As the downward movement in the economy, many corporations still remains high expense on the debit. In order to lower the personnel expenses, technically, most corporations will directly lay off employees, or compress the working requisite, such as: unpaid leave, or deduction on the salary. After the downsize method has been conducted, there are some negative impacts on the employees (both to lay off and the remaining employee), this research will probe into the impact on the insecurity and commitment to the organization on remaining employees after the conduction of the downsizing method. According to the research result, it concluded the impacts from the downsizing method on increasing the insecurity at work, it will also affects remaining employees¡¦ trust to the company and further diminish the commitment to the organization. This research has examined the downsized corporations¡¦ remaining employees (to both general and managerial position employees) during July 2008 to February 2009 on the degree of insecurity and commitment to the organization. According to the examined result, this research has the following conclusion: 1.The downsizing method¡¦s actual impact on remaining employee¡¦s insecurity at work will be varied by the procedure, so the hypothesis is not approved. 2.The hypothesis on the remaining employees¡¦ insecurity at work has the negative impact on commitment to the organization, disapproved. 3.The hypothesis on downsizing by lay off and unpaid leave has the negative impact on commitment to the organization, approved; managerial and non-managerial position employee has the negative impact on the commitment to the organization, disapproved. 4.Insecurity from the downsizing method has a moderate effect on commitment to the organization; nevertheless, it can¡¦t approve the moderate impact on the insecurity at work from the downsizing method, so the result is insignificant.

Tyrimo tikslas - įvertinti profesionalių vairuotojų rizikingo vairavimo sąsajas su jų vertybinėmis orientacijomis ir įsipareigojimu organizacijai. Tyrime dalyvavo 160 profesionalių vairuotojų iš Kauno, Klaipėdos, Telšių, Pasvalio, Kaišiadorių, Tauragės, Šilutės, Zarasų, Šilalės ir Kretingos miestų. Rizikingas vairavimas buvo tiriamas „Vairavimo Elgesio Klausimynu“ (DBQ), vertybinės orientacijos - M. M. Rokičiaus „Vertybinių orientacijų tyrimo“ metodika (Rokeach, 1972), įsipareigojimas organizacijai „Organizacinio įsipareigojimo klausimynu“ (Yousef, 2003). Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad profesionalių vairuotojų rizikingas vairavimas nepriklauso nuo jų amžiaus, vairavimo stažo, šeimyninės padėties. Tik nustatyta, kad profesionalūs vairuotojai, kurie turi aukštąjį išsilavinimą, vairuodami daro daugiau nedidelių apsirikimų kelyje. Profesionalių vairuotojų vertybinės orientacijos (tiek socialinės, tiek egocentrinės) yra susijusios su jų rizikingu vairavimo elgesiu. Kuo labiau profesionalus vairuotojas vertina socialines vertybes, tuo mažiau yra linkęs rizikingai vairuoti (daro mažiau vairavimo reikšmingų klaidų bei tyčinių pažeidimų). Taip pat kuo labiau profesionalus vairuotojas vertina egocentrines vertybes, tuo mažiau rizikingai vairuoja (daro mažiau nedidelių apsirikimų, vairavimo reikšmingų klaidų bei tyčinių pažeidimų). Profesionalių vairuotojų įsipareigojimas organizacijai nėra susijęs su sociodemografiniais veiksniais (amžiumi, išsilavinimu, šeimynine padėtimi, vairavimo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Purpose of the survey - to assess the professional drivers' risky driving links with their value orientation and commitment to the organization. The study included 160 professional drivers in Kaunas, Klaipėda, Telšiai, Pasvalys, Kaišiadoriai, Tauragė, Šilutė, Zarasai, Šilalė and Kretinga cities. Risky driving has been studied using Driving Conduct Questionnaire (DBQ), value orientations methodology of Value orientations study by M. M. Rokičius (Rokeach, 1972), commitment to the organization using Organizational commitment questionnaire (Yousef, 2003). The results showed that risky driving of professional drivers is irrespective of their age, driving experience and marital status. Only found that professional drivers who have higher education, they are doing more small oversights on the road than others. Professional drivers value orientations (both social and egocentric) are associated with their risky driving behaviour. The more professional driver maximizes the social values the less he is inclined to risky driving (makes less driving significant errors and intentional violations). The more also a professional driver maximizes the egocentric values, the less risky driving he makes (makes less minor oversights, driving significant errors and intentional violations). Professional drivers’ undertaking the organization is not related to socio-demographic factors (age, education, marital status, driving and seniority). However, the less the driver has committed to a... [to full text]

Arbetsmotivation på en arbetsplats kan kännetecknas av en bra arbetsmiljö, ett ökat ansvarstagande och att chefen och medarbetarna strävar efter att uppnå samma mål. I det moderna arbetslivet har arbetsmarknaden förändrats med ständiga effektiviseringar och slimmade organisationer. En påföljd är att andelen tidsbegränsat anställda har ökat som anställningsform. Syftet med denna studie var att få en utökad kunskap om faktorer som kan påverka arbetsmotivation med betoning på eventuella skillnader i arbetsmotivation mellan olika anställningsformer. Studien genomfördes på fem anläggningar inom bad- och friskvårdsbranschen i södra Sverige och 114 personer, fast- och tidsbegränsat anställda deltog. För att mäta arbetsmotivation utvecklades en skala baserad på QPS-Nordic 34+ (General Nordic Questionnaire for Psychology and Social Factors at work), som avser att mäta psykologiska och sociala faktorer i arbetslivet. Från denna skala valdes sju domäner: arbetskrav, kontroll i arbetet, social interaktion, organisationskultur, ledarskap, engagemang i organisationen, och arbetsmotiv, tillsammans med tre frågor om kön, ålder och arbetsposition. Resultatet visade ingen signifikant skillnad i arbetsmotivation mellan anställningsformer. Däremot sågs en positiv signifikant korrelation mellan ålder och organisationsengagemang, arbetskrav och organisationskultur. Resultaten bekräftar tidigare forskning som visat att äldre är mer motiverade än yngre medarbetare. / Job satisfaction in the workplace can be characterized by a good working environment, increased responsibility and that the manager and the employees strive to achieve the same goal. In modern working life, the job market changed with effectiveness and leaner organizations. A sanction is that the proportion of temporary employees has increased as a form of employment. The purpose of the study was to get an expanded knowledge of the factors that may affect the work satisfaction with the illustration of any differences in motivation between different forms of employments. The study was conducted at five facilities within bath and healthcare organisation in the south of Sweden with 114 persons, permanent and temporary employees. To measure job satisfaction developed a scale based on the QPS Nordic 34+ (General Nordic Questionnaire for Psychology and Social Factors at Work), designed to study psychological and social factors at work. From this scale was seven domains chosen: Job requirement, Control at work, Social interaction, Organizational culture, Leadership, Commitment to the organization, and Job designs, along with three questions about gender, age and working position. The results showed no significant difference in job satisfaction between forms of employment. There was however a positive significant correlation between age and organizational commitment, job requirement and organizational culture.  The results did not show any significant differences in job satisfaction between forms of employment. The results confirm previous research showing that older people are more motivated than younger employees.