scholarly journals Academic Involvement in Children’s Education: An Investigation into the Lives of Domestic Worker Parents of Kolkata

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32
Author(s):  
Rupa Ghosh ◽  
Sudeshna Lahiri
Keyword(s):  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Academic Involvement ◽  
Domestic Worker ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Parenting holds tremendous significance in today’s world as quality parenting facilitates the development of social and emotional competence in a child. The present study explores the dual role of domestic workers as workers and parents. Domestic Workers work from dawn to dusk to take care of their employees’ families. The obvious question arises: who takes care of their children, back home? As a parent, Domestic workers with their odd working hours and low or no literacy rate are nowadays trying to overcome the socio-economic challenges as well as handicaps of the profession by getting involved in their children’s academics. This paper investigates the effects of the length of working hours and education levels of domestic worker parents on their academic involvement with the children. The present study uses a descriptive survey research design to find out the relationship between academic involvement and work hours. The data was subjected to appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics. The results indicate a negative relationship between work hours and academicinvolvement. It is also revealed that higher education level to be associated with better academic involvement. The study thus calls for further intervention by schools and the government to motivate parents. Parent-teacher meetings may be of help in this respect along with workshops and government-sponsored programs to educate the parents to support them to climb up the socio-economic ladder through their children.

DETERMINANTS OF COFFEE PRODUCTION IN THE KENYAN ECONOMY

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-57
Author(s):  
EDWARD KIO MUGWERU ◽  
DR.SULE ODHIAMBO ◽  
DR. S. NYANDEMO
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Coffee Production ◽  
Low Interest Rates ◽  
Coffee Farmers ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Coffee Farming ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Purpose: To establish determinants of coffee production in the Kenyan economy  Methodology: The study adopted descriptive survey research. The target population consisted ofResults: Results from the first model indicate that there exists a negative relationship between coffee output with credit advanced to farmers. Findings also did show there also exists a positive relationship between coffee output with coffee price, hectarage planted and price of input (fertilizer). Results further indicate that there is a significant negative relationship between the depreciation of the exchange rate and the coffee output.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that the Kenya government may put in place measures and policies aimed at improving coffee production in Kenya, ie, financial institutions may be encouraged to lend loans to coffee farmers at no low interest rates. The study recommended that the government should introduce subsides aimed at reducing cost of inputs hence encouraging farmers to increase areas under coffee production as well as providing incentives to the farmers to encourage them engage in coffee farming. The sturdy also recommended that government may also set up factories or encourage investors, both local and foreign to set up factories that will process coffee to the final product within the country.

scholarly journals Implementasi Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 53 Tahun 2010 Tentang Disiplin Pegawai Khususnya Aspek Jam Kerja Di Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara

1969 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-361
Author(s):  
Wildan Lutfi A, Mayahayati K
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Structural Level ◽  
Personal Use ◽  
District Government ◽  
The Government ◽  
Mind Set

This study aims to see the implementation of Government Regulation Number 53 Year 2010 about Government Apparatus Discipline in Kutai Kartanegara regency regarding the discipline on the use of working hours. Kukar district government has followed up this regulation by issuing Regional Regulation Number 46 Year 2013 about Enforcement of Civil Servants Discipline in Kutai Kartanegara regency. Based on interviews and questionnaires on the perception of civil servants in the Kutai Kartanegara regency, it can be concluded that in some local government units, the enforcement of rules related working hours disciplines have beenoptimized at the structural level, but still not up to the lower level. Understanding on the prohibitions of Government Apparatus Discipline has been predominantly known and understood by the majority of structural officials. Management to get permission to use work hours for personal use is still tolerable but has not been managed well, and additional revenue (TPP) were deemed to be highly related to the discipline of hours worked by employees and become a powerful instrument to encourage civil servants to be discipline and obeying the rules. Coaching employees to be able to behave professionally, improve capabilities and change his mind set against the additional revenue (TPP) and working hours.Keywords: Discipline, working hours , the Government of Kutai Kartanegara RegencyKajian ini bertujuan untuk melihat implementasi PP 53 No 2010 Tentang Disiplin Pegawai di lingkungan Pemerintah Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara pada aspek kedisiplinan terhadap jam kerja. Pemkab Kukar telah menindaklanjuti PP tersebut dengan menerbitkan Perbup No 46/2013 tentang Penegakan Disiplin PNS di lingkungan Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara. Berdasarkan hasil wawancara dan pengumpulan kuisioner terhadap persepsi dari PNS di Pemkab Kutai Kartanegara, disimpulkan di beberapa SKPD, penegakan disiplin terkait aturan jam kerja telah optimal pada tataran struktural, namun masih belum maksimal dilaksanakan hingga ke level bawah. Pemahaman terhadap larangan-larangan dalam aturan kedisiplinan telah secara dominan diketahui dan dipahami oleh sebagian besar pejabat struktural. Pengelolaan ijin terhadap penggunaan jam kerja untuk keperluan pribadi, masih ditoleransi, namun belum dikelola dengan baik dan TPP dianggap masih sangat berkaitan dengan disiplin jam kerja pegawai dan menjadi instrumen yang ampuh untuk mendorong pegawai taat pada aturan. Pembinaan pegawai agar mampu bersikap professional, meningkatkan kapabilitasnya dan merubah mind set-nya terhadap TPP dan jam kerja.Kata Kunci : Disiplin, Jam kerja, Pemerintah Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara

scholarly journals Pandemic Shock Absorbers: Domestic Workers’ Activism at the Intersection of Immigrants’ and Workers’ Rights

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-144
Author(s):  
Anna Rosińska ◽  
Elizabeth Pellerito
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Online Ethnography ◽  
Domestic Worker ◽  
Shock Absorbers ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Household Workers ◽  
The Government

AbstractDuring the current global pandemic, when the family or household has been considered the most basic unit of quarantine, the role of the domestic worker – someone who by definition crosses the threshold and enters the space of the home – became problematised quickly. These workers’ ‘outsider’ status – transgressing the boundaries not just of the physical household space, but often also of race, immigration status, and class – has meant that some household workers were more readily regarded as disease vectors who were too risky to allow into the home and let go with little or no warning. In the United States, many of the federal and state relief bills responding to the pandemic continue to exclude the sector or undocumented immigrant workers or both from accessing relief measures. Drawing on an online ethnography of organisations and policy reviews, we analyse the multilevel response of domestic workers’ organisations to address the crisis at both the federal and local levels, with focus on the state of Massachusetts. This chapter tackles the variety of ways in which worker centres in the United States have been at the frontline of the response to domestic workers’ needs, addressing a gap in mainstream and otherwise insufficient relief measures provided by the government. Because of these gaps and the sheer level of need faced by these workers and their families, these centres did what they were prepared to do: continue the service provision, education, organising, and advocacy efforts while expanding their efforts in each of these areas of work.

scholarly journals Perlindungan Hukum Pekerja Rumah Tangga dalam Hubungan Kerja Penuh Waktu

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-94
Author(s):  
Luh Eni Pribadi ◽  
I Nyoman Putu Budiartha ◽  
Desak Gde Dwi Arini
Keyword(s):  
Legal Protection ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Domestic Worker ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Prospective Employer ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Full Time Employment

A household assistant is someone who has basic duties and functions such as washing, cooking, cleaning the house, caring for the employer's child and various other tasks assigned by the employer. This study aims to analyze the form of legal protection of domestic workers in full-time employment relationships and find out the role of the Domestic Workers Distribution Agency in Full-time Work Relationships according to the Republic of Indonesia PERMENAKER No. 2 of 2015. The method used in this study is the normative method, sourced from primary and secondary legal materials. The results show that the form of legal protection for domestic workers has been set forth in the regulation of the Minister of Manpower Number 2 of 2015, as an effort to provide protection for domestic workers, to fulfill their rights as workers. Then, the role of the domestic worker supplier agency is as an intermediary to bring workers and employers together, the institution has the obligation to select prospective employers so that domestic workers do not fall into the wrong hands, the institution must also examine workers whether the workers are good and honest people so that no party who is harmed. Through this research, it is hoped that the government, especially in the field of Manpower, will further socialize the Minister of Manpower Regulation No. 2 of 2015 so that there is no violence against domestic workers. In addition, in preventing the occurrence of undesirable things to domestic workers, the channeling institution should pay more attention to the workers who are being dispatched, be more in depth with the background and origin of the prospective employer, supervise domestic workers by asking how the situation is and how the employer treats Domestic workers both by telephone and mail.

Determining Drivers of Financial Management Behavior Among Working Adults In Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Afiza Azura Mohamad Arshad ◽  
Azlin Shafinaz Mohamad Arshad ◽  
Zahariah Mohd Zin ◽  
Arief Wibisono Lubis ◽  
Putri Hana Najla Mohamed Haniffa
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Management Behavior ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Management Behaviour ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
The Government

Financial management behavior encompasses of four main fields such as saving, expenditure, borrowing and investment. The purpose of this paper is to determine the driver that influences financial management behavior among Malaysian working adults. A survey questionnaire was distributed to 300 Malaysian working adults in three sectors which are the government sector, private sector and self-employed using convenience sampling. A total of 273 responses were collected and deemed usable. The findings of the study found that financial knowledge and financial attitude have a significant and positive relationship to financial management behaviour among Malaysian working adults while the locus of control has a negative relationship with financial management behavior among Malaysian working adults. Recommendations are put forth at the end of the study.

An Efficiency Analysis of Micro Units in a Fragile Zone: A Panel Study of the Firms in J&K, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 097492922110448
Author(s):  
Javaid Iqbal Khan ◽  
Mehak Majeed ◽  
Saeed Owais Mushtaq
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
The Government

The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of the community development in the developing world. In the fragile and backward regions, it is the micro enterprise that is considered to be the engine of growth and development. Being labour-intensive and requiring lesser capital input, the micro unit start-ups demand lesser investment in plant and machinery, attracting more and more potential entrepreneurs. Over the time, such units gain experience and knowledge becoming more efficient. This article studies the firms located in the fragile and geographically remote region of Jammu and Kashmir. The article uses a panel of 15 years from 2002 to 2016 based on the Annual Survey of Industries data. Using the Stochastic Frontier Analysis, the article studies the MSMEs and the micro units. From the post-estimation, technical efficiency scores are attained for both MSMEs and the micro units. The results reveal that the micro units are more efficient than the MSMEs in general. Tobit regression is used to estimate the technical inefficiency model to determine the factors that contribute to the inefficiency present in the micro units. The results show that there is a negative relationship between the efficiency of the micro unit firms and the asset-liability ratio and the loan-liability ratio, while there is a positive relationship between the private ownership of the firm and the efficiency level. Age of the firm is considered separately to validate the ‘learning theory’ by Jovanovic. The article concludes by suggesting that the government must provide adequate boost and a big-push to the micro units in order to eradicate the widespread unemployment and fragility in the region. JEL Classification: F61, L25

Closer to the state, closer to the polls? The different impact of corruption on turnout among public employees and other citizens

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 659-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Haveric ◽  
Stefano Ronchi ◽  
Laura Cabeza
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
The Political ◽  
World Values Survey ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Relevant Question ◽  
Employment Sector ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Government ◽  
Political Success

Research on the link between turnout and corruption has produced inconclusive evidence: while some studies find corruption to be positively related to turnout, others report a negative relationship. This article argues that the relevant question is not whether corruption has a positive or negative effect on turnout, but for whom. We hypothesize that the effect of corruption on the likelihood to vote depends on individuals’ employment sector. Public employees have different incentives to vote in corrupt settings since their jobs often depend on the political success of the government of the day. Hence, while corruption dampens turnout among ordinary citizens, public employees are more likely to vote in highly corrupt countries. Analysis of World Values Survey data from 44 countries, shows that the differential in voting propensity between public employees and other citizens gets larger as corruption increases, partially confirming our expectations.

WHY HASN’T ECONOMIC PROGRESS LOWERED WORK HOURS MORE?

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-212
Author(s):  
Tyler Cowen
Keyword(s):  
Working Hours ◽  
Real Income ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Relative Status ◽  
Alternative Scenarios ◽  
Material Form

Abstract:Why hasn’t economic progress lowered work hours more? One of Keynes’s most famous essays is his “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren.” Keynes predicts that within one hundred years — which would bring us to 2030 — most scarcity will have disappeared and most individuals will work no more than fifteen hours a week. My question is a simple one: Why wasn’t Keynes right? Why have working hours remained as long as they have? Why hasn’t progress taken a more leisurely and less material form than what we have observed? Investigating that issue will help us get at the question of just how much progress has occurred. Under one view, Western life has been caught in a kind of rat race, and a lot of the gains of progress are illusory. For instance there is the argument that higher incomes are largely consumed as part of a futile race to win relative status, and living standards aren’t nearly as high as they might appear. Under some alternative scenarios, people haven’t moved to Keynes’s scenario for some good reasons, such as enjoying work more than we might think, or other hypotheses, as I will outline. In that case the observed changes in real income are robust, and measured correctly, or progress may even be greater than income measurements would indicate. I hope that addressing Keynes’s paradox can help us better understand this longstanding debate on the nature of modern progress.

The Relationship Between the Secondary School Students' Depression States and Their Feelings of Guilt and Shame

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurten Sargin
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Education Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractAdolescence is believed to be a highly problematic period when depression is prevalent. This study aims to investigate the relationship between adolescents' depression states and their feelings of guilt and shame in respect to gender, age, school performance and parental education levels. The participants consisted of 187 teenagers; 88 (47.1%) girls and 99 (52.9%) boys. Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI), the Guilt and Shame Scale (GES, Şahin), and a personal information form developed by the researcher were used as instruments. The study found a relationship between guilt and shame, that levels of depression were higher in 17-year-olds, and also that levels of depression, guilt and shame were found to be higher in girls than in boys. There was also a negative relationship seen between increased guilt and shame, and a decrease in mothers' education level.

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