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First Name Office Culture and Employee Behavior in Work Places
Get PDFAbstract The examination of the behavioural responses of the reciprocal first name exchange as a policy in firms in Nigeria was the main objective of this research. It was also the intent of this empirical work to highlight the challenges and issues of the transferability and applicability of contemporary work culture within the context of the Nigerian cultural environment. For this study, the cross sectional survey design was adopted and the questionnaire method of data collection was used .A non parametric Bivariate Correlation was employed for the purpose of data analysis. The findings revealed that the lower the level of comfort employees felt with the reciprocal use of first names as a policy in workplaces the more dysfunctional their behaviours. It was recommended among other things that corporate policies, practices and strategies must take cognizance of local national cultural specifics
Flexible man-man motivation performance management system for Industry 4.0
Get PDFMany companies are oriented on the 4th industrial revolution, they solve daily a lot of new working situation in management and organization of own production processes. The purpose of this paper Is to present methodological tool for motivation of own staff by implementation of Industry 4.0 concept. There is most important by this concept to manage and lead all employees for effective and profitable communication with e-technologies used in company. Important dates for the methodology proposal were taken from surveys realized in selected industrial companies (2014, 2015), oriented on the implementation of Industry 4.0 concept in 3 countries. According to results achieved, quantitative and qualitative analyses were realized and identified core motivation trends for effective e-processes. Presented results show key parameters and orientation strategies for flexible employees motivation, integrated in process teams in the area of production planning and organization. There is important to use various motivation strategies, dependent from the process – product – personality motivation of employees. This methodology proposal has the limitations in the small amount of companies that have implemented Industry 4.0 concept. If we are interesting on the new production management strategies in this environment, we should take positive and negative feedback from existing companies for effective new man-man strategies connected with e-processes. The research and results presented in this article open new ways of managerial strategies for production departments and industrial enterprises in the era of 4th industrial revolution. Many companies focus their attention solely on the implementation of e-technologies and e-processes, while still pay less attention to an equally important element – human. In practice will help this methodology to optimize man-man cooperation and teamwork for profitability of complex e-production systems and e-technologies. This paper extends managerial strategy configuration model highlighting new ways of man-man strategies that motivate company employees effective to cooperate with new-implemented e-technologies in according to achievement of optimal process performance
Workplace Bullying :Shape up or Ship Out
Get PDFIn these times of global unemployment crises, a job is not just a means of survival but a way of living with dignity and honour. However, things turnaround for significant percentage of working population all over the globe and they don’t find in work what they originally joined it for. The workplace gets hostile to them, people behave aggressively, they feel harassment …. They get bullied. In this study we try to show how big a menace the workplace bullying is. We focus on its devastating effects on the lives of people and the organizational culture. By taking suitable examples from various researches, books, magazines, essays, government reports, NGOs and other highly accepted online sources, we try to show how lethal it could be for an organization if it gives in to the disease of workplace bullying. The study suggests some measures about how management can exercise control and ensure the work environment becomes appealing and result in the better productivity and profitability. Our study is driven by the belief that bullying of every kind needs to be stopped at every level and employees be given the relaxed and dignified workplace to work at. This reading should serve as a motivational tool for the organizations where bullying of any sort is prevalent, to check , control and make sure the employees are taking pride in being part of their work culture. Further, the reader shall gain the significant understanding of people involved in this act and effects it may have on the lives of victims and organizational efficiency.
Value Added Services of Internal Auditors: An Exploratory Study on Consulting Role in Malaysian Environment
Get PDFThis paper discusses the added value that business can gain from the internal auditors via their consulting role. It is an explanatory study that provides an overview of the consulting activities within the business context. In the current complexity and constantly changing business issues, leveraging on the wealth of collective information about the business obtained by internal auditors in order to add value and improve organizational competitiveness would be a good strategy. In the stewardship perspective, internal audit would support the board and management team through consulting role and are expected to provide advice on the business improvement or future investment opportunities if the company is aggressive for new ventures etc. Fifteen (15) in-depth interviews with the Heads of Internal Audit departments from large Malaysian organizations were carried out. This is to investigate the nature, and extent of consulting activity in the companies analyzed. The results show that internal auditors provided consultation upon the request of management, board of directors or audit committee, on ad-hoc basis to help improve business operations and to achieve organizational objectives. This paper contributes to the literature by providing a deeper insight into factors influencing the internal auditors’ consulting role. It investigates an unexplored area of the role of internal auditors as consultants and opens several interesting avenues for future research
The Mediating role of second order capabilities on Capabilities-Competitive Advantage linkage: A Capability Life Cycle approach
Get PDFI examine the role of second order capabilities on capabilities- competitive advantage relationship and its influence on sustainability of competitive advantage. The concept of capabilities life cycle has been used to explicate the proposed relationship. Discussion also involves impact of velocity of environment on capabilities (operational as well as dynamic capabilities) – competitive advantage relationship. Investigation posit a mediation effect of second order capabilities on capabilities- competitive advantage relationship and they also have potential to help in attaining sustainability of completive advantage, while velocity of environment moderates capabilities- competitive advantage relationship
Shaken But Unruffled: Stories of Psychologically Distressed Public Secondary School Teachers
Get PDFPsychological distress is a global phenomenon that affects not only the psychological and physical well-being but also the profession of teachers around the world. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the experiences of psychologically distressed public secondary school teachers, their coping strategies, and insights they can share to their peers and to the academe in general. The participants of this inquiry were five female teachers from the public secondary schools of Davao del Norte division of Davao region, Philippines who experienced distress caused by school and personal stressors. Furthermore, informants underwent face-to-face in-depth interview. After a thorough analysis of the data using thematic, numeration and cross-case analysis procedures, it was found out that students’ misbehavior was the most common cause of teachers’ distress. On the coping strategies employed by them, it also came out that controlling the emotion was their most usual coping strategy against their distressful experiences. Moreover, teaching as both profession and ministry was the strongest insight. Finally, this study has provided some important implications on how to address the said phenomenon, suggested relevant insights for meaningful learning, and considered vital related topics which necessitate future undertakings
Exploration of Risk taking behaviors for Financial decision making in Malaysia
Get PDFWe used and evaluated a simple real payoff choice investment alternatives to measure risk taking behavior of Malaysian youth and also applied this measure to examine differences in risk taking behavior of male, female, younger and older adult university students. Participants chose which of ten 50/50 chance to win or loss alternative they wish to choose. We found significant ethnic difference when Malay and Chinese were placed in-groups, Chinese showed a stronger pro-risk position than Malay. While no significant difference was found between Indian and Chinese. However, overall there was a significant gender difference in investment risk taking behavior. Females turned out in a stronger pro-risk position than males. In terms of choosing investment alternatives, there was a significant difference between age groups, such that younger adults were relatively more risk taker than older adults.
Individual and Group Level Antecedents of Team-Member Exchange (TMX) and its Associated Outcomes
Get PDFIn recent years, teams have become a popular and efficient way of managing and performing work tasks. The idea behind teams is that if they are structured to maximize communication density, connectivity, and minimize hierarchy, there will be greater flexibility in communicating, cooperating, and collaborating on work-related tasks. Human resources are growing concern for today’s competitive organizations. Therefore it is very essential to focus on this issue seriously. In this review paper, we have integrated empirical research regarding the antecedents and consequences of Team-Member Exchange (TMX). An exchange relationship between team members is very critical but relatively unexplored phenomenon in the field of organizational behaviour. We have proposed a theoretical model to study certain selected antecedents (or predictor) and consequences of team-member exchange (TMX) process, both at the individual and group level. The individual level antecedents included in this paper are organizational justice, emotional intelligence, workplace friendship and group level antecedents are collectivistic orientation, team similarity, team identification, team-member affect, team reflexivity and group potency. Likewise, individual level outcomes associated with high quality team-member exchange are organizational citizenship behaviour, job performance, mental health and group level outcomes associated with high quality team-member exchange are team conflict, team climate, team commitment, team performance and team innovativeness. Further, several preliminary propositions have been offered to guide future research and the role of team-member exchange (TMX) within a broad theoretical and empirical context is discussed.Finally, we have discussed the gaps in the relevant literature, major issues for future research on team-member exchange (TMX) along with implications and interventions about how management can develop good interrelationships between co-workers.
The Impact of Safety Climate on Safety Performance in a Gold Mining Company in Ghana
Get PDFThe study investigated the influence of safety climate on safety performance among employees in a multi-national gold mining company in Ghana. Safety climate was conceptualized and measured in terms of employee perceptions of management value for safety, supervisor safety practices, safety communication, safety training and safety system. Safety performance was conceptualized and measured in terms of employee safety compliance and safety participation, that is, how they make suggestions to improve safety in the mining environment. Using a cross-sectional survey design, 235 workers in the mines completed questionnaires on safety climate and safety performance. Pearson correlations and multiple regression analysis of the data indicated positive relationship between safety climate and safety performance as predicted. Safety systems predicted both safety compliance and participation. Safety communication and supervisory practices predicted safety compliance and safety participation respectively. The results are discussed in the framework of the theories of reasoned action and planned behaviour
The Impact of Infrastructure on Foreign Direct Investment in Malaysia
Get PDFFDI is an important contributor to the development and the transformation of the Malaysian economy, particularly in establishing new industries, enhancing production capacity, employment, trade and technological capability. This study aims to investigate the role of infrastructure on FDI in Malaysia from 1980 to 2013. Time series Malaysian data is used to capture the impact of infrastructure on FDI through ARDL method. The results revealed that besides GDP and exchange rate, infrastructure also had positive impact on FDI in Malaysia. The findings suggest that the reduction of business cost through improvement of infrastructure helped to increase competitiveness in attracting FDI