scholarly journals Smoking and Pulmonary Fibrosis: Novel Insights

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina D. Samara ◽  
George Margaritopoulos ◽  
Athol U. Wells ◽  
Nikolaos M. Siafakas ◽  
Katerina M. Antoniou
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Pulmonary Fibrosis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Connective Tissue Disorders ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
Free Environment ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between smoking and pulmonary fibrosis is under debate and intense investigation. The aim of this paper is to review the existing literature and identify further areas of research interest. Recently the negative influence of cigarette smoking on IPF outcome was highlighted, as non-smokers exhibit a better survival than ex-smokers and combined current- and ex-smokers. In patients with non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP), a high prevalence of emphysema was recently demonstrated, providing an indirect support for a smoking pathogenetic hypothesis in NSIP. The coexistence of pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema has been extensively described in a syndrome termed combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE). Connective tissue disorders (CTDs) are a group of autoimmune diseases which affect the lung, as one of the most common and severe manifestations. However, the relationship between smoking and autoimmune disorders is still conflicting. Rheumatoid arthritis results from the interaction between genetic and environmental factors, while the best established environmental factor is tobacco smoking. Smoking has also a negative impact on the response of the RA patients to treatment. The aforementioned smoking-related implications give rise to further research questions and certainly provide one more important reason for physicians to advocate smoking cessation and smoke-free environment.

The influence of Herzberg’s motivator factor on employees’ organizational citizenship behaviour

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Noorlaila Yunus ◽  
Cairul Azwa Azimi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Civic Virtue ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Achievement Growth ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Relationship

Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) has been widely studied across the boarders especially in the western countries. This workplace voluntary behaviour is associated with many predictors that may bring whether major, minor or negative influence towards the engagement of employees’ OCB. Basically, this study is focusing on motivation as the predictor or independent variable that influence employees’ engagement on the OCB (altruism, conscientiousness, courtesy, civic virtue and sportsmanship) behaviour. Herzberg’s motivator factor (achievement, advancement, recognition and growth) has been chosen as the independent variable. A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed conveniently to respondents. With 125 questionnaires returned, researcher was able to analyze the data based on the research questions and hypotheses developed. The findings showed moderate and weak, significant relationship between the variable excluding the relationship between independent variable and civic virtue and sportsmanship. Thus, Herzberg’s motivator factor was not a predictor to civic virtue and sportsmanship behaviour. However for the strongest predictor; achievement, growth and growth are strongly predicts the altruism, conscientiousness and courtesy behaviour respectively. However, with the absence of relationship between independent variable and civic virtue as well as sportsmanship, therefore the strongest predictor cannot be determined as the value recorded was below the criterion.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Job Uncertainty and Job Satisfaction: The Moderating Effect of Charismatic Leadership, Organizational Communication, and Self-Efficacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 338
Author(s):  
Wanye Cheng ◽  
Sang Woo Hahm
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Charismatic Leadership ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Clear Vision ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Relationship

With the arrival of the fourth industrial revolution, many things are changing rapidly, including the way that people work.  These changes to the work environment can make workers feel uncertain about their jobs, which in turn can lead to anxiety and complaints about the job, amongst other negative variables. This study explains the factors that can reduce the negative influence of job uncertainty at the organizational, leader-ship, and worker levels. Job uncertainty involves a variety of changes and new directions driven by new technologies and information. Leaders possessed of a charismatic leadership style who are better able to enunciate a clear vision in such dynamic situations, the provision of a variety of useful information related to change within an organization, and workers’ self-efficacy in relation to change will all reduce the effects of job uncertainty. In today’s job environment, a degree of uncertainty is almost unavoidable. Therefore, by reducing the negative impact of this uncertainty, workers can be more satisfied with their jobs and will be able to achieve higher levels of performance.

The Effectiveness of The Risk Committee, Political Relations and Company Performance in the Banking Industry in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rexy Darmawan ◽  
Meyjerd Rombebunga ◽  
Farah Margaretha Leon
Keyword(s):  
Banking Industry ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Total Risk ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
Risk Committee ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to analyze the relationship between the effectiveness of the risk committee, political relations and company performance in the banking industry in Indonesia which is listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI). The data were obtained using purposive sampling, so that 41 companies were obtained for 2017 to 2019 using the Stata analysis tool. The results of this study indicate a significant positive effect between the total risk committee members on company performance as proxied by ROA. In addition, the existence of a political relationship as a moderator indicates a negative influence between the number of meetings and concurrent positions in the risk committee on company performance with the proxy of ROA. In order to improve company performance, the risk committee must increase the number of members in the risk committee so that they can exchange ideas to solve company problems. Furthermore, political relations have a negative impact on company performance. Spending more money to win business projects and government licensing can increase costs which can directly reduce company performance.

scholarly journals Leader Personality Characteristics And Upward Trust: A Study Of Employee-Supervisor Dyads In China

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Ping ◽  
Bahaudin G. Mujtaba ◽  
David A. Whetten ◽  
Yan Wei
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
The Relationship

Scholars have researched trust for many decades and almost the entire body of empirical research on how personality traits affect upward trust is based on studies conducted in countries other than China. Taking an inductive approach, we examined the relationship between the leaders big five personality traits and upward trust with 274 respondents in Chinese culture. The empirical results confirm that Extraversion and Neuroticism have negative influence on upward trust, Agreeableness impact is insignificant, Conscientiousness has a positive influence and Openness to experience has a negative impact on affect-based trust. Results suggested that the degree to which the leaders big five personality traits affect upward trust differs from that of the West.

scholarly journals Improvement in Compliance With Smoke-Free Environment Regulations at Hotels and Restaurants in Vietnam After an Administrative Intervention

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 117863022093992
Author(s):  
Kim Bao Giang ◽  
Pham Bich Diep ◽  
Hoang Van Minh ◽  
Nguyen Thi Diem Huong ◽  
Nguyen Tuan Lam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Secondhand Smoke ◽  
Smoking Prevalence ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Free Environment ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Vietnam is among the countries with the highest smoking prevalence among male adults, as well as high prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure at indoor places. In many countries, including Vietnam, exposure to tobacco smoking is greatest in restaurants/bars and hotels. This study aims to analyze the compliance of hotels and restaurants to smoke-free environment regulations before and after an intervention. Methods: Direct observations were done at the receptions, conference rooms, designated smoking areas, restaurants, and lobbies of 140 hotels and the dining rooms, kitchens, and toilets of 160 restaurants before and after an intervention. The intervention was a training course conducted by police officers followed by 3 monthly supervision visits by police officers. Compliance with smoke-free enviornment regulations was observed and assessed to generate a compliance score for each location and overall. Tobit regression was used to examine the relationship between compliance scores and the intervention and other variables such as hotel and restaurant characteristics. Results: Before the intervention, the highest compliance rates were found for “no tobacco advertisement” and “no cigarette selling” regulations (95%-100%) in almost all sites in hotels and restaurants. The lowest compliance rates were found for “having nonsmoking signs.” The rate of compliance with all regulations was only 5% for hotels and 0.06% of restaurants. Improvement after intervention was clearly observed, in the rate of compliance with all regulations by more hotels (15.7%) and overall compliance scores of hotels and restaurants. Conclusions: The intervention with participation of the police officers proved to be effective in improving compliance with smoke-free regulations. It is recommended to continue this intervention in the same areas as well as to expand the intervention to other areas.

scholarly journals Rheumatoid Arthritis and Periodontal Disease. Effects of Periodontal Therapy

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 377-383
Author(s):  
María Arellano ◽  
Diego Alveal
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Periodontal Disease ◽  
Systemic Disease ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Periodontal Therapy ◽  
High Morbidity ◽  
Systemic Diseases ◽  
Low Prevalence ◽  
The Relationship

During the last years there has been an important increase in the research of associations between periodontal disease and some systemic diseases, looking for a relationship beyond the single epidemiological coincidence. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic disease that damages the bone and connective tissue; despite a low prevalence in the population, the disease has a high morbidity in patients. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Periodontal Disease have common pathophysiological characteristics. A negative influence of periodontal disease over rheumatoid arthritis has been suggested, this has led to increase the interest of studying and elucidating the relationship and possible effects of periodontal therapy on the metabolic control and severity of RA.

A Meta-Analysis of Interviews and Cognitive Ability

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 157-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip L. Roth ◽  
Allen I. Huffcutt
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Employment Interviews ◽  
Moderator Analysis ◽  
The Future ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
The Relationship

The topic of what interviews measure has received a great deal of attention over the years. One line of research has investigated the relationship between interviews and the construct of cognitive ability. A previous meta-analysis reported an overall corrected correlation of .40 ( Huffcutt, Roth, & McDaniel, 1996 ). A more recent meta-analysis reported a noticeably lower corrected correlation of .27 ( Berry, Sackett, & Landers, 2007 ). After reviewing both meta-analyses, it appears that the two studies posed different research questions. Further, there were a number of coding judgments in Berry et al. that merit review, and there was no moderator analysis for educational versus employment interviews. As a result, we reanalyzed the work by Berry et al. and found a corrected correlation of .42 for employment interviews (.15 higher than Berry et al., a 56% increase). Further, educational interviews were associated with a corrected correlation of .21, supporting their influence as a moderator. We suggest a better estimate of the correlation between employment interviews and cognitive ability is .42, and this takes us “back to the future” in that the better overall estimate of the employment interviews – cognitive ability relationship is roughly .40. This difference has implications for what is being measured by interviews and their incremental validity.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ISO 9001:2015 TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF SERVICE AT PUSAT KESIHATAN UNIVERSITI (PKU), UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA(UUM)

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (Number 2) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
Anis Syamimi Abd Rahim ◽  
Mohd Norhasni Mohd Asaad
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Iso 9001 ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Universiti Utara Malaysia

The purpose of this study is to review the implementation of ISO 9001:2015 in order to improve the quality of services at Pusat Kesihatan Universiti (PKU), Universiti Utara Malaysia. The respondents of this study were customers at the PKU, UUM. The questionnaire was distributed to 50 respondents. The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 24. The data were tested using descriptive statistics, and correlation analysis to answer the research questions and to achieve the objectives. The findings show that customers agree that implementation of ISO 9001:2015 give service at PKU, UUM is good and satisfied. Through the correlation test, the results showed that the relationship between the implementation of ISO 9001:2015 has a positive and significant impact on customer satisfaction and the effect of implementing ISO 9001:2015 has a positive and significant impact in improving quality of service at PKU, UUM.Through mean and standard deviation tests, results show that tangible dimensions are the main dimensions of customer satisfaction while dimensions with low values are dimensions of responsiveness.Therefore, all aspects of service in PKU, UUM will be strengthened and all aspects of the weaknesses could be addressed to improve the service in order to maintain good quality services.

HUBUNGAN KEPADATAN BIVALVIA DENGAN PARAMETER LINGKUNGAN DI PESISIR TANJUNG PURA KABUPATEN BANGKA TENGAH

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-121
Author(s):  
Sudiyar . ◽  
Okto Supratman ◽  
Indra Ambalika Syari
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Random System ◽  
System Method ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Anadara Granosa

The destructive fishing feared will give a negative impact on the survival of this organism. This study aims to analyze the density of bivalves, distribution patterns, and to analyze the relationship of bivalves with environmental parameters in Tanjung Pura village. This research was conducted in March 2019. The systematic random system method was used for collecting data of bivalves. The collecting Data retrieval divided into five research stasions. The results obtained 6 types of bivalves from 3 families and the total is 115 individuals. The highest bivalve density is 4.56 ind / m², and the lowest bivalves are located at station 2,1.56 ind / m²,  The pattern of bivalve distribution in the Coastal of Tanjung Pura Village is grouping. The results of principal component analysis (PCA) showed that Anadara granosa species was positively correlated with TSS r = 0.890, Dosinia contusa, Anomalocardia squamosa, Mererix meretrix, Placamen isabellina, and Tellinella spengleri were positively correlated with currents r = 0.933.

Work Stress and Organisational Citizenship Behaviours (OCBs) in Call Centers Employees

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunita ◽  
Urvashi Singh ◽  
Shalini Singh ◽  
Rajnee Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Call Centers ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Call Centre ◽  
Simple Correlation ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Stress At Work ◽  
The Relationship

The present study was conducted to examine the relationship between organisational stress and organisational citizenship behaviours (OCBs) in employees of call centers. The study also further explored as how stress at work set-up has negative impact on OCBs. A sample of 250 employees working in call centre of Gurgaon belonging to an age group of 25-30 years were selected on availability basis. All were working married couples living in nuclear families. Job stress survey (Spielberger & Vagg, 1999) and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (Bateman & Organ, 1983) were administered. Data was analysed by using simple correlation and multiple regression. Results showed the negative relationship between organisational stress and OCBs. Results of regression analysis also exhibited the negative impact of stress on OCBs. The implications for the employees are discussed.

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