Readiness of young fishermen in Malaysia to use Global Positioning System: a preliminary result

The main attempt of this study is to determine the level of readiness possessed by young fishermen to use the Global Positioning System (GPS), and the potential problems they might face in relation to using the technology. The results presented in this study were the findings of the pre-test process...

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Main Authors: Osman, Mohd Nizam, Omar, Siti Zobidah, Bolong, Jusang, Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva, Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35161/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35161/1/35161.pdf
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author Osman, Mohd Nizam
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
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Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
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description The main attempt of this study is to determine the level of readiness possessed by young fishermen to use the Global Positioning System (GPS), and the potential problems they might face in relation to using the technology. The results presented in this study were the findings of the pre-test process conducted among 30 young fishermen at Kuala Paka and Kuala Terengganu. Overall, four factors of readiness were studied, and the results show that the respondents were labelled as being ready to go ahead with using GPS in relation to the factor of readiness of the individual young fishermen and the factor of readiness of young fishermen. In addition to this, the respondents were labelled as being not ready to use GPS when it comes to the remaining two factors, namely readiness of infrastructure and readiness of agencies. The respondents agreed that the agencies were the main problem that was hindering their use of GPS. While the findings discussed were merely the preliminary findings, they are an early indicator of what the actual data might be.
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spelling upm-351612016-03-31T03:34:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35161/ Readiness of young fishermen in Malaysia to use Global Positioning System: a preliminary result Osman, Mohd Nizam Omar, Siti Zobidah Bolong, Jusang Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril The main attempt of this study is to determine the level of readiness possessed by young fishermen to use the Global Positioning System (GPS), and the potential problems they might face in relation to using the technology. The results presented in this study were the findings of the pre-test process conducted among 30 young fishermen at Kuala Paka and Kuala Terengganu. Overall, four factors of readiness were studied, and the results show that the respondents were labelled as being ready to go ahead with using GPS in relation to the factor of readiness of the individual young fishermen and the factor of readiness of young fishermen. In addition to this, the respondents were labelled as being not ready to use GPS when it comes to the remaining two factors, namely readiness of infrastructure and readiness of agencies. The respondents agreed that the agencies were the main problem that was hindering their use of GPS. While the findings discussed were merely the preliminary findings, they are an early indicator of what the actual data might be. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35161/1/35161.pdf Osman, Mohd Nizam and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Bolong, Jusang and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril (2014) Readiness of young fishermen in Malaysia to use Global Positioning System: a preliminary result. Asian Social Science, 10 (11). pp. 104-112. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/37492 10.5539/ass.v10n11p104
spellingShingle Osman, Mohd Nizam
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Bolong, Jusang
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Readiness of young fishermen in Malaysia to use Global Positioning System: a preliminary result
title Readiness of young fishermen in Malaysia to use Global Positioning System: a preliminary result
title_full Readiness of young fishermen in Malaysia to use Global Positioning System: a preliminary result
title_fullStr Readiness of young fishermen in Malaysia to use Global Positioning System: a preliminary result
title_full_unstemmed Readiness of young fishermen in Malaysia to use Global Positioning System: a preliminary result
title_short Readiness of young fishermen in Malaysia to use Global Positioning System: a preliminary result
title_sort readiness of young fishermen in malaysia to use global positioning system: a preliminary result
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35161/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35161/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35161/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35161/1/35161.pdf