Job Values Research Articles

The Relative Impact of Market, Internal, and Overall Job Values on Pay Competitiveness

As a practical imperative, organizations must be able to attract, retain, and motivate qualified employees to remain going concerns. Those that adopt a market-based strategy that focuses on paying market-competitive wages may effectively attract and retain employees and, depending upon their compensation planning process, encourage employees’ belief in the distributive justiceof their organizations’ pay decisions. Alternatively, organizations that adopt an internal equity strategy that focuses on pay decisions that reflect the internal value of employees’ jobs to their organization may effectively retain employees and, depending upon the process used to determine internal job values, encourage employees’ belief in the equity or procedural justice of that process. Compared to these strategies, organizations that rely on measures of overall job value are focusing on neither the market values, nor their internal values of jobs, alone. Instead, they are focusing on the jobs’ overall values, or their amended market values given the influence of the jobs’ internal values to the organization. As such, overall job value impacts, at once, the organizations’ need to attract, retain and motivate employees.This article evaluates the relative impact of market, internal, and overall job value on the competitiveness of 88 employees’ pay in 41 jobs in a nonprofit organization in the US health care sector. The organization’s pay decisions were made prior to this study and without benefit of a formal salary management plan. Hence, this study represents a retrospective analysis of the relative impact of jobs’ market, internal, and overall value on pay competitiveness.

Depressive symptoms among dance artists in South Korea: balance between self- and social identity on job value.

BackgroundThe balance between self- and social identity on job value of Korean dance artists, considered as performing artists, was measured to investigate the relationship between balance and depressive symptoms.MethodsData of 139 dance artists were analyzed for depressive symptoms assessed by their responses to questionnaires from the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CESD) translated into Korean. The balance score of each aspect of social identity compared to that of self-identity on job value was measured and classified as lower, equal, or higher. Following a graphical approach, we performed locally weighted scatterplot smoothing algorithm, simple linear regression, and quadric equation regression.ResultsThe mean of CESD was highest in the higher balance group and lowest in the lower balance group. There was a linear relationship between balance score and CESD regarding specific audience, unspecified audience, and unspecified public. Balance score showed no association with other aspects of social identity. In the balance score range of 1 or higher, it was associated with CESD with respect to artist colleague, unspecified audience, and unspecified public.ConclusionsDance artists should maintain a balance between self- and social identity in job value to prevent depressive symptoms.

Convergence Study on Job Value and Lifestyles in Some University Students -Focused on dental hygiene students-

Convergence Study on Job Value and Lifestyles in Some University Students -Focused on dental hygiene students-

안경광학과 학생의 전공과목 만족도에 따른 안경사 직업 가치 인식의 연구

목적: 안경광학과 학생들의 전공과목에 대한 만족도가 안경사라는 직업 가치인식과 어떤 상관관계가 있는지 알아보고자 한다. 방법: 본 연구는 2018년 5월 한달 동안 대구와 부산지역의 안경광학과 3, 4년제 학생 155명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 설문내용으로는 인구 사회학적 특성을 알아보는 문항, 안경광학과 진학동기, 전공과목 만족도와 안경사 직업의 가치인식도, 안경사 직업의 사회적 가치 인식 등에 관한 문항이 있었다. 통계분석은 SPSS 22.0 프로그램을 사용하여 빈도분석과 상관분석을 하였다. 결과: 총 155명 중 현재 배우고 있는 전공과목에 대한 만족도는 매우 만족 21명(13.5)%, 만족 75명(48.4%), 보통 51명(32.9%), 불만족 4명(2.6%), 매우 불만족 4명(2.6%)으로 나타났다. 본인이 생각하는 안경사라는 직업의 가치인식수준은 매우 높다가 9명(5.8%), 높다 46명(29.7)%, 보통 85명(54.8%), 낮다 12명(7.7%), 매우 낮다 3명(1.9%)으로 나타났다. 전공과목 만족도에 따른 학생들이 생각하는 안경사 직업가치인식을 상관 분석한 결과 안경광학과 학생들의 전공과목 만족도와 안경사 직업가치인식 수준 간에는 정의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다(r = .459, p<.001). 결론: 안경광학과 학생들의 전공과목 만족도가 높은 것과 안경사 가치인식 수준이 높은 것은 깊은 연관성을 갖고 있다. 안경사 직업가치인식을 높이기 위해서 전공과목 만족도를 높이고, 더불어 안경사의 근무 환경과 복지의 개선을 통한 사회적인 인식변화가 필요 할 것으로 사료된다.

Walking in a Patient's Shoes: An Evaluation Study of Immersive Learning Using a Digital Training Intervention.

Objectives: Evidence suggests that immersive learning increases empathy and understanding of the patient experience of illness. This study evaluated a digital training intervention ‘In Their Shoes’ which immerses participants in the experience of living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), highlighting the biopsychosocial impact. The simulation program uses a mobile application to deliver time-based tasks and challenges over 36 h, supplemented with telephone role-play and ‘kit’ items to open and use. This study investigated changes in IBD understanding and connection to patients, empathy and perception of job value in a group of pharmaceutical employees. Additionally, it explored experiences and impact of taking part in the intervention.Methods: A mixed methods pre–post design was utilized, with an opportunity sample of employees taking part in the training. 104 participants from sites in 12 countries completed measures at baseline and 97 post-intervention. Measures included the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire, Prosocial Job Characteristics Scale, and structured questions around IBD understanding and connection to patients. Two focus groups (N = 14) were conducted regarding participants experiences of the intervention to complement an open-response question in the questionnaire (N = 75). Qualitative data was analyzed using thematic analysis.Results: Following the intervention, there were statistically significant increases in IBD understanding and connection to patients (p < 0.00025), evaluation of organizational innovation (p < 0.00025), empathy (d = 0.45) and prosocial job perceptions (d = 0.28). Qualitative analysis revealed more fully the transformative personal journey undertaken by participants which provided ‘eye opening’ insight into the psychosocial impact of living and working with IBD. This insight encouraged patient perspective-taking and a strong desire to promote patient advocacy and reduce stigma around chronic illness. Finally, greater organizational pride and connectivity was evident for some participants.Conclusions: An immersive training program, focussing on the lived experience of illness, led to significant increases in disease understanding and empathy. These findings align with other literature evaluating immersive learning and the potential for increasing knowledge, empathy and motivation. The present study offers opportunities to extend this outside of the body of work focussing on healthcare practitioners and explores the benefits of using this type of learning experience within an organizational setting.

대학생의 직업가치관이 일희망과 구직효능감을 매개로 하여 진로준비행동에 미치는 영향

본 연구는 대학생의 직업가치관이 일희망과 구직효능감을 매개로 진로준비행동에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 실시하였으며 J도 소재 대학생 대상으로 하여 수집된 181부의 설문지를 분석자료로 사용하였다. 분석 결과 직업가치관과 일희망, 직업가치관과 구직효능감, 직업가치관과 진로준비행동은 각각 유의한 정(+)적 상관을 나타냈고 직업가치관은 진로준비행동에 유의한 영향을 미치고 있으며 직업가치관 수준이 높을수록 진로준비행동 수준이 높게 나타났다. 직업가치관, 일희망, 구직효능감을 독립변수로, 진로준비행동을 종속변수로 다중회귀분석을 실시한 결과 진로준비행동에 구직효능감, 일희망순으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 AMOS를 이용한 경로 분석 결과 직업가치관은 일희망과 구직효능감을 매개로 하여 진로준비행동에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 대학생의 진로준비행동 수준을 높이기 위하여 직업가치관, 일희망, 구직효능감 각각의 수준을 높이기 위한 계획과 방안의 마련이 필요하다.

Voices from Behind the Bars: Kidnappers’ Natural Self-Accounting Views, Perceptions, and Feelings on Kidnapping in the Southeastern States of Nigeria

ABSTRACTAssumptions and debates on the trend, causes or motives, implications, and appropriate sanctions on kidnapping dominate literature, are largely speculative, and come mainly from the media or academic and nonacademic writers. The aim of this article is to explore the perspectives, perceptions, feelings, and thinking of kidnappers, in their raw form, on these sub-areas of kidnapping. This paper engages a naturalistic methodological approach, whereby sampled kidnappers in Abakaliki and Umuahia prisons provided self-account narratives of the criminal activities and worldview based on their social construction and interpretative meanings. Cross-sectional survey design, and a nonprobability sampling technique of respondent-driven sampling type, were utilized to select a sample of 86 from a total population of 123 convicted and nonconvicted inmates. Findings confirmed public concerns on the epidemiological rise in kidnapping in Nigeria, the dominance of economic motive as the driving force, significant negative sociopsychological and economic-cum-political implications, but moderate, smart, and balanced sanctions versus the punitive policy were generally favored. The policy implication calls for social inclusion and job opportunities (especially among the productive population), value reorientation, and mental sea-change, and a smart but cool, dispassionate, nonpanicked, and nonhurried penal policy.

University Student Characteristics of Type of Job Values and Key Competency

University Student Characteristics of Type of Job Values and Key Competency

The ‘industry’ side of the academic job of business educators

Many business school professors have had to face their shares of doubts often expressed by people from outside the academia about the practical value of the academic job as a business educator. Motivated by a desire to promote more objective and complete view of the practical value of the management educators’ job responsibilities, in this article, I elaborate on the typical job duties business school professors take on and demonstrate their significant practical nature and industry relevance. Better knowing the true practical value of academic professionals’ job may not only help bridge the wide gap between the industry and business school communities and foster a more mutually beneficial relationship between them, it could also promote a stronger customer orientation among all business educators and help create better educational experiences for business school students or future industry employees.

The effects of job value importance and job value satisfaction of university graduates on their job satisfaction

The effects of job value importance and job value satisfaction of university graduates on their job satisfaction

Analysis of Compensation System Based on Job Value of Indonesian Cooks in Kuala Lumpur

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Indonesian cooks is a kind of job that has a great potential to be developed, considering the high enthusiasm for Indonesian dishes in Malaysia and the popularity of Indonesian food in the world. This research aims to analyze the condition of compensation system currently applied to Indonesian Migrant Workers at cooks job cluster in Kuala Lumpur, as well as to identify the compensable factors, and to analyze the ideal compensation system&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Data used in this research are primary data (questionnaire) and secondary data (literature study). This research used descriptive analysis, salary mapping analysis, point system method, and linear regression test in order to process the data. Result of the research shows (1) The evaluation result of Indonesian Migrant Cooks’ salary distribution has not been ideal entirely; (2) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Compensable factors that used are knowledge and skill, organizational capabilities, self reliance, self presentation, responsibility of supervising, responses to critics, and the influence of work result; (3) The ideal compensation system for &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Indonesian Migrant Cooks in KL is non classification system based on Hay Plan Method, which the required funding is more efficient with amount RM 4,036.99 or about Rp.12,918,368.00.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Keywords: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Compensation System, Indonesian migrant workers&lt;/em&gt;

PROKRASTINASI AKADEMIK MAHASISWA PADA MATA KULIAH ALJABAR LINEAR

ABSTRACT Each lecturer gives a college contract at the beginning of the lecture meeting, one of the contents is about the timetable for collecting tasks. It found that there are students whose job values are low because they often delay the collection of tasks. Because delays in the collection of tasks have an effect on the low value of student assignments, then it needs to be analyzed more about the factors causing delay of academic duty of student. This study only consists of one variable and its descriptive nature taken without formulation of hypothesis. Population in this research is all student of mathematics education force 2014 and 2015 STKIP Muhammadiyah Pringsewu Lampung which amounts to 66. The sample of the research is the students who are indicated to have delayed academic task. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling technique. Based on the results of the study can be concluded that the factors causing academic procrastination internal factors include students' attitudes toward learning, factors of learning concentration, and study habits while the external factors include the factors of facilities and infrastructure. Internal factors are more dominant as factors of academic procrastination, this means that the cause of academic procrastination or postponing behavior comes from within the student. Keyword : Academic procrastination, factors of academic procrastination.

Analysis of Compensation System Based on Job Value of Indonesian Cooks in Kuala Lumpur

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Indonesian cooks is a kind of job that has a great potential to be developed, considering the high enthusiasm for Indonesian dishes in Malaysia and the popularity of Indonesian food in the world. This research aims to analyze the condition of compensation system currently applied to Indonesian Migrant Workers at cooks job cluster in Kuala Lumpur, as well as to identify the compensable factors, and to analyze the ideal compensation system&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Data used in this research are primary data (questionnaire) and secondary data (literature study). This research used descriptive analysis, salary mapping analysis, point system method, and linear regression test in order to process the data. Result of the research shows (1) The evaluation result of Indonesian Migrant Cooks’ salary distribution has not been ideal entirely; (2) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Compensable factors that used are knowledge and skill, organizational capabilities, self reliance, self presentation, responsibility of supervising, responses to critics, and the influence of work result; (3) The ideal compensation system for &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Indonesian Migrant Cooks in KL is non classification system based on Hay Plan Method, which the required funding is more efficient with amount RM 4,036.99 or about Rp.12,918,368.00.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Keywords: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Compensation System, Indonesian migrant workers&lt;/em&gt;

Maximizing total job value on a single machine with job selection

This paper describes a single-machine scheduling problem of maximizing total job value with a machine availability constraint. The value of each job decreases over time in a stepwise fashion. Several solution properties of the problem are developed. Based on the properties, a branch-and-bound algorithm and a heuristic algorithm are derived. These algorithms are evaluated in the computational study, and the results show that the heuristic algorithm provides effective solutions within short computation times.

Individual level performance analysis of agricultural technology management agency in Assam

The agricultural technology management agency (ATMA) is a registered society of key stakeholders involved in agricultural activities for sustainable agricultural development in the district. It is a focal point for integrating research and extension activities and decentralizing day-to-day management of agricultural extension system. As the ATMA programme is under operation for the last ten years in Assam, the researchable questions may arise that to how and what extent the extension personnel (Members of ATMA Governing Body) from respective district performed their role to accomplish the functions/activities of ATMA. Keeping in view, a research study was carried out with the objectives i.e. 1. To assess role performance of members ATMA governing body, 2. To find out direct and indirect effects of a set of selected predictor variables on role performance of members of ATMA governing body. A multistage purposive cum random sampling method was followed for selection of the respondents of the study. The findings of the level of role performance of the GB members revealed that 80.00 per cent of the respondents had low to medium level of performance. Only 20.00 per cent of them were found with high level of role performance. The value of co-efficient of multiple regression (R 2 ) being 0.611 indicated that the independent variables viz. , job satisfaction, achievement motivation, motivational profile, job value cherished, attitude towards extension work, organizational climate, leadership ability, role conflict and job stress jointly contributed 61.10 per cent towards the role performance of GB members. The F value (F=4.937**) was also found to be significant. The results of the path analyses that the variables leadership ability, job stress, motivational profile, achievement motivation, organizational climate and job satisfaction emerged to be six most important variables which exhibited substantial direct effects on the level of role performance of the GB members.

The influence of supervisory support on work motivation: a moderating role of organizational support

This study investigates the effect and interaction of various factors on the motivation of the post-graduate trainees in the hospitals to work. It also aims to highlight the importance of certain factors that could influence the motivation of the postgraduate trainees to work better. This cross-sectional study tested relationships between the supervisor support, organisational support, job value and motivation to work. It further explored the interaction between organisational support and supervisor support. Data were collected from 335 doctors enrolled in post-graduate training in five teaching hospitals in the public sector in Lahore at that time. Pearson correlation and regression analysis along with the macro PROCESS were used to analyse the data. It was found that supervisor support and job value positively affects the motivation to work, while organizational support interacts with supervisor support to enhance motivation to work among doctors. The results of this study can help the supervisors and the dean of the hospitals to get a better understanding of the factors that play a role in affecting the motivation level of the relatively young doctors of the public sector hospitals to work effectively and efficiently. Keywords: Motivation to work, supervisor support, organizational support, job value.

Specialty satisfaction, positive psychological capital, and nursing professional values in nursing students: A cross-sectional survey

BackgroundIdeally, college majors should be chosen to achieve self-realization and correspond to self-concept. However, some students select a major based on extrinsic factors, rather than aptitude or interests, because of a lack of employment opportunities. If they have negative college experiences with an unsatisfactory major, they might not engage fully in their occupation following graduation. ObjectiveThis study aimed to identify factors affecting specialty satisfaction in preclinical practice nursing-college students. DesignA cross-sectional descriptive survey. SettingA nonprobability convenience sample of 312 nursing-college students at colleges in Deajeon City, South Korea. The survey questionnaire was distributed to those who agreed to participate. ParticipantsFreshmen and sophomore nursing students (n=312). MethodsParticipants were 312 students at colleges in Deajeon City. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data, which were analyzed using SPSS/WIN. ResultsPositive psychological capital and nursing professional values were positively correlated with specialty satisfaction. Significant predictors for specialty satisfaction included hope and optimism (as components of positive psychological capital), the roles of nursing service and originality of nursing (as nursing professional values), and aptitude/interests and job value (as motives for selecting a major). ConclusionThe findings suggested that nursing students' specialty satisfaction was partially linked to positive psychological capital and professional values. Therefore, the promotion of positive factors should be useful in enhancing specialty satisfaction in preclinical-practice nursing-college students.

Nonacademic Attributes Predict Medical and Nursing Student Intentions to Emigrate or to Work Rurally: An Eight-Country Survey in Asia and Africa.

AbstractWe sought to identify independent, nonacademic predictors of medical and nursing student intent to migrate abroad or from rural to urban areas after graduation in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). This was a cross-sectional survey of 3,199 first- and final-year medical and nursing students at 16 training institutions in eight LMIC. Questionnaires assessed demographics, career intentions, and preferences regarding selected career, location, and work-related attributes. Using principal component analysis, student preferences were reduced into four discrete categories of priorities: 1) work environment resources, 2) location livability, 3) altruistic job values, and 4) individualistic job values. Students' preferences were scored in each category. Using students' characteristics and priority scores, multivariable proportional odds models were used to derive independent predictors of intentions to emigrate for work outside the country, or to work in a rural area in their native country. Students prioritizing individualistic values more often planned international careers (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.44, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.16-1.78), whereas those prioritizing altruistic values preferred rural careers (aOR = 1.82, 95% CI = 1.50-2.21). Trainees prioritizing high-resource environments preferentially planned careers abroad (aOR = 1.38, 95% CI = 1.12-1.69) and were unlikely to seek rural work (aOR = 0.60, 95% CI = 0.49-0.73). Independent of their priorities, students with prolonged prior rural residence were unlikely to plan emigration (aOR = 0.67, 95% CI = 0.50-0.90) and were more likely to plan a rural career (aOR = 1.53, 95% CI = 1.16-2.03). We conclude that use of nonacademic attributes in medical and nursing admissions processes would likely increase retention in high-need rural areas and reduce emigration "brain drain" in LMIC.

A Study on the Effect of Company Characteristics on the Relationship between the Job Value and Occupational Adaptation of College Graduates

A Study on the Effect of Company Characteristics on the Relationship between the Job Value and Occupational Adaptation of College Graduates

A Study on the Job Satisfaction of the Physician Assistant (PA) Male Nurses: A Mixed-method Design

Purpose: This is a mixed method study to understand the experience regarding the job satisfaction of Physician Assistant (PA) male nurses. Methods: First, factors influencing job satisfaction were analyzed using quantitative approach and job adaptation processes by qualitative research was done through interviews. Finally both of the collected data were comprehensively compared. Results: The factors which had the greatest influence on job satisfaction in the regression analysis were job stress (β=-.49, p<.001) and job identity (β=.46, p<.001) and the explanatory power explaining these variables was 58% (Adj. R2=.58). The results of qualitative research were categorized using the same four variables with qualitative research variables. Five themes in job satisfaction, three themes in job identity, five themes in job stress and six themes in job value were identified by content analysis. Conclusion: This finding identified that the job stress and job identity were important variables related to job satisfaction. Therefore, the factors influencing job identity have to be strengthened, and a systematic management and interest to develop them are necessary.