The Effect Of Performance Allowances On Motivation, Employees' Work Achievement and Organizational Performance in Government Offices

This study aims to analyze the effect of performance allowance as a determinant of motivation, employees’ work achievement and organizational performance in the Ministry of Religion's Office Lumajang City. This determining variable is important for public organizations to improve services and fulfill bureaucratic reform. This quantitative research uses Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) data analysis tools with AMOS software. The research population was 153 Ministry of Religion employees. The modeling results show the GFI index value of 0.906; CFI 0.969; and RMSEA 0.040. Hypothesis testing shows the insignificant direct effect between performance allowance and motivation, employees’ work achievement and organizational performance. Factors that determine the improvement in performance of public organizations are directly and significantly affected by by work achievement. Work achievement contributes the most to organizational performance. High work achievement requires a number of supporting factors, namely performance allowance and motivation. This research provides a practical contribution in policy making for government organizations regarding efforts to improve organizational performance through work achievement. Performance allowance and motivation is an important element to directly improve employee work achievement as a medium to improve organizational performance. The originality value of this research is very good because it was first carried out on the object of a public organization that has just applied compensation payments for the State Civil Apparatus in the form of performance allowances by testing and measuring the implications of the compensation factor as a determinant of organizational performance.

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The influence of cost of quality on the performance of food manufacturing companies: an empirical study

The TQM Journal ◽

10.1108/tqm-01-2021-0026 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Niveen Mohammed Ghunaim ◽

Ayham A.M. Jaaron

Keyword(s):

Organizational Performance ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Food Manufacturing ◽

Content Type ◽

Cost Of Quality ◽

Business Environments

PurposeDue to the ever-increasing competitive and complex business environments, food manufacturing companies have to maintain high-quality products while simultaneously minimizing customers' costs. Cost of quality (COQ) plays a crucial role in enhancing companies' efficiency and reducing expenditures that can contribute to companies' competitive performance. This paper investigates the underlying relationship between the level of COQ practices adoption (prevention, appraisal, internal and external failure costs) and organizational performance in Palestinian food manufacturing companies (PFMCs).Design/methodology/approachA quantitative research methodology using a structured questionnaire collected data from 119 PFMCs. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used to analyze collected data.FindingsResults indicated that COQ adoption has a significant positive effect on the organizational performance of PFMCs. Besides, prevention, external and internal failure costs were all associated with a positive impact on organizational performance of PFMCs, whereas appraisal cost did not affect organizational performance.Originality/valueThis study is considered one of the first studies to investigate COQ practices' effect on organizational performance in food manufacturing companies in a developing country context. Thus, it adds significant value to the literature responding to calls to tackle competitiveness issues in current complex business environments.

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Does Facebook Commerce Enhance SMEs Performance? A Structural Equation Analysis of Omani SMEs

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/2158244019900186 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 215824401990018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mansour Naser Alraja ◽

Sarfraz Fayaz Khan ◽

Basel Khashab ◽

Raghad Aldaas

Keyword(s):

Organizational Performance ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Brand Awareness ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Research Approach ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Performance Dimensions

This research aims to identify the factors affecting the adoption of Facebook commerce, in specific the adopted Facebook advertisements for both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and how this contributes to enhancing such SMEs’ organizational performances. Specifically, ease of use, demographic targeting, interaction, and brand awareness are regarded as the key factors that can influence Facebook’s advertisements adoption. However, three organizational performance dimensions (efficiency, flexibility, and responsiveness) are considered to be the most significant areas of focus in this research. In this study, both the quantitative research approach and the descriptive research design were employed. Data were collected from different SMEs in Muscat and Dhofar in Oman, and the total valid questionnaires suitable for analysis reached 342. The participants were primarily from those who publicize their services through Facebook. Many statistical techniques including exploratory, confirmatory, and structural equation modeling have been adopted in this study; meanwhile, the quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS 25 and AMOS 25 softwares. The findings of this study suggested that the ease of use, demographic targeting, interaction, and brand awareness interpreted 20% of the variance in the Facebook advertisements as the dependent variable. However, Facebook advertisements as an independent variable were found to have a statistically significant effect on the SMEs’ performance dimensions (efficiency, flexibility, and responsiveness) with standard regressions of 0.66, 0.51, and 0.74, respectively, thereby explaining 44% of the variance in the efficiency, 26% of the variance in the flexibility, and 55% of the variance in the responsiveness. Regarding the researchers’ knowledge, this research stands out as the first research to highlight SMEs that measure statistically the relationship between the organizational performance dimensions and Facebook advertising as key social media tools within a unique context—such as Oman as an example of developing countries.

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Role of Judicial Specialization on Improving the Organizational Performance within Judicial Institutions in the United Arab Emirates

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.b1054.0982s1019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2S10) ◽

pp. 328-332

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation Modeling ◽

Organizational Performance ◽

United Arab Emirates ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Public Organizations ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Public Organization ◽

Improve Performance ◽

Job Specialization

In the quest to improve performance, attention has been directed at job specialization. Public organizations in UAE are the focus of this paper, specifically the judicial public organization where judicial specialization is applied. The data was collected from 533 employees analyzed using structural equation modeling via software SmartPLS 3.0. The study examines the judicial specialization’s effect on organizational performance. The research will describe relationships among the different constructs. Our efforts have improved our understanding of the role of specialization.

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Productive dynamic capability, environmental uncertainty, and organizational performance: an analysis of micro and small-sized agroindustries in Southern Brazil

Revista de Administração da UFSM ◽

10.5902/1983465941355 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 1068-1072

Author(s):

Michele Raasch ◽

Elvis Silveira-Martins ◽

Vilmar Antônio Gonçalves Tondolo ◽

Gilnei Luiz de Moura

Keyword(s):

Organizational Performance ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Dynamic Capabilities ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Environmental Uncertainty ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Dynamic Capability ◽

Equation Modeling

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to correlate the constructs of productive dynamic capability and organizational performance mediated by environmental uncertainty in micro and small agroindustries of Brazilian states such as the Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Paraná.Methodology: In order to reach the expected aim, quantitative research using the survey technique was developed. The sample that was used consisting of 138 small and micro-sized of southern Brazilian agroindustries. It was performed confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling for the data analysis. In order to analyze the mediation, the two dimensions of environmental uncertainty, complexity, and dynamism were analyzed each one isolated.Findings: The outcomes show a positive correlation between productive dynamic capability and performance in rural agroindustries. The mediation of both complexity and dynamism presented a positive statistical significance, that is the environmental uncertainty mediated the relationship. This study suggests that the agroindustries productive dynamic capability contributes to its performance, and the perception of environmental uncertainty influences this relation.Originality/Value: The study contributes to the dynamic capabilities’ theory, advancing and providing new empirical evidence to the investigations on dynamic capabilities, specifically on productive dynamic capability, when relating the performance construct in micro and small agroindustries. It also contributes to the environmental uncertainty field through its mediating effect on the relation between productive dynamic capability and organizational performance.

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How to Improve Performance?

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.c1204.1083s219 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3S2) ◽

pp. 625-629

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Organizational Performance ◽

Latent Variables ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Work Motivation ◽

Employee Performance ◽

Employee Motivation ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Improve Performance

Employee performance is the most important factor for the organization, because employee performance greatly determines organizational performance, therefore employee performance must be improved. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Competence on employee work motivation, Organizational Culture on employee work motivation, Competence and Organizational Culture Employee motivation, Competence on employee Performance, Organizational Culture on Employee Performance, Motivation on Employee Performance, Competence on Employee Performance through Motivation as an intervening variable, Organizational Culture of Employee Performance through Motivation as an intervening variable, Competence and Organizational Culture on Employee Performance, Competence and Organizational Culture on Employee Performance through Motivation as an Intervening Variable. This type of research is descriptive quantitative research. The population of this research is employees of PT. PBI as many as 250 people with a sample of 154 people. PT. PBI one of manufacturing company in Batam City. Data analysis techniques using Structural Equation Modeling. The results of this study are as follows; Effect of Competence on latent variables Motivation has an effect but not significant. Effect of Organizational Culture on Motivation. Competence towards Motivation has no significant effect, Organizational Culture on Motivation has a significant effect. Competence has a significant effect on performance. Organizational culture has no significant effect on performance. Competence, Organizational Culture has no significant effect on performance. Motivation has no significant effect on performance. Competence has a significant effect on employees. Organizational culture has no significant effect on employee performance.

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The Effect Transformational Leadership on the Performance of Civil Servants in the Regional Secretariat Office in Tarakan City - IJAR (Part B)

10.31219/osf.io/bswdy ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Eli Hasmin ◽

Muhammad Ramli ◽

Muhammad Jufri ◽

Andi Makkulau

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Transformational Leadership ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Civil Servants ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Sample Data ◽

Research Population ◽

Saturated Sample

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of the direct and indirect effect of transformational leadership through job satisfaction on civil servants performance in the regional secretariat office in Tarakan. The type of this research was a quantitative research with survey approach because this study used sample and population. Thus, there was found the events and relationships between constructs. The research population were the civil servants of the regional secretariat in Tarakan, consisting of 195 people. All of them become the sample of this study (saturated sample). Data were collected using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed in descriptive and inferential by using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) of a statistical software package lisrel and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The result showed that the transformational leadership have a direct influence on the performance of civil servants. However, it has an indirect impact on the performance of civil servants through job satisfaction in the office of the regional secretariat in Tarakan.

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Applying UTAUT in Predicting ESL Lecturers Intention to Use Flipped Learning

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13158571 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (15) ◽

pp. 8571

Author(s):

Siti Fatimah Abd Rahman ◽

Melor Md Yunus ◽

Harwati Hashim

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Technology Acceptance ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Learning Approach ◽

Intention To Use ◽

Flipped Learning ◽

Use Of Technology

Flipped learning empowers learners to take an engaging role in learning while educators assist the learning process. The employment of flipped learning has been confirmed to enhance the teaching and learning of English as a second language in previous studies. This study aimed to explore the application of the unified theory of technology acceptance and use of technology towards ESL lecturers’ intention to use flipped learning. This study used a quantitative research framework where a set of online questionnaires was used in collecting the data. A total of 206 English as a second language lecturers from four different universities participated in this study. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The result of this study indicates that only social influence is significant in predicting English as a second language lecturers’ intention to use the flipped learning approach. Furthermore, this study enriches the literature on 21st century education and the integration of technology in teaching and learning. In addition, this study could help educators and stakeholders in adapting or enhancing the flipped learning approach by distinguishing the distinct predictors of technology acceptance.

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Consumer behaviour towards willingness to pay for Halal products

British Food Journal ◽

10.1108/bfj-02-2018-0085 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 121 (2) ◽

pp. 492-504 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Waqar Ahmed ◽

Arsalan Najmi ◽

Hafiz Muhammad Faizan ◽

Shaharyar Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Willingness To Pay ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Reasoned Action ◽

Raw Material ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Muslim Country ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Content Type ◽

Factors Affecting

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically analyze the factors affecting Muslim consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for Halal food, products and operations by employing theory of reasoned action.Design/methodology/approachThis study has used quantitative research methodology and collected data from 350 questionnaires from a densely populated city of Pakistan. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data.FindingsThe results show that the concerns about Halal, religiosity, perception of usefulness of Halal and product ingredients have a significant impact on WTP for Halal foods, while attitude has an insignificant impact on WTP. Moreover, the extent of demand for Halal certification is significantly affected by WTP.Originality/valueThe study highlighted the concerns of the Muslim consumers with respect to Halalness of the products and operations despite living in a Muslim country. It is recommended that the policy makers, food authorities and health institutions should conduct regular inspections of foods, products and producers’/manufacturers’ operations to ensure that all the procedures from manufacturing of the raw material till the finished goods follow Islamic principles to make them completely Halal.

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The Influence of Leadership Style, Competency and Compensation on Employee Performance and Its Impact on Organizational Performance in Kementerian Pertanian

FOCUS ◽

10.37010/fcs.v1i1.274 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 28-42

Author(s):

Sugito Efendi ◽

Suwardi Suwardi

Keyword(s):

Organizational Performance ◽

Leadership Style ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Research Method ◽

Quantitative Methods ◽

Employee Performance ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Survey Method ◽

Directorate General ◽

The Impact

This study aims to analyze the influence of leadership style, competence, compensation on employee performance and the impact on organizational performance on the employees of the Directorate General of Agricultural Infrastructure and Facilities. This study used a survey method by distributing questionnaires to employees of the Directorate General of Agricultural Infrastructure and Facilities. As the respondent. This research method uses quantitative methods with technical analysis of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the AMOS version 22 application. The research sample used in this study were 158 respondents. The results showed that leadership style, competence and compensation directly had a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Leadership style, competence and compensation directly have a positive and significant effect on organizational performance. Leadership style, competence and compensation indirectly have a positive and significant effect on organizational performance through employee performance.

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Analysis of Investment Decisions at BMT Latansa Gontor Ponorogo

Li Falah : Jurnal Studi Ekonomi dan Bisnis Islam ◽

10.31332/lifalah.v6i2.3427 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 66

Author(s):

Apriliana Ika Kusumanisita ◽

Lathiefa Rusli ◽

Raditya Iqbal Anugrah

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Research Method ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Reasoned Action ◽

Investment Decisions ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Product Knowledge ◽

Analysis Techniques ◽

System Product ◽

Investment Intentions

This study aims to examine customer decisions in investing in BMT. The theory used to predict customer decisions in investing is the theory of reasoned action. The research method used is quantitative research with data analysis techniques Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results showed that the sharia system, product knowledge, religiosity, attitudes, risk perception, image, and investment intentions affected investment decisions.

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