scholarly journals Determinants of Employees Job Satisfaction in Polish Enterprises: Findings of Empirical Studies

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1(J)) ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
Anna LemaÅ„ska-Majdzik ◽  
MaÅ‚gorzata OkrÄ glicka
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Employees Satisfaction ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Company

Employees' job satisfaction is influenced by a number of diverse determinants which are related with the work performed by an employee, depend on individual characteristics of an employee, and result from the features of the environment in which a given organisation is functioning. Job satisfaction affects the functioning of an enterprise, its competitiveness and profitability, and high level of employees' satisfaction may be a key factor impacting the success of the whole organisation. The aim of the paper is to show which determinants of job satisfaction, and at what level, can be distinguished among employees of Polish enterprises, depending on selected variables. A questionnaire survey conducted in 2015 on a group of 158 enterprises enabled identification of statistical dependences and verification of formulated research hypotheses which defined, among other things: the impact of the determinants of employees' job satisfaction depending on the age of a company, its size, or period of employment of its employees.

scholarly journals Job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behaviour of employees in companies in the Republic of Serbia

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
Biljana Đorđević ◽  
Maja Ivanović-Đukić ◽  
Vinko Lepojević ◽  
Sandra Milanović
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
The Republic ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Organizational citizenship behaviour is a form of employees' behaviour where employees go beyond their formal duties required by job description. Despite the fact that this form of behaviour is not recognized or accepted by the reward system, employees are ready to put in an extra effort in order to achieve organizational goals. However, the readiness of employees to manifest this form of behaviour is not completely unconditional. Numerous empirical studies suggest that such behaviour can be encouraged by employees' job satisfaction, fulfilment of their psychological contract, perception of a high level of organizational justice in the company, support provided to them, etc. Having in mind the importance of this form of employees' behaviour, precisely from the point of view of employers, as well as the factors that influence it, this paper examines the impact of employees' job satisfaction on the level of their organizational citizenship behaviour on the example of the companies in Serbia. The paper starts with three hypotheses. The first and second hypotheses are that employees in companies in Serbia are satisfied with their jobs and that they demonstrate organizational citizenship behaviour. These assumptions were tested using the t-test. The third hypothesis is that employees' satisfaction with their job has a positive effect on their organizational citizenship behaviour. In order to test this hypothesis, methods of correlation and multiple regression analysis were used. The analysis is based on data obtained by primary research realized during 2019. In the research, 244 employees participated. The research showed that there is a positive relationship between respondents' job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behaviour, as well as the positive impact of job satisfaction on organizational citizenship behaviour of employees. This paper's contribution is twofold. First, it provides empirical data regarding the job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behaviour of employees in companies in Serbia. Second, it adds to the existing literature from this field by proposing strategies for increasing the employees' job satisfaction, which will lead to increasing the employees' willingness to manifest organizational citizenship behaviour.

scholarly journals The influence of quality management systems for improvement of logistics supply in Poland

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 643-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik Zimon
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Iso 9001 ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Quality Management Systems ◽  
Supply Logistics ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Company

Research background: ISO 9001 with its requirements gives a company a guidance on the definition of the quality management system architecture, based on the process approach and the indications for its continuous improvement. Despite the general emphasis to the benefits of implementation of ISO 9001 in the literature, there is a still lack of research concerning the actual impact of quality management systems for improving specific logistics processes. The research is focused on the Polish market because there is no research in the subject literature which concerns the impact of the implementation of quality management systems on the improvement of logistic processes in Polish enterprises. Purpose of the article: The focus of this publication was to examine the impact of the implementation of the requirements of ISO 9001 for process improvement supply logistics. Methods: Empirical studies were carried out in September and October 2014 on a group of 17 companies with implemented and certified quality management systems according to ISO 9001. The research tool was a questionnaire survey sent to management representatives (25 respondents) and workers (140 respondents). The surveys were supplemented with direct interviews with employees of the companies. Findings: Based on the survey it can be stated that the quality management systems, accord-ing to ISO 9001, had a fairly large impact on improving procurement processes. This is particularly evident in areas including relationships with suppliers, quality control, workflow and communication, both internal and external. The positive aspects achieved through the implementation of quality management systems due to the fact that the ISO 9001 standard in its commitments puts great emphasis on the organization of the procurement process.

The Historical Role of Work Social Support, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Innovation Capabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-352
Author(s):  
Zeeshan Rasool ◽  
Rubab Asghar ◽  
Ali Junaid Khan ◽  
Shahzad Ali Gill
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Organizational Trust ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Supervisory Support ◽  
Innovative Capability ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to observe the impact of work social system (WSS) on innovative capability through knowledge sharing process and corporate social responsibility (CSR) through happiness feeling and job satisfaction. Several models from empirical studies were developed to test the relations such as organizational trust as moderator and happiness, knowledge sharing and job satisfaction as mediators. The data was collected in the form of questionnaires from the bank employees in the southern region of Pakistan. The study finds the results in consistent with the previous studies which show the positive relation between trust, innovation, and the supervisory support. This paper concludes that taking volunteer activities increases job satisfaction, happiness feeling in employees. This study has implications of promoting positive environment and culture by the managers and using organizational trust as a moderator instead of a mediator.

A Study on the Impact of Work from Home on Employees Productivity in the IT Sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Sneha Shankar Shetty
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Productivity Level ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

This study is based on how does work from home impacts employee’s productivity in IT sector. The main aim of this particular study was to conduct an in depth research in order to understand the experiences of employees which they had while working from home and to understand whether there was any effect of working from home on employees productivity. Exploratory and Descriptive Research was conducted which was carried through questionnaire. This approach was taken in order to collect employee’s opinions and experiences and to observe if there were any trends emerged in relation to employee’s productivity while working from home. The study reveals that there is a significant impact of work from home on employee’s productivity level. Despite there were mixed opinions whether employees performance was low or high while working from home, however employees also shared their opinions on how their productivity levels be affected negatively if working from home was removed. Overall it was clear to observe the high level of positivity surrounding due to work from home and how it impacted positively not only on employee’s productivity but also on employee’s work life balance, job satisfaction, occupational stress and motivation of employees.

scholarly journals Exploring the Impact of Individual Characteristics Associated with Government Officials on the Severity of Real Estate Corruption

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3351
Author(s):  
Hongxia Zhang ◽  
Yan Song ◽  
Chaosu Li ◽  
Qi Liu ◽  
Huatai Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Real Estate Development ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Economic Competition ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Determinant Factor

In China, corruption by government officials in the field of real estate has increased at an unprecedented pace, which poses a huge threat to social sustainability. To date, scholars have primarily focused on the macroscopic determinant factors of corruption such as state intervention and economic competition; however, much less is known about the microscopic determinant factor of corruption. In this study, we use an analytical model to evaluate how individual characteristics of government officials involved in corruption cases influence and predict the scale of corruption in these cases. Based on data collected from 135 cases, the results show that age is not a key factor that affects the severity of real estate corruption; however, characteristics associated with amounts of power and levels of involvement in corruption significantly affect the severity of real estate corruption. Therefore, we propose the following countermeasures: (1) take into account the micro determinants of real estate corruption, (2) focus supervision on officials in charge of departments, key position managers, and top leaders, (3) reform the governance of each phase of real estate development and governmental involvement, and (4) enhance auditing during officials’ tenures and limit the possibility of promoting officials who have participated in corruption.

Organizational communication and job satisfaction: what role do generational differences play?

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 524-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Payal Mehra ◽  
Catherine Nickerson
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Communication ◽  
Generational Differences ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Communication Preferences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Communication ◽  
Intergenerational Differences ◽  
Communication Environment ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of the generational category that managers in India belong to on their job satisfaction and on their satisfaction with organizational communication; the authors defined organizational communication as the communication that occurs in interactions between employees. The authors wanted to see whether there would be differences between the generations in the attitudes to and expectations of organizational communication, and whether this, in turn, would influence their job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach A total of 400 managers working in public and private listed companies in India were surveyed using a questionnaire over the period of a year, from August 2016 to July 2017. This resulted in 334 responses. The questionnaire measured the respondents’ choice and comfort with communication media, their satisfaction with the communication at their workplace and the type of interactions that took place. It also measured the respondents’ job satisfaction. The study was inter-disciplinary in nature, in that it drew on several theories of communication, e.g. accommodation theory and media richness theory, alongside the findings from empirical studies that have looked specifically at intergenerational differences. Findings The authors found that organizational communication was positively related to job satisfaction, and also that generational category moderated the relationship between these two factors. In addition, the results show that Gen Y managers in particular were the least satisfied generation at work, and that they frequently used avoidance while communicating with older adults. The conclusion is that job satisfaction may be enhanced, by focusing on the development of a positive communication environment; in addition, employees who belong to different generations may define what constitutes a positive communication environment in very different ways. Originality/value Despite receiving some attention in other contexts, such as in the family, the impact of intergenerational differences in the workplace has not been widely investigated. A few studies do exist on the influence of generational differences on work outcomes and on attitudes and behaviors, but much still remains to be done. In addition, while there have been many studies on job satisfaction, as well as on levels of attrition in workplace settings, very few have looked specifically at non-Western contexts such as India. The present study attempts to contribute to this debate, by providing a comparison of the workplace communication preferences and experiences within multi-generational organizations in India.

Acceptance of social innovation in Malaysia

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-236
Author(s):  
Maizatul Haizan Mahbob ◽  
Wan Idros Wan Sulaiman ◽  
Samsudin A. Rahim ◽  
Wan Azreena Wan Jaafar ◽  
Wan Sharazad Wan Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
The People ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Government ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Impact

Innovation is a key factor to bring about change. The government should formulate policies that are innovative to bring change to the nation. A government that enhances transformation, is a dynamic and progressive government. The Government Transformation Programme (GTP) in Malaysia, that is implemented in three phases started in 2010, is studied to examine how the programme is being accepted by the people. GTP is a programme that has never been implemented before. This programme emphasises more on performance and results of civil servants rather than budget spending. It also emphasises more accurately on planning. The aim is to produce high levels of accuracy and accountability of public employees and to provide rapid results in a short time as desired by the people. The 2011 GTP report showed that more than three million people have been positively impacted by this programme although it has only been implemented for two years. However, empirical studies found that people did not really feel the impact of the GTP programme. Although this programme was advocated through electronic and on-line media, many people still do not understand what is exactly the GTP and what are to be achieved through this programme.

scholarly journals IDENTIFICATION EXISTENCE OF BULLWHIP EFFECT ON SUPPLY CHAIN PT. ABC

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Yulie Megawati
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Bullwhip Effect ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Model Data ◽  
Material Supply ◽  
The Right ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Company

Bullwhip effect is the main evidence of inefficiency in the supply chain of a company. Bullwhip effect describes the tendency of increasing the number of purchases of raw material supply chain<br />as a result of the inability to predict the increase in the number of requests. This study is the high level of inventory, whether as a result of the bullwhip effect or was due to an increase in demand. The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of each factor causes of the bullwhip effect, identify the factors that provide the greatest impact on supply chain performance and find solutions to reduce the impact caused. The approach of this research is done by collecting data for inventory movement in the period 2003-2007, analyzing the interaction between members in the supply chain. Theory - the theory was used to create a research model. Data analysis is done by analyzing graphs and statistical analysis for the right to draw conclusions from this research. Results from this study that the coordination of “end to end” supply chain to reduce the impact of<br />bullwhip effect in supply chain

scholarly journals Impact of equity and debt financing on financial performance of quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-76
Author(s):  
Bibiana Njogo ◽  
◽  
Jaiyeoba Oladele ◽  
Oladotun Mabinuori ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Debt Financing ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Earnings Per Share ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Company

Empirical studies have shown that equity and debt financing is one of the important determinants affecting the performance of a company. This study sought to examine the impact of equity and debt financing on performance on quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria using the Panel Fully Modified Least Square on secondary data on earnings per share, debt and equity covering the period 2010-2018. To increase earnings, findings show that equity positively influences earnings per share while a negative relationship exists between earnings per share and debt. The study recommends that firms should finance their company majorly with equity shares rather than debt. KEY WORDS: Corporate governance, Equity, Debt, Earnings per share, and Firm’s performance.

scholarly journals Enhancing the Impact of Mobile Health Literacy Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond L Ownby ◽  
Amarilis Acevedo ◽  
Drenna Waldrop-Valverde
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Literacy Interventions ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Health literacy is a key factor in health outcomes that should be considered when creating mobile health promotion apps. In this paper, we detail our work over the past 10 years in developing the theory and practice of targeting the content of mobile apps at a level appropriate for the intended audience. We include a review of our theory of health literacy as expertise, the ASK model, and integrate it with the Theory of Planned Behavior. We then provide data that support both the model and its use. More recently, we have developed a predictive analytic model that uses demographic information and patient performance on a 10-item screening measure to determine patient level of health literacy at a high level of accuracy. The predictive model will enable apps to automatically provide content to users at an appropriate level of health literacy. This strategy, along with other aspects of tailoring, will allow apps to be more personally relevant to users, enhancing their effects in promoting health behavior change.

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