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Učinak broja opcija na promjenu preferencija uslijed odluke

Author(s): Andrea Ritoša,Igor Bajšanski / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 2/2015

Decisions not only reflect but also shape preferences. Making a choice between two equally attractive options alters the preferences in a way that the evaluation of a chosen option increases, while the evaluation of a non- -chosen option decreases. Preference change is a way of dealing with choice-induced cognitive dissonance. The aim of this study was to examine whether the choice-induced preference change differs when the number of options in the choice task is considered. Research was carried out on 57 subjects. Their task was to evaluate the attractiveness of travel destinations, choose between two, four or six equally or unequally attractive options, and then to re-evaluate them. It was found that after making a choice between equally attractive options, the chosen options became more attractive. This effect was stronger in the tasks with more options. The desirability of rejected options was lower after the choice was made, and this effect was stronger in the tasks with a smaller number of options. With easy choices, there was no significant difference in preference change for chosen and non-chosen alternatives. These findings support the idea that decisions shape preferences.

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TRACING STRESS SYMPTOMS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

Author(s): Irbha Magotra / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

The present study aimed to get an insight into the kind of symptoms of work stress experienced by employees in middle level management of the manufacturing industry. A sample of 103 middle level employees from manufacturing organizations of Jammu region (India) has been utilized in the study. The results uncover eleven indicators of stress, namely, paranoid behaviour, physical reactions, personal habits, lack of quality sleep, emotional volatility, receptive instability, sleep turmoil, fatigue syndrome, emotional detachment, diet and anxiety indicators and work syndrome. The study suggested that these indicators can be used as screening kit for the purpose of identification of stress among the employees whose overlook can push the employees towards the trench of stress.

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РОЛЬ ЛИДЕРА В МОТИВАЦИИ СОТРУДНИКОВ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ И ПРИНЯТИИ ИМИ КОРПОРАТИВНОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ

Author(s): Elena Nikolaevna Ibragimova,Leonid Mikhailovich Popov / Language(s): Russian Issue: 6/2014

This paper investigates the role of the leader of an organization as a main psychological determinant in motivation of the employees and their acceptance of corporate culture. The study of external and internal motivation of a person revealed that if the corporate culture of an organization takes into account the desire of an individual for self-determination and does not violate the internal integrity of his personality, than the mechanism of the employee’s introception of external purposes starts.

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Understanding What Drives Informal Learning at Work: An Application of the Resource-Based View

Author(s): Debora Jeske,Christian Stamov Roßnagel / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

The resource-based view identifies a number of factors that may influence employees’ informal learning. In a cross-sectional survey of 113 German employees in the energy sector, we examined a number of potential predictors of informal learning and a more positive informal learning attitude. The results showed that proactive help-seeking and professional self-efficacy were positive predictors of informal learning. Employees who were older, who enjoyed learning, sought help and were self-efficacious learners had a more positive attitude towards informal learning. Employees who had a more positive attitude about informal learning rated organisational learning provisions as less important, potentially due to being proactive help-seekers. Managers rated organisational learning resources as less important than non-managerial employees. However, managers also reported higher professional self-efficacy. These circumstances may also influence their decision-making regarding the need to provide learning resources to others in the workplace.

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Exploring Employee Motivation in Polish Family Firms. Case of Retail Sector

Author(s): Iwona Kubica,Marek Szarucki / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

This article focuses on the construct employee motivation in family businesses. Its main aim is to examine employee motivation in family firms on the example of selected companies from the retail sector in Poland. First, selected theoretical aspects of family business functioning have been discussed. Second, the special character of employee motivation in family firms has been presented, in the light of literature. As methods of research literature review and a semistructured questionnaire were applied. The empirical part presents the results of the analysis of the employee motivation in the selected firms. Finally, some insights and recommendations for future research were proposed.

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Czech journalists in the 21st century: who are they?

Author(s): Alice Nĕmcová- Tejkalová,Filip Láb / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

Who are Czech journalists and what do they do? Based on data from 291 interviews with Czech journalists working in the news media at various levels between 2012 and 2014, for the Worlds of Journalism Study (www.worldsofjournalism.org), the paper introduces for the first time an overview of the most important results of the Czech part of the study. We present an analysis of the data on journalists’ working conditions, the most and least important perceived influences on their work, as well as their level of trust in various institutions, recent significant changes perceived in their profession and the professional roles they prefer. The basic demographic data of our sample is also given. The survey was done in two phases, between which significant media ownership changes took place, making the results highly up-to-date. We conclude that the position of journalists is changing. Journalists are required to write more stories than before, yet have less time to research them. Although they assert the importance of journalistic ethics, they have also perceived that ethical standards have somewhat weakened recently. Nevertheless, they express a high level of autonomy and freedom in their work.

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Yöneticilerin Çatışma Yönetim Tarzı ile Çalışanların Role Dayalı Performansı Arasındaki İlişki: Bankacılık Sektöründe Bir Araştırma

Author(s): İlknur Taştan Boz,Nevin Deniz / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 14/2016

It is known that conflicts are a fact of business life and they are unavoidable, so these conflicts have some effects on the organization and the employee. Conflict management style is important in order to avoid the negative and destructive effects of conflicts on the organization and the employee and to obtain positive and constructive results. The employee performance is the premier of fundamental issues as it provides a general success and competition for organizations. The population of research area is the employees of the 11 private banks in Istanbul. Face to face questionnaire was applied to 359 employees in those banks. According to the research results, conflict management styles except avoidance behaviors have a positive effect on role-based performance of employees. It was understood from the research that integrative reconciliation and cooperation conflict management styles affect the role-based performance directly. Furthermore, there were differences in perceiving the business experience which is a demographic factor and the contribution of role-based performance to the organization in the research. Those who have 11 years experience or more had higher perception of role performance contributing to organization than the others.

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İş ve Kişilik Özelliklerinin Çalışan Girişimciliği Yönelimine Etkisinde Kontrol Mekanizmalarının Rolü

Author(s): İpek Kişlali,İnci Erdem Artan / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 14/2016

The aim of this study is to analyze the role of control mechanisms in the effect of job and personality characteristics on intrapreneurship behavior. Quantitative research methods have been used in the study. The analyses of the questionnaires of 305 participants have been taken into consideration. The findings emphasize that the differences especially in work locus of control variable, as one of the personality characteristics, cause significant differences in intrapreneurship behavior. With respect to levels of control mechanism variables which are human resources management control mechanisms and personal control variables, differences in the effect on intrapreneurship behavior have also been detected.

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Örgüt Kültürü ile Personel Güçlendirme Arasındaki İlişkiye Yönelik Bir Araştırma

Author(s): İlhami Yücel,Daimi Koçak / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 12/2016

Being of people oriented of today’s businesses has been compulsory due to increased customer and employee expectations. Empowerment has an important place in the field of today’s business management approach. Empowerment can be carried out by a culture which supports creating a flexible place for employees, incorporating them into decisions, training them continuously and letting them using authority and responsibility. In other words, application of personnel empowerment successfully depends on culture of organization. The main objective of this study is to determine the relationship between organizational culture and employee empowerment and to reveal the proportion of the relationship between organization culture and strengthening staff concepts in terms of sub sub-dimensions by examining the stated concepts. The research was carried out by performing survey conducted on 310 employees working in a company from aviation industry. In the analysis of the conducted surveys, frequency distributions, reliability analysis, factor analysis, t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation analysis and regression analysis were used from statistical methods and the results were summarized in tables. The workers of the company where the surveys were performed stated that the organization had adhocracy and market culture and they felt as reinforced.

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The Effect of Organizational Commitment on the Social Exchange and Organizational Socialization: A Study in Research and Practice Hospital of Kocaeli University

Author(s): İhsan Yiğit / Language(s): English Issue: 12/2016

In this study, the effect of organizational commitment variable on social exchange and organizational socialization was examined. According to social exchange, concrete rewards such as money and other benefits make employees spend extra effort and not to leave their organizations. Organizational socialization process shows the changes in certain attitudes and beliefs of an individual in organizational commitment. According to the findings, affective commitment factor has a positive effect on institution-duty factor, education factor and work-colleague factor of organizational socialization. According to this result, it is possible to say that when the level of organizational commitment increases, social exchange level of Kocaeli University employees also increases.

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Kurum İçi İletişimi Geliştirmede Software (Yazılım) Kullanımının Rolü

Author(s): Deniz Herand,Tuğçe Çalisir / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 8/2014

Titled “The Role of Software for the Improvement of Intra-company Communication”, this article aims the improvement of intra-company communication skills with comparison of three different kinds of Software systems in SAP-Consulting Companies. Through this study, the purpose is to bring significance of the topic to the attention of administrators and employees. This study comprises three chapters. The first chapter is an entrance to the role of the intra-company communication nowadays. The second chapter covers the conceptual framework of the intra-company communication. Also, second chapter includes the importance, functionality and the improvement of the intra-company communication. Inside of the improvement part, there are also commentaries about these three software systems which have been handled in this article. The last chapter covers detailed explanations about these three software systems. With this comparison, it has been offered three different solutions for the improvement of the intra-company communication to the SAP-Consulting companies.

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Psikolojik Taciz Algısının Örgütsel Güven Üzerindeki Rolü

Author(s): F. Merve Durdağ,Atılhan Naktiyok / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2011

The main purpose of this study is to explain the relationship between mobbing and organizational trust. In this context, the main components of mobbing are determined; elements of mobbing process and the components of organizational trust are explained. Also, it is examined the organizational trust and the dimensions of the organizational trust. In this study, the data were gathered by survey technique (face to face) from 205 nurses who are in charged to hospitals in Erzurum. The effect of mobbing on organizational trust is theoretically explained. The research hypotheses of the thesis are tested. Findings confirm the mobbing affects organizational trust and trust in supervisor.

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Yapısal ve Psikolojik Güçlendirmenin İşyeri Nezaketsizliği ve Tükenmişliğe Etkisi

Author(s): Fatih Özçalık,Sema Polatci / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 1/2013

This study was designed to determine the correlations and effects between two dimensions of empowerment, workplace incivility and burnout. According to the research model, mediation effect of workplace incivility on the relationship between dimensions of empowerment and burnout was analyzed. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to test the research model. Data were gathered from 171 bank employees in Çorum. Results showed that structural and psychological empowerment affect burnout negatively, structural empowerment affects workplace incivility negatively, and workplace incivility affects burnout positively. Furthermore, workplace incivility plays a mediator role on the relationship between structural empowerment and burnout

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Kişilik Kavramının Örgütler Açısından Önemi: Bir Literatür Taraması

Author(s): Emrah Özsoy,Yıldız Gültekin / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2013

The aim of this study is to determine the importance of personality theme in terms of organizations. In this regard first the concept of personality was explained generally and focused on the factors affecting personality and the characteristics of the concept of personality. Then, the importance of personality for organizations was examined. In this context, the importance of personality in terms of organization was evaluated over three dimensions which are respectively; recruitment, understanding employee behavior and personality and specific organizational variables relations. In the study the importance of personality in terms of recruitment, understanding employee behavior and various organizational variables has been revealed through the relevant literature. At the end of the study, some recommendations were suggested for researchers and organizations regarded with research areas and practices.

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Multidimensional and comparative study on intellectual capital and organisational performance

Author(s): Boris Urban,Gabriël Coenraad Daniël Stoltz Joubert / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

Intellectual capital (IC) as the knowledge-based equity of organizations is increasingly recognised as an important value contributor to performance. By building on previous research, the study examines the IC components of human capital, structural capital and relational capital as they relate to organisational performance. Following past international studies, a model is developed and statistically tested. A survey is administered to firms across several industries and data is analysed employing structural equation modelling. Recognising that replications and extensions of IC studies are vital to knowledge development, comparisons with international studies are made. The results provide support for the hypotheses where relationships between the IC components and performance are evident. These findings suggest that it is crucial for an organisation to optimise the utilisation of its human capital for the sake of optimising its structural capital, which leads to higher performance. By positioning the study in terms of IC literature, the study offers the ability to compare the present study findings with similar findings across countries.

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Buket sezer örgütsel ustalik ve örgütsel öğrenme arasindaki ilişki: bir alan araştirmasi

Author(s): İsmail Bakan,İnci Fatma Doğan / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 33/2017

This research has been done to examine the relationship between organizational ambidexterity and organizational learning. Firstly, the theoretical part of research was presented, then, findings of the empirical research were presented. In the empirical research part, in order to test the relationship between organizational ambidexterity and organizational learning, a survey study was conducted on totally 142 participants including senior, mid- level and junior administrative officer operating in various sectors in the province of Kahramanmaraş. Findings obtained from field study indicate that there is a significant and positive relationship between organizational ambidexterity and organizational learning.

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Uluslararasi turizm rekabetçiliği ve turizmin ekonomik etkisi üzerine bir değerlendirme

Author(s): Vural Çağliyan,Ramazan Göral / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 33/2017

Various tourism competitiveness models have been developed in order to analyze the factors which influence the competitive capacity in the tourism sector and to detect the competitiveness levels in the international tourism market. Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) is a model which has been developed by World Economic Forum (WEF) first in 2007 and has been updated in 2015 in order to measure and evaluate the competitive capacity of the Travel and Tourism Sector. The competitive powers of 141 countries in travel and tourism sector have been analyzed and ranked according to four main, 14 sub-indexes and 84 related criterion. In this study, whether or not, there exists a statistical correlation between the factors used for sorting the travel and tourism sector competitiveness, and the economic impact of tourism in these countries has been scrutinized. In light of the assessments, the factors included in the travel and tourism sector competitiveness index can be seen to have a positive influence on the tourist arrivals of countries.

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Determinanty satysfakcji zawodowej kadry pielęgniarskiej w Polsce

Author(s): Danuta Kunecka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

Introduction and aim of the study. Professional satisfaction is one of the most important elements determining the quality of life of every human being. Its level can be determined by a number of different factors. The aim of this study has been to identify the most important ones in relation to the nursing environment in Poland.Material and methods. A study has been conducted with a method of diagnostic survey using a standardized questionnaire in a group of 1066 economically active Polish nurses. Results of track modeling in the studied group testify to the fact that among Polish nurses the greatest impact on the level of professional satisfaction have: the company's image, the atmosphere in the workplace and performed tasks. The level of remuneration does not have a direct impact on the job satisfaction in studied environment. Instead, it has a significant impact on displeasure perceived by nurses. Due to the fact that the level of professional satisfaction in a group of Polish nurses is significantly affected by parts characterized as real motivators, in order to raise its level managers should primarily skillfully choose management style from among those that are based on the thesis that the employee is the most important asset for any, viable and functional organization.

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Occupational burnout and stress in context of the attitude towards shiftwork and work satisfaction amongst nurses

Author(s): Ewa Wilczek-Rużyczka,Irena Iskra-Golec / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

An effort-reward imbalance during shiftwork may result in occupational burnout of nurses. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationships between occupational burnout and stress in context of the attitude towards shiftwork and work satisfaction. Material and methods: The study included 250 nurses aged between 22 and 54 with an average of 12 years work experience. The following research methods have been used: Burnout Inventory (MBI), Effort – Reward Imbalance, Attitude Towards Shiftwork Scale (ATSS) and Manual for Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Results: The effort invested in work turned out to be the only significant predictor of emotional exhaustion. It explained up to 31% of variance in emotional exhaustion in the group of both low work satisfaction and negative attitude towards shiftwork. Conclusion: The study showed that more attention needs to be paid to efforts invested in work, as well as rewards, and the balance between rewards and efforts in the group of low work satisfaction and of negative attitude towards the shiftwork system.

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Osobine ličnosti kao prediktori akademskog sagorijevanja studenata

Author(s): Tamara Efendić-Spahić,Elvis Vardo / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 4/2017

Professional burnout is usually defined as a set of symptoms in the form of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal and professional fulfillment of pleasure because of participation in professional and personal activities. Dispositional characteristics are a significant risk factor for the development of burnout syndrome. Research conducted on a sample of 248 junior students at the Department of Philosophy in Tuzla, was aimed to determine the association between personality traits and intensity of burnout students. Examination of personality traits used A shortened version of the questionnaire Five factor personality (BFI Big Five Inventory) was used for examination of personality traits, which enables self-assessment of respondents on the five basic dimensions of personality. For the purpose of evaluation of academic burnout, we used the questionnaire of academic burnout (Schaufeli et al., 2002) that measures the level of burnout in academic terms. When checking the hypothesis we used multiple regression analysis, in which the basic dimensions of personality were treated as predictor, and academic burnout as a criterion variable. The results show that the symptoms of academic burnout are present with the junior students of different study profiles (M = 44.34, SD = 11.61), and that personality traits systematized through the five-factor model is a significant predictor of academic burnout (R = 0.56 df = 5, p = 0.00) and explained 31.9% of the total variability of academic burnout. From the personality traits that contribute most to the explanation of academic burnout are Conscientiousness (β = -0.373; p = 0.000), Neuroticism (β = 0.141; p = 0.03) and Openness (β = -0.164; p = 0.01). The research results show consistency with similar studies, and indicate the importance of compliance review program content with the possibilities of their implementation by the students, and the adaptation of the study program professional aspirations of students.

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