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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Analýza pracovnej motivácie zamestnancov vo verejnom sektore / Work motivation analysis in public sector

Zifčáková, Jana January 2011 (has links)
This diploma thesis discusses the work motivation process from a psychological perspective. The key factor is derived from the understanding of work motivation theory in the public sector. This thesis is relatively connected to the bachelor thesis of the author from 2009 but contains many new ideas of the work motivation theory together with an inter-cultural framework. After describing the research methods and expected results, the author inserts new research findings. In conclusion, an analysis of the predicted results is presented together with recommended suggestions, generally applicable to all business units in the public sector.
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Managing Employee Motivation Through the Process of Government Furloughs

Hill, Kim Charisc 01 January 2018 (has links)
Budget constraints will cause federal furloughs to continue through 2035. Federal furloughs such as the one in 2012-2013, affected 800,000 out of 2.7 million federal employees. This dramatic workforce reduction caused remaining employees to experience stress and morale issues in the workplace. The purpose of the research was to understand how managers comprehend and experience the impact of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation on remaining employees' performance and attitudes during the furlough process. The theoretical foundation and conceptual framework were designed using both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation concepts and theories. Aspects of self-determination theory and hierarchy motivation theory were used to describe intrinsic motivational concepts. Extrinsic workplace motivation was described through expectancy theory, equity theory, and goal-setting theory. The overarching question addressed the lived experiences of 15 government managers to understand their perceptions on employee motivation during a furlough in the workplace through a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Through the use of Flick's method of data analysis, 5 themes emerged from the interviews with the participants. The most notable results described the perceptions that managers had about their challenges in maintaining employee motivation and trust in an organization where the managers felt powerless. Recommendations may support positive social change by enabling more local control for managers and to develop and implement policies and procedures to support motivation of employees. Additionally, this study outcomes may lead to sensitizing national leaders to the detrimental effects of furloughs and the impact to employees and their families.
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Hur skapar man kontinuitet i ideella organisationer : En fallstudie av Riksförbundet Sveriges Unga Katoliker / How to create contingency in a Non-Profit organization : A case study about the National association Sweden's Young Catholics

Bergman, Cecilia, Todorovic, Dijana January 2008 (has links)
<p><strong>Syfte:</strong> Syftet med studien är att ge rekommendationer till organisationen Riksförbundet Sveriges Unga Katoliker (SUK) om hur de kan bevara kontinuiteten inom förbundet. Rekommendationerna tillkommer genom analys av hur SUK kan ta vara på den tysta kunskapen som finns hos deras anställda och frivilliga medarbetare, samt vilka faktorer som motiverar till ett frivilligt ledarskap.</p><p><strong>Metod: </strong>Fallstudien har en kvalitativ ansats med inslag av kvantitativa antydningar. Två intervjuer har genomförts med anställda på SUK, samt en via e-post med ytterligare en anställd. En mindre enkätundersökning har genomförts bland ideella ledare inom Stockholmregionen i SUK.</p><p><strong>Teori:</strong> Detta kapitel börjar med en överblick över definitioner av tyst kunskap och därefter följer tvåfaktorsteorin som är en motivationsteori. Detta avsnitt redovisar teorier från Polanyi, Nonaka, samt Herzberg.</p><p><strong>Empiri: </strong>I detta avsnitt presenteras den data som samlats in genom SUK:s hemsida, intervjuer, samt den mindre enkätundersökningen.</p><p><strong>Analys: </strong>Under denna del analyserar vi det material som samlats in under empiri avsnittet med hjälp av de teorier som presenterats i teoriavsnittet. Data från intervjuerna ställs mot teori om tyst kunskap och enkätundersökningens resultat analyseras med hjälp av Herzbergs tvåfaktorsteori.</p><p><strong>Slutsats:</strong> De viktigaste slutsatserna är att SUK bör bevara organisationens tysta kunskap genom att ta fram ett symboliskt organisationsspråk i form av lathundar och mallar. Kommunikationen inom organisationen måste förbättras, och SUK bör införa en praktisk del i ledarutbildningen, som också kan fungera som en överföring av tyst kunskap. Fortsatt slutsats är att motivationsfaktorerna avancemang och prestation är viktigast både enligt SUK:s frivilliga arbetare och anställda. SUK bör ta hänsyn både till motivationsfaktorer och hygienfaktorer, då båda är viktiga för att skapa kontinuitet.</p> / <p><strong>Purpose:</strong>  The purpose of the essay is give the association Sweden's Young Catholics recommendations how to maintain the contingency within the organization. The recommendations arises through analysis about how Sweden's Young Catholics can preserve the tacit knowledge that the employees and volunteers have, and which factors motivates to volunteer leadership.</p><p><strong>Methology:  </strong>For this case study we have used a qualitative method with a touch of a quantitative method. We did two interviews with employees and one through e-mail with another employee. We also did a minor poll with volunteers in the Stockholm region in Sweden's Young Catholics.</p><p><strong>Theoretical </strong><strong>perspective:</strong>  This chapter starts with an overview over different definitions of tacit knowledge and there after a theory about motivation. This chapter illustrates theorys by Polanyi, Nonaka, and Herzberg.</p><p><strong>Empiric: </strong>This chapter declares material and interviews made for this thesis. Material about the organization from the website for Sweden's Young Catholics, the interviews about tacit knowledge and the poll about motivation.</p><p><strong>Analysis:</strong> In this section we analyse all the material and interviews collected in the empiric section with help of the theories from the theoretical chapter. The interviews with the tacit knowledge and the poll with help of Herzberg's theory.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong>  The most important conclusion is that Sweden's Young Catholics should keep their tacit knowledge by developing a symbolic organizational language in shape of reference guides. The communication in the organization also has to improve and Sweden's Young Catholics should have a practical part in their leadership course which also can serve as a transfer of tacit knowledge. Other conclusions are that the most important motivation factors is promotion and performance according to both employees and volunteers. Although Sweden's Young Catholics should take both motivation factors and hygiene factors in their consideration, because they are both important for keeping the contingency in the organization.</p>
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A Study On The Motivational System Of Scientists In Relation To Performance And Its Consequences

Rao, K Rajender 08 1900 (has links)
Indian scientific organizations have experienced a tremendous growth in the last few years. Research Institutes have been carrying out scientific research in order to render ser vices in the frontier technologies. These scientific areas include basic and applied research in the areas of Space, Defence, Atomic Energy, Agriculture, Medical, Veterinary Research, Science & Technology and Mineral Exploration, Electronics etc. Scientists contribute to the development of advancement of the technology leading to innovations in self-reliance. Due to the globalization, resource constraints and technical complexities, the research institutes are under tremendous pressure to improve their performance. This situation calls for the improvement of productivity of scientific personnel. The motivation, performance and satisfaction of scientists are the most critical components of the scientific organizational effectiveness. The critical examination of the motivation theories has revealed that the scientists can be motivated through the satisfaction of higher order needs. The achievements from challenging tasks act as task motivation for the satisfaction of scientists. The literature on the motivation of scientists is found to be an important input for formulating conceptual model. The understanding of motivational needs of scientists helps in developing motivation environment. It is very important to understand the needs and motivation variables of scientists, as they are known to be different from others. From the critical analysis of previous studies in the organizational context, the scientists are found to get more dissatisfied due to lack of the motivation system. This situation necessitated the current study on motivational needs of scientists. This also helps to understand scientist’s interest in a broader scope for evolving the suitable management strategies. The study has evolves a theory of scientists motivation and contributes to the literature on the body of knowledge on scientists motivation. Scientists need to work within the organization and contribute to the development of scientific knowledge as a profession. The scientific performance is a knowledge intensive process, which depends on team building and motivation. The enhancement of the performance of scientists calls for institution of certain motivational systems. Therefore, the motivational climate initiatives have come into focus in the scientific organizations. The motivational initiatives are intended to bring about organizational improvement through improved satisfaction, organizational commitment and willingness to accept challenges. Certain personal antecedent factors like age, experience, qualification are expected to influence motivation system. These factors are expected to influence the motivation system of the scientists with a different degree of influence on satisfaction, organizational commitment and the willingness to accept challenges. Hence, these factors are considered in the current study. In order to understand the scientists motivation system a few questions emerged concerning the motivation climate initiatives. The questions are also related to the relationships among the motivation climate, performance and consequences. These questions gave rise to the following objectives for the current study. 1) To identify scientist’s motivation & performance variables and their associations with the individual factors such as age, experience, qualification, designation, promotions etc. 2) To study and analyze scientist’s motivation and performance need fulfillment with the organizational aspects related to technology, job/work environment, management practices etc 3) To arrive at the model on the scientists motivational system in relation to the performance & its consequences. The current study establishes the significance of the relationships among the motivation climate variables and scientist’s satisfaction, organizational commitment and willingness to accept challenges. The study also focuses on the correlations among the motivational variables and the personal antecedent factors such as age, experience, designation, qualifications etc. The study also led to the development of the motivational relationship model for the scientists. The literature review gave an insight in to the historical and current research status in the areas of motivation system of scientists. A special focus is on the critical assessment of studies on the R & D personnel and scientists in particular. The research gaps are assessed in the areas of research focus, context and contents of the study, methodological considerations and analytical rigor. Preliminary interviews are conducted with about 40 scientists from four scientific organizations for understanding the variables of scientists motivation system. The preliminary discussion process is helpful in gathering the inputs on the motivation process of scientists. This has also helped in defining the operational aspects of variables for the research study. Based on the feedback and the inputs from the preliminary discussions, the research instrument is developed for the pilot study. The reliability of the instrument is tested with the data from responses. The internal consistency of the items is tested by Cronbach’s alpha. The results obtained indicate that the instrument has an accepted level of Cronbach’s alpha of 0.7 and above. Based on the data, the item analysis for reliability is carried out on 16 variables, which have yielded the Cronbach Alpha of 0.7 and above. In addition, the overall instrument reliability is found to be 0.87. Principal Component Factor analysis with varimax rotation is performed to check the construct validity for the subscales. Factor analysis has yielded factor loadings close to 0.5 and above for the items and the group variables. Factor analysis results have supported the statistical validity of the scales. Need fulfillment analysis is made for motivational assessment in the organizational environment. Motivation and performance need fulfillment of scientists has been assessed. In general, the need fulfillment level is about 70%. The need fulfillment analysis has identified the level of fulfillment and necessity for further increase of the motivation climate. To study the associations and the degree and direction of the relationship between 7 antecedent variables and 16 motivation variables, the chi-square test, correlation analysis (pearson’s correlation) are carried out. To test the effect of antecedent variables like age, experience, designation, salary, education level etc on the motivation variables, the one-way ANOVA is performed. Post-hoc tests (Bonferroni and Dunnets T3) are performed to see the differences between each level. A series of t-tests are e employed to study the significant differences between the different categories of age, experience designation, salary, education levels etc. The interrelatedness of variables is ascertained by the Bartlett’s test of sphericity. The data is tested for sampling adequacy by Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) test. Analysis of the relationships between the motivational climate, performance dimensions and three consequence variables (job satisfaction, willingness to accept challenges and organizational commitment) is carried out by regression analysis. This analysis has helped to develop the regression model on the motivation system of scientists linking the interdependent variables. Generally, the motivation variables are associated with the different antecedent factors. Different designation levels are found to be significantly associated with six motivation variables namely pay and monetary aspects, job nature, job satisfaction, individual development, organizational commitment an challenging environment. Different age groups are found to be associated significantly different with the four motivation variables like information management, job satisfaction and challenging environment. The age levels have shown negative correlation with personal efforts. Experience levels are found to be significantly different among eight variables such as pay and monetary aspects. Job nature, welfare measures, career growth, job satisfaction, willingness to accept challenges, challenging environment etc. The experience levels are found to be negatively correlated and associated differently with personal efforts. Functional area of work and motivation variables has not shown significantly different mean scores with most of the variables. However, it is significantly different only in respect of individual development. Salary levels are found to be associated significantly different in respect of five motivation variable namely pay and monetary aspects, job nature, challenging environment, job satisfaction and personal efforts. The number of promotions is found to be positively correlated with motivation variables. The mean scores of scientists with different number of promotions is associated significantly in respect of seven motivation variables. The higher mean scores noticed among scientists with higher number of promotions in respect of pay and monetary aspects, job nature, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, challenging environment, information management and individual identify. The years of stay in the present grade is found to be negatively correlated. The mean scores of scientists with different years of stay in present grade are associated significantly with most of the motivation variables. The mean scores of scientists with higher years of stay in present grade have shown lower mean scores in respect of welfare measures, career growth, morale building, job satisfaction, individual development and individual identity. The higher years of stay in the present grade is found to be a de-motivating factor for the scientists. From the need fulfillment analysis, it is found that there is an average gap of 30% in the 15 motivation aspects against the desired levels. The importance attached to these 15 parameters is also very high above 4 points indicating these aspects are vital and essential for their need satisfaction. The need satisfaction level is around 70% considering the effect of desired levels and the importance attached to the motivation aspects. The findings from the regression analysis have supported the relationship among motivational, performance and consequence variables. The job satisfaction as a consequence model has been well supported with 52% explained variation on account of the motivation and the performance variables with a significant F-test ratio. Six motivation climate variables(Pay and monetary aspects, job nature, welfare measures, challenging environment, opportunities for creativity and management style) and three performance variables(Career growth, morale building and individual development) have explained job satisfaction as an outcome variable. The model reveals that the motivated employee gives higher performance and enjoys greater job satisfaction. The job satisfaction depends on the motivation climate to the very high level. The higher motivational climate with better career growth, improved morale and individual development tend to lead to higher satisfaction. The willingness to accept challenges as a consequence model has got good degree of support with38.2% explained variation on account of the motivation and the performance variables with a significant F-test ratio. Three motivation climate variables (Job nature, challenging environment and management style) and four performance variables(Morale building, individual development, individual recognition and personal efforts) have explained willingness to accept challenges as an outcome variable. The model reveals that the motivated employee gives higher performance and shows greater willingness to accept challenges. The high willingness to accept challenges depends on the motivation climate to the very high level. The higher motivational climate with better morale building, individual development, individual identity and personal efforts tend to lead to increased willingness to accept challenges. The organizational commitment as a consequence model has also got good support with 34.1% explained variation on account of the motivation and performance variables with a significant F-test ratio. Three climate variables (Pay and monetary aspects, job nature, welfare measures, challenging environment) and four performance variables(individual development, individual recognition, personal efforts and contributions to results) have explained organizational commitment as an outcome variable. The model reveals that the motivated employee gives higher performance and leads to greater organizational commitment. The high organizational commitment depends on the degree of motivation climate. The higher motivational climate with improved individual development, individual recognition, personal efforts and higher contribution to results tend to lead to increased organizational commitment. Overall the study and analysis on the three models has shown that the motivation variables have explained the three consequences namely job satisfaction, willingness to accept challenges and organizational commitment. Therefore, the management needs to focus on the steps to be taken for higher motivational climate. The management should work for improved individual development, individual identity, higher personal efforts and higher contribution to results, better morale building and assured career growth in order to maximize the scientist’s performance. This in turn shall lead to organizationally valued consequences namely, job satisfaction, willingness to accept challenges and organizational commitment. While fulfilling the objectives, the research study has made significant contributions to the body of knowledge, theory building and practice on the scientist motivation system. The present research study reiterates many research insights, findings and views expressed on the topic of the scientists motivation system. It is evident that the topic requires more focused and devoted study for enhancing the contributions to the body of knowledge on motivation. The theory and research in the area of scientists motivation system is still at a development stage. There is a strong need for the contribution towards constructive theory building. The current study has broadened the scope of motivation and focused on how the existing research results could be utilized in developing the precise concepts on the scientists motivation system. This research work enlightens the crucial aspects of the motivation system in research organizations. The study can be useful for the design of the motivational system in the scientific environment. The research work establishes the methods to quantify the measurement of the motivational variables. The questionnaire on the scientists motivation system is tested and found to be highly reliable. This questionnaire could be used as the diagnostic tool to evaluate the motivational practices and implications periodically. The design and validation of reliable instrument to measure the motivation variables is a significant contribution to the field research. It is a useful instrument for the longitudinal study for larger applications in future. The present empirical research with field data the scientists under different scientific environments is a broad based research effort. This is a very critical contribution in the field of the motivational studies on scientists as a subject of study. In this research work, efforts are made to see that the research results would benefit the scientific organizations. The practitioner’s community is struggling with the problem of understanding what really motivates scientists. The study makes a significant contribution in addressing this problem. The findings of the research study are very much useful to the practitioners in the scientific motivation. The research study provides the guidance to the organizational designers on the possibilities of making structural adjustments as part of the motivational need fulfillment. The scientific organizations get an idea about how the motivation system would influence the processes to improve the performance of the scientists. The results from the sample data about the scientists antecedent variables helps to formulate policies for scientists with varied level of experience, age, education etc. The adoption of current research results on motivation system shall lead to improvements in the performance and satisfaction of the scientists. In the light of the research findings and conclusions, the management needs to focus on the steps to ensure higher motivational climate for improved performance. These conclusions and suggestions are very vital with the strong support from the research evidence. The study also identified category-wise differences, individual variation among the lower and higher levels of age, designation , experience, salary, promotions etc. The research study has proposed a motivational framework in the beginning based on various parameters of study. Then the study progressed towards collection of evidence to validate the proposed model. Hypotheses dealing with motivational framework have supported the relationships in the model with good degree of explained variation. Therefore, the empirical evidence in support of the models indicates the strength of the motivation model. All three models have received varying degree of support while the job satisfaction model is highly supported. This model can be adopted by the scientific organizations for designing the motivational climate to achieve improved performance and to lead to the organizationally valued consequences.
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Hur skapar man kontinuitet i ideella organisationer : En fallstudie av Riksförbundet Sveriges Unga Katoliker / How to create contingency in a Non-Profit organization : A case study about the National association Sweden's Young Catholics

Bergman, Cecilia, Todorovic, Dijana January 2008 (has links)
Syfte: Syftet med studien är att ge rekommendationer till organisationen Riksförbundet Sveriges Unga Katoliker (SUK) om hur de kan bevara kontinuiteten inom förbundet. Rekommendationerna tillkommer genom analys av hur SUK kan ta vara på den tysta kunskapen som finns hos deras anställda och frivilliga medarbetare, samt vilka faktorer som motiverar till ett frivilligt ledarskap. Metod: Fallstudien har en kvalitativ ansats med inslag av kvantitativa antydningar. Två intervjuer har genomförts med anställda på SUK, samt en via e-post med ytterligare en anställd. En mindre enkätundersökning har genomförts bland ideella ledare inom Stockholmregionen i SUK. Teori: Detta kapitel börjar med en överblick över definitioner av tyst kunskap och därefter följer tvåfaktorsteorin som är en motivationsteori. Detta avsnitt redovisar teorier från Polanyi, Nonaka, samt Herzberg. Empiri: I detta avsnitt presenteras den data som samlats in genom SUK:s hemsida, intervjuer, samt den mindre enkätundersökningen. Analys: Under denna del analyserar vi det material som samlats in under empiri avsnittet med hjälp av de teorier som presenterats i teoriavsnittet. Data från intervjuerna ställs mot teori om tyst kunskap och enkätundersökningens resultat analyseras med hjälp av Herzbergs tvåfaktorsteori. Slutsats: De viktigaste slutsatserna är att SUK bör bevara organisationens tysta kunskap genom att ta fram ett symboliskt organisationsspråk i form av lathundar och mallar. Kommunikationen inom organisationen måste förbättras, och SUK bör införa en praktisk del i ledarutbildningen, som också kan fungera som en överföring av tyst kunskap. Fortsatt slutsats är att motivationsfaktorerna avancemang och prestation är viktigast både enligt SUK:s frivilliga arbetare och anställda. SUK bör ta hänsyn både till motivationsfaktorer och hygienfaktorer, då båda är viktiga för att skapa kontinuitet. / Purpose:  The purpose of the essay is give the association Sweden's Young Catholics recommendations how to maintain the contingency within the organization. The recommendations arises through analysis about how Sweden's Young Catholics can preserve the tacit knowledge that the employees and volunteers have, and which factors motivates to volunteer leadership. Methology:  For this case study we have used a qualitative method with a touch of a quantitative method. We did two interviews with employees and one through e-mail with another employee. We also did a minor poll with volunteers in the Stockholm region in Sweden's Young Catholics. Theoretical perspective:  This chapter starts with an overview over different definitions of tacit knowledge and there after a theory about motivation. This chapter illustrates theorys by Polanyi, Nonaka, and Herzberg. Empiric: This chapter declares material and interviews made for this thesis. Material about the organization from the website for Sweden's Young Catholics, the interviews about tacit knowledge and the poll about motivation. Analysis: In this section we analyse all the material and interviews collected in the empiric section with help of the theories from the theoretical chapter. The interviews with the tacit knowledge and the poll with help of Herzberg's theory. Conclusion:  The most important conclusion is that Sweden's Young Catholics should keep their tacit knowledge by developing a symbolic organizational language in shape of reference guides. The communication in the organization also has to improve and Sweden's Young Catholics should have a practical part in their leadership course which also can serve as a transfer of tacit knowledge. Other conclusions are that the most important motivation factors is promotion and performance according to both employees and volunteers. Although Sweden's Young Catholics should take both motivation factors and hygiene factors in their consideration, because they are both important for keeping the contingency in the organization.
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Systém odměňování ve sféře volného času / Remuneration system in the sphere of leisure

KRÁČMAROVÁ, Martina January 2013 (has links)
This thesis deals with the remuneration system in the sphere of leisure. The theoretical part deals with the motivation of employees, description of motivational theories and their authors. It also describes both of systems remuneration, financial and non-financial form. An important part is employee benefits and various classification, implementation and realization. Consequently are some possibilities of evaluation of employees and their work. The final chapter of the theoretical part focus on remuneration system applied in leisure organizations, which also includes compensation for volunteers. The practical part contains the description and comparison of two organizations. First is the civic association M-tes and second is Silesian Youth Center ? home of children and youth. Empirical research is focused on motivational strategies, remuneration systems, evaluation and implementation of employee benefits. Consequently are offered changes and recommendations.
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Food defense management plan implementation intention: an application of protection motivation theory

Yoon, Eunju January 1900 (has links)
Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Hotel, Restaurant, Institution Management and Dietetics / Carol W. Shanklin / Protection motivation theory (PMT) was used in this study to investigate food service directors' food bioterrorism risk perception and their intentions to implement a food defense management plan in their operations. A cross sectional study using the self administered survey was conducted to test hypotheses. All measurement items for the construct of interests were assessed using a 7-point Likert type scales. Questionnaires were mailed in March 2007 to a national sample of 2,200 randomly selected on-site food service directors employed in school districts and healthcare operations. A total 449 usable completed questionnaires were received. Descriptive statistics were performed to investigate directors' perceptions, motivations and intentions independently. Before testing the actual hypotheses, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to assess reliability and construct validity of the measurement model. Food service directors perceived that the result of a food terrorist attack would be severe but the chances it would occur in their operations is limited. They agreed that implementation of a food defense management plan would be effective to address food terrorism issue in their operations. They were highly motivated to protect the operation from an attack and to avoid the risk of terrorism and intended to implement a food defense plan in their operation. Based on the hypotheses testing, results revealed that motivation to protect the operation against food bioterrorism is higher when directors perceived a higher level of risk (severity and vulnerability), rated the effectiveness of a food defense management plan in protecting the operation high, and perceived that their operations were able to implement it. In turn, high level of motivation to protect the operation led to higher level of implementation intention. Results of the study can be used to design communication resources developed to enhance food service directors' intention to implement a food defense management plan. Educational and informational resources related to intentional food contamination and its defense should emphasize response efficacy and possibility perception.
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Three Research Essays on Online Users' Concerns and Web Assurance Mechanisms

Mousavizadeh Kashipaz, Seyed Mohammadreza 08 1900 (has links)
Online users struggle with different concerns whenever they use information systems. According to Miyazaki and Fernandez (2001), there are three important categories of concerns for online users: privacy concern, third party fraudulent behavior concern ("system security"), and online website fraudulent behavior concern ("security"). Kim, Sivasailam, and Rao (2004) proposed a similar categorization for web assurance dimensions. They argue that online websites are supposed to address users' privacy, security, and business integrity concerns to decrease user concerns. Although several researchers tried to answer how different factors affect these concerns and how these concerns affect users' behavior, there are so many ambiguities and contradictions in this area. This Essay I in this work develops a comprehensive map of the role of online privacy concern to identify related factors and categorize them through an in-depth literature review and conducting meta-analysis on online privacy concern. Although users have concerns about their privacy and security, there is still growth in the number of internet users and electronic commerce market share. One possible reason is that websites are applying assurance mechanisms to ensure the privacy of their users. Therefore, it could be an interesting research topic to investigate how privacy assurance mechanisms affect users concern and, consequently, their behavior in different concerns such as e-commerce and social networking sites. Different types of web assurance mechanisms are used by websites. The most prevalent among these assurance mechanisms include web assurance seals and assurance statements and privacy customization features. Essay II and III aims to address how these mechanisms influence e-commerce and social networking sites users' behavior. Essay II applies the procedural fairness theory by Lind and Tyler (1988) to explain how and why the web assurance mechanisms affect consumers' perceived risks. Essay III addresses the issue of self-disclosure on social networking sites. Applying protection motivation theory, this study aims to evaluate the effect of web assurance mechanisms on online privacy concern and self-disclosure behavior on the social networking sites.
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Motivace a etické otázky ve stavebním podniku / Motivation and ethic questions in construction company

Pětroš, Ondřej January 2015 (has links)
This thesis deals with motivation and ethics in the construction industry. The goal of this thesis is to determine the level and potential specifics of motivation and ethics in the construction company. The theoretical part is focused on explanation of basic terms related to the topic. In the practical part of the thesis hypotheses are set, and their correctness is verified through a questionnaire survey and supplemented by a directed interview. Questionnaires are destined for construction companies and direct interviews are conducted in the form of semi-structured interviews with the staff of construction companies. Based on this the hypotheses are then confirmed or disproved. Furthermore, based on these surveys, conclusions and recommendations that would help to improve the situation in construction companies are deduced.
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Návrh vhodných stimulačních nástrojů / Proposal fit stimulative tools

Dvořák, Pavel January 2008 (has links)
Purpose of this diploma thesis is proposal of fit stimulative tools. First company Moravia IT, a.s. is introduced along with objectives set for next five years period. Then is high fluctuation in the company chosen as the main problem. The aim is to propose stimuli, which decrease fluctuation. There is an analysis done in the next part, which is focused in negative and positive factors, which influence motivation of employees. The most significant motivation theories are described in theoretical part and their results are also mentioned. Final proposal of stimuli is divided into several parts – employees’ needs identification, definition of new stimuli and selection of suitable stimulative tools. There is made provision for time frame of satisfying employee’s needs in “evaluation” chapter. Also changes in corporate strategy according to the new proposals are demonstrated. At the end of the diploma thesis are suggested particular steps for management, which should have been done to decrease high fluctuation and finally achieve the main objectives of the company.

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