Poor Quality Work Research Articles

JOB STRESS AND ITS IMPACT ON BANK EMPLOYEES' PERFORMANCE - A CASE STUDY OF BIJNOR DISTRICT

This study wants to understand how stressed-out bank employees are and how it affects their work. We are looking at how stress and job performance are connected to people working in banks. Stress is something everyone deals with, and it is especially common in jobs like banking. We want to figure out what causes stress for bank employees and how it affects the quality of their work. This study found that stress at work can cause many problems for bank employees. It can lead to lower performance, poorer quality of work, more people quitting their jobs, and more days off due to health issues like anxiety, depression, headaches, and back pain. We are focusing on the stress experienced by bank workers in Bijnor, District. We surveyed 200 employees from different banks using a random convenience sampling method. The results showed that both private and public bank employees have a heavy workload because they work long hours and face conflicts in their roles, as well as pressure from their bosses.

FORMULATION OF PERSONNEL POLICY AS THE BASIS OF EFFICIENT ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES

It is noted that the personnel management system at a modern enterprise, regardless of the form of ownership, is the most powerful tool for ensuring competitiveness and development. It is determined that the personnel policy of an enterprise is one of the most important management tools, since in modern conditions the role of human resources in the implementation of business activities is crucial, and the quality of their management determines the success of the enterprise. It is found that the effective use of human resources can be achieved through the formation and implementation of an effective personnel policy of an enterprise, which today is considered the most important competitive advantage and means of achieving success of any modern enterprise. A number of requirements to the personnel policy of an enterprise are analyzed. The stages of formation of the personnel policy at the enterprise are disclosed. The most common problems of the enterprise’s personnel policy are allocated, in particular: lack of qualified employees, which results in poor quality of work performed, high staff turnover at the enterprise, the problem of organizing the selection and recruitment of personnel. It is proved that the presence of a personnel policy at an enterprise as the basis for effective operation of an enterprise makes it possible to implementation of a competitive policy in the presence of high quality human resources. The dependence of enterprise competitiveness on the choice of personnel policy is analyzed. Recommendations for solving personnel problems at the time of formation of the enterprise’s personnel policy have been developed, which can be the basis for the effective operation of the enterprise. It is noted that the effective development of an enterprise is based on a systematic approach to the personnel management strategy. It has been researched that the personnel policy is created to merge the efforts of all personnel of the enterprise to solve the tasks.

The Impact of Welfare Conditionality on Experiences of Job Quality

This article contributes to emerging debates about how behavioural conditionality within welfare systems influences job quality. Drawing upon analysis of unique data from three waves of qualitative longitudinal interviews with 46 UK social security recipients (133 interviews), we establish that the impact of welfare conditionality is so substantial that it is no longer adequate to discuss job quality without reference to its interconnections to the welfare system. More specifically, we identify how conditionality drives welfare recipients’ experience of four core dimensions of job quality: disempowering and propelling claimants towards inadequate pay, insecurity and poor employment terms, undermining multiple intrinsic characteristics of work and creating what we term a new ‘Work–Life–Welfare balance’. Instead of acting as a neutral arbitrator between jobseekers and employers, the welfare system is exposed as complicit in reinforcing one-sided flexibility through one-sided conditionality, by emphasising intensive job-seeking, while leaving poor-quality work provided by employers unchecked.

Disentangling Underemployment and Precarious Work: A Latent Profile Analysis

As global labor markets become increasingly unstable, scholars have attempted to operationalize and categorize different forms of poor-quality work, such as with underemployment and precarious work. While these have significant implications for mental health and other outcomes, scholars have mostly studied different forms of underemployment using variable-centered assumptions, which assume homogeneity among workers. However, person-centered approaches may be better suited to studying underemployment because of varying patterns of employment in different industries and occupational categories. Therefore, with a sample of working adults ( N = 1,016), we used latent profile analysis to identify profiles of subjective underemployment using seven indicators. We found three distinct profiles: Fully employed, stable underemployed, and precarious workers. Subsequent analyses exploring symptoms of distress, meaningful work, decent work, occupational classification, and level of education revealed key distinctions among the groups, such as precarious workers having the greatest distress and poorest working conditions. Taken together, this study provides a meaningful distinction between underemployed and precarious workers, while highlighting the relevance of these employment groups for several key outcomes.

Poor sleep and shift work associate with increased blood pressure and inflammation in UK Biobank participants

Disrupted circadian rhythms have been linked to an increased risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. However, many studies show inconsistent findings and are not sufficiently powered for targeted subgroup analyses. Using the UK Biobank cohort, we evaluate the association between circadian rhythm-disrupting behaviours, blood pressure (SBP, DBP) and inflammatory markers in >350,000 adults with European white British ancestry. The independent U-shaped relationship between sleep length and SBP/DBP is most prominent with a low inflammatory status. Poor sleep quality and permanent night shift work are also positively associated with SBP/DBP. Although fully adjusting for BMI in the linear regression model attenuated effect sizes, these associations remain significant. Two-sample Mendelian Randomisation (MR) analyses support a potential causal effect of long sleep, short sleep, chronotype, daytime napping and sleep duration on SBP/DBP. Thus, in the current study, we present a positive association between circadian rhythm-disrupting behaviours and SBP/DBP regulation in males and females that is largely independent of age.

Hubungan Cyberloafing Behavior Dengan Organizational Commitment Pada Pegawai Di Puskesmas

Health centers are one of the important service aspects for the community. All employees who work at the health center must always be ready to provide the best service starting from doctors, nurses, administrative staff, pharmacists, and cleaning services. Cyberloafing behavior is categorized as disciplinary behavior, the division of employee concentration between work and cyberloafing behavior has an impact on piling up work, low work productivity, poor work quality, can interfere with the smooth work process and slow public services so that it will have a negative impact on the image of the organization. In the process, good organizational commitment is needed so that a puskesmas goal of serving patients maximally can be achieved by reducing deviant behaviors that exist in organizations such as cyberloafing behavior. This research is a quantitative study using a cross sectional study design. With the dependent variable being organizational commitment while the independent variable is cyberloafing behavior. The research was conducted in June 2023 at one of the health centers in Padang City. The population and sample of this study were all employees totaling 49 people using a questionnaire instrument. Data were analyzed univariately by looking at the frequency distribution table and bivariate analysis using the ChiSquare test.Based on the results of the research conducted, almost half of the respondents did cyberloafing behavior and more than half of the respondents had employee commitment. The statistical test results obtained p = 0.023, meaning that there is a significant relationship between cyberloafing behavior and organizational commitment It is recommended that the Puskesmas begin to socialize the impact of cyberloafing behavior in daily employee work activities.

Identification of Subjective Fatigue accompanied by Hypertension in Female Workers Making Tiles in Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Introduction: The home industry has production process activities that are carried out manually. The release of the hormone adrenaline increases blood pressure through an increase in heart rate and arterial contractions, thereby accelerating the feeling of tiredness. As a result, female workers risk getting tired faster than men. Fatigue can lead to a decrease in productivity, poor quality of work, negatively affect the safety of workers, and increase the risk of work accidents. It aims to analyze the risk factors for subjective fatigue in female workers who have hypertension. Methods: This type of quantitative research with a cross-sectional design. Respondents were 278 female hypertension workers at the Karangasem Village Tile Making Home Industry Center, Wirosari District, Grobogan, Indonesia. Data analysis using Chi-square with the SPSS 21. Results: Of a total of 278 female workers, most were married (85.3%), did not smoke (98.9%), did not consume alcohol (96%), worked longer than 8 hours (93.5%), worked more than five years (80.9%), heavy workload (80.6%). Subjective fatigue factors related such as alcohol consumption habits (0.019), exercise habits (0.000), body mass index (0.000), working period (0.000), and workload (0.000). Meanwhile, other risk factors were not related, age (0.315), marital status (0.744), education level (0.811), smoking habits (0.236), disease history (0.762), length of work (0.530), type of work (0.393) and work stress (0.451). Conclusion: Risk factors that have a relationship with subjective fatigue are workload, BMI, alcohol consumption habits, exercise habits, and length of service

The concept and nature of the occurrence of doctrinal legal errors

The concept and nature of the occurrence of doctrinal legal errors

Factors causing delays in the UAE construction industry amid the Covid-19 pandemic

PurposeThis paper aims to measure the severity, frequency and importance of the factors causing delays in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) construction industry following the Covid-19 pandemic onset. The study also measures the likelihood of the effects caused by these delays.Design/methodology/approachA mixed approach of both qualitative and quantitative. Literature review was conducted to extract 40 factors of delays and 10 effects of delays. A survey was then administered to construction professionals in the UAE to collect the perceptions on the severity and frequency of factors of the causes of delays using a Likert Scale of 1–5 where 1 represented very low and 5 represented very high. Similarly, the respondents were also asked to rate the likelihood of the occurrence of the effects of the delays based on a Likert scale of 1–5 as well. Furthermore, Spearman’s rank correlation was also conducted to compute the level of agreement between the different parties; owner, consultants and contractors.FindingsThe results revealed that the top five factors of delays include: award the project for the lowest bidder, delay in progress payment, change orders by the owner, poor subcontractor performance and inadequate planning and scheduling by the contractor. The findings of this study emphasize the financial challenges and economic crisis brought upon the construction industry due to the pandemic. Furthermore, the pandemic also shifted the perceptions of construction professionals, who are now more aware of the delays caused by awarding the project to the lowest bidder who would not have the required qualifications to conduct efficient planning and scheduling that are relevant in the case of extraordinary events such as Covid-19. Moreover, a high level of agreement between the consultants and contractors was observed, with a Spearman’s rank correlation of 0.804. Additionally, the most likely effects of delays concluded from this study were time overrun/extension and poor quality of work.Originality/valueLiterature review is very rich in the field of construction projects delays. However, there is very limited research on the impact of Covid-19 in the context of construction projects delays, and insights from construction professionals regarding this matter are particularly lacking in literature. Therefore, this paper bridges the gap in literature by providing perceptions of construction professionals on the impact of Covid-19 on the factors causing delays in the UAE construction industry. The findings of this research are expected to be an invaluable resource for future to help the construction industry heal faster when encountering similar epidemics or extraordinary events.

Influencing factors of subcontractors’ quality of work and flexibility in Poland and Nigeria

Every stakeholder’s intention in a project is to have the best quality and minimize rework. But there are hurdles that come up during the stages and processes of a project that can compromise the quality if not handled correctly. This study aims to identify the influencing factors that affect subcontractors’quality of work and the impact of flexibility. Construction professionals from Poland and Nigeria participated in the survey. Descriptive statistics using IBM SPSS software version 27 was used to analyse the data.
 The results obtained shows that there are several variables influencing subcontractors’ quality of work, the overall ability of the subcontractor to ensure that the project meets the basic function of the end user's needs and intents, the degree to which the construction operations meet the design standards and specifications, strict adherence to quality assurance plan on general performance, subcontractor's ability to complete the contract on the completion date and the ability of the subcontractor to carry out the construction work with little rework, were identified as the major factors that affect the quality of work. Further analysis shows that the impact of flexibility on the subcontractors’ quality of work could increase the smooth operation of the construction processes, increase compliance with the quality specifications, helps in effective decision making and effective functioning, limit non-conformities between planning and realization of work, and reduction in rework errors. The main contractors sometimes substitute or chnage the subcontractors. This study identify poor quality of work, failure to meet the deadline, use of inappropriate material and non-conforming to quality standards as some of the reasons for this change.

Job Satisfaction in Transitions into Self-employment: Subjective Evaluations

Purpose: In the current context, toxic workplaces are increasingly popular within organizations which lead to an increase in exhaustion and work related stress. Low staff morale, high employee turnover, low productivity, and poor work quality are just a few effects of this type of toxic workplace environments. Due to such negativity placed upon wage employment, people who are struggling are looking for better means of employment such as self-employment. The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate how the transitions decision of self-employment over paid employment influences job satisfaction at the individual level. 
 Design: A qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews. 15 individuals who have transitioned to self-employment were chosen on the basis of purposive sampling. Under the 3 main categories of self-employment, wage employment as well as job satisfaction, key findings were gathered, and conclusions were drawn based on the insights received from the interviewees.
 Findings: Findings of this study clearly show that individuals are struggling due to the degradation of wage employment and eventually self-employments do attain job satisfaction comparative to wage employment.
 Implications: The findings further important to individuals who are struggling at their workplace but has not made up their minds to transition to self-employment hence contemplating, to easily make their decisions and to get rid of their toxic workplace. The study provides advisable guidance to the individuals contemplating to transition from wage employment to self-employment.
 Future Research Suggestions: Conducting more interviews is necessary to draw better conclusions on the subject. The job satisfaction can be a subjective concept therefore, different individuals may hold different opinions which may contradict with each other, therefore is important to do more research on the subject to get wider insights.

Differences in stress levels between junior high school students and college students during online learning

Differences in stress levels between junior high school students and college students during online learning

Assessment of Critical Stakeholders Conflict Factors on Tertiary Educational Trust Fund (TETFund) Building Construction Projects in Southwest Nigeria

Building construction project are complex, unique, and involved the use of multidimensional stakeholders to execute the project from the design stage through construction and completion. This leads to conflict and if not properly managed affects project performance. This study assessed critical stakeholders conflict factors on TETfund building construction projects performance in southwest Nigeria with a view to ameliorating the problems of dispute, non- performance and project abandonment. Qualitative research approach was adopted and a structured questionnaire was administered to three hundred and ninety-four (394) project stakeholders (client’s representative, consultants and contractors). Two hundred and ninety-seven (297) representing (75.38%) were retrieved from the respondents. The data collected was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Mean Score (MS) was used to rank the level and effect of Stakeholders conflict on project performance while Kruskal-Wallis, Anova and LSD post hoc test was used to determine the convergence and divergent views of clients, consultants and contractors. The top three causes of conflicts on TETFund building construction projects are discrepancy between measured work and valuation, errors, discrepancies and omissions in contract documents and delay of task dependency activities. The top three effects of stakeholders conflict on project performance are poor quality of work executed, lag in construction programms and abuse of rule of engagement. It is hereby recommended that discrepancy between measured work and valuation, errors and omissions in contract documents and delay of task dependency activities which are the major causes of conflict should be addressed to improve performance of TETfund building construction projects.

Goal progress velocity as a determinant of shortcut behaviors.

Employees often have a great deal of work to accomplish within stringent deadlines. Therefore, employees may engage in shortcut behaviors, which involve eschewing standard procedures during goal pursuit to save time. However, shortcuts can lead to negative consequences such as poor-quality work, accidents, and even large-scale disasters. Despite these implications, few studies have investigated the antecedents of shortcut behaviors. In this research, we propose that employees engage in shortcut behaviors to regulate their velocity (i.e., rate of progress). Specifically, we predict that when individuals experience slower-than-referent velocity, they will (a) believe that the goal is unlikely to be met via standard procedures and (b) experience feelings of frustration. In turn, we expect these psychological states to be related to the perceived utility of shortcuts, especially when shortcuts are perceived as viable means to achieve the goal. Finally, we predict that the perceived utility of shortcuts will be positively related to actual shortcut behaviors. We tested these predictions using a laboratory experiment in which we manipulated velocity and unobtrusively observed shortcuts (Study 1, N = 147), as well as a daily diary study in which employees reported their velocity and shortcut behaviors over 5 consecutive workdays (Study 2, N = 395). Both studies provided support for our predictions. In sum, this research provides evidence to suggest that the experience of slow progress can lead to shortcuts not only by casting doubt on employees' perceived likelihood of meeting the goal but also by producing feelings of frustration. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Работа связевых стальных каркасов с учетом погрешностей монтажа и изготовления

Introduction. As a building construction material, steel is widely used because of its high mechanical characteristics. Steel load-bearing structures of multi-storey buildings are a system formed by columns, beams, floor slabs and braces. The frame of a multi-storey building has a large number of elements and their connections. Errors in the fabrication, installation and operation of steel frames of multi-storey buildings can lead to a reduction in the load-bearing capacity of structures compared to the design. Deviations from the design position occur because of violations of the technical operatin.rules of the buildings beyond the permissible limits, design errors, imperfect standards and poor quality of work during the fabrication and installation of structures. The current Russian standards do not take into account the impact of fabrication and installation errors on the work of multi-storey frames. The initial geometric defects in the structural system and its individual elements contribute to the difference in performance between the real construction and an idealized one. Materials and methods. The study of the effect of initial imperfections on the stress-strain state of the steel frame is important and relevant. Initial imperfections are taken into account either by applying an equivalent load to the idealized design scheme or by forming a geometrically distorted by imperfections design scheme. The analysis can be linear or geometrically non-linear. Results. The results of the study of braced steel framework performance in the presence of initial imperfections are presented. The effect of initial imperfections in the form of deflection of columns from the vertical is considered. The values of the initial imperfections are determined in accordance with the current RF standards. Conclusions. The results obtained have made it possible to propose a correction factor to the results of the calculation of frames with imperfections to the results of the calculation of an idealized frame.

On the road to achieving work-life balance in academia.

On the road to achieving work-life balance in academia.

A rapid review of time management strategies among nurse managers.

Time management practice is the act of influencing one's behavioural dimensions to complete as many tasks as possible within a specified amount of time. These behavioural dimensions include work organization and the continued application of time management techniques. Good time management, such as setting goals and priorities, as well as planning and delegating tasks, can facilitate productivity and success, contributing to work effectiveness, maintaining balance and job satisfaction. Conversely, poor time management has been associated with poor quality of work, low productivity, negative influence on the career path, and high levels of stress. The study aims to identify the strategies used by middle nurse managers in time management. A rapid review of biomedical databases was undertaken during the month of June 2021. The included studies were published in English and in Italian. Findings reveal that the most used and effective time management strategies for nurse managers are setting goals, and priorities and delegating tasks. Other useful strategies also found to be fundamental are discussed in detail. A manager should prioritize the concept of planning, which can be counted as an efficient time management technique and educate himself on delegating. Time management has an impact not only on productivity and organizational success, but also on the balance between private and working life of managers.

Accessing and sustaining work after Service: the role of Active Labour Market Policies (ALMP) and implications for HRM

This article considers the extent to which Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs) support the sustained inclusion of veterans in the civilian labour market. Drawing on the first in-depth research into veteran’s interactions with the UK’s Public Employment Services (PES) and other contracted providers, we present analysis of qualitative longitudinal data from 68 veterans. We demonstrate the important role ALMPs play in mediating the employment relationship, showing how veterans claiming out-of-work benefits are typically either ‘pushed’ towards inappropriate jobs or ‘parked’ through their exclusion from employment support when deemed unfit for work. This not only exposes veterans and other jobseekers to poor quality work but undermines both job match and inclusive employment practices. Furthermore, the potential for more positive outcomes through engagement with employers and HRM practitioners is not being realised. This is significant for veterans in the UK and beyond, where policymakers make broader commitments to post-Service integration into civilian employment. We critique Work First approaches centred on those deemed work ready and contribute to broader theorisation around interactions between the state and HRM, arguing the need for pluralist approaches which incorporate ALMPs.

A Case Study of Digital Innovation Organization Readiness:Hidden Cost for Ambidexterity Performance

Cross-department communication barriers will lead to low efficiency and poor-quality work, which is common in most organizations in China. This will bring hidden costs to the organization and even impact long-term performance. In the digital transformation age, organization ambidexterity is more important than ever to obtain short-term and long-term benefits. This case study suggests to combine the ambidextrous and hidden costs theory for outlining a collaborative network communication model (CNCM), in order to investigate the effect between the cross-department communication operation structure and organizational performance. This case study provided data collection by three data sources: 40 interviews of managers and employees, company records, observations over three months. The findings of the field study of this case are that cross-department communication operation structure has an effect on organizational performance and digital innovation. It also suggests that CNCM positively influences organizational exploration and exploitation ability. It can also alleviate cross-department communication obstacles, low efficiency, and poor-quality work.

When Unproductive Employee Behaviors are Ignored: Effects on Job Satisfaction

Management’s failure to address performance problems is often the reality in public organizations and the costs of that may not be restricted to the lost productivity of poor-performing employees. In this article, we investigate the extent to which the job satisfaction of public employees may be negatively affected by the perception that unproductive employee behaviors (such as low productivity, poor quality of work, absenteeism, lateness, missing deadlines, etc.) are systematically ignored in their organizations. We propose that this effect is mediated by both perceived rewards and recognition received and employee-organization value congruence (a parallel mediation model). To test our hypotheses, we surveyed 256 government employees from varied public organizations in Brazil. In line with our predictions, we find that perceived organizational failure to address unproductive employee behaviors is negatively related to job satisfaction and that both perceived rewards received and value congruence mediate this effect.