How to Lead in Federal Government

In todays workplace, especially in the midst of todays challenging times, we must understand the values of resilience, communication, decision-making, team-building, and diversity. These core competencies contribute to the success of being a diligent leader within government agencies. These competencies make the difference between opportunity and performance, and promote a positive work environment. Government agencies must make sure they are creating inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplaces.

Radical re-imagination: centering a BIPOC library workforce in an asset-based autoethnography

PurposeAcademic BIPOC librarians oftentime struggle to envision themselves and navigate in White-dominant spaces due to deficit thinking. To better understand how DEIA efforts can bolster structural change in academic libraries, the two BIPOC authors opted to lean on an asset-based exercise–imagining a positive work environment made possible through a library staffed entirely by BIPOC individuals.Design/methodology/approachThrough collaborative autoethnography, the two authors interviewed one another and centered their unstructured conversations around one question: “What does an academic library composed entirely of a BIPOC workforce look like?” Three emergent themes were agreed upon and finalized by the two authors.FindingsThe authors' imagined library is able to foster a supportive community and also function efficiently thanks to its shared purpose grounded in DEIA. Despite relying on an asset-based framework, the authors found themselves having to reckon with trials and tribulations currently faced by BIPOC librarians. Effectively envisioning the “ideal” library environment is not possible without also engaging with librarianship's legacy of racial injustices.Originality/valueRecognizing that confronting systems of oppression naturally invokes trauma, this paper encourages librarians to challenge deficit thinking and instead rely on asset-based models to candidly imagine an anti-racist academic library. The authors acknowledge that BIPOC voices and experiences add tremendous value to the library workplace. At the heart of this paper is the belief that reparations for past racial injustices should not only fix past wrongdoings, but also contribute to positive workplace cultures.

Effective Collaboration of Different Generations as a Tool for the Success of the Organizations

Job satisfaction of employees of organizations is a determinant of their success, high productivity of employees. Creating such a positive work environment require high demands on the work of managers - on their approach to their subordinates, on the style of leadership. An individual approach, knowledge about the differences of the individuals requires a high level of emotional intelligence.

Working Hard and Pushing through: A Thematic Analysis of Humanitarian Migrants’ Experiences in the Australian Workforce

Employment can play an important role for humanitarian migrants in their successful integration into a new country. For humanitarian migrants to Australia, there are no skill or language restrictions imposed on resettlement. Despite the benefits, humanitarian migrants often find themselves in low-status jobs and precarious working conditions. The present study examines perceptions of job quality and exposure to workforce psychosocial risk factors such as job strain, bullying, and discrimination. We conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with 30 humanitarian migrants from South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Thematic analysis of transcripts identified three overarching themes: Uncertainty and Insecurity, Working Hard and Pushing Through, and Positive Attitudes and Actions. Overall, our findings show that despite high levels of education and long-term residency in Australia, many of the participants struggled to find a safe and secure place in the workforce. While some spoke about their work in positive terms, their comments should not be taken as confirmation of a positive work environment. Humanitarian migrants face an uphill battle against oppressive working conditions and underemployment.

Improving employee job satisfaction in aviation industry

Job satisfaction is an important issue in an organization. Job satisfaction has been talked about over and over again because of the importance it has in both individual and group behaviour, which will affect in the productivity of an organization. Even though the role of job satisfaction is important in an organization, it is sometimes unnoticed and ignored by the management which in turn results in a decrease of organizational work performance. This study aims to answer why job satisfaction is important and how to improve it in aviation industry. The method used in this research is a literature review by finding specific researches that corresponds to the topic discussed, which is job satisfaction, to integrate them into a concise conclusion. This research uses samples from published journals in the last 10 years (2011 – 2021) found through google scholar with the main variable job satisfaction. The result of this study shows that based on the literature reviews of different journals, job satisfaction proves to strengthen employee engagement and organizational commitment, decreases the rate of employee turnover and improves employee productivity. There are a few proven ways to increase job satisfaction in aviation industry which is creating a conducive/positive work environment, applying reward and recognition management, developing the potential skills of employees and continuous evaluation and measurement of employee job satisfaction.

Using health and safety monitoring routines to enhance sustainable employability

BACKGROUND: Traditionally, the field of health and employment has mainly focused on preventing unhealthy work practices. Nowadays, there is increasing interest in also promoting a positive work environment. It is relevant to investigate how organizations can integrate both approaches into their work practices. We posit this could promote the sustainable employability of employees. OBJECTIVE: We explored whether a tool that monitors health and safety risks can also be used to create a positive work environment. METHODS: Almost 600 employees completed the Dutch version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ). We used regression analyses to investigate the associations between dimensions of work and employees’ outcome (stress and sustainable employability). We also validated the Dutch version of this questionnaire by adding Sustainable employability and Vigor. RESULTS: A theory-based selection of dimensions explained 32%of the variance in Sustainable employability, whereas a set of established predictors explained 16%in Stress. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated a good fit of the COPSOQ to the hypothesized model. Reliabilities of the dimensions were satisfactory to good. CONCLUSIONS: Our study indicates that organizations can use COPSOQ both as a tool to monitor risk, as well as a means of promoting positive work practices.

MR #4. Mutual Respect Within Department Teams

Discussion of non-technical management topics is always an area of interest in validation and QA professional meetings. Validation and QA functions are vital functions at a regulated manufacturing site. Validation and QA management must continually work to create a positive work environment in their respective functions. Mutual respect between...

Turnover intention and resistance to change

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the turnover intention – resistance to change relationship, the mediating role of burnout on this relationship and the moderating role of perceived organizational support. Design/methodology/approach Data was gathered from the responses of 410 managers employed in private organizations from the Delhi NCR region of India to a questionnaire survey. Findings The results show that resistance to change is positively related to turnover intentions and this relationship is explained by burnout. Perceived organizational support acts as a moderator and when it is high the strength of this relationship will be reduced. Practical implications Therefore for organizations to reduce staff turnover managers should identify increased levels of resistance and strengthen perceived organizational support through development of a positive work environment alongside policies and practices which support employee wellbeing. Originality/value This paper has an original approach by considering burnout as an intervening variable in the relationship between resistance to change and turnover intentions and examining perceived organizational support as a moderating factor.

A STUDY ON EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION WITH REFERENCE TO SELECTED COMPANIES IN AND AROUND VAPI

This paper discusses about the most important asset that any employer possesses which is not land, raw material, or profit, but people; their employees. Thus, it is the responsibility of employer to keep their employees motivated by creating a positive work environment, and providing employees with the opportunities to grow. Motivating employees is an art that requires time and dedication. Motivated employee’s results to retention or reduction in employee turnover, and enthusiastic employees out produce and outperform. This paper study the sources of motivational needs, benefits of motivation, recognition and rewards, and tactics that can be used to help motivate individuals. The data was collected through the telephonic interview of the HR professionals of the selected companies. The major outcomes of this research include that Employee motivation plays an essential role in an organization and it contributes towards effective and efficient working of the organization, resulting to the achievement of overall organizational goals.