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Annotated Bibliography
Garg, K., Dar, I.A., & Mridula, M. (2018). Job satisfaction and work engagement: A
study using private sector bank managers. Advances in Developing Human
Resources, 21, 58-71. doi:10.1177/1523422317742987
The researchers in this paper examine the level of job satisfaction among the managers at various levels of private sector banks in India and also study the relationship between job satisfaction and work engagement among managers. The authors utilized Schaufeli’s Satisfaction Questionnaire, and data were collected from 148 managers at various levels working in private sector banks in India. Results show that managers who are working in private sector banks are more satisfied with intrinsic job satisfaction rather than extrinsic job satisfaction and also found that there is a positive relationship between job satisfaction and work engagement among managers.
Lardner, S. (2015). Effective rewards ensure effective engagement. Strategic HR
Management, 14, 131-134. doi:10.1108/SHR-06-2015-0050
The author examined the company, Gemserv, and Gemserv managers desire to encourage and reward performance linked to individual long-term career and corporate growth aspirations. Gemserv leaders attempted this by focussing on creating an “Employee Deal” that strengthened the link between contribution and performance to enhance perceptions of rewarding exceptional performance. This plan incentivised individual and team performance to make a real difference and achieve long-term growth aspirations. Gemserv leaders identified results in high levels of staff perception in the plan and tremendously improved employee engagement. Gemserv’s senior management benefited from a deeper insight into employee perceptions, aspirations and requirements covering a wide range of areas. Gemserv leaders are now more transparent around the decision-making process, compensation and benefit levels, and aligning with business objectives.
Subash, C. K, & Neha, G. (2015). Socially responsible HR practices and employee
intention to quit: The mediating role of job satisfaction. Human Resources
Development International, 18, 387-406. doi:10.1080/13678868.2015.1056500
The authors investigated the relationship between socially responsible HR practices and employees’ intention to quit, and the effect of job satisfaction. The article is based on 563 respondents of 204 organizations from various industries operating in India. Results indicated that socially responsible HR practices have significant influence on employees’ intention to quit. Job satisfaction has been found to cast an effect on the relationship between socially responsible HR practices and employees’ intention to quit. It was also found that organizations vary in their adoption of socially responsible HR practices according to the industry to which they belong.
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Haghani, M., & Sarvi, M. (2019). Imitative (herd) behaviour in direction decision-making hinders efficiency of crowd evacuation processes. Safety science, 114, 49-60.
doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2018.12.026
Haghani & Sarvi. (2019) . Conducted an experimentation research study on imitative behaviour in direction decision making hinders efficiency of crowd evacuation processes on humans through the use ofsocial information to improve their decisions in scenarios that involve uncertainty. Haghani & Sarvi.( 2019 ) noted that the previous research has shown that this social influence can have positive or negative outcomes depending on the context of decision and characteristics of the system. The authors expressed that there may be a particular scenario where the social information matters was the collective escape where behaviour of others could be used as an extra source of information to influence the decision-making. The research objective was to answer the question whether there could be any benefit for escaping human crowds to display imitative tendencies in their decision making. Haghani & Sarvi investigated this question in relation to exit direction decision-making through extensive computer simulation analyses, and the use of parametric models of decision making through the increase of the imitative tendency of homogenous crowds on a continuum, simulating the escape process and outputted measures of system efficiency. Haghani & Sarvi examined a broad range of simulated scenarios in terms of the shape of the environment, exit visibility and spatial distribution of exit capacities, but the results showed that for none of the scenarios that were tested, the escaping crowd could benefit from amplified tendencies to imitate peers. The authors stated that the numerical analyses suggested that, at least when familiar with escape routes, there is no rationale for blindly following the direction choices of the crowd in emergency scenarios.
Hutcheson, T., & Newell, G. (2018). Decision-making in the management of property investment by Australian superannuation funds. Australian Journal of Management, 43(3), 404-420.
Hutcheson & Newell. (2018) . Conducted a research study on decision-making in the management of property investment by Australian ‘superannuation funds investment decision making processes, and the different to their decision-making on other asset classes included in their asset portfolios. Hutcheson & Newell et al, 2018noted that the large value and heterogeneous nature of individual pieces of real estate make the market for real estate relatively illiquid and subject to larger transaction costs than other asset classes. The authors based this study on interview surveys of Australian superannuation funds, using the analytical hierarchical process (AHP). Hutcheson & Newell identified strategic decision-making as being the most important factor used by the superannuation funds when making decisions on the management of their property investment portfolio including comments during the interviews indicated that their decisions were influenced by restrictions in their fund’s investment mandate and the level of funds that they had to invest. The authors expressed that the AHP technique has allowed this research to provide a more in-depth understanding of the management of decision-making factors than previous survey has not provided.
Esch, M., Schnellbächer, B., & Wald, A. (2019). Does integrated reporting information influence internal decision making? An experimental study of investment behavior. Business Strategy and the Environment, 28(4), 599-610. doi.org/10.1002/bse.2267