Performance Satisfaction Level Research Articles

Prevalence and correlates of generalized anxiety disorder and perceived stress among Sudanese medical students

BackgroundGeneralized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) causes significant disturbance in an individual’s well-being and activity. Whereby, interfering with the dynamic progress in life. Also, anxiety is a product of stress and a major predictor of academic performance. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), measure levels of anxiety and perceived stress, evaluate the academic profile, identify lifestyle characteristics, and explore the relationship between these factors.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, 340 Sudanese medical students filled out online questionnaires, composed of the sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics, academic profile, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2 scale (GAD-2), and Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10). Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 20.0 for data analysis.ResultsOf 340 medical students, 3.8% of them were diagnosed with GAD, while 29.1% scored ≥ 3 in GAD-2, indicating a possible diagnosis. The study found that 9.7% of the participants used addictive substances, with 42% of them having high GAD-2 scores. Moreover, high anxiety levels were associated with high-stress scores (p-value = 0.000). Also, high GAD-2 scores were significantly associated with students who spent less than 10,000 SDG (18 USD) weekly, spent more time on entertainment using smart devices (p-value = 0.004), and had an unhealthy diet (p-value = 0.004). Low anxiety levels were associated with better sleep quality (p-value = 0.00), satisfaction with religious practices (p-value = 0.00), and increased leisure/hobby time (p-value = 0.018). High-stress levels were observed in females (p-value = 0.035), those with lower academic performance satisfaction levels, and increased hours of smart device usage for entertainment (p-value = 0.001). Reduced stress levels were associated with being ≥ 23 years old, increased leisure/hobby time (p-value = 0.002), satisfaction with religious practices [F(3, 166.6) = 10.8, p-value = 0.00)], and having a healthy diet (p-value = 0.006).ConclusionThe low prevalence of GAD corresponded with previous literature, but 29.1% of medical students had a high probability of having GAD. The study emphasizes on providing accessible mental health services for medical students and interventions addressing modifiable risk factors.

Performance Analysis of Road and Bridge Planning Consultants in Highway Work in Banjarbakula

The results of planning often find errors in road handling methods and volume inaccuracies between planning and field conditions. This study aims to analyze the performance of planning consultants on indicators of planning documents, indicators of planning performance, and indicators of understanding of planning references. To determine the level of performance satisfaction used CSI method. As for knowing the performance that must be improved or less satisfactory, the IPA method is used. From the research results obtained based on the CSI method, Planning Document Indicators got 61.51% (Quite Satisfied), Planning Performance Indicators got 70.01% (Satisfied), and Indicators of Understanding of Planning References got 62.63% (Quite Satisfied). This study succeeded in identifying five factors that affect the performance of the planning consultant and need to be improved, namely 1) Conformity between the drawing documents, RKS, and Engineer Estimate, 2) The suitability of the type of personnel costs with project needs, 3) The suitability of the types of non-personnel costs with project needs, 4) Accuracy of data collection, and 5) The suitability of the method of calculating personnel costs with planning guidelines. The first strategy of the consultant is to commit to using competent personnel according to the qualifications listed. The second strategy of the consultant is to review the planned site carefully. Moreover, the last strategy is for consultants to work more optimally and effectively in construction projects.

Customer Satisfaction Analysis Of LRT Feeder Transport: A Case Study of the Jakarta Metropolitan City

Public transportation is important to support all activities in the capital. However, in reality, many transportation have not yet fulfilled an adequate level of satisfaction, so that public interest in using public transportation is still low, this is one of the causes of congestion in the metropolitan city of Jakarta. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the level of performance satisfaction and the level of service satisfaction on LRT feeder transportation in the metropolitan city of Jakarta. This research method is carried out through surveys and questionnaires. Data were collected on the Rawamangun - Kelapa Gading route with 100 correspondents. The analysis conducted by an analysis of the importance and satisfaction level analysis Perfomance Analaysis Importance (IPA). The results of this study indicate that the level of customer satisfaction still needs to be improved in terms of performance and comfort. This research is able to answer the results of reforming the integrated transportation system in the metropolitan city of Jakarta.

The impact of heuristic and herding biases on portfolio construction and performance: the case of Greece

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify whether heuristic and herding biases influence portfolio construction and performance in Greece. The current research determines the situation among investors in Greece, a country with several economic problems for the last decade.Design/methodology/approachA survey has been conducted covering a group of active private investors. The relationship between private investors' behavior and portfolio construction and performance was tested using a multiple regression.FindingsThe authors find that heuristic variable affects private investor's portfolio construction and performance satisfaction level positively. A robustness test on a second group, consisting of professional investors, reveals that heuristic and herding biases affect investment behavior when constructing a portfolio.Practical implicationsThe authors recommend investors to select professional's investment portfolio tools in constructing investment portfolios and avoid excessive errors, which occur due to heuristic. The awareness and understanding of heuristic and herding could be helpful for professionals and decision-makers in financial institutions by improving their performance resulting in more efficient markets.Originality/valueThe main contribution of this paper lies in the fact that it is the first study on two major behavioral dimensions that affect the investor's portfolio construction and performance in Greece. The rationale of the current research is that the results are helpful for investors in order to take rational, reliable and profitable decisions.

Product Performance Satisfaction Level of Mutual Fund Investors

Product performance satisfaction level can be referred to as the satisfaction level of mutual fund investors in terms of return, transparency, safety, liquidity, service quality, fund management and the overall performance of the mutual fund products. Here, the researcher attempted to analyze the satisfaction level of mutual fund investors concerning different funds/schemes opted by the investors. Based on these objectives seven parameters of satisfaction of mutual fund investors including the overall performance of the fund has been taken into consideration. The findings of the standardized regression weight of product performance satisfaction level and the Chi-square test reveals that there is a significant difference in the product performance satisfaction level of mutual fund investors about the funds opted by them (except in case of balanced-fund).

Performance Review through Post Occupancy Audit on Refurbished Listed Public Building in Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian public listed buildings are valuable assets, for their architectural landmark and tourism potential. Refurbishment works are carried out to keep the original design characteristics while maintaining their functions. The study aims to review through Post Occupancy Audit/Evaluation (POE) concept in identifying performance issue and to determine the functional performance satisfaction level from the occupants perspective. Another aim is to develop a conceptual conducive design guideline or framework for future refurbish public building. The finding revealed that building performance criteria highly correlated with the occupant's satisfaction.

The Study of an Accelerating Model for Customized Support of Startup

This paper proposed an accelerating model of startup support infrastructure for customized support of an item commercialization area, a startup club area, and a startup education area underway at universities, in reference to design of an accelerating model for support of customized startup infrastructure for (preliminary) founders. In other words, this paper designed and suggested a performance model and a competence model for an item commercialization area, a performance model and a startup model for a startup club area, and a gradual education model for a startup education area. As a result of questionnaire survey of (preliminary) founders based on this, it turned out that both infrastructure support satisfaction level and performance satisfaction level were high and connection of an accelerating model was also high. Therefore, it could be confirmed that the suggested model was excellent.

The optimal macro control strategies of service providers and micro service selection of users: quantification model based on synergetics

Multiple wireless technologies, possibly administered by same or different service providers (SPs), are expected to coexist in the rapidly-expanding heterogeneous networks. It is also economically beneficial for all SPs to cooperate with each other. In such model, one SP temporally shares a portion of its spectrum with other SPs at a certain price to allow better utilization of the available spectrum . To this end, users can make service selection decisions dynamically at micro level according to the performance satisfaction level and cost, depending on the pricing plans and spectrum sharing strategies of SPs at macro level. On the other hand, the users’ service selection population states in turn influence the control strategies of SPs. To model this dynamic interactive decision making problem, a novel approach based on synergetics is presented in this paper. The motion equations of population state decided by pricing and spectrum sharing are derived . Then, by taking into account the population state, an optimization problem is formulated to determine the optimal dynamic pricing and open access ratio for the SPs in order to maximize their respective benefits. A closed-loop feedback equilibrium is obtained as the solution of the formed optimization problem. Numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed model in terms of dynamic control of the spectrum sharing and pricing as well as dynamic analysis of service selection.

Pricing, Spectrum Sharing, and Service Selection in Two-Tier Small Cell Networks: A Hierarchical Dynamic Game Approach

Small cells overlaid with macrocells can increase the capacity of two-tier cellular wireless networks by offloading traffic from macrocells. To motivate the small cell service providers (SSPs) to open portion of the access opportunities to macro users (i.e., to operate in a hybrid access mode), we design an incentive mechanism in which the macrocell service provider (MSP) could pay to the SSPs. According to the price offered by the MSP, the SSPs decide on the open access ratio, which is the ratio of shared radio resource for macro users and the total amount of radio resource in a small cell. The users in this two-tier network can make service selection decisions dynamically according to the performance satisfaction level and cost, which again depend on the pricing and spectrum sharing between the MSP and SSPs. To model this dynamic interactive decision problem, we propose a hierarchical dynamic game framework. In the lower level, we formulate an evolutionary game to model and analyze the adaptive service selection of users. An evolutionary stable strategy (ESS) is considered to be the solution of this game. In the upper level, the MSP and SSPs sequentially determine the pricing strategy and the open access ratio, respectively, taking into account the distribution of dynamic service selection at the lower-level evolutionary game. A Stackelberg differential game is formulated where the MSP and SSPs act as the leader and followers, respectively. An open-loop Stackelberg equilibrium is considered to be the solution of this game. We also extend the hierarchical dynamic game framework and investigate the impact of information delays on the equilibrium solutions. Numerical results show the effectiveness and advantages of dynamic control of the open access ratio and pricing.

Functional Assessment through Post Occupancy Review on Refurbished Historical Public Building in Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian historical public buildings built over the last century are valuable assets, for their architectural landmark and tourism potential. Refurbishment works are carried out to keep the original design characteristics while maintaining their functions. The study aims to review through Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) concept in identifying performance issue and problem and to determine the functional performance satisfaction level from the building occupants perspective. Another aim is to develop a conceptual conducive design guideline or framework for future refurbish public building. The finding revealed that building performance criteria highly correlated with the occupant's satisfaction.

요트지도자의 리더십 유형이 선수만족도에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study was to verify the effects of yacht coaches coaching style on athlete`s satisfaction level. A survey was conducted of achieving the object of the study on 161 yacht racers. The collected data were analyzed using t-test, one-way ANOVA and phased recession analysis and the following conclusions were made. First, the coaching style by belonging team showed statistical difference in the democratic behaviors and despotic behaviors. The university team showed high performance in democratic and despotic behaviors compared to other teams. The racers satisfaction level statistical difference in all subordinate factors of sports performance satisfaction level and psychological satisfaction level. The university team showed higher satisfaction than other teams. Second, the coaching style by career statistical difference in despotic behaviors. The team coaches over 5-year career showed higher performance than other teams. The racers satisfaction level showed difference in all subordinate factors of sports performance satisfaction level and psychological satisfaction level. The team coaches over 5-year career showed high in sports performance satisfaction level and that of between 2-year and 5-year career showed high in psychological satisfaction level, respectively. Third, the coaching style by performance level showed statistical difference in democratic behaviors, despotic behaviors and social supportive behaviors. The elite team showed higher than the non-elite team. The satisfaction level showed statistical difference in all subordinate factors of sports performance satisfaction and psychological satisfaction. The elite group showed higher satisfaction than the non-elite group. Fourth, when verifying the effects of the coaching style by racers satisfaction level, the sports performance satisfaction level was influenced by despotic behaviors and democratic behaviors and the psychological satisfaction level was influenced by democratic behaviors and despotic behaviors.

Multi-channel service retailing: The effects of channel performance satisfaction on behavioral intentions

The number of channels that retailers can use interchangeably to provide customer service has increased. We report on a study of clients of a large retail bank that investigates the channel performance satisfaction–behavioral intentions relationship when the traditional service channel (i.e., branch office) is extended with technology-mediated channels (i.e., internet banking and telephone banking). For routine services, our findings suggest that behavioral intentions are most strongly influenced by satisfaction with office-related performance factors. For nonroutine services, satisfaction with service employee performance is the most significant driver of intentions. Our analysis also reveals interaction effects between traditional and technology-mediated channel performance satisfaction levels. These effects vary across service types, indicating contingencies in channel substitution and complementarity.