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Engaging Employees in Management and Decision-Making Process: A Case Study on “Vision Garments Limited”
No full textPurpose: The key aim of this study was to understand the employee engagement (EE) practice in decision-making from Vision Garment Limited's (VGL) perspective.
Research Methodology: Two focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted based on judgmental sampling to understand the real scenario from two crucial viewpoints.
Result: The study revealed employee engagement (EE) practice in decision-making exists in VGL. The key challenges were identified as proper knowledge and qualification, physical dispersion among the parties in some cases, middlemen between the parties, mutual understanding and respect, unwillingness to delegate power, and nonexistence or nonfunctioning of the plant-level trade union.
Limitation: The study was just an exploratory type hence some descriptive results based on the above variables need to be explored. In addition, a few causal relationships among the variable can also be tested in this particular research domain.
Originality: Most of the earlier researchers could not address Plant level Trade Unionism (TU) can be considered a platform of EE practice. However, this research has addressed the issue as evidence from the real-life investigation. In addition, the garment firms may allow the specialized garment business-related TU practice at the micro-level as a platform for their EE practice
The Impact of Corona Outbreak on Virtual Education Policy in Iranian Universities
No full textPurpose: The main purpose of this study is to the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on e-learning policy in Iranian universities.
Research methodology: This research is a combined type and includes a section that has practical writing. In order to collect information in the first part, the method of library studies and theoretical analysis has been used. The second part of this study was controlled.
Results: Systematic review of research conducted in the field of research variables showed that appropriate policy-making in education, especially virtual education, leads to a constructive change in the educational system that will lead to lifelong and applied education and learning.Individual and social note. In the quantitative part, data analysis was performed using spss25 software. The results of the analysis of 4 hypotheses in the study showed that the prevalence of the coronavirus has a significant effect on the e-learning policy in Iranian universities.
Limitations: Lack of availability of research samples during the corona.
Contribution: Ensuring educational policy with proper mechanisms and accountability after the Coronavirus period is one of the most important factors that play a major role in improving and effectiveness of virtual education
Time Management And Self-Directed Learning As Predictors Of Academic Performance Of Students In Mathematics
No full textPurpose: This study determined the influence of time management and self-directed learning on the academic performance of students in Mathematics.
Methodology: A quantitative research design utilizing descriptive and correlational approaches was employed. 152 Grade 9 respondents were chosen from private schools in Davao City.
Results: The findings indicated that time management is manifested most of the time and self-directed learning is much observed. Moreover, the academic performance in Mathematics is not proficient. Further, time management and self-directed learning were found to have no significant relationship with academic performance in Mathematics. Thus, time management and self-directed learning do not significantly predict academic performance in Mathematics.
Limitations: This study only highlighted 152 students and 4 private schools that were offering blended learning modality.
Contribution: The results and findings of this study can be used as a basis for creating interventions and programs to address problems in academic performance in Mathematics.
Novelty: Most previous studies were conducted in a face-to-face learning modality; however, this study is contextualized in the blending learning modality
A decision-making model to outsource complex product systems research and development projects
No full textPurpose: Complex product systems are goods with high technology. Research and development on their production requires resources beyond the capability of an organization. This study aimed to propose a decision-making model to outsource CoPS R&D projects.
Research methodology: The decision-making criteria were identified using the literature review and the Fuzzy Delphi method. Two conceptual models were developed using structural equation modeling. The pattern of relationships among criteria were determined by employing the DEMATEL technique. Then to prioritize the criteria and select between alternatives, the analytical network process was utilized.
Results: In the intra-organizational model, “project characteristics” has a positive effect on “requirements” and the latter has a similar effect on “competency”. In the extra-organizational model, the “competency” has a positive effect on the “task performing capability”, and the latter has a similar effect on the “adaptability”. A two-stage decision model was developed. In the first stage, the decision to in/outsource the project is taken. In the second one, the mechanism of outsourcing is determined.
Limitation: Due to the breadth of types of inter-organizational cooperation in the range of integration between the organization and the supplier, only one of these types, namely outsourcing, has been addressed.
Contribution: An organization cannot outsource the development of CoPS unless it enjoys the technological, contractual, project control, integration, and soft technologies competencies. Furthermore, appropriate communication strategies and adequate financial resources are required. The managers of organizations developing CoPS such as airplanes, missiles, and power plants and can utilize the implications of the model
The trilogy of job stress, motivation, and satisfaction of police officers: Empirical findings from Bangladesh
No full textPurpose: The purpose of the study was to identify the trilogy of job stress and job motivation on job satisfaction. For this purpose, police officers of Khulna city were investigated accordingly.
Research Methodology: The questionnaire is quantitative in nature and a standard questionnaire was followed throughout the research study. The survey was done in police stations of Khulna city and information was taken from 100 officers from sub-inspector to police commissioners.
Results: The study found that job stress is negatively related to job satisfaction. Along with this, there is a negative correlation between job stress and job motivation. However, a positive correlation exists between job motivation and job satisfaction.
Limitations: The study result is based on the police personnel in Khulna city rather than in other cities in Bangladesh. There are not prevailing the same ratio of male and female which could affect the measurement of findings.
Contribution: The study will help government practitioners and policymakers to understand job stress, motivation, and satisfaction of police personnel in Khulna city
The role of e-Government in overcoming the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
No full textPurpose: The article aims at identifying the challenges of e-government amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and proffered recommendations to arrest the identified challenges. This paper also examined e-Governance in selected countries such as the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Canada and how it has fared including Nigeria revealing its implications for Nigeria as a developing nation.
Research Methodology: The article adopts a review study approach in analyzing the subject.
Results: Some of the challenges identified by the study include but are not limited to inadequate technical know-how and ICT skills to drive and sustain e-government. Recommendations from the study include, the Ministry of Communications Technology and Digital Economy to build a backbone that will connect all States of the country and the upskilling of the workforce through the Ministry of Labour and Employment amongst others.
Limitations: Insufficient quantitative data based on the subject under discourse
Contributions: Identified possible areas that the Nigerian government could look into to improve e-government in order to promote inclusivity, awareness, and most importantly reduce the cost of governance
The Effect of Time Budget Pressure and Auditor’s Competency on Audit Quality
No full textPurpose: This study aims to determine the effect of time budget pressure and auditor’s competency on audit quality.
Research Methodology: The sample used in this study were auditors who work at the Public Accounting Firm in Bandung, Indonesia, and 48 auditors were asked to be respondents. The primary data was obtained by distributing questionnaires. This study uses a non-probability sampling method with a purposive sampling technique and multiple linear regression analysis methods using the Statistical Program for Society Science (SPSS) software.
Results: Based on the research results, it can be concluded that the variable time budget pressure and auditor’s competence partially have a positive and significant effect on audit quality.
Limitations: The limitation of this study is the variables studied consisted of only 2 (two) variables, namely time budget pressure and auditor competence. The questionnaire is distributed only to auditors who work at the Public Accounting Firm in Bandung, Indonesia.
Contribution: Author, Auditor, Public Accounting Firm in Bandung Cit
Unpacking Brand Imperialism in Bangladesh: Emerging Market Perspective
No full textPurpose: The main purpose of this article is to understand the meaning of counterfeit consumption from less affluent consumers’ perspectives.
Methodology A qualitative research process was taken as a means to conduct this study, and the data is collected using an ethnographic and ethnographic approach. An iterative hermeneutic process is followed to analyze the data collected.
Results: The study revealed that less affluent people use counterfeit products mainly to reflect abhorrent sentiments toward foreign brands. This abhorrence leads to building resistance and resilience, which is primarily the production of counterfeit products.
Limitations: The significance of this research paper can be limited by the respondent sample size, which was not so large for concluding. Moreover, the data were only collected from the respondents of Dhaka City because of its time limitation, which results in making our study narrow.
Contribution: This study will help scholars and academicians as well as market researchers to get depth understanding of why counterfeit consumption is acceptable to less affluent consumers. And, this empirical study will also have detailed the perceptions of less affluent customers regarding the consumption of foreign brands. As no prior papers have discussed the different aspects of counterfeit consumption by less affluent consumers, this paper will add new insight into the topic of academia
Modernization practices and Operating Models: An Empirical Study on a Retail Bank in Sri Lanka
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this research is to investigate how modernization practices adopt concerning operating models, to comprehend how a retail bank has responded to such transformations, and to investigate the challenges in executing modernization strategies in a Sri Lankan local bank.
Research methodology: This study was conducted according to a qualitative single-case study at one leading licensed-commercial bank in Sri Lanka. Data was gathered from semi-structured interviews, direct observations, and archival documents.
Results: The findings revealed that unprecedented changes in customer behavior, fierce competition, and capitalizing on capabilities for surviving a dynamic operational landscape were the factors that led a bank to adopt modernization.
Limitations: As the study narrowed down to one leading retail bank, it does not cover modernization initiatives offered within the other services portfolio in the banking industry.
Contribution: The findings assist professionals to understand the need for modernization of a retail bank’s operating model and thereby formulate strategies in order to capture the benefits of such a transformation
Investigating the Relationship between School Culture and Academic Enthusiasm with Academic Hope and Motivation in High School Students
No full textPurpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between school culture and academic enthusiasm with academic hope and motivation in high school students.
Research methodology: The present study is applied in terms of purpose and is among the descriptive studies of correlation type. The statistical population includes all high school students in Zahak city,whose number in the academic year 2021-2022 is 1324 people.Using Morgan table and Cochran's formula, 297 students were selected by statistical random sampling as a statistical sample.To prevent statistical sample loss and better adequacy, a sample of 320 questionnaires was distributed by multi-stage random cluster sampling method.
Results: The results of the analysis showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between academic motivation and students' academic enthusiasm.The intensity of this relationship is very strong and academic motivation has the power to predict academic enthusiasm. There is no significant relationship between school culture and academic motivation and school culture does not have the power to predict academic motivation.
Limitations: What should be considered by school parents is to pay attention to creating a correct and flexible culture in school, because each student spends more than half of his time in school and is exposed to school relationships and culture, and these relationships over time.
Contribution: Among the limitations of the research are the lack of sufficient scientific content around the research variables,the lack of cooperation of some schools in the implementation of the questionnaire and the limitation in the generalizability of the results of this research