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SKILL-BASED PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND ITS EFFECT ON EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES: A FIELD STUDY
(2023-12) Sandall, Raka
Significant research over the last 30 years has focused on the impact of traditional appraisal-driven performance management systems. However, research on novel performance management systems that incorporate a bundle of human resource management practices has been limited. This study fills this void by examining the impact of a bundle that emphasizes skills enrichment and managerial coaching, called skill-based performance management (SBPM). Its impact on the organization has been viewed as being akin to a black box, with researchers suggesting the existence of intervening variables. This study draws upon the abilities, motivation, and opportunities (AMO) framework to hypothesize that SBPM would have a positive impact on intervening variables around employees’ skill-seeking orientation, connectedness to goals, career satisfaction, and the organizational climate for performance. The research design consisted of a field experiment at a company where a group of employees were subject to an SBPM intervention while a second group (control) was not. A longitudinal survey of employee attitudinal sentiments was conducted for 360 employees over two years using custom survey scales that were verified for comparability to published scales. A MANOVA was conducted with time (before and after intervention) and group type (intervention vs. control) as the independent variables and the attitudinal variables as the dependent variables. The results provided evidence that employee attitudes toward skill-seeking behavior were enduringly impacted. This study provides a prescription for operationalizing a bundle of HRM practices utilizing the AMO framework to influence organizational outcomes. Moreover, it provides credence to the addition of skills-related human resource practices to achieve improved employee outcomes.
ENTREPRENEURIAL SELF-EFFICACY AND PERSISTENCE: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND GENDER
(2023-12) Fuller, Lauran
The topic of social support has held a steady place in entrepreneurship over the years. While the literature addresses social support in various facets, peer-to -peer social support has yet to garner significant attention. This study evaluates the role of entrepreneurial peer support, paying close attention to gender differences. Specifically, both emotional and instrumental social support are examined to determine their influence on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and persistence. Small business owners are surveyed to evaluate the role of peer to entrepreneurial persistence. In addition, this study investigates the role of gender in how support is realized. The results could revitalize a stream of entrepreneurial research that draws back to the value of personal connections , and point to new opportunities for research in self self-efficacy and persistence.
The Loyalty Metric: How Employee Satisfaction & Engagement Impacts Organization Loyalty
(2024-04) Marks, Marcie F.
Previous research has shown that there are complex dynamics that influence employee loyalty and its outcomes. This study evaluated whether job satisfaction directly influenced employee engagement and whether employee engagement directly influenced the outcomes of employee loyalty, employee net promoter score, and positive word of mouth. The study also examined whether managerial trustworthiness moderates the relationship between job satisfaction and employee engagement. A quantitative approach was used to analyze the data collected from 400 full-time employees working in various industries in the United States. The hypotheses were tested using partial least squares path modeling. The results found a direct relationship between job satisfaction and employee engagement, which was significantly related to the outcomes of employee loyalty, employee net promoter score, and positive word-of-mouth. The results also revealed that the main effect between job satisfaction and employee engagement was significant. The study also found that the managerial trustworthiness moderator did not support the hypothesis; however, the results found that managerial trustworthiness negatively moderated the relationship between job satisfaction and employee engagement. This study enhances the literature on employee loyalty by comprehensively examining knowledge workers' perceptions of the concept. This broader perspective could also enable organizations to implement targeted strategies that foster loyalty. Such insights could assist practitioners in advancing the use of employee net promoter scores by extending their assessment beyond employees who demonstrate loyal behavior.
Fr. Heinrich Pesch, S. J. and the importance of the family in fostering and preserving the mutual interdependence of the individual and the national economy
(2024-04) Blackburn, Mitchell
In contrast to the isolation caused by economic individualism and the absorption of the individual within the community in socialistic collectivism, Fr. Heinrich Pesch outlines an alternative system of economics which he calls “Solidarism.” Within this system, neither the individual nor the community are seen as the ultimate purpose and end of the economy, rather, there is an understanding that the individual and the community mutually benefit, and are interdependent upon, each other. At the heart of this mutual interdependence is the family, the seed of society and original economic unit. Although the family has been replaced by enterprise as the economic unit, Pesch argues that the family maintains its importance within the national economy since it is within the family that men first learn and practice the solidarity and mutual interdependence that can and ought to imbue the rest of society. Whenever the family is fragmented by individualism or is further dissolved by socialism, the national economy suffers, the individual becomes disenfranchised, and society itself loses its cohesion. The national economy ought always to look to the benefit of the family and where it fails to do this it has undermined its own purpose.
"I Craft So That I Can Flow": A Comparative Study of Neuro Type to Explore the Relationship Between Job Crafting and Flow and the Mediating Role of Meaningful Work
(2022-05-19) Bharwani, Shamsuddin S.
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face significant challenges entering and remaining in the workforce. Those with ASD possess unique attributes such as attention to detail, willingness for repetitive tasks, reliability, and intense focus. To fully engage and include individuals with ASD, a deeper understanding of the cognitive style and talents of individuals with ASD is needed. This comparative study aimed to examine the mediating role of meaningful work in the relationship between job crafting dimensions and flow and whether there are differences in the assessed mediated model by Neuro Type (autistic and non-autistic employees). Mediation analyses revealed that meaningful work mediated the relationship between cognitive crafting and flow. However, meaningful work did not mediate this relationship for task crafting or relational crafting. In addition, the results indicated that there are no differences in the assessed model by Neuro Type. These findings are worthy as they could encourage employers to hire and develop individuals with ASD as there are no significant differences between Neuro Type in how motivated and concentrated they are when performing their work. Theoretical and practical implications for these findings are discussed, and recommendations for future research are included.