T.P. Hutchinson, E. Chekaluk and D. Cairns
The paper re‐examines data published by Johnnie (Work Study, 1996) on the performance of two groups of bank workers on four examination subjects. This leads to a discussion of the…
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The paper re‐examines data published by Johnnie (Work Study, 1996) on the performance of two groups of bank workers on four examination subjects. This leads to a discussion of the application of the analysis of variance in contexts where there is one within‐person factor (for example, examination subject), one between‐group factor (for example, urban or rural location of person), and persons constitute a random factor within the group factor. The analysis of Johnnie’s data leads to a conclusion that differs from the original – that the two groups differ in mean score on one of the examinations.
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Examines formal education and its contributions to the developmentof human resources in organizations. Advances the main thesis thatformal education has contributed significantly…
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Examines formal education and its contributions to the development of human resources in organizations. Advances the main thesis that formal education has contributed significantly in developing the skills of employees in areas such as motivation, leadership, job design, communication and labour law. It would have been difficult to organize work in a systematic manner without formal education. Formal education therefore is the pillar on which the “wheel” of organizations is made to spin.
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Having reviewed Nigeria's recent attempts at incomes policy, it is concluded that future policies need to be kept to a one‐year maximum in order to generate sufficient public…
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Having reviewed Nigeria's recent attempts at incomes policy, it is concluded that future policies need to be kept to a one‐year maximum in order to generate sufficient public support to guarantee success. Enforcement of incomes policies should also be guided strictly by the law, and guidelines should be vigorously pursued and upheld. Whether this will be achieved, however, is rather less certain.
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Reviews the literature relating to job‐related testing, and describes a specific study which examined the test scores, on written tests, of urban and rural bank workers in a…
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Reviews the literature relating to job‐related testing, and describes a specific study which examined the test scores, on written tests, of urban and rural bank workers in a national bank. The purpose of the test was to determine the effect of location on test performance of the two sets of bank workers. Also compares the test performance of individual bank workers in both urban and rural branches, and attempts to determine the degree of difficulty and/or ease of the materials to both urban and rural bank workers. Concludes that the location of the bank workers does not have any significant effect on test performance, nor do the individual test scores of both urban and rural bank workers have any significant relationship with location. Also concludes that the test materials were equally difficult for both categories of worker.
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Periodically, African Industrial Managers face management decisions regarding how to build or create images of themselves in the perception of their subordinates. This article…
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Periodically, African Industrial Managers face management decisions regarding how to build or create images of themselves in the perception of their subordinates. This article describes an inquiry into how the African Industrial Manager would manage the impressions of his subordinates. It identified frameworks and methods that recognise the role processes play in organisational life through impression management formations. This was done through the use of focus groups and key informant interviews, with managers and workers in forty‐five firms in the manufacturing and service sub‐sector of both private and public sectors of the economy. It was discovered that an agenda for practicing impression management in African work organisations could adopt the IMD‐AIMmodel of impression management, which highlights the Physical Appearance and Trait‐Signal Dimension, Direct‐Indirect Acquisitive Dimension and Direct‐Indirect Protective Dimension. This model offers increasing potential benefits for African Industrial Managers and the work organizations they manage within their differentiated environments.
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The empirical study reported here attempts to establish the degree of relationship between test scores and on‐the‐job performance scores (job evaluation) of bank workers. We…
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The empirical study reported here attempts to establish the degree of relationship between test scores and on‐the‐job performance scores (job evaluation) of bank workers. We developed two related research hypotheses ‐ Pearson’s product‐moment correlation coefficient (γ) and Pearson’s contingency coefficient (C) to establish the degree of relationship between test scores and on‐the‐job performance scores. The results of the two hypotheses clearly indicates that there exist perfect linear relationship between test scores and on‐the‐job performance scores of bank workers. The result of this study is likely to assist scholars in bridging any existing conceptual gaps in test scores and on‐the‐job performance and practitioners in formulating appropriate policies on employee test scores and job performance scores.
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The paper aims to identify the key issues of job design research and practice to motivate employees' performance.
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The paper aims to identify the key issues of job design research and practice to motivate employees' performance.
Design/methodology/approach
The conceptual model of Hackman and Oldham's job characteristics has been adopted to motivate employees' performance.
Findings
The paper finds that a dynamic managerial learning framework is required in order to enhance employees' performance to meet global challenges.
Practical implications
Traditional outcomes will certainly remain central to the agenda. But some wider developments are to be incorporated within organizational systems so as to motivate employees for better performance.
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The paper may be of value to researchers and practitioners in the management development field for offering enhanced jobs to employees leading to improved performance.
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Mbita Mbao and Johnnie Hamilton-Mason
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of African community leaders, on factors that influence substance use and mental health status of Sub-Sahara African…
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Purpose
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of African community leaders, on factors that influence substance use and mental health status of Sub-Sahara African immigrants living in the northeast region of the USA.
Design/methodology/approach
A social constructionist approach to grounded theory was used to understand social life’s complexity in the African community. Data analysis consisted of initial coding and focused coding, which led to the emerging of the following mid-range theories.
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The following mid-range theories are developed: the work culture of Sub-Sahara African immigrants may influence substance-use behaviors, impact treatment for mental health and contribute to interpersonal conflicts related to marriage and parenting; there may be a relationship between the culture of privacy and spirituality because the church is often a place of comfort, and many may not seek treatment for mental health for fear of losing that community; Sub-Sahara African immigrants’ mental health and substance-use behaviors are influenced by unique factors that stem from balancing living in the new culture while also preserving their unique cultural norms.
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The analysis of perceptions of African community leaders underscored “On the go” as a metaphor for describing Sub-Sahara African immigrants.
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Alcohol sponsorship of sport is common in Australia, with much debate about the appropriateness of linking sport with alcohol advertising and promotion. This paper provides…
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Alcohol sponsorship of sport is common in Australia, with much debate about the appropriateness of linking sport with alcohol advertising and promotion. This paper provides examples of such sponsorships to appreciate the extent and nature of the complex relationship between sport and alcohol sponsors. The public health and policy implications of alcohol sponsorship of sport extending to creating a sporting competition purely to promote an alcohol brand are considered.
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There have been widespread speculations by observers, management practitioners and scholars that there has been a vandalisation of humanitarian rationalism in strategic…
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There have been widespread speculations by observers, management practitioners and scholars that there has been a vandalisation of humanitarian rationalism in strategic organisations. By vandalisation of humanitarian rationalism, we mean the absolute and wanton disregard and abuse of established rules and regulations by the managers of Strategic Organisations and the control environment. The control environment (government) after establishing the necessary framework for the management of Strategic Organisations, most of the times, turns around to flout the same rules and regulations it had made to regulate social relations at work. This is done sometimes through irregular employment of staff, and at other times through unnecessary political interference from political office holders. This makes the whole idea of Quota System (QS) as an instrument of employment questionable. Quota System of employment sometimes serve as cynosure for the recruitment of unqualified persons from certain parts of the country. The incompetence of these individuals, to a large extent has led to the inability of Strategic Organisations to accomplish their mission. Strategic Organisations can be described as those organisations established by government to develop the necessary framework for socio‐ economic development in all sectors of the Nigerian economy. Khandwalla's (1986) definition of strategic organisations is that, they are: