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Unisia
ISSN : 02151421     EISSN : 28291573     DOI : 10.20885/unisia
Unisia publishes research articles devoted to social sciences and humanities. The journal publishes current research on a broad range of topics, including religion, law, political science, sociology, psychology, economics, history, language, social work, geography, international studies, and women studies. The journal features articles illustrating the use of quantitative or qualitative methods to empirically analyze current issues in social sciences and humanities to solve society problems. The journal emphasizes research articles concerned with multidisciplinary studies in social sciences and humanities.
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Assessing Multi-Dimensional Performance of Primary Health Care Services at Puskesmas Welesi in Highland Papua Province Yelipele, Irsan; Asso, Otopina
Unisia Vol. 43 No. 1 (2025)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/unisia.vol43.iss1.art21

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Primary health care remains the cornerstone of equitable health systems, yet rural and remote regions face persistent challenges in delivering effective services. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of Puskesmas Welesi in Jayawijaya Regency, Highland Papua Province, by examining four key dimensions: access, quality, process, and system. A descriptive quantitative design was employed, using structured questionnaires administered to 25 community members, complemented by direct observation and literature review. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, producing mean scores for each dimension and an overall performance assessment. Results indicated that overall service delivery was rated as “fairly good” (mean score 58.6). Access to services emerged as the strongest dimension, with patients reporting relative ease of obtaining care and effective referral mechanisms. By contrast, technical quality was identified as the weakest area, reflecting concerns about diagnostic accuracy, shortages of essential medicines, and inconsistent health outcomes. Service processes and system management scored moderately, with respondents acknowledging provider attentiveness but noting difficulties in communication, complaint handling, and organizational efficiency. These findings align with national and international evidence showing that rural health facilities often succeed in maintaining accessibility but struggle with technical competence and systemic robustness. The study contributes to the limited empirical research on primary health care in Papua and underscores the importance of addressing disparities across dimensions rather than focusing on access alone. Strengthening workforce capacity, communication strategies, and management systems is essential for ensuring that accessible services translate into effective and equitable health outcomes.
Work Discipline of Civil Servants in Decentralized Governance: Evidence from Welesi District, Jayawijaya Regency Yelipele, Irsan; Asso, Sisilia
Unisia Vol. 43 No. 1 (2025)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/unisia.vol43.iss1.art22

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Work discipline is widely recognized as a cornerstone of effective public administration, particularly in decentralized governance contexts where local capacity strongly determines service quality. This study aims to analyze the level of work discipline among civil servants in Welesi District, Jayawijaya Regency, focusing on five indicators: objectives and ability, leadership, compensation, sanctions, and supervision. Using a descriptive quantitative design with saturated sampling of all eight civil servants in the district, data were collected through structured questionnaires, observation, and literature review, and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results show that overall discipline is at a “fairly good” level, supported primarily by effective supervision and the presence of sanctions, while leadership is moderately strong but inconsistent. Compensation emerged as the weakest dimension, reflecting inequities and the absence of performance-based incentives, whereas employees displayed motivation yet lacked adequate technical skills, especially in digital competence. These findings align with previous studies emphasizing the role of fairness, supervision, and leadership in sustaining discipline, but they also confirm that inadequate compensation and limited skills undermine long-term commitment and effectiveness. The study demonstrates that discipline in Welesi District is maintained more by external controls than by intrinsic motivation, a situation that risks fragility in the face of structural or resource challenges. The findings underscore the importance of integrating supervision with compensation reform, leadership development, and capacity building. By linking localized evidence with broader theoretical debates, this study contributes to the understanding of civil servant discipline and offers practical recommendations for strengthening governance in rural districts.
Evaluating Village Administration Across Five Governance Domains: Evidence from Apenas Village, Jayawijaya Regency, Indonesia Yelipele, Irsan
Unisia Vol. 43 No. 1 (2025)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/unisia.vol43.iss1.art23

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Village administration plays a crucial role in strengthening transparency, accountability, and efficiency in local governance, particularly in rural Indonesia. This study aims to evaluate the implementation of village administration across five mandated governance domains—general, population, financial, development, and other administration—using evidence from the Apenas Village Office in Jayawijaya Regency. Employing a descriptive quantitative design with saturated sampling, data were collected from all village officials through structured questionnaires, direct observation, and document review, and analyzed using descriptive statistics to assess performance levels. The results reveal an overall “good” performance with a mean score of 47.76, though variation across domains was significant. General, population, and development administration performed very well due to standardized procedures and visible outcomes, while financial administration scored lower because of weaknesses in budgeting and financial literacy. The lowest performance was found in “other administration,” which involves documenting village deliberations, BPD activities, and adat institutions, reflecting challenges in inter-institutional coordination. These findings align with existing studies showing that routine, internal tasks are performed more effectively than functions requiring technical expertise or broader participation. Theoretically, the study reinforces institutional and participatory governance frameworks, while practically, it underscores the importance of capacity-building, financial training, and participatory documentation. Policy implications include the need for differentiated interventions that strengthen weaker domains while maintaining consistency in routine administration. By highlighting both strengths and weaknesses, this study contributes to the literature on village governance and offers valuable insights for improving local administration in Indonesia.
Income Potential, Marketing Dynamics, and Agrotourism Opportunities of Smallholder Strawberry Vendors in Potikelek Traditional Market, Wamena City Difinubun, Muhamad Fagi; Kaharuddin, Kaharuddin
Unisia Vol. 43 No. 1 (2025)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/unisia.vol43.iss1.art24

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This study investigates the income potential, marketing dynamics, and agrotourism opportunities of smallholder strawberry vendors in Potikelek Traditional Market, Wamena City, Highland Papua Province, where highland conditions are well suited for horticultural production. The research aims to assess the profitability of strawberry vending within traditional markets, identify structural constraints, and explore its contribution to sustainable livelihoods and rural diversification. Employing a qualitative descriptive design, data were collected through structured interviews with fifteen vendors and direct observations of sales and market practices. Profit calculations were based on the relationship between total revenue, fixed costs, variable costs, and net income. The findings reveal that strawberry vending generates an average weekly profit of Rp 376,250, providing meaningful but fragile income largely managed by women vendors. Cost structures were dominated by variable expenses, particularly labor and planting materials, while access to capital remained limited, constraining opportunities for scaling. Marketing channels centered on direct sales, allowing some flexibility but restricting bargaining power and geographic reach. Post-harvest losses were frequent due to inadequate storage and preservation technologies, while consumer preferences emphasized freshness, firmness, and visual appeal. These results align with studies highlighting the potential of high-value horticultural crops in supporting rural incomes but also confirm persistent vulnerabilities caused by financial exclusion, infrastructure gaps, and weak market integration. The study concludes that strawberries hold promise not only as a supplementary livelihood source but also as a driver of agrotourism and regional identity if supported by policies enhancing credit access, post-harvest innovation, and market linkages.
Optimizing Digital Marketing Through Facebook Marketplace for MSMEs in Wamena City: Opportunities, Constraints, and Strategic Adaptation Difinubun, Muhamad Fagi
Unisia Vol. 43 No. 1 (2025)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/unisia.vol43.iss1.art25

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This study examines how micro, small, and medium enterprises in Wamena City, Highland Papua Province, Indonesia optimize digital marketing through Facebook Marketplace to overcome geographic isolation and expand their economic opportunities. The research aims to understand the extent of adoption, the strategies employed, and the barriers faced by entrepreneurs in this peripheral economy. A qualitative descriptive design was employed, drawing on semi-structured interviews with business owners and secondary data from scholarly and policy sources. Data were analyzed thematically to capture lived experiences, contextual challenges, and adaptive practices. The findings show that Facebook Marketplace and WhatsApp are the dominant platforms, enabling vendors to broaden market access, reduce spoilage of perishable goods, and enhance consumer engagement. Coffee producers, food vendors, and handicraft sellers reported tangible improvements in sales and visibility, supported by creative content and prompt customer interactions. However, weak internet infrastructure, uneven connectivity, and limited digital literacy hinder optimal use of advanced features such as targeted advertising and analytics. Training initiatives by government agencies, universities, and NGOs partially mitigate these gaps but remain inconsistent and unsustained. The discussion situates these findings within theoretical frameworks including the Resource-Based View and Dynamic Capabilities, underscoring how local enterprises adapt digital strategies under structural constraints. This study contributes to the literature by providing a context-specific account of digital marketing in a geographically remote region, highlighting both opportunities and limitations. The results carry practical and policy implications, emphasizing the need for infrastructure investment, continuous digital literacy training, and tailored support to ensure inclusive and sustainable digital transformation.
Mysticism and Conflict: Amulets, Talismans, and the Enduring Bawku Chieftaincy Dispute in Ghana (1957-2022) Bersong, Dennis Tibil; Awinbilla, Adamu Akudlil
Unisia Vol. 43 No. 2 (2025)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/unisia.vol43.iss2.art1

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Drawing on archival records, oral histories, and cultural artefacts, this article investigates how belief in the protective powers of amulets, talismans, charms, and other forms of African metaphysical social protection has shaped and sustained the protracted Bawku chieftaincy dispute between the Kusaas and Mamprusi from the late colonial era to the present. The study employs qualitative historical and ethnographic methods, combining colonial and postcolonial administrative documents with in‑depth interviews and detailed descriptions of ritual practices surrounding war garments, vanishing magic, and bodily fortification. The findings show that these spiritual‑material technologies do not merely accompany the conflict but actively influence decision‑making, risk‑taking, and attitudes toward violence, as many combatants perceive themselves as supernaturally shielded against bullets, blades, and other threats. This perceived immunity lowers fear of death, encourages offensive action, and weakens incentives to accept compromise or ceasefire, thereby undermining formal peacebuilding efforts led by governments, security forces, and civil society over more than six decades. Integrating insights from protection motivation theory, the article argues that amulets and talismans operate as culturally specific coping mechanisms that transform threat appraisal into a sense of control and empowerment, even in the face of repeated bloodshed. The study concludes that without explicitly engaging these metaphysical protection systems and their social meanings, interventions will continue to misdiagnose the roots of the Bawku conflict and risk reproducing the same ineffective outcomes.
Labour Welfare and Economic Output in Nigeria: An Error Correction Model Analysis of Human Capital Investment, 1990–2024 Nwankwo, Christopher
Unisia Vol. 43 No. 2 (2025)
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This study investigates how labour welfare influences economic output in Nigeria, aiming to clarify whether investments in workers’ well-being translate into sustained economic growth. Using annual macroeconomic data for 1990–2024, the analysis applies a human capital–based production framework and employs time series techniques, including unit root testing, cointegration analysis, and an error-correction–augmented Ordinary Least Squares model, to examine the long-run and short-run effects of labour welfare, education, health expenditure, government fixed capital formation, and recurrent expenditure on gross domestic product. The results show that labour welfare has a positive and statistically significant impact on economic output in the long run, indicating that better welfare conditions raise productivity and national income, while health expenditure also exerts a significant growth-enhancing effect. By contrast, education spending and recurrent expenditure do not significantly stimulate output, and government fixed capital formation exhibits a surprisingly negative and significant relationship with gross domestic product, suggesting inefficiencies, cost overruns, and abandoned infrastructure projects that fail to contribute to productive capacity. The error correction mechanism reveals a moderate speed of adjustment toward long-run equilibrium, and overall model diagnostics confirm a stable and well-specified relationship between labour welfare and economic output. These findings underscore that strengthening labour welfare, particularly through effective health investment, can be a powerful lever for boosting productivity and inclusive growth, but they also highlight the need to reform public investment management and reorient education and capital spending toward more efficient, growth-supporting uses.
The Problematics of Publishing in a Multicultural Context: The Politics of Letter H Makwati, Luyanduhlobo; Tendaupenyu , Clive
Unisia Vol. 43 No. 2 (2025)
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This article looks at the correct usage of language in communication and the importance of language in communication and advertising with specific reference to notices pamphlets and other documents with specific reference to Ndebele materials. This study examines the historical roots of current linguistic challenges. It explores the factors that have allowed the continued use of incorrect language in respected institutions a practice that burdens both language users and consumers of related products. The article further looks at the economic comparative advantage which companies should ride upon since they are dealing with language as an economic variable. It is out of this realisation that the lack of will at all levels despite the previous studies that were done and recommendations having been made the language has remained stifled which has necessitated the research of this nature. The study finds no coordinated effort among authors, linguists, publishers, and commissioning editors, who often work in isolation, resulting in the proliferation of linguistically inaccurate materials.  Translators should be involved since translation is a highly specialized especially where target audiences differ. Be it English to any indigenous languages or vice versa the practice should seek the services of experts in the discipline of translation and publishing.
Artificial Intelligence and Tarannum Pedagogy: Towards an Ethical Islamic Framework for Ecological and Social Justice Ramli, Mohd Shahidan; Sahad, Mohd Nizam; Mohd Din, Khairil Fikri
Unisia Vol. 43 No. 2 (2025)
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The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into Islamic education has gained increasing scholarly attention, particularly in Qur’anic pedagogy. Among its dimensions, Tarannum the melodic art of Qur’anic recitation remains understudied in digital contexts despite its vital role in preserving cultural and spiritual heritage. This systematic literature review (SLR) investigates how AI can be applied to support Tarannum pedagogy while ensuring alignment with Islamic ethics, ecological awareness, and social justice. The article addresses two main objectives: first, to analyse how Tarannum can be preserved and enhanced through AI-based learning tools while remaining consistent with Islamic pedagogical principles; and second, to propose an ethical Islamic framework for AI-enabled Tarannum pedagogy grounded in maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah, trusteeship ethics, and principles of sustainability. The review follows the PRISMA protocol and systematically synthesises thirty nine peer reviewed articles published between 2010 and 2025. Data sources included Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar and ERIC with studies screened and categorised into four main themes: (1) AI in Qur’anic recitation and tajwīd learning, (2) Tarannum as cultural and pedagogical heritage, (3) Islamic ethics and AI governance, and (4) ecology and social justice in Islamic pedagogy. Findings show that while AI systems achieve high accuracy in tajwīd error detection and recitation recognition, Tarannum’s spiritual and aesthetic dimensions remain largely neglected in digital pedagogy. Islamic ethical frameworks provide strong conceptual guidance but require practical operationalisation. Moreover, ecological and social justice discourses are rarely connected to Tarannum education. This review concludes that a comprehensive framework integrating AI, Tarannum pedagogy, Islamic ethics, and sustainability is essential for advancing Qur’anic education that is both technologically innovative and spiritually authentic.
Approaches to Teaching Hadith to the Younger Generation in the Digital Era Abdullah, Mohd Azam; Shamsudin, Roshimah
Unisia Vol. 43 No. 2 (2025)
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The teaching of hadith to the younger generation is essential in fostering an authentic understanding of Islam and strengthening Muslim identity. However, the challenges of the digital era demand more creative, interactive, and contextually relevant approaches that align with contemporary learning styles. This article explores approaches to hadith instruction through the use of information technology, social media, mobile applications, and e-learning platforms. A qualitative method based on document analysis and literature review was employed to identify effective strategies such as multimedia integration, gamification-based learning, and the use of visual narratives in conveying the values of hadith. The study also highlights the crucial role of educators in guiding youth to distinguish authentic hadith from fabricated information circulating in cyberspace. Findings indicate that innovative digital approaches not only enhance students’ interest and comprehension but also strengthen their attachment to the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). This article recommends that digital innovations in hadith pedagogy be continuously enhanced and supported by curricula that are relevant to contemporary challenges.

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