91 research outputs found
Influence of employment anxiety on quality of life in a moderated mediation mechanism
Get PDFThe outbreak of COVID-19 caused the temporary closure of all academic programs and this, in turn, contributed substantially to employment-related tension and also impacted quality of life. Therefore, this study investigates the influence of employment anxiety on quality of life in a moderated mediation situation. The study followed quantitative technique and collected cross-sectional data using convenience sampling from university students in Bangladesh who were above 18 years old. It followed a deductive reasoning with data collected through social media from university students who had access to the internet. Partial least squares-based structural equation modelling was used to analyze the data. The results showed that all the direct effects were significantly associated; however, the moderated mediation effect was not supported. The study concludes with notes on the implications for policy formulation and limitations that provide notes on future research directions
Mental health of students amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: An empirical study
Get PDFPurpose: Considering the severity of the global outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) on the whole of humanity,
particularly in this case on the physical and mental health of students, this study strives to explore the role of
financial worries, employment anxiety and COVID-19 knowledge on depression and mental health among students
in Bangladesh.
Design/methodology/approach: In the study, a deductive reasoning approach was employed, together with a selfadministered
questionnaire survey. Questionnaires were sent to the respondents via different social media and
by email by creating a Google form link. We finally received 387 responses students aged over 18 years who had
internet access in order to complete the survey. To analyze the data, structural equation modeling via AMOS was
used.
Findings: The results showed that employment anxiety, financial worry, and knowledge on COVID-19 positively
influence depression, and finally depression negatively influences the mental health of the students. Thus, our
findings supported all of the proposed hypotheses.
Originality/value: The research enriches the existing literature pool by contributing empirical substantiation on the
role of employment anxiety, financial worries and knowledge of COVID-19 in depression, and the impact of
depression on mental health
Adult learning and literacy learning for livelihoods: some international perspectives
No full textReflecting contemporary interest in developing new adult literacy learning programmes based on 'literacy for livelihoods', this article examines some case studies from New Zealand, Bangladesh, and Egypt, illustrating literacy being used in livelihoods, and relates these to the kind of literacy being taught in many adult literacy programmes today. It argues that people often change their livelihoods, and that each livelihood has literacy practices embedded within it. The authors suggest that the use of these literacy practices embedded within the livelihood activities might be a better starting point for adult literacy learning than a school-based textbook
Perceptions, motivations, learning and uses of literacies in relation to livelihoods : a case study of two Bangladeshi villages
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EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE COMPONENTS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to identify the relationships between emotional intelligence and the components of transformational leadership behavior of the supervisors. Data for this study were collected from 166 subordinates (who rated their supervisors ’ emotional intelli-gence and the components of transformational leadership behavior) working at different orga-nizations around the UK with the help of a structured questionnaire. Results indicated that emotional intelligence positively correlated with all the components of transformational leader-ship behavior. Implications, limitations, and future research directions are also discussed
Unbiased employee performance evaluation using machine learning
No full textMost of the companies’ sustainability and growth depend on how well its employees perform. However, the measurement of employees’ performance until now is inconclusive and inexhaustive. To accurately assess and predict an employee's performance, numerous external factors (physical/environmental, social, and economic) related to an employee's life have been taken into account in this work. The purpose of this research is to explore an unbiased AI algorithmic solution to predict future employee performance considering physical, social, and economic environmental factors that affect employee performance. We collected data of 1109 employees from the ‘For-Profit Organization’ in Bangladesh from both employers and employees to cover all the factors that justified the unbiased outcome. We utilized a few machine learning tools in this study including the Logistic Regression classifier, the Gaussian Naive Bayes, the Decision Tree classifier, the K-Nearest Neighbors (K-NN), the SVM classification, etc., in order to predict the employee performance evaluation. Then, we compared the effectiveness of those machine learning models by analyzing their precisions, recall, F1-score, and accuracy. This work can be utilized to obtain bias-free employee performance reviews. This fair employee performance assessment can aid decision-makers in making moral choices regarding employee promotions, career advancement, and training needs, among other things. The study also describes notes for future researchers
Supportive Chinese supervisor, innovative international students: a social exchange theory perspective
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Teaching the Structures of Academic Writing through Peer Review: A Study on the Beginners of English Language Courses at BRAC University
Get PDFSubstantial peer feedback of the students through peer review in the context of EFL or ESL can help them become skilled at different structures and strategies of academic writing in English rather than receiving feedback from teachers in the classroom. However, most of the students at English language classes in Bangladesh do not appreciate the significance of following the structures of academic writing from the lectures of the respective teachers immediately. On the other hand, most of the English language instructors in their classes are not used to encouraging their students to provide peer feedback through peer review. Therefore, this paper will be focusing on the issues regarding how peer review can be utilized for the beginners of English language courses in terms of making them aware of the structures of academic writing. Moreover, this paper will make an attempt to find out whether peer review makes them a better writer, a more rational thinker or a more critical appreciator of peers’ writings. At last, this paper will present some recommendations on how peer review can develop the students’ creativity while producing thought provoking and critical comments on their peers’ writing
Sexual Harassment at Workplace: A Systematic Review of Literature
Get PDFPurpose: Globally, sexual harassment is a burgeoning issue, which has been witnessed everywhere. Gripping the gravity of its significance, the present study sets forth to explore the reasons of sexual harassment in organizational settings.
Methods: Following the three-stage approach, a systematic review of the available literature was done extensively. A list of 3380 articles published from 2010 to 2019 were derived from widely explored databases, such as Taylor and Francis Online, Science Direct, JSTOR and Emerald Insight. 67 studies were selected from the list based on their relevance and suitability.
Results: From the extensive literature review, it is revealed that there are five dominant reasons for the widespread sexual harassment, namely ‘inadequate governmental laws and organizational policies,’ ‘perceptions and attitudes,’ ‘male dominance’, ‘power differentials and organization structure’ and ‘cultural influence’.
Implications: To abate its further disastrous consequences, the present research proposes some intervention by linking the current observation with the previous empirical and theoretical studies. Directions for the future research are also provided
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