This research deals with personality and biographical factors in absenteeism. The literature review looks at personality traits and absenteeism. The following question must then be asked: Can the construct ”personality” be analysed and described within the context of the work environment, and can the relationship between personality, biographical factors and absenteeism be studied empirically. The empirical study focuses on measuring the relationship between personality and absenteeism. The construct ”personality” is presented within the dimensional or trait perspective. The empirical investigation is presented within the functionalistic paradigm (quantitative approach). The chosen measuring instrument, namely, the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF SA 92) was administered by means of a random sample to 72 Aviation Security Officers. The reliability of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire was determined using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient method. To determine if personality is a predictor of absenteeism, stepwise regression analysis was done. The results indicate that the degree (category) of absenteeism is associated only with marital status and number of dependants. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Comm. (Industrial Psychology)

The primary objectives of the study were as follows: (1) to explore the relationship between career anchors (as measured by the Career Orientations Inventory), organisational commitment (as measured by the Organisational Commitment Questionnaire) and turnover intention (as measured by a three-item questionnaire, developed by Mobley, Horner, and Hollingsworth, 1978); and (2) to determine whether employees from different gender, race, employment positions and age groups differ significantly in their career anchors, organisational commitment and turnover intention. A quantitative survey was conducted on a non-probability sample of 343 employed adults at managerial and general staff levels in the South African retail sector. The results of this study suggest that there was a significant but weak relationship between employees‟ career anchors and their organisational commitment. Career anchors were also found to be significantly related to organisational commitment and turnover intention; with entrepreneurial creativity, lifestyle and service/dedication to a cause career anchors being the best predictors of these two variables. The relationship between organisational commitment and turnover intention was significant and negative, with affectively and normatively committed participants being more likely to remain with the organisation (i.e. having lower turnover intentions). In addition, the findings indicate that although gender has no relationship with turnover intention, race, employment position and age do. African, general staff and 30 years and younger participants indicated higher intentions to leave the organisation. / Industrial & Organisational Psychology / M. Comm. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

[pt] Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar a liderança autêntica e sua relação com outros conceitos como gênero na liderança, compartilhamento de conhecimento, empoderamento e intenção de turnover. O trabalho traz algumas das principais teorias sobre o assunto e é baseado em um levantamento realizado junto a uma grande empresa brasileira. Alguns resultados confirmam as hipóteses e reforçam a relação entre a liderança autêntica e a liderança feminina, a liderança autêntica e o empoderamento e a liderança autêntica e a intenção de turnover. Uma hipótese não foi confirmada, a relação entre liderança autêntica e compartilhamento de conhecimento. Todas as hipóteses, confirmadas ou não, criam uma série de possibilidades para pesquisas futuras, que podem aprofundar o conhecimento sobre o tema, ampliar as teorias sobre liderança autêntica e ainda contribuir para a compreensão do que acontece na prática dentro das organizações. / [en] This study aimed to analyze authentic leadership and its link to other concepts such as gender in leadership, knowledge sharing, empowerment and intent to turnover. The work brings some major theories of the subject and is based on a survey conducted with a large Brazilian company. Some results confirm the hypotheses and reinforce the link between authentic leadership and female leadership, authentic leadership and empowerment and authentic leadership and intent to turnover. One hypothesis was not confirmed, the link between authentic leadership and knowledge sharing. All hypotheses, confirmed or not, create a lot of possibilities for future research in order to push knowledge boundaries on the subject, expanding theories of authentic leadership and yet understanding what actually happens in organizations.

Notre travail de recherche porte sur la saisonnalité en station de ski en hiver. Il s’agit d’un groupe professionnel qui fait l’objet de peu de recherches. Les travailleurs saisonniers en stations sont pourtant nombreux (400 000) (Aboubadra-Pauly, d’Artois, & Le Ru, 2016) et sont exposés à des stresseurs spécifiques (précarité, isolement, climat, hébergements, invisibilité sociale, etc.) qui les conduisent souvent à abandonner leur poste de travail. Les abandons de poste constituent des échecs pouvant générer des situations de précarité, d’insécurité, de perte de lien social et de baisse d’estime de soi. Ces abandons ont également des conséquences économiques importantes pour les entreprises qui emploient ces saisonniers. Il s’agit donc d’étudier, dans une approche prospective, les facteurs personnels (personnalité, âge, situation familiale), contextuels (logement, métier, rémunération, etc.) et psychosociaux (demandes psychologiques, latitude décisionnelle, soutien social, stratégies de coping, adéquation entre les valeurs du salarié et celles de l’organisation, satisfaction au travail) permettant de prédire un bon ajustement aux métiers desaisonniers. Nos indicateurs d’ajustement sont le turnover volontaire et l’engagement au travail (mesuré avec l’Utrecht Work Engagement Scale). Cent soixante et un sujets ont été évalués à 3 reprises (avant, pendant et à la fin de la saison). Les résultats montrent que la personnalité des saisonniers (selon la taxonomie des big five) a peu d’influence sur le turnover et le niveaud’engagement. Nous mettons également en évidence l’effet médiateur de la satisfaction au travail entre l’adéquation personne-organisation (PO fit) et le turnover. En outre, nous montrons les liens directs entre stresseurs professionnels, l’adéquation de la formation, les responsabilités, larémunération, le mode de logement, l’expérience du métier, certaines stratégies de coping, le PO Fit et l’engagement. Les liens entre nos deux critères (engagement et turnover volontaire) sont également étudiés. Les implications théoriques et pratiques de nos travaux sont discutées. / Our research focuses on seasonal workers in ski resorts in winter. Little research has been done in this area.. Yet seasonal workers in stations are numerous (400 000) (Aboubadra-Pauly et al.,2016) and are exposed to specific stressors (job insecurity, isolation, climate, accommodation, social invisibility, etc.) which often lead them to abandon their workstation. Dropping out can be perceived as a failure that can lead to situations of insecurity, loss of social connection and low self-esteem. Workers abandoning their posts also have significant economic consequences for companies. It is thus necessary to study, in a forward-looking approach, the personal factors (personality, age, family situation), context (accomodation, job, pay, etc.) and psychosocialfactors (psychological demands, decisional latitude, social support, Person-Organization fit (PO fit), job satisfaction) predicting a good adjustment to seasonal occupations. Our adjustment indicators are : voluntary turnover (during the season) and engagement at work (measured with the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale). One hundred and sixty-one subjects were evaluated 3 times (before, during, and at the end of the season). The results show that the personality ofseasonal workers (according to Big Five taxonomy) has little influence on turnover and the engagement scale. We also highlight the mediating effect of job satisfaction between the PO Fit and turnover. Furthermore, we find direct links between professional stressors, instruction adequacy, responsibilities, wage, accomodation, work experience, coping strategies, PO Fit and work engagement. The links between our two criteria (commitment and voluntary turnover) arealso studied. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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This study probes the impact that the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification process has on teachers, schools, and school districts. In particular the study provides research to determine if National Board Certification significantly affects teachers staying in the classrooms as full time teachers. The NBPTS process is explored to better understand the background of the endeavor and how it may thereby assist in promoting teacher retention and whether this concept is being realized. The history of leadership is also explored and discussed as it pertains to education and the NBPTS process. Beyond researching the relationship between National Board Certification and teachers leaving the classroom as full time teachers, this study also sought to determine if ethnicity (Black, White, Hispanic or Other) and/or gender were statistically significant moderators of this relationship. Of the total number of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) who completed the survey (N=220), 22 participants reported that they were not teaching full time in the classroom at the time of this study. Of the total number of teachers who had not obtained NBC (general education teachers or GETs) who completed the survey (N=110), 28 participants reported that they were not teaching full time in the classroom at the time of this study. The results from this study indicate that GETs left the classroom as full time teachers, while remaining employed with the Broward School Board, at more than twice the rate of NBCTs. / by Lewis Jackson. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Os sistemas integrados de produção agropecuária (SIPAs) diversificam e intensificam a produção rural, embora ainda careçam de avanços e detalhamento dos processos e mecanismos envolvidos nas relações solo-planta-atmosfera, essenciais para adaptá-los e modelá-los para as diferentes eco-regiões e condições edafoclimáticas. Esse estudo investigou os efeitos da intensificação de sistemas integrados de produção agropecuária na quantidade, qualidade e origem da matéria orgânica do solo (MOS) e na dinâmica do crescimento e da decomposição radicular de espécies vegetais durante os períodos de lavoura e de pastejo. O experimento foi conduzido na Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste no estado de São Paulo, região sudeste do Brasil. Dois SIPAs foram avaliados: integração-lavoura-pecuária (ILP) e integração lavoura-pecuária-floresta (ILPF). Duas áreas de referência foram utilizadas: pastagem extensiva (não degradada) e floresta estacional semidecidual (somente para avaliações sobre a MOS). Duas épocas de avaliação foram consideradas: período lavoura (verão de 2014/15) e período pastagem (inverno de 2015 e verão de 2015/16). A quantidade (teores e estoques de C e N), a qualidade (índices de manejo de C, frações leve, particulada e mineral) e a origem (?13C e ?15N) da MOS na camada de 0-0,40 m, e o crescimento e a decomposição dos sistemas radiculares das espécies vegetais e o fluxo de água no perfil do solo (0-70 cm) foram avaliados durante os períodos de lavoura e de pastagem. Adicionalmente, na ILPF também foram avaliados estes parâmetros de plantas e solos em três distâncias das linhas de cultivo do eucalipto (1,9; 4,5 e 7,3 m). Converter a pastagem extensiva em ILP resultou em: (i) aumento da disponibilidade de nutrientes (Ca, Mg, K e P) no solo; (ii) incrementos nos estoques de C e N, bem como de frações lábeis da MOS; (iii) manutenção de maiores conteúdos de água no solo; e, (iv) ciclagem do C e N, com maiores produção e decomposição de raízes, inclusive em camadas mais profundas do solo. Implementar a ILPF sob área utilizada para ILP promoveu os seguintes efeitos: (i) redução nos conteúdos de água no solo; (ii) perdas nos teores das frações lábeis da MOS (iii) limitações na produção de raízes no período de lavoura (principalmente em locais próximos as árvores) e incrementos na decomposição radicular, acarretando em maiores taxas de ciclagem das raízes no solo; (iv) aumentos na ciclagem do C e N; e, (v) ocorrências de associações simbióticas nas raízes, tais como os fungos ectomicorrízicos, perceptíveis pela técnica de análises radiculares com uso de minirhizotron. De acordo com os resultados encontrados, sugere-se que o arranjo das árvores na ILPF seja reestruturado a partir do quarto ano de idade, quando estas limitaram o crescimento radicular e o aporte de matéria orgânica lábil, além de reduzir os conteúdos de água no solo. Entretanto, recomenda-se a intensificação da produção sob condições tropicais, pois a quantidade e a qualidade da MOS, e a produtividade e aprofundamento do sistema radicular foram incrementados ao longo do tempo sob SIPAs, principalmente na ILP / Integrated farming systems (IS) diversify and intensify rural production, although there are still gaps in advancing and detailing of the processes and mechanisms involved in the soil-plant-atmosphere relations, which are essential to adapt and model these systems for the different eco-regions and edafoclimatic conditions. This study investigated the effects of the intensification of IS on the quantity, quality and origin of soil organic matter (SOM) and on root growth and decomposition dynamics of plant species during cropping and grazing periods. The experiment was conducted at Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, state of São Paulo, southeast region of Brazil. Two IS were evaluated: integrated crop-livestock system (ICL) and integrated crop-livestock-forest system (ICLF). Two references areas were used: extensive grazing (not degraded) and a semideciduous seasonal forest (only for SOM evaluations). Two evaluation periods were considered: cropping (summer of 2014/15) and grazing period (winter of 2015 and summer and winter of 2015/16). The quantity (C and N contents and stocks), quality (C management indexes, light, particulate and mineral SOM fractions) and the origin (?13C and ?15N) of SOM in the 0-0.40 m layer, and the growth and decomposition of the root systems of the plant species and water flow in the soil profile (0-0.7 m) were evaluated during cropping and grazing periods. In addition, in ICLF also these parameters of plants and soils were evaluated at three distances of eucalyptus rows (1.9, 4.5 and 7.3 m). The conversion of extensive grazing to ICL system resulted in: (i) increased availability of nutrients (Ca, Mg, K and P) in the soil; (ii) increases in C and N stocks, as well as labile fractions of SOM; (iii) maintenance of greater water content in the soil; and (iv) cycling of C and N, with higher root production and decomposition, even in deeper layers of the soil. Implementing the ICLF under the area used for ICL promoted the following effects: (i) reduction in soil water content; (iii) limitations in the root production in the cropping season (mainly in places near the trees) and increases in the root decomposition, resulting in higher cycling rates of the roots in the soil; (iv) increases in C and N cycling; and, (v) occurrence of symbiotic associations with the roots, such as ectomycorrhizal fungi, which were perceptible by the technique of root analysis using minirhizotrons. According to the results, it is suggested that the arrangement of the trees in the ICLF system need to be restructured after the fourth year of age, when they limited the root growth and the amount of labile organic matter, besides reducing the contents of water in the soil. However, farming intensification is recommended under tropical conditions, as the SOM quantity and quality, and the productivity and deepening of the root system were increased during cultivations in the IS, especially in the ICL system

by Lui Wing Yiu, Jimmy. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1980. / Bibliography: l. 121-125.

梁廣就 = A study of the turnover behavior in Hong Kong with special emphasis on female workers in the garment and electronics industries / Leung Kwong-chau. / 據手稿本複印. / 論文(社會學部碩士)--香港中文大學硏究院, 1984. / 參考文獻: leaves 260-266. / Liang Guangjiu = A study of the turnover behavior in Hong Kong with special emphasis on female workers in the garment and electronics industries / Leung Kwong-chau. / 鳴謝 --- p.I / 圖表目錄 --- p.III / Chapter 第一部份 --- 理論与方法 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一章 --- 導言：香港轉業行為的研究 --- p.3 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻參攷 --- p.11 / Chapter （一） --- 引言 --- p.11 / Chapter （二） --- 分析範圍 --- p.17 / Chapter （三） --- 有關女工的文献 --- p.34 / Chapter （四） --- 香港工人的轉業行為的文献 --- p.38 / Chapter （五） --- 小結 --- p.49 / Chapter 第三章 --- 香港製衣業和電子業的特點 --- p.51 / Chapter (一) --- 香港經濟結構的特點 --- p.51 / Chapter （二） --- 香港製衣業的特點 --- p.59 / Chapter （三） --- 香港電子業的特點 --- p.60 / Chapter （四） --- 小結 --- p.63 / Chapter 第四章 --- 研究方法 --- p.65 / Chapter （一） --- 引言 --- p.65 / Chapter (二) --- 訪問對象的選擇 --- p.69 / Chapter （三） --- 訪問過程 --- p.74 / Chapter （四） --- 小結 --- p.79 / Chapter 第五章 --- 訪問對象的特點簡介 --- p.82 / Chapter （一） --- 選擇製衣業和電子業女工的因由 --- p.82 / Chapter （二） --- 訪問對象的基本特點 --- p.84 / Chapter （三） --- 小結 --- p.95 / Chapter 第六章 --- 名詞界定 --- p.99 / Chapter （一） --- 轉業行為 --- p.99 / Chapter （二） --- 薪酬 --- p.101 / Chapter （三） --- 其他職業空缺的選擇機会 --- p.102 / Chapter 第二部份 --- 研究結果 --- p.105 / Chapter 第七章 --- 薪酬制度 --- p.107 / Chapter （一） --- 製衣業的薪酬制度 --- p.108 / Chapter （二） --- 電子業的薪酬制度 --- p.116 / Chapter （三） --- 製衣業工人与電子業工入的比較 --- p.124 / Chapter （四） --- 小結 --- p.146 / Chapter 第八章 --- 管理制度 / Chapter （一） --- 製衣業的管理制度 --- p.149 / Chapter (二) --- 電子業的管理制度 --- p.161 / Chapter （三） --- 小結 --- p.167 / Chapter 第九章 --- 家庭責任 / Chapter （一） --- 子女排行次序与家庭責任 --- p.170 / Chapter （二） --- 給家用的模式 --- p.170 / Chapter （三） --- 小結 --- p.203 / Chapter 第十章 --- 友儕群体及其他因素 --- p.205 / Chapter (一) --- 友儕群体 --- p.205 / Chapter （二） --- 可供選擇的外間職位空缺 --- p.212 / Chapter （三） --- 家庭与工廠的距離 --- p.215 / Chapter （四） --- 晉升 --- p.219 / Chapter （五） --- 半轉業 --- p.222 / Chapter （六） --- 短暫停工 --- p.226 / Chapter （七） --- 解僱 --- p.229 / Chapter 第十一章 --- 結論：香港轉業行為的成因 --- p.231 / Chapter （一） --- 研究結果撮要 --- p.231 / Chapter （二） --- 轉業行為的分析 --- p.237 / Chapter （三） --- 結論 --- p.244 / Chapter 附錄一 --- 訪問對象的一般資料 --- p.97 / Chapter 附錄二 --- 香港女工之轉業（問卷） --- p.249 / Chapter 附錄三 --- 問題大綱 --- p.253 / 參改書目 --- p.260

by Cunningham King, Mimi, Li, Yuen Yu Vivien. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 105-108. / ABSTRACT / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF EXHIBITS --- p.viii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.ix / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.x / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Staff Turnover in Service Industry --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Outlook of Supply of General Staff --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objective and Scope --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Significance of the Study --- p.4 / Chapter 1.5 --- Case Brief --- p.5 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Definition --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Effects of Turnover --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3 --- Costs of Turnover --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4 --- Measurement of Turnover --- p.14 / Chapter 2.5 --- Causes of Turnover --- p.14 / Chapter 2.6 --- Causes for Staying --- p.15 / Chapter 2.7 --- Developing the Theoretical Framework --- p.16 / Chapter 2.8 --- The Theoretical Framework --- p.29 / Chapter THREE --- METHODOLOGY --- p.31 / Chapter 3.1 --- Overview --- p.31 / Chapter 3.2 --- Population and Sample --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3 --- Preliminary Survey Method --- p.3 2 / Chapter 3.4 --- The Hypotheses --- p.34 / Chapter 3.5 --- Data Collection Method --- p.36 / Chapter 3.6 --- Variables --- p.38 / Chapter 3.7 --- Measurement of Variables --- p.40 / Chapter 3.8 --- Data Analysis Techniques --- p.41 / Chapter FOUR --- RESULTS --- p.44 / Chapter 4.1 --- Response Rate --- p.44 / Chapter 4.2 --- Feel for Data --- p.45 / Chapter 4.3 --- Factor Analysis --- p.49 / Chapter 4.4 --- Hypotheses Testing --- p.51 / Chapter 4.5 --- Other Analyses --- p.55 / Chapter 4.6 --- Summary of Results --- p.59 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- DISCUSSION --- p.60 / Chapter 5.1 --- Significant Factors Affecting Propensity to Stay --- p.60 / Chapter 5.2 --- Factors not Correlated to Propensity to Stay --- p.62 / Chapter 5.3 --- Relationship Between Demographics and Propensity to Stay --- p.63 / Chapter 5.4 --- Departmental Variationin Propensity to Stay --- p.64 / Chapter 5.5 --- Conclusion --- p.64 / Chapter SIX --- RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.65 / Chapter 6.1 --- Recommendations to the Airline --- p.65 / Chapter 6.2 --- Recommendations for Further Research --- p.70 / APPENDIX / Chapter I --- "Places Offered by Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges" --- p.71 / Chapter II --- Title and Job Nature of Sample --- p.72 / Chapter III --- Questionnaire (in Chinese) --- p.73 / Chapter IV --- Questionnaire (English Translation) --- p.86 / Chapter V --- Distribution of Valid Cases by Rank --- p.93 / Chapter VI --- Demographics of Respondents --- p.94 / Chapter VII --- List of Mean Scores for items Measuring Independent Variables --- p.99 / Chapter VIII --- Results of Hypotheses Testing --- p.101 / Chapter IX --- "Correlation Between Number of Children, Education, Salary, Age and Length of Service" --- p.104 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.105