Exploring the Motivators to Satisfy UAE Employees: Private Vs. Public

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-42
Author(s):  
Louise Patterson ◽  
Bharti Pandya ◽  
Maysoon Mohammed Ahmed Ruqait Alali
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Satisfaction Rating ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
The World

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a busines hub in the Middle East and is sought out place for work by expatriates. Gallup's Great Jobs Briefing (2018) reported UAE as one of the highest achiever for Job-Satisfaction rating, out of 128 countries. It was further reported that 72% jobs are considered as 'good job' in the UAE, based on several determinants. However, there are some contradictory findings regarding employees enagement level, wherein 69% participants were not engaged in the workplace. Further reports from Gallup (2017) found more than 75% UAE employees as highly disengaged and the world happiness report (Helliwell, Layard,, & Sachs, 2019) did not find UAE to be amongst the ranking of happiest countries. Further, there was disinterest in working with private sector as 62% participants preferrred to work in the public sector of UAE. The question then arise, if employees are satisfied, why they are not happy or engaged? Are there any motivational (de) factors that differentiates satisfaction level of employees working in UAE's government sector with those working in the private sector? Keywords: comparison public and private organizations, Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory, job satisfaction, UAE

scholarly journals Job satisfaction of public and private primary care physicians in Malaysia: analysis of findings from QUALICO-PC

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ab Rahman ◽  
M. Husin ◽  
K. Dahian ◽  
K. Mohamad Noh ◽  
R. Atun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Primary Care Clinics

Abstract Background Job satisfaction of doctors is an important factor determining quality and performance of a health system. The aim of this study was to assess job satisfaction among doctors of the public and private primary care clinics in Malaysia and evaluate factors that could influence the job satisfaction rating. Methods This study was part of the Quality and Costs of Primary Care (QUALICOPC) Malaysia, a cross-sectional survey conducted between August 2015 and June 2016 in Malaysia. Data was collected from doctors recruited from public and private primary care clinics using a standardised questionnaire. Comparisons were made between doctors working in public and private clinics, and logistic regression analysis was used to determine factors influencing the likelihood of job satisfaction outcomes. Results A total of 221 doctors from the public and 239 doctors from the private sector completed the questionnaire. Compared to private doctors, a higher proportion of public doctors felt they were being overloaded with the administrative task (59.7% vs 36.0%) and part of the work does not make sense (33.9% vs 18.4%). Only 62.9% of public doctors felt that there was a good balance between effort and reward while a significantly higher proportion (85.8%) of private doctors reported the same. Over 80% of doctors in both sectors indicated continued interest in their job and agreed that being a doctor is a well-respected job. Logistic regression analysis showed public-private sector and practice location (urban-rural) to be significantly associated with work satisfaction outcomes. Conclusion A higher proportion of public doctors experienced pressure from administrative tasks and felt that part of their work does not make sense than their colleague in the private sector. At the same time, the majority of private doctors reported positive outcome on effort-and-reward balance compared to only one third of public doctors. The finding suggests that decreasing administrative workload and enhancing work-based supports might be the most effective ways to improve job satisfaction of primary care doctors because these are some of the main aspects of the job that doctors, especially in public clinics, are most unhappy with.

Job Satisfaction Measurement in the Public and Private Sectors: The Case of Erbil in North Iraq

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (03) ◽  
pp. 20639-20646
Author(s):  
Hazhar Bahram Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
The North ◽  
Good Shape ◽  
Satisfaction Measurement ◽  
The Government

This paper is focused on an overview of Job satisfaction Measurement in both the Public and Private Sectors, most specifically in Erbil, the North of Iraq. The private sector is making huge progress in its recruitment policies to get the right people hired and give them better working conditions. This has relatively increased job performance in the private sector. Although there has been an economic slowdown in Iraq caused by political crisis, the level of job satisfaction in the private sector has increased followed by an increase in job performance in the private sector. The private sector in North of Iraq is profitable, making financial gains and great investment and the government of North of Iraq have high expectations that in the years to come, investment in the private sector will yield more profits and enormously contribute to booming the economy of North of Iraq. The private sector continues making the workplaces more comfortable to push up job satisfaction and job performance from below and the government of North of Iraq is eager to make the investment environment in North of Iraq more conducive. The most important people in every company are the employees. They are important because they play the important roles in given the company a good shape and helping the company to maintain its shape. This means that management of companies has the express duty to keep employees working on their job and even to influence the employees in many ways to remain with the company. If management succeeds to keep employees steadily on the job, it means that employees have been greatly satisfied. To be a satisfied employee, shows that a company’s policies and practices on satisfaction are well upheld. This mean that job satisfaction which is a widely used concept in the process of company’s management and operation is well handled. Job satisfaction element can be well handled but the degree to which it is handled matters more and this greatly determines the retention of every employee. If the degree of handling job satisfaction is high, this will obviously attract and keep employees on the job. But if the degree is low, employees will tend to leave the job.  This explains why in measuring job satisfaction, companies should strive to achieve high degree of job satisfaction.

scholarly journals Role of Human Resource Management in Job Satisfaction of Employees: A Comparative Analysis in Public & Private Sector

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-266
Author(s):  
Dr Sweta
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Pros And Cons

This study investigates the relationship between human resource management and employees’ job satisfaction in public and private undertakings. The results revealed a positive relationship between managers and employees’ job satisfaction. The analysis is based on a sample of 100 employees which were randomly chosen from both the sectors. The happier people are within their job, the more satisfied they are said to be. This paper surveys both the sectors in most of the aspects of analysis. However both sectors have their own pros and cons which will be made clear while evaluating job-satisfaction levels among the employees of both the sector. And given that the reward system in the public sector systematically differs from that of the private sector (in terms of pay, benefits, and psychic value), it seems likely that studies of satisfaction levels among private-sector employees may not be applicable to public-sector employees.Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-3: 263-266 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i3.12751 

scholarly journals The Innovative Trends in Architecture and Urban Planning of Health Care Institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-323
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Medical Organization ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
The Public ◽  
Healthcare Network ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
The World ◽  
Demographic Features

The article depicts and systematizes innovative global trends in the field of architecture and urban planning of healthcare institutions taking as the example leading countries in the field of healthcare (Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates). The territorial, administrative and demographic features that significantly affect the formation and functioning of the architecture and urban planning network of medical institutions are analyzed. The features, indicators, and structure of the public and private sectors of the medical organization of the listed countries are examined in detail. The main innovative trends in the architecture and urban planning of the healthcare network that put the considered countries on the top of the world leaders in the efficiency of healthcare organization rapidly are identified. The trends are considered in urban planning, architecture, medical, economic, environmental, technological and innovative aspects.

scholarly journals Measuring The Effects Of Financial Liberalization On The Supply Of Credit To The Private Sector: The Case Of Lebanon

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviane Y. Naimy
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Financial Liberalization ◽  
Crowding Out ◽  
Demand For Money ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Portfolio Decision ◽  
Consumption Saving

The purpose of this paper is to build a systematic analysis of financial liberalization. An integrated model of portfolio decision-making and consumption-saving decision is presented in order to detect the effect of financial liberalization on the supply of credit to the private sector. Moreover, the crowding out of the private sector credit by the Lebanese government sector is illustrated through the identification of the gap between the demand for money of the public and private sectors.

Relationship between CSR motivations and corporate social performance: a study in the power industry in India

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moumita Acharyya ◽  
Tanuja Agarwala
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Corporate Social Performance ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Public And Private Sector

PurposeThe paper aims to understand the different motivations / reasons for engaging in CSR initiatives by the organizations. In addition, the study also examines the relationship between CSR motivations and corporate social performance (CSP).Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from two power sector organizations: one was a private sector firm and the other was a public sector firm. A comparative analysis of the variables with respect to private and public sector organizations was conducted. A questionnaire survey was administered among 370 employees working in the power sector, with 199 executives from public sector and 171 from private sector.Findings“Philanthropic” motivation emerged as the most dominant CSR motivation among both the public and private sector firms. The private sector firm was found to be significantly higher with respect to “philanthropic”, “enlightened self-interest” and “normative” CSR motivations when compared with the public sector firms. Findings suggest that public and private sector firms differed significantly on four CSR motivations, namely, “philanthropic”, “enlightened self-interest”, “normative” and “coercive”. The CSP score was significantly different among the two power sector firms of public and private sectors. The private sector firm had a higher CSP level than the public sector undertaking.Research limitations/implicationsFurther studies in the domain need to address differences in CSR motivations and CSP across other sectors to understand the role of industry characteristics in influencing social development targets of organizations. Research also needs to focus on demonstrating the relationship between CSP and financial performance of the firms. Further, the HR outcomes of CSR initiatives and measurement of CSP indicators, such as attracting and retaining talent, employee commitment and organizational climate factors, need to be assessed.Originality/valueThe social issues are now directly linked with the business model to ensure consistency and community development. The results reveal a need for “enlightened self-interest” which is the second dominant CSR motivation among the organizations. The study makes a novel contribution by determining that competitive and coercive motivations are not functional as part of organizational CSR strategy. CSR can never be forced as the very idea is to do social good. Eventually, the CSR approach demands a commitment from within. The organizations need to emphasize more voluntary engagement of employees and go beyond statutory requirements for realizing the true CSR benefits.

Prospects for architects in the Government Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-39
Author(s):  
Disha Garg ◽  
Kartik Sharma ◽  
Parul Nayar ◽  
Shubhi Goyal ◽  
Shruti S Nagdeve
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Private Practices ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
The Government

Purpose: With the conception of one’s professional life, it is essential to understand all the possibilities and opportunities that lie before them. In the case of architecture, there exists a bias towards the private sector where newly graduate students aspire to work in private practices and possibly even envision a practice of their own at a certain point in life. While there is nothing wrong with envisioning a future in the private sector, it is also essential to be aware about the public sector and understand the opportunities it provides to be able to make an informed decision. There is a preconceived notion about the monotonous nature of government jobs and a lack of awareness about students about the opportunities in this sector. Hence, it becomes crucial to understand the numerous opportunities this sector has to offer and thus, explore the potential of architects in government organizations. Methodology: The research for this paper has been done by referring to existing literature and interviews with concerned people. With an understanding of how and why is the government sector an essential  area of research for budding architects and planners. The research was done through interviews and possible case studies was done based on review of existing literature. Main Findings: The government is one sector with tremendous possibilities in the realm of architecture but is often plagued with stereotypes and preconceptions which have emerged over the years. It is imagined to be “lazy”, “uninnovative” and “non-productive” but this sector has evolved over the recent years and is now shaping to be one of the more lucrative sectors for practice. The number of perks, benefits and a clear comparative advantage of a higher salary, added with the direct contribution towards serving the nation, the government sector clearly has an unrealised potential for architectural professionals. Implications: With younger architetcs having preconceived notions about role of architetcs in a government sector limited to unexciting set of designs without creativity, this article may help bring a fresh thought process to choose professional sector wisely.

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