Replicatie van een psychosociale typologie bij Vlaamse werkzoekenden

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cémile Cuypers ◽  
Hans De Witte
Keyword(s):  
Content Type ◽  
One Way Anova

Samenvatting Werkloosheid veroorzaakt zowel op maatschappelijk als op individueel vlak problemen. Door een stijging van het aantal werklozen in de jaren tachtig ontstond de vraag naar risicoprofielen. De werklozenpopulatie is immers een heterogene groep, die ingedeeld kan worden in typen. Op basis van deze typen kan er een geschikt beleid en geschikte begeleiding voorzien worden per type. Er zijn in het verleden verschillende classificaties van werkzoekenden ontstaan. Dit onderzoek omvat een replicatiestudie van de psychosociale typologie van bij kortdurig werkzoekenden. Meer concreet wordt nagegaan of de volgende vier typen kortdurig werklozen terug te vinden zijn in de huidige populatie Vlaamse kortdurig werklozen: (1) ‘optimisten’, (2) ‘wanhopigen’, (3) ‘ontmoedigden’, en (4) ‘teruggetrokkenen’. Uit dit onderzoek bij 1.137 Vlaamse werkzoekenden worden na een hiërarchische agglomeratieve clusteranalyse (methode van Ward) en one-way ANOVA-analyses dezelfde typen teruggevonden als in voorgaand onderzoek. Deze vier typen zijn inhoudelijk grotendeels in overeenstemming met vorig onderzoek. De achtergrondkenmerken van de werkzoekende hangen gedeeltelijk samen met de typologie. Uit dit onderzoek kan geconcludeerd worden dat de psychosociale typologie bij kortdurig werklozen herbevestigd wordt. Vervolgonderzoek bij een representatieve steekproef is echter aangewezen.

The role of demographic factors of international students on teaching preferences

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-71
Author(s):  
Pramila Rao
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Teaching Preferences ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose This empirical research was conducted in a medium-sized private university located in the north-eastern region of the USA. The purpose of this paper was to understand whether demographic attributes (age, gender, country of origin and years of stay in the USA) of international students will predict any preferences for specific teaching methods. This study was conducted with international students from October 2012 through May 2013 (fall and spring semesters). Design/methodology/approach This research paper provides hypotheses to explore whether there is any relationship between demographic factors and preferences for various teaching methods. This study analyzes the results using both Pearson’s correlations and one-way ANOVA to reject or accept the hypotheses. Findings The results demonstrated that there were no significant correlations between the demographic variables of international students and teaching methods. However, the one-way ANOVA analyses suggested that there are differences among age groups and their preferences for group projects, years of studying in the USA and their preferences for classroom discussions, and gender and their preferences for textbook assignments. Practical implications This study suggests that scholars provide orientation or training on the host country’s pedagogies so that international students can assimilate better into their academic communities. Originality/value This pioneering paper examines the role between demographic variables of international students and teaching pedagogies. This specific concept has not been examined in this literature before. This understanding could contribute to a richer understanding of this population of students.

Attitudes toward cheating among business students at a private Kenyan university

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Rosario Catacutan
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ethics Instruction ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The One ◽  
Attitudes Toward Cheating ◽  
Ethics Courses ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose This study aims to investigate attitudes toward cheating among business students at a private university in Kenya and examine if a significant difference exists in cheating perceptions among students who have completed one or two ethics courses, and those who have done none. Design/methodology/approach A total of 554 undergraduate business students participated in this research. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the one-way ANOVA. Findings The results found that students perceived cheating in exam-related situations as quite serious, while cheating on written assignments was not considered a serious offence. Results of the one-way ANOVA indicate that there was a significant difference in the cheating perceptions ratings for the three groups. Post hoc comparisons using the Tukey HSD test indicate that the mean score for students who have done two ethics courses was significantly different from that of students who have done only one ethics course. Practical implications This study has a number of implications for educators and administrators. Ethics instruction cannot achieve its desired effect on student behavior without institutional support. Administrators also need to be cognizant of the influence that school environment has on student cheating. Faculty and university administrators can influence students’ behavior in the way they practice academic integrity in their teaching and administrative functions. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this research is the first study to explore academic cheating at a private Kenyan university where ethics instruction is taught to undergraduate students.

scholarly journals Does leverage level matter for return anomaly during rights issue announcements? The case of Islamic countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-155
Author(s):  
Murat Isiker ◽  
Oktay Tas
Keyword(s):  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Share Prices ◽  
Debt Level ◽  
Islamic Countries ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Rights Issue ◽  
Return Anomaly ◽  
One Way Anova ◽  
Event Study Methodology

PurposeThis paper aims to measure investors' perception of the rights issue announcement of publicly listed companies in five stock markets of Islamic countries. Then, these firms are grouped according to their debt level to examine whether abnormal returns are different from those that are highly leveraged. Moreover, Sharīʿah compatibility of firms is checked to understand if return anomaly shows different behaviour around rights issue announcement days.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis period includes the years 2010–2019, which includes 362 rights issue announcements. The event study methodology is applied to measure the level of impact that is triggered by the rights issue announcements. Hereafter, one-way ANOVA test is performed to identify whether there exists a difference among the sample groups according to their debt level.FindingsFindings suggest that rights issue announcements cause −3.90% fall in share prices on average for the whole sample. However, negative abnormal return is found significant only in Egypt and Turkey. Individual regression analysis results suggest that an increase in debt level worsens the return anomaly only in Egypt. This refers that the rights issue announcement is perceived as less favourable for highly leveraged companies compared to others in this country. Finally, Sharīʿah-compliant companies show better performance compared to non-compliant counterparts around the event dates.Originality/valueThis paper is novel in evaluating market reaction during rights issue announcements in multiple Islamic countries. Also, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first attempt to compare return behaviour of Sharīʿah-compliant and non-compliant firms around the rights issue announcements.

scholarly journals DOES CONTENT DISSEMINATION THROUGH FACEBOOK MATTER FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS: A STUDY OF KERALA POLICE DEPARTMENTS FACEBOOK PAGE

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (04) ◽  
pp. 272-283
Author(s):  
Mishel Elizabeth Jacob ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Video Content ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Media Research ◽  
One Way Anova

Government organisationsare generally known to be lagging behind their citizens in the use of social networking sites with half of the departments having little or no presence in such platforms. This study aims at understanding what type of content affects citizens attitude towards a Government Departments social media pages and how they perceive the message disseminated through such platforms. The researchers have selected the case of the Kerala Police Departments (KPD) Facebook page for the present study. Respondents who are post graduate students from various departments of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala were subject to different type and formats of content stimuli to assess their attitude towards the content type/format itself and attitude towards the department through a questionnaire. Not only will such a study contribute towards the knowledge base on social media research, this study will also help police department across states in India to develop appropriate content for social media to reach their citizens. In order to test the hypotheses and identify interactions between the dependent and independent variables, one-way ANOVA and independent sample t-tests were used. The results revealed significant differences in attitude towards KPD across stimuli and also attitude towards the stimuli itself. Among the various content type provided as stimuli, Hilarious memes generated the most favourable attitude towards the department. The attitude of the respondents towards post re-posting user content was the most favourable. Image/ photo content generates more positive attitude towards the department compared to video content. The study has also revealed that there is a significant difference between the attitudes of respondents who have had priorinteractionwith the Facebook page of KPDversus those who have had no priorinteraction.

The implementation of health and safety practices: Do demographic attributes matter?

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 530-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justus N. Agumba ◽  
Theo C. Haupt
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Upper Management ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Management Commitment ◽  
Demographic Attributes ◽  
And Training ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to investigate the personnel attributes perception on reliable and valid health and safety (H&S) practices within small- and medium-sized construction enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa. It explores whether these valid and reliable H&S practices could be implemented based on the demographic attributes, namely, years of experience in the construction industry, number of years working in the current organisation and educational level. Design/methodology/approach – A mixed method approach was used to conduct this research, namely, Delphi and questionnaire survey. A structured questionnaire consisting of 31 H&S practices categorised into five major H&S practices was developed from extensive literature review and the participation of 20 purposive sampled H&S experts. Sixteen H&S experts completed four iterations. A convenient sample of 1,450 SMEs was obtained. In total, 228 questionnaires were returned, of which 216 responses were useable for analysis. The data were analysed using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to determine the validity, reliability and acceptability of the H&S practices. Finally, one-way ANOVA and t-test were conducted to determine personnel attributes perception on the implementation of the H&S practices. Findings – The five major H&S practices (constructs), namely, upper management commitment and involvement in H&S, employee involvement and empowerment in H&S, project supervision, project H&S planning and communication in H&S and H&S resources and training, were retained as reliable and valid practices of H&S within construction SMEs at project level. One-way ANOVA established no statistical significant difference on the respondents’ perception of the H&S practices. However, t-test revealed statistically significant difference on the respondents’ perception on, upper management commitment and involvement in H&S and H&S resources and training. The respondents with post-matric qualification strongly agreed that upper management are committed and involved in H&S. Originality/value – The findings may help construction SMEs to use these H&S practices to manage H&S in their projects. The SMEs may also consider the level of education of their personnel when implementing H&S practices of upper management and H&S resources and training.

Outsourcing decision factors of building operation and maintenance services in the commercial sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kittipong Suweero ◽  
Wutthipong Moungnoi ◽  
Chotchai Charoenngam
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Commercial Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Decision Factors ◽  
Operation And Maintenance ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Participant Group ◽  
Building Operation ◽  
Outsourcing Decision ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose Building operation and maintenance (BOM) services are important activities for highly competitive businesses. In addition, outsourcing decision factors are key to the effectiveness of BOM. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to identify and prioritize the decision factors that affect outsourcing decision factors for BOM services, to elicit the different perceptions of each managerial group (shopping centers, hotels, and hospitals), and to categorize the important outsourced BOM decision factors. Design/methodology/approach On the basis of the literature review, the authors observed that there are 56 outsourcing decision factors in six groups. The survey included 105 of the largest and most competitive companies in Bangkok, Thailand. The statistical methods applied were the relative importance index (RII), t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and factor analysis (FA). Findings The findings show that the three participant groups are different in some respects, as shown by their RII values. After ranking the RII values, the top 15 factors for each participant group were used to compare the participant groups using the t-test and one-way ANOVA, which confirmed their respective similarities and differences. Through an FA, the top reasons that each business outsourced BOM services were grouped into major categories. Originality/value The results of this research will not only facilitate an understanding of the related decision factors used by each particular business in the commercial sector but will also assist outsourcing companies in identifying and improving support services for businesses.

scholarly journals Employee age and the impact on work engagement

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 209-213
Author(s):  
Stephanie Douglas ◽  
Robin Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Older Employees ◽  
Utrecht Work Engagement Scale ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Employee Work Engagement ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose Employee engagement studies are popular in contemporary research because of the complexity organizations face in nurturing the performance and productivity of multi-generations of workers. The purpose of this paper is to assess association of age and dimensions of work engagement. Design/methodology/approach In total, 181 participants completed the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) to measure work engagement including the dimensions of absorption, vigor and dedication as well as demographics. One-way ANOVA and post hoc tests were conducted to examine the relationship between age and work engagement. Findings Employees 50 years of age and older were found to have statistically significant higher work engagement scores than the employees under the age of 50. Statistically significant scores were also found to be higher in absorption and dedication. Originality/value The workforce is aging with older employees becoming larger populations in organizations. Understanding how age influences employee work engagement supports human capital management strategy within organizations. HR professionals can also use the findings to develop targeted employee engagement to leverage the dedication and talents of older employees.

scholarly journals How do Polish and Indonesian disclose in Facebook?

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahkman Ardi ◽  
Dominika Maison
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Online Behaviour ◽  
Positive Content ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explain cross-cultural differences in online self-disclosure (SD) between Indonesians, who live in a highly collectivist culture, and Poles – a hierarchical individualist culture. Various psychological factors have been taken into consideration, such as the need for popularity (NfP), the need to belong (NtB) and self-esteem (SE). Design/methodology/approach – This study was designed as a quantitative study. First, a one-way ANOVA was performed to compare online SD and specific behaviours online between Indonesians and Poles. Second, correlational analysis between online SD and other psychological factors (NfP, NtB, SE) was conducted. Findings – Indonesians were more likely than Poles to disclose information on Facebook. On the other hand, Poles showed a tendency to disclose more positive content than Indonesians. It was also found that SE was significantly correlated with positive content of online SD for both countries. Furthermore, online SD on Facebook is more closely associated with NfP than NtB. Research limitations/implications – This study possesses several limitations in regard to the lack of generalization; this is due to the choice in scales and the sampling procedure. Thereby, further studies must take into consideration the proportion of genders, the differences in the construction of the “self” between individualist and collectivist cultures and the interpretation of culture orientation based on the primary data. Furthermore, several results related to the online SD would need to be verified by further studies to get a holistic explanation. Originality/value – The current research is for all means and purposes original, as it investigates the differences of online behaviours between cultures – Polish and Indonesian – basing on the premise that there are crucial differences between collectivist and individualist cultures. No prior articles attempted the comparison between those nationalities in online behaviour.

The strategic hybrid orientation and brand performance of B2B SMEs

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 585-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Anees-ur-Rehman ◽  
Saila Saraniemi ◽  
Pauliina Ulkuniemi ◽  
Pia Hurmelinna-laukkanen
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Brand Awareness ◽  
Brand Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Brand Credibility ◽  
B2b Branding ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to learn how strategic hybrid orientation – constructed from brand and market orientations – is related to the brand awareness, brand credibility, and financial performance of business-to-business (B2B) small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The questionnaire was used in a survey to collect data from 250 Finnish B2B SMEs. The sampled firms were categorized into four clusters according to a two-by-two matrix, and their relationships with the brand performance outcomes were examined using one-way ANOVA and multiple regression. Findings The results indicate that strategic hybrid orientation is positively related to all three dimensions of brand performance, showing that two dissimilar orientations can complement each other in improving brand performance outcomes. However, the strength of complementary interaction seems to vary depending on the degree to which brand- and market-oriented attributes dominate in a firm’s strategy. Originality/value This is one of the first studies to provide empirical evidence to support the concept of strategic hybrid orientation for branding in B2B SMEs. This study aims to contribute to existing research on SME branding by capitalizing on B2B branding and strategic management literatures.

Active and upcoming deals: effect on purchase intention

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-45
Author(s):  
Garima Chaklader
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Online Retailing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Brand Familiarity ◽  
Experimental Laboratory ◽  
Managerial Strategies ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the interaction of timing cues (active deals vs upcoming deals) and brand familiarity on consumers’ purchase intention. Design/methodology/approach The research design of this paper is based on one experiment conducted in a behavioural experimental laboratory and two experiments in Mechanical Turk. The data received from these experiments were analysed using one-way ANOVA technique and PROCESS models. Findings Results across three experiments show that consumers prefer upcoming deals over active deals when brands are of low familiarity. However, the effect is attenuated for brands with high familiarity. Further, the paper proposes and shows that the effects of timing cues and brand familiarity interactions on purchase intention are explained by temporal distance. Finally, results show that need for cognition moderates the effects. Research limitations/implications The research results may vary when size of discounts is mentioned. There is a need to study various other moderators such as product type, self-other overlap and regulatory focus. Practical implications The paper offers managerial strategies and insights that can be adopted by the online retailing industry. Paper offers practical implications for brands, especially for ones with low familiarity. Originality/value This paper adds to the literature by studying new timing cues to understand the behaviour of consumers in retailing industries.

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