1. Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on e-learning : country development and COVID-19 responseMirjana Pejić Bach, Božidar Jaković, Ivan Jajić, Maja Meško, 2023, original scientific article Abstract: Due to its severity, the outbreak of COVID-19 led to unprecedented levels of social isolation that affected educational institutions, among others. Digital technologies such as cloud computing and video broadcasting helped the adoption of e-learning during the crisis. However, the speed and efficiency of e-learning adoption during the COVID-19 period varied across countries. This paper compares the adoption of e-learning in European countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and the relationship between the pandemic, e-learning, and economic development. First, the adoption of e-learning in European countries before and during the pandemic is compared. Second, using fuzzy C-means clustering, homogeneous groups of European countries are formed based on e-learning indicators for the periods before and during the pandemic. Third, GDP per capita is used as an indicator of economic development and severity indices are used as an indicator of the severity of the response to the pandemic to compare the different clusters. The research results show that economically and digitally advanced countries led the adoption of e-learning in both the period before and the period during the pandemic. However, they also responded less strictly to the pandemic. Less-advanced countries responded more strictly to the pandemic, likely due to a lack of healthcare resources, and also fell behind in the adoption of e-learning.
Keywords: e-learning, COVID-19, digital technologies, fuzzy clustering
Published in DKUM: 02.08.2023; Views: 412; Downloads: 38
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2. Quo vadis business simulation games in the 21st century?Mirjana Pejić Bach, Tamara Ćurlin, Ana-Marija Stjepić, Maja Meško, 2023, review article Abstract: Business simulation games have become popular in higher education and business environments. The paper aims to identify the primary research trends and topics of business simulation games research using a systematic and automated literature review with the motivation of research (learning driven and domain driven). Based on these findings, the future development of business simulation games research projected papers that research business simulation games were extracted from Scopus. Second, the research timeline, main publication venues and citation trends have been analysed. Third, the most frequent words, phrases, and topics were extracted using text mining. Results indicate that the research on business simulation games has stagnated, with the most cited papers published in the 2000s. There is a balance between learning-driven and domain driven-research, while technology-driven research is scarce, indicating that the technology used for business simulation games is mature. We project that the research on business simulation games needs to be directed in the area of new technologies that could improve communication with and among the users (virtual reality, augmented reality, simulation games) and technologies that could improve the reasoning and decision-making complexity in business simulation games (artificial intelligence).
Keywords: simulation games, digital education, knowledge management, business games
Published in DKUM: 02.08.2023; Views: 605; Downloads: 52
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3. Individual's resistance regarding BPM initiative : case study of the insurance companyMirjana Pejić Bach, Vesna Bosilj-Vukšić, Daila Suša-Vugec, 2017, original scientific article Abstract: Though the individual’s resistance is very often considered a significant barrier to BPM success, the literature on that topic is quite scarce. With the aim to shed light on this topic, we have conducted research of a Croatian insurance company. We examined the impact of individual’s resistance regarding BPM initiative using the theory of reasoned action. Structural equation model was developed using the data collected by the survey among company employees. The results indicate that subjective norms are positively related to the individual’s resistance regarding BPM initiative, while positive initial belief regarding BPM initiative tends to decrease the probability of resistance to change.
Keywords: business process management, theory of reasoned action, individual’s resistance, insurance company, change management, Croatia
Published in DKUM: 03.05.2018; Views: 1166; Downloads: 204
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4. Examining determinants of leadership style among Montenegrin managersAnđelko Lojpur, Ana Aleksić, Sanja Vlahović, Mirjana Pejić Bach, Sanja Peković, 2015, original scientific article Abstract: As a leader’s behavior can have a strong impact on different employee work- related outcomes, various approaches have been put forth in an effort to determine the most effective form of leadership and determinants of individuals’ choice of leadership style. This paper analyzed whether one’s choice of leadership style is due more to personal or organizational characteristics. We used survey data to investigate the determinants of leadership style among Montenegrin managers. Our analysis showed that, although demographic characteristics such as gender, age, and education do not influence the choice of leadership style, internal organizational characteristics such as hierarchical level, managerial orientation to tasks/people, and decision-making characteristics such as decision- making style and decision-making environment are positively associated with the choice of democratic leadership style. This contributes to recent research in leadership that shows how some personal characteristics are considered to be less important in developing certain styles and that the choice of style is more dependent and contingent on external influences and situations.
Keywords: decision-making characteristics, demographic characteristics, internal organizational characteristics, leadership style, Montenegro
Published in DKUM: 03.05.2018; Views: 1233; Downloads: 61
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5. Determinants of entrepreneurial intentions in ICT industry : gender and country of origin perspectiveMirjana Pejić Bach, Marjana Merkač Skok, Dalia Suša, 2016, original scientific article Abstract: Although many researchers agree that environmental and personal characteristics are important for becoming an entrepreneur, it is still not clear if their influence is equally significant. Numerous authors have pointed out unresolved matters regarding the relationship among innovativeness, gender, and entrepreneurial intensions. The aim of this paper is to explore the impact of gender and country of origin in relation to entrepreneurial intentions and innovative cognitive style. Research was conducted using a sample of students majoring in information and communication technologies from Croatia and Slovenia. The results revealed the influence of gender, country, attitudes toward entrepreneurship, and innovative cognitive style on entrepreneurial intentions.
Keywords: entrepreneurship, gender, innovation, cross-country, entrepreneurial intentions, ICT, Croatia, Slovenia
Published in DKUM: 13.11.2017; Views: 1097; Downloads: 196
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6. Markov analysis of studentsʼ performance and academic progress in higher educationAlenka Brezavšček, Mirjana Pejić Bach, Alenka Baggia, 2017, original scientific article Abstract: Background: The students’ progression towards completing their higher education degrees possesses stochastic characteristics, and can therefore be modelled as an absorbing Markov chain. Such application would have a high practical value and offer great opportunities for implementation in practice.
Objectives: The aim of the paper is to develop a stochastic model for estimation and continuous monitoring of various quality and effectiveness indicators of a given higher education study programme.
Method: The study programme is modelled by a finite Markov chain with five transient and two absorbing states. The probability transition matrix is constructed. The quantitative characteristics of the absorbing Markov chain, like the expected time until absorption and the probabilities of absorption, are used to determine chosen indicators of the programme.
Results: The model is applied to investigate the pattern of students’ enrolment and their academic performance in a Slovenian higher education institution. Based on the students’ intake records, the transition matrix was developed considering eight consecutive academic seasons from 2008/09 until 2016/17. The students’ progression towards the next stage of the study programme was estimated. The expected time that a student spends at a particular stage as well as the expected duration of the study is determined. The graduation and withdrawal probabilities were obtained. Besides, a prediction on the students’ enrolment for the next three academic years was made. The results were interpreted and discussed.
Conclusion: The analysis presented is applicable for all higher education stakeholders. It is especially useful for a higher education institution’s managers seeing that it provides useful information to plan improvements regarding the quality and effectiveness of their study programmes to achieve better position in the educational market.
Keywords: higher education, study programme, effectiveness indicators, enrolment prediction
Published in DKUM: 06.07.2017; Views: 1272; Downloads: 410
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