27 April 2012 Research Proposal What is the Impact of Stress on University Students Academic Performance? 1. EXPLANATION OF RESEARCH TOPIC 1.1 Purposes of Research Topic Newth (2011) claims that modern day stress seems to be more widespread than ever causing interference with human intellect‚ emotional and interpersonal functioning. Therefore; I suggest that students will encounter stress and it will impact their academic performance. In this fast pace and performance driven society
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Employee empowerment is "the process of enabling or authorizing an individual to think‚ behave‚ take action‚ and control work and decision making in autonomous ways. It is the state of feeling self-empowered to take control of one ’s own destiny" (Heathfield‚ n.d.‚ 1). In other words‚ giving the employees the power and ability to make decisions that affect not only their department but the company as a whole as well. Empowerment has become an increasingly used human resources (HR) catchphrase when
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internal audit. The auditor examine the operation of accounting system. He can control audit work through audit programme. The whole work is distributed among audit staff. 3. Independence Independence is essential element of internal audit. An employee of the company does the work of internal audit. Management must not influence him. He must be free in developing audit programed‚ audit investigation and audit reporting. 4. Staffing Staffing is an essential part of internal audit. The
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Research Questions How does the different types of motivation impact work performance? Is there a relationship between specific type of motivation and work performance? Motivation Motivation is not just a one-step concept. According to Krause‚ Bochner & Duchesne (2003) “Motivation involves the processes that energize‚ direct and sustain behavior. It can be thought of as an internal process that activates guides and maintains behavior overtime.” Intrinsic motivation can be
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©Trans-Atlantic College‚ London 2005 Motivation and Job Satisfaction Written by Dr Prince Efere – for Trans-Atlantic College‚ London Contents of this Paper 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Introduction Frederick Winslow Taylor – Scientific Management Elton Mayo – Hawthorne Experiments Abraham Maslow – Hierarchy of Needs Clayton Alderfer – ERG Theory Douglas McGregor - Theory X and Theory Y W. Ouchi – Theory Z Frederick Hertzberg – Hygiene Theory David C. McClelland -
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2. Why is human resource management in general and employee motivation in particular‚ critical to performance yet challenging for managers? How can managers ensure that they encourage a motivated workforce? Using articles from literature and practical examples develop comprehensive answers to these questions. In today’s corporate environment‚ there is little room for managers to become nonchalant about their critical role in an organisations growth and development. Human Resource Management (HRM)
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have been sufficient changes regarding job design over the past decades‚ including the rising popularity of new practices such as employee involvement (Maxwell‚ Richard & Sandra 2008). With new induction of theories‚ an analysis to illustrate the similarities and differences was made between the content and process theories; chosen theories being the two-factor theory and equity theory respectively. Implications of integrating various theories like the Job Characteristics Model (JCM) by Herzberg
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A. Introduction Employee satisfaction has been defined as a function of perceived performance and expectations. It is a persons’ feeling of pleasure or disappointment resulting from comparing a products’ outcome to his/her expectations. If the performance falls short of expectations‚ the employee is dissatisfied and if it matches the expectations‚ the employee is satisfied. A high satisfaction implies improvement in efficiency and performance doing work or service. The process is however‚ more
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The Meyer/Allen three-component model of commitment arguably dominates organizational commitment research. Given its widespread use‚ the measures used to tap the affective‚ continuance‚ and normative commitment constructs merit close scrutiny. This paper will outline some of the key measurement problems and challenges associated with this model‚ and present recommendations for future research. First‚ I discuss the degree to which the three Meyer and Allen scales‚ the ACS‚ the CCS‚ and the NCS
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of this study are to study the employee performance level among the employee’s of Bloxwich Company in Seri Iskandar Perak between Performance Management System including rewards‚ evaluation raters‚ and career guidance and to identify how the rewards‚ evaluation rater and career guidance will influence the employee performance level. Employee’s performance is a rating system used in most corporations to determine the abilities and output of an employee. Performance is divided into five components
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