the Academic Performance of Students in the Statistics Course in Psychology ` ´ JOAN GUARDIA∗ , MONTSERRAT FREIXA, MARIBEL PERO, JAUME TURBANY, ANTONIO COSCULLUELA, MAITE BARRIOS ` and XAVIER RIFA Dept. de Metodologia de les Ci` ncies del Comportament, Facultat de Psicologia, Divisi´ de e o Ci` ncies de la Salut (IV), Universitat de Barcelona, Passeig de la Vall d’Hebron, 171, 08035 e Barcelona, Spain Abstract. Many studies have examined the factors that influence academic performance in primary
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Employees are the most important determinant and leading factor that determine the success of an organization in a competitive environment. This is especially true for service organizations that rely heavily on their good behavioural employees to provide friendly and courteous services to their customers in this competitive environment. Job satisfaction refers to “a collection of attitudes that workers have about their jobs”. These attitudes may derive from a facet of
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an organization. Job is evaluated on the basis of their content and is placed in the order of their importance. It should be noted that in a job evaluation programme, the jobs are ranked and not the jobholders. Jobholders are rated through performance appraisal. “Job evaluation is a process of finding out the relative worth of a job as compared to other jobs” Now, who is going to explain the objectives of job evaluation? The following objectives are derived from the analysis of the above-mentioned
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Mekelle University College of Business and Economies Department of Management AN ASSESSMENT OF JOB SATISFACTION AND ITS EFFECT ON EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY ON ethiotelecom MEKELLE DISTRICT) A Senior Essay Analysis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Bachelor of art Degree in Public Administration and Development Management By: ID No: CBE/ UR/1224/02 Advisor: June, 2012 Mekelle, Ethiopia
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Theivananthampillai University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to explore the complex relationships between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, pay satisfaction and job satisfaction at the retailer that uses a pay-for-performance plan for front-line employees. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on a single organization case study across seven stores, and uses a survey, archival documents, open-ended questions and researcher interaction with employees and managers
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the Academic Performance of Students in the Statistics Course in Psychology ` ´ JOAN GUARDIA∗ , MONTSERRAT FREIXA, MARIBEL PERO, JAUME TURBANY, ANTONIO COSCULLUELA, MAITE BARRIOS ` and XAVIER RIFA Dept. de Metodologia de les Ci` ncies del Comportament, Facultat de Psicologia, Divisi´ de e o Ci` ncies de la Salut (IV), Universitat de Barcelona, Passeig de la Vall d’Hebron, 171, 08035 e Barcelona, Spain Abstract. Many studies have examined the factors that influence academic performance in primary
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on empirical analysis of one hundred and thirty (130) questionnaires distributed to 130 public servants in the civil service of Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States of Nigeria. The researchers used version 19 of SPSS to analyse the data using paired sample “t” test with the result that cash basis has a positive effect on budget implementation and fair presentation of the financial position of a government. The researchers recommended that the accrual basis of
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Cheryl Mew FINS2624 – Portfolio Management Semester 1, 2011 L ECTURE 1 – B OND PRICING W HAT IS A BOND? A bond is a claim on some fixed future cash flows. A commonwealth government bond (CGB) is a bond which pays semi-annual coupons, in which the maturity date/ coupon payment date is on the 15th of every month. A zero coupon bond is a bond with no coupons. The important information of a bond: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Transaction date: T Settlement date:T+2 Coupon payment dates
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to the ability to perceive, control, and evaluate emotions. Emotional Intelligence is a person’s ability to be self-aware, detect emotions in others and manage emotional cues and information. Emotional Intelligence plays an important role in job performance. 3. The Tuchman five stage of team building is used to identify factors that are critical for building and developing small groups. The Tuchman five distinct stages groups go through: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. The
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0951-3558.htm IJPSM 24,3 Knowledge sharing among public sector employees: evidence from Malaysia Manjit Singh Sandhu Department of Management, School of Business, Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia 206 Received 10 September 2009 Revised 2 April 2010 Accepted 27 April 2010 Kamal Kishore Jain Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India, and Ir Umi Kalthom bte Ahmad Implementation
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