. This gave every faculty member equal chance of partaking in the study without any form of bias or prejudice (Nishishiba et al 2014) Instrumentation: this study used a survey questionnaire from the study of Adewale et al (2018) on leadership self-efficacy and Meyer and Allen (1997) on organizational commitment. The instrument consists of 28 items divided into five sections of A to E. Section A centers on demographic information of respondents.…”

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Leadership Self-Efficacy and Organizational Commitment of Faculty Members: Higher Education

Almutairi

2020

Administrative Sciences

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Education is one of the means of achieving sustainable development. Universities are responsible for training and generating skilled personnel needed in attaining holistic development; to accomplish the goals for which universities were established, effective leadership is required. The beliefs upheld by leaders about their ability to accomplish targets and deliver as expected is an indispensable constituent of university administration. Therefore, this research study examined connections between leaders’ self-efficacy and faculty members’ organizational commitment in Saudi Arabian universities. Therefore, 400 faculty members were randomly selected from three different public universities in the central, south-western and northern part of the country. Using the Pearson product correlation coefficient, it was found that positive connection occurs amongst leaders’ self-efficacy and affective commitment. Additionally, there is a positive association among leaders’ self-efficacy and continuance commitment. Leadership self-efficacy has a positive connection with normative commitment. In order to improve organizational commitment of faculty members, leaders must step up their self-efficacy and provide an enabling environment for team work and innovation.

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“…Our research addresses this gap in the scholarly literature and further builds upon previous scholarly work via the study of an extreme case. The extreme case method (on this method: Seawright & Gerring (, p.297)) can be particularly helpful if researchers hope to develop a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of a phenomenon (Nishishiba et al , p.84), in our case the impacts of uncertainty in the planning phase of a dam project. Our case is extreme for two reasons.…”

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Mapping the Social Impacts of ‘Damocles Projects’: The Case of Thailand's (as yet Unbuilt) Kaeng Suea Ten Dam

Kirchherr

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Walton

2016

J of Intl Development

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Academic research on dams' social impacts traditionally focuses on ex‐post resettlement impacts. We explore a specific subset of ex‐ante resettlement impacts in this paper: ‘Damocles projects’, whose implementation is still uncertain. Our case study is Thailand's Kaeng Suea Ten Dam whose implementation has been uncertain for 36 years. We find the cultural life of the communities studied has been significantly shaped by the looming construction of the dam. Furthermore, most villagers report extreme anxiety induced by the threat of the project. As a consequence, many have postponed private investments. The government has also withheld public infrastructure investments, further hampering the villages' economic development. Our research highlights the negative impacts induced by projects whose implementation is still uncertain. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Research Methods and Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administrators: A Practical Guide

Cited by 26 publications

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Worry and insomnia as risk factors for depression during initial stages of COVID-19 pandemic in India

Worry and insomnia as risk factors for depression during initial stages of COVID-19 pandemic in India

Leadership Self-Efficacy and Organizational Commitment of Faculty Members: Higher Education

Mapping the Social Impacts of ‘Damocles Projects’: The Case of Thailand's (as yet Unbuilt) Kaeng Suea Ten Dam

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