scholarly journals Unemployment and Organizational Commitment: Evidence from a Panel of Australian Manufacturing Firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-152
Author(s):  
Nicholas Apergis
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Labor Dynamics ◽  
The Cost

Higher unemployment increases the cost of job loss and heightens employees’ feelings of job insecurity. The paper argues that these two effects could have a positive influence on employee organizational commitment. Using data from the Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) microdata database, we find that employees in high unemployment regions are more committed to their organization, while the effect of unemployment on employee’s commitment is stronger in the private sector.

Changes Over Time in the Cost of Job Loss for Young Men and Women

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Barnette ◽  
Kennedy Odongo ◽  
C. Lockwood Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Job Loss ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time

AbstractUsing data from the two cohorts of the NLSY, we examine whether income losses due to involuntary job separations have changed over time. We find that wage losses among men are similar between the two cohorts. However, women in the 1979 cohort show little evidence of wage losses while women in the 1997 cohort experience wage losses similar to those of men. We present evidence that changes in occupations across cohorts help explain these results.

scholarly journals Household and Contextual Factors Influencing Payment of Education by Households in Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
Anthony Abbam
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Educational Opportunity ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Demand For Education ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Educational Expenditure ◽  
Educational Expenditures ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Policy Direction

Using data from the sixth round of the Ghana Household Living Standards Survey, this paper examines issues relating to household educational expenditure with a view to deriving implications for policy direction. The key findings from the estimated Tobit model in this paper are as follows: First, household income has significant positive influence on household expenditure on education. Thus, increase in household income is associated with an increase in educational expenditure. Second, there was a negative significant relationship between household poverty and demand for education. Third, female headed household is a positive significant determinant of expenditure on education. Finally, contextual factors such as locality are very crucial in determining household educational expenditures. The paper recommends for equality of educational opportunity so that children from economically handicapped families and less endowed communities have the same playing field as their well-to-do counterparts. Further, policy strategies to improve income generating activities of households should be pursued and the design of schemes specifically to offer assistance for those who are economically vulnerable.

Public Sector Earnings and the Extent of Unionization

ILR Review ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 610-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale Belman ◽  
John S. Heywood ◽  
John Lund
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Union Density ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
The Public ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Government Workers

Many studies have examined the influence of union density (union members as a percentage of all workers) on earnings in the private sector, but few such studies have looked at the public sector. Using data from the 1991 Current Population Survey, this study estimates the determinants of earnings for state and local government employees in both the union and nonunion sectors. The extent of public sector unionization appears to be positively correlated with earnings for both state and local government workers and for those covered and not covered by collective agreements. Although the effect for non-covered employees is smaller than that for covered employees, both effects are larger than those typically found in similar estimates for the private sector. The authors also find that bargaining structure has some influence on earnings, with the most consistent effect being a positive influence of arbitration on the earnings of local government workers.

Operational efficiency of plastic producing firms in Iran: a DEA approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 2126-2144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nassim Ghondaghsaz ◽  
Asadollah Kordnaeij ◽  
Jalil Delkhah
Keyword(s):  
Positive Influence ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Tobit Regression Model ◽  
Significant Positive Influence

Purpose Firms are working in a complex environment in which the updated information increase the pace of precise decision making and reduce the risk of wrong decisions. Therefore, discovering firms’ performance is a major issue. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of Iranian plastic producing companies by using data envelopment analysis (DEA). It also discovers various drivers that significantly affect the efficiency of enterprises. Design/methodology/approach The authors studied a sample of 17 manufacturing firms to examine the relative efficiency of companies. They, then, evaluated the effects of efficiency drivers and used two methods for these purposes: DEA and bootstrapped Tobit regression model. Findings The study has shown that two manufacturing firms out of selected 17 are efficient under the Charnes, Cooper, and Rhodes model. Also, nine out of 17 plastic producing companies are productive under the Banker, Charnes, and Cooper model. The results of Tobit regression shows that only two efficiency drivers out of four have a significant positive influence on the efficiency of plastic producing firms. Research limitations/implications Considering one industry and country limits the generalizability of the results provided. Besides, data availability has limited the analysis in some parts, particularly in bootstrapped Tobit regression. Practical implications The authors listed this section into benchmarking and strategical management; more importantly, the suggestions for improving the chemical industry and its future evolution are presented. Originality/value The paper is classified into two issues: the efficiency of plastic producing firms in Iran and evaluating the reason for inefficiency, apart from internal managerial procedures.

scholarly journals Board diligence, director business and corporate governance

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Saiba Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Using Data

The paper examines the association between financial performance and boards of non-financial firms. Using data on over 200 listed manufacturing firms in India for 2005, the findings indicate that, after controlling for various firm-specific factors, board diligence as well as director busyness exerts a positive influence on corporate performance.

Effect of Job-Insecurity, Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction on Turnover Intention: A Case Study of Newcomer Lecturers at Private Islamic Universities in East Java Province, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Asep Saifuddin Chalim
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Pls Analysis

This study discussed employee turnover as one of the crucial problems faced by every organization. This study sought to analyze the determinants of turnover intention, such as job insecurity, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction. The objects of this study were newcomer lecturers of private Islamic universities in East Java Province, Indonesia. To analyze the relationship among independent variables and dependent variable; this study employed a correlation path model. To build the structural formulation of the correlation path model, this study used the variance-based Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) as a Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis. The study found that job insecurity influenced job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Moreover, job satisfaction and organizational commitment had positive impacts on the turnover intention. In contrast, job insecurity did not have a direct significant impact on the turnover intention, but it had indirect effect that influences job satisfaction and organizational commitment.

Analisa Pengaruh Professionalism dan Rewards Terhadap Job Satisfaction Serta Implikasinya Pada Organizational Commitment; Telaah Pada Sopir Taksi Konvensional Bandara Soekarno-Hatta

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Aldo Winata
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Taxi Driver ◽  
Probability Method ◽  
Positive Effect

Jakarta is the place where the largest number of land transportation in Indonesia, according to Djarot in Kompas.com article, vehicles every day increased about 1500 units. And according to an article from Liputan 6, revenue from conventional taxi drivers dropped dramatically after the entry of online transport by 40-50% during 2016 due to the entry of online transport. Conventional taxi companies must immediately anticipate this phenomenon so that their human resources can survive in the company. The purpose of this research are first, to know is there a positive effect from professionalism factors to organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Second, to know job satisfaction factors have a positive effect to organizational commitment. And the last is to know is there a positive effect from rewards factors to job satisfaction and organizational commitment’s factors. This research uses descriptive method with non-probability method. Through judgmental sampling technique, primary data collection was obtained from questionnaire distribution to conventional taxi driver of Soekarno-Hatta Airport. The data has been collected and then obtained by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result of this research indicates that there is positive influence from professionalism to organizational commitment but the data do not support the hypothesis, there is positive influence from professionalism to job satisfaction, but there’s negative effect between job satisfaction and organizational commitment, there is positive relation of rewards to job satisfaction, Finally there is a positive effect of rewards on organizational commitment. Keywords: organizational commitment, professionalism, rewards, job satisfaction, ecommerce, conventional taxi driver.

Effectiveness the use of additive MEGA-VIT in the ration of mares of Shetland pony breed

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-67
Author(s):  
G. Uskov ◽  
A. Tsopanova ◽  
T. Perezhogina
Keyword(s):  
Physiological State ◽  
Mineral Elements ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Physiological Indicators ◽  
Mineral Additive ◽  
Nutritional Needs ◽  
Young Horses ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Experimental Group

Complete feeding of ponies is provided on the basis of data on their nutritional needs depending on age, sex, physiological state and level of productivity (the amount of milk produced and the intensity of growth of young animals). Ponies are sensitive to a lack of vitamins and mineral elements in the feed. When there is a sufficient amount of organic and mineral substances, but a lack or absence of vitamins, horses and ponies have impaired metabolism. The purpose of this work is to study the effectiveness of the use of vitamin and mineral additive MEGA-VIT in the rations of pregnant and lactating mares of Shetland pony breed. It has been found during of the researches that the vitamin and mineral additive MEGA-VIT had a positive influence on the productive and physiological indicators of animals. The cost of spent feed for the entire period of experiment in the control group was 50,6 thousand rubles, and in the experimental group it was 11,8 thousand rubles more or 23,5 %. Revenue from the sale of young horses of the control group amounted to 400 thousand rubles, and experimental group – 440 thousand rubles, this is by 40 thousand rubles more than in control group. This led to the increase in profit in the experimental group of mares by 28,1 thousand rubles and accordingly the level of profitability by 3,2 %. It has been recommended on the results have been obtained on the base of researches to include 30 g/head/day in the rations of mares of Shetland pony breed during pregnancy, and 50 g/head/day during lactation.

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