scholarly journals Generational Effects of Workplace Flexibility on Work Engagement, Satisfaction, and Commitment in South Korean Deluxe Hotels

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9143
Author(s):  
Hyo-Sun Jung ◽  
Hye-Hyun Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Workplace Flexibility ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Hotel Employees ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Deluxe Hotel

This study examined the effects of workplace flexibility at deluxe hotels on work engagement, satisfaction, and commitment, to determine the moderating effect of generational characteristics (Generation X, Y, and Z). A total of 277 deluxe hotel employees in South Korea participated in the research. The results confirmed the positive effects of workplace flexibility on the engagement and satisfaction of deluxe hotel employees; second, employees’ work engagement had a positive effect on their satisfaction; third, employees’ satisfaction had a positive impact on employees’ commitment; and fourth, the influence of workplace flexibility on engagement did not differ by generation. However, Generation Z showed the largest increase in employee engagement resulting from work flexibility. This result signifies that, when compared to other generations, Generation Z places great importance on workplace flexibility. This study suggests that deluxe hotels should create flexible policies and organizational climates to increase employees’ work engagement, satisfaction, and commitment. The paper also discusses limitations and future research directions.

The Effects of Technology Supports on Community Grocery Shopping Skills for Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 016264342198997
Author(s):  
Sojung Jung ◽  
Ciara Ousley ◽  
David McNaughton ◽  
Pamela Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact

In this meta-analytic review, we investigated the effects of technology supports on the acquisition of shopping skills for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) between the ages of 5 and 24. Nineteen single-case experimental research studies, presented in 15 research articles, met the current study’s inclusion criteria and the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) standards. An analysis of potential moderators was conducted, and we calculated effect sizes using Tau-U to examine the impact of age, diagnosis, and type of technology on the reported outcomes for the 56 participants. The results from the included studies provide evidence that a wide range of technology interventions had a positive impact on shopping performance. These positive effects were seen for individuals across a wide range of ages and disability types, and for a wide variety of shopping skills. The strongest effect sizes were observed for technologies that provided visual supports rather than just auditory support. We provide an interpretation of the findings, implications of the results, and recommended areas for future research.

scholarly journals Cultural intelligence and heritage impact on choosing foreign tourist destination

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42
Author(s):  
Stefan Zdravković ◽  
Jelena Peković
Keyword(s):  
Generation X ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Foreign Tourist ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Travel Agencies ◽  
The Republic

Due to the process of globalization, travel has become much more affordable, so tourists have the opportunity to visit foreign and even some exotic destinations. Market research helps travel agencies in formulating a marketing strategy, which should attract tourists and ensure their satisfaction, which ultimately enables the service provider to make a profit. The purpose and goal of the research is to determine whether cultural intelligence as a push-factor implying the desire of tourists to learn a foreign language, and get to know other cultures and their value systems and cultural heritage as a pull-factor implying touring buildings, and cultural monuments of other countries, influence the choice of foreign tourist destinations. Furthermore, the research examines whether the influence of these variables from the aspect of a demographic characteristic of age is more pronounced in respondents belong to generation Z compared to the generation X respondents. The sample includes 208 respondents from the Republic of Serbia. After statistical processing of the data, the obtained results show that variables have a statistically significant positive impact on the choice of foreign tourist destinations, and that their impact is more pronounced in generation Z respondents compared to those of generation X, so the research provides useful information to marketers and travel agencies.

scholarly journals Social support for students with visual impairments in educational institutions: An integrative literature review

2020 ◽  
pp. 026461962094188
Author(s):  
Ifigeneia Manitsa ◽  
Maro Doikou
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Positive Effects

Students with visual impairments often experience emotional problems and encounter difficulties in forming and maintaining social relationships. Research indicates that the social support provided to these students by staff members and their peers in educational institutions may have a positive impact on their academic learning and socioemotional development. The purpose of this integrative literature review was to synthesise the results from 17 academic articles published during 1998 and 2018, which examined the topic of social support for students with visual impairments in educational institutions. This review reveals that for students with visual impairments cooperation, empathetic behaviour, and practical assistance are the main components of social support. These students actively seek social support from staff members and peers, but they face many challenges, such as the lack of training and awareness. Support from staff members contributes to students’ academic learning and social inclusion, whereas peers’ social support enhances their self-esteem and social acceptance. The outlined positive effects of educational interventions on students’ social skills and social interaction support the need for implementing more interventions. The limitations of the studies reviewed and recommendations for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals The Diminishing Effect of Transformational Leadership on the Relationship Between Task Characteristics, Perceived Meaningfulness, and Work Engagement

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanxing Meng ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
Wenying Xu ◽  
Junhui Ye ◽  
Lin Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Task Characteristics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Task Autonomy ◽  
Employee Work Engagement ◽  
Task Significance

The topic of employee work engagement in the public sector has attracted broad attention because it is critical to the efficiency and effectiveness of public services. Based on the Job Characteristics Model (JCM) and the Integrative Theory of Employee Engagement (ITEE), the present research adopts a multilevel design to examine a moderated mediation model in which task characteristics (i.e., task autonomy and task significance as level-1 predictors) and social context (i.e., transformational leadership as a level-2 moderator) jointly impact employee work engagement via individual perception of meaningfulness in work. A total of 349 grassroots police officers from 35 police substations were invited to anonymously complete a survey via mobile app. After performing the cross-sectional analysis, the results indicated that in contrast to task significance, the conditional effect of task autonomy on work engagement via perceived meaningfulness was more positive at a lower level of transformational leadership. Implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP ON INTRINSIC MOTIVATION: THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT AS A MEDIATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Venita Putri Utami ◽  
Muhammad Zakiy
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Member Exchange

Closeness and compatibility between leaders and subordinates significantly affect the comfort of work, which results in employee performance. Through satisfaction in working, it can create employee engagement, which can contribute to improving employee performance. This study aims to determine the effect of leader-member exchange and personal supervisor fit on employee performance mediated by work engagement on Syariah Bank employees in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The sample in this study amounted to 132 employees using purposive sampling techniques whose data collection uses cross-sectional analysis with the level of analysis of individual samples. This research uses Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to analyze the data. The results showed that the leader-member exchange and person supervisor fit had a positive effect on work engagement, and work engagement had a positive impact on employee performance. Also, this study demonstrates that work engagement is able to mediate the positive influence of leader-member exchange and person supervisor fit on employee performance. For this reason, it can be said that work engagement is an antecedent that shapes employee performance, which is preceded by leader-member exchange and person supervisor fit.

scholarly journals Is the Higher Employees’ Resilience, the Higher Their Work Engagement Will Be?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Purwanti Dyah Pramanik ◽  
Triana Rosalina Dewi ◽  
Rahmat Ingkadijaya
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Hotel Employees ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The Impact

Hotel is a labor-intensive industry which until now still requires a lot of human resources in its work operations. The nature of hotel is open for 24 hours to serve guests, especially in operational departments. Overall hotel employees tend not to last long at work. Some employees state that their decision to leave, due to incompatibility with the work environment. This study aimed to analyze the impact of resilience on hotel employees’ engagement in Jakarta. The study was conducted with a quantitative descriptive approach. Research respondents were hotel employees in Jakarta area. Data was collected by convenience sampling, by distributing questionnaire which consisted of  respondents’ profiles and statement of variable X variable (resilience) and Y variable (work engagement). The data was analyzed by using validity and reliability test, descriptive (frequency and mean), Pearson correlation, coefficient determination and simple linear regression test. The study found that there was a strong relationship between resilience and work engagement. The higher employees’ resilience is  the higher employee engagement will be.

Multicultural Education and Inter-Ethnic Attitudes

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maykel Verkuyten ◽  
Jochem Thijs
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Ethnic Relations ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Ethnic Attitudes

Despite the recent retreat of multiculturalism in various European countries, forms of multicultural education are favored and practiced in many of these countries. These educational practices are considered desirable and necessary for the development of positive inter-ethnic relations. After considering conceptions of multicultural education, we discuss multilevel quantitative research on perceived multicultural education and its effects on inter-ethnic attitudes among early adolescents in the Netherlands. The positive effects of multicultural education are interpreted in terms of children’s improved cultural knowledge and understanding, and the establishment of anti-racism norms within the classroom. These two theoretical mechanisms can explain the positive impact of multicultural education on children’s inter-ethnic attitudes. The review of the research is concluded by providing directions and suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals Enable, Reconnect and Augment: A New ERA of Virtual Nature Research and Application

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigbjørn Litleskare ◽  
Tadhg E. MacIntyre ◽  
Giovanna Calogiuri
Keyword(s):  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
High Quality Research ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Real Nature

Being exposed to natural environments is associated with improved health and well-being, as these environments are believed to promote feelings of “being away” from everyday struggles, positive emotional reactions and stress reduction. Despite these positive effects, humanity is becoming increasingly more distanced from nature due to societal changes, such as increased urbanization and the reduced accessibility of natural environments. Technology is also partly to blame, as research suggests that people replace nature contact with increased screen time. In this cross-section between nature and technology, we find technological nature which is progressing towards a point where we may be capable of simulating exposure to real nature. Concerns have been raised regarding this technology, as it is feared it will replace real nature. However, research suggests that virtual nature may have a more positive impact on society than a mere replacement of real nature, and this review propose several areas where virtual nature may be a beneficial addition to actual nature (Enable), help people reconnect with the real natural world (Reconnect) and “boost” human-nature interactions (Augment). Based on the current research and theoretical framework, this review proposes guidelines for future research within these areas, with the aim of advancing the field by producing high quality research.

scholarly journals The Psychosocial Effects of Taekwondo Training: A Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11427
Author(s):  
Yu-Jin Kim ◽  
Seung-Hui Baek ◽  
Jong-Beom Park ◽  
Sang-Hwan Choi ◽  
Jae-Don Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Life ◽  
Psychosocial Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Martial Art ◽  
International Sport

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and international sport, and its psychosocial benefits for its trainees have been studied extensively. This review aims to systematically assess and meta-analyze the effects of Taekwondo training on sociality, character, etiquette, and school life adjustment. We searched the RISS, NDSL, and KISS electronic databases between January 1985 and December 2019. We also included gray literature, such as theses, in addition to peer-reviewed articles. R software (version 3.6.2, R Core Team, Vienna, Austria) was used to synthesize the effect sizes and perform moderation analyses. Twenty-eight studies (24 cross-sectional and four intervention studies) were included in the final meta-analysis. Significant positive effects of Taekwondo training were found on sociality (MD = 0.266, 95% CI: 0.191 to 0.341), character (MD = 0.446, 95% CI: 0.331–0.560), etiquette (MD = 0.562, 95% CI: 0.500–0.624), and school life adjustment (MD = 0.308, 95% CI: 0.195–0.421). Overall, the findings of this meta-analysis support that Taekwondo can have a positive impact on the psychosocial factors of trainees. Due to several limitations discussed, well-designed RCTs and multiple levels of Taekwondo intervention studies should be conducted in future research to validate the current findings.

scholarly journals From Therapeutic Factors to Mechanisms of Change in the Creative Arts Therapies: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina de Witte ◽  
Hod Orkibi ◽  
Rebecca Zarate ◽  
Vicky Karkou ◽  
Nisha Sajnani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mechanisms Of Change ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Creative Arts ◽  
Therapeutic Factors ◽  
Dance Movement ◽  
Creative Arts Therapies ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Wide Range

Empirical studies in the creative arts therapies (CATs; i.e., art therapy, dance/movement therapy, drama therapy, music therapy, psychodrama, and poetry/bibliotherapy) have grown rapidly in the last 10 years, documenting their positive impact on a wide range of psychological and physiological outcomes (e.g., stress, trauma, depression, anxiety, and pain). However, it remains unclear how and why the CATs have positive effects, and which therapeutic factors account for these changes. Research that specifically focuses on the therapeutic factors and/or mechanisms of change in CATs is only beginning to emerge. To gain more insight into how and why the CATs influence outcomes, we conducted a scoping review (Nstudies = 67) to pinpoint therapeutic factors specific to each CATs discipline, joint factors of CATs, and more generic common factors across all psychotherapy approaches. This review therefore provides an overview of empirical CATs studies dealing with therapeutic factors and/or mechanisms of change, and a detailed analysis of these therapeutic factors which are grouped into domains. A framework of 19 domains of CATs therapeutic factors is proposed, of which the three domains are composed solely of factors unique to the CATs: “embodiment,” “concretization,” and “symbolism and metaphors.” The terminology used in change process research is clarified, and the implications for future research, clinical practice, and CATs education are discussed.

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