...Guide-Intro chapters 1. List and define the dimensions of religious commitment. Religious belief (the Ideological Dimension)-the belief dimension refers to what is believed as part of religion, how strongly the belief is held, the bases for the intellectual assent, and how salient that the belief is in the person’s life. Religious Practice (the Ritualistic Dimension) the religious practice dimension refers to the set of behaviors that are expected of a person who declares belief in a certain religion. The emphasis is not on the effect the religion may have on the “nonreligious” aspects of the person’s daily life, but on the specific acts that are part of the religion itself. The religious feeling (the experiential dimension) –the religious feeling dimension is concerned with the inner mental and emotional world of the individual. In addition to experiential events that people may label “religious experiences” the feeling dimension includes such things as the desire to believe in some religion, the fear of not being religious, the sense of physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being that derives from belief and like. Religious knowledge (the intellectual dimension) the religious knowledge dimension refers to the information one has about one’s faith, as compared to belief in the faith. Religious effects (the consequential dimension)-the effects dimension refers to behavior, but not behavior that is formal part of religious practice itself. Rather, the reference here is to the...
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...several factors could increase the longevity of not just this specific population, but of people in general. One such factor is involvement in an organized religion. It has been found that religious involvement of any type fosters a positive view of quality of life, provides a network of social support, and often promotes healthy habits and good stress management. Another such factor is strong cognitive skills. Studies have demonstrated that good stress management and the use of analytical skills that later result in what is referred to as “wisdom” can belay the effects of cognitive decline and other mental deficits. Lastly, studies of participation in daily physical activity in both early and later life can increase longevity by improving cardiovascular health and reducing the risk of other related health issues. Although many elements can contribute to increasing longevity, the most influential factors are organized religion, cognition, and physical activity. Membership in an organized religion has demonstrated an ability to improve longevity for the aging population. For instance, 92% of adults believe in God, with the majority of this percent over the age of 65 (Hunter & Merrill, 2011). This large majority is supported by the positive relationship between religious belief, religious participation and life satisfaction later in life (Petersen & Webb, 2006). It can be...
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...JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY ARTICLE NO. 31, 21–33 (1997) RP972162 Jobs, Careers, and Callings: People’s Relations to Their Work Amy Wrzesniewski University of Michigan Clark McCauley Bryn Mawr College Paul Rozin University of Pennsylvania and Barry Schwartz Swarthmore College We present evidence suggesting that most people see their work as either a Job (focus on financial rewards and necessity rather than pleasure or fulfillment; not a major positive part of life), a Career (focus on advancement), or a Calling (focus on enjoyment of fulfilling, socially useful work). Employees at two work sites (n ϭ 196) with a wide range of occupations from clerical to professional were unambiguous in seeing their work primarily in terms of a Job, Career, or Calling. Differences in respondents’ relations to their work could not be reduced to demographic or occupational differences; an homogenous subset of 24 college administrative assistants were, like the total sample of respondents, distributed evenly across Job, Career, and Calling. © 1997 Academic Press Work constitutes more than one-third of waking life for most human adults, and there is a substantial psychological literature devoted to the study of work. Satisfaction with work varies widely across individuals (Staw & Ross, 1985) and seems to constitute a substantial part of the subjective qualThis research was supported by funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Network on Health-Related Behaviors. Correspondence...
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...contents of the literature that they produce. The culture and traditions that exist in the environment around the authors will indirectly affect the view and opinion of the authors of a phenomenon. It is commonly made the literary work written by an author certainly has a relationship with the writer, and usually it is described the author implicitly. Therefore, it is attracted the attention of the writer to find out the relationship between the authors of Khotbah Di Atas Bukit with the novel itself. According to Pope there are two rules of judgment or criticism. There are page and age. Page means also contextual or intrinsic that contain on the book. And age can call the extrinsic of the contain on the book or we can say with the feeling of the authors. At this essay, the writers want to discuss of the use of extrinsic which is contained in the novel that is associated with thinking, and culture of the author. As has been described previously, the culture of the authors...
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...of a TQM orientation. However, customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, and teamwork frequently are cited as core factors for TQM (Dean & Bowen, 1994; Morrow, 1997). However, Reed and Lemak (1998) expanded this to include empowerment and statistical process control, at the same time recognizing continuous improvement as one of the central TQM doctrines. For employees, a significant aim of TQM is the broadening of work responsibilities. The adoption of TQM requires employees to reconceptualize the boundaries of their jobs, reshape their attitudes toward quality, and engage in new behaviors. In essence, TQM blurs the boundary between previously defined in-role and extra-role behavior such that what were considered discretionary functional activities now become part of an individual's job, which he or she is expected to fulfill in a TQM environment. Waldman (1994) argued that work responsibilities in a quality culture would include "accomplishing tasks and taking initiatives above and beyond the call of duty, and sharing information with and helping co-workers" (p. 515). In terms of the key principles of TQM, employees are required to have a customer-focused orientation and develop attitudes and behaviors that reflect a commitment to customer service; a pervasive emphasis on collaboration and cooperative efforts between individuals and groups within organizations (Stone-- Romero & Stone, 1998), requiring an individual to develop a collectivist orientation and to engage...
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...Child abuse Child abuse is the physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment or neglect of a child or children. Child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child. Child abuse can occur in a child's home, or in the organizations, schools or communities the child interacts with. There are four major categories of child abuse: neglect, physical abuse, psychological/emotional abuse, and child sexual abuse. Different jurisdictions have developed their own definitions of what constitutes child abuse for the purposes of removing a child from his/her family and/or prosecuting a criminal charge. According to the Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect, child abuse is "any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm". Types Child abuse can take several forms: The four main types are physical, sexual, psychological, and neglect. There are many effects of child neglect, such as children not being able to interact with other children around them. The continuous refusal of a child's basic needs is considered chronic neglect. Physical abuse Physical abuse involves physical aggression directed at a child by an adult. Most nations with child-abuse laws consider the deliberate infliction of...
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...toward the organization's mission or goals, Satisfaction refers to a feeling that people have when they have completed a job that is considered difficult. Motivation can be extrinsic as well as intrinsic. While salary, promotion, incentives, perks and rewards are examples of extrinsic motivation to job satisfaction is a type of intrinsic motivation. Performance is a person’s ability to Design or develop and negotiates contracts with clients and vendors and the contracts are made clear/completes well as reflect the needs of the clients. 2- Maslow’s hierarchy and Alderfer’s ERG theory (existence-relatedness-growth) are both “need" theories. What are the similarities between these two theories? Identify which theory suggests that motivation is based on three levels of needs and that more than one need may be satisfied at the same time. 3- This chapter discusses how to understand and influence follower motivation. These motivations are grouped in the following broad categories: * needs theories * individual differences in motivation * cognitive theories * situational approaches Select one of these four categories, and briefly discuss the category and how you would influence follower motivation ( 4- Many good leaders are thought of as good motivators. Consider a well-known political or religious figure. How would you rate this person’s ability to motivate others? Explain. A well-known political figure in history I have always considered Ronald Reagan as a great...
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...The International Journal of Organizational Analysis 1997, Vol. 5, No. 2 (April), pp. 156-179 GAINING A PERSPECTIVE ON INDIAN VALUE ORIENTATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPATRIATE MANAGERS Suresh Gopalan Joan B. Rivera West Texas A&M University India's emergence in the international business arena presents challenges to Western-trained expatriate managers assigned there. These expatriates are familiar with management theories and practices based on value orientations very different from those in India. Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's Value Orientations Framework is used to provide an overview of the different types of cultural values an expatriate manager will confront in Indian society. The impact of Indian values on various management practices, including team composition, leadership, motivation, and human resource management functions is also discussed It is hoped that this examination of the dominant value orientations of Indian employees will facilitate the successful transfer of Western expatriates to India. Over the last two decades, the Pacific Rim countries of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, and Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore have achieved tremendous economic success (Adler, 1994; Foster, 1995). A relative newcomer to this group of countries is India, which is emerging as an industrial power to be reckoned with. As a consequence of the free market reforms and economic liberalization programs pursued by the Narasimha Rao administration...
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...3.2. Charity/love is the proclamation and witness to the faith «Always and by its very nature, charity is at the heart of the Gospel and is the great sign that leads us to believe in the Gospel» (Italian Episcopal Conference, Evangelizzazione e testimonianza della carità, no. 9). 'By its very nature' means that the Church’s charitable work carries and shows the traces of God's love –love that is God - not by virtue of a superimposed, extrinsic, intentionality, but because it consists in an action whose ultimate subject is God, the Trinity. It is therefore important that Catholic charitable organizations, when planning each project, also raise questions as to its evangelization dimension, precisely because this is the unique mission of the...
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...|glasgow College | |Assestment1 | |International HRM | | | | | |3/21/2011 | | | CONTENTS Terms of references 3 Methods of investigation 3 Findings 3 Conclusions 17 Recommendations 17 Reference 18 Bibliography 18 Words: 3517 1.0 Terms of reference In order to complete International HRM unit task, a formal report has been requested. The task is to carry out an investigation and undertake a role of Management Consultant...
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...The International Journal of Organizational Analysis GAINING A PERSPECTIVE ON INDIAN VALUE ORIENTATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPATRIATE MANAGERS Suresh Gopalan Joan B. Rivera Article information: Downloaded by UNIVERSITY OF EXETER At 06:38 24 October 2015 (PT) To cite this document: Suresh Gopalan Joan B. Rivera, (1997),"GAINING A PERSPECTIVE ON INDIAN VALUE ORIENTATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPATRIATE MANAGERS", The International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 5 Iss 2 pp. 156 - 179 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb028866 Downloaded on: 24 October 2015, At: 06:38 (PT) References: this document contains references to 0 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 1038 times since 2006* Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: Saikat Banerjee, (2008),"Dimensions of Indian culture, core cultural values and marketing implications: An analysis", Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, Vol. 15 Iss 4 pp. 367-378 http:// dx.doi.org/10.1108/13527600810914157 Colin M. Fisher, Raj Shirolé, Ashutosh P. Bhupatkar, (2001),"Ethical stances in Indian management culture", Personnel Review, Vol. 30 Iss 6 pp. 694-711 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005981 Nitish Singh, Hongxin Zhao, Xiaorui Hu, (2005),"Analyzing the cultural content of web sites: A crossnational comparision of China, India, Japan, and US", International Marketing Review...
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...and 94 of them had only one sex partner while 92 had more than one sex partner. Two research instruments were developed for this study-Attitude towards Pre marital Sex Scale (ATPSS) and Parent Involvement Questionnaire (PIQ). The findings revealed a significant effect of home type in prediction of adolescents’ involvement in premarital sex at r=.569, r2 =.347, f (1,218) = 56.47 and <.05 significant level. There was a significant difference significant difference in involvement in premarital sex between adolescents from single parent and intact homes at X2-observed=22.46, 1degree of freedom and p <0.05. It was concluded that parental involvement is paramount in adolescents’ premarital sexual behaviour. It was recommended that government, religious bodies and individuals should uphold the sacred institution of marriage for wellbeing of our children. Adejumo, G. O (2011) Family Structure and Social Support as Determinants of Family Homelessness in Lagos Metropolis Journal of Functional Management, Leads University, Volume 3 No.1. Abstract Homelessness among families is tremendously destructive and exacts enormous human, social and economic costs. This study examined the family structure and social support as...
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...the individual will discover. Planned Parenthood (2012) defines gender identity as how a person feels about and expresses his or her gender; despite genetic or natural gender assignment. Some humans are genetically male or female and identify with the traditional gender roles; but others may find that the traditional cultural norms do not match their feelings or thoughts. Sexual identity is the sexual part of human expression that does not include ideas like sexual orientation, sexual preference, physical gender, or body type. If an individual considers his or her gender as female and is at ease with referring to his or her individual sexual characteristics in feminine terms, his or her gender identity is female. Gender identity has nothing to do with the physical characteristics of gender; but focuses on how the individual thinks (either masculine or feminine) and how he or she expresses those feelings. Ghosh (2012) explains gender identity as “self-identified, as a result of a combination of inherent and extrinsic or environmental factors”(para. 1). BiologicalFactors In normal biological development, the rule is that the genetic soup determines normal sexual and hormonal development based on the female (X/X) gene and the male (X/Y) gene. These genes and their linked hormones (estrogen for females and testosterone for males) start a complicated growth process in the developing...
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...Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership RTT Task 1 Nursing-sensitive Indicators Nursing- sensitive indicators are defined as those outcomes that improve in the presence of greater quantity(higher staffing ratios) or quality(educational levels and competence of nursing staff) of nursing care (www.nursingworld.org). These nursing-sensitive measures help healthcare organizations to analyze the quality and quantity of nursing care services. (www.americansentinel.edu )Nursing sensitive-indicators (NSIs) are characterized by measures that are in the realm of nurses to improve and control. According to the website www.nursingworld.org , in 1998, the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators was established by the ANA so that nurses would have a national benchmark to reach they can compare the outcomes. This has given the profession of nursing a solid core of benchmark capital nursing sensitive indicators that are totally nursing care dependent. This database provides benchmark performance with which the individual healthcare institution can compare its performance to similar institutions across the nation. These nursing sensitive indicators result in patient outcomes that are influenced by nursing care decisions and actions. Research has indicated that patient outcomes improve, complications and mortality are reduced, costs can be reduced, and patient and professional nurse satisfaction can be enhanced with strong performance on nursing-sensitive indicators. These patient...
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...All of us have different values or strong beliefs. Our sexuality is like a beautiful diamond being multifaceted with different ethical, emotional, psychological, and physical dimensions. Regardless, there are effects and consequences for any sexual decision we make (Rathus, Nevid, & Fichner-Rathus, 2005) I was a reckless teenager never taking into consideration the consequences of my actions by being so promiscuous. After looking over the different sexual values in our text it seem that when I was younger I favored hedonism because I was more into the pleasure that I received from it (Rathus, Nevid, & Fichner-Rathus, 2005) I can relate to more than one sexual value system(s). Legalism for example, because I come from a very religious family and my father was a minister; grandfather a deacon and my brothers are ministers and deacons also (Rathus, Nevid, & Fichner-Rathus, 2005) I can relate to is relativism because me and my husband did cohabitate before we got married and since my divorce I have cohabited and decided that marriage is not my “forte” now. I am in my rationalism phase of my life because unlike my marriage if I...
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