Human Resource Productivity Research Articles

Emotion Distress and Self-Care Behavior in Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Matsum, Medan, North Sumatera

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is currently one of the major health problems in the world because it has an impact on declining productivity and quality of human resources. This disease also causes sufferers to experience a state of disability, loss of productivity, and become a burden for individuals, families and communities that can cause emotional distress in people with diabetes mellitus. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of emotional distress on self-care behavior of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus at the Matsum Health Center. Subjects and Met hod : This study used a cross sectional design conducted at Matsum Health Center in Medan. The number of samples was 49 people and taken with non-probability sampling technique by quota sampling. The dependent variable was self-care behavior. The independent variable was emotional distress. Data were collected by questionnaires and analyzed using Chi square test. Results: Low emotional distress increases self-care behavior in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (OR= 11.33; 95% CI with p = 0.004). Conclusion: Low emotional distress increases self-care behavior in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Keywords : Emotional distress, self-care behavior, diabetes. Correspondence: Susy Hariaty Situmorang. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Email: susysitu­morang88@gmail.com. Mobile: 081220230986. Journal of Health Promotion and Behavior (2019), 4(2): 153-158 https://doi.org/10.26911/thejhpb.2019.04.02.08

Regional Autonomy Implementation through Improvements Quality of Governance, and Public Services

Indonesia is one of the countries implementing regional decentralization and autonomy. The Central Government has provided a large enough allocation of village funds for local governments with the aim of improving the quality of public services. As with laws and regulations, the allocation of funds provided is expected to increase productivity and empowerment of human resources and provide service satisfaction to the community. Based on the study of literature, it was revealed that problems arise in the form of obstacles and challenges that roll along the acceleration of local government programs in an effort to optimize public services. The implementation of regional autonomy through improving the quality of governance and public services aims at people's welfare. The results of the study mentioned that the public requires maximum public service both psychologically and in physical form. In addition, it is important to carry out modern reforms and acceleration so that public services can be maximized.

Structural equations model to analyze the incidence of variables related to innovation management in organizations

Previous works have demonstrated the possibilities to influence the innovation process in organizations. Although the presented initiatives have their merits, they suffer from a lack of integrated perspective. They are focused on the evaluation of the link between the innovation process and only one of the subsystems of the administration, without considering the implications of the other subsystems. The aim of this article is to define a model of structural equations that summarizes the impact of the variables related to innovation management in organizations. This article first presents the identified variables according to the analyzed literature and then shows which variables were selected by consulting experts on the field. To measure the selected variables some questionnaires were elaborated. The questionnaires were applied in 111 entities of different production sectors. A confirmatory factorial analysis was developed with the obtained measures. Thanks to this analysis, it was possible to verify the incidence of the evaluated variables in the innovation management, allowing the elaboration of the model. The proposed model shows the link between the different variables that contribute to the innovation management process. The analysis confirmed that innovation, as a construct, has a multifactorial nature. The information used as input for the elaboration of the model allowed introducing a new sequence of innovation management from the integrated management of the variables that can influence it. This integrated management ensures effective human resources management, production, and marketing. The findings confirm that innovation needs to be managed in an integrated way with the rest of the administrative subsystems rather than as an isolated process. This way of working allows obtaining better results for the organizations. Based on the multisectorial nature of the research sample, it can be assumed that the obtained results can be corroborated in several fields.

A Simulation Modeling Approach to Improve Waiting Time for Outpatients of Hospital Emergency Department

Analysis and optimum decision making in the emergency department of the hospital due to the variety of probabilistic events is a vital complex task. The most important task of a hospital emergency care is planning to provide patients with quick services and reducing their waiting time. The present research focused on such context and a computer simulation model presented based on surveying a flow of 357 patients. The validity of the simulation model examined by t student hypothesis testing and through scenario analysis, reduction of patient waiting time and increasing the human resource productivity followed to promote quality level of outpatients.

Influence of Modern Technologies on the Enterprise Management Structure (Experience of Russia)

The paper examines current scientific discussions on the formation of modern trends in the development of organizational structures on performing management functions. A scientific discussion on the impact of digital technologies on transformation of the enterprise management structure, experimenting with the development and introduction of new management structures is a most studied and in demand in recent years and at least in the next decade. The problems of cost reduction due to the digitalization of management, as well as the fields of enterprise activity in which digital trends are gaining increasing importance are discussed. In this regard, the matrix of demand for elements of the human resource productivity in the quantity to quality ratio has been developed. The main modern directions of improving organizational management structures are considered. The analysis of the degree of managerial functions centralization in holding structures is given; the factors of managerial functions centralization are revealed; the advantages of decentralized and centralized management are described, and the costs that must be taken into account when deciding on the distribution of functions between the parent company and the holding’s subsidiaries are given. The features of network and virtual structures are shown. The tendency of development of virtual structures is defined. The purpose of the research is to analyze the influence of modern technologies on the structure of enterprise management and, accordingly, to identify and describe the development tendencies of the most successful organizational structures, to make possible variants of the demand for the elements of the human resource productivity.

The Human Resources: Its Contribution to Economic Development in Indonesia

Economic growth can be used as a measure of development that reflects the welfare of society in a country. The source of economic growth used in this study uses a production factors approach, namely capital, human resources, and technology. Human resources make the biggest contribution compared to capital production factors and technology towards Indonesia's economic growth. This study aims to determine the magnitude of the contribution of human resources to Indonesia's economic growth. To measure the magnitude of the contribution of each production factor to Indonesia's economic growth, the Neo Classical economic growth model was used as proposed by Abramovit and R.M. Solow using the Cobb Douglas production function that has been changed in a multiple regression equation: Log Yy = log a + α log C + β log L. The type of data used is secondary data in the time seies regarding the devolopment of the laborforce, investment namely domestict and foreign investment, and gross domestict product, from 2004-2016. The data used in this research is data on the development laborforce of Indonesian originating from world bank, domestic investment and planting foreign capital comes from the world bank and the finance ministry of the Republic of Indonesia, Gross Domestic Product sourced from the world bank. To the determine the magnitude of the influence of the production fctors of human resource and capital on Indonesia economic growth, it was processed using SPSS.20 program. Further more, to measure the contribution of each production factor to Indonesia economic growth, the Alfian Lains formula was used with the Dession method as follows: Cr Xi = . The results of this study indicate that in Indonesia there is a strong influence between the factors of human resources and capital on GDP, while the factors of technology production are negative. Based on the Neo Classical flow, investment and human resource factors make a biggest contribution to Indonesia's economic growth, while the contribution of technological progress is low. Technological developments in Indonesia still lag behind compared to India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. The factor of human resource production provides the biggest contribution to Indonesia's economic growth. However, human resource in Indonesia is dominated by an unskilled human resource category of 73.12 percent, while the remaining 26.88 percent is classified as skilled human resources, it causes GDP of Indonesia is low. The results of the study show that the factors of production of human resources and capital have a positive influence on Indonesia's economic growth of 96.30 percent. The value of labor elasticity to GDP is 7.755, which means that if there is an increase in energy productivity by 10 percent, then economic growth will increase by 77.55 percent. For capital production factors, with an elasticity value of 0.041, there is only economic growth of 4.10 percent, if there is an increase in capital productivity by 10 percent. Whereas, for the factor of technology production is the result of a reduction between national income and the factor of labor production after being added to capital which is equal to 1.64 percent. Therefore, it is recommended that the Indonesian government must improve the quality of human resources through improvements in the education sector.

Measuring The Competitive Impact Of Some International Indicators In Doing Business For Selected Countries

Competitiveness is related to the relative prices and expenditures of production from a macroeconomics perspective. Many economic analysts have linked competitiveness, productivity and technological development. Economic and financial studies have pointed out to a set of international indicators in the International Competitiveness Report (inflation, tax rates and tax systems, political instability, underfunding of infrastructures, and all of these factors play a large role in determining the volume of trade flows between countries). The research has attempted, through data, to classify the selected countries as a research sample into a group of clusters based on indicators through theoretical and practical analysis: 1. Improving the level of indicators of business practice and increasing the attractiveness of any country and its capacity in the international economy requires institutional improvements in the following variables: a. Improve the business environment. b. Tax reform. c. Reducing economic inflation rates. d. Increase the productivity and efficiency of human resources by raising spending on education to close backwardness. Each country in order to achieve integration into the international economy and to achieve competitive efficiency must activate the gravity factors that drive a group of countries, which form clusters of homogeneity to increase economic integration among themselves and this integration brings to these countries a range of benefits that lead to an increase in size Trade exchange between them. .

Work pressure and burnout effects on emergency room operations: a system dynamics simulation approach

This study develops a simulation model that can describe the accurate working environment of emergency room by analyzing the effects of both work pressure and burnout. For this purpose, we consider burnout as a critical factor that plays a role in running an emergency room efficiently and as a cause for unexpected outcomes. As work pressure intensifies, the productivity of human resources tends to increase accordingly. However, when work schedule intensity reaches a certain level, service productivity of human resources can start decreasing due to accumulated fatigue. We consider the burnout phenomenon and demonstrate the existence of several such factors in emergency room environments through systems dynamics simulation model by comparing them with the actual emergency room data from a major hospital in South Korea. Also, we conducted trend analysis to present the behavioral characteristics of the burnout.

Implementing Bounded Linear Programming and Analytical Network Process Fuzzy Models to Motivate Employees: a Case Study

In this research, the factors affectinguniversity employees’ motivation and productivity are identified and classified in seven groups; the impact of each motivation factor on the productivity is presented by ANP fuzzy model.Eight universities in Iran were analyzed in this research work. The aim of this study is to explore the productivity of employees. This paper attempts to give new insights intodesigning the portfolio factors, motivating employees for productivity improvement by implementing BLP and ANP fuzzy models.The research results show that there is a positive and significant relationship among reward system, motivation factors, and human resources productivity. In addition, among the options of reward system, the factors of internal (inherent) reward, non-financial external reward, and financial external reward had the highestimpact on increasing motivation and productivity factors. At the next stage, a BLP model is designed according to the importance and impact of each reward system option on motivation and productivity factors and organization limitations, including budget, facilities, and conditions to design portfolio factors motivating employees with the aim of improving productivity. The research results show that actualizing performance evaluation, receiving the feedback from the results of doing tasks by different ways, providing an opportunity for all employees to progress, coordination between job specifications and employees’ abilities, and a manager competency are very critical for improving the organization productivity.

A Mathematical Model For Assembly Line Balancing Problem Type 2 Under Ergonomic Workload Constraint

Object: Assembly lines are one of the essential parts of manufacturing systems that influence the overall cost and efficiency. The productivity of human resource in assembly lines directly affects the efficiency of the lines in practice.

Analyzing the Mediating Role of IT on Relationship Between Social Capital and Individual Performance in Organization

Social capital can provide a suitable context for higher human resource productivity in the organization and exploitation of other organizational assets. As the administration of the firms is not possible except with the tools of information technology, IT tools expand the process of social interactions among individuals; they can play a crucial role in the success of exploiting social capital. Research purpose is to consider the importance of social capital in the organization and its impact on the individual performance level so that the role of the mediating variable of IT would be measured. Banks and financial institutions considered for survey purpose and implementation of the research methodology, as they are one of the pivot social organizations. Two sample groups selected including experts and experienced people in the field. After gathering information, using Interpretative Structural Modeling (ISM), the factors influencing the relationship between social capital and individual performance were extracted. The result showed compatibility with theoretical concepts; IT plays a crucial role in the relation of social capital and performance. Also, social capital is not only independent factor in this relationship which affected by IT capabilities but also influences on organization’s IT features. This paper contributes theoretically to organization performance through the social capital and IT interdependency. Implications of results for practice and research are discussed.

The questionnaire on productivity attributes (QPA)

PurposeAlthough there are many studies investigating attributes affecting productivity, the research into measurement of those attributes has been incomplete. In an attempt to bridge this gap, the authors reviewed the productivity literature, identified and integrated previously described attributes, and developed a measure to estimate those attributes. The developed questionnaire – questionnaire on productivity attributes (QPA) – is based on a five-dimensional conceptual framework, which consisted of human resource management, management strategy, organizational culture, production methodology, and performance. A model that measures a way to construct a linear scale from ordinal data has also been introduced. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approachInitially, a pilot survey among Indian academic and industrial experts as well as employees working in manufacturing industries was conducted to optimize clarity, readability, and construction of the QPA. After pilot-testing, the 45 QPA items were further field surveyed amongst a representative sample of 311 Indian engineers, managers, and workers from manufacturing industries. One-way analysis of variance is performed to examine whether there are differences among engineers, managers, and workers in the understandability or applicability of QPA. Exploratory factor analysis is used to confirm the five-dimensional conceptual framework. Also, infit and outfit measures have been used to check the QPA model fit. To increase confidence, all retained items are tested for goodness-of-fit test. Finally, the functioning of optimal response categorization of the QPA is demonstrated in terms of frequencies, average measures, and standard error.FindingsA five-dimensional conceptual framework is identified. A generic short scale was constructed. Finally, the developed questionnaire provides new insights into how to avoid the trade-offs commonly observed in productivity research.Originality/valueThe newly designed QPA appears as a general measure for productivity attributes which can be used by scholars and practitioners to conduct basic research on productivity improvement in various industries.

Impact of Workplace Spirituality on Employee Productivity in Nepalese Hospitality Organizations

In a rapidly changing and competitive world, managing an organization is becoming very complex. It is utmost vital to gain a competitive advantage by an organisation to survive the cut-throat competition. Hospitality organizations is one of them. Uniquely, these organizations can strengthen and improve its human resource productivity to gain competitive advantage. One of the element that influence productivity of employee is, how they are guided, mentored and supported in the organization and provided with workplace spirituality to contribute more effective in the organizational work process. Therefore, this research study aimed at analyzing the relationship between creating workplace spirituality, and how it influences the employee productivity in Nepalese hospitality organization. A sample of 150 employees from hospitality organizations was selected for the study with convenience sampling method. The study concluded that there is a positive relationship between workplace spirituality and productivity and workplace spirituality positively predict employee productivity in hospitality organization. This suggests that the workplace spirituality plays an important role to make the employee productive and satisfied. Employee thus become more productive over the long run compared with employees in organizations where spirituality is ignored or disrespected. Therefore, hospitality organizations should emphasize to make their respective organization spiritual and adopt spiritual environment, and also emphasize spiritual leadership. Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education 8 (2018) Page: 62-76

THE FACTORS DETERMINING THE CREATIVITY OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE CONDITIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Sustainable development and innovativeness are challenges which contemporary enterprises and economies have to face. The increase in the innovativeness requires proper resources, in particular, creative and innovative human capital towards whom principles of responsibility are applied. Broadening the knowledge on the subject of creativity processes, creation and innovativeness will allow for the accomplishment of more productivity of human resources in the enterprise. Capital of knowledge and innovative capital will be more considerable. The main goal of the compilation was, therefore, to identify the factors determining creativity and innovativeness of labour resources in Polish and Slovakian economic entities. An analysis was conducted which allowed for the indication of both similarities and differences occurring in this area within the examined countries. The conclusions were based on the author‟s own research which was carried out in the first quarter of 2017. Key words: creativity, human capital, innovativeness enterprises, sustainability development.

JOB SATISFACTION AMONG NURSES WORKING IN MANSOURA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: EFFECT OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC AND WORK CHARACTERISTICS

s one of the most vital factors that define efficiency and productivity of human resources. In Egypt, nurses are the backbone of the health care system. However, they are not well appreciated in most institutions. Nurses’ job satisfaction is a multidimensional occurrence affected by many variables. Aim of work: to assess the level of job satisfaction and its associated socio-demographic and workplace factors among nurses working in Mansoura University Hospital (MUH). Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among Mansoura University Hospital nurses during the period from 1March to 31May 2017. The data was collected using self-administered questionnaire formed of three parts: Socio-demographic characteristics, Work characteristics and McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale (MMSS) that having eight subscales to assess nurses’ job satisfaction level. Results: A total of 346 nurses were included, yielding a response rate of 88.49%. The majority of our group expressed low job satisfaction (61.8 %). The significant independent predictors of low job satisfaction among nurses were in the following order: lack of communication with their colleagues (OR =4.18) and deprivation from supervisor support (OR =2.32). Conclusion: The present study indicated that nearly two thirds of Mansoura University Hospital nurses expressed low job satisfaction. Lack of colleagues-communication and supervisor support at work predicted the outcome variable. Achievement of high level of job satisfaction is recommended to provide high-quality health care system. With this information, staff nurses could improve their own satisfaction by cultivating their peer communication. In addition, changing attitude of nurse supervisor towards positive relation with staff nurses is crucial to increase job satisfaction.

The Role of Job Motivation in the Productivity of Human Resource in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

The Role of Job Motivation in the Productivity of Human Resource in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Slow Growth and Sluggish Manufacturing in Indonesia’s Less Competitive Provinces: A Geweke Causality Analysis

This article presents a causality analysis of lagging economic growth in two Indonesian provinces: East Nusa Tenggara and North Maluku. We identify three variables which stand out for some of Indonesia’s economically challenged provinces: consistently low gross domestic product (GDP) growth, low levels of manufacturing, and under-utilisation of labour. Using Geweke causality analysis, we identify and measure the direction of causal effects between these variables. Our empirical findings confirm that output growth is affected by the level of value addition in economic activities and the productivity of human resources. We find that both the secondary sector’s contribution to gross regional development product (GRDP) and labour productivity contribute to the changes in overall provincial GRDP, but not the other way around. Such findings suggest that development in Indonesia’s economically challenged provinces would benefit greatly from expansion of appropriate manufacturing and value added activities, and more productive utilization of labour force in full employment situations.

THE IMPACT OF THE QUALITY OF THE WORK SYSTEMS OF THE EGYPTIAN ELECTRICITY HOLDING COMPANY ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF HUMAN RESOURCES

The focus on human resources has been increasing in contemporary administrations, where management has found the important role that these resources play in helping to achieve departmental objectives. The work environment is one of the important aspects of the success of modern business institutions and institutions, which are currently receiving increasing international attention, since the satisfaction of the employees of the organization with the work environment is reflected in their efficiency and performance, and thus the success of the institution. The research aims to evaluate the impact of the quality of the work systems of EEHC on the productivity of human resources. The researchers compared the productivity of the worker with the holding company and three regional electricity companies to ensure that there is a decrease in the productivity of the employee in the holding company. The research examined the relationship between the quality of work systems and the productivity of human resources. In order to test the imposition of the study, the descriptive and analytical approach was adopted. A number of scientific papers were prepared in the same field of study and a collection of books, references and annual reports of the companies in question. The researchers used a number of key tools such as personal interview and survey, where a field study was conducted on the General Office of the Holding Company and a group of electricity companies, The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, the Cairo Electricity Production Company, the South Cairo Electricity Distribution Company to prove the hypothesis of the research. The researchers designed a survey form for the purpose of collecting data and surveying the views of a sample of the employees of these companies. Groomed valid forms of analysis of 492 form, the researchers adopted in collecting data on the stratified random sampling method. The study confirmed that there is a fundamental relationship between the quality of the work systems and the productivity of human resources in addition to other results showed by the statistical analysis of the survey that was distributed. The study recommended that the new worker should be informed of the work regulations as well as the code of conduct when he receives the work so that he is fully aware In accordance with the current conditions of the company, as well as reviewing the current procedures of the company and simplify them to reduce the time required to perform tasks and prepare a manual of procedures for each job Which is easy to refer to when needed and is a means of understanding the procedures for the implementation of tasks for the newly employed worker.

The neo-liberal notion of global language skills vs. monolingual corporate culture: co-existence or rivalry?

ABSTRACTStimulated by studies on South Korean students’ early and later-on study abroad and Japanese companies’ practice of hiring monolingual college students, the present literature-based discussion advances the knowledge of commonalities and distinctiveness between the two nations that manifest in either a textbook-case or a non-linear relationship between people's investment in English study during schooling and their marketability in the real world. For example, while equally known for their nationwide ‘education/English craze’ and global economies, the two East Asian neighbours differ significantly in their upper/middle-class citizens’ (non)practice of overseas educational migration and leading companies’ (non)hiring of overseas-educated youth with language skills. The discussion begs future research questions as to (1) the coexistence between neo-liberal discourse about global talents’ career success and the pervasiveness of social inequalities (e.g. gender discrimination at work); (2) the location of applied linguistics researchers and L2 practitioners in social institutions that (are pressured to) balance the neo-liberalism-driven production of global human resources and the transmission of the dominant values of social inequalities; (3) the potentiality of scholarly discussion that entails little or no definition of (non)professional, (un)skilled workers with(out) global language skills.

A decision support framework for estimating project duration under the impact of weather

Abstract This paper proposes a decision support (DS) framework that incorporates weather-related factors for the purpose of estimating the duration of projects. Inclement weather can have a serious effect on construction projects, particularly with regard to duration and costs. The weather has an impact on human resource productivity, supplier effectiveness and material damage which can, in turn, affect the duration of a construction project. The proposed five-module framework integrates weather variables, project performance variables and duration of project activities. This framework uses expert knowledge about the importance of weather variables, pairwise comparisons of weather variables with respect to different performance criteria, and similarly, pairwise comparisons of performance variables with respect to project activities. A model based on this framework, using multivariate statistical techniques and an analytical network process (ANP), is developed to estimate the duration of project activities, taking into account the impact of weather. The proposed model is illustrated with data from a construction project from Iran. Validation of the model is provided by comparing the actual duration of an activity with the estimated duration, using the proposed framework.