Introduction. The establishment of Library Science Schools is expected to prepare professionals in library fields. In fact, there are many graduates who choose non-librarian jobs, therefore, it is ...necessary to examine their rational choices of the jobs.
Research methods. This study uses a qualitative narrative to explore the rational choices of seven informants.
Data analysis. Data were analysed by summarizing the results of interviews and sorting them based on the topics and presented in a narrative way. Interviews were conducted from April 2019 to March 2020.
Results and Discussion. The non-librarian jobs selected were lecturers, heads of academic division, book editors, finance staff, entrepreneurs, and the drafting and reporting staff. The decisions were made by considering opportunities to learn new things, public recognition, income, and job comfort. This study found that some of the knowledge gained from library sciences (management, communication, marketing, classification, and cataloging) can be applied to non-librarian jobs.
Conclusion and suggestions. The choice of non-librarian jobs are selected based on considerations for further learning, social appreciation, salary, and environment. The consequence is to learn new knowledge and skills. The results of this study may be a reference for future research on job selection by using rational theory and motivation theory.
An increasing number of e-commerce sites offering products globally have created a highly competitive marketplace across various market segments. E-retailers look to update their sites regularly to ...facilitate consumer decision-making. This article examines consumers’ motivational factors when shopping online and their association with online shopping sites offering different product lines delineating one online shopping site from another. Significant online shopping motivational factors identified through the literature review such as ease of navigation and website content, personalized services, discounts/promotional offers, range of products, familiarity with an e-store, reviews on-site, cancellation and returns policy, product quality and logistics were mapped with a few popular e-commerce sites in India offering different product lines, using correspondence analysis. Findings suggest consumers give more importance to quality, ease of navigation and website content, and personalized services when shopping at e-commerce platforms offering limited product lines like grocery/apparel. In contrast, good reviews, good logistics, clear order cancellations and return policy are more important when shopping at e-commerce sites providing an extensive product line. Such information can assist e-retailers in improvising their services to gain customer satisfaction and differentiate their website from others.
Social relatedness is a basic psychological need to experience satisfaction of interpersonal acceptance and closeness with others. In this experiment, the effects of social relatedness on the ...learning of a task (hitting a ball with a racket toward a target) were tested in adolescents. Participants were assigned to three experimental groups. After a pre-test and before practice, participants in the relatedness support (RS) condition received instructions emphasizing recognition, importance, and interest in the participant's experience. Participants in the relatedness frustration (RF) condition received instructions emphasizing disinterest in the participant as a person. Control participants did not receive specific relatedness instructions. One day later, they performed retention and transfer tests. Questionnaires measured participants' motivational and affective levels. The results showed that supporting the relatedness need enhances task learning in adolescents. Motivation and affective levels were also affected. The findings are the first to show that social relatedness affects adolescent's motor performance and learning and reveal underlying mechanisms implicated in such effects.
•We investigate the effects of relatedness support in adolescents.•Motivation and positive affect were higher in the relatedness support group.•Enhanced learning is observed for the group provided with relatedness support.•The findings show motivational and affective influences on motor learning.
Purpose of the study: The purpose of this paper was to explore motivational factors considered during the start-up of female-owned mid-scale enterprises in Africa and how these translate into ...growth.Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative research approach was adopted that integrated existing literature with data from semi-structured interviews with three female entrepreneurs from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania using a purposive and judgemental sampling technique.Findings: Six major thematic areas, embedded in the motives for start-up and subsequent growth of femaleowned mid-scale enterprises, were generated. These include being exposed early to the business, the livelihood aspect, the importance of passion, embracing the larger picture, the element of ambition and the presence of critical role models. All of these themes seem to have played a role in enhancing successful female entrepreneurship during business start-up and subsequent growth-related decision-making.Recommendations/value: The paper contributes by providing some insights into the motives of African female entrepreneurs who upscaled and grew their businesses. Emerging female entrepreneurs in Africa striving to start up a business can learn from the success stories of these African female entrepreneurs.Managerial implications: Emerging female business owners are urged to consider some of the fundamental motives for starting up a business and how it translated into drive, dedication and determination to grow and upscale their businesses.
The pandemic Covid-19 had been recognized to give a dramatic impact to the health and economic growth of the world. By having an unsecured capital operation to face the challenges, it is hard for the ...private sectors specially to keep sustained in the industry for the long term. With that, the aim of this study is to identify the impact of motivational factors towards the job sustainability among the private sector employees in Malaysia during the pandemic Covid-19. The motivational factors were divided into work environment, extrinsic benefits, autonomy, and transparency. Based on the survey to the 52 respondents, it showed that all the independent variables have a significant impact to the job sustainability. The result of this study helped the managers of the private sectors identifying the contributing motivational factors to ensure the job sustainability during the pandemic. The Government can structure an initiative to help the private sector employers having a secure economic growth in the unprecedent situation. By having an enriched analysis on the motivational factors to the job sustainability especially in the private sectors, it will be contributed to the body of knowledge. It is hoped that the future study can develop the variables to be examined in the job sustainability and make a comparison between public and private sectors.
► We show people are unable to appropriately judge outcomes of moral behaviour. ► Moral beliefs have weaker impact when there is a presence of significant self-gain. ► People make highly self-serving ...choices in real moral situations. ► Real moral choices contradict responses to simple hypothetical moral probes. ► Enhancing context can cause hypothetical decisions to mirror real moral decisions.
Moral ideals are strongly ingrained within society and individuals alike, but actual moral choices are profoundly influenced by tangible rewards and consequences. Across two studies we show that real moral decisions can dramatically contradict moral choices made in hypothetical scenarios (Study 1). However, by systematically enhancing the contextual information available to subjects when addressing a hypothetical moral problem—thereby reducing the opportunity for mental simulation—we were able to incrementally bring subjects’ responses in line with their moral behaviour in real situations (Study 2). These results imply that previous work relying mainly on decontextualized hypothetical scenarios may not accurately reflect moral decisions in everyday life. The findings also shed light on contextual factors that can alter how moral decisions are made, such as the salience of a personal gain.
This study assesses motivational preferences of employees in a multinational context in Sub Saharan Africa. Using the Grundfos group operating sites in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa as a case study, ...the study explores quantitative data on possible differences in employee motivational factors based on selected variables such as location, length of service and managerial status. Questionnaires were employed in collecting data from 131 participants from the three locations of Grundfos Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Results of the study reveal that the factor “equal treatment of employees” is considered most important among the respondents. It is also noted that there were no significant statistical differences among the participants based on the examined variables. Policy and practical implications of the findings of this study are discussed, particularly around the development and implementation of Human resources policies that address employee perceptions of equity. This study makes a contribution to existing literature on employee motivation in multinational settings.
Background & objectives: Despite various efforts by the Government of India, utilization of antenatal care (ANC) services continues to be low among women from rural areas particularly those belonging ...to the Scheduled Tribes. The present study was undertaken to examine the factors associated with the utilization of ANC services among women in four States including Rajasthan, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh which constitute a good share of tribal population of the country.
Methods: Data from third round of District Level Household and Facility Survey, 2007-08 (DLHS-3) have been used. Bivariate and multivariate analyses (logistic regression model) were used to study the association between the utilization of ANC services and the independent variables at individual, household and village levels along with the motivational factors (motivation by health workers and family members).
Results: The utilization of ANC services among Scheduled Tribes women varied from about 4 per cent in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to 10-14 per cent in Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Utilization was highest among those women with level of education 9th class and above (15-28%) and those women who visited health facility for pregnancy confirmation test (9-27%). Across the States, women who visited health facility for pregnancy testing (adjusted odds ratio, AOR = 1.5-2.5; P<0.001) except in Madhya Pradesh; registration of pregnancy (AOR = 2.1-4.5; P<0.01) and sought treatment of pregnancy related problems (AOR = 1.5-1.8; P<0.06) except in Rajasthan, were more likely to avail complete ANC services than their counterparts.
Interpretation & conclusions: The utilization of antenatal care among Scheduled Tribe women across four States was very poor. The reasons behind non-utilisation include both socio-economic and health system factors. For improving ANC utilization among tribes, these factors need to be addressed with special emphasis on woman′s educational attainment of high school and above. In addition, the study highlighted the need to create awareness among both pregnant tribal women as well as her family members on the importance of early ANC care.
The purpose of this study was to investigate motivational and preventive factors influencing schools physical education teaching from the perspective of physical education teachers. A number of 153 ...physical education teachers were selected from Sanandaj city through accessible sampling method. The instrument used in this section was a researcher made questionnaire including 2 sections of motivational factors (intrinsic and extrinsic) and 3 sections of preventive factors (student-centered, teacher-centered and institutional). Face validity and content validity of the questionnaire were confirmed by the experienced professors in the field of psychology and physical education. Construct validity was also confirmed through use of factor analysis (AGFI= 0.92, df=437, p=0.01). Its reliability coefficient was obtained in a pilot study using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α = 0.93). For data analysis, one-sample and independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA and post hoc test were used. The results showed significant difference between motivational factors (intrinsic and extrinsic) as well as between barriers factors (student-centered, teacher-centered and institutional) in physical education teaching from the viewpoint of teachers. Also, intrinsic motivational factor and institutional preventive factor have most influence on physical education teaching. Therefore, considering motivational factors based on self-determination theory, such as creating a sense of competence, independence and communication in physical education classes, encourage parents to physical education lesson, existence suitable sports spaces in schools and preventive factors including a reduction in the number of students in class and increasing the funding are important.
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