scholarly journals Better leadership, higher work engagement? Comparative study on Finnish and Russian private sector employees

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (11/12) ◽  
pp. 922-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiina Saari ◽  
Harri Melin ◽  
Evgeniya Balabanova ◽  
Azer Efendiev
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Equal Treatment ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Leadership Quality ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Private Sector Organizations

Purpose This paper focuses on the relationship between leadership and work engagement (WE) in Finnish and Russian private sector organizations. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how Finland and Russia differ in the level of WE; in the level of satisfaction with leadership and in specific components of leadership as most important antecedents for WE. Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis of this study is based on survey data collected in Finland and Russia. The analysis focuses on 1,570 Finnish and 490 Russian private sector, full-time employees with permanent contracts, who have no managerial responsibilities. The data are analyzed using descriptive methods and binary logistic regression analysis. Findings The results show, first, that both satisfaction of leadership and WE are higher in Finland than in Russia. Second, WE in Finland is facilitated by nearly all components of leadership – both materialistic- and relationship-based – while in Russia WE is predicted by rewarding good performers and such relationship-based practices as feedback, delegating responsibility, discussing work matters, and building trust. Contrary to the hypothesis, such materialistic-based components as providing equal treatment turned out to be insignificant for WE in Russia. Practical implications Organizations should invest in leadership quality to enhance WE and thus, to get a competitive advantage. Originality/value This study adds to the limited comparative research on WE and its predictors.

Determinants of housing demand in the Erzurum province, Turkey

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 586-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erkan Oktay ◽  
Abdulkerim Karaaslan ◽  
Ömer Alkan ◽  
Ali Kemal Çelik
Keyword(s):  
Housing Prices ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Housing Demand ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Income Expectations

Purpose – The main aim of this study is to determine the factors that influence the housing demand of households in Erzurum, northeastern Turkey. Housing demand is generally affected by several factors including housing prices, individuals’ income, expectations and choices and so on, as a means of its demographic and socio-psychological contexts. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was carried out, in which the outcome variable had binary responses such as whether to invest in housing or not. A binary logistic regression analysis was performed to estimate the underlying data. Findings – The questionnaire was conducted in 2,927 households living in Erzurum city center, and 47 per cent of the respondents claimed that they would consider investing in housing in the future. The estimation results reveal that demographic or socio-economic factors that may possibly influence housing demand of the respondents are as follows: household head’s and spouse’s occupation, monthly income, the number of individuals in the family and car ownership. Originality/value – This paper involves the most comprehensive survey addressing the housing demand in the East Anatolian Region, Turkey. Additionally, this paper aims to contribute to the existing housing literature through establishing the statistical analysis of housing demand in an unstudied territory of the world.

Making and breaking the manual – a case of tests and rapport in an interdisciplinary team

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-188
Author(s):  
Helene Ilkjær ◽  
Mette My Madsen
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Team ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teamwork ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Private Sector Organizations ◽  
Point Of Departure

PurposeThis article engages the concept of tests–here understood as social tests of collaborative abilities in the interdisciplinary teamwork–to examine how they are central to an applied anthropologist's positioning and influence within an organization.Design/methodology/approachPresented as an auto-ethnographic methodological exploration, the article takes its point of departure in ethnographic material from the work by Helene Ilkjær as an Industrial Postdoc with an interdisciplinary team of engineers, scientists and designers in a Danish technology start-up company.FindingsWithin this ethnographic context, the article examines not only the case of “the manual” to unfold how the dynamics of careful development but also notorious circumvention of manuals came to serve as social tests–moments that fundamentally changed the anthropologist's position within the interdisciplinary team. Analytically, the manual serves as a prism through which it explores the slippery and negotiable nature of the anthropologist's professional position as an Industrial Postdoc–suspended between anthropology “for” and “of” the company, officially employed by the company while also engaged in academic research.Originality/valueThe article offers anthropologists a tool to visualize the different movements and placements within continua of professional positionality while working as applied researchers with(in) private sector organizations.

Dispositional traits influence on mentoring relationships

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ridhi Arora ◽  
Santosh Rangnekar
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
South Asian ◽  
North India ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Sector Organizations ◽  
Asian Context

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of personality factors in influencing mentoring relationships in the South-Asian context. Design/methodology/approach The sample included 363 subjects from public and private sector organizations in North India. Findings Results revealed that in the Indian context, conscientiousness acts as significant predictor of perceived psychosocial mentoring, agreeableness acts as significant predictor of perceived career mentoring support, and emotional stability acts as significant predictor of both categories of mentoring relationships. Further, managers employed in public sector organizations were found to be high on all the Big Five personality factors and mentoring functions in contrast to managers from private sector organizations. Research limitations/implications Overall, the results suggest that mentoring relationships should operate in organizations with a firm understanding of employees’ personality traits. Implications and future research directions were also discussed. Further, suggestions have also been given for incorporating various interventions in order to handle employees with different personality attributes such as counseling for helping emotionally unstable employees manage their emotions and stress. Originality/value To the knowledge, this is the first study that seeks to examine impact of personality factors on mentoring relationships in the South-Asian context.

Abusive supervision and employee engagement and satisfaction: the mediating role of employee silence

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 1845-1858
Author(s):  
Chih-Chieh Wang ◽  
Hui-Hsien Hsieh ◽  
Yau-De Wang
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Employee Silence

PurposePrevious studies have found that abusive supervision undermines employees' work motivation and attitudes, namely work engagement and job satisfaction. However, less is known about the mechanisms by which abusive supervision negatively relates to employees' work engagement and job satisfaction. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, this study examines employee silence as a mediating mechanism linking abusive supervision to employees' work engagement and job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data were collected from a sample of 233 full-time employees of a large hotel service company in Taiwan. Structural equation modeling analyses were conducted to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results showed that abusive supervision has a positive association with employee silence. Moreover, the results showed that employee silence mediates the negative associations of abusive supervision with employees' work engagement and job satisfaction.Practical implicationsThe results suggest that organizational managers should provide supervisors with leadership interventions to prevent the occurrence of abusive supervision. Furthermore, organizational managers should provide employees with opportunities to voice their concerns through the use of organizational communication and participation, which can reduce employee silence and subsequently foster employee engagement and satisfaction at work.Originality/valueThis study advances our understanding of how abusive supervision results in poor work motivation and attitudes among employees. This contributes to the literature by identifying employee silence as a suitable mediating mechanism linking the negative associations of abusive supervision with employees' work engagement and job satisfaction.

Leadership Style and Work Engagement: A Comparison of Private and Public Sector Firms in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 097226292110526
Author(s):  
Jain Mathew ◽  
Kohila Rajam ◽  
Sridevi Nair
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Private Sector Organizations ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Post-privatization, public sector organizations were encouraged to borrow and learn from private sector firms. The popular belief was that the human resource practices followed by private sector organizations were far superior and more effective than those of the public sector organizations. However, this claim lacks empirical proof. This study adds to this body of knowledge by comparing the level of work engagement in private and public sector firms of India. Given that the leadership is crucial in setting the tone of an organization, the study also analyses the dominant leadership styles and their relationship to the levels of work engagement. The study is descriptive in nature and utilizes a structured questionnaire to collect data. Individuals currently employed in Indian public and private sector firms, in managerial roles, were invited to record their responses. The final sample consisted of 240 employees, with equal representation from both sectors. The collected data was then analysed using SPSS. The findings suggested that the dominant leadership styles were not significantly different in public and private sector organizations. Private sector employees were found to be more engaged and the leadership style appeared to be significantly related to the levels of engagement in public sector firms only.

Cooking skills and socio-demographics among Portuguese university students

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 563-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Kowalkowska ◽  
Rui Poínhos ◽  
Sara Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cooking Skills ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the reliability of a Portuguese version of the cooking skills scale (CSS) and to evaluate the association between cooking skills and socio-demographic, psychological and other cooking-related variables. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted as an online survey among 730 Portuguese university students. Translation and back-translation of the CSS were performed. Data were assessed in two stages (test and retest) and the psychometric properties of the CSS were analyzed. The effect of socio-demographic variables was assessed by binary logistic regression analysis. The odds ratios for upper tertile of the CSS score were calculated using the lower tertile as reference. Findings Cronbach’s α for the CSS was 0.90. In the analysis of test-retest reliability, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was 0.79 and Cohen’s κ (for tertiles) was 0.49. Cooking skills were higher in respondents cooking more often, feeling more confident, enjoying more and indicating the personal interest as the main motivation to learn how to cook. Cooking skills were significantly better in females, older students and those with more independent place of residence. Originality/value Very good psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the CSS were found among university students, providing a proper and simple tool to measure cooking skills in future studies with similar populations. The interventions encouraging to acquire and improve cooking skills as part of promoting healthy eating should be targeted especially toward men and young adults.

scholarly journals The role of person-job fit in the relationship between transformational leadership and job engagement

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 373-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong T.M. Bui ◽  
Yolanda Zeng ◽  
Malcolm Higgs
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Job Fit ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between transformational leadership and employees’ work engagement based on fit theory. The paper reports an investigation into the way in which employees’ perceptions of transformational leadership and person-job fit affect their work engagement. Design/methodology/approach To test the authors’ hypotheses, the authors performed structure equation modeling with maximum likelihood estimation on Mplus with bootstrapping proposed by Hayes (2009) with data from 691 full-time employees in China. Findings The results indicate that transformational leadership has as significant influence on employees’ work engagement as person-job fit in China. Moreover, employees’ perception of person-job fit is found to partially mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and employees’ work engagement. Research limitations/implications There is a possible bias arising from the use of cross-sectional data. However, certain methods were implemented to minimize it, including survey design and data analysis. Practical implications The paper proposes a number of practical implications for policy makers, HR managers and transformational leaders relating to issues associated with improving levels of employee engagement. Originality/value The study contributes to developing leadership and engagement theory by examining a previously unexplored mediator – person-job fit – in a neglected cultural setting. This study promises to open new research avenues in this area.

scholarly journals The impact of socio-political and economic environments on private sector participation in energy infrastructure delivery in Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
De-Graft Owusu-Manu ◽  
David John Edwards ◽  
E.K. Kutin-Mensah ◽  
Angela Kilby ◽  
Erika Parn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Sector Participation ◽  
Aging Infrastructure ◽  
Political Health ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Investment in power and electricity generation for replacing aging infrastructure with new represents a major challenge for developing countries. This paper therefore aims to examine infrastructure projects’ characteristics and how socio-political and economic investment environments interplay to influence the degree of private sector participation (PPP) in infrastructure delivery in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Using World Bank Public-private infrastructure advisory facility (PPIAF) and private participation in infrastructure (PPI) project database data from 1994 to 2013, binary logistic regression was used to: determine the probability of a higher or lower degree of PPP; and examine the significance of factors that are determinants of private investments. Findings The findings reveal that the private sector is more likely to invest in a higher degree of PPP infrastructure projects through greenfield and concession vehicles as opposed to management and leasing contracts. From the extant literature, drivers of PPP included infrastructure project characteristics and the social–economic–political health of the host country. However, the significance, direction and magnitude of these drivers vary. Originality/value This paper identifies investment drivers to PPP advisors and project managers and seeks to engender discussion among government policymakers responsible for promoting and managing PPP projects. Direction for future work seeks to explore competitive routes to infrastructure debt and equity finance options that finance energy projects.

Social capital and health and job related outcomes: the case of a large municipality

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Kristina Løkke
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Employee Survey ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Large Municipality

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between workplace social capital and health and job related outcomes in a large Danish municipality. Design/methodology/approach – Data used in this cross-sectional study are based on an electronic employee survey conducted in 2012 in a large municipality. Of the total population of 5,672 individuals, the number of participants amounted to 4,162, leading to a response rate of 73.4 percent. Binary logistic regression analysis is used as a statistical method, and odds ratios and their corresponding 95 percent confidence intervals have been estimated. Findings – The level of social capital is fairly high in the municipality (3.75 on a five-point scale). Social capital is related to health (OR=0.420) and psychological distress (OR=0.282) but has an even stronger relationship to job satisfaction and commitment (OR is 9.889 and 7.800, respectively). The study contributes with the conclusion that different sub-dimensions of social capital are related to health and job related outcomes. Therefore, managers need to be specific about what exactly they want to achieve with the implementation of social capital in municipalities. Originality/value – Research of the relationship between social capital and health and job related outcomes based on a case study approach of a municipality are limited. This paper makes an original contribution in providing evidence of the importance of social capital for Danish municipal sector employees’ health, job satisfaction, and commitment in a work context.

Implementation of quality initiatives in Indian public and private sector organizations

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Archana Krishnan
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Quality Initiatives ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Sector Organizations ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse and compare the implementation of quality initiatives in banking, insurance and tele-communication industry under public and private sectors in India. Design/methodology/approach – The study comprised of a descriptive research with a cross-sectional design. Preliminary interviews and extensive literature review was done to identify the quality initiatives to be considered for the study. Data were gathered through a questionnaire comprising of items on a five-point Likert’s scale. Descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviations and inferential statistics such as paired t-test and correlation were used for analysing the data. Findings – The results depict that although both the sectors are trying to outsmart each other by the various quality initiatives undertaken, the private sector is still ahead in quality implementation. It is also worth witnessing a major overhaul in the public sector operations to service the end customer with utmost commitment good enough to match its private counterparts. Practical implications – The paper provides insights to young managers and researchers about the level of implementation of quality practices in public and private sector organisations and strategies for improvement. Originality/value – The paper contributes to theory and practice as little empirical research is available to understand the differences between the two sectors on the basis of quality initiatives. Also there is dearth of such a research in industries other than banking.

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