One of the challenges facing private universities in Nigeria is the inability to retain highly competence academic staff. Heavy workloads, lack of adequate resources and an unfavourable work environment, all affects efficiency and productivity of the academic staff. The poor QWL can cause high stress levels, which may have detrimental effects on family life and the wellbeing of academic staff. Based on the above assertions, this study therefore examined QWL of academic staff in private universities, north central Nigeria. Theoretically, this study adopted the self and organizational theories. A sample size of 245 academic staff was purposively selected for the study. Development and Validation Scale was used to measure QWL among the selected academic staff.The finding indicates that, there was a disparity in terms of the academic staff socio-demographic features and QWL.The study concludes that in today era QWL is an important factor in determining academic staff satisfaction in private universities in north central Nigeria and if it is undermined it can affect the academic staff level of satisfaction adversely.
The Impact of School Location on the Effectiveness of Secondary School Admini...ijtsrd
This study examined the impact of school location on the effectiveness of public secondary school administrators in the English Speaking Regions of Cameroon. The study reviewed literature under key headings of conceptual, theoretical and empirical reviews. The research method was the mixed method – quantitative qualitative and the research design adopted was the sequential explanatory design. A structured Likert type School Administrators’ Questionnaire SAQ and an interview guide for administrators were developed as instruments for quantitative and qualitative data collection respectively. Descriptive frequencies and percentages and inferential chi square, Spearman Rank correlation and ANOVA statistical methods, including thematic and descriptive explanations were employed for data analyses. Findings showed that 55.7 of the school administrators were satisfied with the location of their school while 44.3 of them are not satisfied. School location significantly, positively and strongly affected administrative effectiveness P=0.000, far 0. 05 . The strong and positive sign of the correlation value R= 0.606 implied that administrative effectiveness of the school administrators is more likely to increase when the location of their school is conducive and more likely to decrease when the location of their school is not conducive. This hypothetical conclusion was supported whereby a majority of the school administrators 67.6 who perceived their administrative effectiveness as low were those who indicated that the location of their school is not conducive. Thus, the null hypothesis was rejected. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the safe location of schools should become a matter of strict policy. Mbanwi Pascaline Enjoh | Dr. Shey Patrick Fonyuy | Dr. Besong Joseph Besong "The Impact of School Location on the Effectiveness of Secondary School Administrators in the English-Speaking Regions of Cameroon" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-5 , August 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd33128.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/33128/the-impact-of-school-location-on-the-effectiveness-of-secondary-school-administrators-in-the-englishspeaking-regions-of-cameroon/mbanwi-pascaline-enjoh
Factors Influencing Employee Retention at Meru University of Science and Tech...iosrjce
IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of business and managemant and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications inbusiness and management. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications
The Impact of School Location on the Effectiveness of Secondary School Admini...ijtsrd
This study examined the impact of school location on the effectiveness of public secondary school administrators in the English Speaking Regions of Cameroon. The study reviewed literature under key headings of conceptual, theoretical and empirical reviews. The research method was the mixed method – quantitative qualitative and the research design adopted was the sequential explanatory design. A structured Likert type School Administrators’ Questionnaire SAQ and an interview guide for administrators were developed as instruments for quantitative and qualitative data collection respectively. Descriptive frequencies and percentages and inferential chi square, Spearman Rank correlation and ANOVA statistical methods, including thematic and descriptive explanations were employed for data analyses. Findings showed that 55.7 of the school administrators were satisfied with the location of their school while 44.3 of them are not satisfied. School location significantly, positively and strongly affected administrative effectiveness P=0.000, far 0. 05 . The strong and positive sign of the correlation value R= 0.606 implied that administrative effectiveness of the school administrators is more likely to increase when the location of their school is conducive and more likely to decrease when the location of their school is not conducive. This hypothetical conclusion was supported whereby a majority of the school administrators 67.6 who perceived their administrative effectiveness as low were those who indicated that the location of their school is not conducive. Thus, the null hypothesis was rejected. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the safe location of schools should become a matter of strict policy. Mbanwi Pascaline Enjoh | Dr. Shey Patrick Fonyuy | Dr. Besong Joseph Besong "The Impact of School Location on the Effectiveness of Secondary School Administrators in the English-Speaking Regions of Cameroon" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-5 , August 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd33128.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/33128/the-impact-of-school-location-on-the-effectiveness-of-secondary-school-administrators-in-the-englishspeaking-regions-of-cameroon/mbanwi-pascaline-enjoh
Factors Influencing Employee Retention at Meru University of Science and Tech...iosrjce
IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of business and managemant and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications inbusiness and management. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications
How Organizational Climate Influences Job Satisfaction in Educational Sector ...inventionjournals
The study aims in determining the organizational climate that would result in job satisfaction among academic staff in educational settings. Adequate literature on organizational climate and job satisfaction was reviewed. Findings results into the factors that contribute to shape culture, and its results into a framework, to encompass manifestations of organizational culture in relation to academic excellence. Further researchers can use this conceptual model to include few more pre cursors to outcomes to it, also this model can be tested empirically
Performance Appraisal of Human Resources in Anglo-Saxon Higher Education Inst...ijtsrd
Performance appraisal is one of the areas of human resources in educational administration which brings about school effectiveness. When school activities are well apprised and results communicated, corrections will be effected leading to school effectiveness. Thus, this article is intended at exploring Performance Appraisal of Human Resources in Anglo Saxon Higher Education Institutions in Cameroon. The implication is that performance appraisal of human resources can impact school effectiveness. data was collected from primary sources through the administration of interview to ten administrators and questionnaires to lecturers using the five point Likert scale format and close ended questionnaires to 375 lecturers. Two data analysis approaches were used for the study that is the qualitative and quantitative method. In all, despite these lapses with performance appraisal observed, all the lecturers 331 100 agreed that the basic purpose of performance appraisal is to facilitate orderly determination of an employee's worth to the organization of which he is a part and the first step in the process of performance appraisal is the setting up of the standards which will be used as the base to compare the actual performance of the employees. It was then recommended that future research on performance appraisal in the Anglo Saxon Higher Institutions in Cameroon studies should focus on leadership and the management of staff performance in institutions of higher learning. The research would focus on the style of leadership in an institution and how it influences the implementation of performance appraisal. Literature indicates that leadership provides vision and builds staff confidence to enable them to achieved targets. Leaders decide on appraisal policy, purpose and implementation procedures. Nforbi Shalotte Lem "Performance Appraisal of Human Resources in Anglo-Saxon Higher Education Institutions in Cameroon" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-1 , December 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29593.pdfPaper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/29593/performance-appraisal-of-human-resources-in-anglo-saxon-higher-education-institutions-in-cameroon/nforbi-shalotte-lem
This project is an appraisal of human
resources management in the Nigeria construction industry. The
aims and object of the study included the identification of the
methods adopted for managing human resources in the industry
here in Nigeria. The scope was however limited to human
resources recruitment, selection, training and development. To
achieve these aims and objectives a field survey was carried out
covering fire construction firms. A questionnaire was used to
collect data from the subject of the study. The data was used to
answer the research hypotheses on the recruitment and training
methods adopted in the industry. The analysis of the data reveals,
among others, that construction firms practice a decentralized
system of recruitment, that the on the job training was the most
adapted method by construction firms, and that the major
criteria for selecting applicants for construction jobs were the
academic qualifications and experience, and performance at
interview and tests. Based on these findings, the study concluded
that the methods adopted were limited in scope, and there was
slow level of professionalism within industry.
Narrations of Work-Life Balance among Academic Staff in an Open Distance Lear...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: This study explores Work-Life-Balance among academic staff in an Open Distance Learning institution. A qualitative case study is used. Data for the research was collected from 16 academic staff using purposeful sampling. Academics describe the work-life experiences in the context of five overarching themes: (a) time demands, (b) ideal academic (c) career advancement (d) technology, and (e) work environment. This analysis revealed that academics’ work-life experiences are driven by a dearth of time and an excess of roles. Their involvement in multiple, interdependent roles although enriching through career advancement, presents ongoing time-based conflicts due to intense pressures of work. The tension associated with juggling roles significantly impacts their personal well-being and career satisfaction. Recommendations for this study are twofold; those that aid the university management towards more poignant work-life balance policies in the university and the need to conduct more research in Work-Life-Balance in Open Distance Learning institutions.
CHANGE MANAGEMENT ON BEHAVIOR OF TEACHING FRATERNITY AT COLLEGE LEVEL IAEME Publication
Academic Institutions offering higher education in Arts and Science Colleges are undergoing a process of change is similar to that of business organisations, more particularly during the last few decades when the industries have to confront hectic competitions. The external forces for change in colleges are increasing not decreasing.Higher education is expected to play a dominant role in social and economic transformation in some countries, in others it is seen as being a key export.
Insights Into Work Family Conflict among Working Mothers Does Occupation Stat...YogeshIJTSRD
Working mothers provide a remarkable contribution to the development of our countrys economy. There are many changes in womens lives in the modern era. the present life of Working mothers is extremely challenging. The work family conflict has now evolved as an essential and universal problem for working mothers in todays world. This study set out to research significant differences in work family conflict across the occupation status of working mothers. The sample comprises 210 working mothers from the north Kerala region. Data was collected through a field survey by using a structured questionnaire. Collected data has been analyzed by using various statistical tools like one way ANOVA and Bonferroni Post hoc test. The research has revealed that the occupation status of working mothers had a significant difference in work family conflict. The Research also revealed that the working mothers in the private sector have a greater work family conflict than others. This result validates earlier research findings, where the occupation status had a significant influence on work family conflict among working mothers. Vishnu P K | Dr. Anil P V | Vyshak P K "Insights Into Work-Family Conflict among Working Mothers: Does Occupation Status Matter?" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43909.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/organizational-behaviour/43909/insights-into-workfamily-conflict-among-working-mothers-does-occupation-status-matter/vishnu-p-k
A PAPER PRESENTED AT INTERNTAIONAL SEMINAR ON REGIONAL POLITICS, ADMINSTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT 2020 (INSORPAD2020) HELD BETWEEN 14 TO 15 OF OCTOBER 2020
Entrepreneurship education has not received ample consideration in engineering
pedagogy. One of the greatest challenges facing engineering students in the classroom
is visualization or conceptualization of the objects of learning. Therefore, to make
teaching and learning of entrepreneurship more productive and interesting for
engineering students, an innovative teaching strategy based on experiential models is
considered appropriate. Therefore, the aim of this study was to propose a conceptual
model showing the link between experiential teaching models considered effective and
appropriate with respect to university entrepreneurship education and engineering
students’ business startup. Based on the conceptual model proposed, the study
suggests that experiential teaching models such as invitation of guest speakers,
individual and group project, business simulations activities, and role play are
considered more effective and appropriate teaching methods required stimulating
business startups among engineering students.
Training and Development Practices and Employees’ Performance in Selected Man...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
Managing workforce diversity in manufacturing organisations has been a problem all over the world including Nigeria. Manufacturing organisations in Nigeria continue to experience occasional drop in performance due to employees’ apathy and non-challant attitudes as a result of high level of dissatisfaction caused by inadequate attention to training and development practices. This study assessed the relationships between training and development practices and employees’ performance in selected manufacturing companies in Nigeria. A cross sectional survey research design was employed, and out of the 1,568 copies of questionnaire that were administered proportionally in the selected manufacturing companies, 1,153 copies were retrieved and found useful. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and the hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results of the findings show f-statistics of 223.717 and so, there is a significant relationship between training and development practices and employees’ performance among Nigerians working in the selected manufacturing companies. Also, f-statistics of 244.391 shows a significant relationship between training and development practices and employees’ performance among other nationals in the selected MNCs. The study concluded that there are significant relationships between training and development practices and employees’ performance in selected manufacturing MNCs in Nigeria.
The Effect Of Human Resource Management Functions On Quality Of Services (Ca...inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online
How Organizational Climate Influences Job Satisfaction in Educational Sector ...inventionjournals
The study aims in determining the organizational climate that would result in job satisfaction among academic staff in educational settings. Adequate literature on organizational climate and job satisfaction was reviewed. Findings results into the factors that contribute to shape culture, and its results into a framework, to encompass manifestations of organizational culture in relation to academic excellence. Further researchers can use this conceptual model to include few more pre cursors to outcomes to it, also this model can be tested empirically
Performance Appraisal of Human Resources in Anglo-Saxon Higher Education Inst...ijtsrd
Performance appraisal is one of the areas of human resources in educational administration which brings about school effectiveness. When school activities are well apprised and results communicated, corrections will be effected leading to school effectiveness. Thus, this article is intended at exploring Performance Appraisal of Human Resources in Anglo Saxon Higher Education Institutions in Cameroon. The implication is that performance appraisal of human resources can impact school effectiveness. data was collected from primary sources through the administration of interview to ten administrators and questionnaires to lecturers using the five point Likert scale format and close ended questionnaires to 375 lecturers. Two data analysis approaches were used for the study that is the qualitative and quantitative method. In all, despite these lapses with performance appraisal observed, all the lecturers 331 100 agreed that the basic purpose of performance appraisal is to facilitate orderly determination of an employee's worth to the organization of which he is a part and the first step in the process of performance appraisal is the setting up of the standards which will be used as the base to compare the actual performance of the employees. It was then recommended that future research on performance appraisal in the Anglo Saxon Higher Institutions in Cameroon studies should focus on leadership and the management of staff performance in institutions of higher learning. The research would focus on the style of leadership in an institution and how it influences the implementation of performance appraisal. Literature indicates that leadership provides vision and builds staff confidence to enable them to achieved targets. Leaders decide on appraisal policy, purpose and implementation procedures. Nforbi Shalotte Lem "Performance Appraisal of Human Resources in Anglo-Saxon Higher Education Institutions in Cameroon" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-1 , December 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29593.pdfPaper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/29593/performance-appraisal-of-human-resources-in-anglo-saxon-higher-education-institutions-in-cameroon/nforbi-shalotte-lem
This project is an appraisal of human
resources management in the Nigeria construction industry. The
aims and object of the study included the identification of the
methods adopted for managing human resources in the industry
here in Nigeria. The scope was however limited to human
resources recruitment, selection, training and development. To
achieve these aims and objectives a field survey was carried out
covering fire construction firms. A questionnaire was used to
collect data from the subject of the study. The data was used to
answer the research hypotheses on the recruitment and training
methods adopted in the industry. The analysis of the data reveals,
among others, that construction firms practice a decentralized
system of recruitment, that the on the job training was the most
adapted method by construction firms, and that the major
criteria for selecting applicants for construction jobs were the
academic qualifications and experience, and performance at
interview and tests. Based on these findings, the study concluded
that the methods adopted were limited in scope, and there was
slow level of professionalism within industry.
Narrations of Work-Life Balance among Academic Staff in an Open Distance Lear...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: This study explores Work-Life-Balance among academic staff in an Open Distance Learning institution. A qualitative case study is used. Data for the research was collected from 16 academic staff using purposeful sampling. Academics describe the work-life experiences in the context of five overarching themes: (a) time demands, (b) ideal academic (c) career advancement (d) technology, and (e) work environment. This analysis revealed that academics’ work-life experiences are driven by a dearth of time and an excess of roles. Their involvement in multiple, interdependent roles although enriching through career advancement, presents ongoing time-based conflicts due to intense pressures of work. The tension associated with juggling roles significantly impacts their personal well-being and career satisfaction. Recommendations for this study are twofold; those that aid the university management towards more poignant work-life balance policies in the university and the need to conduct more research in Work-Life-Balance in Open Distance Learning institutions.
CHANGE MANAGEMENT ON BEHAVIOR OF TEACHING FRATERNITY AT COLLEGE LEVEL IAEME Publication
Academic Institutions offering higher education in Arts and Science Colleges are undergoing a process of change is similar to that of business organisations, more particularly during the last few decades when the industries have to confront hectic competitions. The external forces for change in colleges are increasing not decreasing.Higher education is expected to play a dominant role in social and economic transformation in some countries, in others it is seen as being a key export.
Insights Into Work Family Conflict among Working Mothers Does Occupation Stat...YogeshIJTSRD
Working mothers provide a remarkable contribution to the development of our countrys economy. There are many changes in womens lives in the modern era. the present life of Working mothers is extremely challenging. The work family conflict has now evolved as an essential and universal problem for working mothers in todays world. This study set out to research significant differences in work family conflict across the occupation status of working mothers. The sample comprises 210 working mothers from the north Kerala region. Data was collected through a field survey by using a structured questionnaire. Collected data has been analyzed by using various statistical tools like one way ANOVA and Bonferroni Post hoc test. The research has revealed that the occupation status of working mothers had a significant difference in work family conflict. The Research also revealed that the working mothers in the private sector have a greater work family conflict than others. This result validates earlier research findings, where the occupation status had a significant influence on work family conflict among working mothers. Vishnu P K | Dr. Anil P V | Vyshak P K "Insights Into Work-Family Conflict among Working Mothers: Does Occupation Status Matter?" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43909.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/organizational-behaviour/43909/insights-into-workfamily-conflict-among-working-mothers-does-occupation-status-matter/vishnu-p-k
A PAPER PRESENTED AT INTERNTAIONAL SEMINAR ON REGIONAL POLITICS, ADMINSTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT 2020 (INSORPAD2020) HELD BETWEEN 14 TO 15 OF OCTOBER 2020
Entrepreneurship education has not received ample consideration in engineering
pedagogy. One of the greatest challenges facing engineering students in the classroom
is visualization or conceptualization of the objects of learning. Therefore, to make
teaching and learning of entrepreneurship more productive and interesting for
engineering students, an innovative teaching strategy based on experiential models is
considered appropriate. Therefore, the aim of this study was to propose a conceptual
model showing the link between experiential teaching models considered effective and
appropriate with respect to university entrepreneurship education and engineering
students’ business startup. Based on the conceptual model proposed, the study
suggests that experiential teaching models such as invitation of guest speakers,
individual and group project, business simulations activities, and role play are
considered more effective and appropriate teaching methods required stimulating
business startups among engineering students.
Training and Development Practices and Employees’ Performance in Selected Man...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
Managing workforce diversity in manufacturing organisations has been a problem all over the world including Nigeria. Manufacturing organisations in Nigeria continue to experience occasional drop in performance due to employees’ apathy and non-challant attitudes as a result of high level of dissatisfaction caused by inadequate attention to training and development practices. This study assessed the relationships between training and development practices and employees’ performance in selected manufacturing companies in Nigeria. A cross sectional survey research design was employed, and out of the 1,568 copies of questionnaire that were administered proportionally in the selected manufacturing companies, 1,153 copies were retrieved and found useful. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and the hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results of the findings show f-statistics of 223.717 and so, there is a significant relationship between training and development practices and employees’ performance among Nigerians working in the selected manufacturing companies. Also, f-statistics of 244.391 shows a significant relationship between training and development practices and employees’ performance among other nationals in the selected MNCs. The study concluded that there are significant relationships between training and development practices and employees’ performance in selected manufacturing MNCs in Nigeria.
The Effect Of Human Resource Management Functions On Quality Of Services (Ca...inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online
This study investigates the relationship between quality of work-life and
organizational commitment in the academic environment. Dimensions of quality worklife
examined include career advancement, job security, pay benefit and employee
participation in decision-making. The study adopted the survey method with data
collected from a sample of two hundred and ninety-three (293) randomly selected
respondents in a private-mission owned university in Nigeria. Results of data analysis
indicate a negative relationship between career advancement, job security and
organizational commitment. However, positive relationship was found to exist
between employee participation, job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The
study suggests the imperative for tertiary education institutional managers to
prioritize specific dimensions of employee quality of work-life as an integral
antecedent to the achievement of organizational objectives. This holds promise to
attaining global standards
CFA IN ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT WITH SPEACIAL REFERENCE TO WOMEN FACULTIES O...IAEME Publication
The survival in the present insecure and competitive environment has forced organizations to have specialized and committed employees which act beyond their duties, because the success of organizations depends on them. Committed human resources are organization’s greatest assets. This study aims to examine the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of organisational commitment among academicians. The research method, according to the purpose of applied research and the manner of data collection is a descriptive and the analyzing of the model specifically is based on structural equation modeling (SEM) via AMOS and SPSS softwares.
A satisfied employee is an asset for any organization to produce good results. Further, some of the research studies have shown that the productivity of organizations improves if the satisfaction level is high. Employee Satisfaction happens through a host variety of factors, one of the proven factors for employee satisfaction is "Salary". There were many motivation theories and research conducted on employee satisfaction. Almost all research is always novel due to their contribution and identification of a new phenomenon to Satisfaction. The present research work is also intended to study employee satisfaction taking the variables from previous studies. The current work is majorly focused on academic fraternity, whose contribution is highly essential in producing the next generation in any educational set-up. Unfortunately, not much research happened in this direction.
Primary and Secondary data were used for data collection. A simple percentage method was used and considered 120 faculty members, specifically from the arts and science colleges, collected through a well-structured questionnaire. Methods used are Simple percentage analysis, Weighted mean, Cronbach's alpha (Reliability), Chi-square test, Standard deviation, and Ranking.
Therefore, the present research work is intended to fill that gap. The study aims to find the Factors influencing the Satisfaction of faculty members working in fine Arts and Science colleges in Palakkad District, Kerala.
The research paper initially focused on employee satisfaction on various parameters and then studied the phenomenon during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
The pandemic has devastating effects on academic fraternity satisfaction levels, especially in India. A host variety of reasons captured in this study, and finally, the paper ends with some of the suggestions to make a healthy work environment for a happy and satisfied work-life to provide to the community good academic pursuits.
Organisations both in the private and public sector across the globe rely on their workforce for optimum productivity which will in turn result to organisational efficiency. In this case, the need for ensuring employee job satisfaction becomes a matter of necessity to every organisation. Though, studies have been conducted by various researchers and scholars in this area, there is however the need to conduct more studies on job satisfaction and performance of an employee since the employees are believed to be an indispensable part of an organisation. Therefore, this study aims to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and performance of non-academic staff of Bauchi State University Gadau Nigeria (BASUG). Dissatisfaction is believed to be one of the major factors that demotivates and demoralise employee in the workplace which can result to lower productivity thereby affecting the overall performance of the organisation. Consequently an aggregate of two hundred and seventy questionnaires were distributed non- academic staff of BASUG based on systematic random sampling and data collected is analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The outcome of the analysis depicts that there is positive and significant relationship between job satisfactions on the performance of non- academic staff of the University. The study will serve as a policy guide to the management of the Nigerian Universities in areas relating to employee performance improvement through job satisfaction and it will also further make an impetus the field of organisational behaviour and human resource management
University Leadership and Academic Staff Retention in Kenyaijtsrd
Academic staff retention is a major challenge affecting higher learning institutions globally. The performance and success of any education institution immensely depends on the qualified academic staff it’s able to retain. When good academic staff exit, they leave a void that is often costly to fill and challenging to manage, hence corrodes institutional efficiency and effectiveness in its operations. The purpose of this study therefore was to investigate the influence of leadership practices on academic staff retention in public Universities. The study employed ex post facto research design. Simple random sampling was used to select 376 academic staff from 10 public Universities for the study. Data was collected using a closed ended questionnaire Likert type scale 1 5 . Data was analyzed using weighted averages and simple linear regression analysis. The study concluded that University leadership significantly affects academic staff retention. Sarah Likoko | Simon Kipkenei "University Leadership and Academic Staff Retention in Kenya" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-4 , June 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50229.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/50229/university-leadership-and-academic-staff-retention-in-kenya/sarah-likoko
Submission Deadline: 30th September 2022
Acceptance Notification: Within Three Days’ time period
Online Publication: Within 24 Hrs. time Period
Expected Date of Dispatch of Printed Journal: 5th October 2022
MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND WHITE LATER THICKNESS IN WIRE-...IAEME Publication
White layer thickness (WLT) formed and surface roughness in wire electric discharge turning (WEDT) of tungsten carbide composite has been made to model through response surface methodology (RSM). A Taguchi’s standard Design of experiments involving five input variables with three levels has been employed to establish a mathematical model between input parameters and responses. Percentage of cobalt content, spindle speed, Pulse on-time, wire feed and pulse off-time were changed during the experimental tests based on the Taguchi’s orthogonal array L27 (3^13). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed that the mathematical models obtained can adequately describe performance within the parameters of the factors considered. There was a good agreement between the experimental and predicted values in this study.
A STUDY ON THE REASONS FOR TRANSGENDER TO BECOME ENTREPRENEURSIAEME Publication
The study explores the reasons for a transgender to become entrepreneurs. In this study transgender entrepreneur was taken as independent variable and reasons to become as dependent variable. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire containing a five point Likert Scale. The study examined the data of 30 transgender entrepreneurs in Salem Municipal Corporation of Tamil Nadu State, India. Simple Random sampling technique was used. Garrett Ranking Technique (Percentile Position, Mean Scores) was used as the analysis for the present study to identify the top 13 stimulus factors for establishment of trans entrepreneurial venture. Economic advancement of a nation is governed upon the upshot of a resolute entrepreneurial doings. The conception of entrepreneurship has stretched and materialized to the socially deflated uncharted sections of transgender community. Presently transgenders have smashed their stereotypes and are making recent headlines of achievements in various fields of our Indian society. The trans-community is gradually being observed in a new light and has been trying to achieve prospective growth in entrepreneurship. The findings of the research revealed that the optimistic changes are taking place to change affirmative societal outlook of the transgender for entrepreneurial ventureship. It also laid emphasis on other transgenders to renovate their traditional living. The paper also highlights that legislators, supervisory body should endorse an impartial canons and reforms in Tamil Nadu Transgender Welfare Board Association.
BROAD UNEXPOSED SKILLS OF TRANSGENDER ENTREPRENEURSIAEME Publication
Since ages gender difference is always a debatable theme whether caused by nature, evolution or environment. The birth of a transgender is dreadful not only for the child but also for their parents. The pain of living in the wrong physique and treated as second class victimized citizen is outrageous and fully harboured with vicious baseless negative scruples. For so long, social exclusion had perpetuated inequality and deprivation experiencing ingrained malign stigma and besieged victims of crime or violence across their life spans. They are pushed into the murky way of life with a source of eternal disgust, bereft sexual potency and perennial fear. Although they are highly visible but very little is known about them. The common public needs to comprehend the ravaged arrogance on these insensitive souls and assist in integrating them into the mainstream by offering equal opportunity, treat with humanity and respect their dignity. Entrepreneurship in the current age is endorsing the gender fairness movement. Unstable careers and economic inadequacy had inclined one of the gender variant people called Transgender to become entrepreneurs. These tiny budding entrepreneurs resulted in economic transition by means of employment, free from the clutches of stereotype jobs, raised standard of living and handful of financial empowerment. Besides all these inhibitions, they were able to witness a platform for skill set development that ignited them to enter into entrepreneurial domain. This paper epitomizes skill sets involved in trans-entrepreneurs of Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation of Tamil Nadu State and is a groundbreaking determination to sightsee various skills incorporated and the impact on entrepreneurship.
DETERMINANTS AFFECTING THE USER'S INTENTION TO USE MOBILE BANKING APPLICATIONSIAEME Publication
The banking and financial services industries are experiencing increased technology penetration. Among them, the banking industry has made technological advancements to better serve the general populace. The economy focused on transforming the banking sector's system into a cashless, paperless, and faceless one. The researcher wants to evaluate the user's intention for utilising a mobile banking application. The study also examines the variables affecting the user's behaviour intention when selecting specific applications for financial transactions. The researcher employed a well-structured questionnaire and a descriptive study methodology to gather the respondents' primary data utilising the snowball sampling technique. The study includes variables like performance expectations, effort expectations, social impact, enabling circumstances, and perceived risk. Each of the aforementioned variables has a major impact on how users utilise mobile banking applications. The outcome will assist the service provider in comprehending the user's history with mobile banking applications.
ANALYSE THE USER PREDILECTION ON GPAY AND PHONEPE FOR DIGITAL TRANSACTIONSIAEME Publication
Technology upgradation in banking sector took the economy to view that payment mode towards online transactions using mobile applications. This system enabled connectivity between banks, Merchant and user in a convenient mode. there are various applications used for online transactions such as Google pay, Paytm, freecharge, mobikiwi, oxygen, phonepe and so on and it also includes mobile banking applications. The study aimed at evaluating the predilection of the user in adopting digital transaction. The study is descriptive in nature. The researcher used random sample techniques to collect the data. The findings reveal that mobile applications differ with the quality of service rendered by Gpay and Phonepe. The researcher suggest the Phonepe application should focus on implementing the application should be user friendly interface and Gpay on motivating the users to feel the importance of request for money and modes of payments in the application.
VOICE BASED ATM FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED USING ARDUINOIAEME Publication
The prototype of a voice-based ATM for visually impaired using Arduino is to help people who are blind. This uses RFID cards which contain users fingerprint encrypted on it and interacts with the users through voice commands. ATM operates when sensor detects the presence of one person in the cabin. After scanning the RFID card, it will ask to select the mode like –normal or blind. User can select the respective mode through voice input, if blind mode is selected the balance check or cash withdraw can be done through voice input. Normal mode procedure is same as the existing ATM.
IMPACT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG...IAEME Publication
There is increasing acceptability of emotional intelligence as a major factor in personality assessment and effective human resource management. Emotional intelligence as the ability to build capacity, empathize, co-operate, motivate and develop others cannot be divorced from both effective performance and human resource management systems. The human person is crucial in defining organizational leadership and fortunes in terms of challenges and opportunities and walking across both multinational and bilateral relationships. The growing complexity of the business world requires a great deal of self-confidence, integrity, communication, conflict and diversity management to keep the global enterprise within the paths of productivity and sustainability. Using the exploratory research design and 255 participants the result of this original study indicates strong positive correlation between emotional intelligence and effective human resource management. The paper offers suggestions on further studies between emotional intelligence and human capital development and recommends for conflict management as an integral part of effective human resource management.
VISUALISING AGING PARENTS & THEIR CLOSE CARERS LIFE JOURNEY IN AGING ECONOMYIAEME Publication
Our life journey, in general, is closely defined by the way we understand the meaning of why we coexist and deal with its challenges. As we develop the "inspiration economy", we could say that nearly all of the challenges we have faced are opportunities that help us to discover the rest of our journey. In this note paper, we explore how being faced with the opportunity of being a close carer for an aging parent with dementia brought intangible discoveries that changed our insight of the meaning of the rest of our life journey.
A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PERFO...IAEME Publication
The main objective of this study is to analyze the impact of aspects of Organizational Culture on the Effectiveness of the Performance Management System (PMS) in the Health Care Organization at Thanjavur. Organizational Culture and PMS play a crucial role in present-day organizations in achieving their objectives. PMS needs employees’ cooperation to achieve its intended objectives. Employees' cooperation depends upon the organization’s culture. The present study uses exploratory research to examine the relationship between the Organization's culture and the Effectiveness of the Performance Management System. The study uses a Structured Questionnaire to collect the primary data. For this study, Thirty-six non-clinical employees were selected from twelve randomly selected Health Care organizations at Thanjavur. Thirty-two fully completed questionnaires were received.
Living in 21st century in itself reminds all of us the necessity of police and its administration. As more and more we are entering into the modern society and culture, the more we require the services of the so called ‘Khaki Worthy’ men i.e., the police personnel. Whether we talk of Indian police or the other nation’s police, they all have the same recognition as they have in India. But as already mentioned, their services and requirements are different after the like 26th November, 2008 incidents, where they without saving their own lives has sacrificed themselves without any hitch and without caring about their respective family members and wards. In other words, they are like our heroes and mentors who can guide us from the darkness of fear, militancy, corruption and other dark sides of life and so on. Now the question arises, if Gandhi would have been alive today, what would have been his reaction/opinion to the police and its functioning? Would he have some thing different in his mind now what he had been in his mind before the partition or would he be going to start some Satyagraha in the form of some improvement in the functioning of the police administration? Really these questions or rather night mares can come to any one’s mind, when there is too much confusion is prevailing in our minds, when there is too much corruption in the society and when the polices working is also in the questioning because of one or the other case throughout the India. It is matter of great concern that we have to thing over our administration and our practical approach because the police personals are also like us, they are part and parcel of our society and among one of us, so why we all are pin pointing towards them.
A STUDY ON TALENT MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN SELECTED...IAEME Publication
The goal of this study was to see how talent management affected employee retention in the selected IT organizations in Chennai. The fundamental issue was the difficulty to attract, hire, and retain talented personnel who perform well and the gap between supply and demand of talent acquisition and retaining them within the firms. The study's main goals were to determine the impact of talent management on employee retention in IT companies in Chennai, investigate talent management strategies that IT companies could use to improve talent acquisition, performance management, career planning and formulate retention strategies that the IT firms could use. The respondents were given a structured close-ended questionnaire with the 5 Point Likert Scale as part of the study's quantitative research design. The target population consisted of 289 IT professionals. The questionnaires were distributed and collected by the researcher directly. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to collect and analyse the questionnaire responses. Hypotheses that were formulated for the various areas of the study were tested using a variety of statistical tests. The key findings of the study suggested that talent management had an impact on employee retention. The studies also found that there is a clear link between the implementation of talent management and retention measures. Management should provide enough training and development for employees, clarify job responsibilities, provide adequate remuneration packages, and recognise employees for exceptional performance.
ATTRITION IN THE IT INDUSTRY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: LINKING EMOTIONAL INTE...IAEME Publication
Globally, Millions of dollars were spent by the organizations for employing skilled Information Technology (IT) professionals. It is costly to replace unskilled employees with IT professionals possessing technical skills and competencies that aid in interconnecting the business processes. The organization’s employment tactics were forced to alter by globalization along with technological innovations as they consistently diminish to remain lean, outsource to concentrate on core competencies along with restructuring/reallocate personnel to gather efficiency. As other jobs, organizations or professions have become reasonably more appropriate in a shifting employment landscape, the above alterations trigger both involuntary as well as voluntary turnover. The employee view on jobs is also afflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic along with the employee-driven labour market. So, having effective strategies is necessary to tackle the withdrawal rate of employees. By associating Emotional Intelligence (EI) along with Talent Management (TM) in the IT industry, the rise in attrition rate was analyzed in this study. Only 303 respondents were collected out of 350 participants to whom questionnaires were distributed. From the employees of IT organizations located in Bangalore (India), the data were congregated. A simple random sampling methodology was employed to congregate data as of the respondents. Generating the hypothesis along with testing is eventuated. The effect of EI and TM along with regression analysis between TM and EI was analyzed. The outcomes indicated that employee and Organizational Performance (OP) were elevated by effective EI along with TM.
INFLUENCE OF TALENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE A STUD...IAEME Publication
By implementing talent management strategy, organizations would have the option to retain their skilled professionals while additionally working on their overall performance. It is the course of appropriately utilizing the ideal individuals, setting them up for future top positions, exploring and dealing with their performance, and holding them back from leaving the organization. It is employee performance that determines the success of every organization. The firm quickly obtains an upper hand over its rivals in the event that its employees having particular skills that cannot be duplicated by the competitors. Thus, firms are centred on creating successful talent management practices and processes to deal with the unique human resources. Firms are additionally endeavouring to keep their top/key staff since on the off chance that they leave; the whole store of information leaves the firm's hands. The study's objective was to determine the impact of talent management on organizational performance among the selected IT organizations in Chennai. The study recommends that talent management limitedly affects performance. On the off chance that this talent is appropriately management and implemented properly, organizations might benefit as much as possible from their maintained assets to support development and productivity, both monetarily and non-monetarily.
A STUDY OF VARIOUS TYPES OF LOANS OF SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS...IAEME Publication
Banking regulations act of India, 1949 defines banking as “acceptance of deposits for the purpose of lending or investment from the public, repayment on demand or otherwise and withdrawable through cheques, drafts order or otherwise”, the major participants of the Indian financial system are commercial banks, the financial institution encompassing term lending institutions. Investments institutions, specialized financial institution and the state level development banks, non banking financial companies (NBFC) and other market intermediaries such has the stock brokers and money lenders are among the oldest of the certain variants of NBFC and the oldest market participants. The asset quality of banks is one of the most important indicators of their financial health. The Indian banking sector has been facing severe problems of increasing Non- Performing Assets (NPAs). The NPAs growth directly and indirectly affects the quality of assets and profitability of banks. It also shows the efficiency of banks credit risk management and the recovery effectiveness. NPA do not generate any income, whereas, the bank is required to make provisions for such as assets that why is a double edge weapon. This paper outlines the concept of quality of bank loans of different types like Housing, Agriculture and MSME loans in state Haryana of selected public and private sector banks. This study is highlighting problems associated with the role of commercial bank in financing Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME). The overall objective of the research was to assess the effect of the financing provisions existing for the setting up and operations of MSMEs in the country and to generate recommendations for more robust financing mechanisms for successful operation of the MSMEs, in turn understanding the impact of MSME loans on financial institutions due to NPA. There are many research conducted on the topic of Non- Performing Assets (NPA) Management, concerning particular bank, comparative study of public and private banks etc. In this paper the researcher is considering the aggregate data of selected public sector and private sector banks and attempts to compare the NPA of Housing, Agriculture and MSME loans in state Haryana of public and private sector banks. The tools used in the study are average and Anova test and variance. The findings reveal that NPA is common problem for both public and private sector banks and is associated with all types of loans either that is housing loans, agriculture loans and loans to SMES. NPAs of both public and private sector banks show the increasing trend. In 2010-11 GNPA of public and private sector were at same level it was 2% but after 2010-11 it increased in many fold and at present there is GNPA in some more than 15%. It shows the dark area of Indian banking sector.
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL RELATION OF NYLON/BaSO4 POL...IAEME Publication
An experiment conducted in this study found that BaSO4 changed Nylon 6's mechanical properties. By changing the weight ratios, BaSO4 was used to make Nylon 6. This Researcher looked into how hard Nylon-6/BaSO4 composites are and how well they wear. Experiments were done based on Taguchi design L9. Nylon-6/BaSO4 composites can be tested for their hardness number using a Rockwell hardness testing apparatus. On Nylon/BaSO4, the wear behavior was measured by a wear monitor, pinon-disc friction by varying reinforcement, sliding speed, and sliding distance, and the microstructure of the crack surfaces was observed by SEM. This study provides significant contributions to ultimate strength by increasing BaSO4 content up to 16% in the composites, and sliding speed contributes 72.45% to the wear rate
ROLE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA - PROBLEMS AND ...IAEME Publication
The majority of the population in India lives in villages. The village is the back bone of the country. Village or rural industries play an important role in the national economy, particularly in the rural development. Developing the rural economy is one of the key indicators towards a country’s success. Whether it be the need to look after the welfare of the farmers or invest in rural infrastructure, Governments have to ensure that rural development isn’t compromised. The economic development of our country largely depends on the progress of rural areas and the standard of living of rural masses. Village or rural industries play an important role in the national economy, particularly in the rural development. Rural entrepreneurship is based on stimulating local entrepreneurial talent and the subsequent growth of indigenous enterprises. It recognizes opportunity in the rural areas and accelerates a unique blend of resources either inside or outside of agriculture. Rural entrepreneurship brings an economic value to the rural sector by creating new methods of production, new markets, new products and generate employment opportunities thereby ensuring continuous rural development. Social Entrepreneurship has the direct and primary objective of serving the society along with the earning profits. So, social entrepreneurship is different from the economic entrepreneurship as its basic objective is not to earn profits but for providing innovative solutions to meet the society needs which are not taken care by majority of the entrepreneurs as they are in the business for profit making as a sole objective. So, the Social Entrepreneurs have the huge growth potential particularly in the developing countries like India where we have huge societal disparities in terms of the financial positions of the population. Still 22 percent of the Indian population is below the poverty line and also there is disparity among the rural & urban population in terms of families living under BPL. 25.7 percent of the rural population & 13.7 percent of the urban population is under BPL which clearly shows the disparity of the poor people in the rural and urban areas. The need to develop social entrepreneurship in agriculture is dictated by a large number of social problems. Such problems include low living standards, unemployment, and social tension. The reasons that led to the emergence of the practice of social entrepreneurship are the above factors. The research problem lays upon disclosing the importance of role of social entrepreneurship in rural development of India. The paper the tendencies of social entrepreneurship in India, to present successful examples of such business for providing recommendations how to improve situation in rural areas in terms of social entrepreneurship development. Indian government has made some steps towards development of social enterprises, social entrepreneurship, and social in- novation, but a lot remains to be improved.
OPTIMAL RECONFIGURATION OF POWER DISTRIBUTION RADIAL NETWORK USING HYBRID MET...IAEME Publication
Distribution system is a critical link between the electric power distributor and the consumers. Most of the distribution networks commonly used by the electric utility is the radial distribution network. However in this type of network, it has technical issues such as enormous power losses which affect the quality of the supply. Nowadays, the introduction of Distributed Generation (DG) units in the system help improve and support the voltage profile of the network as well as the performance of the system components through power loss mitigation. In this study network reconfiguration was done using two meta-heuristic algorithms Particle Swarm Optimization and Gravitational Search Algorithm (PSO-GSA) to enhance power quality and voltage profile in the system when simultaneously applied with the DG units. Backward/Forward Sweep Method was used in the load flow analysis and simulated using the MATLAB program. Five cases were considered in the Reconfiguration based on the contribution of DG units. The proposed method was tested using IEEE 33 bus system. Based on the results, there was a voltage profile improvement in the system from 0.9038 p.u. to 0.9594 p.u.. The integration of DG in the network also reduced power losses from 210.98 kW to 69.3963 kW. Simulated results are drawn to show the performance of each case.
APPLICATION OF FRUGAL APPROACH FOR PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT - A CASE STUDY OF...IAEME Publication
Manufacturing industries have witnessed an outburst in productivity. For productivity improvement manufacturing industries are taking various initiatives by using lean tools and techniques. However, in different manufacturing industries, frugal approach is applied in product design and services as a tool for improvement. Frugal approach contributed to prove less is more and seems indirectly contributing to improve productivity. Hence, there is need to understand status of frugal approach application in manufacturing industries. All manufacturing industries are trying hard and putting continuous efforts for competitive existence. For productivity improvements, manufacturing industries are coming up with different effective and efficient solutions in manufacturing processes and operations. To overcome current challenges, manufacturing industries have started using frugal approach in product design and services. For this study, methodology adopted with both primary and secondary sources of data. For primary source interview and observation technique is used and for secondary source review has done based on available literatures in website, printed magazines, manual etc. An attempt has made for understanding application of frugal approach with the study of manufacturing industry project. Manufacturing industry selected for this project study is Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. This paper will help researcher to find the connections between the two concepts productivity improvement and frugal approach. This paper will help to understand significance of frugal approach for productivity improvement in manufacturing industry. This will also help to understand current scenario of frugal approach in manufacturing industry. In manufacturing industries various process are involved to deliver the final product. In the process of converting input in to output through manufacturing process productivity plays very critical role. Hence this study will help to evolve status of frugal approach in productivity improvement programme. The notion of frugal can be viewed as an approach towards productivity improvement in manufacturing industries.
A MULTIPLE – CHANNEL QUEUING MODELS ON FUZZY ENVIRONMENTIAEME Publication
In this paper, we investigated a queuing model of fuzzy environment-based a multiple channel queuing model (M/M/C) ( /FCFS) and study its performance under realistic conditions. It applies a nonagonal fuzzy number to analyse the relevant performance of a multiple channel queuing model (M/M/C) ( /FCFS). Based on the sub interval average ranking method for nonagonal fuzzy number, we convert fuzzy number to crisp one. Numerical results reveal that the efficiency of this method. Intuitively, the fuzzy environment adapts well to a multiple channel queuing models (M/M/C) ( /FCFS) are very well.
CFD Simulation of By-pass Flow in a HRSG module by R&R Consult.pptxR&R Consult
CFD analysis is incredibly effective at solving mysteries and improving the performance of complex systems!
Here's a great example: At a large natural gas-fired power plant, where they use waste heat to generate steam and energy, they were puzzled that their boiler wasn't producing as much steam as expected.
R&R and Tetra Engineering Group Inc. were asked to solve the issue with reduced steam production.
An inspection had shown that a significant amount of hot flue gas was bypassing the boiler tubes, where the heat was supposed to be transferred.
R&R Consult conducted a CFD analysis, which revealed that 6.3% of the flue gas was bypassing the boiler tubes without transferring heat. The analysis also showed that the flue gas was instead being directed along the sides of the boiler and between the modules that were supposed to capture the heat. This was the cause of the reduced performance.
Based on our results, Tetra Engineering installed covering plates to reduce the bypass flow. This improved the boiler's performance and increased electricity production.
It is always satisfying when we can help solve complex challenges like this. Do your systems also need a check-up or optimization? Give us a call!
Work done in cooperation with James Malloy and David Moelling from Tetra Engineering.
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Overview of the fundamental roles in Hydropower generation and the components involved in wider Electrical Engineering.
This paper presents the design and construction of hydroelectric dams from the hydrologist’s survey of the valley before construction, all aspects and involved disciplines, fluid dynamics, structural engineering, generation and mains frequency regulation to the very transmission of power through the network in the United Kingdom.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Technical Specifications
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
Key Features
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system
• Copatiable with IDM8000 CCR
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
Application
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Sachpazis:Terzaghi Bearing Capacity Estimation in simple terms with Calculati...Dr.Costas Sachpazis
Terzaghi's soil bearing capacity theory, developed by Karl Terzaghi, is a fundamental principle in geotechnical engineering used to determine the bearing capacity of shallow foundations. This theory provides a method to calculate the ultimate bearing capacity of soil, which is the maximum load per unit area that the soil can support without undergoing shear failure. The Calculation HTML Code included.
Hybrid optimization of pumped hydro system and solar- Engr. Abdul-Azeez.pdffxintegritypublishin
Advancements in technology unveil a myriad of electrical and electronic breakthroughs geared towards efficiently harnessing limited resources to meet human energy demands. The optimization of hybrid solar PV panels and pumped hydro energy supply systems plays a pivotal role in utilizing natural resources effectively. This initiative not only benefits humanity but also fosters environmental sustainability. The study investigated the design optimization of these hybrid systems, focusing on understanding solar radiation patterns, identifying geographical influences on solar radiation, formulating a mathematical model for system optimization, and determining the optimal configuration of PV panels and pumped hydro storage. Through a comparative analysis approach and eight weeks of data collection, the study addressed key research questions related to solar radiation patterns and optimal system design. The findings highlighted regions with heightened solar radiation levels, showcasing substantial potential for power generation and emphasizing the system's efficiency. Optimizing system design significantly boosted power generation, promoted renewable energy utilization, and enhanced energy storage capacity. The study underscored the benefits of optimizing hybrid solar PV panels and pumped hydro energy supply systems for sustainable energy usage. Optimizing the design of solar PV panels and pumped hydro energy supply systems as examined across diverse climatic conditions in a developing country, not only enhances power generation but also improves the integration of renewable energy sources and boosts energy storage capacities, particularly beneficial for less economically prosperous regions. Additionally, the study provides valuable insights for advancing energy research in economically viable areas. Recommendations included conducting site-specific assessments, utilizing advanced modeling tools, implementing regular maintenance protocols, and enhancing communication among system components.
Student information management system project report ii.pdfKamal Acharya
Our project explains about the student management. This project mainly explains the various actions related to student details. This project shows some ease in adding, editing and deleting the student details. It also provides a less time consuming process for viewing, adding, editing and deleting the marks of the students.
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between work, home and the organisation. Individual needs such as income, job security and
general wellbeing, etc needs to satisfy to keep the individual happy and motivated (Bagtatos
2011).
Furthermore, with the changes going on in the educational sector in Nigeria, there is need
for an urgent development of policies and procedures which will cater for the QWL of
academic staff in Nigerian private universities in order to determine how best the needs of the
member of staff can improve in order to enhance their performance and retention.
1.1. Problem
In universities formal employment and job security changed to stressful issues because of
some factors such as the long process of faculty recruitment, workload and teaching hours of
faculty hinder some activities in the universities (Noor Shahi & Samie, 2011). Private
universities in Nigeria faced a serious challenge of retaining adequately qualified and
competent staff due to regular resignations and termination of employment contracts. This
has resulted in a steady backlog of vacant positions and which invariably affects the quality
of teaching and learning (Mpho, 2013).
Various studies have been done in other zones of Nigeria about QWL and job satisfaction
of faculty members in universities (Mamedu, & Ahiakwo, 2016), but studies about QWL of
academic staff in private universitiesare limited especially in the north central zone of
Nigeria. This is a gap in Knowledge, which this study intends to fill, by examining the QWL
of academic staff in private universities in north central zone of Nigeria.
2. BRIEF REVIEW OF LITERATURE
This aspect of the study covers the literature review and the theoretical framework.
2.1. Conceptualizing Quality of work life (QWL)
Hackman & Oldhams (1980) define QWL as the by-product of the relationship between the
work environment and personal needs. In line with Hackman & Oldham‟s (1980) definition,
Lawler (1982) defines QWL in terms of work conditions and job characteristics. QWL is the
degree of covering the important personal needs of workers‟ lives in an organisation. Sirgy,
Efraty, Siegel & Lee (2001) affirm that QWL is determined by employee satisfaction with a
variety of needs through resources, activities and outcomes stemming from participation in
the workplace.
Hackman &Oldhams (1980), Sirgyet al. (2001) concur in terms of basing their definitions
of QWL on the „needs‟ of employees. Lau, Wong, Chan & Law (2001) defines QWL as the
favourable working environment that supports and promotes satisfaction by providing
employees with rewards, job security and career growth opportunities. Schemerhorn, John,
Hunt, James, Orsborne & James (1994) asserts that QWL offers fair pay, a safe working
environment, opportunities to learn and utilize new skills, career progression, upholding
individual rights and pride in the organisation. Kiernan & Knutson (1990) define QWL as
methods which serve the individual‟s needs and the organisational effectiveness. Quality of
life is a comprehensive programme the bring about an increase in workers satisfaction as well
as enhance their learning and lack of satisfaction from the QWL is a problem that can harm
the workers regardless of their status and position (Ramin, Mahmoud & Mahlaqa, 2015).
2.2. Relationship between Work and Home Life
One major factor of QWL which affects the relationship between the individual and the
organisation is the interaction between work and home life. Some scholars assert that long
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hours at work can bring about physical and psychological ill-health. Today globalized world
has brought about technology of wireless connection in the workplace and borderless
organisations so that people can work anywhere without being restricted by the physical
working environment (Kreiner, Hollensbe & Mathew 2009). Also, the term „workplace‟ is no
longer necessarily a physical location, meaning that work can be done at anyplace at any
time. Therefore, workers can find themselves taking work home and spending long hours
performing work and subsequently compromising their personal lives. This creates
complexity in terms of the home work interface.
3. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Theoretically, this study adopted the self and organizational theories. The self and
Organizational theories aid our understanding of the QWL of academic staff in Nigerian
private universities. The University as a global social system is regulated largely by the
decisions and actions of university management. Quality of work-life (QWL), as a human
resource model is about reification, treating university systems as living organisms by
focusing on the dynamic relationships among universities‟ stakeholders as its driving force.
The Self-Theory was propounded by Snyder & Williams (1982). The self-based theory
asserts that human beings have fundamental need to maintain or enhance the self. The theory
is concerned about the variety of ways to think about the self and therefore subsumes two of
the most widely used terms known as self-concept and self-esteem. Katz & Kahn (1967) and
Hoy & Miskel (1996) asserted that organizational behaviour is the result of the dynamic
interplay of bureaucratic expectations, individual needs, informal norms, and external
influences. All these factors have a significant impact on the quality of working lives of
members in an organization.
It is on this basis that this study adopted the self and organizational theories as the
theoretical framework that explains the study.
4. METHODS
Research design for this study is descriptive and survey in nature. Data for the survey were
retrieved using self-structured questionnaires.The study was conducted amongthree (3)
selected private universities in north central part of Nigeria. For convenience and some other
constrains, the selected sample size for the study was 245 academic staff who were
purposively selected.
6. RESULT
6.1. Socio-demographic characteristics
Respondents‟ socio-economic and demographic characteristics are presented in Table 1.
More males (75.5 percent) were represented in the study. The mean and median ages of the
respondents were 38.9 years and 38 years respectively; and the standard deviation was 8.3.
Furthermore, 75.5 percent of the academic staff was married. The respondents‟ monthly
salaries were almost evenly distributed across the categories except for 12.2 percent of the
respondents who earn below N50,000. Majority (36.7 percent) of the respondents had Ph.D.
while, 34.7 percent of them had M.Sc. Majority (36.7 percent) of the respondents had spent
between 6 and 8 years in service with an average of 4.1 years for all the respondents. Further
details about socio-economic and demographic features of respondents are presented in Table
1.
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Variables Categories n (%)
Sex
Male 185 (75.5)
Female 60 (24.5)
Age
20-29 years 20 (8.2)
30-39 years 120 (49.0)
40-49 years 65 (26.5)
50-59 years 40 (16.3)
Marital status
Single 60 (24.5)
Married 185 (75.5)
Monthly salary
Below N50,000 30 (12.2)
N50,000 - N99,999 55 (22.4)
N100,000 - N149,999 50 (20.4)
N150,000 - N199,999 55 (22.4)
N200,000 and above 55 (22.4)
Highest educational
qualification obtained
Ordinary National Diploma (OND) 10 (4.1)
National Certificate Examination (NCE) 5 (2.0)
Higher National Diploma (HND) 10 (4.1)
First Degree (such as B.Sc./B.Eng./B.Ed.) 30 (12.2)
Post-Graduate Diploma 10 (4.1)
Master of Science (M.Sc.) 85 (34.7)
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) 5 (2.0)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 90 (36.7)
Length of service in the
present job (in years)
0-2 years 75 (30.6)
3-5 years 80 (32.7)
6-8 years 90 (36.7)
Total 245 (100)
6.2. Field survey (2018)
6.2.1. Measurement of Variables
Swamy, Nanjundeswaraswamy & Rashmi‟s (2015) „Quality of Work Life: Scale
Development and Validation‟ was used to measure QWL among the selected private
universities staff in north central Nigeria, having been adjusted to fit local context. The scale
adopted nine significant dimensions which include: work environment, organization culture
and climate, relation and co-operation, training and development, compensation and rewards,
facilities, job satisfaction and job security, autonomy of work, and adequacy of resources.
Under each of these dimensions, at least two specific questions which aid the measurement of
QWL were asked.
In all, twenty set of measurable questions were placed on a Likert scale and each question
was coded accordingly which range from strongly agree (5), agree (4), uncertain (3), disagree
(2) to strongly disagree (1), with due consideration for the questions that had reverse form of
inquiry. The score was determined by adding all the 20 responses under the nine components
of QWL and then dividing by 20. The individual response choices ranged between maximum
QWL score of 5 and minimum QWL score of 1.
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Furthermore, the respondents were grouped into two categories based on their QWL score
which include satisfied and unsatisfied. These categories were determined by dividing the
range of possible QWL scores (1-5) into two intervals: above and below mean value (3). The
scoring which is greater than the mean value were classified as „satisfied‟ and the scoring
which are lower than the mean value were classified as unsatisfied‟.
Chart 1: Quality of Work Life
Chart 1 presents the distribution of respondents according to their quality of work life
(QWL). The chart shows that 81.6 percent of the university staff were satisfied with their
work while less than one-fifth (18.4 percent) of the respondents were not satisfied with their
work.
This implies that the better the quality of work life (work environment, organization
culture and climate, relation and co-operation, training and development, compensation and
rewards, facilities, job security, autonomy of work, and adequacy of resources) of the
academic staff, the better the organizational commitment, productivity level and Job
Satisfaction. This corroborates the observation of Mpho (2013), Ramin, Mahmoud &Mahlaqa
(2015), whose studies observed that there was a significant relationship between Working
Conditions, productivity level and Job Satisfaction.
6.3. Association between socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and
QWL
Table 2 presents the association between socio-demographic characteristics of respondents
and QWL. The table further shows the values of Cramer‟s V and Pearson chi-square so as to
demonstrate the strength and statistical significance of association between two categorical
variables. The table employs percentages „within socio-economic and demographic
characteristics‟. This helps to understand the QWL across respondents‟ socio-economic and
demographic features.
The table indicates that among the respondents who were satisfied, 72.5 percent were
males. The Cramer‟s V (0.148) shows weak association between sex of respondents and
QWL. However, the Pearson chi-square value shows that the association is statistically
significant (p<0.05). The cross-tabulation between the ages of respondents and the QWL
shows that among the respondents who were satisfied with their work, 52.5 percent were
between the ages of 30 and 39 years.
18.4%
81.6%
0
50
100
150
200
250
Unsatisfied Satisfied
Sample(n)
Quality of Work Life
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The table further indicates that all respondents who aged 20-29 years were satisfied with
their work. The Cramer‟s V (0.324) shows the association between respondents‟ ages and
quality of life and the Pearson chi-square confirms the statistical relevance of such
association (p<0.05). In term of the association between marital status and QWL, Table 2
shows that of those who were satisfied with their job, 72.5 percent were married while the
remaining proportion (27.5 percent) was single. Although Cramer‟s V (0.148) indicates weak
association, the Pearson chi-square shows that the association is significant (p<0.05).
Table 2 further shows the association between respondents‟ length of service and QWL.
The cross-tabulation indicates that among the respondents who were satisfied with their job,
40 percent of them had served between 6 and 8 years, 32.5 percent had served between 0 and
2 years and 27.5 percent had served between 3 and 5 years. The Cramer‟s phi (coefficient)
and Pearson chi-square value show that the association is somewhat strong (0.452) and
statistically significant (p<0.05) respectively. Further details of the association between
respondents‟ socio-demographic characteristics and quality of life are presented in Table 2.
Table 2: Association between socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and Quality of Work
Life
Variables Categories
Quality of Work Life
Cramer‟s V χ2
Unsatisfied Satisfied
Sex
Male 40 (88.9) 145 (72.5)
.148 .021
Female 5 (11.1) 55 (27.5)
Age
20-29 years 0 (0.0) 20 (10.0)
.324 .000
30-39 years 15 (33.3) 105 (52.5)
40-49 years 25 (55.6) 40 (20.0)
50-59 years 5 (11.1) 35 (17.5)
Marital status
Single 5 (11.1) 55 (27.5)
.148 .021
Married 40 (88.9) 145 (72.5)
Monthly salary
Below N50,000 0 (0.0) 30 (15.0)
.199 .045
N50,000 - N99,999 10 (22.2) 45 (22.5)
N100,000 - N149,999 10 (22.2) 20 (16.3)
N150,000 - N199,999 15 (33.3) 40 (20.0)
N200,000 and above 10 (22.2) 45 (22.5)
Highest
educational
qualification
obtained
OND 0 (0.0) 10 (5.0)
.310 .001
NCE 0 (0.0) 5 (2.5)
HND 0 (0.0) 10 (5.0)
First Degree 0 (0.0) 30 (15.0)
PGD 0 (0.0) 10 (5.0)
M.Sc. 25 (55.6) 60 (30.0)
M.Phil. 0 (0.0) 5 (2.5)
Ph.D. 20 (44.4) 70 (35.0)
Length of
service
0-2 years 10 (22.2) 65 (32.5)
.452 .0003-5 years 25 (55.6) 55 (27.5)
6-8 years 10 (22.2) 80 (40.0)
Total 45 (100.0) 200 (100.0)
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7. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
This research study examines the QWL of academic staff in private universities in north
central zone of Nigeria. The scale adopted nine significant dimensions which include: work
environment, organization culture and climate, relation and co-operation, training and
development, compensation and rewards, facilities, job satisfaction and job security,
autonomy of work, and adequacy of resources. Under each of these dimensions, at least two
specific questions which aid the measurement of QWL were asked.
The outcome of the research indicates that majority (81.6%) of the respondents were
satisfied with their work while less than one-fifth (18.4%) of the respondents were not
satisfied with their work. This may suggests that most private universities in the north central
zone of Nigeria strives to meet the demands of the staff and this may have been driving by
competition and the need for better performance and retention.
The finding indicates that there was a disparity in terms of the academic staff socio-
demographic features and QWL. It also, revealed that male respondents (72.5%) were
satisfied with their job; majority of the staff (52.5%) who falls between the age brackets of
30-39 years indicated that they were satisfied with their job. Majority of the respondents
(72.5%), who were married and have work for 6 to 8 years asserted that, they were satisfied
with their job.
The finding revealed that the Cramer‟s V and Pearson Chi-Square confirm the statistical
relevance of the academic staff‟s socio-demographic features and the QWL. The finding
posits that staff that possessed higher level of educational qualifications who also earn more
were satisfied with their job. This view supports the observation of Fatihe, Ali,
Shahindokhtand Fariba (2015), whose study reveals that there was a significant relationship
between job satisfaction of academic staff and their QWL.
The study recommends that the selected privates Universities in the north central zone of
Nigeria should focus on their academic staffs‟ welfare by providing them better and attractive
working conditions. This can be achieved by developing highly professionalized occupational
safety and health policies that guarantee the safety of all academic staff at work. Stress-free
working environment should be provided for academic staff, this could be achieved by
granting them the opportunity to plan for their work schedule with the convenience of their
work environment in mind.
Adequate teaching aids that will enable them to perform their work efficiently should also
be provided for. The management of the private Universities in the zone should create a
career growth opportunity that may lead to a better performance and therefore a better
competence. The management should provide avenue for sense of belonging which will
increase the academic staff enthusiasm towards their work. The study concludes that in today
globalised world QWL holds great significance and if undermined, can affect the level of job
satisfaction of the academic staff in private universities in the north central zone of Nigeria
adversely.
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