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An employee satisfaction management framework for the textile and garment industry in Lesotho
No full textOrganisations that provide employees with environments that enable unleashing one’s potential enhance employee satisfaction and are regarded as a key source for competitive advantage. However, only little attention is given to the development and implementation of satisfaction management practices that may be linked to improved employee satisfaction. Researchers have found that no organisation can perform optimally unless its employees are satisfied and committed to the success of the organisation. Sustainability of the textile and garment industry in the development of economies depends on the attributes of investors and the effectiveness of government policies or industrial practices. Hence, this study focused on the development of a framework for managing employee satisfaction to enhance employee satisfaction in the textile and garment industry in Lesotho. The literature review discusses factors that affect employee satisfaction and conceptualises employee satisfaction in terms of its relationship with organisational performance. The empirical investigation sought to determine the overall level of employee satisfaction/dissatisfaction, assess contextual determinants of employee satisfaction, and develop an implementation procedure for the strategies that could be incorporated in the framework for managing employee satisfaction to enhance employee satisfaction in the textile and garment industry in Lesotho.
In line with a pragmatic paradigm, a convergent mixed-methods design was adopted. To gather quantitative data, a questionnaire was administered. The questionnaire included three sections that comprised a demographic component, the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ), and a set of closed-ended questions followed by one open-ended question. This questionnaire was utilised to determine the level of employee satisfaction, factors affecting employee satisfaction, and strategies to improve employee satisfaction in the industry. To gather qualitative data, interviews were conducted. These interviews evinced challenges that contributed to lower employee satisfaction in the textile and garment organisations of Lesotho and strategies for managing employee satisfaction. Data were organised, presented, and analysed by the help of the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) and ATLAS.ti computer packages. On the one hand, quantitative analyses included frequency distributions, bivariate correlations, analyses of variance (ANOVAs) and T-tests. On the other hand, the qualitative analysis utilised content analysis. The analyses of quantitative and qualitative data were done independently, after which the results were triangulated for deeper interpretation. The study established a positive relationship between employee satisfaction and organisational performance. Overall, employee satisfaction was regarded as an antecedent for organisational performance or success. The findings of the study also indicated that employees were moderately dissatisfied with their jobs and organisations in the textile and garment industry in Lesotho. Factors of employee satisfaction and strategies for managing satisfaction were established across three levels, namely the individual, organisational, and industrial levels. Subsequently, this study not only expands the theoretical and empirical literature on employee satisfaction, but also adds knowledge of employee satisfaction from a management perspective. In addition, this study expands knowledge on the mixed-methods approach in investigating employee satisfaction. The results could strengthen the role of all stakeholders in organisations and those outside organisations in supporting this industry in Lesotho. Specifically, the findings of the study can give decision and policy makers some insight into improving employee satisfaction in the textile and garment industry in Lesotho. By doing so, the performance of the whole textile and garment industry will likely improve and translate into the national economic upliftment of the country. The findings of the study could also be used as a baseline for similar studies on the textile and garment industries in other countries
Enhancing learners' academic achievements in rural Lesotho schools: matching teaching and learning styles
No full textEnglish: The Lesotho Junior Certificate results between 2003 and 2006 indicate that in the
rural secondary schools of Lesotho the pass rate ranged from 51% to 58%.
These figures are low compared to those in the urban schools for the same years
which ranged from 70% to 72%. The Teaching Service Department shows that
there was 40% of unqualified teachers in these schools in 2003 and 35% in
2007. There seems to be a correlation between the high numbers of unqualified
teachers and the low pass rate in these schools. This view is underscored by
Wheeler and McLeod (2002: 696) who note that teachers are more likely to
develop teaching styles which are congruent with their own learning styles rather
than those of their learners if they are unaware of the learning and teaching
styles literature.
This study aims to establish teaching styles that match the learning styles of
learners in the rural secondary schools of Lesotho with the view to improve
academic achievement. The objectives are: to determine whether teachers in
these schools have adequate knowledge pertaining to teaching and learning
styles; to identify the predominant styles; to determine the extent to which
matching teaching and learning styles improves academic achievement; and to
provide a teacher's guide on teaching and learning styles.
The research comprises of a literature study and empirical investigation. The
Solomon Felder Index of Learning Styles (SFILS) and self-designed teaching
style questionnaire were used. The learners' end-of-year examination marks
were studied. The empirical findings indicate that most teachers in rural
secondary schools of Lesotho do not have adequate knowledge on teaching and
learning styles, while findings from the literature and empirical study indicate that
academic achievement of learners can be enhanced by matching teaching and
learning styles. Therefore, these findings can be used to improve the teaching
and learning process and ultimately the level of success that learners in rural
secondary schools can experience in their respective schools. Finally, the
findings of this study were used to develop a teacher's guide on teaching and
learning styles. This would hopefully guide teachers in the rural secondary
schools of Lesotho on which styles could work best in their contexts.Afrikaans: Die uitslae van die Lesotho Junior Sertifikaat dui daarop dat die slaagsyfer in
landelike sekondêre skole in Lesotho tussen 2003 en 2006 gewissel het van
51% tot 58%. Hierdie syfers is laag in vergelyking met die uitslae van stedelike
skole in die ooreenstemmende tydperk waar uitslae gewissel het van 70% tot
72%. Volgens die Departement van Onderwysdienste was 40% van die
onderwysers in hierdie skole in 2003 ongekwalifiseerd. In 2007 was 35% van die
onderwysers ongekwalifiseerd. Daar skyn 'n korrelasie tussen die groot getal
ongekwalifiseerde onderwysers en die lae slaagsyfer in hierdie skole te bestaan.
Hierdie siening word deur Wheeler en McLeod (2002: 696) beaam. Hulle voer
aan dat onderwysers geneig is om veel eerder onderrigstyle te ontwikkel wat
ooreenstem met hulle persoonlike leerstyle as met die leerstyle van hulle
leerders - veral as die onderwysers onkundig is oor die leer- en onderrigstyle wat
in die literatuur beskikbaar is.
Hierdie studie poog om onderrigstyle daar te stel wat ooreenstem met die
leerstyle van die leerders in landelike sekondêre skole in Lesotho met die doel
om akademiese prestasie te verbeter. Die doelwitte is: om vas te stelof
onderwysers aan hierdie skole oor voldoende kennis van onderrig-en leerstyle
beskik; om die oorheersende style te identifiseer; om te bepaal in watter mate 'n
korrelasie tussen onderrig- en leerstyle akademiese prestasie verbeter; 'n
handleiding vir onderrig-en leerstyle vir onderwysers te ontwikkel.
Die navorsing bestaan uit 'n literêre studie en empiriese ondersoek. Die Solomon
Felder Indeks van Leerstyle (SFILS) en 'n self-ontwerpte onderrigstylvraelys is
gebruik. Die leerders se uitslae vir die eindeksamen is bestudeer. Die empiriese
bevindinge dui daarop dat die meeste onderwysers aan landelike sekondêre
skole in Lesotho nie beskik oor voldoende onderrig- en leerstyle nie. Bevindinge
in die literatuur en empiriese studies dui daarop dat leerders se akademiese
prestasie verbeter kan word deur onderrig- en leerstyle met mekaar te korreleer.
Daarbenewens kan hierdie bevindinge ook aangewend word om onderrig- en
leerproses te verbeter en uiteindelik sal leerders in landelike sekondêre skole
meer sukses ervaar.
Laastens is die bevindinge van hierdie ondersoek aangewend om 'n
onderwyserhandleiding saam te stel wat gebruik kan word ter ontwikkeling van
onderrig- en leerstyle. Sodoende salonderwysers in landelike sekondêre skole in
Lesotho leiding ontvang oor die mees geskikte style vir hulle unieke situasies.Government of Lesoth
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Full text linkWe 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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