CHAPTER TWO THEORETICAL/CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter presents the theoretical underpinning for the study and also presents a review of literature on farming households’ food utilization, nutrition and health. The subsequent subsections describes the theoretical framework for food nutrition security (FNS), health and income theory, UNICEF’s conceptual framework of under nutrition and ill health, conceptual framework for the impact of illness/disease on agriculture and review
Are research questions and/or hypotheses explicitly stated? If not, is their absence justified? The researcher’s aim, point of view, and hypothesis and the need for answers are included in the study. Research questions were clearly discussed within the text of the background. Are questions and hypotheses appropriately worded, with clear specification of key variables and the study population? Yes, the questions and hypothesis were appropriately worded. The aim of the study was concise and consistent
In light of the conceptual metaphor theory (CMT), Abdullah Al-Harrasi , in his article "Ideological Conceptual Metaphors in Arabic- English Translation of Political Discourse," (2003) focuses on the filtering techniques governmental translators of National Day speeches of Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman used to handle the ideological implication of the conceptual metaphor OMANIS ARE SONS OF OMAN (the FAMILY metaphor). The study aims at highlighting the importance of recognizing and understanding the
Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM Introduction Technology has always been advancing throughout the years. It has made a big impact on people especially on lifestyle. It has been a common source of information and entertainment. Technology changes the way of learning and living of people specially this X-generation also known as “the millennials”. Smart phones, tablets, laptops and the like are commonly used gadgets as a channel of any information (good or bad). People use these new technologies to connect
The conceptual framework of this study is guiding by a conceptual model for the study and management of bullying at work which developed (Einersen, Hoel, Zapf, and Cooper, 2003) that identified the main classes of variables to be included in both future research and future organizational action programs. This model has four important things. First, this model distinguishes between the nature and cause of bullying behavior. That is, the behaviors exhibited by the alleged bully from the nature and
LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction The prevalence of hypertension in the elderly urban population in Malaysia is 62% while in the rural area the rate is reported to be about 26% (Ong, Oung, Ong, & Tan, 2010). The number of hypertension patients of urban elderly is higher than the rural elderly (Ong et al., 2010). The study also found that the prevalence of depression among the elderly living in urban areas was more than double compared to those living in the rural areas. This could be associated
Neoliberalism conceptualized within different frameworks and different approaches because of its incomplete, uneven and contradictory presence. Some scholars studied it as a political economy process, while some see as a bunch of policies and reform programs. Some assert as a way of state formation and some insist on the governmentality aspect of the neoliberalism. Harvey’s “A brief history of neoliberalism” and Hardt and Negri’s “Empire” set the theoretical framework of the political economy, namely capitalism’s
are the current theoretical or policy issues and debates that are related to your topic? What is the current
2.12 Knowledge Sharing in Public Organizations Many organizations are concentrating their efforts to create the effective medium and social network of sharing and transferring the particular useful knowledge across the organizations. It has become the foundation of the organizations’ competitive advantage in achieving the business goals and value. Knowledge sharing has been identified as the important capable in improving the quality and superior of service delivery in the public sector organizations
5. Conceptual Model The Technology Acceptance Model, the Diffusion of Innovations Theory and the Theory of Reasoned Action were adapted to elaborate a new conceptual model in order to explain the phenomena of adoption and diffusion of digital marketing strategies in SMEs from the consumer behaviour perspective in developing markets (see Figure 5). Therefore, several elements of these theories were retaken. The Technology Acceptance Model is central for the theoretical framework, since it is the