The Decision-Making Ecology of Placing a Child into Foster Care

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-135
Author(s):  
J. Christopher Graham ◽  
Alan J. Dettlaff ◽  
Donald J. Baumann ◽  
John D. Fluke
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Average Risk ◽  
Mediated Effects ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
The Impact

The Decision-Making Ecology provided a framework for empirically testing the impact of case, caseworker, and organizational factors on the decision to place children in out-of-home care. The structural equation model developed fit the data extremely well, indicating a complex relationship between the variables. The main findings indicate that case factors, even as aggregated to the worker level, were of most importance: Percent removed was increased in part by greater average risk being assessed and more families on a worker’s caseload being low income. Furthermore, removal rates were increased by lower proportions of Hispanic families on the caseload, as well as by lower organizational support and a perception of manageable workload and sufficient resources. Individual factors (i.e., variables characterizing the caseworkers themselves) were not found to directly influence the placement decision, including workers’ own race/ethnicity, although various orders of mediated effects were indicated, and these are detailed. Interrelationships between variables that affect case, caseworker, and organizational factors are discussed along with implications for practice.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Elemen Sensory Branding Terhadap Perilaku Pengambilan Keputusan Konsumen Dalam Membeli Aqua Dengan Pendekatan Neuromarketing Di Kabupaten Jember

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Dimas Khurniawan ◽  
Mohammad Dimyati ◽  
Deasy Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Instrument Analysis ◽  
Decision Making Behavior ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study acclaims the important of Auditory, Visual and Tactile in affecting consumer’s decision makingbehavior of buying, it is also to figure out it’s impact in Aqua. Thus, it is important to study “The Impact Of SensoryBranding’s Elements On Consumer’s Decision Making Behavior Of Buying Aqua With Neuromarketing Approach InJember”. The population in this study are Aqua’s consumers in Jember. Sampling is taken using purposive sampling methodfrom 100 respondents. Instrument analysis in this study is performed using Structural Equation Model (SEM) withconfirmatory approach. The result shows that: 1) auditory significantly affects consumer’s decision making behavior of buyingAqua in Jember, 2) visual significantly affects consumer’s decision making behavior of buying Aqua in Jember, and 3) tactilesignificantly affects consumer’s decision making behavior of buying Aqua in Jember.

Strategic IT management: how companies can benefit from an increasing IT influence

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Reichstein
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
It Management ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
It Department ◽  
It Departments ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the value of a strong decision-making information technology (IT) influence within organizations. Although research and managerial practice has repeatedly shown the importance of IT departments within firms and has commented on the influence of IT departments on business performance, prior research has still no evidence about the value of a strong decision-making IT influence yet. Design/methodology/approach To prove the influence of the IT department within the company, this study identifies and operationalizes a formative construct determined by four main specifics of the IT department: IT department size, IT department value assessment, IT experience of the top management and degree of digitization. A questionnaire was used to collect the data of 124 experts from companies that could be assigned mainly to the sectors manufacturing, trade as well as information and communication. The data were analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Further, partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) was used to test the proposed model. Findings The results show that both investments in the size of the IT department as well as in top managers with IT experience, and a high degree of digitization in a company positively influence the role of the IT department. It also shows that a higher general appreciation of the IT department goes hand in hand with a higher influence of IT in the company. The measures are significant as companies, which do have an influential IT department, actually have higher monetary as well as non-monetary business performances. Practical implications The study is aimed equally at science and practice, as it provides information on the extent to which more importance should be attached to IT management in the future and what organizational adjustments need to be made. Originality/value Despite the ongoing discussions on the importance of IT management for business performance, no existing studies have delivered evidence that there is a significant direct link between the decision-making influence of IT and the extent of corporate performance. The present work therefore has two objectives. The theoretical goal is to clarify the impact of the IT department on business performance and to identify the factors that make up an influential IT department. The practical objective of the research is to provide recommendations on how firms could establish or expand the IT department.

scholarly journals Is Perceived Organizational Support an Antecedent of Employee Behaviour?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
Nor Azima Ahmad ◽  
Siti Salwa Salim ◽  
Fariza Md Sham
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Employee is one of the most valuable asset in an organization. It is important to provide support to the employee to ensure their welfare is guaranteed. This paper measures the impact of perceived organizational support on employee behaviour.  Questionnaire survey data was collected from 114 respondents who are presently employed at a public organization in Malaysia. The partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. There are four findings derived from the data, first: supervisor support negatively correlated with organizational commitment. Second, supervisor support positively correlated with organizational citizenship behaviour. Meanwhile, third procedural justice positively correlated with organizational commitment. Lastly, procedural justice positively correlated with organizational citizenship behaviour. Theoretical and practical implications, as well as limitations, are discussed.

scholarly journals Impact of Perception of Performance Appraisal Politics on Affective Commitment: Mediate Effect of Perception of Organizational Support and Differentiation Effect of Perception Attribution

2021 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 03035
Author(s):  
Jiao Zhen-qi ◽  
Zhang Guang-jin
Keyword(s):  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Perception Of Performance

Performance appraisal politics is widespread in the organization. It provides a new perspective for improving performance appraisal to study its effects on employee attitudes. In addition, its influence on employees’ attitude is still blank. This paper utilizes questionnaire survey and structural equation model to study the impact of different types of perception of performance appraisal politics on employees’ affective commitment. The result shows that different types of perception of performance appraisal politics have different effect on employees’ attitude. Perception of public-private concerned high ratings has positive effect, however, perception of organizational-interested low ratings, selfish high rating perception and self-interested low rating perception have negative effect. The effect strength was decided by employee’s attribution about perception of performance appraisal politics. Perception of organizational support played a complete mediate role in the impact of perception of performance appraisal politics on employees’ affective commitment. Based on the findings of the study, managers can reduce employees’ negative perception of performance appraisal politics and passive consequences by restricting estimators’ selfish leniency and conscious oppressive evaluation, guiding employees to attribute performance appraisal politics positively and enhancing perception of organizational support.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT TERHADAP ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR MELALUI ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT PADA BEBERAPA PUSKESMAS DI DKI JAKARTA

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Catalia Rafsiah Sari Sari
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
The Impact

<p>This research refers to a previous study conducted by Nicolas Raineri et al., (2012). This research is about “The Impact of Perceived Organizational Support to Organizational Citizenship Behavior mediated by Organizational Commitment on some health centers in Jakarta”. The background of this research is to analyze the Organizational Citizenship Behavior as determining factors of motivation in the health care industry. The purpose of this research<br />was to examine the relationship Perceived Organizational Support on Organizational Citizenship Behavior through Organizational Commitment. The design of this research using primary data obtained by distributing questionnaires to 100 employees medical and nonmedical health center in Jakarta.. Data analysis method used in this research is Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results of this research concluded that there is a positive<br />relationship Perceived Organizational Support on Organizational Citizenship Behavior through Organizational Commitment.</p><p>Keywords: Perceived Organizational Support, Organizational Citizenship Behavior,Organizational Commitment</p>

scholarly journals An Empirical Study of Affective Commitment: the Case of Machinery Enterprises in Hochiminh City

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 429-455
Author(s):  
Hoa Dinh Nguyen ◽  
Diem My Thi Tran ◽  
Thanh Ba Vu ◽  
Phuong Thuy Thi Le
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

The study aims to investigate the impact of participation in decision-making (PDM) and perceived organizational support (POS) on affective commitment in machinery enterprises. The study applies structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the research hypotheses. The authors surveyed 220 employees who work in machinery enterprises to collect data for the research. The study results indicate that both PDM and POS positively impact affective commitment. The findings provide empirical evidence to support the theoretical models that PDM and POS have a positive effect on affective commitment. The findings have implications for management theory: PDM and POS are the key antecedents of affective commitment. The findings also have implications for practical management in the machinery enterprises that managers should practice both PDM and POS to increase affective commitment.

scholarly journals Factors Determining the Success of Decision Making and Performance of Portuguese Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Albertina Paula Monteiro ◽  
Joana Vale ◽  
Amélia Silva
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Control System ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Complex Model ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
The Impact

This paper empirically examines the impact of the quality of information and control system (the internal control system, the accounting information system, the financial information, and the non-financial information) on decision-making success and business performance. It follows a quantitative approach. An online questionnaire was developed and applied to the managers of Portuguese companies. The evaluation of the theoretical model was performed using the AMOS statistical software and applying the structural equation model technique. Based on 381 observations, the results show that the model variables explain about 30% and 70% of the variance of financial and non-financial performance, respectively. This study proves to be relevant not only for the development of the literature, as it evaluates an original and complex model, but also for managers, because it identifies the factors that contribute to the success of Portuguese companies.

scholarly journals The Impact of Behavioral Finance on Lebanese Investors’ Decision Making

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Pr.Latifa Ghalayini ◽  
Sally Ziad Alkees
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Behavioral Finance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Individual Investors ◽  
Subjective Judgement ◽  
Expected Utility Maximization ◽  
Regret Aversion ◽  
The Impact

The inability of the traditional expected utility maximization of rational investors (within the efficient markets Framework) to explain many empirical patterns; was the main stimulus beyond the appearance for another track to resolve and analyze this inconsistency; through combining behavioral and cognitive psychological theory together where Behavioral Finance is known mainly as the irrational part that deals with investors’ Sentimental side. Furthermore it can be agreed on that behavioral finance is considered as “Subjective judgement” where ideas and decisions cannot be transmitted to other’s knowledge, as each one acts from his own point of interest; unlike conventional finance paradigm. Therefore, this paper seeks to determine the main behavioral errors or biases that are faced mainly by the Lebanese individual investor during decision making process. Results obtained by analyzing 211 questionnaires through SPSS software to develop a Structural equation model. Findings prove that Over Confidence and regret aversion are the main behavioral biases that control the Lebanese individual investors’ decision making.

#INCLUSION – THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION ON THE LEGITIMACY OF ARMED FORCES

2019 ◽  
pp. 43-60
Author(s):  
EVA MOEHLECKE DE BASEGGIO ◽  
OLIVIA SCHNEIDER ◽  
TIBOR SZVIRCSEV TRESCH
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Legitimation ◽  
Social Media Communication ◽  
The Impact

The Swiss Armed Forces (SAF), as part of a democratic system, depends on legitimacy. Democracy, legitimacy and the public are closely connected. In the public sphere the SAF need to be visible; it is where they are controlled and legitimated by the citizens, as part of a deliberative discussion in which political decisions are communicatively negotiated. Considering this, the meaning of political communication, including the SAF’s communication, becomes obvious as it forms the most important basis for political legitimation processes. Social media provide a new way for the SAF to communicate and interact directly with the population. The SAF’s social media communication potentially brings it closer to the people and engages them in a dialogue. The SAF can become more transparent and social media communication may increase its reputation and legitimacy. To measure the effects of social media communication, a survey of the Swiss internet population was conducted. Based on this data, a structural equation model was defined, the effects of which substantiate the assumption that the SAF benefits from being on social media in terms of broadening its reach and increasing legitimacy values.

The factors influencing CoP activities and their impact on relationship commitment and individual performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heeyoung Jang ◽  
Ilsang Ko
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Norm ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Relationship Commitment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Activities ◽  
And Performance

Purpose – The objective of this study is to identify the factors that affect CoP activation and performance variables obtainable through CoP activities, and to gain greater insight into their relationships and the mechanisms. In particular, this paper intends to illustrate the role of perceived risk factor for the loss of uniqueness of one's own knowledge in terms of their influence on CoP activities. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the human behaviours were divided into online and offline CoP activities and adopted affirmative affect and social norm from the Triandis model. In addition, the paper considered perceived expectation, perceived risk, and organization support as independent variables. These would accelerate online and offline activities in the community of practice. The paper considered relationship commitment and individual performance in the context of performance evaluations via CoP activities. A structural equation model was developed with research variables and hypotheses. Findings – As the consequence of the empirical assessment of the variables influencing the on/offline activities of a CoP, social norm, perceived expectation, perceived risk, and organizational support showed significantly influential relationships with online activities, and affirmative affect, perceived expectation, and organizational support evidenced significantly influential relationships with offline activities. However, with regard to online CoP activities, affirmative affect was not shown to be significant. As to offline activities, perceived risk was not shown to be significantly influential, while it was determined to significantly influence online activities in a negative direction. Originality/value – The results of this study demonstrated that on/offline CoP activities were significantly influential in terms both of relationship commitment and individual performance.

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