Effects of interpersonal relations on public sector construction contracts in Vietnam

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Yean Yng Ling ◽  
Phuong Quynh Tran
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Construction Contracts

scholarly journals Too Stressed To Be Engaged? The Role of Basic Needs Satisfaction in Understanding Work Stress and Public Sector Engagement

2020 ◽  
pp. 009102602091251
Author(s):  
Jessica Breaugh
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Engagement Theory ◽  
Needs Satisfaction ◽  
European Working ◽  
European Working Conditions Survey ◽  
The Impact

This article explores employee engagement by linking stress, motivation, and employee engagement theory and testing this across 30 countries and eight public sector occupations. First, it is argued that work stress will be negatively related to engagement. Self-determination theory is then used as a basis for exploring the positive link between basic needs satisfaction (BNS) and engagement. It argued that BNS will moderate the relationship between stress and engagement due to the impact that BNS has on coping strategies. These claims are tested using the 2015 wave of the European Working Conditions Survey. Results show stress and engagement are negatively related, whereas BNS and engagement are positively related. Moderation analyses revealed that the detrimental relationship between stress and engagement is lessened for individuals who have strong interpersonal relations at work. This suggests that social relationships play an important role in managing stressful work environments.

Part 2 Specific Issues of Arbitration in Brazil, 18 Construction Contracts Involving the Public Administration

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silveira Gustavo Scheffer da ◽  
Marolla Eugenia Cristina Cleto
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
International Federation ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Risk Allocation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Construction Contracts ◽  
Contractual Risk ◽  
Crucial Part ◽  
Bidding Process

This chapter explores arbitration concerning construction contracts involving the public administration in Brazil. Contractual risk allocation is a crucial part of the economy of the contract and should be respected by arbitral tribunals while deciding such disputes. In practice, and especially in contracts involving public entities, it is the owner of the (future) facility who defines the draft contract used in the bidding process and, therefore, has the first say on the allocation of risks. In preparing the contract for the public tender, the public authority, as the owner, may feel tempted to allocate the vast majority of the risks to the private party, i.e., the contractor. However, the owner should avoid the pure and simple transfer of all risks to contractors for two main reasons. Firstly, it may preclude parties from submitting bids, limiting the competition between the market players. Secondly, the bidders will take into consideration the heavy allocation of risk on them when submitting their price offers, which will significantly increase the price of the project and sometimes even affect its viability. The chapter then considers the FIDIC (International Federation of Consulting Engineers) Red Book and Brazilian Law 8,666/1993 on construction works for the public sector.

Influence of Gender and Hierarchical Position on Interpersonal Relations at Work

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1280-1282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Archana Shukla ◽  
Anurag Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Sector Organisation ◽  
Hierarchical Position

The present study examined differences related to gender and hierarchical position in interpersonal relations in a public-sector organisation called Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. Data were collected from 100 respondents and subjected to analysis of variance. Gender differences were observed in received openness and significance and hierarchical differences in received control and expressed inclusion, openness, significance, and competence.

scholarly journals A comparison of prevalence of unethical tendering practices at national and subnational levels in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chukwuemeka P. Ogbu ◽  
Christian F. Asuquo
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
State Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
Construction Contracts ◽  
Unethical Practices ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
National Life ◽  
Nigerian Government ◽  
Gain Access

Nigeria has recently renewed efforts towards stamping out corruption in every area of its national life. Given that construction procurement is particularly prone to corrupt practices, this study investigated the prevalence of unethical tendering practices in the Nigerian public sector. In particular, a comparison to bare the similarities or differences in the prevalence of unethical tendering practices at national and subnational levels is scarcely available in literature. This study’s objective was to determine and compare the prevalence of unethical tendering practices at the national and subnational levels in Nigeria. The data analysis was based on 120 acceptably filled questionnaires obtained from contractor, client and consultant organisations previously involved in public sector projects. The unethical tendering practices were analysed using prevalence indices and Mann–Whitney U tests. Findings include that the three most prevalent unethical tendering practices are contractor-based, namely: (1) competitors offer bribes to gain access to confidential tendering information (C1); (2) competitors overstate their capacity, experience and qualifications to secure construction contracts (C2); (3) the same owner(s) use different firms to tender for the same project (C3), in descending order of prevalence. No significant difference exists between unethical tendering practices in federal and state government projects. The findings of the study will help the Nigerian government and other stakeholders to better understand unethical practices at the tender stage of construction procurement in the public sector and to evolve better strategies for dealing with them. The study contributes to existing knowledge by separately identifying the prevalent unethical tendering practices in the Nigerian context and comparing unethical tendering practices at national and subnational levels within a country

“The Teacher Who had the Greatest Influence on My Thinking”

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Reisenzein ◽  
Irina Mchitarjan
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Responsibility Attribution ◽  
Alexius Meinong ◽  
Theory Of Value ◽  
Psychological Inquiry ◽  
Academic Teacher ◽  
Common Sense Psychology

According to Heider, some of his ideas about common-sense psychology presented in The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations ( Heider, 1958 ) originally came from his academic teacher, Alexius Meinong. However, Heider makes no reference to Meinong in his book. To clarify Meinong’s influence on Heider, we compare Heider’s explication of common-sense psychology with Meinong’s writings, in particular those on ethics. Our results confirm that Heider’s common-sense psychology is informed by Meinong’s psychological analyses in several respects: Heider adopts aspects of Meinong’s theory of emotion, his theory of value, and his theory of responsibility attribution. In addition, Heider more or less continues Meinong’s method of psychological inquiry. Thus, even without Meinong’s name attached, many aspects of Meinong’s psychology found their way into today’s social psychology via Heider. Unknowingly, some of us have been Meinongians all along.

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