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ASSESSMENT OF EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN KENYA
No full textFULL TEXTThe purpose of this study was to assess employee performance in the public service in Kenya. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: to examine the role of personal attributes on employee performance in the public service in Kenya, to establish the consequence of leadership style on employee performance in the public service in Kenya, to analyze how team work practices influence employee performance in the public service in Kenya, to investigate the impact of organizational practices on employee performance in the public service in Kenya, and to evaluate the effect of sociocultural factors on employee performance in the public service in Kenya. Survey design was used in carrying out this study. The population of this study was 126,998 employees drawn from 20 ministries, 199 state corporations and 47 county governments. The study sample comprised of 370 respondents was obtained from 8052 employees drawn from 2 ministries, 1 state corporation and 2 county governments through stratified random sampling, simple random sampling and purposive sampling methods. A structured questionnaire, interview schedule, diaries and non-participatory observations were used to collect primary data. Document analysis of national and institutional policy documents and reports provided secondary data. Descriptive data was analyzed qualitatively. Content analysis was used to report on data obtained from interviews which was captured on tape recorder. Quantitative data were analyzed by the help of statistical package of social sciences (SPSS) version 21. The study findings were presented in simple frequencies and percentages, and summarized using Tables and Figures. Inferential statistics such as Chi-square for independence, correlations and regression analysis were carried out to test study hypothesis. The study concludes that there is a significant statistical association between employees’ level of performance and personal attributes, leadership style, teamwork practices, organizational practices and socio-cultural factors of the employees in the public service in Kenya. The study recommends that there should be quick adoption of new technologies and innovation to attain International Standards Organization so as to enhance the level of employees’ performance in public service. Additionally, there is need to enhance capacity of managers and human resource professionals to provide performance counselling to employees to enhance service delivery. The suggested strategies on improvement of devolution, harmonization of remuneration and best fit model will greatly have an impact on human resource policies and practices aimed at enhanced employee performance as well as knowledge base in the public sector
Strategic Link Between HR Practice and Achievement of Contemporary Organizational Objectives
No full textIn today's organizational management landscape, the strategic role of human resource (HR) practices in achieving organizational goals is critical. This literature review delves into the complex relationship between HR practices and organizational goal achievement. Drawing insights from a diverse body of literature on recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and employee engagement, this study sought to identify the strategic relationship between HR practices and organizational goal achievement in modern organizations. The study employs a literature-based review methodology to provide a comprehensive understanding of the strategic implications of HR practices in contemporary organizations by synthesizing insights from scholarly articles, books, and reports. The findings emphasize the importance of HR practices such as advanced recruitment technologies, inclusive cultures, and effective performance management systems in enabling organizational success. Additionally, developing leadership excellence, ethical considerations, and adaptability to changing economic and global conditions are critical in aligning HR practices with strategic objectives. Finally, this study emphasizes the multifaceted importance of HR practices in achieving organizational goals. By embracing innovative technologies, promoting inclusivity, and aligning HR strategies with organizational goals, modern organizations can position themselves for sustained excellence and resilience in today's dynamic business environment.
Keywords: Strategic Link, HR Practice, Organizational Objectives, Contemporary Organization
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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