scholarly journals TURNING DATA INTO VALUABLE INSIGHTS: THE CASE STUDY IN AVIATION SECTOR COMPANY

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 294-299
Author(s):  
Daiga Ergle ◽  
Iveta Ludviga ◽  
Agita Kalviņa
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Hr Function ◽  
Staff Engagement

Since the early 2000s, there is increasing pressure on Human Resource Departments to show their impact on organizational performance. This pressure is related to the shift from industrial based economies to knowledge based economies and positioning people as potential sources of competitive advantage, and to the rise of Evidence-Based Management (EBM), which requires making decisions based on data and analysis. New technologies have enabled HR departments to start a transition from HR metrics to HR Analytics, thus transforming from the traditional administrative HR function to a more strategic HR function that can express qualitative matters and its impact on organizational performance with numbers. This case study describes the implementation of HR analytics in an aviation sector company. Quantitative data gathered from an annual staff engagement survey are analyzed using a Structural Equation Modelling technique with Smart PLS software. The results show that the analysis offers insights which are much more valuable than traditional diagnosis of the level of employee engagement. Thus, management can trace an employee’s journey within the organization and be able to predict their behavior in relationship to the time spent in the organization. Moreover, the changing needs of employees are seen form the analysis and Evidence-Based Management can be implemented.

scholarly journals Case Study of Workplace Spirituality on Organizational Commitments among University Members in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-47
Author(s):  
Thamil Durai Chelliah ◽  
Chan Ling-Meng ◽  
Mathivannan Jaganathan ◽  
Ying-Yin Koay
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Workplace Spirituality ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The University

Based on the recent past studies (Ahmad & Omar, 2015; Ke & Deng, 2018; Ghani, Abdullah & Allah, 2018), there are an increasing attention from the researchers to examine the workplace spirituality in the organization. This research study seeked to study the influences of workplace spirituality (Allen & Meyer , 2000) on organizational commitments among university members in Malaysia. Data of 240 responses were collected and analyzed via partial least square structural equation modelling to examine both the measurement and structural model. It is significantly accentuated that workplace spirituality influences the three dimensions of organizational commitment. From this empirical findings, it strongly suggested that the university shold find ways to embded this workplace spirityality into university members’ performance in order to enhance the loyalty and employee engagement with the university (Alas & Mousa, 2016).

Toward an Evidence-Based Approach to Building Evaluation Capacity

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Btissam El Hassar ◽  
Cheryl Poth ◽  
Rebecca Gokiert ◽  
Okan Bulut
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Validity Evidence ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Evaluation Capacity ◽  
Organizational Evaluation ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Valid Evidence

Organizations are required to evaluate their programs for both learning and accountability purposes, which has increased the need to build their internal evaluation capacity. A remaining challenge is access to tools that lead to valid evidence supporting internal capacity development. The authors share practical insights from the development and use of the Evaluation Capacity Needs Assessment tool and framework and implications for using its data to make concrete decisions within Canadian contexts. The article refers to validity evidence generated from factor analyses and structural equation modelling and describes how applying the framework can be used to identify individual and organizational evaluation capac­ity strengths and gaps, concluding with practice considerations and future directions for this work.  

Linking supply chain professional's competencies to resilience in a turbulent world

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Idrees Asghar ◽  
Haris Aslam ◽  
Amer Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Corporate Training ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Supply Chain Disruptions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

PurposeThis research aims to understand how competencies for supply chain professionals are developed and how they can affect the manager's performance, especially the manager's resilience in times of significant supply chain disruptions.Design/methodology/approachA research model was developed based on a comprehensive literature survey in the area of individual competencies grounded in the knowledge-based view of the firm. We tested our research model using a quantitative, survey-based study with a sample of 175 Pakistani supply chain managers. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modelling (SEM).FindingsThe analysis identified corporate training and knowledge sharing as the main antecedents of supply chain professional's competencies. It also showed that these competencies result in higher performance in the form manager's resilience and job performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis study provides a valuable framework for organisations to focus on skill-developing training and promoting a knowledge-sharing culture among employees to achieve desired performance levels.Originality/valueThis study is unique as no prior research studied such a comprehensive model of antecedents and consequences of supply chain professionals' competencies.

scholarly journals Employee Engagement in the Public Sector: A Case Study of Western Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lamin Sanneh ◽  
Saud A.Taj
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Gambia ◽  
Organizational Studies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Western Africa

Employee engagement and its relationship with organizational performance have recently gained immense attention amongst the scholars of organizational studies and human resource development. However, this relationship has widely been examined in the private sector organizations operating in the Western developed countries and its application in the African public sector still remains a major gap in the engagement literature. In order to address this gap, we investigate the different factors of employee engagement and their impact on organizational performance in the public sector of West Africa while taking the case of Gambia Ports Authority, one of the biggest public sector employers in Gambia. A case study approach was adopted with questionnaires designed and distributed to 327employees of the Gambia Ports Authority, one of the largest public sector employer in the Gambia. The survey included employees at different levels including senior managers, directors, and junior level staff. Findings suggest that various factors have significant impact on employee engagement with the exception of team and co-worker relation. Amongst other factors, leadership had the strongest influence employee engagement in African public sector. Overall, a positive relationship was found between employee engagement and organizational performance. Findings also indicate that employees who feel engaged and connected with the organization attempt to reciprocate and show greater enthusiasm towards work (work engagement) and to the organization (organizational engagement), which could lead to improved performance.

scholarly journals Breaking through unravel problems in ERP implementation using agile

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Santo Fernandi Wijaya ◽  
Angelina Ervina Jeanette Egeten
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Organization Performance ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Agile Model

Demand for the industry to enhance competitive advantage. For that, the industry is required to make a breaking through in order to enhance the organizational performance. This is a reason for addressing the inefficiencies in managing people, processes, organizations, and technology. One of the efforts in improving organization performance is the development in the field of Information Systems as an effort to improve the agility of the organization. ERP system is one solution that can be employed in order to improve organization performance. However, in reality, industrial companies face problems in ERP implementation. This is a challenge to solve the problems of implementing an ERP system for industry. In this opportunity, researchers intend to conduct a re-search to identify the problems of factors in the ERP implementation, namely by proposing agile methods as one of the new methodologies in the effort to solve the problems in the ERP implementation for an industry. The results of this study will result in an agile model of implementing ERP for improving the capacity of ERP systems. This study idea is to analyze the agile method as a solution alternative to make changes for the ERP implementation success. This study is using Structural Equation Modeling as a quantitative data analysis approach of an industry as a case study.   

The effect of social capital on exploratory and exploitative innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 649-674
Author(s):  
Bismark Duodu ◽  
Steve Rowlinson
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Direct Benefits ◽  
Construction Contractor ◽  
Survey Responses

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to advance new insights into how internal and external social capital (SC) facets influence exploratory and exploitative innovation directly, and indirectly through absorptive capability (AC), by drawing on the relational and knowledge-based views. Design/methodology/approach The paper empirically tests the developed model using 135 survey responses from managers in construction contractor firms. Data were factor analysed, and path estimates determined using partial least squares structural equation modelling to test the hypotheses. Findings The results reveal that each social capital (SC) facet has direct benefits for both exploratory and exploitative innovation. The findings also show a mix of full and partial mediation paths between the facets of SC and innovation types through AC. Originality/value Extant research linking SC facets with innovation categories is fragmented. Added to this fragmentation is the dearth of studies linking both intra-firm and inter-firm SC with exploratory and exploitative innovation in firms. This paper makes a novel contribution by testing a model of the direct and indirect links (through AC) between internal and external SC and both exploratory and exploitative innovation in the context of construction contractor firms. The findings show how both facets of SC are necessary for exploratory and exploitative innovation. It reveals the types of relationships and capabilities necessary for specific innovation objectives.

scholarly journals Servant Leadership Impact on Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Employee Engagement

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Rawan Alafeshat ◽  
Farida Aboud
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Employee Retention ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Leadership Impact

The current study, which purposed to examine the mediating role of Employee Engagement (EE) in the relationship of Servant Leadership (SL) with the Organizational Performance (OP), was carried out in Jordan. The researchers distributed a questionnaire to 277 participants working in the private airline sector. The study’s findings showed that SL was positively linked with Employee Satisfaction (ES) and Employee Retention (ER) as indicators for OP. Finally; the findings indicated that EE partially mediates the relationships of SL with employee satisfaction and employee retention. The current research is the first empirical study of the airline sector in Jordan. It is also the first to focus on EE as a mediator of the effect of SL and employee retention using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) for analyzing the data collected from employees working in the airline sector.

scholarly journals The influence of ethical leadership on trust and work engagement: An exploratory study

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amos S. Engelbrecht ◽  
Gardielle Heine ◽  
Bright Mahembe
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Measurement Scales ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Employee Relationships ◽  
Managerial Implications

Orientation: Work engagement is increasingly becoming an important outcome for organisational success. A trusting and ethical relationship between leaders and followers is likely to positively contribute to the work engagement of employees.Research purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between ethical leadership and trust in the leader and the effect these constructs have on the work engagement of employees.Motivation for the study: The study on the role of ethical leadership practices on employee engagement was motivated by the need to create an engaged workforce and a trusting work environment.Research approach, design and method: Data was collected using an electronic web-based questionnaire comprising three scales, namely the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES),Leader Trust Scale (LTS) and the Leadership of Ethics Scale (LES). In total, 204 completed questionnaires were returned. Data was analysed by means of item and confirmatory factor analysis conducted via structural equation modelling (SEM).Main findings: High levels of reliability were found for all the measurement scales used. The results from the structural equation modelling (SEM) indicated positive relationships between trust in the leader and work engagement, between ethical leadership and work engagement and between ethical leadership and trust in the leader.Practical/managerial implications: The findings emphasise the role played by ethical leadership behaviour of managers in promoting work engagement through the creation of employee relationships anchored on trust. Future studies should develop the theoretical model further by identifying other variables that influence work engagement.Contribution/value-add: Organisations today still face the challenge of developing an effective strategy for achieving work engagement. The ethical leadership style of managers is likely to create an ethical and trusting work climate conducive to the work engagement of employees.This is likely to enhance productivity as well as employee creativity and innovation.

scholarly journals Effect of socioeconomic and latent variables in vehicle ownership: A case study of Agartala city, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1.1) ◽  
pp. 472
Author(s):  
Amitabha Acharjee ◽  
Partha Pratim Sarkar ◽  
Joyanta Pal
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Car Ownership ◽  
Vehicle Ownership ◽  
Socioeconomic Variables ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Two Wheeler

On the whole, car ownership is regarded as an imperative variable in travel behavior research. Car and motorcycle ownership are increasing rapidly in developing countries leading to an unsustainable developments. Using a data of 584 respondents from the Agartala city randomly collected, a model has been prepared to understand vehicle ownership for both car and motorized two wheeler mode (MTW). Latent variables along with socioeconomic variables such as monthly income, gender, age were used for modeling vehicle ownership using structural equation modelling. Latent variables used in this study, flexibility (Motorized Two wheeler), Negative public transportation perception and comfort (car) were found to be significant in the model. Our result suggests apart from socioeconomic variables, latent variables also explains vehicle ownership model.

Supply Chain Management Practices, Competitive Advantage and Organizational Performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajwinder Singh ◽  
H.S. Sandhu ◽  
B.A. Metri ◽  
Rajinder Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Inventory Management ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Equation Modelling

Supply chain is the process of continuous flow of products or services from source to the destination. Supply chain management has become an effective tool now a day to survive in this competitive world. Organizations do their best to harvest profits by adopting better supply chain management practices for competitive advantage and organizational performance. In this paper an attempt has been made to understand the relationship among supply chain practices, competitive advantage, and organizational performance using structural equation modelling. This research conceptualizes and develops five secondary dimensions of supply chain practices (Use of technology, SC speed, Customer satisfaction, SC integration, and Inventory management). The research also identifies four primary competitive advantage components (Inventory management, Customer satisfaction, Profitability, and Customer base identification) and six primary organizational performance components (Financial Performance, Market performance, SC competencies, Customer satisfaction, Stakeholder satisfaction, and Innovation and learning). The data for analysis was collected from top 10 non-livestock organized retail players operating in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, New Delhi and, Gurgaon in India. The relationships in the proposed framework were tested using structural equation modelling. The results indicate that Indian retailers know that competitive advantage has high impact on SCP but they have less understanding in matching SCP and competitive advantage with organizational performance.

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