scholarly journals Employee Satisfaction in Labor-Owned and Managed Workplaces: Helping Climate and Participation Spillover to Non-Owners

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3278
Author(s):  
Renée De Reuver ◽  
Brigitte Kroon ◽  
Damian Madinabeitia Olabarria ◽  
Unai Elorza Iñurritegui
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Temporary Employees ◽  
Employment Contracts ◽  
Employee Wellbeing ◽  
Worker Cooperatives ◽  
Different Levels

In contrast to shareholder-owned organizations, worker-owned cooperative organizations foster employee wellbeing such as employee satisfaction as an important outcome by itself. Due to expansions and economic fluctuations, larger worker-owned cooperations nowadays use mixtures of employment contracts resulting in varying shares of co-owners, contracted and temporary employees in workplaces. In the current paper, we research if this situation challenges the moral commitment of worker cooperatives to their employees, which derive from the cooperative philosophy on corporate responsibility. Where previous research contrasted employee wellbeing in worker cooperatives with share- holder owner organizations, this paper describes how various shares of co-owners in workplaces change mediating processes of helping climate and workplace participation and ultimately result in different levels of employee satisfaction. Archival data combined with survey data of 5907 employees in 99 hypermarkets were tested with multivariate analyses, and indicated that the helping climate and workplace participation positively mediated the association between the share of co-owners in hypermarkets and employee satisfaction. The findings imply that traditional worker-owned cooperatives, where a majority of all workers are owners, had more success in fostering cooperative values as a strategic outcome.

scholarly journals Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Digital Era: The Cascading Effect through Operations

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maheshkumar P. Joshi ◽  
Ravi Kathuria ◽  
Sidhartha Das
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Cascading Effect ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
New Research ◽  
Technological Intensity ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Sequential Relationship

This study examines a firm’s response to perceived changes in the environment, such as the growth of the digital era, at different levels of a firm—beginning with the adoption of corporate entrepreneurship (CE) down to process renewal (PR). We further explore if the technological intensity of a firm, high-tech or low-tech intensity, influences its choice of mode for organisational renewal (OR)—use of internal competence or outside acquisition—to exploit the opportunities created by the digital era. Using survey data from 170 firms, we test a sequential relationship among environmental changes (growth of the digital era), CE, OR and finally PR that involves operating procedures at the functional level. We conclude by identifying the study’s interdisciplinary contributions, which open new research avenues in the field of CE.

scholarly journals Features of Legal Regulation of Employment Contracts with Seasonal and Temporary Employees

2020 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
A. Ya. Radzividlo
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Temporary Employees ◽  
Employment Contracts ◽  
Employment Contract

The article is focused on studying peculiarities of employment contracts with seasonal and temporary employees in Ukraine. The employment contract as the basis of the origin of labor relations with seasonal and temporary employees has been researched. The norms of the decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Rada of the USSR “On working conditions of temporary employees and officials” dated from September 24, 1974 No. 311-09 and “On working conditions of employees and officials engaged in seasonal work” dated from September 24, 1974 No. 310-09 have been analyzed . It has been noted that peculiarities of legal regulation of employment contracts with temporary and seasonal employees relate primarily to their conclusion and termination, as well as content. It has been proved that some provisions of regulatory acts that regulate the employment of temporary and seasonal employees are outdated; others require some revision. It has been offered to develop modern regulatory acts on the application of temporary and seasonal work. These acts must first of all establish the concept: “seasonal employees – individuals hired under an employment contract for work that as a result of natural and climatic conditions performed not through a year, but during a certain period (season), not exceeding six months”; “temporary employees – individuals hired under an employment contract for a period up to two months, and for the replacement of temporarily absent employees, who retain their place of work (position) – up to four months”. It has been substantiated that the List of Seasonal Works and Seasonal Industries needs to be updated, based on the realities of the present day.

scholarly journals The Structure of Bargaining under the Employment Contracts Act

1970 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian McAndrew
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Employment Contracts

Under the Employment Contracts Act 1991, the stucture of contracting is left for negotiation beteeen the parties, rhetorically so that the parties can fashion mutually satisfactory arrangements attuned to their particular ne,eds and circumstances. This paper presents survey data that dernonstrates thatJ while the extent of employee concessions differs benveen individual and collective contracts patterns of contract structures are developing by workforce size and pre-Act union strength and show no relationship to the market circunzstances or cost pr,essures under "which firms operate. "Decisions on bargaining structure are at the hean of the management of industrial relations" (Kinnie, 1987:463). The purpose of this paper is to report, through the presentation of research data, on the structure of bargaining, and associated contract structures, emerging under New Zealand's Employment Contracts Act of 1991.

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT UNIFORM: EFFECTS OF SELECTED VARIABLES ON FLIGHT ATTENDANT IMAGE, UNIFORM PREFERENCE AND EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 565-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Leigh Haise ◽  
Margaret Rucker
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Image Data ◽  
Flight Attendants ◽  
Flight Attendant ◽  
Employee Preferences

When a job situation requires the wearing of a uniform, as is the case with flight attendants, both image projected by the uniform and employee preferences are important. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of components of a uniform on image of, and preference for, the uniform. It was also designed to assess the effects of both uniform attributes and opportunities for feedback on satisfaction with one's own uniform. Using survey data from 121 flight attendants, it was found that differences in neckwear and footwear did not have a significant effect on preferences but did have significant effects on image. Data on liked and disliked features of the flight attendants' own uniforms identified fit and fabric as the two main sources of dissatisfaction. The data on opportunities for feedback about the uniform supported the proposition that more opportunities for feedback may result in greater employee satisfaction.

scholarly journals Linking signal detection theory and encoding models to reveal independent neural representations from neuroimaging data

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian A. Soto ◽  
Lauren E. Vucovich ◽  
F. G. Ashby
Keyword(s):  
Signal Detection Theory ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Face Identity ◽  
Integrative Research ◽  
Neural Representations ◽  
Neuroimaging Data ◽  
Psychophysical Studies ◽  
First Time ◽  
Different Levels

AbstractMany research questions in visual perception involve determining whether stimulus properties are represented and processed independently. In visual neuroscience, there is great interest in determining whether important object dimensions are represented independently in the brain. For example, theories of face recognition have proposed either completely or partially independent processing of identity and emotional expression. Unfortunately, most previous research has only vaguely defined what is meant by “independence,” which hinders its precise quantification and testing. This article develops a new quantitative framework that links signal detection theory from psychophysics and encoding models from computational neuroscience, focusing on a special form of independence defined in the psychophysics literature: perceptual separability. The new theory allowed us, for the first time, to precisely define separability of neural representations and to theoretically link behavioral and brain measures of separability. The framework formally specifies the relation between these different levels of perceptual and brain representation, providing the tools for a truly integrative research approach. In particular, the theory identifies exactly what valid inferences can be made about independent encoding of stimulus dimensions from the results of multivariate analyses of neuroimaging data and psychophysical studies. In addition, commonly used operational tests of independence are re-interpreted within this new theoretical framework, providing insights on their correct use and interpretation. Finally, we apply this new framework to the study of separability of brain representations of face identity and emotional expression (neutral/sad) in a human fMRI study with male and female participants.Author SummaryA common question in vision research is whether certain stimulus properties, like face identity and expression, are represented and processed independently. We develop a theoretical framework that allowed us, for the first time, to link behavioral and brain measures of independence. Unlike previous approaches, our framework formally specifies the relation between these different levels of perceptual and brain representation, providing the tools for a truly integrative research approach in the study of independence. This allows to identify what kind of inferences can be made about brain representations from multivariate analyses of neuroimaging data or psychophysical studies. We apply this framework to the study of independent processing of face identity and expression.

Is the Tourism Destination a Core Attribute in the Choice of Cruise Consumers?

2019 ◽  
pp. 58-80
Author(s):  
Donata Vianelli ◽  
Manuela Valta
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
European Market ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Primary Survey ◽  
Cruise Tourism ◽  
Different Levels

In the last 10 years, cruise tourism has been frequently analyzed in the academic literature on leisure tourism. However, analysis of consumer behavior and the consumer-buying process is still limited, especially if the European market is taken into consideration. To address this gap in the literature, the authors analyzed how different attributes are evaluated by consumers in their decision-making process. In particular, the authors identified the role of the tourism destination among the different attributes that influence cruisers' choices. Using primary survey data from a sample of 4,002 German, Spanish, Italian, and French consumers, the analysis identifies the existence of consumer segments that give different levels of importance to the numerous attributes, including the tourism destination.

HUSBAND INVOLVEMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF CHILD ILLNESS IN GUATEMALA

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARION CARTER
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Child Illness ◽  
Husband Involvement

The aim of this study is to test prevailing assumptions that Guatemalan men are authoritative or aloof husbands and, in turn, are either problematic or irrelevant to child health. Based on survey data collected in 1994–95 about 959 children, this research examines whether, how and why husbands were involved in recent episodes of young children’s illness and sheds light on the potential effect of husband involvement on treatment. A relatively high percentage of women reported that they asked for advice or assistance from their husbands regarding child illness, and, contrary to popular notions, the multivariate analyses suggest that husbands' involvement was not driven by their household authority. Rather, key determinants of whether husbands gave advice or assistance included characteristics of the illness and child and the availability of sources of social support, while key determinants of what kind of support husbands gave (namely whether they gave/bought medicines, recommended a provider visit, or gave other advice or assistance) largely related to characteristics of the illness and child, as well as the availability of biomedical health care providers in the community and ethnicity.

The scope of security threats and their causes

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Stevens ◽  
Nick Vaughan-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Mortality Salience ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
National Community ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Personal Community ◽  
Different Levels

Chapter Three brings together insights from the focus group and survey data on the scope of threats and their origins. It debunks previous claims that there are few systematic influences on threats and goes further in clarifying the variation in the origins of different threats at different levels. It begins by summarising how participants in group discussions defined and understood the key concepts of ‘security’ and ‘threat’, and the vernacular methods of perception, measurement and categories of understanding of security. The Chapter shows a recurring scale of understanding consisting of four primary levels –personal, community, national, and global. From the survey data, it focuses initially on the breadth, or number, of security threats that individuals identified in total at the global, national, community, and personal levels. It also examines what those threats were. The second part of the Chapter analyses the specific threats of terrorism, immigration, the economy, and the environment. Among the findings is that mortality salience and authoritarian attitudes are strong predictors of the number of threats that individuals identify and on the identification of specific threats such as terrorism and immigration.

Impacts of permethrin contamination on nematode density and diversity: A microcosm study on benthic meiofauna from a Mediterranean coastal lagoon

Biologia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amel Soltani ◽  
Hela Louati ◽  
Amel Hanachi ◽  
Fida Ben Salem ◽  
Naceur Essid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
Nematode Density ◽  
Resistant Species ◽  
Microcosm Study ◽  
Nematode Abundance ◽  
Specific Tolerance ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Mediterranean Coastal Lagoon

AbstractA microcosm experiment was used to examine the response of nematode in terms of density and diversity at different levels of permethrin contamination. The sediments were contaminated with three permethrin concentrations [P1: low (5 mg kg−1), P2: medium (25 mg kg−1) and P3: high (250 mg kg−1)] and the effects were evaluated after 30 days. The results from univariate and multivariate analyses showed significant differences between nematode assemblages from uncontaminated control and those from permethrin treatments. All univariate indices changed significantly at all the levels of permethrin contamination. In fact, the total nematode abundance (I), Shannon-Weaner index (H′), species richness (d), evenness (J′) and number of species (S) decreased significantly in all the contaminated microcosms. In addition, the results from multivariate analyses of the species abundance data demonstrated that permethrin affects the responses of nematode species. These significant modifications in nematode community structures with response to permethrin contamination were the consequences of a different specific tolerance to this pesticide. Thus, Araeolaimus bioculatus, Calomicrolaimus honestus, Oncholaimus campylocercoides and Theristus pertenuis characterized by increased abundances in all treated replicates, appeared to be “permethrin-resistant” species. Daptonema trabeculosum was eliminated in all the doses tested and seemed to be a very sensitive species to permethrin contamination.

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