Exploring transformational outcomes from donor investments in agroforestry research for development

Exploring the Faculty Members’ Expectations from Educational Development Centers in Medical Universities: A Qualitative Research

Introduction: The great developments in medical sciences during the past three decades have made transformation and change in medical education more necessary than ever, and led to the establishment of educational development centers (EDCs). EDCs are responsible for decision-making and policy implementation to promote quality of education in universities. This research, explores faculty expecta...

Agroforestry Development in Kenya

Two Decades of Research and Development in Transformational Leadership

The interests of the organization and its members need to be aligned. Such is a task for the transformational leader. In contrast to the transactional leader who practises contingent reinforcement of followers, the transformational leader inspires, intellectually stimulates, and is individually considerate of them. Transformational leadership may be directive or participative. Requiring higher ...

: metadiscourse in introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics research articles: exploring variation in frequency and type

abstract in written mode of language, metadiscourse markers are used commonly to help writers in general and academic writers in particular to produce coherent and professional texts. the purpose of the present study was to compare introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics articles regarding their use of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers based on the model pro...

Taxes, Dividends and Firms’ Investments in Research and Development

The paper analyses the determinants of dividend payments and tests the hypothesis that companies pay dividends at the expense of investing in research and development (R&D). The evidence suggests that four fundamental factors – size, growth, profitability and risk – determine the decision to pay dividends but also to invest in R&D. Consistent with previous evidence, the average R&D intensity of...