scholarly journals Exploring NIRSA Championship Series Professional Development Opportunities: Understanding Their Perceived Value to the Association

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob K. Tingle ◽  
Dan Hazlett ◽  
April Flint
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Campus Recreation ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Leadership Communication ◽  
Lifelong Learner ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Recreation Directors ◽  
And Training

The NIRSA Championship Series (Series) is a significant component of NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation (NIRSA). Demonstrated, in part, by the fact that many campus recreational professionals contend the events directly relate to both their institution and the association's mission. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of how NIRSA professionals perceive the value of volunteer experiences at Series events. The research team conducted semistructured interviews with thirteen campus recreation directors. The participants had a median of 28 years in the profession, ( SD = 7.4), and represented all six NIRSA regions. In describing the benefits of volunteerism at Series events, the directors identified three broad themes, each with numerous subthemes: Personal Experience (Lifelong learner, Mentors, and Networking), Professional Development (Teamwork, Leadership, Communication, and Training), and Ideal Job Characteristics (Attitude and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors). The themes, subthemes, and implications for Series events are discussed. In addition, the authors present suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals Employee Behaviors toward Using and Saving Energy at Work. The Impact of Personality Traits

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3404
Author(s):  
Dawid Szostek
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of the article is to determine how personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness and openness to experience) affect organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment (OCBE), especially in the context of energy saving. The purpose is also to verify the hypothesis that this impact is significantly moderated by individuals’ demographic characteristic (sex, age, length of service, work type and economic sector of employment). To achieve the purposes, a survey was conducted in 2020 on 454 working people from Poland. The analysis was based on structural equation modeling (SEM). The research model assumed that particular types of personality affect direct and indirect OCBEs, including energy-saving patterns. The model also included the aforementioned demographic characteristics of respondents. I proved that personality traits have a significant impact on direct and indirect organizational citizenship behaviors for the environment. In the case of direct OCBEs, the energy-saving items that were most significantly affected by employee personality were: I am a person who turns off my lights when leaving my office for any reason; I am a person who turns off the lights in a vacant room; I am a person who makes sure all of the lights are turned off if I am the last to leave. The strongest predicators were Neuroticism (negative relationship) and Agreeableness (positive relationship) for direct OCBE, but Extraversion (positive relationship) and Agreeableness (negative relationship) for indirect OCBE. The impact of an individual’s personality on OCBE was significantly moderated mainly for indirect behaviors. This applied to all the analyzed demographic variables, but it was stronger for women, employees aged up to 40 years, those with 10 years or more experience, office/clerical workers, and public sector employees. The article discusses the theoretical framework, research limitations, future research directions and practical implications.

scholarly journals Implementation Difficulties of Kuwait National Competency-Based Curriculum

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Maadi Mahdi Alajmi
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Instructional Technology ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Process Use ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
And Training

The study investigates teachers' understanding and use of competency-based national curriculum in Kuwait's public education schools. A developed questionnaire survey distributed to 317 teachers and 94 supervisors. Findings indicated weaknesses in professional development and training, the assessment process, use of instructional technology, financial supplies, and teacher guides. Recommendations highlight needs of a professional development and training to supervisors and teachers on implementing the national competency-based curriculum, standards-based assessments, instructional technology, instructional strategies, and financial supplies. A future research on effects of the national competency-based curriculum on student learning, teaching performance, and outcomes of educational process is highly recommended.   Received: 26 May 2021 / Accepted: 2 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021

Exemplary followership. Part 1: refining an instrument

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim O. Peterson ◽  
Claudette M. Peterson ◽  
Brian W. Rook
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The overall purpose of this paper is to determine to what extent organizational citizenship behaviors predict followership behaviors within medical organizations in the USA. This is the first part of a two-part article. Part 1 will refine an existing followership instrument. Part 2 will explore the relationship between followership and organizational citizenship. Design/methodology/approach Part 1 of this survey-based empirical study used confirmatory factor analysis on an existing instrument followed by exploratory factor analysis on the revised instrument. Part 2 used regression analysis to explore to what extent organizational citizenship behaviors predict followership behaviors. Findings The findings of this two-part paper show that organizational citizenship has a significant impact on followership behaviors. Part 1 found that making changes to the followership instrument provides an improved instrument. Research limitations/implications Participants in this study work exclusively in the health-care industry; future research should expand to other large organizations that have many followers with few managerial leaders. Practical implications As organizational citizenship can be developed, if there is a relationship between organizational citizenship and followership, organizations can provide professional development opportunities for individual followers. Managers and other leaders can learn how to develop organizational citizenship behaviors and thus followership in several ways: onboarding, coaching, mentoring and career development. Originality/value In Part 1, the paper contributes an improved measurement for followership. Part 2 demonstrates the impact that organizational citizenship behavior can play in developing high performing followers.

scholarly journals Resilience as a mediator linking transformational leadership and person-centered organizational culture to organizational effectiveness

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 829-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunyoung Oh ◽  
Sangchoong Roh ◽  
MinU Kang ◽  
Youngwon Suh
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Organizational Effectiveness ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Job Motivation

The present research examined the possibility that transformational leadership and person-centered organizational culture are antecedents of employees' resilience and employees' resilience plays as a mediator linking transformational leadership and person-centered organizational culture to their happiness and organizational effectiveness. Specifically, we suggest that transformational leadership and person-centered organizational culture serve as environmental factors to enhance employees' resilience, which eventually contributes to organizational effectiveness such as job motivation, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behaviors via the path between resilience and happiness. Data were collected from 498 employees in various companies. The results found that resilience was positively related with job motivation, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behaviors, and these relationships were mediated by happiness. Furthermore, it was found that both transformational leadership and person-centered organizational culture were positively correlated with resilience, and had significant indirect effects on organizational effectiveness variables via the path between resilience and happiness, while only transformational leadership had direct effects on organizational effectiveness variables. These findings indicate that resilience is important for the beneficial effects of happiness on organizational effectiveness, and transformational leadership and person-centered organizational culture may increase organizational effectiveness by promoting employees' resilience. Finally, theoretical and practical implications, limitation and suggestion for future research are discussed.

Identification of Problems in Campus Recreation Programs in North America

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
William F. Stier ◽  
Robert C. Schneider ◽  
Steve Kampf ◽  
Gregory E. Wilding ◽  
Scott Haines
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Potential Problem ◽  
Campus Recreation ◽  
Recreation Directors ◽  
Training Quality ◽  
Recreation Programs ◽  
Public Relations Campaign ◽  
And Training

In campus recreation programs, major problem areas within (a) technology, (b) personnel, and (c) perception and value were identified. The subjects were campus recreation directors throughout North America. The surveyed directors expressed the extent to which they agreed or disagreed with literature-based, potential problem areas within campus recreation programs. Areas primarily agreed upon as being major problem areas within campus recreation were: the availability of quality officials (61%), perception of program by institution (49%), and value of program as perceived by higher administration (47%). Generally, in order to improve programs, directors should place an emphasis on attaining and training quality officials and implement a public relations campaign that positively portrays their program.

scholarly journals Determinants Analysis of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Nadia Motii ◽  
Adam Chati
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Contextual Performance ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
The Individual

The purpose of this work is to identify the most representative components and dimensions of the Organizational Citizenship Behaviors within the Moroccan context. The first phase of this paper lies on a theoretical framework defining the individual performance concept, and then we will emphasize the different Organizational Citizenship Behaviors' theories. The method involves an exploratory qualitative inquiry based on directive interviews with executives working in the private companies located in the region of Rabat. The present study reassessed the finding of the existing theories in a purposive sample and in a different context. By identifying the different components of the contextual performance within the Moroccan context we can link several organizational behaviors in the same model, which will pave the way to a confirmatory study. This will allow for more organizationnal consideration of contextual performance and may direct future research on performance management.

Organizational Citizenship Behaviors as a Mediator between Culture and Turnover Intentions

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-44
Author(s):  
Sulakshna Dwivedi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

An attempt has been made to investigate the mediating role of OCBs in culture and turnover intentions. Data was collected from 15 BPO units located in Chandigarh. Findings revealed that OCBs of employees in the BPO sector are mainly sensitive to four dimensions of organizational culture viz. proaction, confrontation, experimentation and openness. Finally, a partial mediation of OCBs had been found between organizational culture and turnover intentions. Taking into consideration the practical implications of the study, findings suggest that BPO Managers should pay special attention and recognition to employees' OCBs, as these could help in reducing their attrition. Further implications of the results and direction for future research have been elaborated.

Fairness Perceptions and Trust as Mediators for Transformational and Transactional Leadership: A Two-Sample Study

1999 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 897-933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajnandini Pillai ◽  
Chester A. Schriesheim ◽  
Eric S. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Parameter Estimates ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Transformational And Transactional Leadership ◽  
Rival Models

This research presents a comprehensive model of relationships between transformational and transactional leadership, procedural and distributive justice, trust, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). Structural equation modeling was used to test a theoretical model with two independent samples that were comprised of 192 and 155 matched leaders and subordinates. Several rival models were also tested. Finally, “stacked” modeling techniques showed that the parameter estimates developed from the two samples were invariant except for one additional relationship, which was significant in the second sample only. The results supported the indirect effect of transformational leadership on OCBs through procedural justice and trust. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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