scholarly journals Person-Environment Fit Perceptions and Satisfaction at Work

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamarul Zaman Ahmad ◽  
Maisarah Mat Khairuddin
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
Government Department ◽  
Single Study ◽  
Person Environment Fit ◽  
Value Fit

This study aims to fulfil two literature gaps in the person-environment fit theory, in particular, relating to the supply-value fit or S-V fit. Firstly, previous research in S-V fit tended to look mainly at autonomy and supervision style. However, there appears to be no reported research that has simultaneously investigated in a single study, the effects of the discrepancy between the perceived and desired levels of work quantity, variety, power, responsibility and concentration required for the job. This study aims to fill that gap. This study examines the discrepancy between the supplies and values of work quantity, variety, power, responsibility and concentration, and its relationship with satisfaction at work. Secondly, the S-V fit theory has been relatively established in developed countries such as America and Britain. However it would be interesting to discover whether the theory is also applicable among civil service workers in a small isolated town, in a developing country such as Malaysia. Questionnaires were distributed and collected from one hundred respondents working in a government department in a small town of Gua Musang in Peninsular Malaysia. Support for the S-V fit theory was obtained, as results suggested that the greater the discrepancy between the supplies and values of work quantity, variety, power, responsibility and concentration required at work, the lesser was the satisfaction. The implication therefore was that if managers were desirous of improving satisfaction of their workers, they should ensure that their workers receive neither too much nor too little work variety, power, responsibility and concentration at work-for either state can result in lower satisfaction.  

Civil service reform in Kazakhstan: trajectory to the 30 most developed countries?

2017 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saltanat Janenova ◽  
Colin Knox
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Civil Service Reform ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
The World ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Selection Of

Kazakhstan has ambitious plans to become one of the top 30 developed countries in the world by 2050. Its most recent route map to achieve this is the Plan for the Nation: 100 Concrete Steps, announced by the president in May 2015. A key pillar in this reform agenda is the development of a professional civil service. This article considers whether civil service reforms to date and those envisaged under the new plan offer a trajectory to the 2050 stated goal. It finds that despite significant political endorsement at the highest level, reforms have focused on institutional, structural and legal changes without the necessary attention to how these will impact on the quality of public services provision. The article highlights the interdependence between civil service reforms and an outcomes-based approach and adapts the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Better Life framework for Kazakhstan as a way of making this connection. Points for practitioners Moving to an outcomes-based approach in a developing country challenges practitioners to focus on the impact of their work and to be judicious and context-specific in the selection of results indicators.

scholarly journals Globalization Impact on Multinational Enterprises

World ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-230
Author(s):  
Justine Kyove ◽  
Katerina Streltsova ◽  
Ufuoma Odibo ◽  
Giuseppe T. Cirella
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Excellent Starting Point ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact

The impact of globalization on multinational enterprises was examined from the years 1980 to 2020. A scoping literature review was conducted for a total of 141 articles. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed typologies were categorized and conclusions were drawn regarding the influence and performance (i.e., positive or negative effects) of globalization. Developed countries show more saturated markets than developing countries that favor developing country multinational enterprises to rely heavily on foreign sales for revenue growth. Developed country multinationals are likely to use more advanced factors of production to create revenue, whereas developing country multinationals are more likely to use less advanced forms. A number of common trends and issues showed corporate social responsibility, emerging markets, political issues, and economic matters as key to global market production. Recommendations signal a strong need for more research that addresses contributive effects in the different economies, starting with the emerging to the developed. Limitations of data availability and inconsistency posed a challenge for this review, yet the use of operationalization, techniques, and analyses from the business literature enabled this study to be an excellent starting point for additional work in the field.

Infinite Needs–Finite Resources: The Future of Healthcare

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-98
Author(s):  
Richard D. Lamm
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Competitive Performance ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Tensions ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Developed World

The single greatest challenge facing managers in the developed countries of the world is to raise the productivity of knowledge and service workers. This challenge, which will dominate the management agenda for the next several decades, will ultimately determine the competitive performance of companies. Even more important, it will determine the very fabric of society and the quality of life of every industrialized nation. … Unless this challenge is met, the developed world will face increasing social tensions, increasing polarization, increasing radicalization, possibly even class war.

scholarly journals Early Warning Scores at time of ICU admission to Predict Mortality in critically ill COVID-19 Patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Asha Tyagi ◽  
Surbhi Tyagi ◽  
Ananya Agrawal ◽  
Aparna Mohan ◽  
Devansh Garg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Icu Mortality ◽  
Prospective Data ◽  
Icu Admission ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Time Of Admission

Abstract Objective: To assess ability of NEWS2, SIRS, qSOFA and CRB-65 calculated at the time of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission for predicting ICU-mortality in patients of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 infection. Methods: This prospective data analysis was based on chart reviews for laboratory confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted to ICUs over a 1month period. The NEWS2, CURB-65, qSOFA and SIRS were calculated from the first recorded vital signs upon admission to ICU and assessed for predicting mortality. Results: Total of 140 patients aged between 18 to 95 years were included in the analysis of whom majority were >60 years (47.8%), with evidence of pre-existing comorbidities (67.1%). The commonest symptom at presentation was dyspnea (86.4%). Based upon the Receiver Operating Characteristics-Area Under Curve (AUC), the best discriminatory power to predict ICU mortality was for the CRB65 (AUC: 0.720 [95% CI: 0.630 – 0.811]) followed closely by NEWS2 (AUC: 0.712 [95% CI: 0.622 – 0.803]). Additionally, a multivariate cox regression model showed Glasgow Coma Score at time of admission [P < 0.001; adjusted Hazard Ratio = 0.808 (95% CI: 0.715-0.911)] to be the only significant predictor of ICU mortality. Conclusion: CRB65 and NEWS2 scores assessed at the time of ICU admission offer only a fair discriminatory value for predicting mortality. Further evaluation after adding laboratory markers such as C-reactive protein and D-dimer may yield a more useful prediction model. Much of the earlier data is from developed countries and uses scoring at time of hospital admission. This study was from a developing country, with the scores assessed at time of ICU admission, rather than the emergency department as with existing data from developed countries, for patients with moderate/severe COVID disease. Since the scores showed some utility for predicting ICU mortality even when measured at time of ICU admission, their use in allocation of limited ICU resources in a developing country merits further research.

scholarly journals Stroke in Young in India

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manjari Tripathi ◽  
Deepti Vibha
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Stroke In Young

Stroke in young has special significance in developing countries. This is so because some etiologies like cardioembolic infections are more common than in developed countries, and the affection of economically productive group adds further to the overall disease burden. The paper discusses the burden of stroke in young and its implications in a developing country like India along with an approach to identifying different causes that are known to occur in this age group.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: international retirement migration on film

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1975-1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLAUDIA BELL
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Retirement Migration ◽  
Travel Experience ◽  
International Retirement Migration ◽  
John Madden

ABSTRACTThe two movies aboutThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel(2012 and 2015) were directed by John Madden. Starring a cast of famous British older actors, the narratives are set in a faded hotel in India. These are individuals who have relocated because their retirement dreams cannot be realised in their home country. They reflect the growing phenomenon of international retirement migration (IRM): the quickly growing upsurge of financially independent individuals seeking an affordable old age. In India they can claim a position of relative comfort and privilege. For a generation that grew up in a consumerist culture, upward mobility in the senior life stage has become a purchasable commodity through exodus to a developing country. This generation of retirees is generally in better health compared with prior seniors, with a longer life expectancy. Many have a background of travel experience, and an ethos that places their own pleasures in life as pivotal. While global numbers are unavailable, it is estimated that there are millions of retirees relocating to less-developed countries for an affordable retirement. At retirement locations such as the Marigold Hotel, the discrepancies that continue between nations, and local poverty, enable this practice. The events in these movies might be read as a recapitulation of imperialism expressed through retirement migration.

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