Academic staff’s job satisfaction and motivation have been a problem that is experienced by many institutions of higher learning particularly in developing countries like Nigeria. This is because many of the factors relating to teachers’ job satisfaction and motivation have been…
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Married women in the banking and management consulting firms in Nigeria encounter challenges that affect their commitment to their families while working long hours in demanding jobs. This study explores the challenges that married women encounter, and the impacts of these chall…
The present study evaluated the nature of organizational commitment in Turkey, a predominantly collectivist society. The investigation involved three phases. In Study I, several emic organizational commitment items as well as emic organizational commitment antecedents were ident…
Canada and British Columbia have legislation in place to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination based on their sexual orientation. A growing number of BC school districts have policy protecting gays and lesbians. However, some gay and lesbian teachers still hide their sex…
The purpose of this study was to investigate stress knowledge, stress prevalence, the source of stress, and intention of future practice of stress management techniques (SMTs) among medical students in Taif University (TU), Saudi Arabia by gender and grade cohort. In addition, t…
Series of questions have been raised on why employees of organization behave unethically and engage in corrupt practices, which as a consequence, adversely affect the realization of the company objectives. These problems have been attributed to weak accounting control system in …
Burnout related to emotional and physical study or work demands affects an individual’s performance and well being. This study focused on Saudi Arabian dental residents studying in the United States and the United Kingdom who are faced with many challenges in pursuit of a higher…
This qualitative study investigates the voluntary turnover and job satisfaction among millennial English-language journalists in Indonesia in order to understand why young journalists leave their news organization or journalism altogether. It also examines the motivation to stay…
Scholars have studied dissent in general, but few have focused on the impact of cultural contexts and characteristics on dissent. Literature on the influence of cultural factors on expression of disagreement in organizations, by immigrant Nigerian workers in the US has not recei…
The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore and understand how case managers’ (CMs’) experiences listening to trauma stories of trauma victims affects them personally and professionally and what strategies they use to cope with hearing these stories. C…
This study investigated the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on the development of vicarious traumatization (VT) and burnout among direct care staff working in juvenile justice residential facilities. Measures used included the ACE module of the 2012 Behavioral Ris…
Across the United States, firefighters take risks every day. Why do these individuals take risks for people they may have never met? While the fire service has centuries of history, it has limited scholarly research and peer-reviewed journals. The study not only adds to the limi…
This study seeks to understand how new CEO’s of local non-profits experience vulnerability as they learn in the workplace, and in particular:
The purpose of this study is to determine the perception employees of the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service (CES) after participating in a mentoring program. The CES implemented an onboarding program in 2010 which included a yearlong mentoring component for county extension…
Psychological assessment is an important and recognizable aspect of the services provided by psychologists in Western countries. Various countries use psychological assessment for various reasons, such as recruitment; selection; placement; legal decisions; education; and classif…
Entrepreneurship is a major force in economic development for fighting unemployment & poverty in both developed & developing countries. Female entrepreneurs play a vital role in the economic development of their families & countries, they are considered as major contributors in …
The dissatisfaction with nursing jobs is high among the younger generation, resulting in a decrease in the bottom line for healthcare organizations. The average turnover cost to a healthcare organization is 52,100. If nurses continue to be dissatisfied with their jobs, it could …
The heuristic inquiry-based phenomenological approach values focusing on a question or problem that has been a personal challenge in one’s quest to understand oneself and the phenomenon. Previous research has shown that counselors with a personal history of trauma who provide se…
Journalism plays an important role in our society. But what happens when a journalist decides to pursue a new profession? The loss of a journalist from a newsroom can have a significant impact, particularly when that journalist takes with them institutional knowledge and a histo…