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The Role of Work Engagement in Moderating the Impact of Job Characteristics, Perceived Organizational Support, and Self-Efficacy on Job Satisfaction
Get PDFThis research is aimed at figuring out the extent to which job characteristics, perceived organizational support and self-efficacy affect job satisfaction with work engagement serving as an intervening variable. The respondents of this research were 101 employees of the Centre for the Development and Empowerment of Educators and Educational Personnel (P4TK) of Art and Culture of Yogyakarta. The data were collected using questionnaires. The data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The quantitative analysis techniques used in this research were t-test, F-test, multiple regression analysis and path analysis. The research yielded some results. Firstly, job characteristics and self-efficacy had a significant effect on work engagement and perceived organizational support did not have any significant effect on work engagement, but together it had a significant effect on work engagement. Secondly, job characteristics and perceived organizational support had a significant effect on job satisfaction, and self-efficacy did not have any significant effect on job satisfaction, but together it had a significant effect on job satisfaction. Thirdly, work engagement had a significant effect on job satisfaction. Fourthly, job characteristics and perceived organizational support had a greater effect on job satisfaction directly, and self-efficacy had a greater effect on job satisfaction indirectly through work engagement. The results of this research can be used as a reference for P4TK to improve employees' job satisfaction, and ultimately, support the achievement of organizational goals
Cluster Entrepreneurship Development in Lithuania Best Practice
Get PDFClusters becoming important field in Lithuania. Clusters aim to join forces to gain mutual benefits, accelerate the process of developing new products, services or technologies, and bring them to market, foster innovation and collaborate on science and business. Clusters in Lithuania have benefit: stimulates innovation and growth, promotes the transfer of knowledge and helps develop new ideas and business, promotes export development, contributes to the internationalization of enterprises, helps to reach foreign markets and find new business partners, helps attract new technologies, skilled labor, investment in research and development and innovation, strengthens the human, technical, scientific, capital, innovation, partnership and other capabilities of individual cluster members, provides access to unique, specialized resources and enhances the competitive advantage of cluster members, helps to reduce the costs of small and medium-sized enterprises, prepare SMEs for growth, helps reduce risk and increases the likelihood of success in selecting new R&D trends.
Green Accounting Concept Based on University Social Responsibility as A Form of University Environmental Awareness
Get PDFEnvironmental issues are not a new issue, environmental degradation and social gaps in the environment are a matter of great concern. This study aimed to analyze the form of environmental responsibility and how the application of Green Accounting concept in a university. This qualitative research used phenomenology approach with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis technique where the research locations were in UIN Alauddin Makassar and Hasanuddin University Makassar. Data source was primary data obtained through interview and also supported by other secondary data. The method of data analysis was constructing research conclusion by abstracting empirical data collected from the field. Findings of this study revealed that the awareness of UIN Alauddin Makassar to the environment is still inadequate and not fulfil the expectations of the campus community that is different from the responsibility of Hasanuddin University Makassar which has been considered quite responsible with the existence of various environmental conservation programs. Green Accounting concept that can be seen from environmental concerns and environmental involvement in these two universities is also very different especially in terms of building management awareness, cost availability and environmental compliance studies. As for the reporting and environmental audit, both UIN Alauddin Makassar and Hasanuddin University Makassar has not been conducted until now
Metacognitive Ability Effect on Leadership Development
Get PDFLeadership is the single most important element for the success of an organization. This explains why leadership skill is one of the most sought after skills. The only challenge is that effective leaders are few. Leadership development is meant to eradicate the shortage of leaders but there is a widespread outcry about the effectiveness of the current leadership interventions. Despite the huge expenditure in developing leaders, the outcomes are not comparable to the resources invested. Beyond the traditional elements (content, context, program length and delivery) of leadership development, the boundaries of research and practices have to be extended to the neglected elements of learning like metacognitive ability, hence this study examines the effect metacognitive ability on leadership development. The study was conducted among MBA students within private universities in Kenya. The sample size was 314 students, with a response rate of 92 percent. The results reveal that metacognitive ability significantly predicts leadership developments. The results imply that the higher the levels of metacognitive ability that leadership development participants have, the better they are at acquiring leadership skills
Experiential Marketing Model on Hotels Owned by Regional Government of South Sumatra Province
Get PDFPurpose of this study was to analyze hotel marketing strategies carried out by hotel owned by the South Sumatra regional government. This study was designing an experiential marketing strategy for hotels owned by the South Sumatra regional government and designing an experiential marketing model for hotels owned by the South Sumatra regional government. Research stage was divided into 3 phases, that was: analyzing the marketing strategies that had been carried out so far, designing experiential marketing strategies and designing experiential marketing models for hotels owned by the South Sumatra regional government. This study was to design experiential marketing strategies and experiential marketing models that were suitable for marketing hotels owned by regional government of the South Sumatra Province so that they could compete with other hotels in South Sumatra. Survey method by distributing questionnaires to hotel customers owned by regional government of the South Sumatra Province. Results showed that the marketing strategy used hotels owned by the South Sumatra regional government was still simple, so it required experiential marketing strategies to increase the number of occupants, and from the experiential marketing model showed that brand image affected customer satisfaction and experiential marketing affected the value of experience, where customer satisfaction and the value of experience had influences customer loyalty
Sharia Hotel Concept and Customer Value Effect on Customer Satisfaction
Get PDFAims of this study to see the effect of the hotel sharia concept and customer value on customer satisfaction. This research was motivated by the increase of halal tourism in the world which made the majority of the Muslim population in Indonesia aware of halal lifestyle so that it became a growing trend, and this also made the people's need for products and activities according to sharia increase. Sample of this research is consumers who have stayed overnight and felt hotel facilities in sharia hotels in Padang city at least once. Data collection technique used is a non-probability sampling method with a purposive sampling approach and data collection is done by distributing questionnaires online to 190 respondents. Data analysis method uses SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) based on components or variants, which are operated through PLS applications. Results of this study are that the sharia hotel concept and customer value have a significant effect on customer satisfaction, this means that the better the concept of sharia hotels both in terms of service, interior design and financing, customer satisfaction will increase, as well as the value of customers the more value obtained by customers both from the value of quality, emotional value, price value and social value, the higher satisfaction obtained by the customer
Effect of Online Systems Quality, Banking Service Product Quality and Customer Trust on the Success of BRI Syari'ah E-Banking Information System
Get PDFThis study will discuss and to find out and test whether Online Systems Quality, Banking Service Product Quality and Customer Trust are thought to influence the Success of E-Banking Information System in one of the Shariah Banks in Pangkalpinang City. This research is quantitative research, using primary data, the instrument used is a questionnaire given to respondents. The population in this study is the Customer of BRI Bank Syari'ah PangkalPinang Branch, while the sampling technique used is convenience sampling technique. The data of this study will be processed and analyzed by Multiple Linear Regression tests with the aim to find out how far the knowledge and level of understanding of Online Systems Quality, Banking Service Product Quality and Customer Trust are thought to influence the success of E-Banking Information System in BRI Sharia Banks in Pangkalpinang
Secure Image Role in Online Business Competition
Get PDFConsumer tastes have changed, technology is increasingly sophisticated and communication is no longer constrained by distance and time. Ease and speed of this transaction also support the development of online stores in Indonesia. On the one hand, the presence of online stores has become the main competitor of conventional stores, but on the other hand, the competition between online stores is getting tighter. For this reason, the study discusses several things such as the impact of the development of the industrial revolution on business management from time to time; market potential, benefits and costs of online stores from the perspective of society and government; competition patterns that will be faced between online stores; how do online business site providers survive in the current pattern of competition. This study using exploratory research which aims to photograph developments, market potential, patterns of competition and find ways to survive in online business. Research was conducted by identifying and categorizing previous studies to get various thoughts from previous researchers. Findings of this study showed the potential of the online-store market in Indonesia will grow further along with population growth, but besides the benefits, there are also costs that must be borne by the society and government, for that the government must make strict rules to minimize these losses. Moreover, online-store entrepreneurs must continue to make efficiency while trying to differentiate so that they are not trapped in the pattern of perfect competition market
Market Potential Exploration of Tourism Sector and Local Tourists’ Perception
Get PDFThis research discussed domestic tourists' perception of tourism destination in Pangkalpinang, Indonesia. It has been formed a perception index using PCA with determined indicators such as accessibility, supporting facilities, the prices of snacks and security. The result indicates that most of the visitors have good perceptions of tourism destinations in Pangkalpinang. Nevertheless, there is an aspect that should be evaluated; it is about the availability of toilets at those tourist destinations. There is 53 percent of domestic tourists tell that there is no access to public toilet. Therefore, this research describes stakeholder to understand the existing condition and make an improvement in the future
Effect of Liquidity and Dividend Pay-out on Financial Performance of Deposit Taking SACCOs in Kenya
Get PDFCapital structure is one of the fundamental aspects to the success of Deposit Taking Savings (DPS) and Credit Cooperative Societies (CCS) as it influences the realization of its objectives and goals. The study intended to determine the effect of two capital structure determinants; liquidity and dividend payout, on financial performance as measured by Return on Assets of DPS and CCS, in Kenya. The study was grounded on the Pecking order and Free cash flow capital structure theories. The study utilized a mixed research design using primary and secondary data for the period 2013 to 2017. The population of the study was 174 DPS and CCS. Stratified and purposive sampling technique was employed. Descriptive statistics and a regression model were used to analyze the data. Results revealed that liquidity and dividend pay-out had a significant and positive effect on the financial performance of DPS and CCS in Kenya. The study concluded that liquidity and dividend pay-out play a significant role in the financial performance of DPS and CCS. The study recommends having in place an Assets and Liabilities Committee in each DPS and CCS that would help manage the assets and liabilities of the institution, ensuring adequate liquidity and cash flow management. Having in place a robust dividend policy that addresses; the basis of the rate of payments and activities that would require funding of which internally generated funds by way of dividend retention, is also critical.