scholarly journals How Sociodemographic Variables and Social Values Predict Work-Related General Anxiety in Brunei Public and Private Sector Employees

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Lawrence Mundia
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Odds Ratios ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables ◽  
High Odds ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Background: Numerous studies show that employees tend to have anxiety and other psychological problems at places of work. The present investigation explored the prevalence of work-related general anxiety in 860 randomly chosen Brunei public and private sector employees.Methods: A quantitative field survey design was used to reach many participants and employed binary logistic regression procedure with backward elimination in analyzing the data.Results: Males were far less likely to have work-related general anxiety compared to females. Employees who sought help from prayer / religion were nearly 1.7 times more likely to have work-related general anxiety compared to those who do not get such help. Workers who regularly got help from family members on problems had also high likelihood of possessing a great amount of work-related general anxiety compared to those who did not often get help from family members. Employees with a low educational background had high odds ratios for possessing work-related general anxiety compared to those with high education.Compared to high scorers: (1) low scorers on peace and security variable were less likely to have work-related general anxiety; (2) low scorers on personal wellbeing and happiness were also less likely to experience work-related general anxiety; (3) low scorers on self-regulation and self-direction were as well less likely to have work-related general anxiety; and (4) low scorers on employer-employee relationships were equally less likely to have work-related general anxiety issues. However, (5) low scorers on moral obligations were 1.6 times more likely to have work-related general anxiety problems; (6) low scorers on satisfaction with work-related achievements were 1.9 times more likely to have work-related general anxiety; (7) low scorers on interpersonal trust variable had high odds ratios for having work-related general anxiety problems; and (8) low scorers on work stress problems were surprisingly also highly likely to have work-related general anxiety problems.Conclusions: Sociodemographic variables and social work values presented above had different effects on work-related anxiety in employees. These are the variables to which attention and priority should be directed and accorded when counselling workers.

scholarly journals Organisational Diagnosis on Effectiveness: A Comparative Study of Public and Private Sector Organisations

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Sudhir K. Samantaray
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Line Managers ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Organisational Effectiveness ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Structural Variables ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Changes have taken place in the lives of Indian organisations due to globalization and developments in information and communication technology revolutions. The present research focused on comparative perspectives and conceptual frame work suggested by Daft (1995) to study public and private sector organisations relating to culture, structure and strategy on organisational effectiveness. 400 front line managers comprising of 200 public and 200 private sectors, were taken into consideration. Group t-tests were conducted to assess the similarities and dissimilarities among HR personnel. The findings made a modest empirical contribution to understanding the fundamental challenges of sectoral perspectives. On one hand, the findings confirmed significant differences between public and private sector employees in their perceptions of organisational culture, structure and strategy; and on the other hand, examined the theoretical model of the relationship between organisational effectiveness as a series of work-related outcomes stating no significant differences across the sectors. The study provided practical implications for organisational development in linking structural variables to performance; focused on organisational culture in organisational efforts; addressed organisational issues holistically; suggested future studies in the areas of measurement improvement; and explored further research questions.

scholarly journals Prediction of employer–employee relationships from sociodemographic variables and social values in Brunei public and private sector workers

2017 ◽  
Vol Volume 10 ◽  
pp. 257-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Mundia ◽  
Salwa Mahalle ◽  
Rohani Matzin ◽  
Gamal Abd Nasir Zakaria ◽  
Nor Zaiham Midawati Abdullah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables ◽  
Employee Relationships ◽  
Public And Private Sector

scholarly journals Sociodemographic variables and social values: relationship with work-attendance problems in Brunei public- and private-sector employees

2017 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 2307-2319
Author(s):  
Lawrence Mundia ◽  
Salwa Mahalle ◽  
Rohani Matzin ◽  
Gamal Abd Nasir Zakaria ◽  
Nor Zaiham Midawati Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables ◽  
Public And Private Sector

scholarly journals Assessment of Work-related Stress in Brunei Public and Private Sector Employees

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 221
Author(s):  
Lawrence Mundia
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Educational Counseling ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Public And Private Sector

The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of stress in work situations for 860 randomly selected Brunei public and private sector employees of both genders. A quantitative field survey was used to probe the problem. This strategy’s main difference and advantage compared to postal, telephone and online survey procedures was that it enabled an immediate collection of data onsite. Work-related stress was prevalent in Brunei public and private sector employees. Employees with low and middle level education were the most affected by work stress. In addition, workers who lived with parents and the chief income earners in the households were also distressed. Incorporation of an interview component would have helped in triangulation and interpretation of the survey findings. Prolonged and untreated work-related stress poses a high likelihood risk of lowering the quantity and quality of productivity in any work environment. Appropriate individual and group interventions (educational, counseling and psychotherapy) for vulnerable employees at risk of developing work-related stress problems were recommended. In addition, further research with interview probes was also desired to address the problem. To promote holistic employee mental health well-being, the labor force needs to operate in none-stressful work-places and live in stress-free contexts.

scholarly journals Globalization and Language Use on Social Media in Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Shanzay Kamran ◽  
Sabiha Mansoor
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
English Language ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Public And Private Sector

This article examines the written comments of Pakistani students on the official Facebook sites of the public and private sector universities in order to study their English language skills and social networking systems of students and its implications for language policy in education. The study focused on the quantitative and statistical analysis and investigated the differences of Facebook users from the public and private sector in the light of educational background, regional variation, and gender. Results of the study displayed the dominant use of English and a significant difference between public and private sector students in their preference to use English. Results also showed that there is considerable differences in men and women representation on Social Networking Sites (Facebook) in some provinces of Pakistan. Findings of the study raise the issue of language discrimination between students of public and private sector universities, in terms of access and equity of the current language policy in Pakistan to meet language demands of globalization.

scholarly journals On Her Own Account: How Strengthening Women’s Financial Control Impacts Labor Supply and Gender Norms

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 (7) ◽  
pp. 2342-2375
Author(s):  
Erica Field ◽  
Rohini Pande ◽  
Natalia Rigol ◽  
Simone Schaner ◽  
Charity Troyer Moore
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Financial Control ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Work Related ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
And Training

Can increasing control over earnings incentivize a woman to work, and thereby influence norms around gender roles? We randomly varied whether rural Indian women received bank accounts, training in account use, and direct deposit of public sector wages into their own (versus husbands’) accounts. Relative to the accounts only group, women who also received direct deposit and training worked more in public and private sector jobs. The private sector result suggests gender norms initially constrained female employment. Three years later, direct deposit and training broadly liberalized women’s own work-related norms, and shifted perceptions of community norms. (JEL G51, G53, J16, J31, O12, O16, Z13)

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