Critical Factors for Field Staff: The Relationship Between Burnout, Coping, and Vocational Purpose

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-416
Author(s):  
Alexandra Z. Kolaski ◽  
Jennifer M. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Health Care ◽  
Security Assessment ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
Field Staff ◽  
Workplace Satisfaction ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Outdoor Behavioral Health Care ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Outdoor Behavioral Health Care (OBH) programs rely on field staff (FS) for the daily management of program activities, client safety and security, assessment information, and therapeutic intervention. Purpose: Given research that indicates turnover rates among FS are high, the present study was designed to evaluate components of resilience and burnout among FS that may help OBH programs retain FS. Methodology/Approach: Confirmatory factor analysis was used to empirically examine the impact of McEwan’s Workplace Resilience Model factors on FS resilience. Findings/Conclusions: A well-fitting model was developed to explain relationships between burnout, coping skills, and purpose among FS. Important links between vocational purpose, coping, and burnout were found. Implications: This article concludes by discussing implications and recommendations for OBH programs, in support of FS retention and workplace satisfaction, including the importance of creating workplace social and physical health support systems and key characteristics of resilient FS.

Consumer-Brand Engagement With E-Commerce Market Place Brands

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pankaj Kumar Mohanty ◽  
Dipanjan Kumar Dey
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Consumer Involvement ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Multivariate Techniques ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Brand Engagement ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Positive Word Of Mouth ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Consumer-brand engagement (CBE) has gained much attention from both the academicians and practitioners. However, despite such scholarly attention, only a few studies have empirically tested the scale of CBE. Moreover, limited attention is paid toward examining the consumer-brand relationships in the e-commerce marketplace context. The study is an empirical investigation of the new ways for examining CBE by testing the impact of consumer advocacy (CA). Furthermore, the study has examined and validated the relationship between consumer involvement (CI) and CBE in the e-commerce marketplace context. The study has further examined the impact of CBE on two outcome variables, viz., positive word-of-mouth (PWOM) and brand usage intention (BUI). A sample size of 408 has been collected randomly from a postgraduate program of a large university located in south India. Various multivariate techniques (Confirmatory Factor Analysis & Path Analysis) have been applied to validate and test the proposed relationships. The results indicate that both CI and CA positively influence CBE. Further, CBE has a positive impact on PWOM and BUI.

Gimme shelter or fade away: the impact of regional entrepreneurial ecosystem quality on venture survival

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 827-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddharth Vedula ◽  
Phillip H Kim
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Ecosystem Quality ◽  
Support Organizations ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Serial Entrepreneurs ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Our study addresses a popular question in entrepreneurship research—to what extent does the quality of a region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem matter for venture survival? To tackle this question, we created a regional entrepreneurial ecosystem quality index based on five key characteristics: supportive entrepreneurial culture, access to finance, availability of human capital, innovation capacity, and formal support organizations. We analyze 301 United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas for these characteristics and measure the aggregated contextual influence on venture survival within these regions over time. In addition to analyzing the relationship between this index and venture survival, we also consider the moderating role of founders’ experience on survival outcomes. Our findings confirm that, in general, higher quality ecosystems shelter ventures, while ventures in weaker ecosystems are more likely to fade away and fail. However, for serial entrepreneurs, we find that ecosystem quality has a much smaller impact on venture survival.

The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on UiTM Melaka Students’ Learning Session

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 2460-2468
Author(s):  
Nurul Asma Mazlan Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Student Understanding ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Learning Session ◽  
Student Readiness ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the Restricted Movement Order (RMO) due to COVID-19 to March - July 2020 semester students of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malacca. Through a confirmatory factor analysis, the student understanding scale was validated in three dimensions: technology acceptance, teaching approach and student readiness in the practice of Open and Distance Learning (ODL). The article also analysed the relationship between student understanding and the three variables. A total of 370 respondents had been selected using purposive sampling method using SPSS analysis. The result showed that there is a weak relationship between teaching approach and student understanding with the correlation of 0.355. It is followed by the moderate relationship between teaching approach and student understanding with the correlation of 0.613. Meanwhile, student readiness and student understanding have been identified as a very strong relationship with the correlations of 0.743. The findings also found that student readiness has the highest mean as compared to other factors. This result specified that the students of UiTM Melaka are not fully prepared mentally and physically for an inclusive ODL approach. They felt that ODL is very incumbering and difficult in understanding the content of learning sessions especially for the subjects related with calculations.

scholarly journals BRAND IMAGE, CUSTOMER TRUST, AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY TOWARDS WILLINGNESS TO PAY OF SPORTS APPAREL DURING PANDEMIC COVID-19 IN INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Dr. Dewi Tamara ◽  
Michael Hartanto ◽  
M. Tubagus Rizky ◽  
Ivan Cahyaputra
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Customer Trust ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

As an effort to identify the underlying determinants of willingness to pay, this study seeks to examine brand image, customer trust, and customer loyalty that impacts directly on willingness to pay during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic time frame. This study also seeks to identify the impact of customer trust and brand image towards willingness to pay though customer loyalty and to identify the indirect impact of customer trust and brand image towards willingness to pay during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic time frame. Using a convenient sampling method, someone who ever bought some sports apparel during this COVID-19 pandemic were selected as the sample. Out of 230 distributed, 171 useful questionnaires were returned. Confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis were conducted using partial least square equation modelling. The results of this study showed that the willingness to pay of sports apparel during the pandemic covid 19 in Indonesia was influenced by the customer trust and customer loyalty but not significantly influenced by the brand image. This study has a different research originality by researching the relationship between brand image, customer trust, customer loyalty and willingness to pay of any sports apparel during a specific time frame of the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, also the impact of brand image and customer trust towards willingness to pay were a rare relation of a research.

scholarly journals Efek Kepuasan Kerja Dalam Mempengaruhi Komitmen Organisasi Karyawan

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 811
Author(s):  
Diny Atrizka ◽  
Emily Andriki ◽  
Melisa Melisa ◽  
Natasya Natasya
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Employee Job Satisfaction ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Company

Karyawan sebagai sumber daya satu-satunya yang memiliki pengetahuan, kreativitas, dan logika, menjadikan karyawan sebagai sumber daya yang memiliki peran utama dalam menjalankan suatu perusahaan serta mengelola organisasi tersebut agar dapat mencapai tujuan-tujuannya. Sayangnya, di masa ini jika dihitung secara kuantitas maka karyawan dengan tingkat komitmen organisasi yang rendah masih banyak. Hal ini dapat mengakibatkan berbagai kerugian terhadap perusahaan seperti kurangnya motivasi kerja, sering absen serta tingkat turnover yang tinggi. Salah satu faktor yang dapat memberi pengaruh atau influence terhadap tingkat komitmen organisasi adalah dengan meningkatkan kepuasan kerja karyawan. Untuk membuktikan sendiri korelasi antara kedua variabel tersebut, penelitian ini mengandalkan data yang didapatkan dari 102 karyawan PT. Leomas Anugerah Bersaudara dengan metodologi kuantitatif. Penelitian ini bertekad untuk mengetahui hubungan dan sebesar apakah dampak dari kepuasan kerja dalam mempengaruhi komitmen organisasi. Data yang didapatkan dari skala, kemudian dites dengan memanfaatkan korelasi Pearson Product Moment yang dibarengi dengan bantuan dari IBM SPSS Statistics 23 sebagai akomodasi pengujian hipotesis dimana hasil membuktikan terdapat korelasi yang positif antara kepuasan kerja terhadap komitmen organisasi. Employees as the only resources equipped with knowledge, creativity, and logic, make employees had a major role in running a company and managing the organization in ordered to achieve its goals. Unfortunately, many employees had low organizational commitment. This could result in various losses to the company such as lack of motivation, absent and high turnover rates. There were several factors that could affect organizational commitment, one of which was by increasing employee job satisfaction. To attest the correlation between the two variables, this study relied on data obtained from 102 employees of PT. Leomas Anugerah Bersaudara with quantitative methodology. This study was determined to prove the relationship and how big the impact of job satisfaction in influencing organizational commitment. The data acquired from the scale, then tested using the Pearson Product Moment correlation accompanied by assistance from IBM SPSS Statistics 23 as an accommodation for hypothesis testing where the results prove that there was a positive correlation between job satisfaction and organizational commitment.

Brand Equity, Brand Satisfaction, and Brand Loyalty

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-50
Author(s):  
Anupreet Kaur Mokha
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Brand Satisfaction

Brand equity is a rapidly growing field of research. Companies rely primarily on new and creative ways of improving high brand value. The main aim of this research was to examine the impact of brand equity and brand satisfaction on brand loyalty, particularly online shopping, in the context of e-commerce industry by considering brand satisfaction as a mediating variable. Convenience sampling was used to collect data from 500 customers who were using online shopping websites, and the data was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis followed by structural equation modeling (SEM) through AMOS. The results revealed that brand equity and brand satisfaction had a significant positive impact on brand loyalty, and also brand satisfaction partially mediated the relationship between brand equity and brand satisfaction. This research would provide very useful insights to both academicians and marketers and would help e-commerce managers to improve the image and reputation of the brand.

scholarly journals Empirical Study on Perceived Value and Attitude of Millennials Towards Social Media Advertising: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taanika Arora ◽  
Bhawna Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Social Media Advertising ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the article is to provide a comprehensive advertising model, which examines the impact of the identified predictors such as entertainment, informativeness, irritation, credibility, incentives and personalization on social media advertising value (SMAV) and further see the impact of SMAV on the attitudes of millennials towards social media advertising (ATSMA). A quantitative and deductive approach of research was followed, where data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from 478 Indian social media users. The model developed was validated using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis followed by structural equation modelling to test the relationships between the identified predictors and SMAV. The results confirm the relationship between identified predictors and SMAV. Also, positive relationship has been found out between SMAV and ATSMA. Further, in the research article, there is a detailed discussion on results, implications, limitations and directions for future work.

Accent Policy and Accent Modification Enterprises as Potential Indicators of Intercultural Power Relations: A Call for an Updated Research Agenda

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brynne D. Ovalle ◽  
Rahul Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article has two purposes: (a) to examine the relationship between intercultural power relations and the widespread practice of accent discrimination and (b) to underscore the ramifications of accent discrimination both for the individual and for global society as a whole. First, authors review social theory regarding language and group identity construction, and then go on to integrate more current studies linking accent bias to sociocultural variables. Authors discuss three examples of intercultural accent discrimination in order to illustrate how this link manifests itself in the broader context of international relations (i.e., how accent discrimination is generated in situations of unequal power) and, using a review of current research, assess the consequences of accent discrimination for the individual. Finally, the article highlights the impact that linguistic discrimination is having on linguistic diversity globally, partially using data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partially by offering a potential context for interpreting the emergence of practices that seek to reduce or modify speaker accents.

Business: Making Cents of Coding Systems: Billing for Professional Services

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Dee Adams Nikjeh
Keyword(s):  
Professional Services ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Coding Systems ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Program Funding ◽  
Fee Schedule ◽  
Procedure Codes ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Administrators and supervisors face daily challenges over issues such as program funding, service fees, correct coding procedures, and the ever-changing healthcare regulations. Receiving equitable reimbursement for speech-language pathology and audiology services necessitates an understanding of federal coding and reimbursement systems. This tutorial provides information pertaining to two major healthcare coding systems and explains the relationship of these systems to clinical documentation, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and equitable reimbursement. An explanation of coding edits and coding modifiers is provided for use in those occasional atypical situations when the standard use of procedural coding may not be appropriate. Also included in this tutorial is a brief discussion of the impact that the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (HR 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act [MIPPA], 2008) has had on the valuation of speech-language pathology procedure codes.

The Need to Belong and the Relationship Between Loneliness and Health

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freda-Marie Hartung ◽  
Britta Renner
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health State ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
First Year University ◽  
Perceived Social Isolation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Humans are social animals; consequently, a lack of social ties affects individuals’ health negatively. However, the desire to belong differs between individuals, raising the question of whether individual differences in the need to belong moderate the impact of perceived social isolation on health. In the present study, 77 first-year university students rated their loneliness and health every 6 weeks for 18 weeks. Individual differences in the need to belong were found to moderate the relationship between loneliness and current health state. Specifically, lonely students with a high need to belong reported more days of illness than those with a low need to belong. In contrast, the strength of the need to belong had no effect on students who did not feel lonely. Thus, people who have a strong need to belong appear to suffer from loneliness and become ill more often, whereas people with a weak need to belong appear to stand loneliness better and are comparatively healthy. The study implies that social isolation does not impact all individuals identically; instead, the fit between the social situation and an individual’s need appears to be crucial for an individual’s functioning.

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