scholarly journals Effect of Risk Management Practices on Banks Performance Moderating Role of Managerial Expertise as a Competitive Edge

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-100
Author(s):  
Waqas Ali ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Inadequate Sample Size ◽  
Moderating Role

The main aim of this research study is to determine effect related to risk management practices on bank’s performance in presence of managerial expertise. Expertise and low overheads known to be an advantage on competitors in market. In this study, we propose to use the managerial expertise as competitive force to drive forward the ventures in the industry. Banking known to be intensely competitive industry in the business globe. It greatly requires the risk management and performance enhancement managerial expertise. Random method utilized for data collection through summated scale on five Liker point. Data collected from 70 operational managers, branch managers, and senior risk managers of the bank. This study utilized reliability analysis, correlation and regression analysis by using SPSS v.26. Results illustrated that effective risk management practices significantly influence performance of banks with moderating role of expertise based on managerial capabilities. This study prone with some limitation foremost inadequate sample size and cross-sectional study which influences on the generalization of study, root cause of small sample size is limited number of banks in Azad Kashmir. Moreover, this study recommends to bankers need to pay attention on risk management practices as well as managerial expertise to improve performance of banks and achieve competitive advantage by using that managerial expertise.

scholarly journals The Effect of Personality Traits on Organizational Commitment: Moderating Role of Distributive Justice: A Case of Public Sector Female Colleges of District Peshawar

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-168
Author(s):  
IMRAN SAEED ◽  
GHAYYUR QADIR ◽  
GHAYYUR QADIR
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Moderator Variable ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Moderating Role

Many studies have been conducted on personality traits in different organizations and an in different culture, different region and in different countries. The current study is talk about the two traits of personality i.e agreeableness and neuroticism and their effect on employee organizational commitment. And the main contribution of this study is to introduce distributive justice as a moderator variable. Data was collected from public sector female colleges of a Peshawar district. The sample size of this study was (n=120) and the data was cross-sectional in nature. The results reveal that the direct effect of agreeableness and distributive justice on organizational commitment is significant and positive while neuroticism has insignificant effect on organizational commitment. While the combined effect shows that both interactions terms has positive and significant effect on organizational commitment.

scholarly journals The Power of Massage in Children with Cancer—How Can We Do Effective Research?

Children ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Shana Jacobs ◽  
Catriona Mowbray
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Patient Selection ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Children With Cancer ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Cancer Experience

Children with cancer experience multiple troubling symptoms. Massage offers a safe, non-pharmacological approach to address these symptoms. Numerous studies of massage in children and adults with cancer have been performed, yet most are unable to demonstrate significant benefit. This review aims to summarize what we know about the role of massage and sets goals and challenges for future massage research. This paper descriptively reviews the existing literature available in PubMed (both prior reviews and select papers) and the holes in prior research studies. Prior research on massage has been limited by small sample size/insufficient power, inappropriate outcome measures or timing, heterogeneous patient populations, inconsistent intervention techniques, and other design flaws. Based on the findings and limitations of previous work, numerous suggestions are made for future studies to increase the potency of findings, including thoughts about appropriate dosing, control groups, type of intervention, outcome measures, patient selection, feasibility, and statistics.

From Potential Absorptive Capacity to Knowledge Creation in Organisations: The Mediating Role of Knowledge Storage and Realised Absorptive Capacity

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vítor Costa ◽  
Samuel Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Human Resources Managers ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Internal Knowledge

The present research explores the role of knowledge storage and documentation and realised absorptive capacity as mediating variables between potential absorptive capacity and internal knowledge creation. The theoretical model is developed and further tested with a sample of 111 organisations from multiple industry sectors. The results show that the technology-driven process of knowledge storage and documentation, as well as the realised absorptive capacity of the respondent companies, reinforces the human-driven process of internal knowledge creation, and mediates, individually and jointly, the relationship between potential absorptive capacity and intra-firm knowledge creation. Mediation analysis relies on the use of bootstrapping confidence intervals. The authors draw practical implications for organisational psychologists and human resources managers. The small sample size and the cross-sectional design limit the generalisation of the present findings. Further research should explore the complementarity of absorptive capacity phases with other knowledge management processes that could enable the creation of new knowledge in organisations.

scholarly journals The Role of Servant Leadership in Church Workers’ Commitment

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-25
Author(s):  
Seth Akhilele
Keyword(s):  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Church Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

The study was an examination of the role of servant leadership in worker's commitment to the Xander church (Pseudonym). In Xander church, workers' commitment is shallow, as reflected in attendance and service. A cross-sectional design was used to study 38workers using nonprobability purposive sampling. The hypotheses were: H1 Is there a statistically significant relationship between servant leader behaviors and workers' commitment? H2: Is there a statistically significant relationship between the servant leadership behavior of empowerment and church workers' reported commitment due to the length of stay? The eight dimensions servant leadership survey instrument measured servant leadership, while workers' commitment was measured with the 15-item Organizational Commitment Questionnaire. The data were analyzed with Spearman’s Rho correlation because of a small sample size. The results revealed that servant leadership predicted commitment, and the servant leadership survey element, behavior empowerment, was not predicted by the worker's length of stay. I recommend that further research be conducted to ascertain reasons for a low commitment since servant leadership behavior impacted commitment. Keywords: Servant leadership, commitment, church workers, empowerment, and leadership behavior.

The moderating role of gender and religiosity on the EMA model: an Indonesian Muslim pilgrim perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yudha Dwi Nugraha ◽  
Yulia Arisnani Widyaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Travel Agents ◽  
Religious Tourism ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the relationship between expectations of umrah visit, the two dimensions of motivation for umrah visit and attitude toward umrah visit using the expectation, motivation and attitude (EMA) model. The study aims to expand the domain of religious tourism and destination marketing by including the moderating role of gender and religiosity on the EMA model to investigate the pre-visit stage of Indonesian Muslim pilgrims. Design/methodology/approach An online survey for 299 potential Muslim pilgrims was conducted to test nine hypotheses. A multi-group moderation test with chi-square differences was conducted to test the moderation effect of gender and religiosity on the model. The construct of motivation begins with an open question. Findings The paper provides empirical insights on how the interrelationship between EMA. The results indicate that umrah visit expectations and umrah visit motivations have a significant positive relationship with the attitude toward umrah visit. Moreover, this study concludes that gender significantly moderates the relationship between umrah visit expectations and attitude toward umrah visit. Religiosity significantly moderates the relationship between umrah visit expectations and umrah visit motivations. Research limitations/implications The authors discovered three limitations. First, the construction of the research model only added two moderation variables in the EMA model. Second, many Muslim pilgrims have other situations that influence their decision to perform umrah. Third, although this study gathers Muslim pilgrims from all regions in Indonesia, fairly small sample size can influence the generalization of findings. Practical implications Managers should be focusing more on accommodating the religious needs of Muslim pilgrims. Although there was no gender difference in the relationship between expectations and motivations, managers still must be careful in creating and carrying out umrah programs and activities. To capture the market for male Muslims, priority should be given to promoting aspects of the culture and history of Islam when performing an umrah. Considering the important role of religiosity for market segmentation and to capture the market of Muslim pilgrims with low religiosity is by focusing more on the aspects of religious and spiritual motivation when performing umrah. Social implications By increasing umrah’s visit, umrah is now more in demand by the Muslim community because it is not only an alternate pilgrimage but also to improve the spiritual and religious individual and family. This is coupled with the increasing number of umrah travel agents and people’s lifestyles that make umrah a holiday choice with colleagues and family. With these advantages, prospective Indonesian Muslim pilgrims must be more selective and look for a broad range of information about umrah departures because many umrah travel agents do not yet have a permit and offer a cheap umrah departure. Also, prospective Muslim pilgrims must prepare themselves better by studying the terms and pillars of Umrah. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature on tourism marketing and religious tourism research by comparing gender and religiosity on EMA model.

CORRELATION BETWEEN ASCENDING INFECTION AND SURGICAL DRAIN USE: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-25
Author(s):  
Nithin K. B. ◽  
Karan Mathur
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Positive Culture ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Ascending Infection ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Surgical Drain

Introduction: Drains are used as an integral tool in surgical practice, and have been used since the mid-1800s but, in recent years it is starting to be understood that the presence of a surgical drain and its prolonged use may be associated with an increased risk of infection. We aimed to identify whether drains could be considered an independent risk factor to ascending infections. Methods: The study aims to establish a correlation between ascending infection and the duration of drain usage. Thus, to minimise confounding variables that may lead to bacterial inoculation, this study only includes in situ drain tips from patients undergoing a clean surgery (with CDC class 1 wound) with a drain retained in situ for at least 72 hours. A positive culture is inferred as biolm formation, which is taken to be a precursor to ascending infection.(n=43). Findings: This study demonstrates an increasing trend of biolm formation within drains in situ with time. It ranges from 4.8-14.3% in patients who had drains in situ for 72 to 96 hours, to up to 28.6% after 96 hours. Even though an increasing trend is seen, the study could not prove that a statistically signicant correlation exists between the infection due to the post-op usage of a drain and the time it is left in situ (p=0.343), even with possible skin contaminants being considered as positive results (p=0.453). Conclusion: There seems to be an increasing trend of infection with time but, since the scope of this study was limited by its small sample size, replication studies with a larger sample size and randomized controlled trials or meta-analyses on the topic are still required to ascertain correlation and causality. Summary: We aimed at nding a correlation between the duration of drain placement and ascending infection towards the surgical site. The results of this study indicate that with a longer usage time, there is a rise in rates of biolm formation. The importance of this nding is that it points towards surgical drains as being one of the etiological factors of infection, but the same cannot be said conclusively and solely based on this study, and requires further investigation in the form of larger and more rigorous studies.

Validating the Factor Structure of the Stigma of Suicide Scale–Short Form Spanish Version Among Healthcare Students

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Ruthmarie Hernández-Torres ◽  
Paola Carminelli-Corretjer ◽  
Nelmit Tollinchi-Natali ◽  
Ernesto Rosario-Hernández ◽  
Yovanska Duarté-Vélez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthcare Students ◽  
Spanish Speaking

Abstract. Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death among Spanish-speaking individuals. Suicide stigma can be a risk factor for suicide. A widely used measure is the Stigma of Suicide Scale-Short Form (SOSS-SF; Batterham, Calear, & Christensen, 2013 ). Although the SOSS-SF has established psychometric properties and factor structure in other languages and cultural contexts, no evidence is available from Spanish-speaking populations. Aim: This study aims to validate a Spanish translation of the SOSS-SF among a sample of Spanish-speaking healthcare students ( N = 277). Method: We implemented a cross-sectional design with quantitative techniques. Results: Following a structural equation modeling approach, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the three-factor model proposed by Batterham and colleagues (2013) . Limitations: The study was limited by the small sample size and recruitment by availability. Conclusion: Findings suggest that the Spanish version of the SOSS-SF is a valid and reliable tool with which to examine suicide stigma among Spanish-speaking populations.

Testing the Strain Theory of Suicide – The Moderating Role of Social Support

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Lew ◽  
Ksenia Chistopolskaya ◽  
Yanzheng Liu ◽  
Mansor Abu Talib ◽  
Olga Mitina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Strains ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Background: According to the strain theory of suicide, strains, resulting from conflicting and competing pressures in an individual's life, are hypothesized to precede suicide. But social support is an important factor that can mitigate strains and lessen their input in suicidal behavior. Aims: This study was designed to assess the moderating role of social support in the relation between strain and suicidality. Methods: A sample of 1,051 employees were recruited in Beijing, the capital of China, through an online survey. Moderation analysis was performed using SPSS PROCESS Macro. Social support was measured with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and strains were assessed with the Psychological Strains Scale. Results: Psychological strains are a good predictor of suicidality, and social support, a basic need for each human being, moderates and decreases the effects of psychological strains on suicidality. Limitations: The cross-sectional survey limited the extent to which conclusions about causal relationships can be drawn. Furthermore, the results may not be generalized to the whole of China because of its diversity. Conclusion: Social support has a tendency to mitigate the effects of psychological strains on suicidality.

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