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Spirituality and Women Business Leaders: Evidence from Small & Medium Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka

M. G. H. Madusha & L. A. Pavithra Madhuwanthi · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

Purpose: This study is to explore spiritual values and practices among the women business leaders in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka. Methodology: A qualitative study based on snowball sample of ten women business leaders in SME sector. Semi-structured interviews...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v12i130179

Decision Making and Truck Operating Costs on Haulage Business in Lagos, Nigeria

Christopher Adesola Wojuade & Jubril Oladosu · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

Aim: To evaluates how managers take decisions on variable components of freight operation and its effects on truck operating costs in haulage business in Lagos, Nigeria. Study Design: The structure of this paper is a descriptive design. It identified a gap in knowledge and employ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i430177

Concerns and Trends in the Ecological House Design and Arrangement from Film to Reality

Bogdan-Vasile Cioruța & Mirela Coman · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

Following the technical and social norms in force, a dwelling is defined as a construction intended to house one or more persons. It is considered a dwelling, the construction consisting of one or more living rooms, with the related outbuildings, the necessary endowments, and uti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i430176

Gender Based Violence among Married Persons in Awka Town from a Glocalizing Context: A Comparative Study of Mental Health and Loneliness

Nwankwo, Emeka Anthony, Mabia, Chidozie Emmanuel, Eweni, Henry Ikemefuna, Obasi, Ifeanyi Michael & Ezeakabekwe, Samuel Uche · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

Aim: The study considered if mental health and loneliness would have comparativeness on gender based violence in glocalizing context in Awka town. Methods: 149 married persons serve as participants. Systematic sampling technique was used for participants’ selection. They comprise...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i430175

The Potential for Creative Socio-cultural Energy of Coastal Communities in the Maluku Islands

Idrus Hentihu, . Sumardjo, Basita Ginting Sugihen & Djoko Susanto · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

The coastal areas of the Maluku Islands are the most prominent poverty-polarizing areas, both physically and socially with relatively isolated geographical positions. The social energy of creative culture has the potential to become a social resilience scheme in realizing welfare...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i330173

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Human Rights Promotion in the Fourth Republic of Ghana

Harrison Kofi Belley · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

Human rights are a justified entitlement that any person may claim because of being human       and that right to be socially guaranteed. Ensuring human rights requires that institutions are committed to their promotion and enforcement. It is against this backdrop with respect to...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i330172

A Society’s Resilience to Conflict: An Analysis of Its Key Determinants in Conflict-Prone Rakhine State of Myanmar

Htet Paing Oo · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

This study explored contributors to a society’s resilience to conflict in a multiethnic community in Rakhine State of Myanmar. It examined how a society’s resilience to conflict was related to economic and sociocultural interactions between diverse communities, presence of securi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i330171

Foreign Policy Analysis: A Theoretical Assessment of U.S.-China Military Relations

Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo & Victor Adjarho Ovuakporaye · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

Bringing together two nations that are so disconnected from culture and history was a major task. China's attempts to develop a new kind of great power relationship and a 'new type of military-to-military relationship with the United State is not a major turning point. Political...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i330170

Pre-service Teachers Perception, Knowledge and Attitudes toward Stigmatization of Mentally Ill Patients in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Adekemi Quamariyat Idowu & Babatunde Adeniyi Adeyemi · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

The study investigated the pre- service teachers’ perception, knowledge and attitudes towards stigmatization of mentally ill patient in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. It further examined the perceived causes of stigmatization, effect of stigmatization...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i330169

Local Government Performance under a Federal System: The Nigerian Experience

Chukwuma Chinedu Ukachukwu · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

This paper examines the local government practice under the federal system of government in Nigeria. It highlights the performance of local government system in Nigeria as a federal entity. It accounts for the circumstances which underline the performance of the local government...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i230168

Decision Making Success; The Thrust of Virtual Meetings in the Nigeria Banking Sector

Patrick N. Nwinyokpugi & Amachree Ibim Taribo · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

In view of the numerous challenges associated with contemporary meeting practice in an ever growing technologically driven society, the general purpose of the study was to determine how virtual meetings influence successful decision making process in the Nigeria banking sector. T...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i230167

Mark of the Spirit: Body Marks as Icons of Spirituality among the Dangme in Ghana

Alice Korkor Ebeheakey, Steve Kquofi, Eric Appau Asante & Charlotte Buerkie Nubuor · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

In African traditional religion, priding oneself in the beliefs and practices of one’s culture is intensely essential. The driving force for this is mainly the need to satisfy the will of a higher power. Cultural practices, being a channel between the living, the dead and the spi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i230166

Value Deficiency, Employment Generation and Crime among Youths in Nigeria: An Overview

Chukwuma C. Ukachukwu & Vincent M. Naetor · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2020

Value deficiency and crime among the youths reflects the plethora of contemporary societal challenges that appear to inhibit social progress and national development. This paper therefore discusses value deficiency, employment generation and crime among youths in Nigeria. It exam...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arjass/2020/v11i230165