scholarly journals Does Uncertainty Moderate the Relationship between Strategic Flexibility and Companies’ Performance? Evidence from Small and Medium Pharmaceutical Companies in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9157
Author(s):  
Allam Yousuf ◽  
Vahid Zeynvand Lorestani ◽  
Judit Oláh ◽  
János Felföldi

The business environment has become complicated—full of risk and uncertainty over and above companies’ control— therefore companies must find mechanisms to enhance their performance in the light of this instability. The Iranian market is one of the best examples of unstable markets because of its political and economic circumstances; despite this, the pharmaceutical industry in Iran is considered one of the best industries, which is still working efficiently. The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of strategic flexibility on the performance of Iranian SME pharmaceutical companies, by considering the effect of environmental uncertainty as a moderator. The study is a cross-sectional one. Primary data was collected from 113 companies by using an adopted questionnaire. The questionnaires were forwarded to managers at these companies, a purposive (selective) sampling technique was used to collect the data, and the total number of responses that were valid for statistical analysis was 228. The response rate was 67.25%. The results showed that strategic flexibility positively affects companies’ performance. Supply and demand uncertainty moderate the relationship between strategic flexibility and companies’ performance.

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uzma Hafeez ◽  
Waqar Akbar

Employees are major assets of every organization. The accomplishment of the industry depends on its employee performance. Therefore, upper management knows the significance of expense in training for the advantage of improving employee performance and also places them to get the challenges of the today’s competitive business environment. This research also aims to see the “Impact of Training on Employee Performance in Pharmaceutical Industry in Karachi Pakistan”, in which Training consider as independent whereas dependent variable ‘Employee Performance‘ having its Performance areas i.e.; demonstrating team work, communication skill, customer service, interpersonal relationship and reduced absenteeism and its Developments areas i.e.; job-satisfaction, employee motivation, new technologies, efficiencies in process and innovation in strategies as its levers. The paper presents a concise summary of the literature on the value of training in improving the performance of the employees. Four pharmaceutical companies are selected. A survey of 356 employees via self administrated questionnaire with the help of random sampling technique is conducted with the response rate of 96%. Two sets of hypothesis are developed which relate directly to the research questions. SPSS 19 is used to perform reliability, descriptive, correlation and regression analysis. The analysis shows a positive significant relationship between them and the results reveal that the more the employee gets training, the more efficient their level of performance would be. The last section of the paper concludes along with recommendation to give guidelines for future research.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Deno Harmanto ◽  
Nengke Puspita Sari

Diarrhea disease in Indonesia is still one of the endemic diseases and still often causes extraordinary events (outbreaks) in the community. This study aimed to study the relationship between the application of Germas (Community Movement) hands washing with running water and soap simultaneously with the occurrence of diarrhea in SDN 108 students in Seluma Regency. The type of research used was Analytical Survey using Cross Sectional design.. Samples  of  this study were 167 students in grades 4, 5, and 6 of  SDN 108 Seluma Regency. Sampling in this study used a Total Sampling technique. Data collection techniques in this study using primary data by interview using a questionnaire. The statistical test used is Chi-Square. The results showed that of 167 students, there were 113 students (67.7%) who did not experience diarrhea, 123 students (73.7%) had poor hands washing with and running water and soap, and there was a relationship between hands washing use soap and running water and soap with diarrhea. Keywords: diarrhea, germas,hands washing, soap


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Santoso Ujang Effendi ◽  
Buyung Keraman ◽  
Andrek Sarnandes

The impact of the incidence of anemia in pregnant women who have less knowledge during pregnancy are abortion, preterm labor, fetal and uterine disorders, low birth weight (LBW), and high maternal mortality. This study aimed to study the relationship between the level of knowledge with the incidence of anemia in pregnant women at Tanjung Kemuning Community Health Center Kaur District. This type of research was Descriptive Correlation and the design used was Cross Sectional. The data in this study used the primary data obtained by distributing questionnaires. The population in this study was all pregnant women who checked pregnancy and did not check their pregnancy at Tanjung Kemuning Community Health Center of Kaur Regency from January to June 2016 as many as 66 pregnant women. Sampling technique are Total Sampling and obtained sampel counted 35 respondents. Data analysis was done by univariate and bivariate analysis with Chi-Square test and to know closeness using Contingency Coefficient (χ2) statistic test. The result of the research showed that there were 14 respondents (40.0%) of good knowledge, and 19 respondents (54,3%) did not experience anemia. There was a significant relationship between knowledge with the incidence of anemia in pregnant women in working area of Tanjung Kemuning Community  Health  Center Kaur District with a close category. Suggestion for Tanjung Kemuning  Community  Health Center Kaur District                   to increase the intake of iron nutrition in pregnant women by doing  health promotion about  anemia  and giving  iron  tablets  to pregnant  woman. Keywords : anemia, knowledge, pregnant women


Author(s):  
Muhammad Irfan Qadir ◽  
Professor Dr. Shafiq Jullandhry

This study investigates the relationship between television violence and the social aggression of youth of rural areas of Punjab. This study is helpful to examine the exposure and attitude toward television violence of rural area youth of Punjab. This study also examined the impact of television violence on the social aggression of youth. Cross-sectional research design is used in this study and data was collected from the youth of the rural areas of nine divisions of Punjab. A total of 344 respondents were taken as sample size and a stratified sampling technique is used for data collection from the concerned population. The results of this study are generated through statistical software SPSS and Smart PLS. It was hypothesized that exposure toward television violence and the social aggression of youth have a positive relationship. The statistical test results show positive relationship among all hypotheses. So findings of the study help to conclude that exposure, attitude, and cognition toward television violence has an impact on the social aggression of youth of rural areas of Punjab.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Taufik Imadudin ◽  
Zida Husnina ◽  
Retno Adriyani

Introduction: Diarrhea incidence in children under five increases by 11% in Indonesia during 2013 - 2018 that could be driven by poor environmental sanitation. This study examined the relationship between environmental sanitation with diarrhea incidence in children under five. Methods: This study was an observational study with a cross-sectional design and used a total sampling technique of 81 underfive children. Primary data were collected by conducting interviews with parents using a structured questionnaire guideline and observation, including the source of drinking water, availability of healthy latrine, floor condition, and lighting. A Chi-square test (α = 0.05) was conducted to analyse the relationship between variables. Results and Discussion: There was a significant correlation between household sanitation and diarrhea incidence in under-five children (p = 0.040; PR = 1.202 [95% CI 0.987 – 1.463]). Conclusion: Poor household sanitation can be a driving factor in diarrhea incidence in under-five children, where households categorised as good sanitation have 1.2 times lower risk than poor sanitation


Author(s):  
Y. Widyastuti Y. Widyastuti

ABSTRACT Disminorea as one of the symptoms that interfere with daily activities disminorea patient. But is often regarded as a minor without knowing disminorea can be caused by a gynecologic disorder that can affect infertility, pain,even death.The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge about disminorea young women with the motivation to check into the health service at the Academy of Midwifery Budi Mulia Palembang in 2011.The research method used in this study is to survey the analytic approach to the Cross Sectional, the data obtained by using questionnaires that were distributed. The samples taken with a purposive sampling technique that is most students are experiencing at the Academy of Midwifery disminorea Budi Mulia Palembang by the number of samples of 82 people. The results of analysis of the 82 respondents found the level of knowledge of good responders were 42 respondents (51,2). The level of knowledge of respondents about 40 respondents (48,8%). Good level of motivation of respondents were 44 responden  (53,7%) of respondents lacking motivation levels by 38 responden (46,3%). From the analysis of data showed no significant relationship between knowledge about disminorea teenage daughter with the motivation to check out. From the results of research to improve learning about in order to reduce the impact disminorea disminorea involved..       ABSTRAK Disminorea sebagai salah satu gejala yang mengganggu aktivitas sehari-hari penderitanya.Tetapi disminorea seringkali dianggap sebagai hal yang ringan tanpa mengetahui disminorea bisa disebabkan oleh kelainan ginekologik yang dapat mempengaruhi infertilitas, kesakitan, bahkan kematian. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara pengetahuan remaja putri tentang disminorea dengan motivasi untuk periksa ke pelayanan kesehatan di Akademi Kebidanan Budi Mulia Palembang Tahun 2011. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah survey analitik dengan pendekatan secara Cross Sectional, data diperoleh dengan menggunakan kuisioner yang dibagikan. Sampel penelitian diambil dengan teknik purposive sampling yaitu sebagian mahasiswi yang mengalami disminorea di Akademi Kebidanan Budi Mulia Palembang dengan jumlah sampel 82 orang. Hasil analisa dari 82 orang responden didapatkan tingkat pengetahuan responden baik sebanyak 42 responden (51,2%). Tingkat pengetahuan responden kurang sebanyak 40 responden (48,8%). Tingkat motivasi responden baik sebanyak 44 responden (53,7%) tingkat motivasi responden kurang sebanyak 38 responden (46,3%). Dari hasil analisa data menunjukkan tidak ada hubungan yang bermakna antara pengetahuan remaja putri tentang disminorea dengan motivasi untuk periksa. Dari hasil penelitian untuk meningkatkan pembelajaran mengenai disminorea agar mengurangi dampak yang dilibatkan disminorea.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Achmad Lukman Hakim

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a contagious disease caused by a coronavirus where the virus attacks the respiratory tract and can infect humans and animals. Therefore, preventive measures against breaking the chain of transmission of this infectious disease must be carried out as quickly as possible in breaking the chain of transmission of Covid-19. The research objective was to determine the relationship between health promotion through social media and physical distancing policies on behavioral prevention of Covid-19 in urban communities. The research method was quantitative with cross-sectional research design. The population in this research was all urban people who live in the DKI Jakarta area. The sampling technique was accidental sampling of 100 respondents. The data used were primary data through distributing questionnaires and secondary data derived from Jakarta's Covid-19 monitoring data. Data analysis was performed descriptive and the Pearson product moment correlation test. The results showed the relationship between health promotion through social media (with p-value = 0.001 and r = 0.315) and physical distancing policies (with p-value = 0,000 and r = 0.973) on Covid-19 prevention behavior in urban communities. It is hoped that the government will not hesitate in carrying out policies in reducing the spread of Covid-19 and promoting coordination with various related parties. Keywords: Covid-19; physical distancing policies; health promotion; social media ABSTRAK Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) adalah salah satu penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh coronavirus dimana virus tersebut menyerang saluran pernafasan dan dapat menginfeksi manusia dan hewan. Oleh sebab itu, tindakan pencegahan terhadap memutus rantai penularan penyakit menular tersebut wajib dilakukan secepat mungkin dalam memutus mata rantai penularan Covid-19. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan antara promosi kesehatan melalui media social dan kebijakan physical distancing terhadap perilaku pencegahan perilaku Covid-19 pada masyarakat perkotaan. Metode penelitian adalah kuantitatif dengan desain penelitian cross sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian adalah seluruh masyarakat perkotaan yang berdomisili di wilayah DKI Jakarta. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan accidental sampling sebanyak 100 responden. Data yang digunakan data primer melalui penyebaran kuesioner dan data sekunder yang berasal dari data pemantauan Covid-19 DKI Jakarta. Analisis data dilakukan secara deskriptif dan uji korelasi pearson product moment. Hasil penelitian menujukkan hubungan promosi kesehatan melalui media sosial (dengan p-value=0,001 dan r=0,315) dan kebijakan physical distancing (dengan p-value=0,000 dan r=0,973) terhadap perilaku pencegahan Covid-19 pada masyarakat perkotaan. Diharapkan pemerintah tidak ragu dalam menjalankan kebijakan dalam menekan penyebaran Covid-19 serta mengedepankan koordinasi dengan berbagai pihak terkait. Kata kunci: Covid-19; kebijakan physical distancing; promosi kesehatan; media sosial


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-225
Author(s):  
Resati Nando Panonsih ◽  
Arif Effendi ◽  
Ika Artini ◽  
Putri Eka Permata

Gay, Transgender dan Men Who Have Seks With Men are individuals who are prone to problem both in health and in the environment such as education and work that will disrupt their lives and will have an impact on their quality of life. The study aim to know the relationship between education and occupation with the quality of life to the Gay, Transgender and MSM in Bandar Lampung 2019. The research using analytic survey with cross-sectional approach. The type of data obtained is primary data. The method of collecting data is by distributing questionnaires WHOQOL-BREF whose results will be categorized. This research was conducted from September to November 2019. In this research, the samples taken included all member of Gaya Lentera Muda organization with a total of 35 people, taken with total sampling technique. The report for quality of gay, transgender and MSM in Bandar Lampung who has middle education mostly have mild quality of life of 12 subjects (63,2%) and the subjects who have occupation mostly have mild quality of life of 12 subject (66,7%). The final results showed that there is a meaningful relationship between education and occupation with quality of life to gay, transgender and MSM in Bandar Lampung 2019 (p-value = 0,003 dan p-value = 0,414). The higher the level of education and the person has a working status, the higher the quality of life.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 319
Author(s):  
Fifi Lailiya ◽  
Atika Atika ◽  
Nur Ainy Fardana ◽  
Rize Budi Amalia

AbstractBackground: Knowledge is one of the factors that encourage adolescents to engage in sexual behavior that deviates outside the bond of marriage through the culture of dating adolescent. According to previous research, it was reported that only a small proportion of adolescents had heard about the container or place of obtaining information and consultation regarding reproductive health. This study aims to determine the relationship of knowledge about the impact of premarital sexual behavior with dating behavior in adolescents. Methods: This research method is observational analytic with cross sectional research design. The number of samples was 56 adolescents in high school “X” Surabaya with the sampling technique using stratified random sampling. The independent variable was knowledge about the effects of premarital sexual behavior. The dependent variable was adolescent dating behavior. Results : The results showed that the level of adolescents knowledge on the impact of premarital sex behavior was included in the good category (62,5%) with while dating behavior was in the moderate category (55,4%). Spearman rank test results knowledge with dating behavior in adolescents p = 0.002 (p <0.05). Conclusion : The data showed that there was a relationship of knowledge about the impact of premarital sexual behavior with dating behavior in adolescents.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-218
Author(s):  
Resati Nando Panonsih ◽  
Ade Utia Detty ◽  
Arif Effendi ◽  
Rika Arianofela

Gay, Transgender, and MSM are group that experiencing detention in their health. This group susceptive of anxiety due to negative response from their environment especially from education and occupation. From the other research, showed that 44% from 277 gay having anxiety disorders. This condition  becomes very impotant because the higher of anxiety will impact to their physical and physicological condition.Objective: To determine the relationship between education and occupation with levels of anxiety to the Gay, Transgender, and MSM in Bandar Lampung 2019. Methods: The types of research is an analytic survey with cross-sectional approach. The type of data obtained are primary data. The method of collecting data is by given quesionnaire to get answer from subjects. This research was conducted during November 2019. In this research, the samples taken included all member of Gaya Lentera Muda organization of 35 subjects by total sampling technique. Results: It is known from the results of this research that the subjects (gay, transgender, and msm) mostly have middle of 19 subjects (54,3%), mostly have an occupation of 18 subjects (51,4%),and the subjects with middle education have mild anxiety of 7 subjects (36,8%) and the subjects with an occupation mostly have mild anxiety of 9 subjects (50,0%). Conclusion: The final results showed that there is a meaningful relationship between education and occupation with levels of anxiety to gay, transgender, and MSM in Bandar Lampung 2019 (p-value = -0,547 and p-value = -0,595). Higher the levels of education and if the person has an occupation, levels of anxiety will higher.  


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