Organizational Structure Variables Research Articles

The connection between organizational structure variables and organizational justice views among correctional staff

ABSTRACT A growing body of research on organizational justice views indicates that distributive (i.e. perceived fairness of outcomes) and procedural justice (i.e. perceived fairness of procedures to reach outcomes) are linked to salient correctional staff outcomes, such as job stress, job involvement, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and life satisfaction; however, limited research investigates the relationships between workplace factors and the organizational justice views among prison staff. The current study investigated the relationships between organizational structure variables of instrumental communication, formalization, integration, and input into organizational decision-making with the procedural and distributive views of staff at a state-run U.S. prison. Data was from 257 staff who worked at a prison holding medium- and high-security convicted male offenders. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis indicated formalization, integration, and input were significantly positively correlated with procedural justice. Instrumental communication, however, was not significantly correlated with procedural justice. Input was a significant positive predictor of distributive justice, while instrumental communication, formalization, and integration were not significant predictors. Considerably more variance was explained in procedural justice compared to distributive justice views. The findings suggest that correctional administrators should be aware that input into decision-making is associated with prison staff’s views of both distributive and procedural justice.

Manajemen Organisasi terhadap Efektivitas Kinerja Ponkesdes

One of the community-based health initiatives (UKBM) that actively incorporates the community in the construction of healthcare facilities is Ponkesdes. According to evaluation data from the Kediri City Health Service (Dinkes), the Ponkesdes program encountered a number of technical difficulties and a lack of coverage of targets. Analytical descriptive research was used in the study, which was carried out in Kediri City and Bondowoso Regency. The cross-sectional approach is the methodology employed. These include organizational structure, work schedule, work program, goal setting, coaching and supervision, and evaluation, all of which are based on organizational aspects found in this research. The analysis's findings indicate that the program variable (α=0.032) and assessment variable (α=0.003) of the health center are the organizational characteristics associated with how well its performance is carried out. Meanwhile, organizational variables (α=0.517), work schedule (α=0.383), compensation system (α=0.101), goal setting (α=0.618), supervision and coaching (α=0.837), and organizational structure variables (α=0.517) are unrelated to the village health center's efficacy. This is due to the fact that, although occasionally ignoring the established organizational structure and work schedules, the Islamic boarding school officers take seriously the need to carry out the programs at the school in order to meet predetermined targets.

Organizational and behavioral attributes' roles in adopting cloud services: An empirical study in the healthcare industry.

The need for cloud services has been raised globally to provide a platform for healthcare providers to efficiently manage their citizens' health records and thus provide treatment remotely. In Iraq, the healthcare records of public hospitals are increasing progressively with poor digital management. While recent works indicate cloud computing as a platform for all sectors globally, a lack of empirical evidence demands a comprehensive investigation to identify the significant factors that influence the utilization of cloud health computing. Here we provide a cost-effective, modular, and computationally efficient model of utilizing cloud computing based on the organization theory and the theory of reasoned action perspectives. A total of 105 key informant data were further analyzed. The partial least square structural equation modeling was used for data analysis to explore the effect of organizational structure variables on healthcare information technicians' behaviors to utilize cloud services. Empirical results revealed that Internet networks, software modularity, hardware modularity, and training availability significantly influence information technicians' behavioral control and confirmation. Furthermore, these factors positively impacted their utilization of cloud systems, while behavioral control had no significant effect. The importance-performance map analysis further confirms that these factors exhibit high importance in shaping user utilization. Our findings can provide a comprehensive and unified guide to policymakers in the healthcare industry by focusing on the significant factors in organizational and behavioral contexts to engage health information technicians in the development and implementation phases.

Corporate Governance and Service Delivery in National Government Administration: A Case of Kirinyaga County, Kenya

Corporate governance is vital in ensuring ethical operations and stakeholder interests in companies, preventing fraud, misconduct, and conflicts of interest, leading to a more sustainable and profitable business. Concerns around corporate governance practices in government agencies can hinder their effectiveness and ultimately impact the quality of services delivered to citizens. This study aimed to examine the influence of corporate governance practices on service quality in the national government administration, case of Kirinyaga County. The specific objectives of this study were to examine the influence of organizational structure, stakeholder participation, ethical issues, and legal framework/policies on the service delivery of Kirinyaga County's national government administration. Concerning the theoretical aspect, the study was anchored by agency theory, resource dependency theory, stakeholder theory, and the SERVQUAL model. This study utilized a descriptive research design. The target population was from all the administrative units of Kirinyaga County, namely: Kerugoya Central, Kerugoya East, Kerugoya West, Mwea East and Mwea West, which formed the unit of analysis. The unit of observation was 143 officials from each of those units. The study adopted a stratified random sampling technique to select the study participants. Primary data was obtained by using a semi-structured questionnaire. To validate the questionnaire, content, construct and face validity were used. The study instrument's reliability was measured using the Test-Retest method, and Cronbach's Alpha was utilized as the reliability measure. A Cronbach's alpha equal to or greater than 0.7 was set as the threshold for reliability. As a result, the study instrument was found to be reliable. Data collected were coded and entered into the software Statistical Package for Social Sciences, which was used to generate descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics were utilized to summarize the observed data, which included frequencies, percentages, mean, and standard deviation. Additionally, inferential statistics were carried out using correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results of the correlation analysis indicated that all variables had a positive linear correlation. Regarding the impact of corporate governance measures on performance, the regression analysis indicated that the organizational structure and ethical issues variables had a strong positive relationship with national government service delivery. However, the stakeholder participation and legal and policy framework variables had a negative effect on the quality of service delivery. Based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that maintaining an appropriate organizational structure and applying the appropriate ethical standards are key factors in determining positive service delivery. National government administration units that employ these two initiatives are likely to provide better quality service. In light of this, National government administration units should prioritize maintaining an appropriate organizational structure and implementing ethical standards to improve the quality of service delivery. Additionally, further research should be conducted on the negative impact of stakeholders' participation and legal and policies framework on service delivery to better understand how to mitigate these effects. By considering these recommendations, national government administration units can improve their service delivery and better serve their constituents.

The influence of organizational structure on value-based management sophistication

Despite the widespread use of value-based management (VBM) in European companies, studies investigating the reasons for the differences in its sophistication remain scarce and are predominantly focused on environmental and intra-organizational aspects. Since the structure of a firm as a major organizational determinant is assumed to have a considerable impact on the fit between an organization and an administrative innovation, we examine the influence of organizational structure on VBM sophistication. Based on survey data from 117 large for-profit firms in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, our findings indicate that the organizational structure variables centralization, formalization and horizontal integration are positively associated with VBM sophistication. Our data provide insight into the interconnection of specific organizational structure variables on particular VBM subdimensions. The findings illustrate that a high level of centralization is positively associated with the political fit of an organization with VBM, while vertical differentiation seems to have a negative relationship with the cultural fit with VBM. High levels of formalization and horizontal integration indicate a technical, political and cultural fit with VBM, which helps to achieve and prevail a high extent of VBM implementation in late diffusion stages. While firms that are listed on the stock market show a positive association with VBM sophistication, the interconnections of organizational structure variables with VBM sophistication appear both in listed and unlisted firms.

Pengaruh Struktur Organisasi, Pemberdayaan dan Motivasi Berprestasi Terhadap Kinerja Guru SMA Swasta Se Kecamatan Siantar Barat

This study aims to examine the effect of organizational structure, empowerment and achievement motivation on the performance of private high school teachers in Siantar Barat sub-district, either partially or simultaneously. The sample in this study was a private high school teacher in the Siantar Barat sub-district, amounting to 108 people. The data in this study are primary data. Data was collected using a questionnaire. The analytical method used is the Multiple Linear Regression model. To test the hypothesis simultaneously the F test is used and partially the t test is used. The results of the tests carried out with SPSS obtained multiple regression equations: Y = 8.215 + 0.379X1 + 0.259X2 + 0.259X3, which means a constant value of 8.215 which indicates that if the organizational structure, empowerment and achievement motivation are assumed to be zero, then the value of performance teacher is 8,215. If the independent variable increases by 1%, the teacher's performance will increase. The results of the t-test hypothesis of research variables are organizational structure variables obtained tcount 6.148 with a significant probability of 0.000 less than the level of confidence (level of significant) = 0.05, empowerment variable obtained tcount 2.853 with a significant probability of 0.005 less than the level of confidence (level of significant) = 0.05. achievement motivation variable obtained tcount 3.197 with a significant probability of 0.002 less than the level of confidence (level of significant) = 0.05. So the decision taken is to reject H0 and accept Ha, meaning that organizational structure, empowerment and achievement motivation have a positive and significant impact on the performance of high school teachers in Siantar Barat sub-district.

The effect of implementation on successful forest management policy, moderated by actor-network and stakeholder collaboration

Abstract Knowing and analyzing the effect of the successful implementation of forest management policies mediated by community empowerment by moderating a network of actors and stakeholder collaborations. This study uses a quantitative approach to examine specific populations and samples. The research instrument is a questionnaire. The sample in this study were 100 people around the KPHP Model Yogjakarta. The analytical tool used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) WarpPLS and IPA approaches. Communication, resources, environmental conditions, and relationships between organizations have a direct and significant effect on community empowerment, and the empowerment variable has a direct and significant effect on the successful implementation of forest management policies. The variables that do not directly affect the disposition and organizational structure variables do not significantly influence community empowerment. The influence of actor-networks and stakeholder collaborations as moderation which strengthens implementation of community empowerment and successful implementation is a novelty in research.

Exploring the Effects of Organizational Structure Variables on the Organizational Justice Perceptions of Correctional Staff

Research examining the effect of organizational justice on the correctional environment is typically limited to its consequences on various outcomes. Absent from this body of literature is how perceptions of organizational justice are formed among correctional staff. Filling this void and using data from a Midwestern correctional facility, the current study examines the impact of instrumental communication, integration, formalization, and input into decision-making on the distributive and procedural justice perceptions of correctional staff. With the exception of integration, all organizational structure variables were significantly related to both forms of organizational justice. These findings offer correctional administrators a low cost and practical solution for enhancing organizational justice through organizational structure.

Análisis de la estructura organizacional basada en centros integrales de servicios y el clima organizacional de Corpoelec Falcón, Venezuela, 2018

El artículo estudia la relación entre una nueva estructura y el clima organizacional en la empresa eléctrica Corpoelec Falcón (Venezuela), específicamente en la Gerencia de Comercialización, Distribución y Uso Racional y Eficiente de la Energía, en 2018. El tipo de estudio fue descriptivo y correlacional bajo un diseño no experimental, de campo y transversal aplicado sobre una muestra de 34 trabajadores del área de comercial de la empresa. Los resultados arrojaron un coeficiente de correlación de Pearson de 0,882 entre las variables estructura organizativa basada en centros integrales de servicios y clima organizacional dentro de Corpoelec Falcón. De este modo, se puede concluir que existe un clima laboral favorable en dicho centro de trabajo. Asimismo, se sugiere que la empresa aproveche dicho elemento para establecer mejora institucional.

Hotel managers' job satisfaction: Is control more important than structure?

ABSTRACTThis study examined the relationship between hotel managerial employees' job satisfaction, their individual locus of control (LOC), and their perceptions of the organizational structure in which they work. Additionally, this study explored the relationship between LOC, organizational structure, and certain demographic variables. Finally, this study found there was a positive relationship between LOC and satisfaction, and it developed practical recommendations regarding what types of candidates hotels should hire, and how employees should be managed after they have been hired.

Correlates of Organizational Commitment Among Community Correctional Officers in China

There has been limited research on the correlates of organizational commitment among community correctional staff, regardless of the nation. Using data from 225 community correction officers from Hubei, China, this study examined community correctional staff commitment to their agencies and its predictors. The study found the majority of the respondents had commitment to their organizations. Organizational structure variables were more powerful than job characteristics in explaining the variance of the organizational commitment. All relationships between organizational structure variables, job characteristics, and organizational commitment were mediated by job satisfaction.

Few Journal Article Organizational Structure Characteristics Affect Article Citation Rate: A Look at Agricultural Economics Articles Using Regression Analysis

<p>When reporting research findings, a journal article’s organizational structure influences whether others can easily assess the published research’s procedures, interpret the results, and synthesize the implications. Organizational structure characteristics include sufficiently explained variables, data format, number of exhibits, and presence of an appendix. This study endeavors to empirically test whether journal article organizational structure influences citation rates. Citations are used for ranking academic fields, evaluating faculty for promotion, and assessing faculty performance for merit-based salary increases. Journal editors desire higher citation rates to enhance journal exposure, and faculty target publishing in journals with higher impact factors, which reflect citation rates. To assess whether journal article organization affects citation rates, this study uses data from a survey of 68 <em>Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics </em>articles published between 1994 and 1998, and it uses citation rates between February 2010 and the publication date as the dependent variable. These articles were selected because they used regression methods and had all information necessary for this analysis. Using Tobit and truncated ordinary least squares regressions, this study evaluated the marginal effects of variables, including organizational structure characteristics, influencing citation rates. The results indicated a lack of statistical significance for most organizational structure variables affecting citation rates. The use of panel data use and presence of an appendix were the two only organizational structure variables that had significant effects on journal article organizational structure. They had respective positive and negative effects. Thus, little evidence supports that a professional impact, measured as citations, will result from at least this particular journal making efforts to improve article format structure. The current study may motivate future research that replicates the methods and examines other journals and article characteristics.</p>

Exploring the association between organizational structure variables and work on family strain among Indian police officers

Work-family conflict occurs when the domains of work and home spill over into one another leading to conflict, which is a real possibility for the unique occupation of policing. Work on family conflict, a subdomain of work-family conflict, occurs when issues at work spill over impacting home life. One form of work on family conflict is strain-based conflict, which is when work problems results in conflict at home, such being irritable at home or arguments with family members and friends. This study examined the relationship between organizational structure variables and work on family conflict strain among Indian police officers. India is the most populous democracy in the world, but little has been published in Western journals of how workplace variables maybe related to work on family strain among Indian officers. Among the organizational structure variables, instrumental communication, organizational support, formalization, distributive justice, and procedural justice each had negative relationships with work on family strain. Input into decision-making had a nonsignificant association.

The elusive promise of reconciliation in British Columbia child welfare: Aboriginal perspectives and wisdom from within the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development

This article considers the unique challenge for Aboriginal professionals working in a government child welfare system responsible for the oppression of Aboriginal children, families and communities. A non-Aboriginal organizational insider researcher uses an Indigenous/ethnographic approach to explore these issues with Aboriginal professionals within the British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD). This study involves a dual focus that examines the history, identity, values, motivations, and practice approaches of Aboriginal professionals as well as how organizational structural and environment variables support or impede their efforts toward critically needed improvements to child welfare services for Aboriginal children, youth, families and communities. Analysis of these two areas results in significant findings for the organization and its perceived inability to achieve progress with transforming service delivery for Aboriginal peoples. The findings contribute to better understanding of factors that impede Aboriginal professionals from achieving improved practice and outcomes. Organizational variables, such as low Aboriginal practice support, racism, cultural incompetence, hierarchical structure and decision making, risk-averse practice norms, poorly implemented or rhetorical change initiatives, and institutional physical environments impede the ability of Aboriginal professionals. However, significant mitigating factors were found to help, such as meaningful organizational support at the worksite level provided through dedicated culturally competent Aboriginal management and practice teams.

PERAN STRUKTUR ORGANISASI DAN SISTEM REMUNERASI DALAM MENINGKATKAN KINERJA

This study focused on examining the influence of organizational structure, systems remunerasi, on work motivation in order to improve the performance of employees at the tax office in Semarang Region. Respondents in this study were employees of the Directorate General of Taxation in Semarang with the number of sampling 120 people. The results of data analysis showed that all the hypotheses proposed in this study is acceptable. This means that there are positive and significant influence of organizational structure variables, remunerasi system, to work motivation and employee performance in order to increase the tax directorate general region of Semarang. Thus through the efforts of organizational structure, systems that support the organization remunerasi be better in accordance with the changes being made, so as to motivate the work in order to improve the performance of employees so as to provide maximum service to the public, especially taxpayers. Processing of data obtained on the influence of the organizational structure of work motivation is 0.32; the influence of the system remunerasi of work motivation is 0.42; influence the organizational structure of the performance of employees is 0.21; remunerasi system influence on the performance of employees is 0.23; and the influence of motivation on employee performance is 0.25. Keywords : organization structure, remuneration system, work motivation, and employee performance

The effect of managerial entrepreneurship behavior on employee satisfaction: Hospitality managers dilemma

This study analyses the effect of managerial entrepreneurship behavior on employee satisfaction. For the variables mentioned, the environmental and structural variables in particular, which we suppose have an influence on the satisfaction, are used as moderators in this study. According to the findings acquired, there is a strong and a positive correlation between the managerial entrepreneurship behavior and satisfaction. Also, the entrepreneurial behavior explains 75% of the employee satisfaction due to this behavior. The hierarchical regression analysis, realized according to the model, shows that only the variable of the static-dynamic dimension of the process environment has a quasi moderator effect on the satisfaction due to entrepreneurial behavior between the other moderator-variables. Of the organizational structure variables, the formalization and the centralization degree have a quasi moderator variable effect on the satisfaction of the managerial behavior. Consequently, the findings give us the result that the structural variables in the organization can be controlled, that these variables can be organized by managerial techniques for the benefit of the employees and that the managerial behaviors are very important for the perception and the satisfaction of the employees. Key words: Managerial behavior, organizational structure, entrepreneurship,business administration, organizational environment.

There’s a Policy for That: A Comparison of the Organizational Culture of Workplaces Reporting Incidents of Sexual Harassment

It has been more than 25 years since the Equal Employment Opportunity Council first published guidelines on sexual harassment. In response, many companies developed policies and procedures for dealing with harassment in their workplaces. The impact of sexual harassment policies on changing workplace culture has been met with mixed findings. The current study investigates the environmental differences or organizational cultures of companies holding formal sexual harassment policies using organizational level data (2002 National Organization Survey). Logistic regressions compared organizations with and without formal complaints on organizational structure, worker power, and interpersonal climate variables. Findings indicated the importance of negative interpersonal climate variables (threatening, bullying, and incivility) in differentiating companies who experience formal complaints of sexual harassment from those that do not.

Contingency theory “fit” as gestalt: An application to supply chain management

The research applies the “fit” as gestalt perspective to supply chain management. Constructed on clustering supply chain information technology and organizational structure variables, six archetypes are identified: (1) Simple, Low Performers; (2) Market Performers; (3) Average Players: Large and Old; (4) Internally Integrated Low Performers; (5) Masters of Efficiency: Technocratic, Complex, and Decentralized; and (6) Two-time Winners. The archetypes differ in terms of performance not only because of their unique supply chain information technology and organizational structure attributes, but also because of how the selected set of attributes “fits” the context of the firm.

Factors Influencing Community Health Centers’ Efficiency: A Latent Growth Curve Modeling Approach

The objective of study is to examine factors affecting the variation in technical and cost efficiency of community health centers (CHCs). A panel study design was formulated to examine the relationships among the contextual, organizational structural, and performance variables. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) of technical efficiency and latent growth curve modeling of multi-wave technical and cost efficiency were performed. Regardless of the efficiency measures, CHC efficiency was influenced more by contextual factors than organizational structural factors. The study confirms the independent and additive influences of contextual and organizational predictors on efficiency. The change in CHC technical efficiency positively affects the change in CHC cost efficiency. The practical implication of this finding is that healthcare managers can simultaneously optimize both technical and cost efficiency through appropriate use of inputs to generate optimal outputs. An innovative solution is to employ decision support software to prepare an expert system to assist poorly performing CHCs to achieve better cost efficiency through optimizing technical efficiency.

An empirical assessment of a nomological network of organizational design constructs: From culture to structure to pull production to performance

We empirically examine the relationships amongst a set of organizational culture and structure variables, and how they are related to the practice of pull production, and firm performance. Drawing on literature from organizational theory and sociology, we hypothesize that customer orientation, as a manifestation of underlying assumptions in the organization, affects espoused values in regard to beliefs on management control, working with others, and making decisions that are global. These espoused values will influence organizational structure with respect to locus of decision making, number of layers in the hierarchy, level of horizontal integration, and nature of formalization in the organization. The level of communication, the pull production practice, and ultimately the performance of the organization are impacted by the organization structure of the firm. We test these hypotheses with data from 224 manufacturing executives based in the US The validity and reliability of the various constructs in the nomological network were supported, and the relationships between the constructs were tested using structural equation modeling. The results of the hypotheses testing are discussed, and the academic and management implications of the findings are provided.