CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction to the topic People at work worry about all sorts of things; increasing competition for jobs‚ globalization‚ terrorism‚ looking after aging parent and relatives‚ annual appraisal‚ new technology‚ outsourcing of jobs along with increased demand of employer for higher productivity. These and some other factors make the employees experience certain pressures at times. Like they have to meet certain deadlines‚ cope with some unusual but critical situations on their
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To achieve profitability‚ focusing on employee engagement is significant in an organization‚ since Daniels(as cited in Arrowsmith and Parker‚ 2013) states that highly engaged employees tend to be more satisfied‚ productive‚ loyal and positive towards their work and organizations‚ which results in higher performance and lower cost. Shuck(2011) also points out that the development of employee engagement has a vital impact on the organizational outcomes. Employee engagement refers to an employee’s involvement
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Employee turnover is not always a negative thing. Social workers often leave positions for retirement‚ to further their education or raise families and‚ in these cases it is a positive experience for the social worker and in some cases‚ can also be positive for an organization‚ especially in cases where an employee is a poor fit for an organization. Turnover leads to the hiring of new workers with fresh and innovative ideas‚ however for the most part‚ turnover in social service agencies is a
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Employee Recognition and Performance: A Field Experiment∗ Christiane Bradler† Robert Dur‡ Susanne Neckermann§ Arjan Non¶ ‚ ‚ ‚ January 2013 Abstract This paper reports the results from a natural field experiment designed to investigate the causal effect of public recognition on employee performance. More than 300 employees worked on a three-hour data-entry task‚ where we randomized the unannounced provision of recognition after two hours of work. We find that recognition increases subsequent performance
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Employee Engagement: The Key to Improving Performance Solomon Markos (Corresponding author) PhD Scholar‚ Department of Commerce and Management Studies‚ Andhra University Waltair‚ Visakhapatnam-530 003‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ India Tel: 91-996-664-1683 E-mail: solomonmarkos5@yahoo.com M. Sandhya Sridevi Professor‚ Department of Commerce and Management Studies‚ Andhra University Waltair‚ Visakhapatnam-530 003‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ India Tel: 91-984-884-2230 E-mail:
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Summary of journal about effect of teamwork on employee performance The research analyses the performance of the performance of the staff members of an education department of a in a province of Pakistan called KPK. Researchers use some measures including spirit de corps‚ team trust‚ recognition and rewards. And they proved that teamwork and those measures positively affect the employee performance. They put this research as self-administered questionnaires distributed in directorate of
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the process of job or work performance. The relationship between personality and the level of job performance is dependent on the environment in which he/she is working. It is important to note that job or work performance of an individual are related to organizational success or failure. Hence performance should be aligned to achieve organizational goals. According to various researches it is concluded that cognitive ability is a major contributor towards employee’s performance as compared to the
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Supporting Good Practice in Managing Employment Relations – A Guidance Leaflet The Impact of Employment Law at the START of the employment relationship 2 Internal Factors which can impact on the employment relationship • Policies & Procedures in place within the organisation – this is an important internal factor that can have an impact on the employment relationship; for example if there is job share/flexible working arrangements in place this can help to promote a work-life balance for employees
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Managing Employee Misbehaviour for Promoting Business Ethics Workplace misbehaviour: Any intentional action by members of organizations that defies and violates Shared organizational norms and expectations‚ and/or Core societal values‚ mores and standards of proper conduct (Vardi and Wiener‚ 1996‚ p.153). Misbehaviour in this sense is also said to be about breaching broader‚ yet far from clearly defined or fully shared societal norms or moral order. In industrial sociology key writers on misbehaviour
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The management of workers and engineers at Haier may be characterized as the management of "a carrot and a whip." We may see some similarity between Haier’s management of workers and Taylor’s scientific management in the early days of capitalism in USA. Taylor’s scientific management encountered severe opposition of laborers and labor unions and thus was not so successful. Haier’s management has been well received by workers. Haier’s management has also been well received by product development engineers
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