Organizational-Cultural Elements for Improved Workplace Performance of Disabled Individuals

2022 ◽  
pp. 1807-1826
Author(s):  
Halis Sakız
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Workplace Performance ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Disabled Employees ◽  
Future Practice

This chapter embarks from the increasing number of disabled individuals in private companies and public institutions and examines the working conditions of disabled employees in these organizations. Although this case is relevant to a considerable number of international contexts, the author focuses on Turkey as a case, illustrative of countries going through similar processes. The author starts by providing an introduction followed by literature on organizational culture. Next, the author discusses the recent legislation regarding the employment of disabled individuals and discusses with literature on their workplace performance. Next, the author focuses on the relationships between the organizational culture and workplace performance of disabled employees. Finally, the author concludes by recommendations for future practice to enhance performance of disabled employees and future research to conduct robust studies in the area. The chapter assumes that organizations can enhance performance of everyone by creating an inclusive culture surrounded by elements involving positive attitudes, equity, equality, and beliefs of productivity.

Organizational-Cultural Elements for Improved Workplace Performance of Disabled Individuals

2020 ◽  
pp. 240-259
Author(s):  
Halis Sakız
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Workplace Performance ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Disabled Employees ◽  
Future Practice

This chapter embarks from the increasing number of disabled individuals in private companies and public institutions and examines the working conditions of disabled employees in these organizations. Although this case is relevant to a considerable number of international contexts, the author focuses on Turkey as a case, illustrative of countries going through similar processes. The author starts by providing an introduction followed by literature on organizational culture. Next, the author discusses the recent legislation regarding the employment of disabled individuals and discusses with literature on their workplace performance. Next, the author focuses on the relationships between the organizational culture and workplace performance of disabled employees. Finally, the author concludes by recommendations for future practice to enhance performance of disabled employees and future research to conduct robust studies in the area. The chapter assumes that organizations can enhance performance of everyone by creating an inclusive culture surrounded by elements involving positive attitudes, equity, equality, and beliefs of productivity.

scholarly journals Organizational Culture and Job Satisfaction in Bank: Perceptions and Reactions of Employees

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-180
Author(s):  
Md. Abdul Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Organizational Variable ◽  
Job Category ◽  
Defined Culture

This study examines employees’ perceptions and reactions regarding the organizational culture for their job satisfaction where the five variables or organizational culture are selected as working conditions, compensations, respect from co-workers, relationships with supervisors and opportunity for advancement. The key purpose of this study effort was to investigate how organizational culture can affect job satisfaction of the employees in response their perceptions and reactions towards the organizational culture factors. This study operationally defined culture in terms of working conditions, compensations and benefits, respect from co-workers, relationships with supervisors and opportunity for advancement. To this research, both primary and secondary data are used where the statistical population included the employees of bank organizations in Bangladesh. Almost primary based, the data were collected through the distribution of a standardized questionnaire among 500 employees through convenience sampling. This study revealed that Respects from the co-workers as the components of organizational variable has the most domination in framing Job Satisfaction in respect of the employees perceptions  of the bankers where working conditions has the least among five explanatory variables. The statistical result of this paper also found that the selected organizational culture related variables have the direct effect over the level of job satisfaction to either increase or decrease. The results of this study supported the reliability measures of the organizational culture questionnaire over the populations, regardless of the reality that the sample size for this study was inadequate. A further suggestion for future research would be to establish whether improving measurement and response mechanisms in the jobs of social workers would positively influence job satisfaction and perception of organizational culture by employees in this job category.

scholarly journals Organizational culture in Public Institutions and its effect over the implementation of Total Quality Management Process- Kosovo Case

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
Ilir Rexhepi ◽  
Ermira Qosja
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Eu Integration ◽  
Short Time

Total Quality management (TQM) is a philosophy management method, the importance of which continuously has been growing after '90. There is relatively short time since Kosovo Public Institutions are practically doing their activity as a part of an independent Country, and as such day by day they are facing with different management challenges which continuously are becoming more rough and tough towards the EU integration process. Total Quality Management within Public Institutions, is leaded by the phase of establishment and implementation of Quality management Systems based on ISO 9001. In this process, through a deep empiric study in three Kosovo Public Institutions, we have tried to identify the advantage and disadvantage factors towards the successful implementation of quality management system in time, as a consequence of TQM. Moreover, we were focused on the organizational culture. Analyses over norms, trusts, principals that do characterize the organizational culture of Kosovo Institutions, its crossing with the political context and the Public Administration law will serve to model changes that should be projected in order to successfully implement the TQM. In the function of the disadvantage factor analyses, organizational cultural elements, and the changes model, there will be used a number questionnaires and interviews with relevant people.

scholarly journals Management of Organizational Culture in the Public Institutions of Ecuador Educational Sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Mayra Mercedes Marcillo Indacochea ◽  
Raúl Ricardo Fernández Concepción ◽  
Angie Fernández Lorenzo
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Management Models ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Customer Services

<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> The current study has, as its fundamental objective, the conceptual analysis of organizational culture management models that could be applied in public institutions of the education sector, as well as on management models of the organizational culture mainly those aimed at providing customer services in this sector.</p><p><strong>Methodology/Approach:</strong> It was made an analysis of the main models that exist, and the possibility of adapting them to public institutions in the educational sector, which will improve the management of the organizational culture, according to processes that take place within them.</p><p><strong>Findings:</strong> The non-existence of organizational culture management models aimed at providing customer services in public institutions of the educational sector was identified, as well as the complexity of applying other models of organizational culture management in institutions of the sector referred to from the gaps that they present.</p><p><strong>Research Limitation/implication:</strong> The analyzed models are directed to private and public companies, they do not present methodological frameworks of action beyond the elaboration of business strategies, that allow to be applied directly in organizations with academic aims.</p><p><strong>Originality/Value of paper:</strong> The document was based on the literary review of management of the organizational culture, in which it was detected that the models studied are aimed at companies, being complex their adaptation for institutions of the educational sector. No references were found about management models of the organizational culture focused on the provision of services to the client, which brings novelty to future research.</p>

Inspirational Teachers’ Model: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study in Gifted Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 016235322110235
Author(s):  
Claudia A. Cornejo-Araya ◽  
Leonie Kronborg
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Safe Learning Environment ◽  
Contextual Determinants ◽  
Developmental Characteristics ◽  
Highly Able ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

Adopting a constructivist grounded theory approach, 91 students from Years 9 to 11, in gifted educational programs from three schools in Melbourne, nominated their inspiring teachers. Eleven teachers, who received the highest number of nominations, were invited to an interview and an observation of their teaching. The emerged theoretical construct was identified as “Opening new possibilities: Inspiring teachers of gifted and highly able students,” which is further explained through three main categories: Being a knowledgeable and passionate teacher, creating an academically safe learning environment, and teaching beyond and above the regular curriculum. In addition, the theoretical process was explained through three phases: Expanding knowledge and understanding, Fostering positive attitudes, and Encouraging students to take action. Contextual determinants were considered to analyze and report the findings: students’ developmental characteristics, school culture, curriculum, and gifted educational provisions. Findings are discussed in the light of existing literature, as well as study limitations and ideas for future research.

Orienting to Otherness: Intellectual Humility, Moral Foundations, and Mature Alterity Outcomes

2021 ◽  
pp. 009164712110116
Author(s):  
David R. Paine ◽  
Steven J. Sandage ◽  
Joshua N. Hook ◽  
Don E. Davis ◽  
Kathryn A. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Moral Foundations ◽  
Helping Professions ◽  
Intellectual Humility ◽  
Seminary Students ◽  
Positive Attitudes

Scholars and practitioners have increasingly called for the development of social justice commitment, intercultural competence, and appreciation of diversity among ministers and helping professionals. In religious contexts, individual factors may contribute to differences in the degree to which spiritual leaders emphasize intercultural and social justice initiatives. Personality factors, such as virtues and specific moral commitments, predict the degree to which people report positive attitudes and demonstrate mature alterity. In this study, we explored the degree to which intellectual humility predicted mature alterity outcomes after controlling for the effects of five moral foundations (care, fairness, loyalty, authority, purity) in a sample of Christian seminary students in the United States. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed for ministry and the helping professions.

scholarly journals Recognition and Work in the Platform Economy: a Normative Reconstruction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Visser ◽  
Thomas C. Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Recognition Theory ◽  
Normative Reconstruction ◽  
Human Side ◽  
Platform Economy

AbstractThe rise of the platform economy in the past two decades (and neoliberal capitalist expansion and crises more in general), have on the whole negatively affected working conditions, leading to growing concerns about the “human side” of organizations. To address these concerns, the purpose of this paper is to apply Axel Honneth’s recognition theory and method of normative reconstruction to working conditions in the platform economy. The paper concludes that the ways in which platform organizations function constitutes a normative paradox, promising flexibility and autonomy while at the same time creating working conditions that undercut these promises. The paper ends with a critical discussion of Honneth’s approach, possible supplementing ideas and further lines of future research.

scholarly journals Chinese students’ participation: the effect of cultural factors

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 430-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris S. Hodkinson ◽  
Arthur E. Poropat
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Chinese Student ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Electronic Interaction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide for Western educators of international Chinese and Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) students the first integrated review of kiasu, the “fear of missing out”, and its consequences for learning, teaching, and future research. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the economic importance of international Chinese students is provided, followed by consideration of the pedagogical consequences of restricted participation in educational activities by the so-called “silent Chinese student”. Examination of research on international Chinese students and their source cultures established significant gaps and misunderstandings in the generally accepted understandings of CHCs, especially with respect to the actual practices used in Western and Chinese teaching. More importantly, the participation-related implications of kiasu within the context of broader cultural characteristics are described and implications drawn for teaching practices and research. Findings – While many Western university teachers are aware of the “silent Chinese student” phenomenon, few understand its underlying reasons, especially the kiasu mindset and its relationship to other cultural elements. Kiasu actively impedes the interaction of international Chinese students with their teachers and restricts collaboration with peers, thereby limiting educational achievement. Specific tactics for amelioration are reviewed and recommendations are provided, while an agenda for future research is outlined. Practical implications – Western teachers need to normalise and encourage Chinese student participation in class activities using tactics that have been demonstrated to improve outcomes for Chinese students, but that also assist students generally. These include both within-class and electronic interaction tools. Social implications – More culturally sensitive understanding of the impact of cultural differences on teaching effectiveness. While some effective responses to these already exist, further research is needed to expand the skill-set of Western teachers who work with international Chinese students. Originality/value – This paper provides the first systematic integration of the kiasu phenomenon with educational practice and research.

scholarly journals Visualizing molecular structures and shapes: a comparison of virtual reality, computer simulation, and traditional modeling

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Corina E. Brown ◽  
Ben Whaley ◽  
Richard M. Hyslop
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Chemistry Education ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Molecular Geometry ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of three methods used to assist in teaching molecular geometry to college chemistry students. A pre- and post-test quasi-experiment was used to collect data about students’ performance in a given chemistry exercise. One research question was intended to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of the three methods in assisting students to understand the topic and carry out the exercise correctly, and a second research question addressed students’ attitudes towards the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in chemistry education. Results show a positive attitude towards the use of VR as an assisting tool to aid in understanding chemistry concepts. While the difference among the three methods was not significant, the results show that the VR brought more enthusiasm and positive attitudes toward the topic of molecular geometry among the students. Educational implications and recommendations for future research are presented as well.

scholarly journals The Quiet Project – UK Acoustic Community’s response to COVID19 during the easing of lockdown

Noise Mapping ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Dance ◽  
Lindsay McIntyre
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Baseline Noise ◽  
Acoustic Community ◽  
Noise Data ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Time Critical

Abstract The COVID-19 lockdown created a new kind of environment both in the UK and globally, never experienced before or likely to occur again. A vital and time-critical working group was formed with the aim of gathering crowd-source high quality baseline noise levels and other supporting information across the UK during the lock-down and subsequent periods. The acoustic community were mobilised through existing networks engaging private companies, public organisations and academics to gather data in accessible places. In addition, pre-existing on-going measurements from major infrastructure projects, airport, and planning applications were gathered to create the largest possible databank. A website was designed and developed to advertise the project, provide instructions and to formalise the uploading of noise data, observations and soundscape feedback. Two case studies gathered in the latter stage of full lockdown are presented in the paper to illustrate the changes in the environmental noise conditions relative to transport activity. Ultimately the databank will be used to establish the relation to other impacts such as air quality, air traffic, economic, and health and wellbeing. As publicly funded research the databank will be made publicly available to assist future research.

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