scholarly journals COMPANY MANAGERS’ PROPENSITY FOR PARTICIPATIVE DECISION MAKING—A MIXED-METHOD STUDY AMONG TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN BANGLADESH

2020 ◽  
pp. 351-360
Author(s):  
Lt Col Md Enamul Islam ◽  
Dr Valiappan Raju
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Textile Industries ◽  
Theory Z

The study intended to identify if the assumptions of the “Theory Z” serve as predictors of the manager’s propensity for participative decision making. Earlier research reports that apart from employee’s intent to join in decision-making forum, the manager’s tendency is equally essential. The seven assumptions of the “Theory Z” were assessed for finding managers penchant for participative decision making. This study follows an explanatory sequential mixed method research approach with an emphasis on quantitative results. The sample comprises managers (strategical, tactical and operational) from thirteen Bangladeshi Textile Industries. Findings suggest that Ouchi’s assertion of the assumptions of the Theory Z (leadership style, trust, and organisational culture) have reliable predictability for manager’s propensity for participative decision making. The study theoretically contributes to the managers’ propensity for participative decision-making study by assessing the assumptions of the “Theory Z”. Practically, the findings present a convincing argument for managers to challenge their employees’ perceptions continually and to analyse objectively how their bias affects their decision-making processes in the least developed countries. KEYWORDS: Theory Z, managers’ propensity for participative decision making, leadership, trust, organisational culture, Bangladesh

scholarly journals MANAGERS’ PROPENSITY FOR PARTICIPATIVE DECISION MAKING IN BANGLADESH AND MALAYSIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

2020 ◽  
pp. 294-302
Author(s):  
Lt Col Md Enamul Islam ◽  
Barrister Shahrina Razzaque Juhi ◽  
Dr. Valliappan Raju
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Organisational Effectiveness ◽  
Long Time

Subordinate participation in the decision-making process has been practised extensively in developed countries for a long time. Less is known about developing and least developing nations. This study assesses the propensity for participative decision making among the managers of Bangladesh and Malaysia. The hypotheses test propensity scale among the managers of both the countries and if mangers of Malaysian Industries demonstrate more propensity than Bangladeshi managers. In the process, the study assesses the similarities and differences of opinion concerning four dimensions of the participative decision-making process, i.e. organisational effectiveness, organisational culture, perceived power-sharing and mutual trust. The quantitative survey research approach found that individual differences significantly determine one’s propensity for the participative decision-making process. In an independent samples t-test, Malaysian managers have shown a more significant level propensity for participative decision making than Bangladeshi managers. The study also shows that there is a significant relationship between trust and organisational culture as two important dimensions of PDM. The results of this study arise a case for managers of both countries to question their expectations about employees and disparagingly examine whether their predispositions influence their decision-making practices. The findings may provide business leaders of both the courtiers in these contexts with an understanding of the possible adaptation of the concept of the participative decision-making process. KEYWORDS: Propensity for Participative Decision-Making Process, Productivity, Managing People at Work, Power Sharing, Bangladesh, Malaysia

An Empirical Investigation into the Adoption of Open Source Software in Hospitals

2009 ◽  
pp. 1608-1627
Author(s):  
Gilberto Munoz-Cornejo ◽  
Carolyn B. Seaman ◽  
A. Günes Koru
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Empirical Model ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Domain Specific

Open source software (OSS) has gained considerable attention recently in healthcare. Yet, how and why OSS is being adopted within hospitals in particular remains a poorly understood issue. This research attempts to further this understanding. A mixed-method research approach was used to explore the extent of OSS adoption in hospitals as well as the factors facilitating and inhibiting adoption. The findings suggest a very limited adoption of OSS in hospitals. Hospitals tend to adopt general-purpose instead of domain-specific OSS. We found that software vendors are the critical factor facilitating the adoption of OSS in hospitals. Conversely, lack of in-house development as well as a perceived lack of security, quality, and accountability of OSS products were factors inhibiting adoption. An empirical model is presented to illustrate the factors facilitating and inhibiting the adoption of OSS in hospitals.

scholarly journals Educational Resilience of Urban Squatter Children in Kathmandu

2017 ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indra Mani Rai ◽  
Bal Chandra Luitel ◽  
Suresh Gautam ◽  
Binod Prasad Pant ◽  
Santosh Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Dysfunctional Families ◽  
Educational Resilience ◽  
Community Assets ◽  
Public Resources

Squatters are the illegal tenants residing in public lands as immigrants due to livelihood collapse in their origins. They have been denied of public resources and urban facilities because of their identity crisis leading to a vicious circle of poverty with impoverished livelihood creating multifaceted adversities of learning for their children. In this context, this paper, based on a cyclical mixed method research design under transformative research approach, has explored the learning adversities faced by the squatter children of Kathmandu Metropolitan city, their protective and promotive strategies to cope with adversities and life-skills as learning outcomes. Squatter children are struggling against the backdrop of exposure to unhygienic settlements with low health conditions, poverty with impoverished livelihood, and illiteracy of parents, poor homely environment, and dysfunctional families. Despite such adversities, they were able to continue school education with the support of their teachers, peers, parents and families. The research study finds stronger family and community assets of the students. These assets are helpful for building educational resilience of the squatter children.

scholarly journals Mixed-Method Research to Foster Energy Efficiency Investments by Small Private Landlords in Germany

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1702
Author(s):  
Steven März ◽  
Anja Bierwirth ◽  
Ralf Schüle
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Specific Investment ◽  
Framework Conditions

The decarbonisation of the building stock is an important element for the success of the German Energiewende (energy transition). Despite some progress having been made, the rate of energy renovation falls below the level required to meet political commitments. This gives rise to the question: what deters property owners from making energy efficiency investments and how can the policy framework foster such investments? To answer this question, the paper focuses on a widely neglected property owner group: small private landlords (SPL). Although they manage 37% of all residential rental properties in Germany, very little is known about their decision-making processes for energy efficiency investments. We applied a mixed-method design to identify factors that hindered and supported their investments. In an explorative study, we initially conducted 18 problem-centred interviews. Subsequently, we carried out a postal survey and analysed the questionnaires using a hierarchical linear regression model. The results show that energy renovation is a multi-dimensional decision-making process, which can only be adequately addressed by a comprehensive policy package. To develop such a package, the author recommends that the specific investment behaviour of SPL must be better targeted, their knowledge about energy efficiency investments must be improved through exchange and networking, a sense of responsibility for the neighbourhood must be fostered, and greater focus must be placed on improving local framework conditions.

scholarly journals Social work and food security: Case study on the nutritional capabilities of the landfill waste pickers in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherina J Schenck ◽  
Phillip F Blaauw ◽  
Jacoba MM Viljoen ◽  
Elizabeth C Swart
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Waste Pickers

Food security (or the lack of it) has a direct impact on people’s well-being and is of great concern to many disciplines. The study on which the article is based used Drèze and Sen’s ‘nutritional capability’ concept as a theoretical framework to explain the food (in)security of landfill waste pickers. A cross-sectional research approach was followed, coupled with a triangulation mixed method research design. Viewing the waste pickers against the nutritional capability framework highlighted the important role that social work should play in focusing on people’s capabilities within their particular context.

Work, Remuneration, and Negotiation for Pay in Early Adolescence: Exploring Early Causes of Gender Pay Inequity

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-32
Author(s):  
Mélanie L. Saari ◽  
Eileen Wood ◽  
Katherine Wood
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Income Source ◽  
Negotiation Strategies ◽  
Older Adolescents

Work and negotiation experiences were examined among early adolescents (12–15 years) through a survey (N = 157) and follow-up interview (N = 89) conducted in two Canadian cities. Key findings, based on a mixed-method research approach, were (a) gifts were the primary income source; (b) females completed more chores than males, and younger adolescents received payment for chores more than older adolescents; (c) discussion of negotiation rarely occurred between participants and parents or peers; (d) neither age nor gender impacted absence of negotiation; (e) those who had negotiated for more money reported satisfaction; (f) gender differences in negotiation strategies were present; and (g) age differences in beliefs about negotiator qualities were found. Consistencies and changes from extant literature were discussed.

scholarly journals SCHOOL STRATEGIES IN STRENGTHENING STUDENT RESILIENCE IN DISASTER-PRONE AREAS

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 720-732
Author(s):  
Siti Irene Astuti Dwiningrum ◽  
Khirjan Nahdi ◽  
Aswasulasikin Aswasulasikin ◽  
Dyah Respati Suryo Sumunar ◽  
Rukiyati Rukiyati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Student Resilience ◽  
Research Population ◽  
Personal Resilience

Resilience is needed by students who live in disaster-prone areas. With strong resilience, students can implement disaster mitigation. This study aims to describe the profile of students' resilience and the strategies carried out by students in strengthening personal resilience. The mixed method research approach was conducted on a research population of SMA/SMK in Lombok Regency, specifically North Lombok, East Lombok, and West Lombok. The respondents were 779 people from 10 schools in disaster-prone areas determined by the Slovin formula. Student resilience profiles were explored according to Reivich and Shatte. Data on how teachers increase students’ resilience were obtained from a focus group discussion (FGD) with 20 teachers from 10 schools. The results of the research prove that the personal resilience profile of students in Lombok from the seven aspects is still not optimal, which is not enough to form resilience personalities (less than 60%). This study affirms that personal resilience is essential in building school resilience to provide a massive contribution to education and disaster mitigation. Regarding recommendations for schools to increase student resilience, it can be done by increasing resilience resources, strengthening social support, having resilient teachers, building resilient school, all aspects of which must work systemically and synergistically.

scholarly journals Content adaptation procedures to cater for students with diverse academic backgrounds in deliveringTextile, Clothing and Design programmes in Zimbabwe. A case study of two universities of technology

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felisia Chimbindi ◽  
S. Rembe
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Content Adaptation ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Curriculum Adaptation ◽  
Drop Outs

Universities of technology in Zimbabwe enrol students with various background educational qualifications for Textile, Clothing and Design programmes. The students are combined and learn in same class resulting in high students’ failure rate, drop outs, late completion of degree programmes, and poor performance of graduates. Thus researchers sought to examine curriculum adaptation procedures used to cater for the students. Post-positivism paradigm in mixed method research approach was adopted for the study. Interviews with TCD management, document analysis, and questionnaire with lecturers yielded qualitative and quantitative data. Findings revealed that lecturers employed various uncoordinated methods to adapt the curriculum content to cater for the students

scholarly journals Project Management Volume, Velocity, Variety: A Big Data Dynamics Approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrick Kockum ◽  
Nicholas Dacre
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Volume Velocity ◽  
Data Dynamics ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Dynamics Modelling

The era of Big Data has provided business organisations opportunities to improve their management processes. This developmental paper is adopting a mixed-method research approach where qualitative data will underpin a quantitative questionnaire. The early insights are based on an initial eleven qualitative interviews and conceptualised in the following three statements: (i) Project practitioners need to increase their data literacy; (ii) Project practitioners are not utilising the available Big Data based on the 3 Vs; Volume, Velocity and Variety; (iii) Project practitioners need to utilise the structured available data to augment the decision-making process to represent the complex environment of Big Data, the study adopts Complexity Theory as a theoretical framework. When completed, the research will demonstrate the results through System Dynamics modelling.

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