Objective Objectives of the study are as follows: 1. To translate Social Connectedness Scale into Urdu language. 2. To assess factor structure and psychometric properties of scale. 3. To establish cross language validation of Urdu translation of Social Connectedness Scale. 4. To find out convergent and discriminant validity evidence. Phase I Translation of Social Connectedness Scale For translating Social Connectedness Scale into Urdu three guidelines recommended by Brislin (1980) was followed. The translation
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THE ROLE OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA Ayozie Daniel Ogechukwu‚ Delta State University‚ Abraka‚ Delta State‚ Nigeria‚ The Federal Polytechnic‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria Abstract A business whether small or big‚ simple of complex‚ private or public is created to provide competitive prices. Business in Nigeria has been classified as small‚ medium and large. In both the developed and developing countries‚ the government is turning to small and medium scale industries‚ as a means
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twenty-five years‚ the shack which his father passed down to him. In the intervening years‚ ostentatious houses have sprung up around him. He’s been at the same architectural firm for twenty years in a job he hates‚ which primarily consists of building scale models. On the day that he is fired from his job‚ he is diagnosed with an advanced case of terminal cancer‚ which he chooses not to disclose to his family. In many ways‚ this day is the happiest of his recent life in that he decides to spend what little
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business environment. These small units often do not process any marketing organization. As a consequence‚ their product quality compares unfavorably with the quality of the products of the large scale industries. Therefore‚ these industries suffer from a comparative disadvantage as compared to large scale industries. (4) Problem of under utilization of capacity: Most of the small entrepreneurs are suffering from
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possibility to cause problem is reduced. Proprietor’s Perception on the Cause of Problems Figure 1 below shows the owner’s perception to the cause of problems. The numbers range in accordance of the seriousness in problems. It was rated on 6 point likert scale with 6 being most likely to cause problems and 1 being least likely to cause problems. Figure 1: Proprietor’s perception on the likely cause to problems in the entertainment places Maximum respondents rated the sale of alcohol freely as most
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to improve performance levels‚ accomplish activities‚ experience stimulation‚ and understand a new task. In order to determine if regular play and practice of sport activities are associated with increased vitality to succeed‚ the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS)‚ first published in 1995‚ demonstrated validity and reliability that an Athletes’ intrinsic motivation‚ extrinsic motivation‚ and amotivation was tied to an individual’s overall positive outlook. (Brière et al.‚ 1995; Pelletier et al.‚ 1995)
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Factors affecting employee productivity – Case study of private Ghanaian workers working in fast food chains 0Share [pic][pic] | [pic] [pic][pic][pic] | 1.0 Introduction When we say employee efficiency this means the employee characteristics and also relates to the speed and accuracy of an employee against the role‚ job and duties. Employee productivity underpins employee
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the warm air and cool air make a spinning column. In addition‚ the effects of tornadoes have been very damaging. “An EF5 tornado can remove a house from its foundation” (Bluestein). EF5 tornadoes are the strongest tornadoes on the Fujita scale. Tornadoes have caused great damage to very large buildings‚ and have also torn them to shreds; the harsh winds are enough to pull a house out of the strongest foundation. “A tornado may demolish one house‚ and leave a nearby house untouched” (Bluestein)
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Dynamics of the behavior to e-commerce’s network effects zuping zhu School of management Fuzhou University Fuzhou‚ China zhuzuping@163.com Abstract—On the one hand‚ in network economy era‚ the traditional economic growth theory cannot explain the benefits of enterprise informationization well. Every customer could easily enter the network because of the quite low costs‚ and then the increasing customers will push the entire network to be an exponential growth‚ so information technology plays a
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I scored 21/25 on a healthy scale and 13/40 on an unhealthy scale (Appendix A) in the Healthy-Unhealthy Music Scale (HUMS). As a result‚ it can be concluded that I interact with music on a more healthy scale than most people. Overall‚ my usage of music can be directly related to mood regulation (Saarikallio‚ Garrido & McFerran‚ 2016). First of all‚ I listen to music to hide from people as it helps me to relax. Moreover‚ music actually relieves me from the human nature of socializing. However‚ I am
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